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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}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0853" death|strong="H4191" of|strong="H3117" Saul|strong="H7586", when|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" slaughter|strong="H5221" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Amalekites|strong="H6002", and|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" stayed|strong="H3427" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3427" Ziklag|strong="H6860", 
\verseNumber{2}on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", behold|strong="H2009",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:2  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" camp|strong="H4264" from|strong="H4480" Saul|strong="H7586", with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H5921" clothes|strong="H0899" torn|strong="H7167" and|strong="H0935" earth|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". When|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H3117" fell|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0935" showed respect|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Where|strong="H0335" do|strong="H2088" you|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935"?” 
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He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H2088" have|strong="H3478" escaped|strong="H4422" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4264" the|strong="H0559" camp|strong="H4264" of|strong="H4264" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “How|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" it|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961"? Please|strong="H4994" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H0413".” 
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He|strong="H0834" answered|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1961" 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" also|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1961" fallen|strong="H5307" and|strong="H1121" are|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191". Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" are|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191" also|strong="H1571".” 
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\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H1121" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413", “How|strong="H0349" do you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H2022" I|strong="H2009" happened|strong="H7122" by|strong="H5921" chance|strong="H7122" on|strong="H5921" Mount|strong="H2022" Gilboa|strong="H1533", behold|strong="H2009", Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" leaning|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595"; and|strong="H7393" behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" chariots|strong="H7393" and|strong="H7393" the|strong="H0559" horsemen|strong="H6571" followed close|strong="H1692" behind him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H7200" he|strong="H0310" looked|strong="H7200" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H0310" saw|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H7200" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". I|strong="H2005" answered|strong="H0559", ‘Here|strong="H2005" I|strong="H2005" am|strong="H2005".’ 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘Who|strong="H4310" are|strong="H4310" you|strong="H0859"?’ I|strong="H0595" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", ‘I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" an|strong="H0559" Amalekite|strong="H6003".’ 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", ‘Please|strong="H4994" stand|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H5975" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H0413", for|strong="H3588" anguish has|strong="H3588" taken|strong="H0270" hold|strong="H0270" of|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413" because|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" lingers in|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413".’ 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3947" I|strong="H0834" stood|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" killed|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" sure|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" could not|strong="H3808" live|strong="H2421" after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" fallen|strong="H5307". I|strong="H0834" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0834" crown|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" here|strong="H2008" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H1571" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" on|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H0376" tore|strong="H7167" them|strong="H2388"; and|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" did|strong="H0834" likewise|strong="H1571". 
\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3588" mourned|strong="H5594", 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",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1:12  }When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.} and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" fallen|strong="H5307" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sword|strong="H2719". 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413", “Where|strong="H0335" are|strong="H0376" you|strong="H0859" from|strong="H0376"?” 
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He|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H2088" foreigner|strong="H1616", an|strong="H2088" Amalekite|strong="H6003".” 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H0349" were|strong="H3027" you|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" afraid|strong="H3372" to|strong="H0413" stretch|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899"?” 
\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" called|strong="H7121" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0259" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" and|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066", and|strong="H1732" cut|strong="H6293" him|strong="H5221" down|strong="H5221"!” He|strong="H1732" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221" so|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1732" he|strong="H1732" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{16}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Your|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818" be|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218", for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H6310" has|strong="H3068" testified against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", saying|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H3068" slain the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anointed|strong="H4899".’” 
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\verseNumber{17}David|strong="H1732" lamented with|strong="H0854" this|strong="H2063" 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}(and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" commanded|strong="H0559" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" teach|strong="H3925" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0559" song of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" bow|strong="H7198"; behold|strong="H2009", it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H2009" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1121" Jashar|strong="H3477"): 
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\verseNumber{19}“Your|strong="H5921" glory, Israel|strong="H3478", was|strong="H3478" slain|strong="H2491" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116"! 
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How|strong="H0349" the|strong="H5921" mighty|strong="H1368" have|strong="H3478" fallen|strong="H5307"! 
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\verseNumber{20}Don’t|strong="H0408" tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H8055" in|strong="H6189" Gath|strong="H1661". 
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Don’t|strong="H0408" publish it|strong="H8055" in|strong="H6189" the|strong="H5046" streets|strong="H2351" of|strong="H1323" Ashkelon|strong="H0831", 
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lest|strong="H6435" the|strong="H5046" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5046" Philistines|strong="H6430" rejoice|strong="H8055", 
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lest|strong="H6435" the|strong="H5046" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5046" uncircumcised|strong="H6189" triumph. 
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\verseNumber{21}You|strong="H3588" mountains|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Gilboa|strong="H1533", 
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let|strong="H0408" there|strong="H8033" be|strong="H0408" no|strong="H0408" dew|strong="H2919" or|strong="H0408" rain|strong="H4306" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588", and|strong="H8033" no|strong="H0408" fields|strong="H7704" of|strong="H2022" offerings|strong="H8641"; 
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for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H8033" the|strong="H5921" shield|strong="H4043" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H5921" mighty|strong="H1368" was|strong="H7586" defiled|strong="H1602" and|strong="H8033" cast away, 
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the|strong="H5921" shield|strong="H4043" of|strong="H2022" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H7586" not|strong="H0408" anointed|strong="H4899" with|strong="H5921" oil|strong="H8081". 
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\verseNumber{22}From|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1368" the|strong="H7725" slain|strong="H2491", 
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from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" fat|strong="H2459" of|strong="H1368" the|strong="H7725" mighty|strong="H1368", 
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Jonathan’s|strong="H3083" bow|strong="H7198" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725". 
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Saul’s|strong="H7586" sword|strong="H2719" didn’t|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" empty|strong="H7387". 
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\verseNumber{23}Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H7586" Jonathan|strong="H3083" were|strong="H7586" lovely and|strong="H7586" pleasant|strong="H5273" in|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3808" lives|strong="H2416". 
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In|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3808" death|strong="H4194", they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H7586" not|strong="H3808" divided|strong="H6504". 
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They|strong="H3808" were|strong="H7586" swifter|strong="H7043" than|strong="H3808" eagles|strong="H5404". 
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They|strong="H3808" were|strong="H7586" stronger|strong="H1396" than|strong="H3808" lions|strong="H0738". 
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\verseNumber{24}You|strong="H5921" daughters|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Israel|strong="H3478", weep|strong="H1058" over|strong="H5921" Saul|strong="H7586", 
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who|strong="H3478" clothed|strong="H3847" you|strong="H5921" delicately in|strong="H5921" scarlet|strong="H8144", 
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who|strong="H3478" put|strong="H3847" ornaments|strong="H5716" of|strong="H1323" gold|strong="H2091" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" clothing|strong="H3830". 
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\verseNumber{25}How|strong="H0349" the|strong="H5921" mighty|strong="H1368" have|strong="H5921" fallen|strong="H5307" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H4421"! 
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Jonathan|strong="H3083" was|strong="H4421" slain|strong="H2491" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". 
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\verseNumber{26}I|strong="H5921" am distressed for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", my|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" Jonathan|strong="H3083". 
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You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H0251" been very|strong="H3966" pleasant|strong="H5276" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
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Your|strong="H5921" love|strong="H0160" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0802" wonderful|strong="H6381", 
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surpassing the|strong="H5921" love|strong="H0160" of|strong="H5921" women|strong="H0802". 
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\verseNumber{27}How|strong="H0349" the|strong="H0006" mighty|strong="H1368" have fallen|strong="H5307", 
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and|strong="H4421" the|strong="H0006" weapons|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" war|strong="H4421" have perished|strong="H0006"!” 
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\chapterNumber{2}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651", David|strong="H1732" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “Shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" into|strong="H0413" any|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063"?” 
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The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927".” 
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David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H0575" shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3651" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927"?” 
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He|strong="H0310" said|strong="H0559", “To|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275".” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H1732" his|strong="H1732" two|strong="H8147" wives|strong="H0802", Ahinoam|strong="H0293" the|strong="H1571" Jezreelitess|strong="H3159", and|strong="H1732" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H1571" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H0802" Nabal|strong="H5037" the|strong="H1571" Carmelite|strong="H3761". 
\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H1732" household|strong="H1004". They|strong="H0834" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0834" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H1004" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H0834" anointed|strong="H4886" David|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", “The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568" were|strong="H0834" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" Saul|strong="H7586".” 
\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Blessed|strong="H1288" are|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" shown|strong="H5973" this|strong="H2088" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068", even|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0413" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{6}Now|strong="H6258" may|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" show|strong="H6213" loving kindness|strong="H2617" and|strong="H3068" truth|strong="H0571" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0834". I|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H3068" reward you|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" kindness|strong="H2617", because|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" let|strong="H6258" your|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" be|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" valiant|strong="H2428"; for|strong="H3588" Saul|strong="H7586" your|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" is|strong="H1571" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" have|strong="H1961" anointed|strong="H4886" me|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Now Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369", captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" army|strong="H6635", had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" Ishbosheth the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H3947" him|strong="H0853" over|strong="H5674" to|strong="H1121" Mahanaim|strong="H4266". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H5921" made|strong="H3605" him|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568", over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Ashurites, over|strong="H5921" Jezreel|strong="H3157", over|strong="H5921" Ephraim|strong="H0669", over|strong="H5921" Benjamin|strong="H1144", and|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{10}Ishbosheth, Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121", 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". But|strong="H0389" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" followed|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" was|strong="H1961" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" and|strong="H3063" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320". 
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\verseNumber{12}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" Ishbosheth the|strong="H3318" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Mahanaim|strong="H4266" to|strong="H5650" Gibeon|strong="H1391". 
\verseNumber{13}Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" and|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" 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" Gibeon|strong="H1391"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427", 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" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" pool|strong="H1295". 
\verseNumber{14}Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" compete before|strong="H6440" us|strong="H4994"!” 
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Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H4994" them|strong="H0413" arise|strong="H6965"!” 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6965" they|strong="H5674" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H6965" over|strong="H6965" by|strong="H6965" number|strong="H4557": twelve|strong="H6240" for|strong="H5650" Benjamin|strong="H1144" and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H5650" Ishbosheth the|strong="H6965" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", and|strong="H1121" twelve|strong="H6240" of|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H0834" each|strong="H0376" caught|strong="H2388" his|strong="H0834" opponent|strong="H7453" by|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0834" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H0376" thrust his|strong="H0834" sword|strong="H2719" in|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0834" fellow’s side|strong="H6654"; so|strong="H7121" they|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" together|strong="H3162". Therefore|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H0376" Gibeon|strong="H1391" was|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" Helkath Hazzurim.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:16  }“Helkath Hazzurim” means “field of daggers”.} 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" severe|strong="H7186" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H3478" Abner|strong="H0074" was|strong="H1961" beaten|strong="H5062", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", before|strong="H6440" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H0834" three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" were|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033": Joab|strong="H3097", Abishai|strong="H0052", and|strong="H1121" Asahel|strong="H6214". Asahel|strong="H6214" was|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" light of|strong="H1121" foot|strong="H7272" as|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" wild|strong="H7704" gazelle. 
\verseNumber{19}Asahel|strong="H6214" pursued|strong="H7291" Abner|strong="H0074". He|strong="H0310" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5186" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" or|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040" from|strong="H5921" following|strong="H0310" Abner|strong="H0074". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H2088" Abner|strong="H0074" looked|strong="H6437" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" and|strong="H6437" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H2088" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H0859", Asahel|strong="H6214"?” 
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He|strong="H0310" answered|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H0310" is|strong="H2088".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “Turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H5921" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" or|strong="H0176" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H5921" left|strong="H8040", and|strong="H5288" grab one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", and|strong="H5288" take|strong="H3947" his|strong="H5921" armor.” But|strong="H3808" Asahel|strong="H6214" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" following|strong="H0310" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{22}Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" again|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" Asahel|strong="H6214", “Turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" following|strong="H0310" me|strong="H0413". Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0776" strike|strong="H5221" you|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776"? How|strong="H4100" then|strong="H5375" could|strong="H5375" I|strong="H0776" look|strong="H5375" Joab|strong="H3097" your|strong="H6440" brother|strong="H0251" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" face|strong="H6440"?” 
\verseNumber{23}However, he|strong="H0834" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0413" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493". Therefore|strong="H1961" Abner|strong="H0074" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" back|strong="H0310" end|strong="H0310" of|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" body|strong="H4191", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" spear|strong="H2595" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5221" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H0935" died|strong="H4191" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" same place|strong="H4725". As|strong="H0834" many as|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" Asahel|strong="H6214" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5221" and|strong="H0935" died|strong="H4191" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{24}But|strong="H1992" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H0935" Abishai|strong="H0052" pursued|strong="H7291" Abner|strong="H0074". The|strong="H6440" sun|strong="H8121" went|strong="H0935" down|strong="H1870" when|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389" of|strong="H1870" Ammah, that|strong="H0834" lies|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" Giah|strong="H1520" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1870" the|strong="H6440" wilderness|strong="H4057" of|strong="H1870" Gibeon|strong="H1391". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" gathered|strong="H6908" themselves|strong="H0310" together|strong="H0259" after|strong="H0310" Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" band|strong="H0092", and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1961" hill|strong="H1389". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H1961" Abner|strong="H0074" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H7725" said|strong="H0559", “Shall|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" sword|strong="H2719" devour|strong="H0398" forever|strong="H5331"? Don’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7121" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" bitterness|strong="H4751" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" latter|strong="H0314" end|strong="H5331"? How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H1961" it|strong="H7121" be|strong="H1961" then|strong="H1961", before|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H0413" return|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" following|strong="H0310" their|strong="H3588" brothers|strong="H0251"?” 
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\verseNumber{27}Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2:27  }The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).} lives|strong="H2416", if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3588" spoken|strong="H1696", surely|strong="H3588" then|strong="H0227" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" would|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0376" gone|strong="H5927" away|strong="H0310", and|strong="H0430" not|strong="H3588" each|strong="H0376" followed|strong="H0310" his|strong="H0376" brother|strong="H0251".” 
\verseNumber{28}So|strong="H3808" Joab|strong="H3097" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" shofar; and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5750" and|strong="H3478" pursued|strong="H7291" Israel|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3808" fought|strong="H3898" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{29}Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" through|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Arabah|strong="H6160"; and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0376" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" Bithron, and|strong="H1980" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Mahanaim|strong="H4266". 
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\verseNumber{30}Joab|strong="H3097" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" following|strong="H0310" Abner|strong="H0074"; and|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7725" he|strong="H0310" had|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H6908", nineteen|strong="H6240" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" David’s|strong="H1732" and|strong="H7725" Asahel|strong="H6214" were|strong="H0376" missing|strong="H6485". 
\verseNumber{31}But|strong="H0376" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" had|strong="H1732" struck|strong="H5221" Benjamin|strong="H1144" Abner’s|strong="H0074" men|strong="H0376" so|strong="H4191" that|strong="H1732" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" sixty|strong="H8346" men|strong="H0376" died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" Asahel|strong="H6214" and|strong="H0376" buried|strong="H6912" him|strong="H0853" in|strong="H6912" the|strong="H3605" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H6912" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915", and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" day broke on|strong="H3605" them|strong="H0853" at|strong="H5375" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
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\chapterNumber{3}Now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" long|strong="H0752" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1980" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". David|strong="H1732" grew|strong="H1980" stronger|strong="H2390" and|strong="H1980" stronger|strong="H2390", but|strong="H1961" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004" grew|strong="H1980" weaker|strong="H1800" and|strong="H1980" weaker|strong="H1800". 
\verseNumber{2}Sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H1121" Hebron|strong="H2275". His|strong="H1732" firstborn|strong="H1060" was|strong="H1961" Amnon|strong="H0550", of|strong="H1121" Ahinoam|strong="H0293" the|strong="H3205" Jezreelitess|strong="H3159"; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4428" second|strong="H4932", Chileab|strong="H3609", of|strong="H1121" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H1121" wife|strong="H0802" of|strong="H1121" Nabal|strong="H5037" the|strong="H1121" Carmelite|strong="H3761"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" third|strong="H7992", Absalom|strong="H0053" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601" the|strong="H1121" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Talmai|strong="H8526" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Geshur|strong="H1650"; 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" fourth|strong="H7243", Adonijah|strong="H0138" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haggith|strong="H2294"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" fifth|strong="H2549", Shephatiah|strong="H8203" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abital|strong="H0037"; 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3205" sixth|strong="H8345", Ithream|strong="H3507", of|strong="H3205" Eglah|strong="H5698", David’s|strong="H1732" wife|strong="H0802". These|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0428" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" David|strong="H1732" in|strong="H0802" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
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\verseNumber{6}While|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H0996" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" David’s|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004", Abner|strong="H0074" made|strong="H2388" himself|strong="H2388" strong|strong="H2388" in|strong="H1004" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H0935" Saul|strong="H7586" had|strong="H0001" a|strong="H0935" concubine|strong="H6370", whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Rizpah|strong="H7532", the|strong="H0559" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Aiah|strong="H0345"; and|strong="H0935" Ishbosheth said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074", “Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H0001" you|strong="H0935" gone|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H0935" father’s|strong="H0001" concubine|strong="H6370"?” 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6213" Abner|strong="H0074" was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734" about|strong="H5921" Ishbosheth’s words|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0559", “Am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0834" a|strong="H4672" dog’s|strong="H3611" head|strong="H7218" that|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H0413" Judah|strong="H3063"? Today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0834" show|strong="H6213" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" friends|strong="H4828", and|strong="H3063" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" delivered|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0834" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H3063" yet|strong="H4672" you|strong="H0834" charge|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413" today|strong="H3117" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H4672" fault|strong="H4672" concerning|strong="H5921" this|strong="H1697" woman|strong="H0802"! 
\verseNumber{9}God|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" Abner|strong="H0074", and|strong="H3068" more|strong="H3254" also|strong="H3068", if|strong="H3588", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" sworn|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732", I|strong="H0834" don’t do|strong="H6213" even|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0430": 
\verseNumber{10}to|strong="H5704" transfer|strong="H5674" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4467" from|strong="H5921" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5704" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" David’s|strong="H1732" throne|strong="H3678" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H6965" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063", from|strong="H5921" Dan|strong="H1835" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Beersheba|strong="H0884".” 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H3808" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H7725" Abner|strong="H0074" another|strong="H5750" word|strong="H1697", because|strong="H3372" he|strong="H3808" was|strong="H1697" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1697" him|strong="H0853". 
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\verseNumber{12}Abner|strong="H0074" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" on|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" behalf|strong="H5973", saying|strong="H0559", “Whose|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776"?” and|strong="H3478" saying|strong="H0559", “Make|strong="H3772" your|strong="H3605" alliance with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3478" behold|strong="H2009", my|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H5437" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" around|strong="H5437" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605".” 
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\verseNumber{13}David said|strong="H0559", “Good|strong="H2896". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1697" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3588" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" one|strong="H0259" thing|strong="H1697" I|strong="H0589" require|strong="H7592" of|strong="H1323" you|strong="H3588". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1697", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" not|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" face|strong="H6440" unless|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" first|strong="H0259" bring|strong="H0935" Michal|strong="H4324", Saul’s|strong="H7586" daughter|strong="H1323", when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" see|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" face|strong="H6440".” 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Ishbosheth, Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121", saying|strong="H0559", “Deliver|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" wife|strong="H0802" Michal|strong="H4324", whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" marry|strong="H0802" for|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0802" hundred|strong="H3967" foreskins|strong="H6190" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
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\verseNumber{15}Ishbosheth sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H7971" from|strong="H0376" her|strong="H7971" husband|strong="H0376", Paltiel|strong="H6409" the|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Laish. 
\verseNumber{16}Her|strong="H0413" husband|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" her|strong="H0413", weeping|strong="H1058" as|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" went|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" followed|strong="H0310" her|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Bahurim|strong="H0980". Then|strong="H1980" Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H1980"! Return|strong="H7725"!” and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H5704" returned|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{17}Abner|strong="H0074" had|strong="H1961" communication with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", saying|strong="H0559", “In|strong="H5921" times past|strong="H8543", you|strong="H5921" sought|strong="H1245" for|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H6258" then|strong="H6258" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588"! For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" spoken|strong="H0559" of|strong="H3068" 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" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430", and|strong="H3068" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341".’” 
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\verseNumber{19}Abner|strong="H0074" also|strong="H1571" spoke|strong="H1696" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1004" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; and|strong="H3478" Abner|strong="H0074" went|strong="H1004" also|strong="H1571" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" ears|strong="H0241" of|strong="H1004" 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" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{20}So|strong="H6213" Abner|strong="H0074" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H0935" twenty|strong="H6242" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". David|strong="H1732" made|strong="H6213" Abner|strong="H0074" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0935" feast|strong="H4960". 
\verseNumber{21}Abner|strong="H0074" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" go|strong="H7971", and|strong="H6965" will|strong="H0834" gather|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3478" make|strong="H3772" a|strong="H3772" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H6965" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3478" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" desires|strong="H0183".” David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" Abner|strong="H0074" away|strong="H7971"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H6965" in|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965". 
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\verseNumber{22}Behold|strong="H2009", David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H0935" Joab|strong="H3097" came|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" raid|strong="H1416" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H7227" plunder|strong="H7998" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H7971"; but|strong="H3588" 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" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" gone|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H7965". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935", they|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" Joab|strong="H3097", “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" has|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H7965".” 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H1980" Joab|strong="H3097" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1980" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H4428" you|strong="H7971" done|strong="H6213"? Behold|strong="H2009", Abner|strong="H0074" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971". Why|strong="H4100" is|strong="H2088" it|strong="H6213" that|strong="H2088" you|strong="H7971" have|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H6213" is|strong="H2088" already|strong="H1980" gone|strong="H1980"? 
\verseNumber{25}You|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369". He|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" deceive you|strong="H0859", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0935" know|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3605" going|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3045" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" coming|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0935" know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3318" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H1732" come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H7725" David|strong="H1732", he|strong="H0310" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" after|strong="H0310" Abner|strong="H0074", and|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H3318" him|strong="H7971" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" well|strong="H3045" of|strong="H4397" Sirah|strong="H5626"; but|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1696" Abner|strong="H0074" had|strong="H3097" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275", Joab|strong="H3097" took|strong="H5186" him|strong="H0413" aside|strong="H5186" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H8179" the|strong="H0413" gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H0413" speak|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413" quietly, and|strong="H7725" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" there|strong="H8033" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" body|strong="H4191", so|strong="H7725" that|strong="H7725" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H8179" Asahel|strong="H6214" his|strong="H7725" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{28}Afterward|strong="H0310", when|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3651", he|strong="H0310" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0595" and|strong="H1121" my|strong="H8085" kingdom|strong="H4467" are|strong="H3068" guiltless before|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" forever|strong="H5769" 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}Let|strong="H0408" it|strong="H5921" fall|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1004" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" house|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" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H0001" a|strong="H3772" discharge|strong="H2100", or|strong="H0408" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3772" leper|strong="H6879", or|strong="H0408" who|strong="H3605" leans on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3772" staff, or|strong="H0408" who|strong="H3605" falls|strong="H5307" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719", or|strong="H0408" who|strong="H3605" lacks|strong="H2638" bread|strong="H3899".” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H0251" Abishai|strong="H0052" his|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" killed|strong="H2026" Abner|strong="H0074", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" their|strong="H5921" brother|strong="H0251" Asahel|strong="H6214" at|strong="H5921" Gibeon|strong="H1391" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" battle|strong="H4421". 
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\verseNumber{31}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" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413", “Tear|strong="H7167" your|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1980" clothe yourselves|strong="H2296" with|strong="H0854" sackcloth|strong="H8242", and|strong="H1980" mourn|strong="H5594" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Abner|strong="H0074".” King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" followed|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3605" bier|strong="H4296". 
\verseNumber{32}They|strong="H5971" buried|strong="H6912" Abner|strong="H0074" in|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H3605" voice|strong="H6963" and|strong="H4428" wept|strong="H1058" at|strong="H0413" Abner’s|strong="H0074" grave|strong="H6913"; and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" wept|strong="H1058". 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" lamented for|strong="H0413" Abner|strong="H0074", and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Should|strong="H0559" Abner|strong="H0074" die|strong="H4191" as|strong="H4428" a|strong="H4428" fool|strong="H5036" dies|strong="H4191"? 
