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\BibleBook{The Second Book of Samuel}

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\BibleMainTitle{The Second Book of Samuel }
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\chapterNumber{1}Now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7725" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" pass|strong="H1961", after|strong="H0310" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", that|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" slaughter|strong="H5221" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Amalecites, and|strong="H7725" abode|strong="H3427" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3427" Siceleg. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", there|strong="H2009" appeared|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" Saul’s|strong="H7586" camp|strong="H4264", with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" garments|strong="H0899" rent, and|strong="H0935" dust|strong="H0127" strewed on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218": and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3117" fell|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face, and|strong="H0935" adored. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": From|strong="H0935" whence comest thou? And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": I|strong="H2088" am fled out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" unto him|strong="H0413": What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" matter|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961"? tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413". He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H0834" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421", and|strong="H1121" many|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H0834" fallen|strong="H5307" and|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191": moreover|strong="H1571" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" are|strong="H0834" slain. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" that|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413": How|strong="H0349" knowest thou that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121", are|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191"? 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H7393" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" that|strong="H0559" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H2009" came|strong="H0559" by|strong="H5921" chance|strong="H7122" upon|strong="H5921" mount|strong="H2022" Gelboe, and|strong="H7393" Saul|strong="H7586" leaned|strong="H8172" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595": and|strong="H7393" the|strong="H0559" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" horsemen|strong="H6571" drew nigh unto him|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H7200" looking|strong="H7200" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H7200" seeing|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413", he|strong="H0310" called|strong="H7121" me|strong="H0413". And|strong="H7200" I|strong="H2005" answered|strong="H0559", Here|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0859" he|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413": Who|strong="H4310" art thou? And|strong="H0859" I|strong="H0595" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" an|strong="H0559" Amalecite. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H5975" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413": Stand|strong="H5975" over|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H5975" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H0413": for|strong="H3588" anguish is|strong="H5315" come|strong="H4994" upon|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H5975" as|strong="H5315" yet|strong="H5750" my|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" is|strong="H5315" in|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3947" standing|strong="H5975" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413", I|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413": for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" could not|strong="H3808" live|strong="H2421" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0834" fall|strong="H5307": and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0834" diadem|strong="H5145" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" bracelet|strong="H0685" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" arm|strong="H2220" and|strong="H0935" have|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" hither to|strong="H0413" thee, my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1571" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" garments|strong="H0899" and|strong="H0376" rent them|strong="H2388", and|strong="H0376" likewise|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" mourned|strong="H5594", and|strong="H1121" wept|strong="H1058", and|strong="H1121" fasted|strong="H6684" until|strong="H5704" evening|strong="H6153" for|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" fallen|strong="H5307" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H2088" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413": Whence art thou? He|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H2088" stranger|strong="H1616" of|strong="H1121" Amalee. 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Why|strong="H0349" didst thou not|strong="H3808" fear|strong="H3372" to|strong="H0413" put|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" thy hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0853" Lord’s|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899"? 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" calling|strong="H7121" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0259" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5288", said|strong="H0559": Go|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" and|strong="H1732" fall|strong="H6293" upon|strong="H7121" him|strong="H5221". And|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H7121" he|strong="H1732" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Thy blood|strong="H1818" be|strong="H4191" upon|strong="H5921" thy own head|strong="H7218": for|strong="H3588" thy own mouth|strong="H6310" hath spoken|strong="H0559" against|strong="H5921" thee, saying|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H3068" slain the|strong="H0853" Lord’s|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H3083" this|strong="H2063" kind of|strong="H1121" lamentation|strong="H7015" over|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" over|strong="H5921" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{18}(Also|strong="H3063" he|strong="H5921" commanded|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0559" they|strong="H5921" should|strong="H0559" teach|strong="H3925" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Juda the|strong="H0559" use of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" bow|strong="H7198", as|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2009" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" just|strong="H3477".) And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559": Consider|strong="H2009", O Israel, for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0559" are|strong="H1121" dead, wounded on|strong="H5921" thy high places|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H5921" illustrious of|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" slain|strong="H2491" upon|strong="H5921" thy mountains: how|strong="H0349" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" valiant|strong="H1368" fallen|strong="H5307"? 
\verseNumber{20}Tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H8055" not|strong="H0408" in|strong="H6189" Geth, publish it|strong="H8055" not|strong="H0408" in|strong="H6189" the|strong="H5046" streets|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1323" Ascalon: lest|strong="H6435" the|strong="H5046" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5046" Philistines|strong="H6430" rejoice|strong="H8055", lest|strong="H6435" the|strong="H5046" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5046" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" triumph, 
\verseNumber{21}Ye mountains|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Gelboe, let|strong="H0408" neither|strong="H0408" dew|strong="H2919", nor|strong="H0408" rain|strong="H4306" come upon|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", neither|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" they|strong="H3588" fields|strong="H7704" of|strong="H2022" firstfruits: for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H7586" cast away the|strong="H5921" shield|strong="H4043" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5921" valiant|strong="H1368", the|strong="H5921" shield|strong="H4043" of|strong="H2022" Saul|strong="H7586" as|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H0408" been anointed|strong="H4899" with|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081". 
\verseNumber{22}From|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1818" the|strong="H7725" slain|strong="H2491", from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1818" the|strong="H7725" valiant|strong="H1368", the|strong="H7725" arrow of|strong="H1818" Jonathan|strong="H3083" never|strong="H3808" turned|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725", and|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H1818" Saul|strong="H7586" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" empty|strong="H7387". 
\verseNumber{23}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H7586" Jonathan|strong="H3083", lovely, and|strong="H7586" comely in|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3808" life|strong="H2416", even|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3808" death|strong="H4194" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H7586" not|strong="H3808" divided|strong="H6504": they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H7586" swifter|strong="H7043" than|strong="H3808" eagles|strong="H5404", stronger|strong="H1396" than|strong="H3808" lions|strong="H0738". 
\verseNumber{24}Ye daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Israel|strong="H3478", weep|strong="H1058" over|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", who|strong="H3478" clothed|strong="H3847" you|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" scarlet|strong="H8144" in|strong="H5921" delights, who|strong="H3478" gave|strong="H3847" ornaments|strong="H5716" of|strong="H1323" gold|strong="H2091" for|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" attire|strong="H3830". 
\verseNumber{25}How|strong="H0349" are|strong="H1368" the|strong="H5921" valiant|strong="H1368" fallen|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421"? Jonathan|strong="H3083" slain|strong="H2491" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116"? 
\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H5921" grieve for|strong="H5921" thee, my|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" Jonathan|strong="H3083": exceeding|strong="H3966" beautiful, and|strong="H0802" amiable to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" love|strong="H0160" of|strong="H5921" women|strong="H0802". As the|strong="H5921" mother loveth her|strong="H5921" only son, so|strong="H3966" did I|strong="H5921" love|strong="H0160" thee. 
\verseNumber{27}How|strong="H0349" are|strong="H1368" the|strong="H0006" valiant|strong="H1368" fallen|strong="H5307", and|strong="H3627" the|strong="H0006" weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" war|strong="H4421" perished|strong="H0006"? 
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\chapterNumber{2}And|strong="H3068" after|strong="H0310" these things|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" consulted the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559": Shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" Juda? And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927". And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559": Whither shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927"? And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0310" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": Into|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", Achinoam the|strong="H1571" Jezrahelitess, and|strong="H1732" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H1571" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0802" Nabal|strong="H5037" of|strong="H0802" Carmel: 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" also|strong="H1732" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", David|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" household|strong="H1004": and|strong="H1004" they|strong="H0834" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" towns|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Juda came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" anointed|strong="H4886" David|strong="H1732" there|strong="H8033", to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0376" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Juda. And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Jabes Galaad had|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" therefore|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabes Galaad, and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" shewn this|strong="H2088" mercy|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H2063" will|strong="H3068" render|strong="H1697" you|strong="H0834" mercy|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H0571", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068", requite you|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" good|strong="H2896" turn|strong="H1571", because|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{7}Let|strong="H6258" your|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" be|strong="H1961" strengthened|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" ye men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" valour: for|strong="H3588" although|strong="H3588" your|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113" Saul|strong="H7586" be|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191", yet|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Juda hath anointed|strong="H4886" me|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1961" their|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="H3947" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", general|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H6635", took|strong="H3947" Isboseth the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" led him|strong="H0853" about|strong="H3947" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" camp? 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3478" made|strong="H3605" him|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Galaad, and|strong="H3478", over|strong="H5921" Gessuri, and|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" Jezrahel, and|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{10}Isboseth the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0310" began|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921", Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0310" reigned|strong="H4427" two|strong="H8147" years|strong="H8141": and|strong="H1121" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Juda followed|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0834" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" abode, reigning in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Juda, was|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3063" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H3318" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Isboseth the|strong="H3318" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" camp to|strong="H5650" Gabaon. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" met|strong="H6298" them|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pool|strong="H1295" of|strong="H1121" Gabaon. And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121" come|strong="H3318" together|strong="H3162", they|strong="H5921" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" over|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" another|strong="H2088": the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" pool|strong="H1295", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H2088" side|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H6965" Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097": Let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" rise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" play|strong="H7832" before|strong="H6440" us|strong="H4994". And|strong="H6965" Joab|strong="H3097" answered|strong="H0559": Let|strong="H4994" them|strong="H0413" rise|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6965" there arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H6965" over|strong="H6965" twelve|strong="H6240" in|strong="H1121" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6965" part of|strong="H1121" Isboseth the|strong="H6965" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" twelve|strong="H6240" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6965" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0376" every|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" catching his|strong="H0834" fellow|strong="H0376", by|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0834" head|strong="H7218", thrust his|strong="H0834" sword|strong="H2719" into|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" side|strong="H6654" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0834" adversary, and|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" together|strong="H3162": and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H7121" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121": The|strong="H0834" field of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" valiant, in|strong="H0376" Gabaon. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" fierce|strong="H7186" battle|strong="H4421" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117": and|strong="H3478" Abner|strong="H0074" was|strong="H1961" put to|strong="H5704" flight, with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia there|strong="H8033", Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H1121" Abisai, and|strong="H1121" Asael: now|strong="H1961" Asael was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" most swift|strong="H7031" runner, like|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" roes that|strong="H0834" abide in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" woods. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3225" Asael pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Abner|strong="H0074", and|strong="H3225" turned|strong="H5186" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" nor|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" from|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310" Abner|strong="H0074". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H6437" Abner|strong="H0074" looked|strong="H6437" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310", and|strong="H6437" said|strong="H0559": Art thou Asael? And|strong="H6437" he|strong="H0310" answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H5288" Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921": Go|strong="H5493" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" or|strong="H0176" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" left|strong="H8040", and|strong="H5288" lay|strong="H0270" hold|strong="H0270" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" and|strong="H5288" take|strong="H3947" thee his|strong="H5921" spoils. But|strong="H3808" Asael would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921" close. 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0776" again|strong="H5750" Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Asael: Go|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493", and|strong="H0776" do|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3254" follow|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413", lest I|strong="H0776" be|strong="H5750" obliged to|strong="H0413" stab thee to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" I|strong="H0776" shall|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3254" be|strong="H5750" able to|strong="H0413" hold up|strong="H5375" my|strong="H5375" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097" thy brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0413" hearken to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" would|strong="H0834" not|strong="H1961" turn|strong="H5493" aside|strong="H5493": wherefore Abner|strong="H0074" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" back|strong="H0310" stroke in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" groin, and|strong="H0935" thrust|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" through|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191" upon|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" spot|strong="H8478": and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" Asael fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5221" and|strong="H0935" died|strong="H4191" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{24}Now|strong="H0935" while|strong="H5704" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H0935" Abisai pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Abner|strong="H0074", the|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121" went|strong="H0935" down|strong="H1870": and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0834" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" aqueduct, that|strong="H0834" lieth over|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" valley by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" wilderness|strong="H4057" in|strong="H5921" Gabaon. 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H0310" together|strong="H0259" to|strong="H1961" Abner|strong="H0074": and|strong="H1121" being|strong="H1961" joined|strong="H6908" in|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" body, they|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" hill|strong="H1389". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H7725" Abner|strong="H0074" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559": Shall|strong="H3808" thy sword|strong="H2719" rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou not|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7121" is|strong="H1961" dangerous to|strong="H0413" drive people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" despair? how|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" dost thou defer to|strong="H0413" bid the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" cease from|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" their|strong="H3588" brethren|strong="H0251"? 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H0430" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559": As|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" Lord liveth, if|strong="H3588" thou hadst spoke|strong="H1696" sooner, even|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" should|strong="H0376" have|strong="H0376" retired from|strong="H0376" pursuing|strong="H0310" after|strong="H0310" their|strong="H3588" brethren|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{28}Then|strong="H3254" Joab|strong="H3097" sounded|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5750", and|strong="H3478" did|strong="H3254" not|strong="H3808" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Israel|strong="H3478" any|strong="H3605" farther|strong="H3254", nor|strong="H3808" fight|strong="H3898" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H1980" Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" walked|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" plains|strong="H6160": and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0376" passed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", and|strong="H1980" having gone|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" Beth-horon, came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" camp. 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H7725" Joab|strong="H3097" returning|strong="H7725", after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0310" had|strong="H1732" left|strong="H7725" Abner|strong="H0074", assembled|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971": and|strong="H7725" there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0376" wanting of|strong="H0376" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" nineteen|strong="H6240" men|strong="H0376", beside Asael. 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5221" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" killed|strong="H5221" of|strong="H0376" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3967" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5221" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H1732" were|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0376" Abner|strong="H0074", three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" sixty|strong="H8346", who|strong="H0376" all|strong="H0376" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5375" Asael, and|strong="H0376" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H3605" sepulchre of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" in|strong="H6912" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", and|strong="H0376" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0376" him|strong="H0853", marched all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" Hebron|strong="H2275" at|strong="H5375" break of|strong="H0376" day. 
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\chapterNumber{3}Now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H0752" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0996" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0996" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732": David|strong="H1732" prospering and|strong="H1980" growing|strong="H1980" always stronger|strong="H2390" and|strong="H1980" stronger|strong="H2390", but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0996" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" decaying daily. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H1121" Hebron|strong="H2275": and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" firstborn|strong="H1060" was|strong="H1961" Amnon|strong="H0550" of|strong="H1121" Achinoam the|strong="H3205" Jezrahelitess: 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4428" second|strong="H4932" Cheleab of|strong="H1121" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H1121" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" Nabal|strong="H5037" of|strong="H1121" Carmel: and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" third|strong="H7992" Absalom|strong="H0053" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maacha the|strong="H1121" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Tholmai king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Gessur: 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" fourth|strong="H7243" Adonias, the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haggith|strong="H2294": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" fifth|strong="H2549" Saphathia the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abital|strong="H0037": 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3205" sixth|strong="H8345" Jethraam of|strong="H3205" Egla the|strong="H3205" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H3205" David|strong="H1732": these|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0428" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H0802" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="H1961" while|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0996" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0996" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0996" son of|strong="H1004" Ner ruled the|strong="H0996" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0001" a|strong="H0935" concubine|strong="H6370" named|strong="H8034" Respha, the|strong="H0559" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Aia. And|strong="H0935" Isboseth said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074": 
\verseNumber{8}Why|strong="H0834" didst thou go in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" concubine? And|strong="H3063" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" exceedingly|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1004" Isboseth, and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559": Am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0834" a|strong="H4672" dog’s|strong="H3611" head|strong="H7218" against|strong="H5921" Juda this|strong="H1697" day|strong="H3117", who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" shewn mercy to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586" thy father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" brethren|strong="H0251" and|strong="H3063" friends|strong="H4828", and|strong="H3063" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" delivered|strong="H3027" thee into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3063" hast thou sought|strong="H6485" this|strong="H1697" day|strong="H3117" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" charge|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H4672" matter|strong="H1697" concerning|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" woman|strong="H0802"? 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3651" do|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H3068" Abner|strong="H0074", and|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3068", unless|strong="H3588" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068" hath sworn|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732", so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0430", 
\verseNumber{10}That|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" be|strong="H3478" translated from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" be|strong="H3478" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H6965" over|strong="H5921" Juda from|strong="H5921" Dan|strong="H1835" to|strong="H5704" Bersabee. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H7725" he|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0853" a|strong="H5750" word|strong="H1697", because|strong="H3372" he|strong="H3808" feared|strong="H3372" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{12}Abner|strong="H0074" therefore|strong="H0776" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" for|strong="H8478" himself|strong="H3027", saying|strong="H0559": Whose|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776"? and|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0559" should|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559": Make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" league|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" shall|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" thee: and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H2009" will|strong="H4310" bring|strong="H5437" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559": Very well|strong="H2896": I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1697" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3588" league|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" thee: but|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" thing|strong="H1697" I|strong="H0589" require|strong="H7592" of|strong="H1323" thee, saying|strong="H0559": Thou shalt not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" face|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" thou bring|strong="H0935" Michol the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Saul|strong="H7586": and|strong="H0935" so|strong="H3808" thou shalt come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Isboseth the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", saying|strong="H0559": Restore my|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" Michol, whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" espoused to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" hundred|strong="H3967" foreskins|strong="H6190" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1121" Isboseth sent|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H7971" from|strong="H0376" her|strong="H7971" husband|strong="H0376" Phaltiel, the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Lais. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1980" her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H0310" her|strong="H0413", weeping|strong="H1058" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Bahurim|strong="H0980": and|strong="H1980" Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" return|strong="H7725". And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0310" returned|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{17}Abner|strong="H0074" also|strong="H1571" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" ancients of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559": Both|strong="H1571" yesterday|strong="H8543" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" day before|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921" sought|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1732" might|strong="H3478" reign over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H6258" then|strong="H6258" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588": because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" hath spoken|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559": By|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" save|strong="H3467" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3478" Abner|strong="H0074" spoke|strong="H1696" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H1696" Benjamin|strong="H1144". And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H1004" Hebron|strong="H2275" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" seemed|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H1696" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H0935" Hebron|strong="H2275" with|strong="H0854" twenty|strong="H6242" men|strong="H0376": and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0935" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074", and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H6965" Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" rise|strong="H6965", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3478" gather|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" unto thee my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H6965" may|strong="H3478" enter into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3772" league|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" thee, and|strong="H6965" that|strong="H0834" thou mayst reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" as|strong="H0834" thy soul|strong="H5315" desireth. Now when|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" bad brought|strong="H6965" Abner|strong="H0074" on|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" gone in|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965", 
\verseNumber{22}Immediately David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H0935" Joab|strong="H3097" came|strong="H0935", after|strong="H3588" having|strong="H0369" slain the|strong="H3588" robbers, with|strong="H5973" an|strong="H0935" exceeding great|strong="H7227" booty|strong="H7998": and|strong="H0935" Abner|strong="H0074", was|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H0935" Hebron|strong="H2275", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" now|strong="H2009" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0369" gone|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413", came|strong="H0935" afterwards: and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H7971" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" Joab|strong="H3097", that|strong="H0834" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" hath sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H1980" Joab|strong="H3097" went|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559": What|strong="H4100" hast thou done|strong="H6213"? Behold|strong="H2009" Abner|strong="H0074" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" thee: Why|strong="H4100" didst thou send|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2088" gone|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" departed|strong="H1980"? 
\verseNumber{25}Knowest thou not|strong="H3588" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", that|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0935" this|strong="H3588" end he|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" thee, that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" might|strong="H1121" deceive thee, and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0935" know|strong="H3045" thy going|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3045", and|strong="H1121" thy coming|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0935" know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" thou dost? 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H3318" Joab|strong="H3097" going|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732", sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" after|strong="H0310" Abner|strong="H0074", and|strong="H7725" brought|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" cistern|strong="H0953" of|strong="H4397" Sira, David|strong="H1732" knowing|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4397" it|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H7725" when|strong="H1696" Abner|strong="H0074" was|strong="H1818" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275", Joab|strong="H3097" took|strong="H5186" him|strong="H0413" aside|strong="H5186" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H0413" gate|strong="H8179", to|strong="H0413" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" treacherously: and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H8033" stabbed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" groin, and|strong="H7725" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191", in|strong="H0413" revenge of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H0413" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H8179" Asael his|strong="H7725" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3651", after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" thing|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3068" now|strong="H8085" done, he|strong="H0310" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0595", and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H8085" kingdom|strong="H4467" are|strong="H1121" innocent|strong="H5355" before|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3651" ever|strong="H5703" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369": 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H1004" may|strong="H0408" it|strong="H5921" come|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H1004" upon|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004": and|strong="H1004" let|strong="H0408" there|strong="H3605" not|strong="H0408" fail|strong="H3772" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Joab|strong="H3097" one|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" hath an|strong="H3772" issue of|strong="H1004" seed, or|strong="H0408" that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3772" leper|strong="H6879", or|strong="H0408" that|strong="H3605" holdeth the|strong="H3605" distaff|strong="H6418", or|strong="H0408" that|strong="H3605" falleth by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719", or|strong="H0408" that|strong="H3605" wanteth bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H0251" Abisai his|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" slew|strong="H2026" Abner|strong="H0074", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" their|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" Asael at|strong="H5921" Gabaon in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413": Rend|strong="H7167" your|strong="H3605" garments|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1980" gird|strong="H2296" yourselves|strong="H2296" with|strong="H0854" sackcloths, and|strong="H1980" mourn|strong="H5594" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" funeral of|strong="H4428" Abner|strong="H0074". And|strong="H1980" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" himself|strong="H6440" followed|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" bier|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H6963" they|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" buried|strong="H6912" Abner|strong="H0074" in|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275", king|strong="H4428" David lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H4428" wept|strong="H1058" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" grave|strong="H6913" of|strong="H4428" Abner|strong="H0074": and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H0853" wept|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" mourning|strong="H6969" and|strong="H4428" lamenting over|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074", said|strong="H0559": Not as|strong="H4428" cowards are|strong="H4428" wont to|strong="H0413" die|strong="H4191", hath Abner|strong="H0074" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{34}Thy hands|strong="H3027" were|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" bound|strong="H0631", nor|strong="H3808" thy feet|strong="H7272" laden with|strong="H5921" fetters|strong="H5178": but|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1121" men|strong="H1121" fall|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" iniquity|strong="H5766", so|strong="H3808" didst thou fall|strong="H5307". And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" repeating it|strong="H5921" wept|strong="H1058" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H0935" meat with|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732", while|strong="H5750" it|strong="H0518" was|strong="H1732" yet|strong="H5750" broad day|strong="H3117", David|strong="H1732" swore|strong="H7650", saying|strong="H0559": So|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0935" more|strong="H5750" also|strong="H3541", if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H3588" taste|strong="H2938" bread|strong="H3899" or|strong="H0176" any|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H3588" else|strong="H5750" before|strong="H6440" sunset. 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" heard, and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" pleased|strong="H3190", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" seemed|strong="H3190" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{37}And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" understood|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" doing, that|strong="H3588" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369" was|strong="H1961" slain. 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H2088" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3588" servants|strong="H5650": Do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" prince|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3478" great|strong="H1419" man|strong="H1419" is|strong="H2088" slain this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{39}But|strong="H0376" I|strong="H0595" as|strong="H3068" yet|strong="H3068" am|strong="H0595" tender|strong="H7390", though anointed|strong="H4886" king|strong="H4428". And|strong="H1121" these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia are|strong="H3117" too|strong="H4480" hard|strong="H7186" for|strong="H3117" me|strong="H4480": the|strong="H4480" Lord|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H7999" him|strong="H4886" that|strong="H3117" doth evil|strong="H7451" according|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wickedness|strong="H7451". 
