1:1 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Achish[0397], But what have I done[06213][8804]? and what hast thou found[04672][8804] in thy servant[05650] so long as[03117] I have been with thee[06440] unto this day[03117], that I may not go[0935][8799] fight[03898][8738] against the enemies[0341][8802] of my lord[0113] the king[04428]? with...: Heb. before thee
1:2 And Achish[0397] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799] to David[01732], I know[03045][8804] that thou art good[02896] in my sight[05869], as an angel[04397] of God[0430]: notwithstanding the princes[08269] of the Philistines[06430] have said[0559][8804], He shall not go up[05927][8799] with us to the battle[04421].
1:3 Wherefore now rise up early[07925][8685] in the morning[01242] with thy master's[0113] servants[05650] that are come[0935][8804] with thee: and as soon as ye be up early[07925][8689] in the morning[01242], and have light[0215][8804], depart[03212][8798].
1:4 So David[01732] and his men[0582] rose up early[07925][8686] to depart[03212][8800] in the morning[01242], to return[07725][8800] into the land[0776] of the Philistines[06430]. And the Philistines[06430] went up[05927][8804] to Jezreel[03157].
1:5 And it came to pass, when David[01732] and his men[0582] were come[0935][8800] to Ziklag[06860] on the third[07992] day[03117], that the Amalekites[06003] had invaded[06584][8804] the south[05045], and Ziklag[06860], and smitten[05221][8686] Ziklag[06860], and burned[08313][8799] it with fire[0784];
1:6 And had taken the women[0802] captives[07617][8799], that were therein: they slew[04191][8689] not any[0376], either great[01419] or small[06996], but carried them away[05090][8799], and went[03212][8799] on their way[01870].
1:7 So David[01732] and his men[0582] came[0935][8799] to the city[05892], and, behold, it was burned[08313][8803] with fire[0784]; and their wives[0802], and their sons[01121], and their daughters[01323], were taken captives[07617][8738].
1:8 Then David[01732] and the people[05971] that were with him lifted up[05375][8799] their voice[06963] and wept[01058][8799], until they had no more power[03581] to weep[01058][8800].
1:9 And David's[01732] two[08147] wives[0802] were taken captives[07617][8738], Ahinoam[0293] the Jezreelitess[03159], and Abigail[026] the wife[0802] of Nabal[05037] the Carmelite[03761].
1:10 And David[01732] was greatly[03966] distressed[03334][8799]; for the people[05971] spake[0559][8804] of stoning[05619][8800] him, because the soul[05315] of all the people[05971] was grieved[04843][8804], every man[0376] for his sons[01121] and for his daughters[01323]: but David[01732] encouraged[02388][8691] himself in the LORD[03068] his God[0430]. grieved: Heb. bitter
1:11 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Abiathar[054] the priest[03548], Ahimelech's[0288] son[01121], I pray thee, bring me hither[05066][8685] the ephod[0646]. And Abiathar[054] brought[05066][8686] thither the ephod[0646] to David[01732].
1:12 And David[01732] enquired[07592][8799] at the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], Shall I pursue[07291][8799] after[0310] this troop[01416]? shall I overtake[05381][8686] them? And he answered[0559][8799] him, Pursue[07291][8798]: for thou shalt surely[05381][8687] overtake[05381][8686] them , and without fail[05337][8687] recover[05337][8686] all .
1:13 So David[01732] went[03212][8799], he and the six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376] that were with him, and came[0935][8799] to the brook[05158] Besor[01308], where those that were left behind[03498][8737] stayed[05975][8804].
1:14 But David[01732] pursued[07291][8799], he and four[0702] hundred[03967] men[0376]: for two hundred[03967] abode behind[05975][8799], which were so faint[06296][8765] that they could not go over[05674][8800] the brook[05158] Besor[01308].
1:15 And they found[04672][8799] an Egyptian[0376][04713] in the field[07704], and brought[03947][8799] him to David[01732], and gave[05414][8799] him bread[03899], and he did eat[0398][8799]; and they made him drink[08248][8686] water[04325];
1:16 And they gave[05414][8799] him a piece[06400] of a cake[01690] of figs, and two[08147] clusters of raisins[06778]: and when he had eaten[0398][8799], his spirit[07307] came again[07725][8799] to him: for he had eaten[0398][8804] no bread[03899], nor drunk[08354][8804] any water[04325], three[07969] days[03117] and three[07969] nights[03915].