\verseNumber{34}Your|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" weren’t bound|strong="H0631", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3605" feet|strong="H7272" weren’t put|strong="H5066" into|strong="H5921" fetters|strong="H5178". As|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5921" man|strong="H1121" falls|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" iniquity|strong="H5766", so|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3605" fell|strong="H5307".” 
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All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" wept|strong="H1058" again|strong="H3254" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{35}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" urge David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0559" eat|strong="H1262" bread|strong="H3899" while|strong="H5750" it|strong="H0518" was|strong="H1732" yet|strong="H5750" day|strong="H3117"; but|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" swore|strong="H7650", saying|strong="H0559", “God|strong="H0430" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H6213" 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" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H5750", until the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121" goes|strong="H0935" down|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{36}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" took|strong="H5234" notice|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H6213" pleased|strong="H3190" them|strong="H3190", as|strong="H0834" whatever|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" pleased|strong="H3190" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{37}So|strong="H1961" 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" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" kill|strong="H4191" Abner|strong="H0074" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ner|strong="H5369". 
\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3588" servants|strong="H5650", “Don’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" prince|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" man|strong="H1419" has|strong="H3478" fallen|strong="H5307" today|strong="H3117" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478"? 
\verseNumber{39}I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" weak|strong="H7390" today|strong="H3117", though anointed|strong="H4886" king|strong="H4428". These|strong="H0428" men|strong="H0376", the|strong="H4480" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" are|strong="H3117" too|strong="H4480" hard|strong="H7186" for|strong="H3117" me|strong="H4480". May|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4480" LORD|strong="H3068" reward|strong="H7999" the|strong="H4480" evildoer according|strong="H4480" to|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" wickedness|strong="H7451".” 
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\chapterNumber{4}When|strong="H3588" Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Abner|strong="H0074" was|strong="H3478" dead|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275", his|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" became feeble|strong="H7503", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" troubled. 
\verseNumber{2}Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1961" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H1961" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1121" raiding bands|strong="H1416". The|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" was|strong="H8034" Baanah|strong="H1196" 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" Rimmon|strong="H7417" the|strong="H5921" Beerothite|strong="H0886", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" (for|strong="H3588" Beeroth|strong="H0881" also|strong="H1571" is|strong="H1571" considered|strong="H2803" a|strong="H1961" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144"; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5704" Beerothites|strong="H0886" fled|strong="H1272" to|strong="H5704" Gittaim|strong="H1664", and|strong="H3117" have|strong="H1961" lived|strong="H1481" as|strong="H5704" foreigners|strong="H1481" there|strong="H8033" until|strong="H5704" today|strong="H3117"). 
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\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H1961" Jonathan|strong="H3083", Saul’s|strong="H7586" son|strong="H1121", had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H8034" lame in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H5375" feet|strong="H7272". He|strong="H8141" was|strong="H8034" five|strong="H2568" years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0935" news|strong="H8052" came|strong="H0935" about|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" out|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157"; and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5375" nurse|strong="H0539" picked|strong="H5375" him|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127". As|strong="H1961" she hurried|strong="H2648" to|strong="H0935" flee|strong="H5127", he|strong="H8141" fell|strong="H5307" and|strong="H1121" became|strong="H1961" lame. His|strong="H5375" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0853" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rimmon|strong="H7417" the|strong="H0853" Beerothite|strong="H0886", Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H1121" Baanah|strong="H1196", went|strong="H0935" out|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935" at|strong="H0413" about|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" heat|strong="H2527" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Ishbosheth as|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" took|strong="H0853" his|strong="H0935" rest|strong="H7901" at|strong="H0413" noon|strong="H6672". 
\verseNumber{6}They|strong="H5704" came|strong="H0935" there|strong="H8432" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004" as|strong="H5704" though they|strong="H5704" would have|strong="H0251" fetched wheat|strong="H2406", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5704" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" body; and|strong="H0935" Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H0935" Baanah|strong="H1196" his|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251" escaped|strong="H4422". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" they|strong="H5921" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" as|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" lay|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" bed|strong="H4904" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" bedroom|strong="H2315", they|strong="H5921" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921", beheaded him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" Arabah|strong="H6160" all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Ishbosheth to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Ishbosheth, the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", your|strong="H3068" enemy|strong="H0341", who|strong="H0834" sought|strong="H1245" your|strong="H3068" life|strong="H5315"! The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" avenged|strong="H5360" my|strong="H5414" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" today|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" offspring|strong="H2233".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4:8  }or, seed}” 
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\verseNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559" Rechab|strong="H7394" and|strong="H1121" Baanah|strong="H1196" his|strong="H3605" brother|strong="H0251", the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rimmon|strong="H7417" the|strong="H3605" Beerothite|strong="H0886", and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", “As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" redeemed|strong="H6299" my|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" adversity|strong="H6869", 
\verseNumber{10}when|strong="H3588" someone|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414", ‘Behold|strong="H2009", Saul|strong="H7586" is|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191",’ thinking|strong="H0559" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H5414" good|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319", I|strong="H0834" seized|strong="H0270" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H5869" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H4191" Ziklag|strong="H6860", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" reward|strong="H1309" I|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5414" news|strong="H1319". 
\verseNumber{11}How|strong="H0637" much|strong="H0637" more|strong="H4480", when|strong="H3588" wicked|strong="H7563" men|strong="H0376" have|strong="H0376" slain|strong="H2026" a|strong="H3588" righteous|strong="H6662" person|strong="H0376" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4904", should|strong="H0376" I|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" require|strong="H1245" his|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="H4480" your|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H0776" rid the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" you|strong="H3588"?” 
\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H1732" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H5921" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" killed|strong="H2026" them|strong="H0853", cut|strong="H7112" off|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3947" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3947" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H3027" hanged|strong="H8518" them|strong="H0853" up|strong="H5921" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pool|strong="H1295" in|strong="H5921" Hebron|strong="H2275". But|strong="H3947" they|strong="H5921" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3027" Ishbosheth and|strong="H3027" buried|strong="H6912" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Abner’s|strong="H0074" grave|strong="H6913" 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" at|strong="H0413" Hebron|strong="H2275" and|strong="H0935" spoke|strong="H0559", saying|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2005", we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3605" bone|strong="H6106" and|strong="H0935" your|strong="H3605" flesh|strong="H1320". 
\verseNumber{2}In|strong="H5921" times past, when|strong="H1961" Saul|strong="H7586" was|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0859" who|strong="H3068" led|strong="H3318" Israel|strong="H3478" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921". The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859", ‘You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" shepherd|strong="H7462" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478".’” 
\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" 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" covenant|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" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\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" Judah|strong="H3063" 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" thirty-three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" Jebusites|strong="H2983", the|strong="H0559" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" land|strong="H0776", who|strong="H0376" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" blind|strong="H5787" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" lame will|strong="H0776" keep|strong="H5493" you|strong="H3588" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4428" here|strong="H2008",” thinking|strong="H0559", “David|strong="H1732" can’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2008".” 
\verseNumber{7}Nevertheless David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" stronghold of|strong="H1732" Zion|strong="H6726". This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", “Whoever|strong="H3605" strikes|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" Jebusites|strong="H2983", let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" watercourse and|strong="H0935" strike|strong="H5221" those|strong="H3605" lame|strong="H6455" and|strong="H0935" blind|strong="H5787", who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" hated|strong="H8130" by|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" soul|strong="H5315".” Therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" say|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H3605" blind|strong="H5787" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" lame|strong="H6455" can’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H4480" stronghold, and|strong="H1004" called|strong="H7121" it|strong="H7121" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892". David|strong="H1732" built|strong="H1129" around|strong="H5439" from|strong="H4480" Millo|strong="H4407" and|strong="H1004" inward|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}David|strong="H1732" grew|strong="H1980" greater|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1980" greater|strong="H1419", for|strong="H6635" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Hosts|strong="H6635", was|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{11}Hiram|strong="H2438" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6865" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", with|strong="H0413" cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086", carpenters|strong="H2796", and|strong="H4428" masons|strong="H2796"; and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H4428" built|strong="H1129" David|strong="H1732" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H1732" perceived|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" established|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" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" Israel’s|strong="H3478" sake|strong="H5668". 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" more|strong="H5750" concubines|strong="H6370" and|strong="H1121" wives|strong="H0802" for|strong="H3389" himself out|strong="H0935" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0310" had|strong="H1732" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Hebron|strong="H2275"; and|strong="H1121" more|strong="H5750" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323" were|strong="H1121" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{14}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0428" the|strong="H8034" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8034" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H0428" were|strong="H0428" born|strong="H3209" to|strong="H3389" him|strong="H8010" in|strong="H8034" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": Shammua|strong="H8051", Shobab|strong="H7727", Nathan|strong="H5416", Solomon|strong="H8010", 
\verseNumber{15}Ibhar|strong="H2984", Elishua|strong="H0474", Nepheg|strong="H5298", Japhia|strong="H3309", 
\verseNumber{16}Elishama|strong="H0476", Eliada|strong="H0450", and|strong="H0450" Eliphelet|strong="H0467". 
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\verseNumber{17}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3478" anointed|strong="H4886" David|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Philistines|strong="H6430" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H0413" seek|strong="H1245" David|strong="H1732", but|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" stronghold. 
\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H6430" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" spread|strong="H5203" themselves in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H6010" Rephaim|strong="H7497". 
\verseNumber{19}David|strong="H1732" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", saying|strong="H0559", “Shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3588" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430"? Will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588" deliver|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027"?” 
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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" certainly|strong="H3588" deliver|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" into|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{20}David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" Baal Perazim, and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" struck|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0853" there|strong="H8033". Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H6555" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" breach|strong="H6556" of|strong="H3068" waters|strong="H4325".” Therefore|strong="H3651" he|strong="H1931" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3068" that|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" Baal Perazim.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5:20  }“Baal Perazim” means “Lord who breaks out”.} 
\verseNumber{21}They|strong="H8033" left|strong="H5800" their|strong="H5375" images|strong="H6091" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H0376" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H5375" men|strong="H0376" took|strong="H5375" them|strong="H0853" away|strong="H5375". 
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\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H5927" Philistines|strong="H6430" came|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" yet|strong="H5750" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H6430" spread|strong="H5203" themselves in|strong="H5750" the|strong="H5927" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H6010" Rephaim|strong="H7497". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" inquired|strong="H7592" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", he|strong="H0310" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H0935" shall|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927". Circle|strong="H5437" around|strong="H5437" behind|strong="H0310" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" attack|strong="H5927" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0935" front|strong="H4136" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" mulberry trees|strong="H1057". 
\verseNumber{24}When|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0853" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H3068" marching in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" tops|strong="H7218" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" mulberry trees|strong="H1057", then|strong="H0227" stir yourself up|strong="H0853"; for|strong="H3588" then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" gone|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H1961" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H4264" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430".” 
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\verseNumber{25}David|strong="H1732" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H0853", and|strong="H0935" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" all|strong="H5704" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H3651" from|strong="H0935" Geba|strong="H1387" to|strong="H0935" Gezer|strong="H1507". 
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\chapterNumber{6}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}David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H5927" with|strong="H0854" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" Baale Judah, to|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Name|strong="H8034", even|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" of|strong="H0430" Hosts|strong="H6635" who|strong="H0834" sits|strong="H3427" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" cherubim|strong="H3742". 
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H0834" set|strong="H0834" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" on|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5375" new|strong="H2319" cart|strong="H5699", and|strong="H1121" brought|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5375" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H1121" Abinadab’s house|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H1389"; and|strong="H1121" Uzzah|strong="H5798" 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}They|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H1980" it|strong="H5375" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" Abinadab’s house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" hill|strong="H1389", with|strong="H5973" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727"; and|strong="H1980" Ahio|strong="H0283" went|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" ark|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{5}David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" played|strong="H7832" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" kinds|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" instruments made|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" cypress|strong="H1265" wood|strong="H6086", with|strong="H1004" harps|strong="H3658", with|strong="H1004" stringed instruments, with|strong="H1004" tambourines|strong="H8596", with|strong="H1004" castanets|strong="H4517", and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" cymbals|strong="H6767". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637" of|strong="H0430" Nacon, Uzzah|strong="H5798" reached|strong="H0935" for|strong="H3588" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H0270" hold|strong="H0270" of|strong="H0430" it|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" cattle|strong="H1241" stumbled|strong="H8058". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" burned|strong="H2734" against|strong="H5921" Uzzah|strong="H5798", and|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" error; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033" by|strong="H5921" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727". 
\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H0834" displeased because|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" broken|strong="H6555" out|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" Uzzah|strong="H5798"; and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" that|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" Perez Uzzah|strong="H5798"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:8  }“Perez Uzzah” means “outbreak against Uzzah”.} to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H0349" could the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413"?” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" move|strong="H5493" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3808" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892"; but|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" carried|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" aside|strong="H5493" into|strong="H0413" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" the|strong="H0853" Gittite’s house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" remained|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" the|strong="H3605" Gittite’s house|strong="H1004" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046", “The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" blessed|strong="H1288" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", because|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727".” 
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So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Obed-Edom|strong="H5654" into|strong="H5654" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892" with|strong="H1004" joy|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3588" those|strong="H6805" who|strong="H3068" bore|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3588" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" 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" fattened calf. 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" danced before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" with|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H5797"; and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3068" clothed|strong="H2296" in|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" linen|strong="H0906" ephod|strong="H0646". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H5927" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" with|strong="H1004" shouting|strong="H8643" and|strong="H3068" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" shofar. 
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\verseNumber{16}As|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" David’s|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892", Michal|strong="H4324" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" looked|strong="H7200" out|strong="H8259" through|strong="H1157" the|strong="H0853" window|strong="H2474" and|strong="H0935" 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}They|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ark|strong="H0727", and|strong="H0935" set|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5186" in|strong="H0935" its|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" tent|strong="H0168" that|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" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H0935" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3615" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" offering|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" 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}He|strong="H5704" gave to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", even|strong="H5704" among|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H1995" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", both|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H3478" women|strong="H0802", to|strong="H5704" everyone|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5704" portion|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" bread|strong="H3899", dates|strong="H0829", and|strong="H3478" raisins|strong="H0809". So|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" departed, each|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" bless|strong="H1288" his|strong="H7725" household|strong="H1004". Michal|strong="H4324" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H7125" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “How|strong="H4100" glorious|strong="H3513" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H0834" today|strong="H3117", who|strong="H0834" uncovered|strong="H1540" himself|strong="H1540" today|strong="H3117" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7725" servants’|strong="H5650" maids|strong="H0519", as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" vain fellows shamelessly|strong="H1540" uncovers|strong="H1540" himself|strong="H1540"!” 
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\verseNumber{21}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Michal|strong="H4324", “It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", who|strong="H0834" chose|strong="H0977" me|strong="H0413" above|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H3068" above|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0413" appoint|strong="H6680" me|strong="H0413" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". Therefore|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" celebrate|strong="H7832" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{22}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" yet|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750" undignified than|strong="H3513" this|strong="H2063", and|strong="H5869" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" worthless in|strong="H5750" my|strong="H1961" own|strong="H1961" sight|strong="H5869". But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" maids|strong="H0519" of|strong="H5869" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" spoken|strong="H0559" will|strong="H1961" honor|strong="H3513" me|strong="H5973".” 
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\verseNumber{23}Michal|strong="H4324" 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}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" lived|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" from|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" all|strong="H3605" around|strong="H5439", 
\verseNumber{2}the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Nathan|strong="H5416" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030", “See|strong="H7200" now|strong="H4994", I|strong="H0595" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" cedar|strong="H0730", but|strong="H7200" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" dwells|strong="H3427" within|strong="H8432" curtains|strong="H3407".” 
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\verseNumber{3}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" your|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3824", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{4}That|strong="H1931" same|strong="H1931" night|strong="H3915", the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Nathan|strong="H5416", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{5}“Go and|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H0559" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732", ‘The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “Should|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" build|strong="H1129" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427"? 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004" since|strong="H3588" 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" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" moved|strong="H1980" around|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" tent|strong="H0168" and|strong="H1980" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H1961" tabernacle|strong="H4908". 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" places|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1980" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" walked|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", did|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" a|strong="H1129" word|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" anyone|strong="H3605" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" shepherd|strong="H7462" of|strong="H1121" 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}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" tell|strong="H0559" my|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" this|strong="H3541": ‘The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Hosts|strong="H6635" says|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" took|strong="H3947" you|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" sheep|strong="H6629" pen, from|strong="H4480" following|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" sheep|strong="H6629", to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" prince|strong="H5057" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971", over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834" wherever|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980", and|strong="H1980" have|strong="H1961" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" from|strong="H3772" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" name|strong="H8034", like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" ones|strong="H1419" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{10}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" will|strong="H0834" plant|strong="H5193" them|strong="H7760", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H3478" dwell|strong="H7931" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H7760" own place|strong="H4725" and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" moved|strong="H7264" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750". The|strong="H0834" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" wickedness|strong="H5766" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" afflict|strong="H6031" them|strong="H7760" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750", as|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0834" first|strong="H7223", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H0834" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" judges|strong="H8199" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" cause you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5921" rest|strong="H5117" from|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". Moreover the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" tells|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}When|strong="H3588" your|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" are|strong="H0834" fulfilled|strong="H4390" and|strong="H6965" you|strong="H0834" sleep|strong="H7901" with|strong="H0854" your|strong="H0834" fathers|strong="H0001", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" set|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" your|strong="H0834" offspring|strong="H2233" after|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0834", who|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" proceed|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H0834" body|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" will|strong="H1004" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H1129" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H1004" 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" forever|strong="H5769". 
\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". If|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" commits iniquity, I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1961" chasten 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" loving kindness|strong="H2617" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H6440", as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" took|strong="H5493" it|strong="H3808" from|strong="H4480" Saul|strong="H7586", whom|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{16}Your|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H6440" kingdom|strong="H4467" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" made|strong="H3559" sure|strong="H0539" forever|strong="H5769" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440". Your|strong="H6440" throne|strong="H3678" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" established|strong="H3559" forever|strong="H5769".”’” 
\verseNumber{17}Nathan|strong="H5416" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" 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". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" and|strong="H0935" sat|strong="H3427" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" am|strong="H0595" I|strong="H0595", Lord|strong="H3068"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:18  }The word translated “Lord” (mixed case) is “Adonai.”} GOD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H0935" what|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H0935" me|strong="H6440" this|strong="H3588" far|strong="H5704"? 
\verseNumber{19}This|strong="H2063" was|strong="H1004" yet|strong="H5750" a|strong="H1696" small|strong="H6994" thing|strong="H2063" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0413" eyes|strong="H5869", Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136", but|strong="H1696" you|strong="H0413" have|strong="H5869" spoken|strong="H1696" also|strong="H1571" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H0413" servant’s|strong="H5650" house|strong="H1004" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1696" great|strong="H7350" while|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H7350"; and|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063" among|strong="H0413" men|strong="H0120", Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136"! 
\verseNumber{20}What|strong="H4100" more|strong="H5750" can|strong="H4100" David|strong="H1732" say|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859"? For|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" servant|strong="H5650", Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136". 
\verseNumber{21}For|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" word’s sake|strong="H5668", and|strong="H5650" according to|strong="H3820" your|strong="H3605" own heart|strong="H3820", you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3045" worked|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" greatness|strong="H1420", to|strong="H3820" make|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{22}Therefore|strong="H3651" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1431", LORD|strong="H0136" God|strong="H0430". For|strong="H3588" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" like|strong="H3644" you|strong="H0834", neither|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" there|strong="H0369" any|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" besides|strong="H2108" you|strong="H0834", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" all|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}What|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" nation|strong="H1471" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6440" earth|strong="H0776" is|strong="H0834" like|strong="H0834" your|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971", even|strong="H6213" like|strong="H0834" Israel|strong="H3478", whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" redeem|strong="H6299" to|strong="H1980" himself|strong="H6440" for|strong="H0776" a|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" make|strong="H7760" himself|strong="H6440" a|strong="H7760" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1980" do|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1420" things|strong="H1420" for|strong="H0776" you|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1980" awesome|strong="H3372" things|strong="H1420" for|strong="H0776" your|strong="H7760" land|strong="H0776", before|strong="H6440" your|strong="H7760" people|strong="H5971", whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" redeemed|strong="H6299" to|strong="H1980" yourself 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}You|strong="H0859" established|strong="H3559" for|strong="H0430" yourself|strong="H0859" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" forever|strong="H5769"; and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859", LORD|strong="H3068", became|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{25}“Now|strong="H6258", LORD|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H0834" word|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696" concerning|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", and|strong="H6965" concerning|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", confirm|strong="H6965" it|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H5769", and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{26}Let|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034" be|strong="H1961" magnified|strong="H1431" forever|strong="H5769", saying|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" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" established|strong="H3559" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H6440".’ 
\verseNumber{27}For|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859", LORD|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1004" Hosts|strong="H6635", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478", have|strong="H5650" revealed|strong="H1540" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650", saying|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" you|strong="H0859" a|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004".’ Therefore|strong="H3651" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" has|strong="H3068" 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" you|strong="H0859". 
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\verseNumber{28}“Now|strong="H6258", O|strong="H3069" Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0430", you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H1697" God|strong="H0430", and|strong="H0430" your|strong="H1961" words|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" truth|strong="H0571", and|strong="H0430" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H1961" promised|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2063" good|strong="H2896" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{29}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", let|strong="H6258" it|strong="H3588" please|strong="H2974" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H1696" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650", that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" continue|strong="H1961" forever|strong="H5769" before|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0859"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859", Lord|strong="H0136" GOD|strong="H0136", have|strong="H1961" spoken|strong="H1696" it|strong="H3588". Let|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H6440" servant|strong="H5650" be|strong="H1961" blessed|strong="H1288" forever|strong="H5769" with|strong="H1004" your|strong="H6440" blessing|strong="H1293".” 
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\chapterNumber{8}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651", David|strong="H1732" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" and|strong="H3027" subdued|strong="H3665" them|strong="H0853"; and|strong="H3027" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" bridle of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" mother city out|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H1732" defeated|strong="H5221" Moab|strong="H4124", and|strong="H0776" measured|strong="H4058" them|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" line|strong="H2256", making them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H4191" lie|strong="H7901" down|strong="H5221" on|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H0776" he|strong="H1732" measured|strong="H4058" two|strong="H8147" lines to|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0776" one|strong="H1961" full|strong="H4393" line|strong="H2256" to|strong="H4191" keep alive|strong="H2421". The|strong="H0853" Moabites|strong="H4124" became|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H4191" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0776" brought|strong="H5375" tribute|strong="H4503". 
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\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H0853" struck|strong="H5221" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rehob|strong="H7340", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678", as|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" recover his|strong="H7725" dominion at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0853" River|strong="H5104". 
\verseNumber{4}David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3920" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0376" thousand|strong="H0505" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" horsemen|strong="H6571" and|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273". David|strong="H1732" hamstrung the|strong="H3605" chariot|strong="H7393" horses|strong="H6571", but|strong="H0376" reserved|strong="H3498" enough|strong="H3498" of|strong="H0376" them|strong="H0853" for|strong="H3605" one|strong="H0376" hundred|strong="H3967" chariots|strong="H7393". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" Syrians of|strong="H4428" Damascus|strong="H1834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" help|strong="H5826" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Zobah|strong="H6678", David|strong="H1732" struck|strong="H5221" twenty|strong="H6242" two|strong="H8147" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0935" Syrians. 
\verseNumber{6}Then|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" put|strong="H7760" garrisons|strong="H5333" in|strong="H1980" Syria|strong="H0758" of|strong="H3068" Damascus|strong="H1834"; and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" Syrians became|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1980" brought|strong="H1980" tribute|strong="H4503". The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7760" victory|strong="H3467" to|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" wherever|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{7}David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" shields|strong="H7982" of|strong="H5650" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H5650" Hadadezer|strong="H1909", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{8}From|strong="H3947" Betah|strong="H0984" and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H3947" Berothai, cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Hadadezer|strong="H1909", King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" great|strong="H3966" quantity of|strong="H4428" bronze|strong="H5178". 