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\chapterNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" Isboseth the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Abner|strong="H0074" was|strong="H3478" slain in|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275": and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" were|strong="H3478" weakened, and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" troubled. 
\verseNumber{2}Now|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" bands|strong="H1416", the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H8034" Baana, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0259" Rechab|strong="H7394", the|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remmon a|strong="H1961" Berothite of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144": for|strong="H3588" Beroth also|strong="H1571" was|strong="H8034" reckoned|strong="H2803" in|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5704" Berothites fled|strong="H1272" into|strong="H1961" Gethaim, and|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" sojourners there|strong="H8033" until|strong="H5704" that|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" bad a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" that|strong="H8141" was|strong="H8034" lame of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" feet|strong="H7272": for|strong="H7272" he|strong="H8141" was|strong="H8034" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0935" tidings|strong="H8052" came|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" from|strong="H0935" Jezrahel. And|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" nurse|strong="H0539" took|strong="H5375" him|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127": and|strong="H1121" as|strong="H1961" she made|strong="H1961" haste|strong="H2648" to|strong="H0935" flee|strong="H5127", he|strong="H8141" fell|strong="H5307" and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H1961" lame: and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Miphiboseth. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remmon the|strong="H0853" Berothite, Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H1121" Baana coming|strong="H0935", went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Isboseth in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" heat|strong="H2527" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117": and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" sleeping|strong="H4904" upon|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" bed|strong="H4904" at|strong="H0413" noon|strong="H6672". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" doorkeeper of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" cleansing wheat, was|strong="H1931" fallen|strong="H0935" asleep. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5704" entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" secretly taking|strong="H3947" ears of|strong="H1004" corn, and|strong="H0935" Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H0935" Baana his|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251" stabbed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" groin, and|strong="H0935" fled away|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H5921" when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", be|strong="H4191" was|strong="H1931" sleeping|strong="H4904" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" bed|strong="H4904" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3947" parlour, and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0935" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921": and|strong="H0935" taking|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" they|strong="H5921" went|strong="H0935" off|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H6160", walking all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Isboseth to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": Behold|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Isboseth the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" thy enemy|strong="H0341" who|strong="H0834" sought|strong="H1245" thy life|strong="H5315": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" hath revenged my|strong="H5414" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" seed|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H6030" David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559" Rechab|strong="H7394", and|strong="H1121" Baana his|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251", the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Remmon the|strong="H3605" Berothite, and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853": As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" liveth, who|strong="H0834" hath delivered|strong="H6299" my|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" distress|strong="H6869", 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0559" man|strong="H4191" that|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H5869" said|strong="H0559": Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191", who|strong="H0834" thought|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5414" good|strong="H1319" tidings|strong="H1319", I|strong="H0834" apprehended, and|strong="H5869" slew|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H4191" Siceleg, who|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" rewarded for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5414" news|strong="H1319". 
\verseNumber{11}How|strong="H0637" much|strong="H0637" more|strong="H4480" now|strong="H6258" when|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H0376" slain|strong="H2026" an|strong="H4480" innocent|strong="H6662" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004", upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4904", shall|strong="H0776" I|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" require|strong="H1245" his|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" at|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0776" take you|strong="H3588" away|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776"? 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5288" and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" slew|strong="H2026" them|strong="H0853": and|strong="H3027" cutting off|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" feet|strong="H7272", hanged|strong="H8518" them|strong="H0853" up|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pool|strong="H1295" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275": but|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" Isboseth they|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" and|strong="H3027" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sepulchre of|strong="H3027" Abner|strong="H0074" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Then|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H0935" Hebron|strong="H2275", saying|strong="H0559": Behold|strong="H2005" we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3478" thy bone|strong="H6106" and|strong="H0935" thy flesh|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{2}Moreover|strong="H1571" yesterday also|strong="H1571" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" day before|strong="H5921", when|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", thou wast he|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3068" did lead|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" thee: Thou shalt feed|strong="H7462" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" thou shalt be|strong="H1961" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" ancients also|strong="H3068" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" league|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" anointed|strong="H4886" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" thirty|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" began to|strong="H1732" reign|strong="H4427", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" reigned|strong="H4427" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{5}In|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Juda seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3063" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320": and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" he|strong="H3389" reigned|strong="H4427" three|strong="H7969" and|strong="H3063" thirty|strong="H7970" years|strong="H8141" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Juda. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Jebusites|strong="H2983" the|strong="H0559" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776": and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": Thou shalt not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" hither unless|strong="H0518" thou take|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0559" blind|strong="H5787" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" lame that|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559": David|strong="H1732" shall|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" hither. 
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1931" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" castle of|strong="H1732" Sion, the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{8}For|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" offered that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" a|strong="H0935" reward to|strong="H0413" whosoever should|strong="H0559" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Jebusites|strong="H2983" and|strong="H0935" get|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" gutters of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tops of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" take|strong="H5221" away|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" blind|strong="H5787" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" lame|strong="H6455" that|strong="H3605" hated|strong="H8130" the|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732": therefore|strong="H3651" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" proverb: The|strong="H3605" blind|strong="H5787" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" lame|strong="H6455" shall|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" castle, and|strong="H1004" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121", The|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732": and|strong="H1004" built|strong="H1129" round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439" from|strong="H4480" Mello and|strong="H1004" inwards|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0430" went|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" prospering and|strong="H1980" growing|strong="H1980" up, and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" hosts|strong="H6635" was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H4428" Hiram|strong="H2438" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6865" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H4428" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086", and|strong="H4428" carpenters|strong="H2796", and|strong="H4428" masons|strong="H2796" for|strong="H0413" walls|strong="H7023": and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" built|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068" bad confirmed|strong="H3559" him|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" exalted|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4467" over|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" more|strong="H5750" concubines|strong="H6370" and|strong="H1121" wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0310" was|strong="H1732" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Hebron|strong="H2275": and|strong="H1121" there were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" other|strong="H5750" sons|strong="H1121" also|strong="H5750" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323": 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3389" these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0428" the|strong="H8034" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" them, that|strong="H8010" were|strong="H0428" born|strong="H3209" to|strong="H3389" him|strong="H8010" in|strong="H8034" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", Samua, and|strong="H3389" Sobab, and|strong="H3389" Nathan|strong="H5416", and|strong="H3389" Solomon|strong="H8010", 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H5298" Jebahar, and|strong="H5298" Elisua, and|strong="H5298" Nepheg|strong="H5298", 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0450" Japhia, and|strong="H0450" Elisama, and|strong="H0450" Elioda, and|strong="H0450" Eliphaleth. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" anointed|strong="H4886" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3478" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" came|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245" David|strong="H1732": and|strong="H3478" when|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921", he|strong="H3588" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" strong hold. 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" Philistines|strong="H6430" coming|strong="H0935" spread|strong="H5203" themselves in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H6010" Raphaim. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" consulted the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559": Shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430"? and|strong="H3068" wilt thou deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027"? And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" deliver|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" into|strong="H0413" thy hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Baal Pharisim: and|strong="H0935" defeated|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" hath divided my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", as|strong="H0935" waters|strong="H4325" are|strong="H3068" divided. Therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121" Baal Pharisim. 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H0376" they|strong="H8033" left|strong="H5800" there|strong="H8033" their|strong="H5375" idols|strong="H6091": which|strong="H8033" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5375" men|strong="H0376" took|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H6430" the|strong="H5927" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H6430" spread|strong="H5203" themselves in|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5927" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H6010" Raphaim. 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" consulted the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068": Shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0310" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Philistines, and|strong="H0935" wilt thou deliver them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" hands? He|strong="H0310" answered|strong="H0559": Go|strong="H0935" not|strong="H3808" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3808" fetch a|strong="H0935" compass behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" thou shalt come|strong="H0935" upon|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" over|strong="H0413" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" pear trees|strong="H1057". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" thou shalt hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" one|strong="H3588" going|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" pear trees|strong="H1057", then|strong="H0227" shalt thou join battle: for|strong="H3588" then|strong="H0227" will|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" thy face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5221", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" from|strong="H0935" Gabaa until|strong="H5704" thou come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Gezer|strong="H1507". 
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\chapterNumber{6}And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" again|strong="H5750" gathered together all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" chosen men|strong="H0970" of|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", thirty|strong="H7970" thousand|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H5927", with|strong="H0854" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0430" Juda to|strong="H5921" fetch the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", upon|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0430" hosts|strong="H6635" is|strong="H0834" invoked, who|strong="H0834" sitteth over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" cherubims. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" upon|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5375" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699": and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5375" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" Gabaa: and|strong="H1121" Oza, and|strong="H1121" Ahio|strong="H0283", the|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abinadab|strong="H0041", drove|strong="H7392" the|strong="H0853" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1980" when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5375" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Abinadab|strong="H0041", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1980" Gabaa, Ahio|strong="H0283" having care of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" went|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ark|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H3605" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" played|strong="H7832" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" manner of|strong="H1004" instruments made|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" wood|strong="H6086", on|strong="H3068" harps|strong="H3658" and|strong="H3068" lutes and|strong="H3068" timbrels|strong="H8596" and|strong="H3068" cornets and|strong="H3068" cymbals|strong="H6767". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" floor|strong="H1637" of|strong="H0430" Nachon, Oza put|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" hand to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H0270" hold|strong="H0270" of|strong="H0430" it|strong="H3588": because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" oxen|strong="H1241" kicked and|strong="H0935" made it|strong="H3588" lean aside. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" indignation of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" enkindled against|strong="H5921" Oza, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" rashness: and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033" before|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H0834" grieved because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" struck Oza, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" name|strong="H7121" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" was|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121": The|strong="H0834" striking of|strong="H3068" Oza, to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", saying|strong="H0559": How|strong="H0349" shall|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"? 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" brought in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" himself|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732": but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" caused it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3808" carried|strong="H5921" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Obededom the|strong="H0853" Gethite. 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" abode|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Obededom the|strong="H3605" Gethite three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320": and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Obededom, and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Obededom, and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068", because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430". So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H5927", and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" away|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Obededom into|strong="H5654" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" with|strong="H1004" joy|strong="H8057". And|strong="H3068" there|strong="H5927" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" seven choirs, and|strong="H3068" calves for|strong="H1004" victims. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" carried|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H6805" six|strong="H8337" paces|strong="H6806", he|strong="H3588" sacrificed|strong="H2076" an|strong="H1961" ox|strong="H7794" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" ram: 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" danced with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H5797" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" girded|strong="H2296" with|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" linen|strong="H0906" ephod|strong="H0646". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" covenant of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" joyful|strong="H8643" shouting|strong="H8643", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H1004" trumpet|strong="H7782". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", Michol the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586", looking|strong="H7200" out|strong="H8259" through|strong="H1157" a|strong="H1961" window|strong="H2474", saw|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" leaping|strong="H6339" and|strong="H0935" dancing|strong="H3769" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H3820" despised|strong="H0959" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H0935" her|strong="H7200" heart|strong="H3820". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" set|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5186" in|strong="H0935" its|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" tabernacle|strong="H0168", which|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" pitched|strong="H5186" for|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5186": and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" offered|strong="H5927" holocausts, and|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H3615" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" made|strong="H5927" an|strong="H3615" end|strong="H3615" of|strong="H3068" offering|strong="H5927" holocausts and|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002", he|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3478" he|strong="H5704" distributed to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H1995" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" both|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3478" women|strong="H0802", to|strong="H5704" every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259", a|strong="H5704" cake|strong="H2471" of|strong="H1004" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H5704" piece of|strong="H1004" roasted beef, and|strong="H3478" fine flour fried with|strong="H1004" oil: and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" departed every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" bless|strong="H1288" his|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5869" house|strong="H1004": and|strong="H3478" Michol the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" David|strong="H1732", said|strong="H0559": How|strong="H4100" glorious|strong="H3513" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" today|strong="H3117", uncovering himself|strong="H1540" before|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0853" handmaids|strong="H0519" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7725" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3478" was|strong="H0834" naked, as|strong="H0834" if|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" buffoons should|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1288" naked. 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Michol: Before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" chose|strong="H0977" me|strong="H0413" rather than|strong="H5921" thy father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" than|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3478" ruler|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" both play and|strong="H5869" make|strong="H7043" myself meaner than|strong="H3513" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961": and|strong="H5869" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" little in|strong="H5750" my|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" eyes|strong="H5869": and|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" handmaid|strong="H0519" of|strong="H5869" whom|strong="H0834" thou speakest, I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" appear more|strong="H5750" glorious|strong="H3513". 
\verseNumber{23}Therefore|strong="H1961" Michol the|strong="H5704" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" child|strong="H3206" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" her|strong="H1961" death|strong="H4194". 
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\chapterNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5117" him|strong="H5117" rest|strong="H5117" on|strong="H5117" every|strong="H3605" side|strong="H5439" from|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341", 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030": Dost thou see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H0595" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" cedar|strong="H0730", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" lodged within|strong="H8432" skins? 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3068" Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428": Go, do|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" thy heart|strong="H3824": because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" thee. 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915", that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Nathan|strong="H5416", saying|strong="H0559": 
\verseNumber{5}Go, and|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732": Thus|strong="H3541" saith the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068": Shalt thou build|strong="H1129" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427"? 
\verseNumber{6}Whereas I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" land of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117": but|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" walked|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" tabernacle|strong="H4908", and|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168". 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H1980" through|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", did|strong="H4100" ever I|strong="H0834" speak|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1129" word|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" any|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" to|strong="H0559" feed|strong="H7462" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559": Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" built|strong="H1129" me|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" cedar|strong="H0730"? 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3068" now|strong="H6258" thus|strong="H3541" shalt thou speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732": Thus|strong="H3541" saith the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635": a|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" took|strong="H3947" thee out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" pastures from|strong="H4480" following|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" sheep|strong="H6629" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" ruler|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" thee wheresoever thou hast walked|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1961" slain all|strong="H3605" thy enemies|strong="H0341" from|strong="H3772" before|strong="H6440" thy face|strong="H6440": and|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" made|strong="H6213" thee a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" man|strong="H3605", like|strong="H1961" unto the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" ones|strong="H1419" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" appoint|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" place|strong="H4725" for|strong="H8478" my|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" plant|strong="H5193" them|strong="H7760", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" dwell|strong="H7931" therein, and|strong="H1121" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" disturbed|strong="H7264" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750": neither|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" iniquity|strong="H5766" afflict|strong="H6031" them|strong="H7760" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" before|strong="H7223", 
\verseNumber{11}From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H6680" judges|strong="H8199" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H6680" thee rest|strong="H5117" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" thy enemies|strong="H0341". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" foretelleth to|strong="H5921" thee, that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" thee a|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H3588" thy days|strong="H3117" shall|strong="H2233" be|strong="H0001" fulfilled|strong="H4390", and|strong="H6965" thou shalt sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H0854" thy fathers|strong="H0001", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" thy seed|strong="H2233" after|strong="H0310" thee, which|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H2233" proceed|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" thy bowels|strong="H4578", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" establish|strong="H6965" his|strong="H0834" kingdom|strong="H4467". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H1004" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5704" my|strong="H3559" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H1004" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1004" establish|strong="H3559" the|strong="H0853" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3559" kingdom|strong="H4467" for|strong="H1004" ever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1931" a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" me|strong="H0589" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121": and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" commit any|strong="H0376" iniquity, I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1961" correct|strong="H3198" him|strong="H1931" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" rod|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0834" stripes|strong="H5061" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H3808" my|strong="H0834" mercy I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H6440", as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5493" it|strong="H6440" from|strong="H4480" Saul|strong="H7586", whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" removed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" before|strong="H6440" my|strong="H0834" face|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1004" thy house|strong="H1004" shall|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1961" faithful|strong="H0539", and|strong="H1004" thy kingdom|strong="H4467" for|strong="H1004" ever|strong="H5769" before|strong="H6440" thy face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1004" thy throne|strong="H3678" shall|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1961" firm|strong="H3559" for|strong="H1004" ever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{17}According|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1732" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" vision|strong="H2384", so|strong="H3651" did|strong="H3651" Nathan|strong="H5416" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427", and|strong="H0935" sat|strong="H3427" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": Who|strong="H4310" am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0595", O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3588" thou hast brought|strong="H0935" me|strong="H6440" thus far|strong="H5704"? 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H1696" yet|strong="H5750" this|strong="H2063" hath seemed|strong="H5869" little in|strong="H0413" thy sight|strong="H5869", O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H0136" God|strong="H0136", unless thou didst also|strong="H1571" speak|strong="H1696" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" thy servant|strong="H5650" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1696" long|strong="H7350" time|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H7350": for|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0413" law of|strong="H1004" Adam, O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H0136" God|strong="H0136". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H5650" what|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" David|strong="H1732" say|strong="H1696" more|strong="H5750" unto thee? for|strong="H0413" thou knowest thy servant|strong="H5650", O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H0136" God|strong="H0136": 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="H3605" thy word’s sake|strong="H5668", and|strong="H5650" according to|strong="H3820" thy own heart|strong="H3820" thou hast done|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H2063" great|strong="H1420" things|strong="H1697", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3045" thou wouldst make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3045" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3820" thy servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{22}Therefore|strong="H3651" thou art magnified|strong="H1431", O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H0136" God|strong="H0430", because|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" none|strong="H0369" like|strong="H3644" to|strong="H5921" thee, neither|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" any|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" besides|strong="H2108" thee, in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" with|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1980" what|strong="H0834" nation|strong="H1471" is|strong="H0834" there|strong="H0834" upon|strong="H7760" earth|strong="H0776", as|strong="H0834" thy people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" redeem|strong="H6299" for|strong="H0776" a|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H1980" himself|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" make|strong="H7760" him|strong="H6440" a|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0776" them|strong="H6440" great|strong="H1420" and|strong="H1980" terrible things|strong="H1420", upon|strong="H7760" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776", before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" thy people|strong="H5971", whom|strong="H0834" thou redeemedst to|strong="H1980" thyself out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" nations|strong="H1471" and|strong="H1980" their|strong="H7760" gods|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="H3068" thou hast confirmed|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5704" thyself thy people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" everlasting|strong="H5769" people|strong="H5971": and|strong="H3068" thou, O|strong="H0859" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", art become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H6965" now|strong="H6258", O|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" for|strong="H5921" ever|strong="H5769" the|strong="H0834" word|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" thou hast spoken|strong="H1696", concerning|strong="H5921" thy servant|strong="H5650" and|strong="H6965" concerning|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004": and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" thou hast spoken|strong="H1696", 
\verseNumber{26}That|strong="H3068" thy name|strong="H8034" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" magnified|strong="H1431" for|strong="H5921" ever|strong="H5769", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1004" hosts|strong="H6635" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" thy servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" established|strong="H3559" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{27}Because|strong="H3588" thou, O|strong="H0859" Lord|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1004" hosts|strong="H6635", God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", hast revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ear|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1004" thy servant|strong="H5650", saying|strong="H0559": I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" thee a|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004": therefore|strong="H3651" hath thy servant|strong="H5650" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0413" pray|strong="H6419" this|strong="H2063" prayer|strong="H8605" to|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H0430" now|strong="H6258", O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H0136" God|strong="H0430", thou art God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" thy words|strong="H1697" shall|strong="H1931" be|strong="H1961" true|strong="H0571": for|strong="H0413" thou hast spoken|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" thy servant|strong="H5650" these|strong="H2063" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H1004" now|strong="H6258" begin, and|strong="H1004" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" thy servant|strong="H5650", that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" endure|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H5769" before|strong="H6440" thee: because|strong="H3588" thou, O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H0136" God|strong="H0136", hast spoken|strong="H1696" it|strong="H3588", and|strong="H1004" with|strong="H1004" thy blessing|strong="H1293" let|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" thy servant|strong="H5650" be|strong="H1961" blessed|strong="H1288" for|strong="H3588" ever|strong="H5769". 