1:17 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said[0559][8799], I am a young man[05288] of Egypt[04713], servant[05650] to an Amalekite[0376][06003]; and my master[0113] left[05800][8799] me, because three[07969] days[03117] agone I fell sick[02470][8804].
1:18 We made an invasion[06584][8804] upon the south[05045] of the Cherethites[03774], and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah[03063], and upon the south[05045] of Caleb[03612]; and we burned[08313][8804] Ziklag[06860] with fire[0784].
1:19 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to him, Canst thou bring me down[03381][8686] to this company[01416]? And he said[0559][8799], Swear[07650][8734] unto me by God[0430], that thou wilt neither kill[04191][8686] me, nor[0518] deliver[05462][8686] me into the hands[03027] of my master[0113], and I will bring thee down[03381][8686] to this company[01416].
1:20 And when he had brought him down[03381][8686], behold, they were spread abroad[05203][8803] upon all[06440] the earth[0776], eating[0398][8802] and drinking[08354][8802], and dancing[02287][8802], because of all the great[01419] spoil[07998] that they had taken[03947][8804] out of the land[0776] of the Philistines[06430], and out of the land[0776] of Judah[03063].
1:21 And David[01732] smote[05221][8686] them from the twilight[05399] even unto the evening[06153] of the next day[04283]: and there escaped[04422][8738] not a man[0376] of them, save four[0702] hundred[03967] young[05288] men[0376], which rode[07392][8804] upon camels[01581], and fled[05127][8799]. the next...: Heb. their morrow
1:22 And David[01732] recovered[05337][8686] all that the Amalekites[06002] had carried away[03947][8804]: and David[01732] rescued[05337][8689] his two[08147] wives[0802].
1:23 And there was nothing lacking[05737][8738] to them, neither[04480] small[06996] nor great[01419], neither sons[01121] nor daughters[01323], neither spoil[07998], nor any thing  that they had taken[03947][8804] to them: David[01732] recovered[07725][8689] all.
1:24 And David[01732] took[03947][8799] all the flocks[06629] and the herds[01241], which they drave[05090][8804] before[06440] those[01931] other cattle[04735], and said[0559][8799], This is David's[01732] spoil[07998].
1:25 And David[01732] came[0935][8799] to the two hundred[03967] men[0582], which were so faint[06296][8765] that they could not follow[03212][8800][0310] David[01732], whom they had made also to abide[03427][8686] at the brook[05158] Besor[01308]: and they went forth[03318][8799] to meet[07125][8800] David[01732], and to meet[07125][8800] the people[05971] that were with him: and when David[01732] came near[05066][8799] to the people[05971], he saluted[07592][8799][07965] them. saluted...: or, asked them how they did
1:26 Then answered[06030][8799] all the wicked[07451] men[0376] and men of Belial[01100], of those[0582] that went[01980][8804] with David[01732], and said[0559][8799], Because they went[01980][8804] not with us, we will not give[05414][8799] them ought of the spoil[07998] that we have recovered[05337][8689], save to every man[0376] his wife[0802] and his children[01121], that they may lead them away[05090][8799], and depart[03212][8799]. those: Heb. men
1:27 Then said[0559][8799] David[01732], Ye shall not do so[06213][8799], my brethren[0251], with that which the LORD[03068] hath given[05414][8804] us, who hath preserved[08104][8799] us, and delivered[05414][8799] the company[01416] that came[0935][8802] against us into our hand[03027].
2:1 For who will hearken[08085][8799] unto you in this matter[01697]? but as his part[02506] is that goeth down[03381][8802][8675][03381][8717] to the battle[04421], so shall  his part[02506] be that tarrieth[03427][8802] by the stuff[03627]: they shall part[02505][8799] alike[03162].