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\verseNumber{9}When|strong="H3588" Toi|strong="H8583" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Hamath|strong="H2574" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" struck|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2426" of|strong="H4428" Hadadezer|strong="H1909", 
\verseNumber{10}then|strong="H1961" Toi|strong="H8583" sent|strong="H7971" Joram|strong="H3141" his|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H0413" greet|strong="H1288" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" bless|strong="H1288" him|strong="H0413", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413"; for|strong="H3588" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" had|strong="H0834" wars|strong="H4421" with|strong="H0413" Toi|strong="H8583". Joram|strong="H3141" brought|strong="H1961" with|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701", vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H1121" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H1121" bronze|strong="H5178". 
\verseNumber{11}King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" also|strong="H1571" dedicated|strong="H6942" these|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068", with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" dedicated|strong="H6942" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" subdued|strong="H3533"— 
\verseNumber{12}of|strong="H1121" Syria|strong="H0758", of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Philistines|strong="H6430", of|strong="H1121" Amalek|strong="H6002", and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" plunder|strong="H7998" of|strong="H1121" Hadadezer|strong="H1909", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rehob|strong="H7340", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678". 
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\verseNumber{13}David|strong="H1732" earned a|strong="H5221" reputation|strong="H8034" when|strong="H7725" he|strong="H6213" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" striking|strong="H5221" down|strong="H5221" eighteen|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H6213" of|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" Syrians in|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" Valley|strong="H1516" of|strong="H8034" Salt|strong="H4417". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" garrisons|strong="H5333" in|strong="H1980" Edom|strong="H0123". Throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" Edom|strong="H0123", he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" garrisons|strong="H5333", and|strong="H1980" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Edomites|strong="H0123" became|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732". The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" gave|strong="H7760" victory|strong="H3467" to|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" wherever|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980". 
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\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" reigned|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" executed justice|strong="H4941" and|strong="H3478" righteousness|strong="H6666" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{16}Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" was|strong="H1121" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" army|strong="H6635", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahilud|strong="H0286" was|strong="H1121" recorder|strong="H2142", 
\verseNumber{17}Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahitub|strong="H0285" and|strong="H1121" Ahimelech|strong="H0288" the|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054" were|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548", Seraiah|strong="H8304" was|strong="H1121" scribe|strong="H5608", 
\verseNumber{18}Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" was|strong="H1961" over the|strong="H1961" Cherethites|strong="H3774" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1961" Pelethites|strong="H6432"; and|strong="H1121" David’s|strong="H1732" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" chief|strong="H3548" ministers|strong="H3548". 
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\chapterNumber{9}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H0834" there|strong="H3426" yet|strong="H5750" any|strong="H5750" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3498" of|strong="H1004" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" show|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5973" kindness|strong="H2617" for|strong="H3588" Jonathan’s|strong="H3083" sake|strong="H5668"?” 
\verseNumber{2}There was|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004" a|strong="H7121" servant|strong="H5650" whose|strong="H8034" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Ziba|strong="H6717", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H0559" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Are|strong="H5650" you|strong="H0859" Ziba|strong="H6717"?” 
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He|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H5650" am your|strong="H0413" servant|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H0430" there|strong="H0657" not|strong="H0657" yet|strong="H5750" any|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0559" may|strong="H0430" show|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0559" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413"?” 
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Ziba|strong="H6717" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", “Jonathan|strong="H3083" still|strong="H5750" has|strong="H0430" a|strong="H5750" son|strong="H1121", who|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0430" lame in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0376" feet|strong="H7272".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Where|strong="H0375" is|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931"?” 
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Ziba|strong="H6717" 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" Lo|strong="H2009" Debar.” 
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\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", from|strong="H1121" Lo Debar. 
\verseNumber{6}Mephibosheth|strong="H4648", the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083", the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" showed respect|strong="H6440". David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"?” 
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He|strong="H1732" answered|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372", for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7704" surely|strong="H3588" show|strong="H6213" you|strong="H0859" kindness|strong="H2617" for|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" your|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" sake|strong="H5668", and|strong="H7725" will|strong="H7704" restore|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0859" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" of|strong="H0001" Saul|strong="H7586" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H7704" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" table|strong="H7979" continually|strong="H8548".” 
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\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0834" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812", and|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650", that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" should|strong="H4100" look|strong="H6437" at|strong="H0413" such|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" dead|strong="H4191" dog|strong="H3611" as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" am?” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" Ziba|strong="H6717", Saul’s|strong="H7586" servant|strong="H5288", 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" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{10}Till|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0127" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"—you|strong="H0859", your|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650". Bring|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" harvest|strong="H0935", that|strong="H1961" your|strong="H5921" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121" may|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="H0935" eat|strong="H0398"; but|strong="H1961" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" your|strong="H5921" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1961" always|strong="H8548" eat|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" table|strong="H7979".” 
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Now|strong="H1961" Ziba|strong="H6717" had|strong="H1961" fifteen|strong="H6240" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" twenty|strong="H6242" servants|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0853" Ziba|strong="H6717" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", “According|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commands|strong="H6680" his|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650", so|strong="H3651" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213".” So|strong="H3651" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" ate|strong="H0398" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" table|strong="H7979" like|strong="H3651" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{12}Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" had|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3605" young|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Mica|strong="H4316". All|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" lived|strong="H4186" in|strong="H1004" Ziba’s house|strong="H1004" were|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H5650" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648". 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H3588" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" lived|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" ate|strong="H0398" continually|strong="H8548" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" table|strong="H7979". He|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" lame|strong="H6455" in|strong="H3427" both|strong="H8147" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272". 
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\chapterNumber{10}After|strong="H0310" this|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" Hanun|strong="H2586" his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" reigned|strong="H4427" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H1961" place|strong="H8478". 
\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0776" show|strong="H6213" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" Hanun|strong="H2586" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahash|strong="H5176", as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001" showed kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” So|strong="H6213" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" comfort|strong="H5162" him|strong="H0413" concerning|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" father|strong="H0001". David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" came|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". 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" 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" Hanun|strong="H2586" their|strong="H3588" lord|strong="H0113", “Do you|strong="H3588" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" honors|strong="H3513" your|strong="H3588" father|strong="H0001", in|strong="H0413" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H5650" sent|strong="H7971" comforters|strong="H5162" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588"? Hasn’t|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" search|strong="H2713" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", to|strong="H0413" spy|strong="H7270" it|strong="H3588" out|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" overthrow|strong="H2015" it|strong="H3588"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}So|strong="H3947" Hanun|strong="H2586" took|strong="H3947" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650", shaved|strong="H1548" off|strong="H3772" one half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H5650" their|strong="H3947" beards|strong="H2206", and|strong="H7971" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" their|strong="H3947" garments|strong="H4063" in|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H2677", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3947" buttocks, and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0853" away|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732" this|strong="H3588", 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" greatly|strong="H3966" ashamed|strong="H3637". The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Wait|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Jericho|strong="H3405" until|strong="H5704" your|strong="H7725" beards|strong="H2206" have|strong="H1961" grown|strong="H6779", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1732" become|strong="H0887" odious|strong="H0887" to|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732", the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" hired|strong="H7936" the|strong="H0853" Syrians of|strong="H1121" Beth Rehob and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Syrians of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678", twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" footmen|strong="H7273", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601" with|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Tob|strong="H2897" twelve|strong="H6240" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H8085" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H3605" it|strong="H7971", he|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3318" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" came|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H0376" array|strong="H4421" at|strong="H4421" the|strong="H3318" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" gate|strong="H8179". The|strong="H3318" Syrians of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rehob|strong="H7340" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3318" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Tob|strong="H2897" and|strong="H1121" Maacah|strong="H4601" were|strong="H1121" by|strong="H8179" themselves|strong="H0905" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3318" field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{9}Now|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1961" set against|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" before|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3478" behind|strong="H0268", he|strong="H3588" 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}The|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" he|strong="H5414" committed|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Abishai|strong="H0052" his|strong="H5414" brother|strong="H0251"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5414" put|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}He|strong="H0518" 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" you|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H1121" 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" you|strong="H0518", then|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" help|strong="H3467" you|strong="H0518". 
\verseNumber{12}Be|strong="H3068" courageous|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3068" let’s be|strong="H3068" strong|strong="H2388" for|strong="H1157" our|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H3068" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H0430" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"; and|strong="H3068" may|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2896" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H0430".” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H5066" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6440" came|strong="H5066" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" Syrians, and|strong="H6440" they|strong="H0834" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{14}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Syrians had|strong="H3588" fled|strong="H5127", they|strong="H3588" likewise fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" Abishai|strong="H0052", and|strong="H1121" entered|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892". Then|strong="H0935" 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". 
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\verseNumber{15}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" Syrians saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5062" by|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478", they|strong="H3588" gathered|strong="H0622" themselves|strong="H0622" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{16}Hadadezer|strong="H1909" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" Syrians who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" beyond|strong="H5676" the|strong="H0853" River|strong="H5104"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Helam|strong="H2431", with|strong="H0935" Shobach|strong="H7731" the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H8269" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" at|strong="H0935" their|strong="H6440" head|strong="H8269". 
\verseNumber{17}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H3478" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" together|strong="H0622", passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Helam|strong="H2431". 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" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="H0853" Syrians fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478"; and|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" killed|strong="H2026" seven|strong="H7651" hundred|strong="H3967" charioteers|strong="H7393" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H0853" Syrians and|strong="H3478" forty|strong="H0705" thousand|strong="H0505" horsemen|strong="H6571", and|strong="H3478" struck|strong="H5221" Shobach|strong="H7731" the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H6440" army|strong="H6635", so|strong="H4191" that|strong="H1732" he|strong="H8033" died|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3478" servants|strong="H5650" to|strong="H3478" Hadadezer|strong="H1909" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3478" defeated|strong="H5062" before|strong="H6440" Israel|strong="H3478", they|strong="H3588" made|strong="H3605" peace with|strong="H0854" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" served|strong="H5647" them|strong="H0853". So|strong="H3588" 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}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" out|strong="H3318", 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" destroyed|strong="H7843" the|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983" and|strong="H1121" besieged Rabbah|strong="H7237". But|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}At|strong="H5921" evening|strong="H6153", David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4904" and|strong="H1980" walked|strong="H1980" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" roof|strong="H1406", he|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" bathing|strong="H7364", and|strong="H1980" the|strong="H5921" woman|strong="H0802" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" beautiful|strong="H4758" to|strong="H1980" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" inquired|strong="H1875" after|strong="H1875" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802". One|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Isn’t|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2063" Bathsheba|strong="H1339", the|strong="H0559" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Eliam|strong="H0463", Uriah|strong="H0223" the|strong="H0559" Hittite’s wife|strong="H0802"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}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" lay|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0413" (for|strong="H0413" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1732" purified|strong="H6942" from|strong="H7725" her|strong="H0413" uncleanness|strong="H2932"); and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" 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" am|strong="H0595" with|strong="H1732" child|strong="H2030".” 
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\verseNumber{6}David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", “Send|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" Uriah|strong="H0223" the|strong="H0853" Hittite|strong="H2850".” Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" Uriah|strong="H0223" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{7}When|strong="H0935" Uriah|strong="H0223" had|strong="H1732" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", David|strong="H1732" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H0413" how|strong="H7965" Joab|strong="H3097" did, and|strong="H0935" how|strong="H7965" the|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971" fared, and|strong="H0935" how|strong="H7965" the|strong="H0413" war|strong="H4421" prospered. 
\verseNumber{8}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Uriah|strong="H0223", “Go|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H4428" wash|strong="H7364" your|strong="H0559" feet|strong="H7272".” Uriah|strong="H0223" departed|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3318" gift|strong="H4864" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H3318" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{9}But|strong="H3808" Uriah|strong="H0223" slept|strong="H7901" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004" with|strong="H0854" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113", and|strong="H4428" didn’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H1732" told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", “Uriah|strong="H0223" didn’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004",” David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Uriah|strong="H0223", “Haven’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" journey|strong="H1870"? Why|strong="H4069" didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" go|strong="H0935" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0935" house|strong="H1004"?” 
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\verseNumber{11}Uriah|strong="H0223" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “The|strong="H0853" ark|strong="H0727", Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H0935" Judah|strong="H3063", are|strong="H3478" staying|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" are|strong="H3478" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" open|strong="H6440" field|strong="H7704". Shall|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0589" then|strong="H2088" 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" lie|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H5921" wife|strong="H0802"? As|strong="H1697" you|strong="H0518" live|strong="H3427", and|strong="H0935" as|strong="H1697" your|strong="H5921" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H2088" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Uriah|strong="H0223", “Stay|strong="H3427" here|strong="H2088" today|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H3117" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1571" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" depart.” So|strong="H7971" Uriah|strong="H0223" stayed|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" next|strong="H4283" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1732" called|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413", he|strong="H1732" ate|strong="H0398" and|strong="H1004" drank|strong="H8354" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1732" made|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413" drunk|strong="H7937". At|strong="H0413" evening|strong="H6153", he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" lie|strong="H7901" on|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" bed|strong="H4904" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H1732" lord|strong="H0113", but|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" down|strong="H3381" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}In|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" morning|strong="H1242", 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" Uriah|strong="H0223". 
\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H0310" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" letter|strong="H5612", saying|strong="H0559", “Send Uriah|strong="H0223" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" forefront of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" hottest battle|strong="H4421", and|strong="H7725" retreat|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0310" may|strong="H7725" be|strong="H4191" struck|strong="H5221" and|strong="H7725" die|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" kept|strong="H8104" watch|strong="H8104" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", he|strong="H0834" assigned|strong="H5414" Uriah|strong="H0223" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H4480" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4480" city|strong="H5892" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0376" fought|strong="H3898" with|strong="H0854" Joab|strong="H3097". Some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" fell|strong="H5307", even|strong="H1571" of|strong="H0376" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650"; and|strong="H0376" Uriah|strong="H0223" the|strong="H4480" Hittite|strong="H2850" died|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" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" concerning|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" war|strong="H4421"; 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0853" commanded|strong="H6680" the|strong="H3605" messenger|strong="H4397", saying|strong="H0559", “When|strong="H3615" you|strong="H6680" have|strong="H1697" finished|strong="H3615" telling|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" concerning|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" war|strong="H4421" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{20}it|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H0834", if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" wrath|strong="H2534" arise|strong="H5927", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" asks|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834", ‘Why|strong="H4069" did|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H5927" so|strong="H1961" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H0413" fight|strong="H3898"? Didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0834" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0559" shoot|strong="H3384" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346"? 
\verseNumber{21}Who|strong="H4310" struck|strong="H5221" Abimelech|strong="H0040" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jerubbesheth|strong="H3380"? Didn’t|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5221" woman|strong="H0802" cast|strong="H7993" an|strong="H5221" upper|strong="H7393" millstone|strong="H7393" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0559" he|strong="H3808" died|strong="H4191" at|strong="H0413" Thebez|strong="H8405"? Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5066" so|strong="H3808" near|strong="H5066" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346"?’ then|strong="H0853" you|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559", ‘Your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" Uriah|strong="H0223" the|strong="H0853" Hittite|strong="H2850" is|strong="H4310" also|strong="H1571" dead|strong="H4191".’” 
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\verseNumber{22}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" messenger|strong="H4397" went|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" showed David|strong="H1732" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Joab|strong="H3097" had|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{23}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" 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" were|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H5921" shooters shot|strong="H3384" at|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wall|strong="H2346"; and|strong="H4428" some of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650" are|strong="H5650" dead|strong="H4191", and|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" Uriah|strong="H0223" the|strong="H5921" Hittite|strong="H2850" is|strong="H1571" also|strong="H1571" dead|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{25}Then|strong="H2088" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" messenger|strong="H4397", “Tell|strong="H0559" Joab|strong="H3097", ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" displease you|strong="H3588", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719" devours|strong="H0398" one|strong="H2088" as|strong="H1697" well as|strong="H1697" another|strong="H2088". Make|strong="H2388" your|strong="H3588" battle|strong="H4421" stronger|strong="H2388" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0398" overthrow|strong="H2040" it|strong="H3588".’ Encourage|strong="H2388" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" Uriah’s|strong="H0223" wife|strong="H0802" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" Uriah|strong="H0223" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376" was|strong="H0376" dead|strong="H4191", she|strong="H3588" mourned|strong="H5594" for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" mourning|strong="H0060" was|strong="H1961" past, David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H1961" her|strong="H0413" home|strong="H1004" to|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" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121". But|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0834" thing|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" displeased|strong="H7489" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068". 
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\chapterNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" Nathan|strong="H5416" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732". He|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" 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" very|strong="H3966" many|strong="H7235" flocks|strong="H6629" and|strong="H6629" herds|strong="H1241", 
\verseNumber{3}but|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" poor|strong="H7326" man|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0834" nothing|strong="H0369", except|strong="H0518" 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" raised|strong="H1431". It|strong="H0518" grew|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431" together|strong="H3162" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" and|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121". It|strong="H0518" ate|strong="H0398" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" food|strong="H0398", drank|strong="H8354" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" cup|strong="H3563", and|strong="H1121" lay|strong="H7901" in|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" bosom|strong="H2436", and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H0369" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{4}A|strong="H3947" traveler|strong="H1982" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" rich|strong="H6223" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H6213" didn’t want to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H0376" flock|strong="H6629" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H0376" herd|strong="H1241" to|strong="H0413" prepare|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wayfaring man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" had|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" lamb|strong="H3535" and|strong="H0935" prepared|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" had|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{5}David’s|strong="H1732" anger|strong="H0639" burned|strong="H2734" hot against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376", and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Nathan|strong="H5416", “As|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" has|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" deserves|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" die|strong="H4194"! 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H0834" must|strong="H0853" restore the|strong="H0853" lamb|strong="H3535" fourfold|strong="H0706", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1697" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2550"!” 
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\verseNumber{7}Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376"! This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559": ‘I|strong="H0595" anointed|strong="H4886" you|strong="H0859" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" delivered|strong="H5337" you|strong="H0859" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Saul|strong="H7586". 
\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H0518" gave|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" master’s|strong="H0113" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3063" your|strong="H5414" master’s|strong="H0113" wives|strong="H0802" into|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" bosom|strong="H2436", and|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063"; and|strong="H3063" if|strong="H0518" that|strong="H3478" would|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" been|strong="H4592" too little|strong="H4592", I|strong="H0518" would|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" added|strong="H3254" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H5414" many more|strong="H3254" such|strong="H2007" things|strong="H2007". 
\verseNumber{9}Why|strong="H4069" have|strong="H5869" you|strong="H6213" despised|strong="H0959" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697", to|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697" which|strong="H5869" is|strong="H3068" evil|strong="H7451" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" sight|strong="H5869"? You|strong="H6213" have|strong="H5869" struck|strong="H5221" Uriah|strong="H0223" the|strong="H0853" Hittite|strong="H2850" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", have|strong="H5869" taken|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" have|strong="H5869" 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}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" your|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" despised|strong="H0959" me|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1004" have|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" Uriah|strong="H0223" the|strong="H0853" Hittite’s wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H3947" wife|strong="H0802".’ 
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\verseNumber{11}“This|strong="H2063" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559": ‘Behold|strong="H2005", I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" raise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" evil|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H5869" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H6965" I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3068" wives|strong="H0802" before|strong="H5869" your|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H6965" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" your|strong="H3068" neighbor|strong="H7453", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" lie|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3068" 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" you|strong="H0859" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" secretly, but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" before|strong="H5048" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3478" before|strong="H5048" the|strong="H3605" sun|strong="H8121".’” 
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\verseNumber{13}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".” 
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Nathan|strong="H5416" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" also|strong="H1571" has|strong="H3068" put|strong="H4191" away|strong="H5674" your|strong="H3068" sin|strong="H2398". You|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{14}However|strong="H0657", because|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" deed|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5006" great occasion to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341" to|strong="H4191" blaspheme|strong="H5006", the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H1121" also|strong="H1571" who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" born|strong="H3209" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" die|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H0853" Nathan|strong="H5416" departed to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004". 
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The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5062" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H3206" that|strong="H0834" Uriah’s|strong="H0223" wife|strong="H0802" bore|strong="H3205" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" very sick|strong="H0605". 
\verseNumber{16}David|strong="H1732" therefore|strong="H0776" begged God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H1157" the|strong="H0853" child|strong="H5288"; and|strong="H0935" David|strong="H1732" fasted|strong="H6684", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" lay|strong="H7901" all|strong="H7901" night on|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H5921" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H0776" his|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" arose|strong="H6965" beside|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", to|strong="H5921" raise|strong="H6965" him|strong="H5921" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" earth|strong="H0776"; but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H4480" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808", and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H4480" didn’t|strong="H3808" eat bread|strong="H3899" with|strong="H0854" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{18}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" died|strong="H4191". David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H1961" afraid|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", while|strong="H1961" 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" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" our|strong="H1961" voice|strong="H6963". How|strong="H0349" will|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" then|strong="H1961" harm|strong="H7451" 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"?” 
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\verseNumber{19}But|strong="H3588" when|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650" were|strong="H5650" whispering|strong="H3907" together, David|strong="H1732" perceived|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H1732" dead|strong="H4191"; and|strong="H5650" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650", “Is|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" dead|strong="H4191"?” 
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They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5650" dead|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0935" washed|strong="H7364" and|strong="H0935" anointed himself|strong="H7812", and|strong="H0935" changed|strong="H2498" his|strong="H3068" clothing|strong="H8071"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD’s|strong="H3068" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H0935" worshiped|strong="H7812". Then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3068" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" own house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3068" requested|strong="H7592", they|strong="H3068" set|strong="H7760" bread|strong="H3899" before|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3068" ate|strong="H0398". 
\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H6965" his|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213"? You|strong="H0834" fasted|strong="H6684" and|strong="H6965" wept|strong="H1058" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" while|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" alive|strong="H2416", but|strong="H4191" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" was|strong="H0834" dead|strong="H4191", you|strong="H0834" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" ate|strong="H0398" bread|strong="H3899".” 
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\verseNumber{22}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" I|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", ‘Who|strong="H4310" knows|strong="H3045" whether the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H5750" gracious to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H2603", that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" child|strong="H3206" may|strong="H3068" live|strong="H2416"?’ 
\verseNumber{23}But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191". Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" fast|strong="H6684"? Can|strong="H3201" I|strong="H0589" bring|strong="H7725" him|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" again|strong="H5750"? I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{24}David|strong="H1732" comforted|strong="H5162" Bathsheba|strong="H1339" his|strong="H3068" wife|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" lay|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H0413". 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". 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" he|strong="H3068" named|strong="H8034" him|strong="H7971" Jedidiah|strong="H3041",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12:25  }“Jedidiah” means “loved by Yahweh”.} for|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" sake|strong="H5668". 
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\verseNumber{26}Now Joab|strong="H3097" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" Rabbah|strong="H7237" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammon|strong="H5983", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" royal|strong="H4410" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{27}Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" messengers|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H0413" Rabbah|strong="H7237". Yes|strong="H1571", I|strong="H1571" have|strong="H1571" taken|strong="H3920" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4325" waters|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{28}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" gather|strong="H0622" the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H0622", and|strong="H0853" encamp|strong="H2583" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H0853" take|strong="H0622" it|strong="H5921"; lest|strong="H6435" I|strong="H0589" take|strong="H0622" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0853" it|strong="H5921" be|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034".” 