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\chapterNumber{8}And|strong="H3027" it|strong="H3651" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" David|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3027" brought|strong="H3947" them|strong="H0853" down|strong="H5221", and|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" bridle of|strong="H3027" tribute|strong="H3027" out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0776" he|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H0776" measured|strong="H4058" them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0776" a|strong="H1961" line|strong="H2256", casting them|strong="H0853" down|strong="H5221" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776": and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H1732" measured|strong="H4058" with|strong="H0776" two|strong="H8147" lines, one|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0776" one|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" save alive|strong="H2421": and|strong="H0776" Moab|strong="H4124" was|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" serve|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" under tribute|strong="H4503". 
\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" also|strong="H0853" Adarezer the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rohob king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Soba, when|strong="H7725" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" extend his|strong="H7725" dominion over|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" river|strong="H5104" Euphrates|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3920" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H0853" a|strong="H4480" thousand|strong="H0505" and|strong="H3967" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273", and|strong="H3967" houghed all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H7393" horses|strong="H6571": and|strong="H3967" only|strong="H3605" reserved|strong="H3498" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0853" for|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" Syrians of|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" succour Adarezer the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Soba: and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" slew|strong="H5221" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" Syrians two|strong="H8147" and|strong="H0935" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" put|strong="H7760" garrisons|strong="H5333" in|strong="H1980" Syria|strong="H0758" of|strong="H3068" Damascus|strong="H1834": and|strong="H1980" Syria|strong="H0758" served|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" under tribute|strong="H4503": and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" preserved David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" enterprises, whithersoever he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" arms of|strong="H5650" gold|strong="H2091", which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" Adarezer wore, and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" out of|strong="H4428" Bete, and|strong="H4428" out of|strong="H4428" Beroth, cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Adarezer, king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" an|strong="H3947" exceeding|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" quantity of|strong="H4428" brass|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H4428" Thou the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Emath heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" forces of|strong="H4428" Adarezer. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" Thou sent|strong="H7971" Joram|strong="H3141" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", to|strong="H0413" salute|strong="H1288" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" congratulate with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" return him|strong="H0413" thanks: because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Adarezer, and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0834" defeated|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413". For|strong="H3588" Thou was|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" enemy to|strong="H0413" Adarezer, and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" were|strong="H0834" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H1121" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H1121" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" brass|strong="H5178": 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" dedicated|strong="H6942" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068", together|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" dedicated|strong="H6942" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" subdued|strong="H3533": 
\verseNumber{12}Of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Amalec, and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" spoils|strong="H7998" of|strong="H1121" Adarezer the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rohob king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Soba. 
\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H0853" made|strong="H6213" himself a|strong="H5221" name|strong="H8034", when|strong="H7725" he|strong="H6213" returned|strong="H7725" after|strong="H8034" taking Syria|strong="H0758" in|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" saltpits, killing|strong="H5221" eighteen|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505": 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" guards in|strong="H1980" Edom|strong="H0123", and|strong="H1980" placed|strong="H7760" there|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" garrison|strong="H5333": and|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0123" was|strong="H1961" made|strong="H7760" to|strong="H1980" serve|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732": and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" preserved David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" enterprises he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" about|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213" judgment|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3478" justice|strong="H4941" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia was|strong="H1121" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635": and|strong="H1121" Josaphat the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahilud|strong="H0286" was|strong="H1121" recorder|strong="H2142": 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" Sadoc the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Achitob, and|strong="H1121" Achimelech the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054", were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" priests|strong="H3548": and|strong="H1121" Saraias was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6659" scribe|strong="H5608": 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1121" Banaias the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joiada|strong="H3077" was|strong="H1961" over the|strong="H1961" Cerethi and|strong="H1121" Phelethi: and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" princes. 
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\chapterNumber{9}And|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559": Is|strong="H0834" there|strong="H3426" any|strong="H5750" one|strong="H3588", think|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834", left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Saul|strong="H7586", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" shew kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5973" for|strong="H3588" Jonathan’s|strong="H3083" sake|strong="H5668"? 
\verseNumber{2}Now|strong="H0859" there was|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586", a|strong="H7121" servant|strong="H5650" named|strong="H8034" Siba: and|strong="H4428" when|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H1732" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Art thou Siba? And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H5650" am Siba thy servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": Is|strong="H0430" there|strong="H0657" any|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" left|strong="H5750" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0559" may|strong="H0430" shew the|strong="H0559" mercy of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" unto him|strong="H0413"? And|strong="H1121" Siba said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": There|strong="H0657" is|strong="H0430" a|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" left|strong="H5750", who|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0430" lame of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H0376" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{4}Where|strong="H0375" is|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931"? said|strong="H0559" he|strong="H1931". And|strong="H1121" Siba said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": Behold|strong="H2009" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Machir|strong="H4353" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammiel|strong="H5988" in|strong="H0413" Lodabar. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Machir|strong="H4353" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammiel|strong="H5988" of|strong="H1121" Lodabar. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H0935" Miphiboseth the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1732" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H1732" fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" and|strong="H1121" worshipped. And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559": Miphiboseth? And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559": Behold|strong="H2009" thy servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921": Fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H0408", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7704" surely|strong="H3588" shew thee mercy for|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" thy father’s|strong="H0001" sake|strong="H5668", and|strong="H7725" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7704" restore|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" lands|strong="H7704" of|strong="H0001" Saul|strong="H7586" thy father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H7725" thou shalt eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" always|strong="H8548". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0834" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559": Who|strong="H0834" am I|strong="H0834" thy servant|strong="H5650", that|strong="H0834" thou shouldst look|strong="H6437" upon|strong="H0413" such|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H4191" dog|strong="H3611" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" am? 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" called|strong="H7121" Siba the|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5288" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": All|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" thy master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{10}Thou therefore|strong="H1961" and|strong="H1121" thy sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" thy servants|strong="H5650" shall|strong="H1121" till|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0127" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921": and|strong="H1121" thou shalt bring|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" for|strong="H5921" thy master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121", that|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0853" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" maintained: and|strong="H1121" Miphiboseth the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" thy master|strong="H0113" shall|strong="H1121" always|strong="H8548" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" table|strong="H7979". And|strong="H1121" Siba had|strong="H1961" fifteen|strong="H6240" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" Siba said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428": As|strong="H0834" thou my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" hast commanded|strong="H6680" thy servant|strong="H5650", so|strong="H3651" will|strong="H0834" thy servant|strong="H5650" do|strong="H6213": and|strong="H1121" Miphiboseth shall|strong="H1121" eat|strong="H0398" at|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979", as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" Miphiboseth had|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3605" young|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Micha: and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kindred of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Siba served Miphiboseth. 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" Miphiboseth dwelt|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" always|strong="H8548" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" table|strong="H7979": and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" lame|strong="H6455" of|strong="H4428" both|strong="H8147" feet|strong="H7272". 
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\chapterNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3651" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H4191" pass|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651", that|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0310" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0310" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" Hanon his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1961" stead|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" Will|strong="H0776" shew kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" Hanon the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Daas, as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" shewed kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". So|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" comfort|strong="H5162" him|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" death of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001". But|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" were|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Hanon their|strong="H3588" lord|strong="H0113": Thinkest thou that|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" honour of|strong="H1121" thy father|strong="H0001", David|strong="H1732" hath sent|strong="H7971" comforters|strong="H5162" to|strong="H0413" thee, and|strong="H1121" hath not|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" rather|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" thee to|strong="H0413" search|strong="H2713", and|strong="H1121" spy|strong="H7270" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" overthrow|strong="H2015" it|strong="H3588"? 
\verseNumber{4}Wherefore Hanon took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H7971" shaved|strong="H1548" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H0853" one half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H5650" their|strong="H3947" beards|strong="H2206", and|strong="H7971" cut|strong="H3772" away|strong="H7971" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H5650" their|strong="H3947" garments|strong="H4063" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" buttocks, and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0853" away|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3588" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" them|strong="H7725": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" sadly put|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0559" confusion, and|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H0559" them|strong="H7725", saying|strong="H0559": Stay|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Jericho|strong="H3405", till|strong="H5704" your|strong="H7725" beards|strong="H2206" be|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H6779", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" done an|strong="H7200" injury to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732", Bent and|strong="H1121" hired|strong="H7936" the|strong="H0853" Syrians of|strong="H1121" Rohob, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Syrians of|strong="H1121" Soba, twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Maacha a|strong="H3588" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Istob twelve|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H7971" when|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" this|strong="H3605", he|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3605" warriors|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H3318" their|strong="H3318" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0376" array|strong="H4421" at|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3318" entering in|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" gate|strong="H8179": but|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3318" Syrians of|strong="H1121" Soba, and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rohob, and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Istob, and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maacha were|strong="H1121" by|strong="H0376" themselves|strong="H0905" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" Joab|strong="H3097" seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1961" prepared against|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", both|strong="H3605" before|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3478" behind|strong="H0268", chose|strong="H0977" of|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" choice|strong="H0977" men|strong="H0970" of|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" put them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" array|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Syrians: 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5414" delivered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" Abisai his|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251", who|strong="H1121" set|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1121" array against|strong="H7125" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1980" Joab|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559": If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0559" Syrians are|strong="H1121" too|strong="H4480" strong|strong="H2388" for|strong="H0518" me|strong="H4480", then|strong="H1961" thou shalt help|strong="H3467" me|strong="H4480": but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" are|strong="H1121" too|strong="H4480" strong|strong="H2388" for|strong="H0518" thee, then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" help|strong="H3467" thee. 
\verseNumber{12}Be|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0430" good|strong="H2896" courage|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3068" let us|strong="H5869" fight for|strong="H1157" our|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430": and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H6440" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440", began to|strong="H6440" fight|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" Syrians: and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H0834" immediately fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Syrians were|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127", they|strong="H3588" fled|strong="H5127" also|strong="H3097" before|strong="H6440" Abisai, and|strong="H1121" entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892": and|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" Syrians seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" fallen before|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478", gathered|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0935" Adarezer sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" fetched the|strong="H0853" Syrians, that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H0853" river|strong="H5104", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" over|strong="H6440" their|strong="H6440" army|strong="H6635": and|strong="H0935" Sobach, the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0853" host|strong="H6635" of|strong="H8269" Adarezer, was|strong="H0834" their|strong="H6440" general|strong="H8269". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" this|strong="H5046" was|strong="H3478" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" together|strong="H0622", and|strong="H0935" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Helam|strong="H2431": and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Syrians set|strong="H0935" themselves|strong="H0622" in|strong="H0935" array against|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" Syrians fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" slew|strong="H2026" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0853" Syrians the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H3478" of|strong="H8269" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393", and|strong="H3478" forty|strong="H0705" thousand|strong="H0505" horsemen|strong="H6571": and|strong="H3478" smote|strong="H5221" Sobach the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635", who|strong="H3478" presently died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" auxiliaries of|strong="H1121" Adarezer, seeing|strong="H7200" themselves overcome by|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", were|strong="H3478" afraid|strong="H3372" and|strong="H1121" fled away|strong="H3605", eight and|strong="H1121" fifty thousand men|strong="H1121" before|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H3605" peace with|strong="H0854" Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Syrians were|strong="H3478" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H3467" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750". 
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\chapterNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" return|strong="H8666" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141", at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H6256" when|strong="H1961" kings|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1961" war, that|strong="H3605" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" spoiled|strong="H7843" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" besieged Rabba: but|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" mean time|strong="H6256" it|strong="H5921" happened|strong="H1961" that|strong="H7200" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4904" after|strong="H5921" noon, and|strong="H1980" walked|strong="H1980" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004": and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" washing|strong="H7364" herself|strong="H5921", over|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921": and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H4758". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0559" king sent|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" inquired|strong="H1875" who|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1732". And|strong="H7971" it|strong="H7971" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7971", that|strong="H0559" she|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1732" Bethsabee the|strong="H0559" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Eliam|strong="H0463", the|strong="H0559" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1323" Urias the|strong="H0559" Hethite. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0413": and|strong="H0935" presently she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" purified|strong="H6942" from|strong="H7725" her|strong="H0413" uncleanness|strong="H2932": 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7971" she returned to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7971" house having conceived|strong="H2029". And|strong="H7971" she sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H0595" conceived|strong="H2029". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", saying: Send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" Urias the|strong="H0853" Hethite. And|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" Urias to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" Urias came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732". And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" how|strong="H7965" Joab|strong="H3097" did, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H0935" how|strong="H7965" the|strong="H0413" war|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1732" carried|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Urias: Go|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3381" thy house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" wash|strong="H7364" thy feet|strong="H7272". And|strong="H4428" Urias went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" there went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" a|strong="H3318" mess of|strong="H4428" meat from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" Urias slept|strong="H7901" before|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113", and|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3381" not|strong="H3808" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" own house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H3381" was|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" by|strong="H0413" some that|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559": Urias went|strong="H0935" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Urias: Didst thou not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" thy journey|strong="H1870"? why|strong="H4069" didst thou not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" thy house|strong="H1004"? 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0935" Urias said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": The|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0559" and|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H0935" Juda dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" tents, and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" abide|strong="H3427" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" earth: and|strong="H0935" shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0589" go|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8354", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802"? By|strong="H5921" thy welfare and|strong="H0935" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" welfare of|strong="H1004" thy soul|strong="H5315" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H2088" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Urias: Tarry here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1571" send|strong="H7971" thee away|strong="H7971". Urias tarried in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" next|strong="H4283". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8354" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1732" made|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413" drunk|strong="H7937": and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" evening|strong="H6153", and|strong="H1004" slept|strong="H7901" on|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" couch|strong="H4904" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1732" lord|strong="H0113", and|strong="H1004" went|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3027" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0413" morning|strong="H1242" was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961", David|strong="H1732" wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H1961" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097": and|strong="H3027" sent|strong="H7971" it|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0413" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Urias, 
\verseNumber{15}Writing|strong="H3789" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" letter|strong="H5612": Set|strong="H7725" ye Urias in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421", where|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" fight|strong="H4421" is|strong="H6440" strongest: and|strong="H7725" leave ye him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0310" may|strong="H7725" be|strong="H4191" wounded|strong="H5221" and|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{16}Wherefore as|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1961" besieging the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5414" Urias in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" bravest men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" coming|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892", fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0854" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H0376" there fell|strong="H5307" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4480" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0376" Urias the|strong="H4480" Hethite was|strong="H1732" killed|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0853" Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" concerning|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0853" charged|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3605" messenger|strong="H4397", saying|strong="H0559": When|strong="H3615" thou hast told|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{20}If|strong="H0518" thou see|strong="H3045" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2534", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559": Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" approach|strong="H5066" so|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898"? knew|strong="H3045" you|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" many darts are|strong="H0834" thrown|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346"? 
\verseNumber{21}Who|strong="H4310" killed|strong="H5221" Abimelech|strong="H0040" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerobaal? did|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5221" woman|strong="H0802" cast|strong="H7993" a|strong="H5221" piece|strong="H6400" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5221" millstone|strong="H7393" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346", and|strong="H1121" slew|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" Thebes? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346"? Thou shalt say|strong="H0559": Thy servant|strong="H5650" Urias the|strong="H0853" Hethite is|strong="H4310" also|strong="H1571" slain|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" messenger|strong="H4397" departed|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H0834" commanded him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" messenger|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": The|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" prevailed|strong="H1396" against|strong="H5921" us|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0376" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" field|strong="H7704": and|strong="H0376" we|strong="H3588" vigorously charged and|strong="H0376" pursued them|strong="H0413" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" archers|strong="H3384" shot|strong="H3384" their|strong="H5921" arrows at|strong="H0413" thy servants|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346" above|strong="H5921": and|strong="H4428" some of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5650" slain, and|strong="H4428" thy servant|strong="H5650" Urias the|strong="H5921" Hethite is|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H0398" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" messenger|strong="H4397": Thus|strong="H3541" shalt thou say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097": Let|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" discourage thee: for|strong="H3588" various is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0853" event|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" war|strong="H4421": and|strong="H0398" sometimes one|strong="H2088", sometimes another|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" consumed|strong="H0398" by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719": encourage|strong="H2388" thy warriors|strong="H4421" against|strong="H0413" The|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0398" exhort them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" thou mayest overthrow|strong="H2040" it|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0376" Urias heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Urias her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" was|strong="H0376" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0376" she|strong="H3588" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" mourning|strong="H0060" being|strong="H1961" over|strong="H0413", David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3205" her|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H0834" became|strong="H3205" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121": and|strong="H1121" this|strong="H1697" thing|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213", was|strong="H1961" displeasing to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068". 
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\chapterNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Nathan|strong="H5416" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0935" one|strong="H0259" city|strong="H5892", the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" rich|strong="H6223", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" poor|strong="H7326". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H1961" rich|strong="H6223" man|strong="H6223" had|strong="H1961" exceeding|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7235" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" oxen|strong="H1241". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" poor|strong="H7326" man|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H0369" at|strong="H0398" all|strong="H3605" but|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" little|strong="H6996" ewe|strong="H3535" lamb|strong="H3535", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" bought|strong="H7069" and|strong="H1121" nourished up|strong="H1431", and|strong="H1121" which|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" grown|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" house together|strong="H3162" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", eating|strong="H0398" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H6595", and|strong="H1121" drinking|strong="H8354" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" cup|strong="H3563", and|strong="H1121" sleeping in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" bosom|strong="H2436": and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H0518" was|strong="H0369" unto him|strong="H5973" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3947" certain|strong="H0376" stranger was|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" rich|strong="H6223" man|strong="H0376", he|strong="H6213" spared|strong="H2550" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H0376" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H0935" oxen|strong="H1241", to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3947" feast for|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0935" stranger, who|strong="H0376" was|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", but|strong="H0376" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" poor|strong="H7326" man’s|strong="H0376" ewe|strong="H3535", and|strong="H0935" dressed it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0935" was|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" anger|strong="H0639" being|strong="H1121" exceedingly|strong="H3966" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Nathan|strong="H5416": As|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" liveth, the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3588" hath done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" child|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" death|strong="H4194". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" restore the|strong="H0853" ewe|strong="H3535" fourfold|strong="H0706", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697", and|strong="H1697" had|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2550". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": Thou art the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376". Thus|strong="H3541" saith the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478": I|strong="H0595" anointed|strong="H4886" thee king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" delivered|strong="H5337" thee from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586", 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H5414" thee thy master’s|strong="H0113" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3063" thy master’s|strong="H0113" wives|strong="H0802" into|strong="H5414" thy bosom|strong="H2436", and|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H5414" thee the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Juda: and|strong="H3063" if|strong="H0518" these|strong="H2007" things|strong="H2007" be|strong="H3478" little|strong="H4592", I|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3478" add|strong="H3254" far greater things|strong="H2007" unto thee. 
\verseNumber{9}Why|strong="H4069" therefore|strong="H3068" hast thou despised|strong="H0959" the|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869"? Thou hast killed|strong="H2026" Urias the|strong="H0853" Hethite with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H1121" hast taken|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1121" thy wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" hast slain|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5221" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983". 
\verseNumber{10}Therefore|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719" shall|strong="H1004" never|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" thy house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" thou hast despised|strong="H0959" me|strong="H3947", and|strong="H1004" hast taken|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1004" Urias the|strong="H0853" Hethite to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" thy wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{11}Thus|strong="H3541" saith the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068": Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" evil|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" thee out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" thy own|strong="H5869" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" thy wives|strong="H0802" before|strong="H5869" thy eyes|strong="H5869" I|strong="H2005" and|strong="H6965" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" thy neighhour, and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" thy wives|strong="H0802" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{12}For|strong="H3588" thou didst it|strong="H3588" secretly: but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5048" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Nathan|strong="H5416": I|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" hath taken|strong="H5674" away|strong="H5674" thy sin|strong="H2398": thou shalt not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{14}Nevertheless|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" thou hast given|strong="H5006" occasion to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" blaspheme|strong="H5006", for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697", the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3209" to|strong="H4191" thee, shall|strong="H1121" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" Nathan|strong="H5416" returned to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". The|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5062" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H3206" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1004" Urias had|strong="H3068" borne|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" life was|strong="H0834" despaired of|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" besought the|strong="H0853" Lord for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288": and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" kept a|strong="H0935" fast|strong="H6685", and|strong="H0935" going|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" by|strong="H0935" himself|strong="H1245" lay|strong="H7901" upon|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" ancients of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" came, to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H6965" him|strong="H5921" rise|strong="H6965" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776": but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H4480" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808", neither|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808" he|strong="H4480" eat meat with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" died|strong="H4191": and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" feared|strong="H3372" to|strong="H0413" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4191". For|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559": Behold|strong="H2009" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H1961" yet|strong="H3588" alive|strong="H2416", we|strong="H3588" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0559" not|strong="H3808" hearken to|strong="H0413" our|strong="H1961" voice|strong="H6963": how|strong="H0349" much more|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" afflict himself|strong="H3117" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" tell|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" is|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191"? 