2:2 And it was so from that day[03117] forward[04605], that he made[07760][8799] it a statute[02706] and an ordinance[04941] for Israel[03478] unto this day[03117]. forward: Heb. and forward
2:3 And when David[01732] came[0935][8799] to Ziklag[06860], he sent[07971][8762] of the spoil[07998] unto the elders[02205] of Judah[03063], even to his friends[07453], saying[0559][8800], Behold a present[01293] for you of the spoil[07998] of the enemies[0341][8802] of the LORD[03068]; present: Heb. blessing
2:4 To them[0834] which were in Bethel[01008], and to them which were in south[05045] Ramoth[07418], and to them which were in Jattir[03492],
2:5 And to them which were in Aroer[06177], and to them which were in Siphmoth[08224], and to them which were in Eshtemoa[0851],
2:6 And to them which were in Rachal[07403], and to them which were in the cities[05892] of the Jerahmeelites[03397], and to them which were in the cities[05892] of the Kenites[07017],
2:7 And to them which were in Hormah[02767], and to them which were in Chorashan[03565], and to them which were in Athach[06269],
2:8 And to them which were in Hebron[02275], and to all the places[04725] where David[01732] himself and his men[0582] were wont to haunt[01980][8694].
2:9 Now the Philistines[06430] fought[03898][8737] against Israel[03478]: and the men[0582] of Israel[03478] fled[05127][8799] from before[06440] the Philistines[06430], and fell down[05307][8799] slain[02491] in mount[02022] Gilboa[01533]. slain: or, wounded
2:10 And the Philistines[06430] followed hard[01692][8686] upon Saul[07586] and upon his sons[01121]; and the Philistines[06430] slew[05221][8686] Jonathan[03083], and Abinadab[041], and Malchishua[04444], Saul's[07586] sons[01121].
2:11 And the battle[04421] went sore[03513][8799] against Saul[07586], and the archers[03384][8688][0582][07198] hit[04672][8799] him; and he was sore[03966] wounded[02342][8799] of the archers[03384][8688][0582][07198]. and the archers: Heb. and the shooters, men with bows hit...: Heb. found him
2:12 Then said[0559][8799] Saul[07586] unto his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627], Draw[08025][8798] thy sword[02719], and thrust me through[01856][8798] therewith; lest these uncircumcised[06189] come[0935][8799] and thrust me through[01856][8804], and abuse[05953][8694] me. But his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627] would[014][8804] not; for he was sore[03966] afraid[03372][8804]. Therefore Saul[07586] took[03947][8799] a sword[02719], and fell[05307][8799] upon it. abuse...: or, mock me
2:13 And when his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627] saw[07200][8799] that Saul[07586] was dead[04191][8804], he fell[05307][8799] likewise upon his sword[02719], and died[04191][8799] with him.
2:14 So Saul[07586] died[04191][8799], and his three[07969] sons[01121], and his armourbearer[05375][8802][03627], and all his men[0582], that same day[03117] together[03162].
2:15 And when the men[0582] of Israel[03478] that were on the other side[05676] of the valley[06010], and they that were on the other side[05676] Jordan[03383], saw[07200][8799] that the men[0582] of Israel[03478] fled[05127][8804], and that Saul[07586] and his sons[01121] were dead[04191][8804], they forsook[05800][8799] the cities[05892], and fled[05127][8799]; and the Philistines[06430] came[0935][8799] and dwelt[03427][8799] in them.
2:16 And it came to pass on the morrow[04283], when the Philistines[06430] came[0935][8799] to strip[06584][8763] the slain[02491], that they found[04672][8799] Saul[07586] and his three[07969] sons[01121] fallen[05307][8802] in mount[02022] Gilboa[01533].
2:17 And they cut off[03772][8799] his head[07218], and stripped off[06584][8686] his armour[03627], and sent[07971][8762] into the land[0776] of the Philistines[06430] round about[05439], to publish[01319][8763] it in  the house[01004] of their idols[06091], and among the people[05971].
2:18 And they put[07760][8799] his armour[03627] in the house[01004] of Ashtaroth[06252][8677][01045]: and they fastened[08628][8804] his body[01472] to the wall[02346] of Bethshan[01052].