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\verseNumber{29}David|strong="H1732" gathered|strong="H0622" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" together|strong="H0622" and|strong="H1732" went to|strong="H1732" Rabbah|strong="H7237", and|strong="H1732" fought|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3898" it|strong="H3920" and|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3920" it|strong="H3920". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H1732" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" crown|strong="H5850" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" from|strong="H3318" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H4428" its|strong="H0853" weight|strong="H4948" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" talent|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12:30  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces} of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1961" precious|strong="H3368" stones|strong="H0068"; and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" set|strong="H3318" on|strong="H5921" David’s|strong="H1732" head|strong="H7218". He|strong="H1732" brought|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H3966" quantity of|strong="H4428" plunder|strong="H7998" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{31}He|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H1121" it|strong="H7760", and|strong="H1121" put|strong="H7760" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H7725" work|strong="H7760" under|strong="H3389" saws|strong="H4050", under|strong="H3389" iron|strong="H1270" picks|strong="H2757", under|strong="H3389" axes|strong="H4037" of|strong="H1121" iron|strong="H1270", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" them|strong="H0853" go|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" brick|strong="H4404" kiln; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651" 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". Then|strong="H3318" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\chapterNumber{13}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651", Absalom|strong="H0053" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3303" sister|strong="H0269", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Tamar|strong="H8559"; and|strong="H1121" Amnon|strong="H0550" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" loved|strong="H0157" her|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{2}Amnon|strong="H0550" was|strong="H1931" so|strong="H6213" troubled that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" became sick|strong="H2470" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H5869" his|strong="H3588" sister|strong="H0269" Tamar|strong="H8559", for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" a|strong="H3588" virgin|strong="H1330", and|strong="H5869" it|strong="H1931" seemed|strong="H5869" hard|strong="H6381" to|strong="H5869" Amnon|strong="H0550" to|strong="H5869" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H3972" to|strong="H5869" her|strong="H3588". 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H0376" Amnon|strong="H0550" had|strong="H1732" a|strong="H0376" friend|strong="H7453" whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Jonadab|strong="H3122" the|strong="H8034" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimeah|strong="H8093", David’s|strong="H1732" brother|strong="H0251"; and|strong="H1121" Jonadab|strong="H3122" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H0376" very|strong="H3966" subtle man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Why|strong="H4069", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", are|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859" so|strong="H3808" sad from|strong="H1121" day|strong="H1242" to|strong="H0559" day|strong="H1242"? Won’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0859" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046"?” 
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Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “I|strong="H0589" love|strong="H0157" Tamar|strong="H8559", my|strong="H5046" brother|strong="H0251" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" sister|strong="H0269".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Jonadab|strong="H3082" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" on|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" bed|strong="H4904" and|strong="H0935" pretend to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3027" sick|strong="H2470". When|strong="H0834" your|strong="H5921" father|strong="H0001" comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H0834", tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", ‘Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269" Tamar|strong="H8559" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" give|strong="H0398" me|strong="H0413" bread|strong="H3899" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398", and|strong="H0935" prepare|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" food|strong="H3899" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H5869", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H4994" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0935" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H5921" from|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413" hand|strong="H3027".’” 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H0935" Amnon|strong="H0550" lay|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901" and|strong="H0935" faked being sick|strong="H2470". When|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" see|strong="H7200" him|strong="H0413", Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H7200" sister|strong="H0269" Tamar|strong="H8559" come|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" make|strong="H7200" me|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7200" couple|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" cakes|strong="H3834" in|strong="H0935" my|strong="H7200" sight|strong="H5869", that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H7200" may|strong="H4994" eat|strong="H1262" from|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H7971" David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" Tamar|strong="H8559", saying|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H7971" now|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H7971" brother|strong="H0251" Amnon’s|strong="H0550" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" prepare|strong="H6213" food|strong="H1279" for|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".” 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947" Tamar|strong="H8559" went|strong="H1004" to|strong="H1004" her|strong="H3947" brother|strong="H0251" Amnon’s|strong="H0550" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" lying|strong="H7901" down|strong="H7901". She|strong="H1931" took|strong="H3947" dough|strong="H1217", kneaded|strong="H3888" it|strong="H1931", made|strong="H3947" cakes|strong="H3834" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3947" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1004" baked|strong="H1310" the|strong="H0853" cakes|strong="H3834". 
\verseNumber{9}She|strong="H6440" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" pan|strong="H4958" and|strong="H0398" poured|strong="H3332" them|strong="H0853" out|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5921", but|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0853" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0559" eat|strong="H0398". Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559", “Have|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" leave|strong="H3318" me|strong="H6440".” Then|strong="H3318" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Tamar|strong="H8559", “Bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" food|strong="H1279" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" room|strong="H2315", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0834" eat|strong="H1262" from|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0834" hand|strong="H3027".” Tamar|strong="H8559" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" cakes|strong="H3834" which|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" room|strong="H2315" to|strong="H0413" Amnon|strong="H0550" her|strong="H0413" brother|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H0935" she|strong="H7901" had|strong="H0398" brought|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0413" near|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398", he|strong="H0559" took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H0269" her|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Come|strong="H0935", lie|strong="H7901" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", my|strong="H0935" sister|strong="H0269"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}She|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “No|strong="H3808", 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" ought to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". Don’t|strong="H0408" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063" folly|strong="H5039"! 
\verseNumber{13}As|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H0413", where|strong="H0575" would|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0589" carry my|strong="H1961" shame|strong="H2781"? And|strong="H3478" as|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859", you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" fools|strong="H5036" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", please|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" withhold|strong="H4513" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" you|strong="H0859".” 
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\verseNumber{14}However|strong="H8085", he|strong="H4480" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" her|strong="H6031" voice|strong="H6963"; but|strong="H3808" being stronger|strong="H2388" than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H7901", he|strong="H4480" forced her|strong="H6031" and|strong="H6963" lay|strong="H7901" with|strong="H0854" her|strong="H6031". 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H6965" Amnon|strong="H0550" hated|strong="H8130" her|strong="H0559" with|strong="H6965" exceedingly|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" hatred|strong="H8135"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" hatred|strong="H8135" with|strong="H6965" which|strong="H0834" 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". Amnon|strong="H0550" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0559", “Arise|strong="H6965", be|strong="H3588" gone!” 
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\verseNumber{16}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H7971", “Not|strong="H3808" so|strong="H6213", because|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2063" great|strong="H1419" wrong|strong="H7451" in|strong="H8085" sending|strong="H7971" me|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" is|strong="H0834" worse|strong="H7451" than|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0559" other|strong="H0312" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H7971"!” 
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But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{17}Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H0310" called|strong="H7121" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" ministered|strong="H8334" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H7971" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H4994" put|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2063" woman out|strong="H7971" from|strong="H5921" me|strong="H4994", and|strong="H7971" bolt the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817" after|strong="H0310" her|strong="H7971".” 
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\verseNumber{18}She|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" garment|strong="H3801" of|strong="H4428" various colors on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" daughters|strong="H1323" who|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1323" virgins|strong="H1330" dressed|strong="H3847" in|strong="H5921" such|strong="H3651" robes|strong="H4598". Then|strong="H3318" his|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H8334" brought|strong="H3318" her|strong="H5921" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H4428" bolted the|strong="H0853" door|strong="H1817" after|strong="H0310" her|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{19}Tamar|strong="H8559" put|strong="H7760" ashes|strong="H0665" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H1980" tore|strong="H7167" her|strong="H3947" garment|strong="H3801" of|strong="H3027" various colors that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947"; and|strong="H1980" she|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H7760" her|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3947" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" her|strong="H3947" way|strong="H1980", crying|strong="H2199" aloud|strong="H2199" as|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{20}Absalom|strong="H0053" her|strong="H0413" brother|strong="H0251" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Has|strong="H1961" Amnon|strong="H0550" your|strong="H1961" brother|strong="H0251" been|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973"? But|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" hold|strong="H7896" your|strong="H1961" peace, my|strong="H1961" sister|strong="H0269". He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" your|strong="H1961" brother|strong="H0251". Don’t|strong="H0408" take|strong="H1961" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" heart|strong="H3820".” 
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So|strong="H1961" Tamar|strong="H8559" remained|strong="H3427" desolate|strong="H8076" in|strong="H3427" her|strong="H0413" brother|strong="H0251" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". 
\verseNumber{22}Absalom|strong="H0053" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5704" Amnon|strong="H0550" neither|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896" nor|strong="H3808" bad|strong="H7451"; for|strong="H3588" Absalom|strong="H0053" hated|strong="H8130" Amnon|strong="H0550", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" forced his|strong="H5921" sister|strong="H0269" Tamar|strong="H8559". 
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\verseNumber{23}After|strong="H1961" two full|strong="H3117" years|strong="H8141", Absalom|strong="H0053" had|strong="H0834" sheep shearers|strong="H1494" in|strong="H8141" Baal Hazor, which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" beside|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}Absalom|strong="H0053" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “See|strong="H2009" now|strong="H4994", your|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5650" has|strong="H4428" sheep shearers|strong="H1494". Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0935" servants|strong="H5650" go|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" your|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", “No|strong="H3808", my|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121", let’s|strong="H4994" not|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" go|strong="H4994", lest we|strong="H4994" be|strong="H3808" burdensome|strong="H3513" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605".” He|strong="H3808" pressed|strong="H6555" him|strong="H0413"; however he|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H4994", but|strong="H3808" blessed|strong="H1288" him|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="H0559" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559", “If not|strong="H3808", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H0854" brother|strong="H0251" Amnon|strong="H0550" go|strong="H4994" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H4994".” 
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The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0854", “Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3808" go|strong="H4994" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973"?” 
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\verseNumber{27}But|strong="H4428" Absalom|strong="H0053" pressed|strong="H6555" him|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" 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". 
\verseNumber{28}Absalom|strong="H0053" commanded|strong="H6680" his|strong="H1961" servants|strong="H5288", saying|strong="H0559", “Mark now|strong="H4994", when|strong="H3588" Amnon’s|strong="H0550" heart|strong="H3820" is|strong="H3820" merry with|strong="H0413" wine|strong="H3196"; and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" tell|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588", ‘Strike|strong="H5221" Amnon|strong="H0550",’ then|strong="H1961" kill|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0413". Don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372". Haven’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0595" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588"? Be|strong="H1961" courageous|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1961" valiant|strong="H2428"!” 
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\verseNumber{29}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". Then|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" mule|strong="H6505" and|strong="H1121" fled|strong="H5127". 
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\verseNumber{30}While|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1961" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870", the|strong="H3605" news|strong="H8052" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", “Absalom|strong="H0053" has|strong="H1961" 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"!” 
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\verseNumber{31}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3605" garments|strong="H0899", and|strong="H6965" lay|strong="H7901" on|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" stood|strong="H5324" by|strong="H6965" with|strong="H0776" their|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" torn|strong="H7167". 
\verseNumber{32}Jonadab|strong="H3122" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimeah|strong="H8093", David’s|strong="H1732" brother|strong="H0251", answered|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" suppose|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H4191" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121", for|strong="H3588" Amnon|strong="H0550" only|strong="H0905" is|strong="H3117" dead|strong="H4191"; for|strong="H3588" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" appointment of|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" this|strong="H3588" has|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" determined|strong="H7760" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" forced his|strong="H3605" sister|strong="H0269" Tamar|strong="H8559". 
\verseNumber{33}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" don’t|strong="H0408" let|strong="H0408" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" take|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820", to|strong="H0413" think|strong="H3820" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" dead|strong="H4191"; for|strong="H3588" only|strong="H0905" Amnon|strong="H0550" is|strong="H3820" dead|strong="H4191".” 
\verseNumber{34}But|strong="H7200" Absalom|strong="H0053" fled|strong="H1272". The|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" 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", many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H2022" coming|strong="H1980" by|strong="H1870" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H2022" the|strong="H0853" hillside behind|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{35}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" coming|strong="H0935"! It|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" as|strong="H1697" your|strong="H0935" servant|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559".” 
\verseNumber{36}As|strong="H1961" soon as|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0935" had|strong="H1961" finished|strong="H3615" speaking|strong="H1696", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" sons|strong="H1121" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H1121" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3605" voices|strong="H6963" and|strong="H1121" wept|strong="H1058". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" also|strong="H1571" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" wept|strong="H1058" bitterly|strong="H1058". 
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\verseNumber{37}But|strong="H3117" Absalom|strong="H0053" fled|strong="H1272" and|strong="H1121" went|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Talmai|strong="H8526" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ammihur, king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Geshur|strong="H1650". David|strong="H3117" mourned|strong="H0056" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{38}So|strong="H1961" Absalom|strong="H0053" fled|strong="H1272" and|strong="H8033" went|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Geshur|strong="H1650", and|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". 
\verseNumber{39}King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" longed|strong="H3615" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" comforted|strong="H5162" concerning|strong="H5921" Amnon|strong="H0550", since|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1732" dead|strong="H4191". 
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\chapterNumber{14}Now|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" perceived|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3820" toward|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{2}Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" Tekoa|strong="H8620" and|strong="H3117" brought|strong="H3947" a|strong="H1961" wise|strong="H2450" woman|strong="H0802" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", “Please|strong="H4994" act|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" mourner|strong="H0056", and|strong="H3117" put|strong="H4191" on|strong="H5921" mourning|strong="H0060" clothing|strong="H0899", please|strong="H4994", and|strong="H3117" don’t|strong="H0408" anoint|strong="H5480" yourself|strong="H3847" with|strong="H0413" oil|strong="H8081"; but|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H0802" has|strong="H1961" mourned|strong="H0056" a|strong="H1961" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{3}Go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" speak|strong="H1696" like|strong="H1697" this|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413".” So|strong="H0935" Joab|strong="H3097" put|strong="H7760" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413" mouth|strong="H6310". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" Tekoa|strong="H8621" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", she fell|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776", showed respect|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0776" said|strong="H0559", “Help|strong="H3467", O king|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H0802", “What|strong="H4100" ails you|strong="H4100"?” 
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She|strong="H0061" answered|strong="H0559", “Truly|strong="H0061" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" a|strong="H0376" widow|strong="H0490", and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H0559" husband|strong="H0376" is|strong="H4100" dead|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{6}Your|strong="H5221" servant|strong="H8198" had|strong="H0369" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0369" both|strong="H8147" fought together|strong="H0259" in|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0259" to|strong="H4191" part them|strong="H0853", but|strong="H0369" the|strong="H0853" one|strong="H0259" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" other|strong="H0259" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{7}Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940" has|strong="H0834" risen|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H8198", and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559", ‘Deliver|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" who|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" 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" killed|strong="H2026", and|strong="H6965" so|strong="H5414" destroy|strong="H8045" the|strong="H3605" heir|strong="H3423" also|strong="H1571".’ Thus|strong="H4191" they|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0559" quench|strong="H3518" my|strong="H3605" coal|strong="H1513" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" left|strong="H7604", and|strong="H6965" would|strong="H0559" leave|strong="H7604" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H3605" husband|strong="H0376" neither|strong="H1571" name|strong="H8034" nor|strong="H1571" remainder on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0127".” 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802", “Go to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H6680" a|strong="H5921" command|strong="H6680" concerning|strong="H5921" you|strong="H6680".” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" Tekoa|strong="H8621" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", “My|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113", O|strong="H1004" king|strong="H4428", may|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" iniquity|strong="H5771" be|strong="H0113" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H4428" may|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" be|strong="H0113" guiltless.” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Whoever says|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0935", bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" bother|strong="H5060" you|strong="H0935" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H0853" she|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" remember|strong="H2142" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", that|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" avenger|strong="H1350" of|strong="H1121" blood|strong="H1818" destroy|strong="H7843" not|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3808", lest they|strong="H0518" destroy|strong="H7843" my|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121".” 
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He|strong="H0518" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" hair|strong="H8185" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121" shall|strong="H1121" fall|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" your|strong="H4994" servant|strong="H8198" speak|strong="H1696" a|strong="H1696" word|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H1696" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428".” 
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He|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Say|strong="H0559" on|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H1696" have|strong="H1697" you|strong="H5921" devised|strong="H2803" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1696" thing|strong="H1697" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430"? For|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" speaking|strong="H1696" this|strong="H2088" word|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2088" as|strong="H1697" one|strong="H2088" who|strong="H0430" is|strong="H2088" guilty|strong="H0818", in|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" does|strong="H4100" not|strong="H1115" bring|strong="H7725" home|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" his|strong="H5921" banished|strong="H5080" one|strong="H2088". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191" die|strong="H4191", and|strong="H0430" are|strong="H0834" like|strong="H0834" water|strong="H4325" spilled|strong="H5064" on|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" ground|strong="H0776", which|strong="H0834" can’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" gathered|strong="H0622" up|strong="H5375" again|strong="H0622"; neither|strong="H3808" does|strong="H3808" God|strong="H0430" take|strong="H5375" away|strong="H5375" life|strong="H5315", but|strong="H3588" devises|strong="H2803" means|strong="H4191", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" banished|strong="H5080" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" an|strong="H4480" outcast|strong="H5080" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", seeing|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" 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", it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0834" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" me|strong="H0413" afraid|strong="H3372". Your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H8198" said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" now|strong="H6258" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"; it|strong="H3588" may|strong="H4994" be|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H0834" perform|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" request|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H8198".’ 
\verseNumber{16}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H0430" hear|strong="H8085", to|strong="H8085" deliver|strong="H5337" his|strong="H8085" servant|strong="H0519" out|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3709" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" 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" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H8198" said|strong="H0559", ‘Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" the|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H8085" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" bring|strong="H1961" rest|strong="H4496"; for|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" to|strong="H0559" discern|strong="H8085" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H3068" bad|strong="H7451". May|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3588".’” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H6030" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802", “Please|strong="H4994" don’t|strong="H0408" hide|strong="H3582" anything|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" ask|strong="H7592" you|strong="H0834".” 
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The|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H4994" my|strong="H0834" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" now|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696".” 
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\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Joab|strong="H3097" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063"?” 
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The|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" answered|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" soul|strong="H5315" lives|strong="H5315", my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", no|strong="H0518" one|strong="H3605" can|strong="H0518" turn|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3231" hand|strong="H3027" or|strong="H0518" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8041" from|strong="H5315" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696"; for|strong="H3588" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" Joab|strong="H3097" urged me|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7760" all|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" words|strong="H1697" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650". 
\verseNumber{20}Your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" Joab|strong="H3097" has|strong="H0430" done|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H4397" change|strong="H5437" the|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" matter|strong="H1697". My|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" is|strong="H0834" wise|strong="H2450", according to|strong="H4397" the|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451" of|strong="H0776" an|strong="H6440" angel|strong="H4397" of|strong="H0776" God|strong="H0430", to|strong="H4397" know|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776".” 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", “Behold|strong="H2009" now|strong="H4994", I|strong="H2009" have|strong="H1697" granted this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697". Go|strong="H7725" therefore, and|strong="H4428" bring|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053" back|strong="H7725".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Joab|strong="H3097" fell|strong="H5307" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776" on|strong="H3117" his|strong="H0834" face|strong="H6440", showed respect|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0776" blessed|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559", “Today|strong="H3117" your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" favor|strong="H2580" in|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0834" sight|strong="H5869", my|strong="H3045" lord|strong="H0113", O king|strong="H4428", in|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" performed the|strong="H0853" request|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650".” 
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\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H6965" Joab|strong="H3097" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Geshur|strong="H1650", and|strong="H0935" brought|strong="H0935" Absalom|strong="H0053" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0413" return to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" own|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004", but|strong="H3808" 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" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" own|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" didn’t|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{25}Now|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" much|strong="H3605" praised|strong="H1984" as|strong="H5704" Absalom|strong="H0053" for|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" beauty. From|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" sole|strong="H3709" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" foot|strong="H7272" even|strong="H5704" 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" defect|strong="H3971" in|strong="H3478" him|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{26}When|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H1548" the|strong="H0853" hair|strong="H8181" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" (now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" at|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3117" year’s end|strong="H7093" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H1548" it|strong="H5921"; because|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" heavy|strong="H3513" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", therefore|strong="H1961" he|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H1548" it|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" shekels|strong="H8255",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14:26  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 200 shekels is about 2 kilograms or about 4.4 pounds.} after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" weight|strong="H0068". 
\verseNumber{27}Three|strong="H7969" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" Absalom|strong="H0053", and|strong="H1121" one|strong="H0259" daughter|strong="H1323", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Tamar|strong="H8559". She|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" woman|strong="H0802" with|strong="H0802" a|strong="H1961" beautiful|strong="H3303" face|strong="H4758". 
\verseNumber{28}Absalom|strong="H0053" lived|strong="H3427" two|strong="H3808" full|strong="H3117" years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" didn’t|strong="H3808" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H0853" Absalom|strong="H0053" sent|strong="H7971" for|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". Then|strong="H0853" he|strong="H3808" sent|strong="H7971" again|strong="H5750" a|strong="H0935" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{30}Therefore he|strong="H8033" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" servants|strong="H5650", “Behold|strong="H7200", Joab’s|strong="H3097" field|strong="H2513" is|strong="H3027" near|strong="H8033" mine, and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H8033" has|strong="H5650" barley|strong="H8184" there|strong="H8033". Go and|strong="H3027" set|strong="H3341" it|strong="H8033" on|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784".” So|strong="H7200" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" servants|strong="H5650" set|strong="H3341" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H2513" on|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\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" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0834" your|strong="H0834" servants|strong="H5650" set|strong="H6965" my|strong="H0834" field|strong="H2513" on|strong="H0413" fire|strong="H0784"?” 
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\verseNumber{32}Absalom|strong="H0053" answered|strong="H0559" Joab|strong="H3097", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0589" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0518", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Come|strong="H0935" here|strong="H2009", that|strong="H7200" I|strong="H0589" may|strong="H4428" send|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0518" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H0413" say|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3426" I|strong="H0589" come|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" Geshur|strong="H1650"? It|strong="H0518" would|strong="H0053" be|strong="H4191" better|strong="H2896" for|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033" still|strong="H5750". Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258", let|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0518" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4100" iniquity|strong="H5771" in|strong="H0935" me|strong="H0413", let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H4191" me|strong="H0413".”’” 
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\verseNumber{33}So|strong="H7121" Joab|strong="H3097" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0935" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053", he|strong="H5921" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" ground|strong="H0776" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" kissed|strong="H5401" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\chapterNumber{15}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651", Absalom|strong="H0053" prepared|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" chariot|strong="H4818" and|strong="H0376" horses|strong="H5483" for|strong="H3651" himself|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0376" fifty|strong="H2572" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H1961" run|strong="H7323" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{2}Absalom|strong="H0053" rose|strong="H7925" up|strong="H7925" early|strong="H7925", and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179". When|strong="H1961" any|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" had|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" suit|strong="H7379" which|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H5921" judgment|strong="H4941", then|strong="H1961" Absalom|strong="H0053" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H0834" city|strong="H5892" are|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" from|strong="H0935"?” 
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He|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “Your|strong="H3605" servant|strong="H5650" is|strong="H0834" of|strong="H4428" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold|strong="H7200", your|strong="H7200" matters|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1697" good|strong="H2896" and|strong="H4428" right|strong="H5228"; but|strong="H7200" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0369" deputized by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" hear|strong="H8085" you|strong="H0853".” 
\verseNumber{4}Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" moreover|strong="H1961", “Oh|strong="H4310" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7760" judge|strong="H8199" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", that|strong="H0834" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" any|strong="H3605" suit|strong="H7379" or|strong="H0376" cause|strong="H7379" might|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0053" do|strong="H4310" him|strong="H5921" justice|strong="H4941"!” 
\verseNumber{5}It|strong="H7126" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H7971", that|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" any|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H1961" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H7971", he|strong="H0853" stretched|strong="H7971" out|strong="H2388" his|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027", took|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H0376" him|strong="H7971", and|strong="H3027" kissed|strong="H5401" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{6}Absalom|strong="H0053" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2088" sort of|strong="H4428" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" for|strong="H0413" judgment|strong="H4941". So|strong="H6213" Absalom|strong="H0053" stole|strong="H1589" the|strong="H3605" hearts|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{7}At|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" end|strong="H7093" of|strong="H4428" forty|strong="H0705" years|strong="H8141", Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", “Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1961" and|strong="H3068" pay|strong="H7999" my|strong="H3068" vow|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" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" vowed|strong="H5087" a|strong="H3588" vow|strong="H5088" while|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" stayed|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" Geshur|strong="H1650" in|strong="H3427" Syria|strong="H0758", saying|strong="H0559", ‘If|strong="H0518" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" shall|strong="H3068" indeed|strong="H3588" bring|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".’” 
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\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H6965" in|strong="H4428" peace|strong="H7965".” 
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So|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0559" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0559" Hebron|strong="H2275". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H8085" Absalom|strong="H0053" sent|strong="H7971" spies|strong="H7270" throughout|strong="H3605" 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" hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" sound|strong="H6963" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H3605" shofar, then|strong="H0853" you|strong="H3605" shall|strong="H3478" say|strong="H0559", ‘Absalom|strong="H0053" is|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4427" in|strong="H3478" Hebron|strong="H2275"!’” 