\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" whispering|strong="H3907", he|strong="H3588" understood|strong="H0995" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H1732" dead|strong="H4191": and|strong="H5650" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650": Is|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" dead|strong="H4191"? They|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5650" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" washed|strong="H7364" and|strong="H0935" anointed himself|strong="H7812": and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H2498" his|strong="H3068" apparel, he|strong="H3068" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0413" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H0935" worshipped, and|strong="H0935" then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" own house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3068" called for|strong="H0413" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H0935" ate|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H6965" his|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": What|strong="H4100" thing|strong="H1697" is|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" that|strong="H0834" thou hast done|strong="H6213"? thou didst fast|strong="H6684" and|strong="H6965" weep|strong="H1058" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206", while|strong="H0834" it|strong="H0398" was|strong="H0834" alive|strong="H2416", but|strong="H4191" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191", thou didst rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559": While|strong="H5750" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H3068" yet|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416", I|strong="H3588" fasted|strong="H6684" and|strong="H3068" wept|strong="H1058" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0559": for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559": Who|strong="H4310" knoweth whether the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" give|strong="H2416" him|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H2603", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" may|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2416"? 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191", why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" fast|strong="H6684"? Shall|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0589" be|strong="H4191" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750"? I|strong="H0589" shall|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" rather|strong="H3808": but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" comforted|strong="H5162" Bethsabee his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" unto her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" slept|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0413": I|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H7121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" Solomon|strong="H8010", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030", and|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034", Amiable to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", because|strong="H5668" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" loved him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" Rabbath of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" laid close siege to|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" royal|strong="H4410" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559": I|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" Rabbath, and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4325" waters|strong="H4325" is|strong="H1571" about|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1571" taken|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{28}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" gather|strong="H0622" thou the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H0622", and|strong="H0853" besiege the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H0853" take|strong="H0622" it|strong="H5921": lest|strong="H6435" when|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" shall|strong="H3920" be|strong="H8034" wasted by|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", the|strong="H0853" victory be|strong="H8034" ascribed to|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H0853" David|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H0622", and|strong="H1732" went out|strong="H3605" against|strong="H3898" Rabbath: and|strong="H1732" after fighting|strong="H3898", he|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3920" it|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" crown|strong="H5850" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" from|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218", the|strong="H0853" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H4428" which was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" talent|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", set|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5921" most|strong="H3966" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068", and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" put|strong="H3318" upon|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" spoils|strong="H7998" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" which were|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H3966" he|strong="H1732" carried|strong="H3318" away|strong="H3947". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H1121" bringing|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" thereof he|strong="H0834" sawed them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1121" drove over|strong="H5674" them|strong="H0853" chariots armed with|strong="H1732" iron|strong="H1270": and|strong="H1121" divided them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H1732" knives, and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H0853" pass|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" brickkilns: so|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" he|strong="H0834" to|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983": and|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725", with|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H5971" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\chapterNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H3651" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651", that|strong="H3651" Amnon|strong="H0550" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" loved|strong="H0157" the|strong="H0310" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" very|strong="H3651" beautiful|strong="H3303", and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H1961" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Thamar. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H5869" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" exceedingly fond of|strong="H5869" her|strong="H3588", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" fell sick|strong="H2470" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" love of|strong="H5869" her|strong="H3588": for|strong="H3588" as|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" virgin|strong="H1330", he|strong="H1931" thought|strong="H5869" it|strong="H1931" hard|strong="H6381" to|strong="H5869" do|strong="H6213" any|strong="H3972" thing|strong="H3588" dishonestly with|strong="H5869" her|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{3}Now Amnon|strong="H0550" had|strong="H1732" a|strong="H0376" friend|strong="H7453", named|strong="H8034" Jonadab|strong="H3122" the|strong="H8034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Semmaa the|strong="H8034" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", a|strong="H0376" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450" man|strong="H0376": 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": Why|strong="H4069" dost thou grow so|strong="H3808" lean from|strong="H1121" day|strong="H1242" to|strong="H0559" day|strong="H1242", O|strong="H0859" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"? why|strong="H4069" dost thou not|strong="H3808" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0853" reason of|strong="H1121" it|strong="H1242"? And|strong="H1121" Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" in|strong="H4428" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H4428" Thamar the|strong="H0853" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5046" brother|strong="H0251" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" Jonadab|strong="H3082" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" upon|strong="H5921" thy bed|strong="H4904", and|strong="H0935" feign thyself sick|strong="H2470": and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" thy father|strong="H0001" shall|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" visit|strong="H0935" thee, say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269" Thamar, I|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H4994" thee, come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H0398" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H6213" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7200" mess, that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H4994" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5921" at|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H0935" Amnon|strong="H0550" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901", and|strong="H0935" made as|strong="H0935" if|strong="H7200" he|strong="H8147" were|strong="H5869" sick|strong="H2470": and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" visit|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413", Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": I|strong="H7200" pray|strong="H4994" thee let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H7200" sister|strong="H0269" Thamar come|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" make|strong="H7200" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H7200" sight|strong="H5869" two|strong="H8147" little messes, that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" may|strong="H4994" eat|strong="H1262" at|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" Thamar, saying|strong="H0559": Come|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" thy brother|strong="H0251" Amnon|strong="H0550", and|strong="H1004" make|strong="H6213" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7971" mess. 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H1004" Thamar came to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Amnon|strong="H0550" her|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251": but|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" laid|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901": and|strong="H1004" she|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" meal and|strong="H1004" tempered it|strong="H1931": and|strong="H1004" dissolving it|strong="H1931" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3947" sight|strong="H5869" she|strong="H1931" made|strong="H3947" little messes. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0398" taking|strong="H3947" what|strong="H5921" she|strong="H6440" had|strong="H0376" boiled, she|strong="H6440" poured|strong="H3332" it|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H0398" set|strong="H3318" it|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5921", but|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0853" would|strong="H0559" not|strong="H0398" eat|strong="H0398": and|strong="H0398" Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559": Put|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" persons|strong="H0376" from|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6440". And|strong="H0398" when|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H0376" put|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" persons|strong="H0376" out|strong="H3318", 
\verseNumber{10}Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Thamar: Bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" mess into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" chamber|strong="H2315", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" eat|strong="H1262" at|strong="H0413" thy hand|strong="H3027". And|strong="H0935" Thamar took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" little messes which|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" brother|strong="H0251" Amnon|strong="H0550" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" chamber|strong="H2315". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" she|strong="H7901" had|strong="H0935" presented|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" meat, he|strong="H0935" took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H0269" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": Come|strong="H0935" lie|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", my|strong="H0935" sister|strong="H0269". 
\verseNumber{12}She|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3651", my|strong="H3588" brother|strong="H0251", do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" force me|strong="H3808": for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" such|strong="H3651" thing|strong="H5039" must|strong="H0853" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" thou this|strong="H2063" folly|strong="H5039". 
\verseNumber{13}For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" shall|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" able to|strong="H0413" bear my|strong="H1961" shame|strong="H2781", and|strong="H3478" thou shalt be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" fools|strong="H5036" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478": but|strong="H3588" rather|strong="H3588" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" deny|strong="H4513" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H4480" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" hearken to|strong="H8085" her|strong="H8085" prayers, but|strong="H3808" being stronger|strong="H2388" overpowered her|strong="H8085" and|strong="H6963" lay|strong="H7901" with|strong="H0854" her|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6965" Amnon|strong="H0550" hated|strong="H8130" her|strong="H0559" with|strong="H6965" an|strong="H3588" exceeding|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" hatred|strong="H8135": so|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" hatred|strong="H8135" wherewith he|strong="H0834" hated|strong="H8130" her|strong="H0559" was|strong="H0834" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H1419" the|strong="H0559" love|strong="H0157" with|strong="H6965" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" loved|strong="H0157" her|strong="H0559" before, And|strong="H6965" Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0559": Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" get|strong="H6965" thee gone. 
\verseNumber{16}She|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7971": This|strong="H2063" evil|strong="H7451" which|strong="H0834" now|strong="H8085" thou dost against|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7971", in|strong="H8085" driving|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971", is|strong="H0834" greater|strong="H1419" than|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" thou didst before|strong="H5973". And|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" hearken to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7971": 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H0559" calling|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5288" that|strong="H7121" ministered|strong="H8334" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H0310" said|strong="H0559": Thrust|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2063" woman out|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H4994": and|strong="H7971" shut the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817" after|strong="H0310" her|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H4428" she|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4428" clothed|strong="H3847" with|strong="H3847" along|strong="H5921" robe|strong="H4598": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" daughters|strong="H1323" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1323" virgins|strong="H1330", used|strong="H8334" such|strong="H3651" kind of|strong="H4428" garments|strong="H3801". Then|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H8334" thrust her|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318": and|strong="H4428" shut the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817" after|strong="H0310" her|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1980" she|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" ashes|strong="H0665" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H1980" rent her|strong="H3947" long robe|strong="H3801" and|strong="H1980" laid|strong="H7760" her|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" upon|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" crying|strong="H2199". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1004" Absalom|strong="H0053" her|strong="H0413" brother|strong="H0251" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413": Hath thy brother|strong="H0251" Amnon|strong="H0550" lain with|strong="H5973" thee? but|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258", sister|strong="H0269", hold|strong="H7896" thy peace, he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" thy brother|strong="H0251": and|strong="H1004" afflict not|strong="H0408" thy heart|strong="H3820" for|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". So|strong="H1961" Thamar remained|strong="H3427" pining away|strong="H5973" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Absalom|strong="H0053" her|strong="H0413" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H8085" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" exceedingly|strong="H3966" grieved: and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1732" would|strong="H1732" not|strong="H1732" afflict the|strong="H3605" spirit of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" son Amnon, for|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1732" loved him|strong="H0853", because|strong="H3605" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" his|strong="H3605" firstborn. 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H3588" Absalom|strong="H0053" spoke|strong="H1696" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5704" Amnon|strong="H0550" neither|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" nor|strong="H3808" evil|strong="H7451": for|strong="H3588" Absalom|strong="H0053" hated|strong="H8130" Amnon|strong="H0550" because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" ravished his|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269" Thamar. 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H7121" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" after|strong="H1961" two years|strong="H8141", that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sheep of|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" were|strong="H0834" shorn in|strong="H8141" Baalhasor, which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" near|strong="H5973" Ephraim|strong="H0669": and|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121": 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Behold|strong="H2009" thy servant’s|strong="H5650" sheep are|strong="H5650" shorn. Let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", I|strong="H2009" pray|strong="H4994", with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0935" servants|strong="H5650" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053": Nay, my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", do|strong="H0408" not|strong="H3808" ask|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H4994" should|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" come|strong="H4994", and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" chargeable to|strong="H0413" thee. And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3808" pressed|strong="H6555" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H4994", he|strong="H3808" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559": If thou wilt not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H4994", at|strong="H4428" least let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H0854" brother|strong="H0251" Amnon|strong="H0550", I|strong="H0559" beseech|strong="H4994" thee, come|strong="H4994" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H4994". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0854": It|strong="H3808" is|strong="H4100" not|strong="H3808" necessary that|strong="H0559" he|strong="H3808" should|strong="H4100" go|strong="H4994" with|strong="H5973" thee. 
\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053" pressed|strong="H6555" him|strong="H7971", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0853" let|strong="H7971" Amnon|strong="H0550" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" go|strong="H7971" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H7971". And|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" made|strong="H6555" a|strong="H7971" feast as|strong="H1121" it|strong="H7971" were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" feast of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7971" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H1961" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5288", saying|strong="H0559": Take|strong="H2388" notice when|strong="H3588" Amnon|strong="H0550" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" drunk|strong="H3196" with|strong="H0413" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" shall|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588": Strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413", fear|strong="H3372" not|strong="H3808": for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3820" I|strong="H0595" that|strong="H3588" command|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588": take|strong="H2388" courage|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H5288". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5288" of|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" Amnon|strong="H0550" as|strong="H0834" Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5921". And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" mule|strong="H6505", and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H1121" while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" yet|strong="H3808" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870", a|strong="H1961" rumour came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559": Absalom|strong="H0053" hath slain|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0413" left|strong="H3498". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" rent his|strong="H3605" garments|strong="H0899": and|strong="H6965" fell upon the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", that|strong="H3605" stood|strong="H5324" about|strong="H4428" him|strong="H0853", rent their|strong="H3605" garments|strong="H0899". 
\verseNumber{32}But|strong="H3588" Jonadab|strong="H3122" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Semmaa David’s|strong="H1732" brother|strong="H0251" answering, said|strong="H0559": Let|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" think|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H3117" slain: Amnon|strong="H0550" only|strong="H0905" is|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" appointed|strong="H7760" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" ravished his|strong="H3605" sister|strong="H0269" Thamar. 
\verseNumber{33}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" let|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" take|strong="H7760" this|strong="H6258" thing|strong="H1697" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820", saying|strong="H0559": All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" slain: for|strong="H3588" Amnon|strong="H0550" only|strong="H0905" is|strong="H3820" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H7200" Absalom|strong="H0053" fled|strong="H1272" away|strong="H1980": and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" that|strong="H7200" kept the|strong="H0853" watch|strong="H6822", lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H1980" looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H1980" behold|strong="H2009" there|strong="H2009" came|strong="H1980" much|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" by|strong="H1870" a|strong="H7200" by-way on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" side|strong="H6654" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0853" mountain|strong="H2022". 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H1121" Jonadab|strong="H3122" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": Behold|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" come|strong="H0935": as|strong="H1697" thy servant|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", so|strong="H3651" it|strong="H3651" is|strong="H2009". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0935" made|strong="H1696" an|strong="H1961" end|strong="H3615" of|strong="H1121" speaking|strong="H1696", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" appeared|strong="H0935": and|strong="H1121" coming|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H1121" wept|strong="H1058": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H1571" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" wept|strong="H1058" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{37}But|strong="H3117" Absalom|strong="H0053" fled|strong="H1272", and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Tholomai the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammiud the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Gessur. And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H3117" mourned|strong="H0056" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{38}And|strong="H8033" Absalom|strong="H0053" after|strong="H1961" he|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" fled|strong="H1272", and|strong="H8033" come|strong="H1961" into|strong="H1961" Gessur, was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{39}And|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" ceased|strong="H3615" to|strong="H0413" pursue after|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" comforted|strong="H5162" concerning|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" death|strong="H4191" of|strong="H4428" Amnon|strong="H0550". 
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\chapterNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia, understanding|strong="H3820" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3820" turned to|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053", 
\verseNumber{2}Sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Thecua, and|strong="H3117" fetched from|strong="H5921" thence a|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450" woman|strong="H0802": and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413": Feign thyself to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" mourner|strong="H0056", and|strong="H3117" put|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5921" mourning|strong="H0060" apparel|strong="H3847", and|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" not|strong="H0408" anointed with|strong="H0413" oil|strong="H8081", that|strong="H3117" thou mayest be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" that|strong="H3117" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" been|strong="H1961" mourning|strong="H0060" for|strong="H5921" one|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0935" thou shalt go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0935" shalt speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" manner|strong="H1697". And|strong="H0935" Joab|strong="H3097" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413" mouth|strong="H6310". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0776" when|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" Thecua was|strong="H0776" come|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", she fell|strong="H5307" before|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" worshipped, and|strong="H0776" said|strong="H0559": Save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H0413", O king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0802": What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0559" matter with|strong="H0376" thee? She|strong="H0061" answered|strong="H0559": Alas, I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" a|strong="H0376" widow|strong="H0490" woman|strong="H0802": for|strong="H4191" my|strong="H0559" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H4100" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" thy handmaid had|strong="H0369" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0369" quarrelled with|strong="H8147" each|strong="H0259" other|strong="H0259" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" none|strong="H0369" to|strong="H4191" part them|strong="H0853": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259", and|strong="H1121" slew|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H6965" behold|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" kindred rising|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" thy handmaid, saith: Deliver|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" hath slain|strong="H2026" his|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251", whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" slew|strong="H2026", and|strong="H6965" that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" destroy|strong="H8045" the|strong="H3605" heir|strong="H3423": and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0834" seek to|strong="H0559" quench|strong="H3518" my|strong="H3605" spark which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" left|strong="H7604", and|strong="H6965" will|strong="H0834" leave|strong="H7604" my|strong="H3605" husband|strong="H0376" no|strong="H1115" name|strong="H8034", nor|strong="H1571" remainder upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0127". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802": Go to|strong="H0413" thy house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H6680" charge|strong="H5921" concerning|strong="H5921" thee. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" Thecua said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": Upon|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113", be|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" iniquity|strong="H5771", and|strong="H4428" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001": but|strong="H4428" may|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" be|strong="H0113" guiltless. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": If any|strong="H5750" one|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" ought against|strong="H0413" thee, bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" be|strong="H5750" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" touch|strong="H5060" thee any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" she|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559": Let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" next|strong="H1350" of|strong="H1121" kin be|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" multiplied|strong="H7235" to|strong="H0559" take|strong="H2142" revenge, and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3068" they|strong="H0518" may|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3808" kill|strong="H7843" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559": As|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" liveth, there|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H1121" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" hair|strong="H8185" of|strong="H1121" thy son|strong="H1121" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559": Let|strong="H4994" thy handmaid speak|strong="H1696" one|strong="H0802" word|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H1696" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559": Speak|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559": Why|strong="H4100" hast thou thought|strong="H0559" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1696" thing|strong="H1697" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" why|strong="H4100" hath the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" spoken|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088" word|strong="H1697", to|strong="H0559" sin, and|strong="H0430" not|strong="H1115" bring|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5921" own exile? 
\verseNumber{14}We|strong="H3588" all|strong="H0622" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0430" like|strong="H0834" waters|strong="H4325" that|strong="H0834" return no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H4480", we|strong="H3588" fall down|strong="H5064" into|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" earth|strong="H0776": neither|strong="H3808" will|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" have|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" soul|strong="H5315" to|strong="H4191" perish, but|strong="H3588" recalleth, meaning that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" cast|strong="H5080" off|strong="H5375" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" altogether perish. 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" I|strong="H0834" am come|strong="H0935", to|strong="H0413" speak|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088" word|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H0834" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" before|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". And|strong="H0935" thy handmaid|strong="H0519" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", it|strong="H3588" maybe|strong="H0194" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H0834" perform|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" request|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" handmaid|strong="H0519". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" hath hearkened to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5337" to|strong="H8085" deliver|strong="H5337" his|strong="H8085" handmaid|strong="H0519" out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3162" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0376" destroy|strong="H8045" me|strong="H5337" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H8085" son|strong="H1121" together|strong="H3162" out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" inheritance|strong="H5159" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H1961" let|strong="H4994" thy handmaid say|strong="H0559", that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1697" a|strong="H1961" sacrifice. For|strong="H3588" even|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1697" an|strong="H1961" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", so|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" neither|strong="H5973" moved with|strong="H5973" blessing nor cursing: wherefore the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" thy God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" thee. 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" answering, said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802": Hide|strong="H3582" not|strong="H0408" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" ask|strong="H7592" thee. And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Speak|strong="H1696", my|strong="H0834" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": Is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Joab|strong="H3097" with|strong="H0854" thee in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063"? The|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" answered|strong="H0559", and|strong="H3027" said|strong="H0559": By|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" health of|strong="H4428" thy soul|strong="H5315", my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113", O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H0834" neither|strong="H0518" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8041" hand|strong="H3027", nor|strong="H0518" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3231", in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" which|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" hath spoken|strong="H1696": for|strong="H3588" thy servant|strong="H5650" Joab|strong="H3097", he|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" me|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4428" thy handmaid. 
\verseNumber{20}That|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" should|strong="H6213" come|strong="H5437" about|strong="H5437" with|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2088" form|strong="H5437" of|strong="H0776" speech|strong="H1697", thy servant|strong="H5650" Joab|strong="H3097", commanded this|strong="H2088": but|strong="H0834" thou, my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113", O|strong="H0430" king, art wise|strong="H2450", according to|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451" of|strong="H0776" ail angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0776" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H0430" understand|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" upon earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097": Behold|strong="H2009" I|strong="H2009" am appeased and|strong="H4428" have|strong="H1697" granted thy request|strong="H1697": Go|strong="H7725" therefore and|strong="H4428" fetch back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0776" Joab|strong="H3097" falling|strong="H5307" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776" upon|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" face|strong="H6440", adored, and|strong="H0776" blessed|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": and|strong="H0776" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559": This|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" thy servant|strong="H5650" hath understood|strong="H3045", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" grace|strong="H2580" in|strong="H0413" thy sight|strong="H5869", my|strong="H3045" lord|strong="H0113", O king|strong="H4428": for|strong="H3588" thou hast fulfilled the|strong="H0853" request|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" thy servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{23}Then|strong="H6965" Joab|strong="H3097" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Gessur, and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": Let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0413" return into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" face|strong="H6440". So|strong="H3808" Absalom|strong="H0053" returned|strong="H5437" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H3808" in|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" so|strong="H1961" comely, and|strong="H3478" so|strong="H1961" exceedingly|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H3303" as|strong="H5704" Absalom|strong="H0053": from|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" sole|strong="H3709" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" foot|strong="H7272" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" crown|strong="H6936" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H6936" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" blemish|strong="H3971" in|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3967" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" polled his|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H8181" (now|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" polled once|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" year|strong="H3117", because|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" hair|strong="H8181" was|strong="H1961" burdensome|strong="H3513" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5921") he|strong="H0834" weighed|strong="H8254" the|strong="H0853" hair|strong="H8181" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" at|strong="H5921" two|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" sicles, according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" common weight|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" Absalom|strong="H0053" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121": and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" daughter|strong="H1323", whose|strong="H1121", name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Thamar, and|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" very beautiful|strong="H3303". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053" dwelt|strong="H3427" two|strong="H3808" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{29}He|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" therefore|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", to|strong="H0413" send|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3808" had|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" servants|strong="H5650": You|strong="H0853" know the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H2513" of|strong="H3027" Joab|strong="H3097" near|strong="H8033" my|strong="H7200" field|strong="H2513", that|strong="H7200" hath a|strong="H7200" crop of|strong="H3027" barley|strong="H8184": go now|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" set|strong="H3341" it|strong="H8033" on|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784". So|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3027" Absalom|strong="H0053" set|strong="H3341" the|strong="H0853" corn on|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784". And|strong="H3027" Joab’s|strong="H3097" servants|strong="H5650" coming with|strong="H0413" their|strong="H7200" garments rent, said|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H3027" Absalom|strong="H0053" have|strong="H5650" set|strong="H3341" part|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H2513" on|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784". 
\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H6965" Joab|strong="H3097" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0834" thy servants|strong="H5650" set|strong="H6965" my|strong="H0834" corn on|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784"? 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053" answered|strong="H0559" Joab|strong="H3097": I|strong="H0589" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" thee beseeching thee to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H0589" might send|strong="H7971" thee to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H0413" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Wherefore am|strong="H0589" I|strong="H0589" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Gessur? it|strong="H0518" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H6258" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033": I|strong="H0589" beseech thee therefore|strong="H6258" that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H0589" may|strong="H4428" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" be|strong="H4191" mindful of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H7200" iniquity|strong="H5771", let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H7121" Joab|strong="H3097" going|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413" all: and|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053" was|strong="H0776" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428": and|strong="H0935" prostrated|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H0776" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413": and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" kissed|strong="H5401" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\chapterNumber{15}Now|strong="H1961" after|strong="H0310" these things|strong="H1961" Absalom|strong="H0053" made|strong="H6213" himself|strong="H6440" chariots|strong="H4818", and|strong="H0376" horsemen|strong="H5483", and|strong="H0376" fifty|strong="H2572" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" run|strong="H7323" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053" rising|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" entrance|strong="H0935" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" had|strong="H0834" business to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" judgment|strong="H4941", Absalom|strong="H0053" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": Of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" art thou? He|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": Thy servant|strong="H5650" is|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1961" tribe|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413": Thy words|strong="H1697" seem to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H4428" just|strong="H1697". But|strong="H7200" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0369" appointed by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" hear|strong="H8085" thee. And|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559": 
\verseNumber{4}O|strong="H4310" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0053" make|strong="H7760" me|strong="H5921" judge|strong="H8199" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" business might|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5921", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" might|strong="H0834" do|strong="H4310" them|strong="H5921" justice|strong="H4941". 
\verseNumber{5}Moreover|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" any|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1961" salute him|strong="H7971", he|strong="H0853" put|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H7971" his|strong="H1961" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" took|strong="H2388" him|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3027" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" for|strong="H0413" judgment|strong="H4941", to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H0376" heard by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" enticed the|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3068" after|strong="H7093" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141", Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" David: Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1961", and|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7999" my|strong="H3068" vows|strong="H5088" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" vowed|strong="H5087" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" in|strong="H8141" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{8}For|strong="H3588" thy servant|strong="H5650" made|strong="H5087" avow, when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3427" Gessur of|strong="H3068" Syria|strong="H0758", saying|strong="H0559": If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" offer sacrifice to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H6965" king|strong="H4428" David said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559": Go|strong="H6965" in|strong="H4428" peace|strong="H7965". And|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0559" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0559" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H3478" Absalom|strong="H0053" sent|strong="H7971" spies|strong="H7270" into all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559": As|strong="H8085" soon as|strong="H8085" you|strong="H3605" shall|strong="H3478" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782", say|strong="H0559" ye: Absalom|strong="H0053" reigneth in|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="H1980" there|strong="H3605" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" Absalom|strong="H0053" two|strong="H3808" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H0376" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" that|strong="H3045" were|strong="H0376" called|strong="H7121", going|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" simplicity of|strong="H0376" heart, and|strong="H1980" knowing|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" design|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{12}Absalom|strong="H0053" also|strong="H0853" sent|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" Achitophel the|strong="H0853" Gilonite|strong="H1526", David’s|strong="H1732" counsellor, from|strong="H1980" his|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892" Gilo. And|strong="H1980" while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H0533" conspiracy|strong="H7195", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" running|strong="H1961" together|strong="H3289" increased with|strong="H0854" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" there|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" a|strong="H1961" messenger|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559": All|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H0413" their|strong="H0310" whole heart|strong="H3820" followeth Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": Arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" let|strong="H1961" us|strong="H5921" flee|strong="H1272": for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H6413" else|strong="H6435" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" Absalom|strong="H0053": make|strong="H6965" haste|strong="H4116" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H6965" out|strong="H6440", lest|strong="H6435" he|strong="H0834" come|strong="H1961" and|strong="H6965" overtake|strong="H5381" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" bring|strong="H4116" ruin upon|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" smite|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H3605" edge|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Whatsoever|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" shall|strong="H0834" command|strong="H0559", we|strong="H0834" thy servants|strong="H5650" will|strong="H0834" willingly execute. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" on|strong="H1004" foot|strong="H7272": and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" left|strong="H3318" ten|strong="H6235" women|strong="H0802" his|strong="H3605" concubines|strong="H6370" to|strong="H8104" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004": 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" going|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H5971" on|strong="H5975" foot|strong="H7272", stood|strong="H5975" afar off|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" house: 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" walked by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" bands of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Cerethi, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Phelethi, and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Gethites, valiant warriors|strong="H0376", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" followed|strong="H7272" him|strong="H5921" from|strong="H0935" Geth on|strong="H5921" foot|strong="H7272", went|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ethai the|strong="H0559" Gethite: Why|strong="H4100" comest thou with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413"? return|strong="H7725" and|strong="H4428" dwell|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", for|strong="H3588" thou art a|strong="H3588" stranger|strong="H5237", and|strong="H4428" art come|strong="H7725" out|strong="H4100" of|strong="H4428" thy own|strong="H5973" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{20}Yesterday|strong="H8543" thou camest, and|strong="H1980" today|strong="H3117" shalt thou be|strong="H3117" forced to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921"? but|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0589" shall|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1980" whither I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" going|strong="H1980": return|strong="H7725" thou, and|strong="H1980" take|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" thy brethren|strong="H0251" with|strong="H5973" thee, and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H2617" will|strong="H0834" shew thee mercy, and|strong="H1980" truth|strong="H0571", because|strong="H5921" thou hast shewn grace and|strong="H1980" fidelity|strong="H2617". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" Ethai answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", saying|strong="H0559": As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" liveth, and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" liveth: in|strong="H3068" what|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" soever thou shalt be|strong="H1961", my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", O|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", either|strong="H0518" in|strong="H3068" death|strong="H4194", or|strong="H0518" in|strong="H3068" life|strong="H2416", there|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3068" thy servant|strong="H5650" be|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ethai: Come, and|strong="H0376" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413". And|strong="H0376" Ethai the|strong="H3605" Gethite passed|strong="H5674", and|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" rest of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0776" they|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" wept|strong="H1058" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" loud|strong="H1419" voice|strong="H6963", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921": the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H0853" himself|strong="H6440" went|strong="H6440" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" Cedron, and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" marched towards the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" that|strong="H3605" looketh to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H0430" Sadoc the|strong="H3605" priest also|strong="H1571" came|strong="H5927", and|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853" carrying|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" they|strong="H5704" set|strong="H3332" down|strong="H3332" the|strong="H3605" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430": and|strong="H0430" Abiathar|strong="H0054" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927", till|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0430" come|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" had|strong="H0430" done|strong="H3605" passing|strong="H5674". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Sadoc: Carry back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892": if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3068" find|strong="H4672" grace|strong="H2580" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" shew me|strong="H7725" it|strong="H0518", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" tabernacle. 
\verseNumber{26}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H3808": Thou pleasest me|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808": I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H2005" ready, let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896" before|strong="H5869" him|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Sadoc the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548": O|strong="H0859" seer, return|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965": and|strong="H1121" let Achimaas thy son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054", your|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", be|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0859". 
\verseNumber{28}Behold|strong="H7200" I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H1697" lie hid in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" plains of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0935" wilderness|strong="H4057", till|strong="H5704" there|strong="H5704" come|strong="H0935" word|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0935" you|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0935" certify me|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H7725" Sadoc and|strong="H0430" Abiathar|strong="H0054" carried back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430" into|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": and|strong="H0430" they|strong="H8033" tarried there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{30}But|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" ascent|strong="H4608" of|strong="H0376" mount|strong="H5927" Olivet, going|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" and|strong="H1980" weeping|strong="H1058", walking|strong="H1980" barefoot|strong="H3182", and|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" covered|strong="H2645", and|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H5927", went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" with|strong="H0854" their|strong="H3605" heads|strong="H7218" covered|strong="H2645" weeping|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3068" Achitophel also|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" conspiracy with|strong="H5973" Absalom|strong="H0053", and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559": Infatuate, O|strong="H4994" Lord|strong="H3068", I|strong="H0559" beseech|strong="H4994" thee, the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H3068" Achitophel. 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0834" mountain, where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0935" adore the|strong="H0834" Lord, behold|strong="H2009" Chusai the|strong="H0834" Arachite, came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" garment|strong="H3801" rent and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" covered with|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0127". 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921": If|strong="H0518" thou come|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H5921", thou wilt be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" burden|strong="H4853" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5921": 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" thou return|strong="H7725" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H4428" wilt say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Absalom|strong="H0053": I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" thy servant|strong="H5650", O|strong="H0589" king|strong="H4428": as|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" thy father’s|strong="H0001" servant|strong="H5650", so|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" thy servant|strong="H5650": thou shalt defeat the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H4428" Achitophel. 
\verseNumber{35}And|strong="H4428" thou hast with|strong="H5973" thee Sadoc, and|strong="H4428" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548": and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" thing|strong="H1697" soever thou shalt hear|strong="H8085" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", thou shalt tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H8033" to|strong="H1961" Sadoc and|strong="H4428" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{36}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" Achimaas the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sadoc, and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054": and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" send|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" hear|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{37}Then|strong="H0935" Chusai the|strong="H0935" friend|strong="H7463" of|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\chapterNumber{16}And|strong="H3967" when|strong="H5674" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" a|strong="H5921" little|strong="H4592" past the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5921" hill, behold|strong="H2009" Siba the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288" of|strong="H7218" Miphiboseth came|strong="H7122" to|strong="H5921" meet|strong="H7122" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" two|strong="H6776" asses, laden with|strong="H5921" two|strong="H6776" hundred|strong="H3967" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H7218" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5921" hundred|strong="H3967" bunches|strong="H6778" of|strong="H7218" raisins|strong="H6778", a|strong="H5921" hundred|strong="H3967" cakes of|strong="H7218" figs, and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5921" vessel of|strong="H7218" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Siba: What|strong="H4100" mean these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428"? And|strong="H4428" Siba answered|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0559" asses are|strong="H0428" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" household|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" sit on|strong="H0413": and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" loaves|strong="H3899" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" figs for|strong="H0413" thy servants|strong="H5288" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H0413" drink|strong="H8354" if any|strong="H0398" man|strong="H5288" be|strong="H4428" faint|strong="H3287" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" desert|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": Where|strong="H0346" is|strong="H3117" thy master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121"? And|strong="H1121" Siba answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": He|strong="H3588" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", saying|strong="H0559": Today|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" restore|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4468" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Siba: I|strong="H0834" give thee all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H0559" Miphiboseth. And|strong="H4428" Siba said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" beseech thee let me|strong="H4672" find|strong="H4672" grace|strong="H2580" before|strong="H5869" thee, my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113", O king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Bahurim|strong="H0980": and|strong="H1121" behold|strong="H2009" there|strong="H8033" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H0935" thence a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" kindred of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" named|strong="H8034" Semei, the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gera|strong="H1617", and|strong="H1121" coming|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" he|strong="H5704" cursed|strong="H7043" as|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" went|strong="H3318" on|strong="H0935", 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1732" threw|strong="H5619" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H4428" at|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732": and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" warriors|strong="H1368" walked on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225", and|strong="H4428" on|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040" side|strong="H3225" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0376" thus|strong="H3541" said|strong="H0559" Semei when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H0376" cursed|strong="H7043" the|strong="H0559" king: Come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", thou man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="H0376" thou man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Belial. 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" hath repaid|strong="H7725" thee for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586": because|strong="H3588" thou hast usurped the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" stead|strong="H8478", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" hath given|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" thy son|strong="H1121": and|strong="H1121" behold|strong="H2005" thy evils press upon|strong="H5921" thee, because|strong="H3588" thou art a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H1121" Abisai the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191" dog|strong="H3611" curse|strong="H7043" my|strong="H5493" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"? I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H5674", and|strong="H1121" cut|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5493" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", ye sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia? Let|strong="H3651" him|strong="H0853" alone|strong="H6213" and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H3651" him|strong="H0853" curse|strong="H7043": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" hath bid him|strong="H0853" curse|strong="H7043" David|strong="H1732": and|strong="H1121" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H1121" dare say|strong="H0559", why|strong="H4100" hath he|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651"? 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abisai, and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650": Behold|strong="H2009" my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3605" bowels|strong="H4578", seeketh my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315": how|strong="H0834" much|strong="H0637" more|strong="H0637" now|strong="H6258" a|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jemini? let|strong="H0637" him|strong="H0413" alone that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H7043" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" hath bidden him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{12}Perhaps|strong="H0194" the|strong="H7200" Lord|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" upon|strong="H7200" my|strong="H3068" affliction, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" Lord|strong="H3068" may|strong="H3068" render|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" cursing|strong="H7045" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H1980" him|strong="H5619" went|strong="H1980" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" way|strong="H1870". And|strong="H1980" Semei by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" hill’s side|strong="H6763" went|strong="H1980" over against|strong="H0376" him|strong="H5619", cursing|strong="H7043", and|strong="H1980" casting stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H1732" him|strong="H5619", and|strong="H1980" scattering earth|strong="H6083". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" weary|strong="H5889", and|strong="H0935" refreshed|strong="H5314" themselves there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{15}But|strong="H0376" Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" Achitophel was|strong="H3478" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" Chusai the|strong="H0559" Arachite, David’s|strong="H1732" friend|strong="H7463", was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": God|strong="H0559" save thee, O king|strong="H4428", God|strong="H0559" save thee, O king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1980" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" thy kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" thy friend|strong="H7453"? Why|strong="H4100" wentest thou not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H0854" thy friend|strong="H7453"? 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3068" Chusai answered|strong="H0559" Absalom|strong="H0053": Nay: for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605", whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" hath chosen|strong="H0977", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413" will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" abide|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{19}Besides|strong="H8145" this|strong="H3651", whom|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0589" serve|strong="H5647"? is|strong="H0834" it|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6440" king’s son|strong="H1121"? as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" served|strong="H5647" thy father|strong="H0001", so|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4310" I|strong="H0589" serve|strong="H5647" thee also|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H6098" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Achitophel: Consult what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" are|strong="H4100" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H0935" Achitophel said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053": Go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" concubines|strong="H6370" of|strong="H1004" thy father|strong="H0001", whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" hath left|strong="H3240" to|strong="H0413" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004": that|strong="H0834" when|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" shall|strong="H3478" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" thou hast disgraced thy father|strong="H0001", their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" may|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" strengthened|strong="H2388" with|strong="H0854" thee. 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" spread|strong="H5186" a|strong="H0935" tent|strong="H0168" for|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" top|strong="H1406" of|strong="H0168" the|strong="H3605" house, and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5921" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" concubines|strong="H6370" before|strong="H5869" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{23}Now|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0430" Achitophel, which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H3289" in|strong="H0430" those|strong="H3605" days|strong="H3117", was|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" if|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" man|strong="H3605" should|strong="H1732" consult|strong="H7592" God|strong="H0430": so|strong="H3651" was|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0430" Achitophel, both|strong="H1571" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0430" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0430" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0430" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\chapterNumber{17}And|strong="H6965" Achitophel said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053": I|strong="H0310" will|strong="H0376" choose|strong="H0977" me|strong="H0413" twelve|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H0310" will|strong="H0376" arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732" this|strong="H0376" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" (for|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" now|strong="H0935" weary|strong="H3023", and|strong="H0935" weak|strong="H3605" handed|strong="H3027") I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" defeat|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921": and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" is|strong="H0834" put|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" flight|strong="H5127" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" kill|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3027" left|strong="H0935" alone|strong="H0905". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H7725" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", as|strong="H0834" if|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" but|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376": for|strong="H0413" thou seekest but|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376": and|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" saying|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H5869" Absalom|strong="H0053", and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ancients of|strong="H1697" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}But|strong="H8085" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559": Call|strong="H7121" Chusai the|strong="H0559" Arachite, and|strong="H8085" let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" saith. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0518" Chusai was|strong="H0369" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Achitophel hath spoken|strong="H1696" after|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" manner|strong="H1697": shall|strong="H2088" we|strong="H0518" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H0518" or|strong="H0518" not|strong="H0369"? what|strong="H1697" counsel|strong="H1697" dost thou give|strong="H0935"? 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H6098" Chusai said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053": The|strong="H0559" counsel|strong="H6098" that|strong="H0834" Achitophel hath given|strong="H3289" this|strong="H2063" time|strong="H6471" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0376" again Chusai said|strong="H0559": Thou knowest thy father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1992" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" very|strong="H3045" valiant|strong="H1368", and|strong="H0376" bitter|strong="H4751" in|strong="H0376" their|strong="H1992" mind|strong="H5315", as|strong="H5315" a|strong="H3588" bear|strong="H1677" raging in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" wood when|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0559" whelps are|strong="H1992" taken away: and|strong="H0376" thy father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3588" warrior|strong="H1368", and|strong="H0376" will|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" lodge with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}Perhaps he|strong="H0834" now|strong="H6258" lieth hid|strong="H2244" in|strong="H8085" pits|strong="H6354", or|strong="H0176" in|strong="H8085" some|strong="H0259" other|strong="H0259" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" list: and|strong="H8085" when|strong="H1961" any|strong="H0259" one|strong="H0259" shall|strong="H0834" fall|strong="H5307" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" first|strong="H0259", every|strong="H0259" one|strong="H0259" that|strong="H0834" heareth it|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559": There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" slaughter|strong="H4046" among the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" followed|strong="H0310" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" most valiant|strong="H2428" man|strong="H1368" whose|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3820" is|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" lion|strong="H0738", shall|strong="H1121" melt|strong="H4549" for|strong="H3588" fear: for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045" thy father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H3478" be|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3588" valiant|strong="H2428" man|strong="H1368", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" are|strong="H0834" valiant|strong="H2428". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" seemeth to|strong="H5704" me|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H3478" good counsel|strong="H3289": Let|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" to|strong="H5704" thee, from|strong="H5921" Dan|strong="H1835" to|strong="H5704" Bersabee, as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sand|strong="H2344" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" which|strong="H0834" cannot be|strong="H3478" numbered: and|strong="H1980" thou shalt be|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" midst of|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" we|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" what|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" soever he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672": and|strong="H0935" we|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0376" cover him|strong="H0413", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" dew|strong="H2919" falleth upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0127", and|strong="H0935" we|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5117" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413", not|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3808" much|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3478" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H3478" enter into|strong="H0413" any|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" shall|strong="H3478" cast ropes|strong="H2256" round about|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3478" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" draw it|strong="H1931" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5704", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" shall|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" so|strong="H3808" much|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H3605" small stone|strong="H0834" thereof. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559": The|strong="H3605" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0376" Chusai the|strong="H3605" Arachite is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3605" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0376" Achitophel: and|strong="H0935" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" profitable counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0376" Achitophel was|strong="H3068" defeated, that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" might|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" evil|strong="H7451" upon|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3478" Chusai said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Sadoc and|strong="H3478" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548": Thus and|strong="H3478" thus did Achitophel counsel|strong="H3289" Absalom|strong="H0053", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" ancients of|strong="H2205" Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H3478" thus and|strong="H3478" thus did I|strong="H0589" counsel|strong="H3289" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{16}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" send|strong="H7971" quickly|strong="H4120", and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559": Tarry not|strong="H0408" this|strong="H6258" night|strong="H3915" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" plains|strong="H6160" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057", but|strong="H1571" without|strong="H0408" delay pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674": lest|strong="H6435" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1571" swallowed|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1980" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1980" Achimaas stayed|strong="H5975" by|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" fountain Rogel: and|strong="H1980" there|strong="H5975" went|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" maid|strong="H8198" and|strong="H1980" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992": and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H1980" forward|strong="H0935", to|strong="H0935" carry|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3588" message to|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" might not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" seen|strong="H7200", nor|strong="H3808" enter|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" certain|strong="H0376" boy|strong="H5288" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" Absalom|strong="H0053": but|strong="H7200" they|strong="H8033" making haste went|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H7200" certain|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0935" Bahurim|strong="H0980", who|strong="H0376" had|strong="H0376" a|strong="H7200" well|strong="H0875" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0376" court|strong="H2691", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H8033" went|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" into|strong="H0413" it|strong="H3381". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H0802" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H0802" took|strong="H3947", and|strong="H0802" spread|strong="H6566" a|strong="H3947" covering|strong="H4539" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" mouth|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" well|strong="H0875", as|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5921" were|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5921" dry sodden barley: and|strong="H0802" so|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" thing|strong="H1697" was|strong="H0802" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H0802" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004", they|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802": Where|strong="H0346" is|strong="H5650" Achimaas and|strong="H0935" Jonathan|strong="H3083"? and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" answered|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413": They|strong="H3808" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" haste, after|strong="H0413" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H4672" tasted a|strong="H4672" little water|strong="H4325". But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0559" sought|strong="H1245" them|strong="H0413", when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" them|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808", returned|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1961" gone|strong="H5927", they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" well|strong="H0875", and|strong="H6965" going|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559": Arise|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" pass|strong="H5674" quickly|strong="H4120" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" river|strong="H3588": for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3602" manner|strong="H3602" of|strong="H4428" counsel|strong="H3289" has|strong="H1961" Achitophel given|strong="H3289" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0834" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704" grew light|strong="H0216", and|strong="H6965" not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H0853" was|strong="H0834" left|strong="H6965" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" gone|strong="H3808" over|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" river|strong="H5704". 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3588" Achitophel seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7200" counsel|strong="H6098" was|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" followed, saddled|strong="H2280" his|strong="H7200" ass, and|strong="H6965" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H6965" putting|strong="H4191" his|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0413" order|strong="H6680", hanged himself|strong="H0413", and|strong="H6965" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" sepulchre of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001". 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" camp, and|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", be|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{25}Now|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053" appointed|strong="H7760" Amasa|strong="H6021" in|strong="H5921" Joab’s|strong="H3097" stead|strong="H8478" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635": and|strong="H1121" Amasa|strong="H6021" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7760" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H8034" Jethra of|strong="H1121" Jezrael, who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Naas, the|strong="H0853" sister|strong="H0269" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" mother|strong="H0517" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" camped|strong="H2583" with|strong="H0776" Absalom|strong="H0053" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H0776" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Galaad. 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" camp, Sobi the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Naas of|strong="H1121" Rabbath of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" Machir|strong="H4353" the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammihel of|strong="H1121" Lodabar, and|strong="H1121" Berzellai the|strong="H0935" Galaadite of|strong="H1121" Rogelim|strong="H7274", 