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\verseNumber{11}Two|strong="H3808" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" Absalom|strong="H0053" out|strong="H3045" of|strong="H0376" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0376" invited|strong="H7121", and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" in|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3605" simplicity; and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0376" didn’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" anything|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{12}Absalom|strong="H0053" sent|strong="H7971" for|strong="H7971" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" the|strong="H0853" Gilonite|strong="H1526", David’s|strong="H1732" counselor|strong="H3289", from|strong="H1980" his|strong="H1732" city|strong="H5892", even|strong="H0853" from|strong="H1980" Giloh|strong="H1542", while|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1961" offering|strong="H2076" the|strong="H0853" sacrifices|strong="H2077". The|strong="H0853" conspiracy|strong="H7195" was|strong="H1961" strong|strong="H0533", for|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" increased continually|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
\verseNumber{13}A|strong="H1961" messenger|strong="H5046" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" hearts|strong="H3820" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" are|strong="H3478" after|strong="H0310" Absalom|strong="H0053".” 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", “Arise|strong="H6965"! Let’s|strong="H5221" flee|strong="H1272", or|strong="H3808" else|strong="H6435" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6440" us|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" escape|strong="H6413" from|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053". Hurry|strong="H4116" to|strong="H0559" depart, lest|strong="H6435" he|strong="H0834" overtake|strong="H5381" us|strong="H5921" quickly|strong="H4116" and|strong="H6965" bring|strong="H4116" down|strong="H5221" evil|strong="H7451" on|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" strike|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".” 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", “Behold|strong="H2009", your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" are|strong="H0834" ready to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H3605" whatever|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" chooses|strong="H0977".” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" household|strong="H1004" after|strong="H7272" him|strong="H0853". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" left|strong="H3318" ten|strong="H6235" women|strong="H0802", who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0802" concubines|strong="H6370", to|strong="H8104" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" after|strong="H3318" him|strong="H3605"; and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5971" stayed|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" Beth Merhak. 
\verseNumber{18}All|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5921" beside|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Cherethites|strong="H3774", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Pelethites|strong="H6432", and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Gittites|strong="H1663", six|strong="H8337" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" after|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" from|strong="H0935" Gath|strong="H1661", passed|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H0859" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ittai|strong="H0863" the|strong="H0559" Gittite|strong="H1663", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" also|strong="H1571" go|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0413"? Return|strong="H7725", and|strong="H4428" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"; for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H4100" a|strong="H3588" foreigner|strong="H5237" and|strong="H4428" also|strong="H1571" an|strong="H3588" exile|strong="H1540". Return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5973" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{20}Whereas you|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" but|strong="H0935" yesterday|strong="H8543", should|strong="H1980" I|strong="H0589" today|strong="H3117" make|strong="H7725" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1980" down|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921", since|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" go|strong="H1980" where|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" may|strong="H0834"? Return|strong="H7725", and|strong="H1980" take|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" your|strong="H5921" brothers|strong="H0251". Mercy and|strong="H1980" truth|strong="H0571" be|strong="H3117" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Ittai|strong="H0863" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H0834" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" lives|strong="H2416", surely|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" what|strong="H0834" place|strong="H4725" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H0834", whether|strong="H0518" for|strong="H3588" death|strong="H4194" or|strong="H0518" for|strong="H3588" life|strong="H2416", your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" also|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{22}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ittai|strong="H0863", “Go|strong="H5674" and|strong="H0376" pass|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413".” Ittai|strong="H0863" the|strong="H3605" Gittite|strong="H1663" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{23}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776" 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" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" brook|strong="H5158" Kidron|strong="H6939", and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5921" toward|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\verseNumber{24}Behold|strong="H2009", Zadok|strong="H6659" also|strong="H1571" came|strong="H5927", and|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0853", bearing|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" God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727"; and|strong="H0430" Abiathar|strong="H0054" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" until|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" finished|strong="H8552" passing|strong="H5674" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Zadok|strong="H6659", “Carry God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" back|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892". If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" find|strong="H4672" favor|strong="H2580" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" eyes|strong="H5869", he|strong="H0518" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" show|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7725" both it|strong="H0518" and|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" habitation; 
\verseNumber{26}but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" says|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0834",’ behold|strong="H2005", here|strong="H3541" I|strong="H0834" am|strong="H2005". Let|strong="H3808" him|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H3808" as|strong="H0834" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0559".” 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" also|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" Zadok|strong="H6659" the|strong="H0559" priest|strong="H3548", “Aren’t you|strong="H0859" a|strong="H7200" seer? Return|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892" in|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965", and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H7200" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0859", Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" your|strong="H7200" son|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Abiathar|strong="H0054". 
\verseNumber{28}Behold|strong="H7200", I|strong="H0595" will|strong="H1697" stay at|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0935" fords|strong="H5679" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0935" wilderness|strong="H4057" until|strong="H5704" word|strong="H1697" comes|strong="H0935" from|strong="H0935" you|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0935" inform|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5046".” 
\verseNumber{29}Zadok|strong="H6659" therefore and|strong="H0430" Abiathar|strong="H0054" carried God’s|strong="H0430" ark|strong="H0727" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" again|strong="H7725"; and|strong="H0430" they|strong="H8033" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{30}David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927" by|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" ascent|strong="H4608" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" Mount|strong="H5927" of|strong="H0376" Olives|strong="H2132", and|strong="H1980" wept|strong="H1058" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927"; and|strong="H1980" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" covered|strong="H2645" and|strong="H1980" went|strong="H1980" barefoot|strong="H3182". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" each|strong="H0376" covered|strong="H2645" his|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927", weeping|strong="H1058" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H1980" up|strong="H5927". 
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\verseNumber{31}Someone told|strong="H5046" David|strong="H1732", saying|strong="H0559", “Ahithophel|strong="H0302" is|strong="H3068" among|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" conspirators|strong="H7194" with|strong="H5973" Absalom|strong="H0053".” 
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David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “LORD|strong="H3068", please|strong="H4994" turn the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H3068" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" into foolishness|strong="H5528".” 
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\verseNumber{32}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" top|strong="H7218", where|strong="H0834" God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1961" worshiped|strong="H7812", behold|strong="H2009", Hushai|strong="H2365" the|strong="H0834" Archite|strong="H0757" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7125" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" tunic|strong="H3801" torn|strong="H7167" and|strong="H0935" earth|strong="H0127" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218". 
\verseNumber{33}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" pass|strong="H5674" on|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0854" me|strong="H5921", then|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" burden|strong="H4853" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5921"; 
\verseNumber{34}but|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0518" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H0559" Absalom|strong="H0053", ‘I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5650", O|strong="H0589" king|strong="H4428". As|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7725" father’s|strong="H0001" servant|strong="H5650" in|strong="H4428" time|strong="H6258" past, so|strong="H1961" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258" be|strong="H1961" your|strong="H7725" servant|strong="H5650"; then|strong="H0227" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0518" defeat for|strong="H0518" me|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H4428" Ahithophel|strong="H0302".’ 
\verseNumber{35}Don’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H1961" Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H4428" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834"? Therefore|strong="H1961" whatever|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" hear|strong="H8085" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", tell|strong="H5046" it|strong="H8033" to|strong="H1961" Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H4428" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{36}Behold|strong="H2009", they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" there|strong="H8033" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", Ahimaaz|strong="H0290", Zadok’s|strong="H6659" son|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083", Abiathar’s|strong="H0054" son|strong="H1121". Send|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H1121" hear|strong="H8085" by|strong="H3027" them|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{37}So|strong="H0935" Hushai|strong="H2365", David’s|strong="H1732" friend|strong="H7463", came|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}When|strong="H5674" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" a|strong="H5921" little|strong="H4592" past the|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218", behold|strong="H2009", Ziba|strong="H6717" the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5288" of|strong="H7218" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" met|strong="H7122" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" couple|strong="H6776" of|strong="H7218" donkeys|strong="H2543" saddled|strong="H2280", and|strong="H3967" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" two|strong="H6776" hundred|strong="H3967" loaves|strong="H3899" of|strong="H7218" bread|strong="H3899", and|strong="H3967" one|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" clusters|strong="H6778" of|strong="H7218" raisins|strong="H6778", and|strong="H3967" one|strong="H3967" hundred|strong="H3967" summer|strong="H7019" fruits, and|strong="H3967" a|strong="H5921" container of|strong="H7218" wine|strong="H3196". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ziba|strong="H6717", “What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H4100" mean by|strong="H0413" these|strong="H0428"?” 
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Ziba|strong="H6717" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" donkeys|strong="H2543" are|strong="H0428" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" household|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H4428" summer|strong="H7019" fruit|strong="H3899" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" to|strong="H0413" eat|strong="H0398"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" wine|strong="H3196", that|strong="H0559" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H5288" are|strong="H0428" faint|strong="H3287" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" wilderness|strong="H4057" may|strong="H4428" drink|strong="H8354".” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H0346" is|strong="H3117" your|strong="H7725" master’s|strong="H0113" son|strong="H1121"?” 
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Ziba|strong="H6717" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", “Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" staying|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", ‘Today|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H4428" restore|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4468" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H7725" father|strong="H0001".’” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Ziba|strong="H6717", “Behold|strong="H2009", all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" belongs to|strong="H0559" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" is|strong="H0834" yours.” 
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Ziba|strong="H6717" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0834" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812". Let me|strong="H4672" find|strong="H4672" favor|strong="H2580" in|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869", my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H0113", O king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H0935" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Bahurim|strong="H0980", behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H0935" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0935" family|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Shimei|strong="H8096", the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gera|strong="H1617". He|strong="H5704" came|strong="H0935" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H1121" cursed|strong="H7043" as|strong="H5704" he|strong="H5704" came|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{6}He|strong="H1732" cast|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" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" were|strong="H5650" on|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3225" hand|strong="H3225" and|strong="H4428" on|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" left|strong="H8040". 
\verseNumber{7}Shimei|strong="H8096" said|strong="H0559" when|strong="H3318" he|strong="H0376" cursed|strong="H7043", “Be|strong="H0376" gone|strong="H3318", be|strong="H0376" gone|strong="H3318", you|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" blood|strong="H1818", and|strong="H0376" wicked|strong="H1100" fellow|strong="H0376"! 
\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0859" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H1121" Saul’s|strong="H7586" house|strong="H1004", in|strong="H5921" whose|strong="H0834" place|strong="H8478" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0834" reigned|strong="H4427"! The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4410" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" Absalom|strong="H0053" your|strong="H3068" son|strong="H1121"! Behold|strong="H2005", you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" caught by|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" own|strong="H0376" mischief, because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" blood|strong="H1818"!” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H2088" Abishai|strong="H0052" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" 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"? Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" go|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1121" take|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5493" head|strong="H7218".” 
\verseNumber{10}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", you|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870"? Because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" curses|strong="H7043", and|strong="H1121" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", ‘Curse|strong="H7043" David|strong="H1732",’ who|strong="H4310" then|strong="H0853" shall|strong="H1121" say|strong="H0559", ‘Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1121" you|strong="H3588" done|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651"?’” 
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\verseNumber{11}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abishai|strong="H0052" 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" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H3605" bowels|strong="H4578", seeks|strong="H1245" my|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315". How|strong="H0834" much|strong="H0637" more|strong="H0637" this|strong="H6258" Benjamite|strong="H1145", now|strong="H6258"? Leave|strong="H3318" him|strong="H0413" alone, and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H0637" him|strong="H0413" curse|strong="H7043"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" invited him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{12}It|strong="H7725" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" look|strong="H7200" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" wrong|strong="H5771" done to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" repay|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H7200" cursing|strong="H7045" of|strong="H3068" me|strong="H7725" today|strong="H3117".” 
\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H1980" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H1732" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H1980" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" way|strong="H1870"; and|strong="H1980" Shimei|strong="H8096" went|strong="H1980" along|strong="H1980" on|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1870" hillside opposite him|strong="H5619" and|strong="H1980" cursed|strong="H7043" as|strong="H0376" he|strong="H1732" went|strong="H1980", threw|strong="H6080" stones|strong="H0068" at|strong="H1732" him|strong="H5619", and|strong="H1980" threw|strong="H6080" dust|strong="H6083". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" arrived|strong="H0935" weary|strong="H5889"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" refreshed|strong="H5314" himself|strong="H5314" there|strong="H8033". 
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\verseNumber{15}Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H0935" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1961" Hushai|strong="H2365" the|strong="H0559" Archite|strong="H0757", David’s|strong="H1732" friend|strong="H7463", had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", Hushai|strong="H2365" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", “Long|strong="H0413" live|strong="H2421" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"! Long|strong="H0413" live|strong="H2421" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{17}Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Hushai|strong="H2365", “Is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" your|strong="H3808" kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3808" friend|strong="H7453"? Why|strong="H4100" didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3808" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H0854" your|strong="H3808" friend|strong="H7453"?” 
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\verseNumber{18}Hushai|strong="H2365" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", “No|strong="H3808"; but|strong="H3588" whomever|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" chosen|strong="H0977", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" his|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" stay|strong="H3427" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{19}Again|strong="H8145", whom|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0001" I|strong="H0589" serve|strong="H5647"? Shouldn’t I|strong="H0589" serve|strong="H5647" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121"? As|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H1961" served|strong="H5647" in|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0834" father’s|strong="H0001" presence|strong="H6440", so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1121" your|strong="H0834" presence|strong="H6440".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H6213" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Ahithophel|strong="H0302", “Give|strong="H3051" your|strong="H0413" counsel|strong="H6098" what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Ahithophel|strong="H0302" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", “Go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" concubines|strong="H6370" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3240" to|strong="H0413" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H0834" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" abhorred by|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001". Then|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3478" strong|strong="H2388".” 
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\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" Absalom|strong="H0053" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" father’s|strong="H0001" concubines|strong="H6370" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H0168" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H3605" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0430" Ahithophel|strong="H0302", 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" inquired|strong="H7592" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" inner sanctuary of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0430" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" was|strong="H0834" like|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" both|strong="H1571" with|strong="H3117" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0430" with|strong="H3117" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\chapterNumber{17}Moreover Ahithophel|strong="H0302" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", “Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" now|strong="H4994" choose|strong="H0977" 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" tonight|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{2}I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" while|strong="H1931" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" weary|strong="H3023" and|strong="H0935" exhausted, and|strong="H0935" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H2729" him|strong="H5921" afraid|strong="H2729". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0834" flee|strong="H5127". I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" strike|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" only|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" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0859". The|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" seek|strong="H1245" is|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" if|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H0413" peace|strong="H7965".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" saying|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H5869" Absalom|strong="H0053" well, and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H1697" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H1571" Absalom|strong="H0053" said|strong="H0559", “Now|strong="H4994" call|strong="H7121" Hushai|strong="H2365" the|strong="H0559" Archite|strong="H0757" also|strong="H1571", and|strong="H8085" let’s|strong="H4994" hear|strong="H8085" likewise|strong="H1571" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" says|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H0518" Hushai|strong="H2365" had|strong="H0369" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", Absalom|strong="H0053" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “Ahithophel|strong="H0302" has|strong="H0369" spoken|strong="H1696" like|strong="H1697" this|strong="H2088". Shall|strong="H2088" we|strong="H0518" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H0518" says|strong="H0559"? If|strong="H0518" not|strong="H0369", speak|strong="H1696" up|strong="H0935".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Hushai|strong="H2365" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053", “The|strong="H0559" counsel|strong="H6098" that|strong="H0834" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" has|strong="H0834" given|strong="H3289" this|strong="H2063" time|strong="H6471" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" good|strong="H2896".” 
\verseNumber{8}Hushai|strong="H2365" said|strong="H0559" moreover, “You|strong="H0859" know|strong="H3045" your|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0376" his|strong="H0376" men|strong="H0376", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376", and|strong="H0376" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" fierce|strong="H4751" in|strong="H5315" their|strong="H1992" minds, like|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" bear|strong="H1677" robbed of|strong="H0376" her|strong="H0559" cubs in|strong="H5315" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704". Your|strong="H3045" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" war|strong="H4421", and|strong="H0376" will|strong="H0376" not|strong="H3808" lodge with|strong="H0854" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}Behold|strong="H2009", he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" now|strong="H6258" hidden|strong="H2244" in|strong="H8085" some|strong="H0259" pit|strong="H6354", or|strong="H0176" in|strong="H8085" some|strong="H0259" other|strong="H0259" place|strong="H4725". It|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" some|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4725" them|strong="H0310" have|strong="H1961" fallen|strong="H5307" at|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" first|strong="H0259", that|strong="H0834" whoever|strong="H0834" hears|strong="H8085" it|strong="H1931" will|strong="H1961" say|strong="H0559", ‘There|strong="H2009" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" slaughter|strong="H4046" among the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" follow|strong="H0310" Absalom|strong="H0053"!’ 
\verseNumber{10}Even|strong="H1571" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" valiant|strong="H2428", 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", will|strong="H0834" utterly melt|strong="H4549"; for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" knows|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" your|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" is|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" mighty|strong="H1368" man|strong="H1368", and|strong="H1121" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" are|strong="H0834" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" counsel|strong="H3289" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H0834", from|strong="H5921" Dan|strong="H1835" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Beersheba|strong="H0884", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sand|strong="H2344" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" for|strong="H3588" multitude|strong="H7230"; and|strong="H1980" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5704" battle|strong="H7128" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" own|strong="H6440" person|strong="H1980". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3808" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" some|strong="H0376" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672", and|strong="H0935" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" light on|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" dew|strong="H2919" falls|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0127", then|strong="H0935" we|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H5117" so|strong="H3808" much|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H0376" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H0376" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{13}Moreover|strong="H1571", if|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" gone|strong="H3808" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H0518" city|strong="H5892", then|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H0834" bring|strong="H5375" ropes|strong="H2256" to|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", until|strong="H5704" there|strong="H8033" isn’t|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" small stone|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" there|strong="H8033".” 
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\verseNumber{14}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" Hushai|strong="H2365" the|strong="H3605" Archite|strong="H0757" is|strong="H3068" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3605" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0376" Ahithophel|strong="H0302".” For|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" ordained|strong="H6680" to|strong="H0413" defeat the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" counsel|strong="H6098" of|strong="H0376" Ahithophel|strong="H0302", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" intent that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" might|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" evil|strong="H7451" on|strong="H0413" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H0853" Hushai|strong="H2365" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0413" Abiathar|strong="H0054" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548", “Ahithophel|strong="H0302" counseled|strong="H3289" Absalom|strong="H0053" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" elders|strong="H2205" of|strong="H2205" Israel|strong="H3478" that|strong="H0559" way|strong="H2063"; and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0589" counseled|strong="H3289" this|strong="H2063" way|strong="H2063". 
\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", ‘Don’t|strong="H0408" lodge tonight|strong="H3915" at|strong="H1732" the|strong="H3605" fords|strong="H6160" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057", but|strong="H1571" by|strong="H1571" all|strong="H3605" means 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" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H7971".’” 
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\verseNumber{17}Now|strong="H3588" Jonathan|strong="H3083" and|strong="H1980" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" were|strong="H1992" staying|strong="H5975" by|strong="H0935" En Rogel; and|strong="H1980" a|strong="H3588" female|strong="H8198" servant|strong="H8198" used to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" report|strong="H5046" to|strong="H0935" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H1980" they|strong="H1992" went|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" told|strong="H5046" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" couldn’t|strong="H3808" risk being seen|strong="H7200" coming|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" boy|strong="H5288" saw|strong="H7200" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" Absalom|strong="H0053". Then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H8033" both|strong="H8147" went|strong="H0935" away|strong="H0935" quickly|strong="H4120" and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H7200" 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" there|strong="H8033". 
\verseNumber{19}The|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" took|strong="H3947" and|strong="H0802" spread|strong="H6566" the|strong="H0853" covering|strong="H4539" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" well’s|strong="H0875" mouth|strong="H6440", and|strong="H0802" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H3045" crushed|strong="H7383" grain|strong="H7383" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"; and|strong="H0802" nothing|strong="H3808" was|strong="H0802" known|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{20}Absalom’s|strong="H0053" servants|strong="H5650" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", “Where|strong="H0346" are|strong="H5650" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" and|strong="H0935" Jonathan|strong="H3083"?” 
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The|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “They|strong="H3808" have|strong="H5650" gone|strong="H0935" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" brook|strong="H4323" of|strong="H1004" water|strong="H4325".” 
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When|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3808" had|strong="H4672" sought|strong="H1245" and|strong="H0935" could not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" them|strong="H0413", they|strong="H3808" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{21}After|strong="H0310" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" departed, they|strong="H3588" came|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" well|strong="H0875" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H5927" and|strong="H6965" told|strong="H5046" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H6965" they|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", “Arise|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" pass|strong="H5674" quickly|strong="H4120" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" water|strong="H4325"; for|strong="H3588" thus|strong="H3602" has|strong="H1961" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" counseled|strong="H3289" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H6965" David|strong="H1732" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|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". By|strong="H1242" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" light|strong="H0216" there|strong="H3605" lacked not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H0853" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" gone|strong="H3808" over|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
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\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3588" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" his|strong="H7200" counsel|strong="H6098" was|strong="H1004" not|strong="H3808" followed, he|strong="H3588" saddled|strong="H2280" his|strong="H7200" donkey|strong="H2543", arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" home|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7200" city|strong="H5892", set|strong="H6965" his|strong="H7200" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0413" order|strong="H6680", and|strong="H6965" hanged himself|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H3588" died|strong="H4191", and|strong="H6965" was|strong="H1004" buried|strong="H6912" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7200" father|strong="H0001". 
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\verseNumber{24}Then|strong="H0853" David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Mahanaim|strong="H4266". Absalom|strong="H0053" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383", he|strong="H1931" 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}Absalom|strong="H0053" set|strong="H7760" Amasa|strong="H6021" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H6635" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097". Now|strong="H0935" Amasa|strong="H6021" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7760" man|strong="H0376" whose|strong="H0834" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Ithra|strong="H3501" the|strong="H0853" Israelite|strong="H3481", who|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" Abigail|strong="H0026" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Nahash|strong="H5176", sister|strong="H0269" to|strong="H0413" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", Joab’s|strong="H3097" mother|strong="H0517". 
\verseNumber{26}Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" Absalom|strong="H0053" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H2583" the|strong="H0776" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Gilead|strong="H1568". 
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\verseNumber{27}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H1961" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Mahanaim|strong="H4266", Shobi|strong="H7629" the|strong="H0935" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nahash|strong="H5176" of|strong="H1121" Rabbah|strong="H7237" 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" Ammiel|strong="H5988" of|strong="H1121" Lodebar|strong="H3810", and|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271" the|strong="H0935" Gileadite|strong="H1569" of|strong="H1121" Rogelim|strong="H7274", 
\verseNumber{28}brought beds|strong="H4904", basins|strong="H5592", earthen vessels|strong="H3627", wheat|strong="H2406", barley|strong="H8184", meal|strong="H7058", parched|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039", beans|strong="H6321", lentils|strong="H5742", roasted|strong="H7039" grain|strong="H7039", 
\verseNumber{29}honey|strong="H1706", butter|strong="H2529", sheep|strong="H6629", and|strong="H0398" cheese|strong="H8194" of|strong="H6629" the|strong="H0559" herd|strong="H1241", for|strong="H3588" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0398" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0854" to|strong="H0559" eat|strong="H0398"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H0834" hungry|strong="H7457", weary|strong="H5889", and|strong="H0398" thirsty|strong="H6771" in|strong="H6629" the|strong="H0559" wilderness|strong="H4057".” 
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\chapterNumber{18}David|strong="H1732" counted|strong="H6485" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3967" set|strong="H7760" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" thousands|strong="H0505" and|strong="H3967" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" hundreds|strong="H3967" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{2}David|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" out|strong="H3318", a|strong="H7971" third|strong="H7992" part|strong="H3027" 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" Abishai|strong="H0052" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", 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" Ittai|strong="H0863" the|strong="H0853" Gittite|strong="H1663". The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H4428" also|strong="H1571" surely|strong="H3318" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H7971" myself|strong="H0589".” 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" said|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" out|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" care for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H0413", neither|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H3820" us|strong="H0413" die|strong="H4191", will|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3588" care for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H0413". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6235" worth ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H3820" us|strong="H0413". Therefore|strong="H6258" now|strong="H6258" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3820" better|strong="H2896" that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6235" ready|strong="H6258" to|strong="H0413" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H0413" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H3820" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" seems|strong="H3190" best|strong="H3190" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0834".” 
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The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" beside|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179", and|strong="H3967" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3381" out|strong="H0413" by|strong="H3027" hundreds|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" by|strong="H3027" thousands|strong="H0505". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H4428" Abishai|strong="H0052" and|strong="H4428" Ittai|strong="H0863", saying|strong="H0559", “Deal gently|strong="H0328" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" sake|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053".” All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" heard|strong="H8085" when|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" concerning|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053". 
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\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" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" forest|strong="H3293" of|strong="H7704" Ephraim|strong="H0669". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H1961" struck|strong="H5062" there|strong="H8033" before|strong="H6440" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3478" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" slaughter|strong="H4046" there|strong="H8033" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" twenty|strong="H6242" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{8}For|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H1961" there|strong="H8033" spread|strong="H6327" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" surface|strong="H6440" of|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" forest|strong="H3293" devoured|strong="H0398" more|strong="H7235" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" than|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" devoured|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{9}Absalom|strong="H0053" happened|strong="H7122" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7122" David’s|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650". Absalom|strong="H0053" was|strong="H0834" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" mule|strong="H6505", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" mule|strong="H6505" went|strong="H0935" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H6440" thick|strong="H7730" boughs of|strong="H0776" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" oak|strong="H0424"; and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" caught|strong="H2388" hold|strong="H2388" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H6440" oak|strong="H0424", and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" hanging|strong="H5414" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H6440" sky|strong="H8064" and|strong="H0935" earth|strong="H0776"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" mule|strong="H6505" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" under|strong="H8478" him|strong="H5414" went|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}A|strong="H7200" certain|strong="H0259" man|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200", and|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H2009" saw|strong="H7200" Absalom|strong="H0053" hanging|strong="H8518" in|strong="H0376" an|strong="H7200" oak|strong="H0424".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414", “Behold|strong="H2009", you|strong="H5414" saw|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0776" why|strong="H4069" didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H5414" strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5414" there|strong="H8033" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" ground|strong="H0776"? I|strong="H5414" would|strong="H0559" have|strong="H0376" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" pieces of|strong="H0776" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H0776" a|strong="H5414" sash.” 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", “Though|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0595" should|strong="H0376" receive|strong="H8254" a|strong="H3588" thousand|strong="H0505" pieces of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H8104" hand|strong="H3027", I|strong="H0595" still|strong="H0559" wouldn’t stretch|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" my|strong="H8104" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121"; for|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" our|strong="H5921" hearing|strong="H0241" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1121" Abishai|strong="H0052" and|strong="H1121" Ittai|strong="H0863", saying|strong="H0559", ‘Beware|strong="H8104" that|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0376" touch the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H0376" Absalom|strong="H0053".’ 
\verseNumber{13}Otherwise|strong="H3808", if|strong="H0176" I|strong="H1697" had|strong="H4428" dealt falsely|strong="H8267" against|strong="H4480" his|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315" (and|strong="H4428" there|strong="H3605" is|strong="H5315" no|strong="H3808" matter|strong="H1697" hidden|strong="H3582" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"), then|strong="H0859" you|strong="H0859" yourself|strong="H0859" would|strong="H5315" have|strong="H0859" set|strong="H6213" yourself|strong="H0859" against|strong="H4480" me|strong="H5315".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H3947" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559", “I’m not|strong="H3808" going to|strong="H0559" wait|strong="H3176" like|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" with|strong="H3651" you|strong="H6440".” He|strong="H3651" took|strong="H3947" three|strong="H7969" darts in|strong="H5750" his|strong="H3947" hand|strong="H3709" and|strong="H6440" thrust|strong="H8628" them|strong="H6440" through|strong="H3820" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" heart|strong="H3820" while|strong="H5750" he|strong="H3651" was|strong="H3820" still|strong="H5750" alive|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5750" the|strong="H0559" middle|strong="H3820" of|strong="H7626" the|strong="H0559" oak|strong="H0424". 
\verseNumber{15}Ten|strong="H6235" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" bore|strong="H5375" Joab’s|strong="H3097" armor|strong="H3627" surrounded|strong="H5437" and|strong="H3097" struck|strong="H5221" Absalom|strong="H0053", and|strong="H3097" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{16}Joab|strong="H3097" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H0853" shofar, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" pursuing|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Israel|strong="H3478"; for|strong="H3588" Joab|strong="H3097" held the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" back|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{17}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" raised over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3947" very|strong="H3966" great|strong="H1419" heap|strong="H1530" of|strong="H0376" stones|strong="H0068". Then|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127", each|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H0376" tent|strong="H0168". 
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\verseNumber{18}Now|strong="H3117" Absalom|strong="H0053" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" lifetime|strong="H3117" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" and|strong="H1121" reared up|strong="H5704" for|strong="H3588" himself|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" 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" to|strong="H0559" keep|strong="H2142" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" in|strong="H5921" memory|strong="H8034".” He|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" pillar|strong="H5324" after|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own name|strong="H8034". It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0369" called|strong="H7121" Absalom’s|strong="H0053" monument|strong="H3027", to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{19}Then|strong="H0853" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659" said|strong="H0559", “Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" now|strong="H4994" run|strong="H7323" and|strong="H1121" carry|strong="H1319" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" news|strong="H1319", how|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" avenged him|strong="H0853" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341".” 
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\verseNumber{20}Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", “You|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0559" bearer|strong="H1319" of|strong="H1121" news|strong="H1319" today|strong="H3117", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" carry|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319" another|strong="H0312" day|strong="H3117". But|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" you|strong="H0859" must|strong="H4191" carry|strong="H1319" no|strong="H3808" news|strong="H1319", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" son|strong="H1121" is|strong="H2088" dead|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{21}Then|strong="H0559" Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" Cushite|strong="H3569", “Go, tell|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" seen|strong="H7200"!” The|strong="H0559" Cushite|strong="H3569" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" to|strong="H0559" Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H4428" ran|strong="H7323". 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1961" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659" said|strong="H0559" yet|strong="H5750" again|strong="H5750" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", “But|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" what|strong="H4100" may|strong="H1961", please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" also|strong="H1571" run|strong="H7323" after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H0559" Cushite|strong="H3569".” 
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Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" want|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0413" run|strong="H7323", my|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121", since|strong="H0310" you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" no|strong="H0369" reward|strong="H1309" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" news|strong="H1309"?” 
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\verseNumber{23}“But|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" what|strong="H4100" may|strong="H1961",” he|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H1961" run|strong="H7323".” 
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He|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “Run|strong="H7323"!” Then|strong="H1961" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" ran|strong="H7323" by|strong="H1870" the|strong="H0853" way|strong="H1870" of|strong="H3603" the|strong="H0853" Plain|strong="H3603", and|strong="H1870" outran the|strong="H0853" Cushite|strong="H3569". 
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\verseNumber{24}Now|strong="H2009" David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" sitting|strong="H3427" between|strong="H0996" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" gates|strong="H8179"; and|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0853" watchman|strong="H6822" went|strong="H0413" up|strong="H5375" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" roof|strong="H1406" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346", and|strong="H5869" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5375" eyes|strong="H5869" and|strong="H5869" looked|strong="H7200", and|strong="H5869", behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H0376" running|strong="H7323" alone|strong="H0905". 
\verseNumber{25}The|strong="H0559" watchman|strong="H6822" shouted|strong="H7121" and|strong="H1980" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" he|strong="H0518" is|strong="H4428" alone|strong="H0905", there is|strong="H4428" news|strong="H1309" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7121" mouth|strong="H6310".” He|strong="H0518" came|strong="H1980" closer and|strong="H1980" closer. 
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\verseNumber{26}The|strong="H0559" watchman|strong="H6822" saw|strong="H7200" another|strong="H0312" man|strong="H0376" running|strong="H7323"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" watchman|strong="H6822" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" gatekeeper|strong="H7778" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", a|strong="H7200" man|strong="H0376" running|strong="H7323" alone|strong="H0905"!” 
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The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H0376" also|strong="H1571" brings|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319".” 
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\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H0853" watchman|strong="H6822" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" think|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" running|strong="H4794" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" one|strong="H0376" is|strong="H2088" like|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" running|strong="H4794" of|strong="H1121" Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zadok|strong="H6659".” 
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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" comes|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0413" good|strong="H2896" news|strong="H1309".” 
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\verseNumber{28}Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" called|strong="H7121", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", “All|strong="H0376" is|strong="H0834" well|strong="H7965".” He|strong="H0834" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|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" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Blessed|strong="H1288" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H3068" delivered|strong="H5462" up|strong="H5375" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" their|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"!” 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Is|strong="H4100" it|strong="H3045" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053"?” 
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Ahimaaz|strong="H0290" answered|strong="H0559", “When|strong="H7200" Joab|strong="H3097" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" servant|strong="H5650", even|strong="H3808" me|strong="H7971" your|strong="H7200" servant|strong="H5650", I|strong="H3045" saw|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" great|strong="H1419" tumult|strong="H1995", but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3045" don’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H3045" was|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{30}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H5437" and|strong="H4428" stand|strong="H5975" here|strong="H3541".” He|strong="H0559" came|strong="H0559" and|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975". 
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\verseNumber{31}Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H3605" Cushite|strong="H3569" came|strong="H0935". The|strong="H3605" Cushite|strong="H3569" said|strong="H0559", “Good|strong="H1319" news|strong="H1319" for|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3605" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" avenged you|strong="H3588" today|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Cushite|strong="H3569", “Is|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" Absalom|strong="H0053"?” 
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The|strong="H3605" Cushite|strong="H3569" answered|strong="H0559", “May|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" who|strong="H0834" rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H3605" you|strong="H0834" harm|strong="H7451", be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" young|strong="H5288" man|strong="H5288" is|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{33}The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!” 
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\chapterNumber{19}Joab|strong="H0559" was|strong="H4428" told|strong="H0559", “Behold, the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" weeps|strong="H1058" and|strong="H1121" mourns for|strong="H5921" Absalom|strong="H0053".” 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5921" victory that|strong="H2009" day was|strong="H4428" turned into|strong="H5921" mourning|strong="H0056" among|strong="H5921" all|strong="H2009" the|strong="H5921" people, for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" people heard|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" said that|strong="H2009" day, “The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" grieves for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" son.” 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" sneaked into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", as|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" ashamed steal away|strong="H3605" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" flee in|strong="H5921" battle|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0834" king covered his|strong="H0834" face, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" king cried with|strong="H0935" a|strong="H0935" loud voice, “My|strong="H0834" son Absalom, Absalom, my|strong="H0834" son, my|strong="H0834" son!” 
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\verseNumber{5}Joab came into the|strong="H0853" house to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" said, “Today you|strong="H6440" have|strong="H1121" shamed the|strong="H0853" faces|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H1419" your|strong="H6440" servants who|strong="H1121" today have|strong="H1121" saved your|strong="H6440" life, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" lives of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6440" daughters, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" lives of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6440" wives, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" lives of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H6440" concubines; 
\verseNumber{6}in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" love those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hate you|strong="H3605" and|strong="H1121" hate those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" love you|strong="H3605". For|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1121" declared|strong="H0559" today|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" princes and|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650" are|strong="H3117" nothing|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3605". For|strong="H0413" today|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" perceive that|strong="H3605" if|strong="H1121" Absalom had|strong="H4428" lived|strong="H5315" and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" died today|strong="H3117", then|strong="H0853" it|strong="H6440" would|strong="H0559" have|strong="H1121" pleased you|strong="H3605" well. 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="H3117" therefore|strong="H3045" arise, go out|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3117" speak to|strong="H4191" comfort your|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" swear|strong="H3588" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" LORD, if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0369" go out|strong="H3045", not|strong="H0369" a|strong="H3588" man|strong="H4191" will|strong="H5869" stay with|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" night. That|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3863" be|strong="H4191" worse to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588" than|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" evil that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H0369" happened to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H3117" your|strong="H3605" youth until now|strong="H3117".” 
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\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. The|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" told|strong="H1696", “Behold, the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921" is|strong="H0369" sitting in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gate.” All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" came|strong="H0935" before|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H5921". Now|strong="H6258" Israel had|strong="H3068" fled every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" tent. 
\verseNumber{9}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H3478" at|strong="H3427" strife throughout|strong="H3605" 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" has|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H6440" from|strong="H0935" Absalom. 
\verseNumber{10}Absalom|strong="H0053", whom we|strong="H6258" anointed over|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921", is|strong="H1931" dead in|strong="H5921" battle. Now|strong="H6258" therefore|strong="H6258" why don’t you|strong="H3605" speak|strong="H0559" a|strong="H1961" word|strong="H0559" of|strong="H4428" bringing the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" back?” 
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\verseNumber{11}King|strong="H4428" David sent|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" Zadok and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4191" Abiathar the|strong="H0853" priests, saying, “Speak to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" elders of|strong="H4428" Judah, 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, since|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" speech of|strong="H4428" all Israel|strong="H4421" has|strong="H0834" come|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H4191" return|strong="H7725" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H4191" his|strong="H5921" house? 
\verseNumber{12}You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" brothers. You|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3478" my|strong="H3605" bone and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3605" flesh. Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H1961" 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}Say to|strong="H7725" Amasa, ‘Aren’t you|strong="H0859" my|strong="H1961" bone|strong="H6106" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H1961" flesh|strong="H1320"? God do|strong="H4100" so|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725", and|strong="H4428" more also|strong="H0853", if|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0859" aren’t captain of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" army before me|strong="H7725" continually instead of|strong="H4428" Joab.’” 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0518" bowed the|strong="H3605" heart of|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0430" Judah, even|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0518" sent|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king, saying|strong="H0559", “Return|strong="H8478", you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H0430" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" servants.” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H7725", and|strong="H3063" came|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jordan. Judah|strong="H3063" came|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Gilgal, to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" meet the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jordan. 
\verseNumber{16}Shimei the|strong="H0853" son of|strong="H4428" Gera, the|strong="H0853" Benjamite, who|strong="H3063" was|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Bahurim, hurried and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" down with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" men of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7125" King|strong="H4428" David. 
\verseNumber{17}There|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0834" thousand men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973", and|strong="H1121" Ziba the|strong="H0834" servant of|strong="H1121" Saul’s house, and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" fifteen sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H1732" twenty servants|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3381" through the|strong="H0834" Jordan in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" presence|strong="H5973" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{18}A|strong="H0376" ferry boat went|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" bring over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" household|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0376" do what he|strong="H0376" thought good. 
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Shimei the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Gera fell down|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0376" had|strong="H4428" come over|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Jordan|strong="H3383". 
\verseNumber{19}He|strong="H6213" said to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", “Don’t let my|strong="H6440" lord impute iniquity to|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440", or|strong="H1004" remember that|strong="H5307" which|strong="H5869" your|strong="H6440" servant did|strong="H6213" perversely the|strong="H0853" day that|strong="H5307" my|strong="H6440" lord the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" went|strong="H6440" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem, that|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" should|strong="H6213" take it|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6440" his|strong="H6440" heart. 
\verseNumber{20}For|strong="H0413" your|strong="H7760" servant|strong="H5650" knows that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned. Therefore|strong="H0834" behold, I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" come|strong="H3318" today|strong="H3117" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" house of|strong="H4428" Joseph|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H3318" down|strong="H7760" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H3318" my|strong="H7760" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428".” 
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\verseNumber{21}But|strong="H3588" Abishai the|strong="H3605" son of|strong="H4428" Zeruiah answered|strong="H0935", “Shouldn’t Shimei be|strong="H0113" put|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" death for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" cursed the|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H0113" anointed?” 
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\verseNumber{22}David said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H2063" have|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" do with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", you|strong="H3588" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3068" be|strong="H4191" adversaries to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H4191" today? Shall|strong="H1121" any|strong="H3588" man|strong="H1121" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" today in|strong="H3068" Israel? For|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" know that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" king over|strong="H0853" Israel today?” 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Shimei, “You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" die|strong="H4191".” The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" swore to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{24}Mephibosheth|strong="H3808" 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" groomed his|strong="H3808" feet, nor|strong="H3808" trimmed his|strong="H3808" beard, nor|strong="H3808" washed his|strong="H3808" clothes, from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" day the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" departed until the|strong="H0559" day he|strong="H3808" came|strong="H0413" home in|strong="H0413" peace. 
\verseNumber{25}When|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H7125" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said to|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853", “Why|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" you|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" with|strong="H0935" me|strong="H4480", Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"?” 
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\verseNumber{26}He|strong="H3588" answered|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H1961" lord, O|strong="H4100" king|strong="H4428", my|strong="H1961" servant deceived me|strong="H0935". For|strong="H3588" your|strong="H0935" servant said|strong="H0559", ‘I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" saddle a|strong="H1961" donkey for|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H1980", that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" may|strong="H1961" ride on|strong="H1980" it|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428",’ because|strong="H3588" your|strong="H0935" servant is|strong="H4100" lame. 
\verseNumber{27}He|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" slandered your|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3588" my|strong="H5921" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" is|strong="H4428" as|strong="H3588" an|strong="H3588" angel of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0559". Therefore|strong="H3588" do what|strong="H5921" is|strong="H4428" good in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" eyes. 
\verseNumber{28}For|strong="H0413" all my|strong="H5650" father’s house were|strong="H5869" but|strong="H4428" dead men|strong="H5650" before|strong="H5869" my|strong="H5650" lord|strong="H0113" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428"; yet you|strong="H6213" set|strong="H6213" your|strong="H0413" servant|strong="H5650" among|strong="H0413" those who|strong="H5650" ate at|strong="H0413" your|strong="H0413" own|strong="H5869" table. What|strong="H2896" right|strong="H5869" therefore have|strong="H5869" I|strong="H5650" yet that|strong="H5869" I|strong="H5650" should|strong="H6213" appeal any more to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428"?” 
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\verseNumber{29}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Why|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" speak any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5750" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" matters? I|strong="H3588" say, you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4428" Ziba divide the|strong="H3605" land.” 
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\verseNumber{30}Mephibosheth said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", “Yes, let him|strong="H0853" take all|strong="H1697", because|strong="H0559" my|strong="H1696" lord the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" come in|strong="H4428" peace to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H4428" own house.” 
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\verseNumber{31}Barzillai the|strong="H3605" Gileadite came|strong="H0935" down from|strong="H0935" Rogelim; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H0935" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jordan with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" conduct him|strong="H0413" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jordan. 
\verseNumber{32}Now Barzillai|strong="H1271" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7971" very aged man, even|strong="H0853" eighty years old. He|strong="H0853" had|strong="H4428" provided the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H0854" sustenance while|strong="H3383" he|strong="H0853" stayed at|strong="H3383" Mahanaim, for|strong="H7971" he|strong="H0853" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7971" very great man. 
\verseNumber{33}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said to|strong="H0376" Barzillai|strong="H1271", “Come over|strong="H0853" with|strong="H0376" me|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" sustain|strong="H3557" you|strong="H3588" with|strong="H0376" me|strong="H1121" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem.” 
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\verseNumber{34}Barzillai|strong="H1271" 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 eighty years|strong="H3117" old, today|strong="H3117". Can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" discern between good and|strong="H4428" bad? Can|strong="H4100" your|strong="H3588" servant taste what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" eat or|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" drink? Can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H3588" hear the|strong="H0559" voice of|strong="H4428" singing men|strong="H8147" and|strong="H4428" singing women any|strong="H5927" more|strong="H3588"? Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H0559" should|strong="H4100" your|strong="H3588" 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}Your|strong="H0834" servant|strong="H5650" will|strong="H1961" just|strong="H0834" go|strong="H1961" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Jordan with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". Why|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" repay me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" such|strong="H0834" a|strong="H1961" reward? 
\verseNumber{37}Please let your|strong="H4428" servant|strong="H5650" turn|strong="H5674" back again, that|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5650" may|strong="H4428" die in|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5650" own city, by|strong="H4592" the|strong="H0853" grave of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5650" father and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5650" mother. But|strong="H4428" behold, your|strong="H4428" servant|strong="H5650" Chimham; let him|strong="H0853" go|strong="H5674" over|strong="H5674" with|strong="H0854" my|strong="H5650" lord the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"; and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H4100" to|strong="H5650" him|strong="H0853" what|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H5650" seem good to|strong="H5650" you|strong="H0853".” 
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\verseNumber{38}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" answered|strong="H7725", “Chimham|strong="H3643" shall|strong="H0517" go|strong="H7725" over|strong="H5674" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H4994", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H4191" him|strong="H0853" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0517" seem|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H0834". Whatever|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" request of|strong="H4428" me|strong="H4994", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H4191" you|strong="H0834".” 
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\verseNumber{39}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0834" went over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jordan, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" went over|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" kissed Barzillai 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" over|strong="H5674" to|strong="H7725" Gilgal, and|strong="H4428" Chimham went|strong="H7725" over|strong="H5674" with|strong="H3605" him|strong="H0853". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah brought|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5674", and|strong="H4428" also|strong="H0853" half the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{41}Behold, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" came to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3063" said to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", “Why have|strong="H1571" our|strong="H3605" brothers the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" stolen you|strong="H3605" away|strong="H5973", and|strong="H3063" 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" David’s men|strong="H5971" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0853"?” 
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\verseNumber{42}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" 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" a|strong="H0935" close|strong="H5973" relative|strong="H0251" to|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413". Why|strong="H4069" then|strong="H2009" are|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3605" angry about|strong="H0413" this|strong="H3605" matter? Have|strong="H0376" we|strong="H3605" eaten at|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" at|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" cost? Or|strong="H1004" has|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1732" given us|strong="H0413" any|strong="H3605" gift?” 
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\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" answered|strong="H6030" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" said|strong="H0413", “We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0376" ten parts|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H3063" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H0376" also|strong="H2088" more|strong="H4480" claim to|strong="H0413" David than|strong="H4480" you|strong="H3588". Why|strong="H4100" then|strong="H6030" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" despise us|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3605" advice|strong="H1697" should|strong="H4100" not|strong="H2088" be|strong="H0376" first|strong="H2088" had|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" bringing|strong="H5375" back|strong="H0413" our|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"?” The|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H3478" fiercer than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\chapterNumber{20}There|strong="H8033" happened|strong="H7122" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" there|strong="H8033" a|strong="H3808" wicked|strong="H1100" fellow|strong="H0376", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075", a|strong="H3808" Benjamite; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H0559" shofar, and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H8033" have|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" portion|strong="H2506" in|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732", neither|strong="H3808" have|strong="H0369" we|strong="H8033" inheritance|strong="H5159" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0559" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448". Every|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H1732" tents|strong="H0168", Israel|strong="H3478"!” 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H4480" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H4480" following|strong="H0310" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H1121" followed|strong="H0310" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075"; but|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" joined|strong="H1692" with|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" Jordan|strong="H3383" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
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\verseNumber{3}David|strong="H1732" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H8104" house|strong="H1004" at|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" 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" custody and|strong="H0935" provided|strong="H3557" them|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" sustenance|strong="H3557", but|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". So|strong="H3947" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" shut up|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H5414" death|strong="H4194", living|strong="H2424" in|strong="H0935" widowhood|strong="H0491". 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Amasa|strong="H6021", “Call|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" together|strong="H2199" within|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3063" be|strong="H0376" here|strong="H6311" present|strong="H5975".” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H4480" Amasa|strong="H6021" went to|strong="H3063" call|strong="H2199" the|strong="H0853" men of|strong="H4480" Judah|strong="H3063" together|strong="H2199", but|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" stayed longer than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" set|strong="H0834" time|strong="H4150" which|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="H3063" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{6}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Abishai|strong="H0052", “Now|strong="H6258" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075" will|strong="H5869" do us|strong="H0413" more|strong="H4480" harm than|strong="H4480" Absalom|strong="H0053" did. Take|strong="H3947" your|strong="H3947" lord’s|strong="H0113" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H1121" pursue|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413", lest|strong="H6435" he|strong="H0310" get|strong="H3947" himself|strong="H0413" fortified|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1121" escape|strong="H5337" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H4480" sight|strong="H5869".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Joab’s|strong="H3097" men|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" with|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" Cherethites|strong="H3774", the|strong="H3605" Pelethites|strong="H6432", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0376" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0376" pursue|strong="H7291" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075". 
\verseNumber{8}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" Gibeon|strong="H1391", Amasa|strong="H6021" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" meet|strong="H6440" them|strong="H1992". Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H0834" clothed|strong="H3830" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" apparel|strong="H3830" of|strong="H6440" war|strong="H2719" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" put|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0935" sash with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H0935" sword|strong="H2719" fastened|strong="H6775" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" waist|strong="H4975" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" sheath|strong="H8593"; and|strong="H0935" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" went|strong="H3318" along|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" fell|strong="H5307" out|strong="H3318". 