\verseNumber{28}Brought him beds|strong="H4904", and|strong="H3627" tapestry, and|strong="H3627" earthen vessels|strong="H3627", and|strong="H3627" wheat|strong="H2406", and|strong="H3627" barley|strong="H8184", and|strong="H3627" meal|strong="H7058", and|strong="H3627" parched|strong="H7039" corn, and|strong="H3627" beans|strong="H6321", and|strong="H3627" lentils|strong="H5742", and|strong="H3627" fried pulse, 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H0398" honey|strong="H1706", and|strong="H0398" butter|strong="H2529", and|strong="H0398" sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H0398" fat calves|strong="H1241", and|strong="H0398" they|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0398" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854", to|strong="H0559" eat|strong="H0398": for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" suspected that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" faint|strong="H5889" with|strong="H0854" hunger|strong="H7457" and|strong="H0398" thirst in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H0559" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
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\chapterNumber{18}And|strong="H3967" David|strong="H1732" having reviewed his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971", appointed|strong="H6485" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" thousands|strong="H0505" and|strong="H3967" of|strong="H8269" hundreds|strong="H3967", 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" part|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" under|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" part|strong="H3027" under|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Abisai the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia Joab’s|strong="H3097" brother|strong="H0251", and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" part|strong="H3027" under|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Ethai, who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1732" of|strong="H1121" Geth: and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971": I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" answered|strong="H0559": Thou shalt not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318": for|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" we|strong="H3588" flee|strong="H5127" away|strong="H5127", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" much mind|strong="H3820" us|strong="H0413": or|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H3820" us|strong="H0413" should|strong="H0518" fall|strong="H1961", they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" greatly care: for|strong="H3588" thou alone art accounted for|strong="H3588" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505": it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3820" better|strong="H2896" therefore|strong="H6258" that|strong="H3588" thou shouldst be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" succour us|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": What|strong="H0834" seemeth good|strong="H3190" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834", that|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213". And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179": and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3381" forth by|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" troops, by|strong="H3027" hundreds|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" by|strong="H3027" thousands|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H4428" Abisai, and|strong="H4428" Ethai, saying|strong="H0559": Save me|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" boy|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053". And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" giving|strong="H6680" charge|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" concerning|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" against|strong="H7125" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1961" fought in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H7704" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5062" there|strong="H8033" by|strong="H3117" David’s|strong="H1732" army|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4046" was|strong="H1961" made|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" scattered|strong="H6327" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H0834" many|strong="H7235" more|strong="H7235" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293" consumed|strong="H0398", than|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" devoured|strong="H0398" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414" happened|strong="H7122" that|strong="H0834" Absalom|strong="H0053" met|strong="H7122" the|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H0776" David|strong="H1732", riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" mule|strong="H6505": and|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H6440" mule|strong="H6505" went|strong="H0935" under|strong="H8478" a|strong="H5414" thick|strong="H7730" and|strong="H0935" large|strong="H1419" oak|strong="H0424", his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" stuck in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" oak|strong="H0424": and|strong="H0935" while|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" hung|strong="H5414" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H6440" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776", the|strong="H6440" mule|strong="H6505" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" rode|strong="H7392" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0259" saw|strong="H7200" this|strong="H5046" and|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Joab|strong="H3097", saying|strong="H0559": I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" Absalom|strong="H0053" hanging|strong="H8518" upon|strong="H7200" an|strong="H7200" oak|strong="H0424". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H0776" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H7200" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414": If|strong="H2009" thou sawest him|strong="H5414", why|strong="H4069" didst thou not|strong="H3808" stab him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0376" given|strong="H5414" thee ten|strong="H6235" sicles of|strong="H0776" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H0776" belt? 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097": If|strong="H3588" thou wouldst have|strong="H0376" paid|strong="H3027" down|strong="H7971" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8104" hands|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3588" thousand|strong="H0505" pieces of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", I|strong="H0595" would|strong="H3863" not|strong="H3808" lay|strong="H7971" my|strong="H8104" hands|strong="H3027" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121": for|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" hearing|strong="H0241" he|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" charged|strong="H6680" thee, and|strong="H1121" Abisai, and|strong="H1121" Ethai, saying|strong="H0559": Save me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" boy|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{13}Yea and|strong="H4428" if|strong="H0176" I|strong="H1697" should|strong="H6213" have|strong="H0859" acted|strong="H6213" boldly against|strong="H4480" my|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5315" life|strong="H5315", this|strong="H1697" could|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0859" been|strong="H3808" hid|strong="H3582" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" wouldst thou have|strong="H0859" stood|strong="H3320" by|strong="H3605" me|strong="H5315"? 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H6440" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559": Not|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3651" thou wilt, but|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3820" set upon him|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5750" thy sight|strong="H6440". So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H3651" took|strong="H3947" three|strong="H7969" lances in|strong="H5750" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3709", and|strong="H6440" thrust|strong="H8628" them|strong="H6440" into|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0559" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H7626" Absalom|strong="H0053": and|strong="H6440" whilst he|strong="H3651" yet|strong="H5750" panted for|strong="H3651" life|strong="H2416", sticking on|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" oak|strong="H0424", 
\verseNumber{15}Ten|strong="H6235" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", armourbearers of|strong="H3627" Joab|strong="H3097", ran up|strong="H5375", and|strong="H3097" striking|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" slew|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3478" Joab|strong="H3097" sounded|strong="H8628" the|strong="H0853" trumpet|strong="H7782", and|strong="H3478" kept|strong="H2820" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Israel|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H3588" flight|strong="H7291", being willing to|strong="H7725" spare|strong="H2820" he|strong="H3588" multitude. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" Absalom|strong="H0053", and|strong="H3478" cast|strong="H7993" him|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" great|strong="H1419" pit|strong="H6354" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" laid an|strong="H7993" exceeding|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" heap|strong="H1530" of|strong="H0376" stories upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413": but|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" dwellings. 
\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H3117" Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H0834" reared up|strong="H5704" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H3027", in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" lifetime|strong="H3117", a|strong="H3947" pillar|strong="H5324", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" valley|strong="H6010": for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" no|strong="H0369" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" this|strong="H2088" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" monument|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" pillar|strong="H5324" by|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0369" own name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0369" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053", to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" Achimaas the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sadoc said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1121" tell|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" hath done|strong="H3027" judgment|strong="H8199" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H0853" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921": Thou shalt not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0559" messenger|strong="H1319" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3588" shalt bear|strong="H1319" tidings|strong="H1319" another|strong="H0312" day|strong="H3117": this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0376" thee bear|strong="H1319" tidings|strong="H1319", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H4428" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Chusai: Go, and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" thou hast seen|strong="H7200". Chusai bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0559" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H4428" ran|strong="H7323". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1961" Achimaas the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sadoc said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097" again|strong="H5750": Why|strong="H4100" might|strong="H1121" not|strong="H0369" I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" run|strong="H7323" after|strong="H0310" Chusai? And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Why|strong="H4100" wilt thou run|strong="H7323", my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121"? thou wilt not|strong="H0369" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" bearer of|strong="H1121" good tidings. 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H0853" answered|strong="H0559": But|strong="H1961" what|strong="H4100" if|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0559" run|strong="H7323"? And|strong="H1870" he|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853": Run|strong="H7323". Then|strong="H1961" Achimaas running|strong="H7323" by|strong="H1870" a|strong="H1961" nearer way|strong="H1870" passed|strong="H5674" Chusai. 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H5869" David|strong="H1732" sat|strong="H3427" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" gates|strong="H8179": and|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0853" watchman|strong="H6822" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1732" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H1406" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346", lifting up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" eyes|strong="H5869", saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H0376" running|strong="H7323" alone|strong="H0905". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H1980" crying|strong="H7121" out|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0518" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" be|strong="H4428" alone|strong="H0905", there are|strong="H6310" good tidings in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7121" mouth|strong="H6310". And|strong="H1980" as|strong="H7121" he|strong="H0518" was|strong="H4428" coming|strong="H1980" apace, and|strong="H1980" drawing nearer|strong="H1980", 
\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H0559" watchman|strong="H6822" saw|strong="H7200" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376" running|strong="H7323", and|strong="H4428" crying|strong="H7121" aloud from|strong="H0376" above|strong="H0413", he|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H2009" see|strong="H7200" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376" running|strong="H7323" alone|strong="H0905". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": He|strong="H0376" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H7200" good|strong="H1319" messenger|strong="H1319". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" watchman|strong="H6822" said|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0853" running|strong="H4794" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" foremost|strong="H7223" seemeth to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" like|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" running|strong="H4794" of|strong="H1121" Achimaas the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sadoc. And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": He|strong="H0853" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H7200" good|strong="H2896" man|strong="H0376": and|strong="H1121" cometh with|strong="H0413" good|strong="H2896" news|strong="H1309". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H3068" Achimaas crying|strong="H7121" out|strong="H0413", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": God|strong="H0430" save thee, O|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". And|strong="H3068" falling down|strong="H7812" before|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776", he|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559": Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" thy God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H0834" hath shut|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" lord|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": Is|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053" safe|strong="H7965"? And|strong="H4428" Achimaas said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H3045" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" great|strong="H1419" tumult|strong="H1995", O|strong="H4100" king|strong="H4428", when|strong="H7200" thy servant|strong="H5650" Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" thy servant|strong="H5650": I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="H3808" else|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559": Pass, and|strong="H4428" stand|strong="H5975" here|strong="H3541". 
\verseNumber{31}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" bad passed, and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H6965" still|strong="H0559", Chusai appeared|strong="H0935": and|strong="H0935" coming|strong="H0935" up|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H0935" good|strong="H1319" tidings|strong="H1319", my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" hath judged|strong="H8199" for|strong="H3588" thee this|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" risen|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" thee. 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Chusai: Is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053" safe|strong="H7965"? And|strong="H6965" Chusai answering him|strong="H0413", said|strong="H0559": Let|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" rise|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" unto evil|strong="H7451", be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" is|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{33}The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom. 
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\chapterNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4428" told|strong="H0559" Joab|strong="H0559", that|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" wept|strong="H1058" and|strong="H1121" mourned|strong="H1058" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" son|strong="H1121": 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" victory that|strong="H2009" day was|strong="H4428" turned into|strong="H5921" mourning|strong="H0056" unto all|strong="H2009" the|strong="H5921" people: for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people heard|strong="H5046" say that|strong="H2009" day: The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" grieveth for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" son. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shunned the|strong="H3605" going into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" would|strong="H0559" do|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" hath turned|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" backs, and|strong="H1121" fled away|strong="H3605" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" king covered his|strong="H0834" head, and|strong="H0935" cried with|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" loud voice: O my|strong="H0834" son Absalom, O Absalom my|strong="H0834" son, O my|strong="H0834" son. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0853" Joab going into the|strong="H0853" house to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", said: Thou hast shamed this day the|strong="H0853" faces|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H1419" thy servants, that|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" saved thy life, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" lives of|strong="H1121" thy sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" thy daughters, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" lives of|strong="H1121" thy wives, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" lives of|strong="H1121" thy concubines. 
\verseNumber{6}Thou lovest them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3605" hate thee, and|strong="H1121" thou hatest them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3605" love thee: and|strong="H1121" thou hast shewn this|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" thou carest not|strong="H5315" for|strong="H0413" thy nobles, nor|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" thy servants|strong="H5650": and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" now|strong="H3117" plainly|strong="H0559" perceive that|strong="H3605" if|strong="H1121" Absalom had|strong="H4428" lived|strong="H5315", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3605" slain, then|strong="H0853" it|strong="H6440" would|strong="H0559" have|strong="H1121" pleased thee. 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H3117" therefore|strong="H3045" arise, and|strong="H3117" go out|strong="H3045", and|strong="H3117" speak to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" satisfaction of|strong="H3117" thy servants|strong="H5650": for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" swear|strong="H3588" to|strong="H4191" thee by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Lord, that|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" thou wilt not|strong="H0369" go forth|strong="H3045", there|strong="H0369" will|strong="H5869" not|strong="H0369" tarry with|strong="H3045" thee so|strong="H4191" much|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0369" this|strong="H3588" night: and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5869" be|strong="H4191" worse to|strong="H4191" thee, than|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evils that|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0369" befallen thee from|strong="H3117" thy youth until now|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" sat in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gate: and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H0518" was|strong="H0369" told|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" sat in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gate: and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3588" Israel fled to|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" dwellings. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3427" strife in|strong="H3427" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559": The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" delivered us|strong="H5046" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" hand of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H6965", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0376" saved us|strong="H5046" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" hand of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Philistines: and|strong="H0935" now|strong="H2009" he|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0376" fled|strong="H5127" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" for|strong="H3605" Absalom. 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H1961" Absalom|strong="H0053", whom we|strong="H6258" anointed over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", is|strong="H1931" dead in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" battle: how|strong="H0341" long are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" silent, and|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" back the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"? 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" David sent|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" Sadoc, and|strong="H4428" Abiathar the|strong="H0853" priests, saying: Speak to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" ancients of|strong="H4428" Juda, saying: Why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0853" last to|strong="H4191" bring|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H5921" house? (For|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" talk of|strong="H4428" all Israel|strong="H4421" was|strong="H0834" come|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house.) 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" brethren, you|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" bone, and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3605" flesh, why|strong="H4100" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" last|strong="H0314" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"? 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H4428" say ye to|strong="H7725" Amasa: Art not|strong="H1961" thou my|strong="H1961" bone|strong="H6106", and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1961" flesh|strong="H1320"? So|strong="H1961" do|strong="H4100" God to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" and|strong="H4428" add more, if|strong="H1961" thou be|strong="H1961" not|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" chief captain of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" army before me|strong="H7725" always in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" Joab. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1961" inclined the|strong="H3605" heart of|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" Juda, as|strong="H1961" it|strong="H0518" were|strong="H1961" of|strong="H0430" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605": and|strong="H0430" they|strong="H0518" sent|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king, saying|strong="H0559": Return|strong="H8478" thou, and|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" thy servants. 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3063" came|strong="H0413" as|strong="H3824" far|strong="H0413" as|strong="H3824" the|strong="H3605" Jordan, and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" Juda came|strong="H0413" as|strong="H3824" far|strong="H0413" as|strong="H3824" Galgal to|strong="H0413" meet the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jordan. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0935" Semei the|strong="H0853" son of|strong="H4428" Gera the|strong="H0853" son of|strong="H4428" Jemini of|strong="H4428" Bahurim, made|strong="H7725" haste and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" down with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" men of|strong="H4428" Juda to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7125" king|strong="H4428" David, 
\verseNumber{17}With|strong="H5973" a|strong="H0834" thousand men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin, and|strong="H1121" Siba the|strong="H0834" servant of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" house of|strong="H1121" Saul: and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" fifteen sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" twenty servants|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973": and|strong="H1121" going|strong="H3381" over|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Jordan, 
\verseNumber{18}They|strong="H0376" passed the|strong="H6440" fords before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", that|strong="H7586" they|strong="H0376" might|strong="H1121" help over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" household|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" do according|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" commandment. And|strong="H1121" Semei the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gera falling down|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0376" was|strong="H7586" come over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383", 
\verseNumber{19}Said to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853": Impute not|strong="H1121" to|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", my|strong="H6440" lord, the|strong="H0853" iniquity, nor remember the|strong="H0853" injuries of|strong="H1121" thy servant on|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" day that|strong="H5307" thou, my|strong="H6440" lord, the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", wentest out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem, nor lay|strong="H5307" it|strong="H6213" up|strong="H0853" in|strong="H1004" thy heart, O|strong="H1004" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="H0413" I|strong="H0834" thy servant|strong="H5650" acknowledge my|strong="H7760" sin|strong="H5771": and|strong="H4428" therefore|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" am come|strong="H3318" this|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" house of|strong="H4428" Joseph|strong="H0413", and|strong="H4428" am come|strong="H3318" down|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H3318" my|strong="H7760" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" Abisai the|strong="H3605" son of|strong="H4428" Sarvia answering, said: Shall|strong="H1004" Semei for|strong="H3588" these|strong="H3605" words not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H0113" put|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" death, because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" cursed the|strong="H3605" Lord’s|strong="H0113" anointed? 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H1121" David said|strong="H0559": What|strong="H2063" have|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" do with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", ye sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia? why|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" satan this|strong="H2063" day to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H4191"? shall|strong="H1121" there|strong="H3068" any|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" be|strong="H4191" killed|strong="H4191" this|strong="H2063" day in|strong="H3068" Israel? do not|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" know that|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063" day I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" made king over|strong="H0853" Israel? 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Semei: Thou shalt not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" swore unto him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H4428" Miphiboseth the|strong="H0559" son of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H0559" came|strong="H0413" down to|strong="H0413" meet the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3808" had|strong="H4428" neither|strong="H3808" washed his|strong="H3808" feet, nor|strong="H3808" trimmed his|strong="H3808" beard: nor|strong="H3808" washed his|strong="H3808" garments from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" day that|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413", until the|strong="H0559" day of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3808" return in|strong="H0413" peace. 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" met|strong="H7125" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" at|strong="H3117" Jerusalem, the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853": Why|strong="H0834" camest thou not|strong="H3808" with|strong="H0935" me|strong="H4480", Miphiboseth? 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H1980" he|strong="H3588" answering, said|strong="H0559": My|strong="H1961" lord, O|strong="H4100" king|strong="H4428", my|strong="H1961" servant despised me|strong="H0935": for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thy servant spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" saddle me|strong="H0935" an|strong="H1961" ass, that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" might get|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" thy servant am|strong="H1961" lame. 
\verseNumber{27}Moreover he|strong="H3588" hath also|strong="H4428" accused me|strong="H5921" thy servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0559" thee, my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": but|strong="H3588" thou my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" art as|strong="H3588" an|strong="H3588" angel of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0559", do what|strong="H5921" pleaseth thee. 
\verseNumber{28}For|strong="H0413" all of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5650" father’s house were|strong="H5869" no better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" worthy of|strong="H4428" death before|strong="H5869" my|strong="H5650" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428"; and|strong="H0430" thou hast set|strong="H6213" me|strong="H0413" thy servant|strong="H5650" among|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" guests of|strong="H4428" thy table: what|strong="H2896" just|strong="H6213" complaint therefore have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H5650"? or|strong="H5650" what|strong="H2896" right|strong="H5869" to|strong="H0413" cry any more to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428"? 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Why|strong="H4100" speakest thou any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750"? what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" said|strong="H0413" is|strong="H4100" determined: thou and|strong="H4428" Siba divide the|strong="H3605" possessions. 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H4428" Miphiboseth answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": Yea, let him|strong="H0853" take all|strong="H1697", for|strong="H4428" as|strong="H1697" much|strong="H4100" as|strong="H1697" my|strong="H1696" lord the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4100" returned peaceably into his|strong="H4100" house. 
\verseNumber{31}Berzellai also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" Galaadite coming|strong="H0935" down from|strong="H0935" Rogelim, brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jordan, being ready also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0413" wait on|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" beyond|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" river. 
\verseNumber{32}Now Berzellai the|strong="H0853" Galaadite was|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7971" great age, that|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3381" say, fourscore years old, and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0853" provided the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H0854" sustenance when|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0853" abode in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" camp: for|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0853" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7971" man exceeding rich. 
\verseNumber{33}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said to|strong="H0376" Berzellai: Come with|strong="H0376" me|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3588" thou mayest rest secure with|strong="H0376" me|strong="H1121" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem. 