\verseNumber{9}Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Amasa|strong="H6021", “Is|strong="H3027" it|strong="H7965" well|strong="H7965" with|strong="H3027" you|strong="H0859", my|strong="H3027" brother|strong="H0251"?” Joab|strong="H3097" took|strong="H0270" Amasa|strong="H6021" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" beard|strong="H2206" 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" took|strong="H4191" no|strong="H3808" heed|strong="H8104" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" sword|strong="H2719" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" Joab’s|strong="H3097" hand|strong="H3027". So|strong="H3808" he|strong="H0834" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" it|strong="H8104" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" body|strong="H4578" 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" didn’t|strong="H3808" strike|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" again|strong="H0310"; and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" died|strong="H4191". Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H1121" Abishai|strong="H0052" his|strong="H8104" brother|strong="H0251" pursued|strong="H7291" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H0834" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075". 
\verseNumber{11}One|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Joab’s|strong="H3097" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H0376" stood by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0376" said|strong="H0559", “He|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" favors Joab|strong="H3097", and|strong="H0376" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" for|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732", let him|strong="H5921" follow|strong="H0310" Joab|strong="H3097"!” 
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\verseNumber{12}Amasa|strong="H6021" lay|strong="H1556" wallowing|strong="H1556" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" blood|strong="H1818" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" highway|strong="H4546". When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975", he|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H0935" 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" cast|strong="H7993" a|strong="H3588" garment|strong="H0899" over|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H0834" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" still|strong="H5975". 
\verseNumber{13}When|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" removed|strong="H4480" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" highway|strong="H4546", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" went|strong="H0376" on|strong="H3605" after|strong="H0310" Joab|strong="H3097" to|strong="H0376" pursue|strong="H7291" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075". 
\verseNumber{14}He|strong="H0310" went|strong="H0935" through|strong="H5674" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H7626" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H0935" Abel|strong="H0059", to|strong="H0935" Beth Maacah, and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Berites|strong="H1276". They|strong="H0935" were|strong="H3478" gathered together, and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" also|strong="H0637" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H0834" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" besieged him|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" Abel|strong="H0059" of|strong="H5921" Beth Maacah, and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0834" cast|strong="H5307" up|strong="H5975" a|strong="H0935" mound against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H5975" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" rampart|strong="H2426"; and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" Joab|strong="H3097" battered the|strong="H3605" wall|strong="H2346" to|strong="H0413" throw|strong="H8210" it|strong="H5921" down|strong="H5307". 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H1696" a|strong="H8085" wise|strong="H2450" woman|strong="H0802" cried|strong="H7121" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" city|strong="H5892", “Hear|strong="H8085", hear|strong="H8085"! Please|strong="H4994" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", ‘Come|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" here|strong="H2008", that|strong="H8085" I|strong="H5704" may|strong="H4994" speak|strong="H1696" with|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5704".’” 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H0559" came|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0802" the|strong="H0559" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559", “Are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H0859" Joab|strong="H3097"?” 
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He|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589".” 
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Then|strong="H0859" she said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H0559" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" your|strong="H8085" servant|strong="H0519".” 
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He|strong="H0559" answered|strong="H0559", “I’m listening|strong="H8085".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1696" she|strong="H3651" spoke|strong="H1696", saying|strong="H0559", “They|strong="H3651" used to|strong="H0559" say|strong="H0559" in|strong="H1696" old|strong="H7223" times, ‘They|strong="H3651" shall surely|strong="H3651" ask|strong="H7592" counsel at|strong="H3651" Abel|strong="H0059",’ and|strong="H1696" so|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" settled a|strong="H1696" matter. 
\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H0595" am|strong="H0595" among|strong="H5159" those who|strong="H3068" are|strong="H3478" peaceable and|strong="H3068" faithful|strong="H0539" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". You|strong="H0859" seek|strong="H1245" to|strong="H4191" destroy|strong="H4191" a|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" mother|strong="H0517" in|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478". Why|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H0859" swallow|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104" the|strong="H3068" LORD’s|strong="H3068" inheritance|strong="H5159"?” 
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\verseNumber{20}Joab|strong="H3097" answered|strong="H0559", “Far|strong="H2486" be it|strong="H0518", far|strong="H2486" be it|strong="H0518" from|strong="H1104" me|strong="H6030", that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0518" should|strong="H0518" swallow|strong="H1104" up|strong="H1104" or|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" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669", Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075" by|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034", has|strong="H0376" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", even|strong="H3588" against|strong="H5921" David|strong="H1732". Just|strong="H1697" deliver|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" depart from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892".” 
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The|strong="H0853" woman|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097", “Behold|strong="H2009", his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3808" thrown|strong="H7993" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" wall|strong="H2346".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" woman|strong="H0802" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3605" wisdom|strong="H2451". They|strong="H5921" cut|strong="H3772" off|strong="H3772" the|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" Sheba|strong="H7652" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bichri|strong="H1075", and|strong="H1121" threw|strong="H7993" it|strong="H5921" out|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097". He|strong="H0853" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" shofar, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H5921" were|strong="H1121" dispersed|strong="H6327" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" tent|strong="H0168". Then|strong="H0853" Joab|strong="H3097" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{23}Now Joab|strong="H3097" was|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H6635" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" was|strong="H3478" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Cherethites and|strong="H1121" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Pelethites|strong="H6432", 
\verseNumber{24}Adoram|strong="H0151" was|strong="H1121" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" men|strong="H1121" subject to|strong="H5921" forced|strong="H4522" labor|strong="H4522", Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahilud|strong="H0286" was|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" recorder|strong="H2142", 
\verseNumber{25}Sheva was|strong="H3548" scribe|strong="H5608", Zadok|strong="H6659" and|strong="H3548" Abiathar|strong="H0054" were|strong="H0054" priests|strong="H3548", 
\verseNumber{26}and|strong="H3548" Ira|strong="H5896" the|strong="H1961" Jairite|strong="H2972" was|strong="H1961" chief|strong="H3548" minister to|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732". 
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\chapterNumber{21}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", year|strong="H8141" after|strong="H0310" year|strong="H8141"; and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" sought|strong="H1245" the|strong="H0853" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" LORD|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" for|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" bloody|strong="H1818" house|strong="H1004", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H4191" the|strong="H0853" Gibeonites|strong="H1393" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191".” 
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\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" called|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0559" Gibeonites|strong="H1393" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" (now|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" Gibeonites|strong="H1393" were|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", but|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" remnant of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" Amorites|strong="H0567", 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" kill|strong="H5221" them|strong="H0413" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7121" zeal|strong="H7065" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063"); 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3068" David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Gibeonites|strong="H1393", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H0413" you|strong="H6213"? And|strong="H3068" with|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0559" make|strong="H6213" atonement|strong="H3722", that|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6213" may|strong="H3068" bless|strong="H1288" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" inheritance|strong="H5159"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0559" Gibeonites|strong="H1393" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5973", “It|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" matter of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H0369" gold|strong="H2091" between|strong="H5973" us|strong="H0559" and|strong="H3478" Saul|strong="H7586" or|strong="H0369" his|strong="H0376" house|strong="H1004"; neither|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1004" us|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" put|strong="H4191" any|strong="H0376" man|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" death|strong="H4191" in|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H1004" you|strong="H0859" whatever|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" say|strong="H0559".” 
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\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", “The|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" consumed|strong="H3615" us|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3478" who|strong="H0834" plotted|strong="H3615" against|strong="H0413" us|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" we|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0376" destroyed|strong="H8045" from|strong="H0376" remaining|strong="H3320" in|strong="H0413" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" borders|strong="H1366" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\verseNumber{6}let|strong="H5414" seven|strong="H7651" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" be|strong="H0376" delivered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" us|strong="H5414", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" hang|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", the|strong="H0559" chosen|strong="H0972" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068".” 
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The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" spared|strong="H2550" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648" 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" LORD’s|strong="H3068" oath|strong="H7621" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" between|strong="H0996" them|strong="H5921", 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}But|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Rizpah|strong="H7532" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Aiah|strong="H0345", whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Saul|strong="H7586", Armoni|strong="H0764" and|strong="H1121" Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" five|strong="H2568" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Merab|strong="H4324" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586", whom|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" bore|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" Adriel|strong="H5741" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271" the|strong="H0853" Meholathite|strong="H4259". 
\verseNumber{9}He|strong="H3117" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5307" the|strong="H6440" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" Gibeonites|strong="H1393"; and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" hanged|strong="H3363" them|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" mountain|strong="H2022" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3162" seven|strong="H7651" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H5414" fell|strong="H5307" together|strong="H3162". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H1992" put|strong="H5414" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" harvest|strong="H7105", in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" days|strong="H3117", at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" beginning|strong="H8462" of|strong="H3068" barley|strong="H8184" harvest|strong="H7105". 
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\verseNumber{10}Rizpah|strong="H7532" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Aiah|strong="H0345" took|strong="H3947" sackcloth|strong="H8242" and|strong="H8064" spread|strong="H5186" it|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" herself|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" rock|strong="H6697", from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" beginning|strong="H8462" of|strong="H1323" harvest|strong="H7105" until|strong="H5704" water|strong="H4325" poured|strong="H5413" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064". She|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" neither|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" birds|strong="H5775" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" sky|strong="H8064" to|strong="H0413" rest|strong="H5117" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413" by|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3119", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" animals|strong="H2416" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H0853" field|strong="H7704" by|strong="H5921" night|strong="H3915". 
\verseNumber{11}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" what|strong="H0834" Rizpah|strong="H7532" the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Aiah|strong="H0345", the|strong="H0853" concubine|strong="H6370" of|strong="H1323" Saul|strong="H7586", had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3947" 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" Jabesh|strong="H3003" Gilead|strong="H1568", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" stolen|strong="H1589" them|strong="H0853" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H1121" Beth Shan, where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H0834" hanged|strong="H8518" them|strong="H0853" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" killed|strong="H5221" Saul|strong="H7586" in|strong="H3117" Gilboa|strong="H1533"; 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H8033" brought|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H1121" there|strong="H8033" 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". They|strong="H8033" also|strong="H0853" gathered|strong="H0622" the|strong="H0853" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" hanged|strong="H3363". 
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H0834" buried|strong="H6912" the|strong="H3605" bones|strong="H6106" of|strong="H1121" Saul|strong="H7586" and|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3083" his|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" in|strong="H0430" Zela|strong="H6762", in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" tomb|strong="H6913" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" performed all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680". After|strong="H0310" that|strong="H0834", God|strong="H0430" answered|strong="H6279" prayer|strong="H6279" for|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H1961" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H1961" war|strong="H4421" again|strong="H5750" with|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". David|strong="H1732" grew faint; 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="H3967" Ishbibenob, who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" sons of|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" giant, the|strong="H0853" weight|strong="H4948" of|strong="H0559" whose|strong="H0834" spear|strong="H7013" was|strong="H0834" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" shekels|strong="H4948" of|strong="H0559" bronze|strong="H5178" in|strong="H0559" weight|strong="H4948", he|strong="H0834" being armed|strong="H2296" with|strong="H1732" a|strong="H0834" new|strong="H2319" sword, thought|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0559" kill|strong="H5221" David|strong="H1732". 
\verseNumber{17}But|strong="H3808" Abishai|strong="H0052" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870" helped|strong="H5826" him|strong="H5221", and|strong="H1121" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistine|strong="H6430" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732" swore|strong="H7650" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5221", saying|strong="H0559", “Don’t|strong="H3808" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H0854" us|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" battle|strong="H4421" any|strong="H0376" more|strong="H5750", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0853" don’t|strong="H3808" quench|strong="H3518" the|strong="H0853" lamp|strong="H5216" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478".” 
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\verseNumber{18}After|strong="H0310" this|strong="H3651", there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" again|strong="H5750" war|strong="H4421" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" at|strong="H4421" Gob|strong="H1359". Then|strong="H0227" Sibbecai|strong="H5444" the|strong="H0853" Hushathite|strong="H2843" killed|strong="H5221" Saph|strong="H5593", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" of|strong="H3211" the|strong="H0853" sons of|strong="H3211" the|strong="H0853" giant. 
\verseNumber{19}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" again|strong="H5750" war|strong="H4421" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430" at|strong="H4421" Gob|strong="H1359", and|strong="H1121" Elhanan|strong="H0445" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jaare-Oregim|strong="H3296" the|strong="H0853" Bethlehemite|strong="H1022" killed|strong="H5221" Goliath|strong="H1555" the|strong="H0853" Gittite’s brother, the|strong="H0853" staff 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}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" again|strong="H5750" war|strong="H4421" at|strong="H4421" Gath|strong="H1661", where there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" great stature, who|strong="H0376" had|strong="H1961" six|strong="H8337" fingers|strong="H0676" on|strong="H3027" every|strong="H0376" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" six|strong="H8337" toes|strong="H0676" on|strong="H3027" every|strong="H0376" foot|strong="H7272", twenty-four|strong="H0702" in|strong="H0376" number|strong="H4557", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H1931" also|strong="H1571" was|strong="H1961" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3205" giant. 
\verseNumber{21}When|strong="H1121" he|strong="H1732" defied Israel|strong="H3478", Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096", David’s|strong="H1732" brother|strong="H0251", killed|strong="H5221" him|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{22}These|strong="H0428" four|strong="H0702" were|strong="H0428" born|strong="H3205" to|strong="H3205" the|strong="H0853" giant in|strong="H5650" Gath|strong="H1661"; 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" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3205" his|strong="H1732" servants|strong="H5650". 
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\chapterNumber{22}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" song|strong="H7892" 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": 
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“The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" rock|strong="H5553", 
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my|strong="H3068" fortress, 
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and|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" deliverer|strong="H6403", even mine; 
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\verseNumber{3}God|strong="H0430" is|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3467" rock|strong="H6697" in|strong="H0430" whom I take|strong="H2620" refuge|strong="H2620"; 
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my|strong="H3467" shield|strong="H4043", and|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3467" horn|strong="H7161" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3467" salvation|strong="H3468", 
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my|strong="H3467" high tower, and|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3467" refuge|strong="H2620". 
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My|strong="H3467" savior|strong="H3467", you|strong="H3467" save|strong="H3467" me|strong="H3467" from|strong="H0430" violence|strong="H2555". 
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\verseNumber{4}I|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"; 
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So|strong="H7121" shall|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" saved|strong="H3467" from|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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\verseNumber{5}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" waves|strong="H4867" of|strong="H4194" death|strong="H4194" surrounded|strong="H0661" me|strong="H3588". 
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The|strong="H3588" floods of|strong="H4194" ungodliness|strong="H1100" made me|strong="H3588" afraid. 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H5437" cords|strong="H2256" of|strong="H4194" Sheol|strong="H7585"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{22:6  }Sheol is the place of the dead.} were|strong="H4194" around|strong="H5437" me|strong="H5437". 
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The|strong="H5437" snares|strong="H4170" of|strong="H4194" death|strong="H4194" caught me|strong="H5437". 
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\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" distress|strong="H6862", I|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068". 
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Yes, I|strong="H3068" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" my|strong="H8085" God|strong="H0430". 
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He|strong="H0430" heard|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" voice|strong="H6963" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0430" his|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1964". 
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My|strong="H8085" cry|strong="H7121" came|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3068" ears|strong="H0241". 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" earth|strong="H0776" shook|strong="H7493" and|strong="H0776" trembled|strong="H7264". 
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The|strong="H3588" foundations|strong="H4146" of|strong="H0776" heaven|strong="H8064" quaked|strong="H7493" and|strong="H0776" were|strong="H8064" shaken|strong="H1607", 
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because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0776" angry|strong="H2734". 
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\verseNumber{9}Smoke|strong="H6227" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" his|strong="H4480" nostrils|strong="H0639". 
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Consuming|strong="H0398" fire|strong="H0784" came|strong="H5927" out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" his|strong="H4480" mouth|strong="H6310". 
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Coals|strong="H1513" were|strong="H1513" kindled by|strong="H0784" it|strong="H0398". 
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\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H5186" bowed|strong="H5186" the|strong="H8478" heavens|strong="H8064" also, and|strong="H8064" came|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381". 
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Thick|strong="H6205" darkness|strong="H6205" was|strong="H8064" under|strong="H8478" his|strong="H8478" feet|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H5921" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7200" cherub|strong="H3742", and|strong="H7200" flew|strong="H5774". 
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Yes|strong="H7200", he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H7307" seen|strong="H7200" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" wings|strong="H3671" of|strong="H7307" the|strong="H5921" wind|strong="H7307". 
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\verseNumber{12}He|strong="H2822" made|strong="H7896" darkness|strong="H2822" a|strong="H7896" shelter|strong="H5521" around|strong="H5439" himself|strong="H4325", 
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gathering of|strong="H4325" waters|strong="H4325", and|strong="H4325" thick|strong="H5645" clouds|strong="H5645" of|strong="H4325" the|strong="H5439" skies|strong="H7834". 
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\verseNumber{13}At the|strong="H5048" brightness|strong="H5051" before|strong="H5048" him|strong="H5048", 
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coals|strong="H1513" of|strong="H5048" fire|strong="H0784" were|strong="H1513" kindled. 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068" thundered|strong="H7481" from|strong="H4480" heaven|strong="H8064". 
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The|strong="H5414" Most|strong="H4480" High uttered|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" voice|strong="H6963". 
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\verseNumber{15}He|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" arrows|strong="H2671" and|strong="H7971" scattered|strong="H6327" them|strong="H7971", 
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lightning|strong="H1300" and|strong="H7971" confused|strong="H2000" them|strong="H7971". 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" channels|strong="H0650" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" sea|strong="H3220" appeared|strong="H7200". 
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The|strong="H7200" foundations|strong="H4146" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" world|strong="H8398" were|strong="H8398" laid|strong="H1540" bare|strong="H1540" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" LORD’s|strong="H3068" rebuke|strong="H1606", 
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at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" blast|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H7200" breath|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" nostrils|strong="H0639". 
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\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" from|strong="H3947" on|strong="H7971" high|strong="H4791" and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H7971" took|strong="H3947" me|strong="H7971". 
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He|strong="H7971" drew|strong="H4871" me|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4325" many|strong="H7227" waters|strong="H4325". 
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\verseNumber{18}He|strong="H3588" delivered|strong="H5337" me|strong="H8130" from|strong="H4480" my|strong="H5337" strong|strong="H5794" enemy|strong="H0341", 
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from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" who|strong="H3588" hated|strong="H8130" me|strong="H8130", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" were too|strong="H4480" mighty|strong="H5794" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H8130". 
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\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1961" on|strong="H3117" me|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" calamity|strong="H0343", 
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but|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H1961" my|strong="H3068" support. 
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\verseNumber{20}He|strong="H3588" also|strong="H0853" brought|strong="H3318" me|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3588" large|strong="H4800" place|strong="H4800". 
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He|strong="H3588" delivered me|strong="H3318", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" delighted in|strong="H3318" me|strong="H3318". 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" rewarded|strong="H1580" me|strong="H7725" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3068" righteousness|strong="H6666". 
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He|strong="H3068" rewarded|strong="H1580" me|strong="H7725" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" cleanness|strong="H1252" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{22}For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3588" LORD’s|strong="H3068" ways|strong="H1870", 
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and|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" wickedly|strong="H7561" departed|strong="H7561" from|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8104" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{23}For|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ordinances|strong="H4941" were|strong="H4941" before|strong="H5048" me|strong="H4480". 
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As|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" statutes|strong="H2708", I|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" depart|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" them|strong="H5493". 
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\verseNumber{24}I|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" also perfect|strong="H8549" toward him|strong="H1961". 
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I|strong="H1961" kept|strong="H8104" myself from|strong="H1961" my|strong="H8104" iniquity|strong="H5771". 
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\verseNumber{25}Therefore|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" rewarded|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" according to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3068" righteousness|strong="H6666", 
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According to|strong="H7725" my|strong="H3068" cleanness|strong="H1252" in|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" eyesight|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{26}With|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" merciful|strong="H2623" you|strong="H5973" will|strong="H8549" show|strong="H8552" yourself|strong="H8552" merciful|strong="H2623". 
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With|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" perfect|strong="H8549" man|strong="H1368" you|strong="H5973" will|strong="H8549" show|strong="H8552" yourself|strong="H8552" perfect|strong="H8549". 
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\verseNumber{27}With|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" pure|strong="H1305" you|strong="H5973" will show|strong="H6617" yourself|strong="H6617" pure|strong="H1305". 
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With|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" crooked|strong="H6141" you|strong="H5973" will show|strong="H6617" yourself|strong="H6617" shrewd. 
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\verseNumber{28}You|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5869" save|strong="H3467" the|strong="H0853" afflicted|strong="H6041" people|strong="H5971", 
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but|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" eyes|strong="H5869" are|strong="H5869" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" arrogant, that|strong="H5869" you|strong="H5921" may|strong="H5869" bring|strong="H8213" them|strong="H0853" down|strong="H8213". 
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\verseNumber{29}For|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" lamp|strong="H5216", LORD|strong="H3068". 
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The|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" light|strong="H5050" up my|strong="H3068" darkness|strong="H2822". 
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\verseNumber{30}For|strong="H3588" by|strong="H7323" you|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3588" run|strong="H7323" against a|strong="H3588" troop|strong="H1416". 
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By|strong="H7323" my|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", I|strong="H3588" leap|strong="H1801" over a|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H7791". 
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\verseNumber{31}As|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0410", his|strong="H3605" way|strong="H1870" is|strong="H3068" perfect|strong="H8549". 
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The|strong="H3605" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H0565" is|strong="H3068" tested|strong="H6884". 
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He|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" shield|strong="H4043" to|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" take|strong="H2620" refuge|strong="H2620" in|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{32}For|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430", besides|strong="H1107" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068"? 
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Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" rock|strong="H6697", besides|strong="H1107" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430"? 
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\verseNumber{33}God|strong="H0410" is|strong="H1870" my|strong="H1870" strong|strong="H2428" fortress|strong="H4581". 
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He|strong="H0410" makes my|strong="H1870" way|strong="H1870" perfect|strong="H8549". 
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\verseNumber{34}He|strong="H5921" makes his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272" like|strong="H7272" hinds’|strong="H0355" feet|strong="H7272", 
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and|strong="H5975" sets|strong="H5975" me|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116". 
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\verseNumber{35}He|strong="H3027" teaches|strong="H3925" my|strong="H3027" hands|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" war|strong="H4421", 
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so|strong="H3027" that|strong="H3027" my|strong="H3027" arms|strong="H2220" bend|strong="H5181" a|strong="H5181" bow|strong="H7198" of|strong="H3027" bronze|strong="H5154". 
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\verseNumber{36}You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" also given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" shield|strong="H4043" of|strong="H4043" your|strong="H5414" salvation|strong="H3468". 
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Your|strong="H5414" gentleness has|strong="H5414" made|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" great. 
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\verseNumber{37}You|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" enlarged|strong="H7337" my|strong="H8478" steps|strong="H6806" under|strong="H8478" me|strong="H3808". 
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My|strong="H8478" feet|strong="H7166" have|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" slipped|strong="H4571". 
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\verseNumber{38}I|strong="H5704" have|strong="H3808" pursued|strong="H7291" my|strong="H7725" enemies|strong="H0341" and|strong="H7725" destroyed|strong="H8045" them|strong="H7725". 
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I|strong="H5704" didn’t|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" until|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H7291" consumed|strong="H3615". 
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\verseNumber{39}I|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" consumed|strong="H0398" them|strong="H0398", 
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and|strong="H6965" struck|strong="H5307" them|strong="H0398" through|strong="H4272", 
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so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" can’t|strong="H3808" arise|strong="H6965". 
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Yes, they|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" fallen|strong="H5307" under|strong="H8478" my|strong="H6965" feet|strong="H7272". 
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\verseNumber{40}For|strong="H8478" you|strong="H6965" have armed|strong="H4421" me|strong="H3766" with|strong="H4421" strength|strong="H2428" for|strong="H8478" the|strong="H8478" battle|strong="H4421". 