\verseNumber{34}And|strong="H4428" Berzellai said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": How many are|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0853" days of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" years of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H0854" life, that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0559" should|strong="H0559" go|strong="H5674" up|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"? 
\verseNumber{35}I|strong="H3588" am this|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" fourscore years|strong="H3117" old, are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3588" senses quick to|strong="H0413" discern sweet and|strong="H4428" bitter? or|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4100" meat or|strong="H3117" drink delight thy servant? or|strong="H3117" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" hear any|strong="H5927" more|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" voice of|strong="H4428" singing men|strong="H8147" and|strong="H4428" singing women? why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" thy servant be|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" burden|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3588" lord, the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"? 
\verseNumber{36}I|strong="H0834" thy servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" little way from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" Jordan with|strong="H0413" thee: I|strong="H0834" need not|strong="H0518" this|strong="H0834" recompense. 
\verseNumber{37}But|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5650" beseech thee let thy servant|strong="H5650" return, and|strong="H4428" die in|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5650" own city, and|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" buried by|strong="H4592" the|strong="H0853" sepulchre of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5650" father, and|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5650" mother. But|strong="H4428" there|strong="H2063" is|strong="H4100" thy servant|strong="H5650" Chamaam, let him|strong="H0853" go|strong="H5674" with|strong="H0854" thee, my|strong="H5650" lord, the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H4100" to|strong="H5650" him|strong="H0853" whatsoever seemeth good to|strong="H5650" thee. 
\verseNumber{38}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0853": Let|strong="H4994" Chamaam go|strong="H7725" over|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0853" whatsoever shall|strong="H0517" please|strong="H4994" thee, and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H2009" that|strong="H0834" thou shalt ask|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" me|strong="H4994", thou shalt obtain. 
\verseNumber{39}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jordan, the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" kissed Berzellai, and|strong="H4428" blessed him|strong="H5921": and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" returned to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H5869" place|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{40}So|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H7725" on|strong="H4725" to|strong="H7725" Galgal, and|strong="H4428" Chamaam with|strong="H3605" him|strong="H0853". Now all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Juda had|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5674", and|strong="H4428" only|strong="H3605" half of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3383" there|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{41}Therefore|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" running together|strong="H5973" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", said to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H0853": Why have|strong="H1571" our|strong="H3605" brethren the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Juda stolen thee away|strong="H5973", and|strong="H3063" have|strong="H1571" brought the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3063" his|strong="H3605" household over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan, and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" David|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853"? 
\verseNumber{42}And|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Juda answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478": Because|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H0376" nearer to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413": why|strong="H4069" art thou angry for|strong="H0413" this|strong="H3605" matter? have|strong="H0376" we|strong="H3605" eaten any|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428", or|strong="H1004" have|strong="H0376" any|strong="H3605" gifts been|strong="H3605" given us|strong="H0413"? 
\verseNumber{43}And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" answered|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Juda, and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0413": I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0376" ten parts|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" thou, and|strong="H3063" David belongeth to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0413" thee: why|strong="H4100" hast thou done|strong="H3605" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" wrong, and|strong="H3063" why|strong="H4100" was|strong="H3478" it|strong="H0518" not|strong="H2088" told|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" first|strong="H2088", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" might|strong="H3478" bring|strong="H5375" back|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"? And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Juda answered|strong="H6030" more|strong="H4480" harshly than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" happened|strong="H7122" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033" a|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Belial, whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Seba, the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bochri, a|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Jemini: and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" sounded|strong="H8628" the|strong="H0559" trumpet|strong="H7782", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559": We|strong="H8033" have|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" part in|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732", nor|strong="H3808" inheritance|strong="H5159" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Isai: return to|strong="H0559" thy dwellings, O|strong="H8034" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" departed from|strong="H4480" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1121" followed|strong="H0310" Seba the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bochri: but|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Juda stuck|strong="H1692" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" unto Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H8104" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", he|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" women|strong="H0802" his|strong="H8104" concubines|strong="H6370", whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" left|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" ward, allowing them|strong="H0413" provisions: and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" not|strong="H3808" in|strong="H0935" unto them|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" shut up|strong="H5704" unto the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5414" death|strong="H4194" living|strong="H2424" in|strong="H0935" widowhood|strong="H0491". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Amasa|strong="H6021": Assemble to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Juda against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" third|strong="H7969" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3063" be|strong="H0376" thou here|strong="H6311" present|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H4480" Amasa|strong="H6021" went to|strong="H3063" assemble|strong="H3259" the|strong="H0853" men of|strong="H4480" Juda, but|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" tarried beyond|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" set|strong="H0834" time|strong="H4150" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king had|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H4150" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abisai: Now|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5869" Seba the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bochri do us|strong="H0413" more|strong="H4480" harm than|strong="H4480" did Absalom|strong="H0053": take|strong="H3947" thou therefore|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" thy lord|strong="H0113", and|strong="H1121" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413", lest|strong="H6435" he|strong="H0310" find|strong="H4672" fenced cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" escape|strong="H5337" us|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3318" Joab’s|strong="H3097" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H0376" him|strong="H0310", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Cerethi and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Phelethi: and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" valiant|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0376" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Seba the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bochri. 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" great|strong="H1419" stone|strong="H0068" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Gabaon, Amasa|strong="H6021" coming|strong="H0935" met them|strong="H1992". And|strong="H0935" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0935" close|strong="H5973" coat of|strong="H6440" equal length with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" habit, and|strong="H0935" over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0834" girded|strong="H2296" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H0935" sword|strong="H2719" hanging down|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5921" flank, in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H0935" scabbard, made|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" such|strong="H0834" manner as|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" least motion and|strong="H0935" strike. 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3027" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Amasa|strong="H6021": God|strong="H0559" save thee, my|strong="H3027" brother|strong="H0251". And|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0559" took|strong="H0270" Amasa|strong="H6021" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" chin with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3027" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" kiss him|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3808" Amasa|strong="H6021" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H8104" notice of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" sword|strong="H2719", which|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" side|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" shed|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" his|strong="H8104" bowels|strong="H4578" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1121" gave him|strong="H0413" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H0834" second|strong="H8138" wound, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191". And|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H1121" Abisai his|strong="H8104" brother|strong="H0251" pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Seba the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bochri. 
\verseNumber{11}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" mean time some|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Joab’s|strong="H3097" company stopping at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" dead body of|strong="H0376" Amasa, said|strong="H0559": Behold he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" would|strong="H4310" have|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Joab’s|strong="H3097" stead the|strong="H0559" companion of|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" Amasa|strong="H6021" imbrued with|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818", lay|strong="H1556" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605". A|strong="H3588" certain|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H7200" this|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975" to|strong="H0935" look|strong="H7200" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", so|strong="H4480" he|strong="H0834" removed|strong="H5437" Amasa|strong="H6021" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" highway|strong="H4546" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H0935" covered him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" garment|strong="H0899", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" passed might|strong="H1818" not|strong="H3588" stop|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" account|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" removed|strong="H4480" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0376" on|strong="H3605" following|strong="H0310" Joab|strong="H3097" to|strong="H0376" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Seba the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bochri. 
\verseNumber{14}Now|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0310" had|strong="H3478" passed|strong="H5674" through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" unto Abela and|strong="H0935" Bethmaacha: and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" chosen men|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" gathered together unto him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" besieged him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" Abela, and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" Bethmaacha, and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" cast|strong="H5307" up|strong="H5975" works|strong="H5550" round the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" was|strong="H0834" besieged: and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" Joab|strong="H3097", laboured to|strong="H0413" throw|strong="H8210" down|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3605" walls|strong="H2346". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0802" a|strong="H8085" wise|strong="H2450" woman|strong="H0802" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892": Hear|strong="H8085", hear|strong="H8085", and|strong="H0802" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097": Come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" hither, and|strong="H0802" I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H0802" speak|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0802" when|strong="H8085" he|strong="H0802" was|strong="H0802" come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", she said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Art thou Joab|strong="H3097"? And|strong="H0802" he|strong="H0802" answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589". And|strong="H0802" she spoke|strong="H0559" thus|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": Hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" thy handmaid|strong="H0519". He|strong="H0802" answered|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0589" do|strong="H0589" hear|strong="H8085". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H1696" she|strong="H3651" again|strong="H1696" said|strong="H0559": A|strong="H1696" saying|strong="H0559" was|strong="H7592" used in|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0559" old|strong="H7223" proverb: They|strong="H3651" that|strong="H3651" inquire|strong="H7592", let|strong="H3651" them|strong="H7592" inquire|strong="H7592" in|strong="H1696" Abela: and|strong="H1696" so|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" made|strong="H1696" an|strong="H0559" end|strong="H8552". 
\verseNumber{19}Am|strong="H0595" not I|strong="H0595" she|strong="H0517" that|strong="H3068" answer truth in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" thou seekest to|strong="H4191" destroy|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H4191" overthrow a|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478"? Why|strong="H4100" wilt thou throw down the|strong="H3068" inheritance|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068"? 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3097" Joab|strong="H3097" answering said|strong="H0559": God|strong="H0559" forbid|strong="H2486", God|strong="H0559" forbid|strong="H2486" that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0518" should|strong="H0518", I|strong="H0518" do|strong="H0518" not|strong="H0518" throw down, nor|strong="H0518" destroy|strong="H7843". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" matter|strong="H1697" is|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" so|strong="H3651", but|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", Seba the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bochri by|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034", hath lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732": deliver|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" only|strong="H0905", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" depart from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097": Behold|strong="H2009" his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" thrown|strong="H7993" to|strong="H0413" thee from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346". 
\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H0935" she went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1121" spoke|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" wisely|strong="H2451": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Seba the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bochri, and|strong="H1121" cast|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5921" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097". And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0853" sounded|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" trumpet|strong="H7782", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" departed|strong="H0935" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", every|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" home|strong="H0168": and|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H5921" Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H1121" Banaias the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joiada|strong="H3077" was|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Cerethites and|strong="H1121" Phelethites, 
\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H5921" Aduram over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" tributes: and|strong="H1121" Josaphat the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahilud|strong="H0286" was|strong="H1121" recorder|strong="H2142". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3548" Siva was|strong="H3548" scribe|strong="H5608": and|strong="H3548" Sadoc and|strong="H3548" Abiathar|strong="H0054", priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{26}And|strong="H3548" Ira|strong="H5896" the|strong="H1961" Jairite|strong="H2972" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H3548" David|strong="H1732". 
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\chapterNumber{21}And|strong="H3068" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" famine|strong="H7458" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" successively: and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" consulted|strong="H1245" the|strong="H0853" oracle of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0834" for|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" bloody|strong="H1818" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" slew the|strong="H0853" Gabaonites. 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", calling|strong="H7121" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Gabaonites, said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413": (Now|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Gabaonites were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" remains of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Amorrhites: I|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" sworn|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H0413" slay|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" zeal|strong="H7065", as|strong="H1121" it|strong="H0518" were|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Juda:) 
\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" therefore|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Gabaonites: What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6213"? and|strong="H3068" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" atonement|strong="H3722" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6213", that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" may|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" inheritance|strong="H5159" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068"? 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" Gabaonites said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5973": We|strong="H4191" have|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" contest about|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3478" gold|strong="H2091", but|strong="H0369" against|strong="H5973" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H3478" against|strong="H5973" his|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004": neither|strong="H0369" do|strong="H6213" we|strong="H4191" desire that|strong="H0559" any|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" be|strong="H4191" slain of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478". And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" king said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H6213": What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3478" you|strong="H0859" then|strong="H0859" that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0559" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1004" you|strong="H0859"? 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H3478" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428": The|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" that|strong="H0834" crushed us|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3478" oppressed us|strong="H0413" unjustly, we|strong="H0834" must destroy|strong="H8045" in|strong="H0413" such|strong="H0834" manner that|strong="H0834" there|strong="H3605" be|strong="H0376" not so|strong="H0834" much|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0376" left of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" stock in|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" coasts of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{6}Let|strong="H5414" seven|strong="H7651" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" children|strong="H1121" be|strong="H0376" delivered|strong="H5414" unto us|strong="H5414", that|strong="H3068" we|strong="H0589" may|strong="H0376" crucify them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Gabaa of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", once the|strong="H0559" chosen|strong="H0972" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068". And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" spared|strong="H2550" Miphiboseth the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" oath|strong="H7621" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068", that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H0834" between|strong="H0996" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Respha the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Aia, whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Saul|strong="H7586", Armoni|strong="H0764", and|strong="H1121" Miphiboseth: and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" five|strong="H2568" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Michol the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Hadriel the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Berzellai, that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" of|strong="H1121" Molathi: 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Gabaonites: and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" crucified them|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5414" hill|strong="H2022" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H3068" these|strong="H1992" seven|strong="H7651" died|strong="H4191" together|strong="H3162" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" harvest|strong="H7105", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" barley|strong="H8184" began|strong="H8462" to|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" reaped. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H8064" Respha the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Aia took|strong="H3947" haircloth, and|strong="H8064" spread|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5414" under|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" rock|strong="H6697" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" beginning|strong="H8462" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" harvest|strong="H7105", till|strong="H5704" water|strong="H4325" dropped upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1323" heaven|strong="H8064": and|strong="H8064" suffered neither|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" birds|strong="H5775" to|strong="H0413" tear them|strong="H0413" by|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3119", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" beasts|strong="H2416" by|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1732" it|strong="H6213" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", what|strong="H0834" Respha the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Aia, the|strong="H0853" concubine|strong="H6370" of|strong="H1323" Saul|strong="H7586", had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" went, and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jabes Galaad, who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" stolen|strong="H1589" them|strong="H0853" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H1121" Bethsan, where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H0834" hanged|strong="H8518" them|strong="H0853" when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" slain|strong="H5221" Saul|strong="H7586" in|strong="H3117" Gelboe. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" brought|strong="H5927" from|strong="H1121" thence the|strong="H0853" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H3083" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" gathered|strong="H0622" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H0853" that|strong="H7586" were|strong="H1121" crucified, 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" side|strong="H0310", in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" sepulchre of|strong="H1121" Cis his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001": and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680", and|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" shewed mercy again|strong="H0310" to|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" after|strong="H0310" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" Philistines|strong="H6430" made|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" again|strong="H5750" against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0854", and|strong="H3478" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H1961" Philistines|strong="H6430". And|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" growing faint, 
\verseNumber{16}Jesbibenob, who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" race of|strong="H0559" Arapha, the|strong="H0853" iron of|strong="H0559" whose|strong="H0834" spear|strong="H7013" weighed|strong="H4948" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" ounces, being girded|strong="H2296" with|strong="H1732" a|strong="H0834" new|strong="H2319" sword, attempted to|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H1121" Abisai the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia rescued him|strong="H5221", and|strong="H1121" striking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H0227" David’s|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" swore|strong="H7650" unto him|strong="H5221", saying|strong="H0559": Thou shalt go|strong="H3318" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H0854" us|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421", lest thou put|strong="H4191" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" lamp|strong="H5216" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{18}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H0853" a|strong="H1961" second battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H5750" Gob|strong="H1359" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430": then|strong="H0227" Sobochai of|strong="H3211" Husathi slew|strong="H5221" Saph|strong="H5593" of|strong="H3211" the|strong="H0853" race of|strong="H3211" Arapha of|strong="H3211" the|strong="H0853" family of|strong="H3211" the|strong="H0853" giants. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" third battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H1121" Gob|strong="H1359" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", in|strong="H1121" which|strong="H6086" Adeodatus the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Forrest an|strong="H1961" embroiderer of|strong="H1121" Bethlehem slew|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555" the|strong="H0853" Gethite, the|strong="H0853" shaft|strong="H6086" of|strong="H1121" whose|strong="H1121" spear|strong="H2595" was|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" weaver’s|strong="H0707" beam|strong="H4500". 
\verseNumber{20}A|strong="H1961" fourth|strong="H0702" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0376" Geth. where there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" great stature, that|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" six|strong="H8337" fingers|strong="H0676" on|strong="H3027" each|strong="H0376" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" six|strong="H8337" toes|strong="H0676" on|strong="H3027" each|strong="H0376" foot|strong="H7272", four|strong="H0702" and|strong="H3027" twenty|strong="H6242" in|strong="H0376" all|strong="H0376", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3205" race of|strong="H0376" Arapha. 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" reproached Israel|strong="H3478": and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Samae the|strong="H0853" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" slew|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{22}These|strong="H0428" four|strong="H0702" were|strong="H0428" born|strong="H3205" of|strong="H3205" Arapha in|strong="H5650" Geth, and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0428" fell|strong="H5307" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3205" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3205" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650". 
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\chapterNumber{22}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2063" canticle, in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5337" him|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H3068" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H3068" Saul|strong="H7586", 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" rock|strong="H5553", and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" strength, and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" saviour. 
\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3467" strong|strong="H7161" one, in|strong="H0430" him|strong="H0430" will|strong="H0430" I trust: my|strong="H3467" shield|strong="H4043", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3467" horn|strong="H7161" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3467" salvation|strong="H3468": he|strong="H0430" lifteth me|strong="H3467" up, and|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3467" refuge|strong="H2620": my|strong="H3467" saviour, thou wilt deliver|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3467" from|strong="H0430" iniquity. 
\verseNumber{4}I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" on|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" worthy to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" praised|strong="H1984": and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" from|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{5}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" pangs of|strong="H4194" death|strong="H4194" have|strong="H3588" surrounded|strong="H0661" me|strong="H0661": the|strong="H3588" floods of|strong="H4194" Belial have|strong="H3588" made me|strong="H0661" afraid. 
\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5437" cords|strong="H2256" of|strong="H4194" hell compassed me|strong="H5437": the|strong="H5437" snares|strong="H4170" of|strong="H4194" death|strong="H4194" prevented me|strong="H5437". 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" distress|strong="H6862" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" upon|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0413" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" cry|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430": and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3068" hear|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964", and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" cry|strong="H7121" shall|strong="H3068" come to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" ears|strong="H0241". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" shook|strong="H7493" and|strong="H0776" trembled|strong="H7264", the|strong="H3588" foundations|strong="H4146" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3588" mountains were|strong="H8064" moved|strong="H7264", and|strong="H0776" shaken|strong="H1607", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0776" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H0776" them|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{9}A|strong="H4480" smoke|strong="H6227" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" his|strong="H4480" nostrils|strong="H0639", and|strong="H0398" a|strong="H4480" devouring|strong="H0398" fire|strong="H0784" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" his|strong="H4480" mouth|strong="H6310": coals|strong="H1513" were|strong="H1513" kindled by|strong="H0784" it|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H5186" bowed|strong="H5186" the|strong="H8478" heavens|strong="H8064", and|strong="H8064" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381": and|strong="H8064" darkness|strong="H6205" was|strong="H8064" under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H8478" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H7200" he|strong="H5921" rode|strong="H7392" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" cherubims, and|strong="H7200" flew|strong="H5774": and|strong="H7200" slid upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H2822" made|strong="H7896" darkness|strong="H2822" a|strong="H7896" covering round|strong="H5439" about|strong="H5439" him|strong="H7896": dropping waters|strong="H4325" out|strong="H4325" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5439" clouds|strong="H5645" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5439" heavens. 
\verseNumber{13}By|strong="H0784" the|strong="H5048" brightness|strong="H5051" before|strong="H5048" him|strong="H5048", the|strong="H5048" coals|strong="H1513" of|strong="H5048" fire|strong="H0784" were|strong="H1513" kindled. 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" thunder|strong="H6963" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064": and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" most|strong="H4480" high shall|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" forth|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" voice|strong="H6963". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H7971" shot|strong="H7971" arrows|strong="H2671" and|strong="H7971" scattered|strong="H6327" them|strong="H7971": lightning|strong="H1300", and|strong="H7971" consumed them|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" overflowings of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" sea|strong="H3220" appeared|strong="H7200", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" foundations|strong="H4146" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" world|strong="H8398" were|strong="H8398" laid|strong="H1540" open|strong="H1540" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" rebuke|strong="H1606" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" Lord|strong="H3068", at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" blast|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wrath|strong="H0639". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" from|strong="H3947" on|strong="H7971" high|strong="H4791", and|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7971", and|strong="H7971" drew|strong="H4871" me|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4325" many|strong="H7227" waters|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3588" delivered|strong="H5337" me|strong="H8130" from|strong="H4480" my|strong="H3588" most|strong="H4480" mighty|strong="H5794" enemy|strong="H0341", and|strong="H8130" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H8130" that|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" me|strong="H8130": for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were too|strong="H4480" strong|strong="H5794" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H8130". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H3117" prevented me|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" affliction, and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3068" stay. 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H3318" he|strong="H3588" brought|strong="H3318" me|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3588" large|strong="H4800" place|strong="H4800", he|strong="H3588" delivered me|strong="H3318", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" pleased|strong="H2654" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" reward me|strong="H7725" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3068" justice|strong="H6666": and|strong="H3068" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" cleanness|strong="H1252" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" render|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{22}Because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3588" ways|strong="H1870" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" wickedly|strong="H7561" departed|strong="H7561" from|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{23}For|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" judgments|strong="H4941" are|strong="H4941" in|strong="H5493" my|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5048": and|strong="H4941" his|strong="H3605" precepts I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" removed|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480". 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H8104" I|strong="H5771" shall|strong="H5771" be|strong="H1961" perfect|strong="H8549" with|strong="H1961" him|strong="H1961": and|strong="H8104" shall|strong="H5771" keep|strong="H8104" myself from|strong="H1961" my|strong="H8104" iniquity|strong="H5771". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" recompense|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" according to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3068" justice|strong="H6666": and|strong="H3068" according to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" cleanness|strong="H1252" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" hands in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869". 
\verseNumber{26}With|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" holy|strong="H2623" one|strong="H1368" thou wilt be holy|strong="H2623": and|strong="H1368" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" valiant|strong="H1368" perfect|strong="H8549". 
\verseNumber{27}With|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" elect thou wilt be|strong="H1305" elect: and|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" perverse|strong="H6141" thou wilt be|strong="H1305" perverted|strong="H6141". 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0853" poor|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971" thou wilt save|strong="H3467": and|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5921" thy eyes|strong="H5869" thou wilt humble|strong="H6041" the|strong="H0853" haughty|strong="H7311". 
\verseNumber{29}For|strong="H3588" thou art my|strong="H3068" lamp|strong="H5216", O|strong="H0859" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H3068" thou, O|strong="H0859" Lord|strong="H3068", wilt enlighten my|strong="H3068" darkness|strong="H2822". 
\verseNumber{30}For|strong="H3588" in|strong="H0430" thee I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" run|strong="H7323" girded: in|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" leap|strong="H1801" over the|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7791". 
\verseNumber{31}God|strong="H0410", his|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" is|strong="H3068" immaculate, the|strong="H3605" word|strong="H0565" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" tried|strong="H6884" by|strong="H3068" fire: he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" shield|strong="H4043" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" trust in|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{32}Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068": and|strong="H3068" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H0410" but|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"? 
\verseNumber{33}God|strong="H0410" who|strong="H0410" hath girded me with|strong="H2428" strength|strong="H2428", and|strong="H1870" made my|strong="H1870" way|strong="H1870" perfect|strong="H8549". 
\verseNumber{34}Making my|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272" like|strong="H7272" the|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272" of|strong="H5921" harts, and|strong="H5975" setting me|strong="H5921" upon|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". 
\verseNumber{35}He|strong="H3027" teacheth my|strong="H3027" bands to|strong="H3027" war|strong="H4421": and|strong="H3027" maketh my|strong="H3027" arms|strong="H2220" like|strong="H2220" a|strong="H5181" bow|strong="H7198" of|strong="H3027" brass. 
\verseNumber{36}Thou hast given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" shield|strong="H4043" of|strong="H4043" my|strong="H5414" salvation|strong="H3468": and|strong="H4043" thy mildness hath multiplied|strong="H7235" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{37}Thou shalt enlarge|strong="H7337" my|strong="H8478" steps|strong="H6806" under|strong="H8478" me|strong="H3808": and|strong="H8478" my|strong="H8478" ankles shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{38}I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H7291" my|strong="H7725" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H7725" crush them|strong="H7725": and|strong="H7725" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" till|strong="H5704" I|strong="H5704" consume|strong="H3615" them|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{39}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" consume|strong="H0398" them|strong="H0398" and|strong="H6965" break them|strong="H0398" in|strong="H5307" pieces, so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H5307" they|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" rise|strong="H6965": they|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" fall|strong="H5307" under|strong="H8478" my|strong="H6965" feet|strong="H7272". 
\verseNumber{40}Thou hast girded|strong="H0247" me|strong="H3766" with|strong="H4421" strength|strong="H2428" to|strong="H6965" battle|strong="H4421": thou hast made them|strong="H8478" that|strong="H6965" resisted me|strong="H3766" to|strong="H6965" bow|strong="H3766" under|strong="H8478" me|strong="H3766". 
\verseNumber{41}My|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H0341" thou hast made|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" turn|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" back|strong="H6203" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414": them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" hated|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6203" I|strong="H5414" shall destroy|strong="H6789" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{42}They|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3068" cry, and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H0369" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" none|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0413" save|strong="H3467": to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hear them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{43}I|strong="H0776" shall|strong="H0776" beat|strong="H7833" them|strong="H7833" as|strong="H0776" small as|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" dust|strong="H6083" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" earth|strong="H0776": I|strong="H0776" shall|strong="H0776" crush|strong="H1854" them|strong="H7833" and|strong="H0776" spread|strong="H7554" them|strong="H7833" abroad|strong="H2351" like|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" mire|strong="H2916" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" streets|strong="H2351". 
\verseNumber{44}Thou wilt save me|strong="H8104" from|strong="H1471" the|strong="H5647" contradictions of|strong="H7218" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971": thou wilt keep|strong="H8104" me|strong="H8104" to|strong="H8104" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5647" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5647" Gentiles|strong="H1471": the|strong="H5647" people|strong="H5971" which|strong="H1471" I|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808", shall|strong="H3808" serve|strong="H5647" me|strong="H8104", 
\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H8085" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" stranger will|strong="H1121" resist me|strong="H1121", at|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" hearing|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" ear|strong="H0241" they|strong="H8085" will|strong="H1121" obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{46}The|strong="H1121" strangers are|strong="H1121" melted away|strong="H5034", and|strong="H1121" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" straitened in|strong="H1121" their distresses. 
\verseNumber{47}The|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068" liveth, and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288": and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" strong God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3068" salvation|strong="H3468" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1288" exalted|strong="H7311": 
\verseNumber{48}God|strong="H0410" who|strong="H0410" giveth me|strong="H5414" revenge|strong="H5360", and|strong="H3381" bringest down|strong="H3381" people|strong="H5971" under|strong="H8478" me|strong="H5414", 
\verseNumber{49}Who|strong="H0376" bringest me|strong="H7311" forth|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H6965" liftest me|strong="H7311" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H3318" them|strong="H3318" that|strong="H6965" resist me|strong="H7311": from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" wicked man|strong="H0376" thou shalt deliver|strong="H5337" me|strong="H7311". 
\verseNumber{50}Therefore|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" give|strong="H3034" thanks|strong="H3034" to|strong="H5921" thee. O|strong="H3068" Lord|strong="H3068", among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Gentiles|strong="H1471", and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H2167" to|strong="H5921" thy name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{51}Giving great salvation|strong="H3444" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" shewing mercy to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" anointed|strong="H4899", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H1732" seed|strong="H2233" for|strong="H4428" ever|strong="H5769". 
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\chapterNumber{23}Now these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0428" David’s|strong="H1732" last|strong="H0314" words|strong="H1697". David|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5002" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Isai said|strong="H1697": The|strong="H5002" man|strong="H1397" to|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0428" it|strong="H6965" was|strong="H3478" appointed concerning|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5002" Christ of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", the|strong="H5002" excellent psalmist|strong="H2158" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H1697": 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068" hath spoken|strong="H1696" by|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H5921" word|strong="H1696" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" tongue|strong="H3956". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H1696", the|strong="H0559" strong one|strong="H0120" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" spoke|strong="H1696", the|strong="H0559" ruler|strong="H4910" of|strong="H0430" men|strong="H0120", the|strong="H0559" just|strong="H6662" ruler|strong="H4910" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" fear|strong="H3374" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{4}As|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3808" light|strong="H0216" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3808" morning|strong="H1242", when|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3808" sun|strong="H8121" riseth, shineth in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3808" morning|strong="H1242" without|strong="H3808" clouds|strong="H5645", and|strong="H0776" as|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3808" grass|strong="H1877" springeth out of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3808" earth|strong="H0776" by|strong="H1242" rain|strong="H4306". 
\verseNumber{5}Neither|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3651" my|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" so|strong="H3651" great with|strong="H5973" God|strong="H0410", that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" make|strong="H7760" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" eternal|strong="H5769" covenant|strong="H1285", firm in|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1004" assured. For|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3651" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" salvation|strong="H3468", and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" will|strong="H1004": neither|strong="H3808" is|strong="H3651" there|strong="H5769" ought thereof that|strong="H3588" springeth not|strong="H3808" up|strong="H6779". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" transgressors shall|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3808" plucked up|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3588" thorns|strong="H6975": which are|strong="H3027" not|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0376" if|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" will|strong="H0376" touch|strong="H5060" them|strong="H5060", he|strong="H0376" must be|strong="H0376" armed|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" iron|strong="H1270" and|strong="H0376" with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H4390" staff of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0376" lance: but|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0376" set|strong="H4390" on|strong="H0784" fire|strong="H0784" and|strong="H0376" burnt|strong="H8313" to|strong="H0376" nothing. 
\verseNumber{8}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0834" valiant|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H7218" David|strong="H1732". Jesbaham sitting in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" chair was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0834" wisest chief|strong="H7218" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" three, he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" like|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" most tender little worm of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0834" wood, who|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2491" eight|strong="H8083" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H1368" at|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" onset. 
\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" was|strong="H3478" Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734" the|strong="H0310" Ahohite|strong="H0266", one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0310" three|strong="H7969" valiant|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H1732" were|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" defied the|strong="H0310" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H8033" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" to|strong="H3478" battle|strong="H4421". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H5971" were|strong="H6430" gone|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725", he|strong="H1931" stood|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" smote|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" till|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3068" weary|strong="H3021", and|strong="H6965" grew stiff with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719": and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" Lord|strong="H3068" wrought a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117": and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H6430" fled away|strong="H7725", returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H7725" spoils of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H6430" slain|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" was|strong="H1961" Semma the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Age|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Arari. And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" were|strong="H1961" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" in|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" troop: for|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" field|strong="H7704" full|strong="H4395" of|strong="H1121" lentils|strong="H5742". And|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H1961" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430", 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H6213" stood|strong="H3320" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H2513", and|strong="H3068" defended|strong="H5337" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" defeated|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430": and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668". 
\verseNumber{13}Moreover also|strong="H1732" before|strong="H0413" this|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7970" who|strong="H6430" were|strong="H6430" princes among|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" thirty|strong="H7970", went|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" harvest|strong="H7105" time|strong="H7218" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" cave|strong="H4631" of|strong="H7218" Odollam: and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" camp|strong="H2583" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" was|strong="H1732" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0413" giants. 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" then|strong="H0227" in|strong="H1035" a|strong="H1732" hold. and|strong="H1732" there was|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1732" garrison|strong="H4673" of|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0227" Philistines|strong="H6430" then|strong="H0227" in|strong="H1035" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H1732" David|strong="H1732" longed|strong="H0183", and|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559": O|strong="H4310" that|strong="H0834" some man|strong="H8179" would|strong="H4310" get me|strong="H8248" a|strong="H0834" drink|strong="H8248" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H0559" water|strong="H4325" out|strong="H4325" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H0559" cistern, that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1035" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", by|strong="H4325" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" three|strong="H7969" valiant|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" broke|strong="H1234" through|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H0935" drew|strong="H7579" water|strong="H4325" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" cistern of|strong="H3068" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5375" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354", but|strong="H3808" offered it|strong="H5375" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", 
\verseNumber{17}Saying|strong="H0559": The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" merciful to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5315", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5315" may|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063": shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5315" drink|strong="H8354" the|strong="H0559" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H0376" these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3068" went|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" peril of|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315"? therefore|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354". These|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428" did|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" three|strong="H7969" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{18}Abisai also|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia, was|strong="H8034" chief|strong="H7218" among|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969": and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" lifted|strong="H5782" up|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595" against|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" whom he|strong="H1931" slew, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" renowned|strong="H8034" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" three|strong="H7969", 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" noblest of|strong="H8269" three|strong="H7969", and|strong="H0935" was|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3588" chief|strong="H8269", but|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969" first he|strong="H3588" attained not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H1121" Banaias the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joiada|strong="H3077" a|strong="H5221" most valiant man|strong="H0376", of|strong="H1121" great|strong="H7227" deeds|strong="H6467", of|strong="H1121" Cabseel: he|strong="H1931" slew|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" lions|strong="H0738" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1931" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381", and|strong="H1121" slew|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" lion|strong="H0738" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5221" pit|strong="H0953", in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" snow|strong="H7950". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" slew|strong="H2026" an|strong="H5221" Egyptian|strong="H4713", a|strong="H0834" man|strong="H0376" worthy to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0834" sight|strong="H4758", having a|strong="H0834" spear|strong="H2595" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027": but|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0834" rod|strong="H7626", and|strong="H3027" forced the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Egyptian|strong="H4713", and|strong="H3027" slew|strong="H2026" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" own|strong="H0376" spear|strong="H2595". 
\verseNumber{22}These|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428" did|strong="H6213" Banaias the|strong="H1141" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joiada|strong="H3077". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" renowned among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" valiant men, who|strong="H3808" were|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0413" most|strong="H4480" honourable among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0413" thirty|strong="H7970": but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1732" attained riot to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" first three|strong="H7969": and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H7760" him|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4480" his|strong="H7760" privy council. 
\verseNumber{24}Asael the|strong="H3097" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H1121" one|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3097" thirty|strong="H7970", Elehanan the|strong="H3097" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734" of|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{25}Semma of|strong="H8048" Harodi, Elica of|strong="H8048" Harodi, 
\verseNumber{26}Heles of|strong="H1121" Phalti, Hira the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Acces of|strong="H1121" Thecua, 
\verseNumber{27}Abiezer|strong="H0044" of Anathoth|strong="H6069", Mobonnai of Husati, 
\verseNumber{28}Selmon the|strong="H4121" Ahohite|strong="H0266", Maharai|strong="H4121" the|strong="H4121" Netophathite|strong="H5200", 
\verseNumber{29}Heled|strong="H2460" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Baana, also|strong="H1144" a|strong="H1121" Netophathite|strong="H5200", Ithai|strong="H0863" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ribai|strong="H7380" of|strong="H1121" Gabaath of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", 
\verseNumber{30}Banaia the|strong="H1141" Pharathonite, Heddai of the|strong="H1141" torrent Gaas, 
\verseNumber{31}Abialbon the|strong="H0045" Arbathite|strong="H6164", Azmaveth|strong="H5820" of Beromi, 
\verseNumber{32}Eliaba of|strong="H1121" Salaboni. The|strong="H3083" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jassen, Jonathan|strong="H3083", 
\verseNumber{33}Semma of|strong="H1121" Orori, Aliam the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarar the|strong="H1121" Arorite, 
\verseNumber{34}Eliphelet|strong="H0467" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aasbai the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Machati, Eliam|strong="H0463" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Achitophel the|strong="H1121" Gelonite, 
\verseNumber{35}Hesrai of Carmel, Pharai of Arbi, 
\verseNumber{36}Igaal the|strong="H5416" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nathan|strong="H5416" of|strong="H1121" Soba, Bonni of|strong="H1121" Gadi, 
\verseNumber{37}Selec of|strong="H1121" Ammoni, Naharai|strong="H5171" the|strong="H5375" Berothite, armourbearer of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H5375" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sarvia, 
\verseNumber{38}Ira|strong="H5896" the|strong="H5896" Jethrite, Gareb|strong="H1619" also a Jethrite; 
\verseNumber{39}Urias the|strong="H3605" Hethite, thirty|strong="H7970" and|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" in|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605". 
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\chapterNumber{24}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" anger|strong="H0639" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" again|strong="H3254" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" stirred|strong="H5496" up|strong="H0853" David|strong="H1732" among|strong="H3478" them|strong="H0853", saying|strong="H0559": Go, number|strong="H4487" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" Juda. 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" general|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428": Go|strong="H4994" through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H3478" Dan|strong="H1835" to|strong="H0413" Bersabee, and|strong="H3478" number|strong="H4557" ye the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H4994" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3068" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": The|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" thy God|strong="H0430" increase|strong="H3254" thy people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" make|strong="H3254" them|strong="H0413" as|strong="H1697" many|strong="H4100" more|strong="H3254" as|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" now|strong="H6471", and|strong="H3068" again|strong="H3254" multiply them|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7200" hundredfold in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": but|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" meaneth my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" by|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" kind of|strong="H4428" thing|strong="H1697"? 
\verseNumber{4}But|strong="H2388" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" words|strong="H1697" prevailed|strong="H2388" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H3478" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428": and|strong="H3478" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" soldiers|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H0413" number|strong="H6485" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0853" when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" passed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383", they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Aroer|strong="H6177" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" vale of|strong="H8432" Gad|strong="H1410". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H0935" by|strong="H0413" Jazer they|strong="H0935" passed into|strong="H0413" Galaad, and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" lower land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Hodsi, and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" woodlands of|strong="H0776" Dan. And|strong="H0935" going|strong="H0935" about|strong="H5439" by|strong="H0413" Sidon|strong="H6721", 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H0935" passed near the|strong="H3605" walls of|strong="H3605" Tyre|strong="H6865", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Hevite, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" Chanaanite, and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3605" Juda into|strong="H0413" Bersabee: 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" having gone|strong="H0935" through|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", after|strong="H3117" nine|strong="H8672" months|strong="H2320" and|strong="H0935" twenty|strong="H6242" days|strong="H3117", they|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3063" Joab|strong="H3097" gave|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" sum of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3063" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" found of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" eight|strong="H8083" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376" that|strong="H3478" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719": and|strong="H3063" of|strong="H4428" Juda five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" fighting men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H3588" David’s|strong="H1732" heart|strong="H3820" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413", after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834" numbered|strong="H5608": and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068": I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" what|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213": but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" pray|strong="H4994" thee, O|strong="H4994" Lord|strong="H3068", to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H5221" away|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" iniquity|strong="H5771" of|strong="H3068" thy servant|strong="H5650", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" exceeding|strong="H3966" foolishly|strong="H5528". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Gad|strong="H1410" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0559" seer|strong="H2374" of|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559": 
\verseNumber{12}Go|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": Thus|strong="H3541" saith the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068": I|strong="H0595" give|strong="H1696" thee thy choice|strong="H0977" of|strong="H3068" three|strong="H7969" things|strong="H7969", choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H0413" which thou wilt, that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" may|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" thee. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H1961" Gad|strong="H1410" was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559": Either|strong="H0518" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H0776" famine|strong="H7458" shall|strong="H0776" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" thee in|strong="H8141" thy land|strong="H0776": or|strong="H0518" thou shalt flee|strong="H5127" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" before|strong="H6440" thy adversaries, and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0776" pursue|strong="H7291" thee: or|strong="H0518" for|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" there|strong="H1961" shall|strong="H0776" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" pestilence|strong="H1698" in|strong="H8141" thy land|strong="H0776". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" deliberate, and|strong="H0935" see|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" answer|strong="H7725" I|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0776" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3045" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gad|strong="H1410": I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H3966" strait: but|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" (for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" mercies|strong="H7356" are|strong="H3027" many|strong="H7227") than|strong="H7227" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" men|strong="H0120". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" Lord|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" pestilence|strong="H1698" upon|strong="H1698" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" morning|strong="H1242" unto the|strong="H5414" time|strong="H6256" appointed|strong="H4150", and|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3068" died|strong="H4191" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" Dan|strong="H1835" to|strong="H5704" Bersabee seventy|strong="H7657" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3068" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" stretched|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H1961", the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" pity|strong="H5162" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" affliction, and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" that|strong="H3068" slew the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971": It|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" enough|strong="H7227": now|strong="H6258" hold thy hand|strong="H3027". And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" thrashingfloor of|strong="H3068" Areuna the|strong="H0559" Jebusite|strong="H2983". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", when|strong="H1961" he|strong="H6213" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" angel|strong="H4397" striking|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971": It|strong="H7200" is|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595"; I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" he|strong="H6213" that|strong="H7200" have|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2398", I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" wickedly: these|strong="H0428" that|strong="H7200" are|strong="H0428" the|strong="H0853" sheep|strong="H6629", what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213"? let|strong="H4994" thy hand|strong="H3027", I|strong="H0595" beseech|strong="H4994" thee, be|strong="H1961" turned|strong="H1961" against|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H0935" Gad|strong="H1410" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": Go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927", and|strong="H0935" build|strong="H6965" an|strong="H0935" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Lord|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" thrashingfloor of|strong="H3068" Areuna the|strong="H0559" Jebusite|strong="H2983". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" according to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Gad|strong="H1410" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H0776" Areuna looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H0776" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0776" his|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" coming|strong="H3318" towards him|strong="H5921": 
\verseNumber{21}An|strong="H1129" going|strong="H0935" out|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3068" worshipped the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", bowing with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" face to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" earth, and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559": Wherefore is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650"? Arid David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": To|strong="H0413" buy|strong="H7069" the|strong="H0853" thrashingfloor of|strong="H4428" thee, and|strong="H0935" build|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" plague|strong="H4046", which rageth among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", may|strong="H3068" cease. 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H4428" Areuna said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732": Let my|strong="H7200" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3947", and|strong="H4428" offer|strong="H5927", as|strong="H5927" it|strong="H7200" seemeth good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413": thou hast here oxen|strong="H1241" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" holocaust, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" wain, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" yokes|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" oxen|strong="H1241" for|strong="H0413" wood|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{23}All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" Areuna as|strong="H3068" a|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428": and|strong="H3068" Areuna said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428": The|strong="H3605" Lord|strong="H3068" thy God|strong="H0430" receive|strong="H5414" thy vow. 
\verseNumber{24}And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": Nay, but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588" of|strong="H4428" thee at|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" price|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Lord|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" holocausts free|strong="H2600" cost|strong="H4242". So|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" bought|strong="H7069" the|strong="H0853" floor|strong="H1637", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" oxen|strong="H1241", for|strong="H3588" fifty|strong="H2572" sicles of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701": 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" built|strong="H1129" there|strong="H8033" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" holocausts and|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002": and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" Lord|strong="H3068" became merciful to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" plague|strong="H4046" was|strong="H3068" stayed|strong="H6113" from|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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