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You|strong="H6965" have subdued|strong="H3766" under|strong="H8478" me|strong="H3766" those who|strong="H4421" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" against|strong="H4421" me|strong="H3766". 
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\verseNumber{41}You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" also made|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" enemies|strong="H0341" turn|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5414" backs|strong="H6203" to|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414", 
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that|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" might cut|strong="H6789" off|strong="H5414" those|strong="H8130" who|strong="H8130" hate|strong="H8130" me|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{42}They|strong="H3808" looked|strong="H8159", but|strong="H3808" there|strong="H0369" was|strong="H0369" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0413" save|strong="H3467"; 
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even|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3068" didn’t|strong="H3808" answer|strong="H6030" them|strong="H0413". 
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\verseNumber{43}Then I|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". 
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I|strong="H0776" crushed|strong="H1854" them|strong="H7833" as|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" mire|strong="H2916" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0776" streets|strong="H2351", and|strong="H0776" spread|strong="H7554" them|strong="H7833" abroad|strong="H2351". 
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\verseNumber{44}You|strong="H3045" also|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" delivered|strong="H6403" me|strong="H8104" from|strong="H1471" the|strong="H5647" strivings of|strong="H7218" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971". 
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You|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" kept|strong="H8104" me|strong="H8104" to|strong="H8104" be|strong="H3808" the|strong="H5647" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H5647" nations|strong="H1471". 
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A|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" whom I|strong="H3045" have|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" known|strong="H3045" will|strong="H1471" serve|strong="H5647" me|strong="H8104". 
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\verseNumber{45}The|strong="H8085" foreigners|strong="H5236" will|strong="H1121" submit|strong="H3584" themselves|strong="H8085" to|strong="H8085" me|strong="H1121". 
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As|strong="H1121" soon as|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8085" hear|strong="H8085" of|strong="H1121" me|strong="H1121", they|strong="H8085" will|strong="H1121" obey|strong="H8085" me|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{46}The|strong="H1121" foreigners|strong="H5236" will|strong="H1121" fade away|strong="H5034", 
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and|strong="H1121" will|strong="H1121" come|strong="H2296" trembling|strong="H2296" out of|strong="H1121" their close places. 
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\verseNumber{47}The|strong="H3068" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416"! 
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Blessed|strong="H1288" be|strong="H1288" my|strong="H3068" rock|strong="H6697"! 
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Exalted|strong="H7311" be|strong="H1288" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H3068" rock|strong="H6697" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H3068" salvation|strong="H3468", 
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\verseNumber{48}even the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0410" who|strong="H0410" executes|strong="H5414" vengeance|strong="H5360" for|strong="H8478" me|strong="H5414", 
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who|strong="H0410" brings|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" peoples|strong="H5971" under|strong="H8478" me|strong="H5414", 
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\verseNumber{49}who|strong="H0376" brings|strong="H3318" me|strong="H7311" away|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" my|strong="H3318" enemies|strong="H0341". 
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Yes, you|strong="H6965" lift|strong="H7311" me|strong="H7311" up|strong="H6965" above those|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" rise|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" against|strong="H0376" me|strong="H7311". 
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You|strong="H6965" deliver|strong="H5337" me|strong="H7311" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H3318" violent|strong="H2555" man|strong="H0376". 
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\verseNumber{50}Therefore|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H3034" thanks|strong="H3034" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921", LORD|strong="H3068", among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" nations|strong="H1471", 
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and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" sing|strong="H2167" praises|strong="H2167" to|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{51}He|strong="H5704" gives|strong="H3444" great deliverance|strong="H3444" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H1732" king|strong="H4428", 
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and|strong="H4428" shows loving kindness|strong="H2617" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H1732" anointed|strong="H4899", 
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to|strong="H5704" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5704" his|strong="H1732" offspring|strong="H2233", forever|strong="H5769" more|strong="H5769".” 
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\chapterNumber{23}Now these|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0428" the|strong="H5002" last|strong="H0314" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732". 
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David|strong="H1732" the|strong="H5002" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jesse|strong="H3448" says|strong="H5002", 
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the|strong="H5002" man|strong="H1397" who|strong="H1121" was|strong="H3478" raised|strong="H6965" on|strong="H0430" high|strong="H5920" says|strong="H5002", 
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the|strong="H5002" anointed|strong="H4899" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5002" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1121" Jacob|strong="H3290", 
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the|strong="H5002" sweet psalmist|strong="H2158" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478": 
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\verseNumber{2}“The|strong="H5921" LORD’s|strong="H3068" Spirit|strong="H7307" spoke|strong="H1696" by|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
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His|strong="H5921" word|strong="H1696" was|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" tongue|strong="H3956". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", 
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the|strong="H0559" Rock|strong="H6697" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478" spoke|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H1696", 
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‘One|strong="H0120" who|strong="H3478" rules|strong="H4910" over|strong="H4910" men|strong="H0120" righteously|strong="H6662", 
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who|strong="H3478" rules|strong="H4910" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" fear|strong="H3374" of|strong="H0430" God|strong="H0430", 
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\verseNumber{4}shall|strong="H0776" be|strong="H3808" 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" rises|strong="H2224", 
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a|strong="H0776" morning|strong="H1242" without|strong="H3808" clouds|strong="H5645", 
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when|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3808" tender|strong="H1877" grass|strong="H1877" springs out of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3808" earth|strong="H0776", 
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through|strong="H0776" clear shining|strong="H0216" after|strong="H0776" rain|strong="H4306".’ 
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\verseNumber{5}Isn’t|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" so|strong="H3651" with|strong="H5973" God|strong="H0410"? 
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Yet|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" has|strong="H0410" made|strong="H7760" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" everlasting|strong="H5769" covenant|strong="H1285", 
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ordered in|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605", and|strong="H1004" sure, 
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for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H7760" is|strong="H3651" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" salvation|strong="H3468" and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" my|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H2656". 
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Won’t|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3588" make|strong="H7760" it|strong="H7760" grow|strong="H6779"? 
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\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ungodly will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3588" thorns|strong="H6975" to|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3808" thrust|strong="H5074" away|strong="H3947", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" can’t|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3947" with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H4390" man|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" touches|strong="H5060" them|strong="H1270" must be|strong="H0376" armed|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" iron|strong="H1270" and|strong="H0376" the|strong="H4390" staff of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0376" spear|strong="H2595". 
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They|strong="H0376" will|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0376" utterly burned|strong="H8313" with|strong="H4390" fire|strong="H0784" in|strong="H0376" their|strong="H8313" place|strong="H7675".” 
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\verseNumber{8}These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0834" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" whom|strong="H0834" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H0834": Josheb Basshebeth a|strong="H0834" Tahchemonite|strong="H8461", chief|strong="H7218" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0834" captains|strong="H7218"; he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H8034" Adino|strong="H5722" the|strong="H0834" Eznite|strong="H6112", who|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2491" eight|strong="H8083" hundred|strong="H3967" at|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" time|strong="H6471". 
\verseNumber{9}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" was|strong="H3478" Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodai the|strong="H0310" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" an|strong="H8033" Ahohite|strong="H0266", one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0310" three|strong="H7969" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376" with|strong="H5973" David|strong="H1732" when|strong="H1121" they|strong="H8033" defied the|strong="H0310" Philistines|strong="H6430" who|strong="H0376" were|strong="H3478" there|strong="H8033" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" to|strong="H3478" battle|strong="H4421", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0310" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3478" gone|strong="H5927" away|strong="H0622". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H1931" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3588" Philistines|strong="H6430" until|strong="H5704" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3068" weary|strong="H3021", and|strong="H6965" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" froze to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" sword|strong="H2719"; and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" LORD|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H5704" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117"; and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0413" only|strong="H0389" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H7725" plunder. 
\verseNumber{11}After|strong="H0310" him|strong="H0310" was|strong="H1961" Shammah the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Agee|strong="H0089" a|strong="H1961" Hararite|strong="H2043". The|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430" had|strong="H1961" gathered|strong="H0622" together|strong="H0622" into|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" troop where|strong="H8033" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" plot|strong="H2513" of|strong="H1121" ground|strong="H7704" full|strong="H4395" of|strong="H1121" lentils|strong="H5742"; and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" people|strong="H5971" fled|strong="H5127" from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Philistines|strong="H6430". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H5221" he|strong="H6213" stood|strong="H3320" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" plot|strong="H2513" and|strong="H3068" defended|strong="H5337" it|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" Philistines|strong="H6430"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" worked|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5221" great|strong="H1419" victory|strong="H8668". 
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\verseNumber{13}Three|strong="H7970" of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0413" thirty|strong="H7970" chief|strong="H7218" men|strong="H7218" 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" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" cave|strong="H4631" of|strong="H7218" Adullam|strong="H5725"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" troop of|strong="H7218" the|strong="H0413" Philistines|strong="H6430" was|strong="H1732" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H7218" Rephaim|strong="H7497". 
\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" then|strong="H0227" in|strong="H1035" the|strong="H0227" stronghold; and|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0227" garrison|strong="H4673" of|strong="H1732" the|strong="H0227" Philistines|strong="H6430" was|strong="H1732" then|strong="H0227" in|strong="H1035" Bethlehem|strong="H1035". 
\verseNumber{15}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" longingly, “Oh|strong="H4310" that|strong="H0834" someone|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" give|strong="H8248" me|strong="H8248" water|strong="H4325" to|strong="H0559" drink|strong="H8248" from|strong="H4325" the|strong="H0559" well|strong="H0877" of|strong="H8179" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" by|strong="H4325" the|strong="H0559" gate|strong="H8179"!” 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0853" three|strong="H7969" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" broke|strong="H1234" through|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" army|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" well|strong="H0877" of|strong="H3068" Bethlehem|strong="H1035" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" gate|strong="H8179" and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H5375" it|strong="H5375" 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" of|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5375", but|strong="H3808" poured it|strong="H5375" out|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{17}He|strong="H6213" said|strong="H0559", “Be|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6213" far|strong="H2486" from|strong="H0376" me|strong="H5315", LORD|strong="H3068", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5315" should|strong="H0376" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063"! Isn’t|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2063" the|strong="H0559" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0559" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" risked their|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H5315" to|strong="H0559" go|strong="H1980"?” Therefore|strong="H3068" he|strong="H6213" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" it|strong="H6213". The|strong="H0559" three|strong="H7969" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H0376" did|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428". 
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\verseNumber{18}Abishai|strong="H0052", the|strong="H0853" brother|strong="H0251" of|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", was|strong="H8034" chief|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" three|strong="H7969". He|strong="H1931" lifted|strong="H5782" up|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" spear|strong="H2595" against|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2491" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H0853" a|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" three|strong="H7969". 
\verseNumber{19}Wasn’t he|strong="H3588" most|strong="H4480" honorable|strong="H3513" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969"? Therefore|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" made|strong="H3513" their|strong="H3588" captain|strong="H8269". However he|strong="H3588" wasn’t included|strong="H1961" as|strong="H5704" one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H3588" three|strong="H7969". 
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\verseNumber{20}Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5221" valiant man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H1121" Kabzeel|strong="H6909", who|strong="H0376" had|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6467" mighty deeds|strong="H6467", killed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ariel|strong="H0739" of|strong="H1121" Moab|strong="H4124". He|strong="H1931" also|strong="H0853" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H5221" a|strong="H5221" lion|strong="H0738" in|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H1121" a|strong="H5221" pit|strong="H0953" in|strong="H8432" a|strong="H5221" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" snow|strong="H7950". 
\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H0834" killed|strong="H2026" a|strong="H0834" huge Egyptian|strong="H4713", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Egyptian|strong="H4713" had|strong="H0834" 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" staff|strong="H7626" and|strong="H3027" plucked the|strong="H0853" spear|strong="H2595" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" Egyptian’s|strong="H4713" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" him|strong="H0413" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" own|strong="H0376" spear|strong="H2595". 
\verseNumber{22}Benaiah|strong="H1141" the|strong="H1141" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiada|strong="H3077" did|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H0428", and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" a|strong="H1141" name|strong="H8034" among|strong="H1368" the|strong="H1141" three|strong="H7969" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{23}He|strong="H1732" was|strong="H1732" more|strong="H4480" honorable|strong="H3513" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0413" thirty|strong="H7970", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1732" didn’t|strong="H3808" attain|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" three|strong="H7969". David|strong="H1732" set|strong="H7760" him|strong="H0413" over|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7760" guard|strong="H4928". 
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\verseNumber{24}Asahel|strong="H6214" 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": Elhanan|strong="H0445" the|strong="H3097" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Dodo|strong="H1734" of|strong="H1121" Bethlehem|strong="H1035", 
\verseNumber{25}Shammah|strong="H8048" the|strong="H8048" Harodite|strong="H2733", Elika|strong="H0470" the|strong="H8048" Harodite|strong="H2733", 
\verseNumber{26}Helez|strong="H2503" the|strong="H1121" Paltite|strong="H6407", Ira|strong="H5896" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ikkesh|strong="H6142" the|strong="H1121" Tekoite|strong="H8621", 
\verseNumber{27}Abiezer|strong="H0044" the|strong="H0044" Anathothite|strong="H6069", Mebunnai|strong="H4012" the|strong="H0044" Hushathite|strong="H2843", 
\verseNumber{28}Zalmon|strong="H6756" the|strong="H4121" Ahohite|strong="H0266", Maharai|strong="H4121" the|strong="H4121" Netophathite|strong="H5200", 
\verseNumber{29}Heleb|strong="H2460" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Baanah|strong="H1196" the|strong="H1121" Netophathite|strong="H5200", Ittai|strong="H0863" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ribai|strong="H7380" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144", 
\verseNumber{30}Benaiah|strong="H1141" a|strong="H1141" Pirathonite|strong="H6553", Hiddai|strong="H1914" of the|strong="H1141" brooks of Gaash|strong="H1608". 
\verseNumber{31}Abialbon the|strong="H0045" Arbathite|strong="H6164", Azmaveth|strong="H5820" the|strong="H0045" Barhumite, 
\verseNumber{32}Eliahba|strong="H0455" the|strong="H3083" Shaalbonite|strong="H8170", the|strong="H3083" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jashen|strong="H3464", Jonathan|strong="H3083", 
\verseNumber{33}Shammah|strong="H8048" the|strong="H1121" Hararite|strong="H2043", Ahiam|strong="H0279" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Sharar|strong="H8325" the|strong="H1121" Ararite|strong="H2043", 
\verseNumber{34}Eliphelet|strong="H0467" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahasbai|strong="H0308", the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" Maacathite|strong="H4602", Eliam|strong="H0463" the|strong="H1121" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Ahithophel|strong="H0302" the|strong="H1121" Gilonite|strong="H1526", 
\verseNumber{35}Hezro|strong="H2695" the|strong="H2695" Carmelite|strong="H3761", Paarai|strong="H6474" the|strong="H2695" Arbite|strong="H0701", 
\verseNumber{36}Igal|strong="H3008" the|strong="H5416" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nathan|strong="H5416" of|strong="H1121" Zobah|strong="H6678", Bani|strong="H1137" the|strong="H5416" Gadite|strong="H1425", 
\verseNumber{37}Zelek|strong="H6768" the|strong="H5375" Ammonite|strong="H5984", Naharai|strong="H5171" the|strong="H5375" Beerothite|strong="H0886", armor|strong="H3627" bearers|strong="H5375" to|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H5375" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zeruiah|strong="H6870", 
\verseNumber{38}Ira|strong="H5896" the|strong="H5896" Ithrite|strong="H3505", Gareb|strong="H1619" the|strong="H5896" Ithrite|strong="H3505", 
\verseNumber{39}and|strong="H3605" Uriah|strong="H0223" the|strong="H3605" Hittite|strong="H2850": thirty-seven in|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605". 
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\chapterNumber{24}Again|strong="H3254" the|strong="H0853" LORD’s|strong="H3068" anger|strong="H0639" burned|strong="H2734" against|strong="H2734" Israel|strong="H3478", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3068" moved|strong="H5496" David|strong="H1732" against|strong="H2734" them|strong="H0853", saying|strong="H0559", “Go, count|strong="H4487" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063".” 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Joab|strong="H3097" the|strong="H3605" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2428", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H0413", “Now|strong="H4994" go|strong="H4994" back|strong="H3045" and|strong="H3478" forth|strong="H3045" through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", from|strong="H3478" Dan|strong="H1835" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" Beersheba|strong="H0884", and|strong="H3478" count|strong="H4557" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" may|strong="H4994" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" sum of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Joab|strong="H3097" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", “Now|strong="H6471" may|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" add|strong="H3254" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", however many|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" may|strong="H0430" be|strong="H1697", one|strong="H2088" hundred|strong="H3967" times|strong="H6471"; and|strong="H3068" may|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" eyes|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H7200". But|strong="H7200" why|strong="H4100" does|strong="H4100" my|strong="H3068" lord|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H1697"?” 
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\verseNumber{4}Notwithstanding, the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" word|strong="H1697" prevailed|strong="H2388" against|strong="H5921" Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3478" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428". Joab|strong="H3097" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428" 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" count the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{5}They|strong="H0834" passed|strong="H5674" over|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Jordan|strong="H3383" and|strong="H0853" encamped|strong="H2583" in|strong="H0413" Aroer|strong="H6177", on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" right|strong="H3225" side|strong="H3225" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H8432" the|strong="H0853" valley|strong="H5158" of|strong="H8432" Gad|strong="H1410", and|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0413" Jazer|strong="H3270"; 
\verseNumber{6}then|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Gilead|strong="H1568" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Tahtim Hodshi; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Dan Jaan and|strong="H0935" around|strong="H5439" to|strong="H0413" Sidon|strong="H6721", 
\verseNumber{7}and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" stronghold of|strong="H3605" Tyre|strong="H6865", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Hivites|strong="H2340" and|strong="H0935" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Canaanites|strong="H3669"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0935" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" south|strong="H5045" of|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063", at|strong="H0413" Beersheba|strong="H0884". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H0935" gone|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" forth through|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", they|strong="H3117" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H7097" of|strong="H0776" nine|strong="H8672" months|strong="H2320" and|strong="H0935" twenty|strong="H6242" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{9}Joab|strong="H3097" gave|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" sum of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" counting|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" in|strong="H0413" Israel|strong="H3478" eight|strong="H8083" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0376" drew|strong="H8025" the|strong="H0853" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" were|strong="H1961" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376". 
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\verseNumber{10}David’s|strong="H1732" heart|strong="H3820" struck|strong="H5221" him|strong="H0413" after|strong="H0310" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" counted|strong="H5608" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971". David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", “I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" sinned|strong="H2398" greatly|strong="H3966" in|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213". But|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258", the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", put away|strong="H0310", I|strong="H0834" beg|strong="H4994" you|strong="H0834", the|strong="H0853" iniquity|strong="H5771" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" servant|strong="H5650"; for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" very|strong="H3966" foolishly|strong="H5528".” 
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\verseNumber{11}When|strong="H1961" David|strong="H1732" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" morning|strong="H1242", the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" Gad|strong="H1410", David’s|strong="H1732" seer|strong="H2374", saying|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{12}“Go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" speak|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", ‘The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H0595" offer|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" things|strong="H7969". Choose|strong="H0977" one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H3068" them|strong="H0413", that|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" may|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H5921".”’” 
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\verseNumber{13}So|strong="H7971" Gad|strong="H1410" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732", and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H0413", saying|strong="H0559", “Shall|strong="H0776" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141" of|strong="H0776" famine|strong="H7458" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H0518" in|strong="H8141" your|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776"? Or|strong="H0518" will|strong="H1961" you|strong="H0518" flee|strong="H5127" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" before|strong="H6440" your|strong="H7200" foes while|strong="H1961" they|strong="H0518" pursue|strong="H7291" you|strong="H0518"? Or|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0776" there|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" days’|strong="H3117" pestilence|strong="H1698" in|strong="H8141" your|strong="H7200" land|strong="H0776"? Now|strong="H6258" answer|strong="H7725", and|strong="H0935" consider|strong="H7200" what|strong="H4100" answer|strong="H7725" I|strong="H0518" shall|strong="H0776" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" who|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{14}David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gad|strong="H1410", “I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" in|strong="H0413" distress|strong="H6862". Let|strong="H4994" us|strong="H4994" fall|strong="H5307" now|strong="H4994" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027", for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3068" mercies|strong="H7356" are|strong="H3027" great|strong="H3966". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H0413" not|strong="H0408" fall|strong="H5307" into|strong="H0413" man’s|strong="H0120" hand|strong="H3027".” 
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\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" pestilence|strong="H1698" on|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" morning|strong="H1242" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" appointed|strong="H4150" time|strong="H6256"; and|strong="H3068" seventy|strong="H7657" thousand|strong="H0505" men|strong="H0376" died|strong="H4191" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" Dan|strong="H1835" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Beersheba|strong="H0884". 
\verseNumber{16}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" stretched|strong="H7971" out|strong="H7971" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" toward|strong="H0413" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H7843" it|strong="H1961", the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" relented|strong="H5162" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" disaster|strong="H7451", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" angel|strong="H4397" who|strong="H3068" destroyed|strong="H7843" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", “It|strong="H1961" is|strong="H3068" enough|strong="H7227". Now|strong="H6258" withdraw your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".” The|strong="H0559" LORD’s|strong="H3068" angel|strong="H4397" was|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637" of|strong="H3068" Araunah|strong="H0728" the|strong="H0559" Jebusite|strong="H2983". 
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\verseNumber{17}David|strong="H1732" spoke|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" who|strong="H3068" struck|strong="H5221" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H1961" sinned|strong="H2398", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0595" have|strong="H1961" done|strong="H6213" perversely; but|strong="H1961" these|strong="H0428" sheep|strong="H6629", what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213"? Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" be|strong="H1961" against|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004".” 
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\verseNumber{18}Gad|strong="H1410" came|strong="H0935" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" David|strong="H1732" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H0935" up|strong="H5927", build|strong="H6965" an|strong="H0935" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637" of|strong="H3068" Araunah|strong="H0728" the|strong="H0559" Jebusite|strong="H2983".” 
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\verseNumber{19}David|strong="H1732" went|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" according to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" saying|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" Gad|strong="H1410", as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680". 
\verseNumber{20}Araunah|strong="H0728" looked|strong="H7200" out|strong="H3318", and|strong="H0776" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0776" his|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" coming|strong="H3318" on|strong="H5921" toward|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3318" Araunah|strong="H0728" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H0776" bowed|strong="H7812" himself|strong="H7812" before|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" face|strong="H0639" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" ground|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{21}Araunah|strong="H0728" said|strong="H0559", “Why|strong="H4069" has|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"?” 
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David|strong="H1732" said|strong="H0559", “To|strong="H0413" buy|strong="H7069" your|strong="H3068" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637", to|strong="H0413" 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" may|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" stopped|strong="H6113" from|strong="H0935" afflicting the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971".” 
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\verseNumber{22}Araunah|strong="H0728" 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" up|strong="H5927" what|strong="H2896" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". Behold|strong="H7200", the|strong="H0559" cattle|strong="H1241" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H5927", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" threshing|strong="H4173" sledges|strong="H4173" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" yokes|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" oxen|strong="H1241" for|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" wood|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{23}All|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3068", O|strong="H3068" king|strong="H4428", does|strong="H3068" Araunah|strong="H0728" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428".” Araunah|strong="H0728" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", “May|strong="H0430" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" accept|strong="H7521" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Araunah|strong="H0728", “No|strong="H3808", but|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" most|strong="H4428" certainly|strong="H3588" buy|strong="H7069" it|strong="H3588" from|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" price|strong="H3701". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" offer|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" which|strong="H2600" cost|strong="H4242" me|strong="H0413" nothing|strong="H3808".” So|strong="H3808" David|strong="H1732" bought|strong="H7069" the|strong="H0853" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" oxen|strong="H1241" for|strong="H3588" fifty|strong="H2572" shekels|strong="H8255"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{24:24  }A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 50 shekels is about 0.5 kilograms or 1.1 pounds.} of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701". 
\verseNumber{25}David|strong="H1732" built|strong="H1129" an|strong="H1129" altar|strong="H4196" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" there|strong="H8033", and|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H5927" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H3068" peace|strong="H8002" offerings|strong="H8002". So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" entreated|strong="H6279" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" plague|strong="H4046" was|strong="H3068" removed from|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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