2:19 And when the inhabitants[03427][8802] of Jabeshgilead[03003][01568] heard[08085][8799] of that which the Philistines[06430] had done[06213][8804] to Saul[07586]; of that: or, concerning him that
2:20 All the valiant[02428] men[0376][8677][0381] arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] all night[03915], and took[03947][8799] the body[01472] of Saul[07586] and the bodies[01472] of his sons[01121] from the wall[02346] of Bethshan[01052], and came[0935][8799] to Jabesh[03003], and burnt[08313][8799] them there.
2:21 And they took[03947][8799] their bones[06106], and buried[06912][8799] them under a tree[0815] at Jabesh[03003], and fasted[06684][8799] seven[07651] days[03117].
2:22 Now it came to pass after[0310] the death[04194] of Saul[07586], when David[01732] was returned[07725][8804] from the slaughter[05221][8687] of the Amalekites[06002], and David[01732] had abode[03427][8799] two[08147] days[03117] in Ziklag[06860];
2:23 It came even to pass on the third[07992] day[03117], that, behold, a man[0376] came[0935][8802] out of the camp[04264] from Saul[07586] with his clothes[0899] rent[07167][8803], and earth[0127] upon his head[07218]: and  so it was, when he came[0935][8800] to David[01732], that he fell[05307][8799] to the earth[0776], and did obeisance[07812][8691].
2:24 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto him, From whence comest[0935][8799] thou? And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Out of the camp[04264] of Israel[03478] am I escaped[04422][8738].
2:25 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto him, How[04100] went the matter[01697]? I pray thee, tell[05046][8685] me. And he answered[0559][8799], That the people[05971] are fled[05127][8804] from the battle[04421], and many[07235][8687] of the people[05971] also are fallen[05307][8804] and dead[04191][8799]; and Saul[07586] and Jonathan[03083] his son[01121] are dead[04191][8804] also. How...: Heb. What was, etc
2:26 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto the young man[05288] that told[05046][8688] him, How knowest[03045][8804] thou that Saul[07586] and Jonathan[03083] his son[01121] be dead[04191][8804]?
2:27 And the young man[05288] that told[05046][8688] him said[0559][8799], As I happened[07136][8738] by chance[07122][8736] upon mount[02022] Gilboa[01533], behold, Saul[07586] leaned[08172][8737] upon his spear[02595]; and, lo, the chariots[07393] and horsemen[01167][06571] followed hard[01692][8689] after him.
2:28 And when he looked[06437][8799] behind[0310] him, he saw[07200][8799] me, and called[07121][8799] unto me. And I answered[0559][8799], Here am I. Here...: Heb. Behold me
2:29 And he said[0559][8799] unto me, Who art thou? And I answered[0559][8799] him, I am an Amalekite[06003].
2:30 He said[0559][8799] unto me again, Stand[05975][8798], I pray thee, upon me, and slay[04191][8786] me: for anguish[07661] is come[0270][8804] upon me, because my life[05315] is  yet whole in me. anguish...: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc
2:31 So I stood[05975][8799] upon him, and slew[04191][8787] him, because I was sure[03045][8804] that he could not live[02421][8799] after[0310] that he was fallen[05307][8800]: and I took[03947][8799] the crown[05145] that was upon his head[07218], and the bracelet[0685] that was on his arm[02220], and have brought[0935][8686] them hither unto my lord[0113].
2:32 Then David[01732] took hold[02388][8686] on his clothes[0899], and rent[07167][8799] them; and likewise all the men[0582] that were with him:
3:1 And they mourned[05594][8799], and wept[01058][8799], and fasted[06684][8799] until even[06153], for Saul[07586], and for Jonathan[03083] his son[01121], and for the people[05971] of the LORD[03068], and for the house[01004] of Israel[03478]; because they were fallen[05307][8804] by the sword[02719].
3:2 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto the young man[05288] that told[05046][8688] him, Whence art thou? And he answered[0559][8799], I am the son[01121] of a stranger[0376][01616], an Amalekite[06003].
3:3 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto him, How wast thou not afraid[03372][8804] to stretch forth[07971][8800] thine hand[03027] to destroy[07843][8763] the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899]?
3:4 And David[01732] called[07121][8799] one[0259] of the young men[05288], and said[0559][8799], Go near[05066][8798], and fall[06293][8798] upon him. And he smote[05221][8686] him that he died[04191][8799].
3:5 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto him, Thy blood[01818] be upon thy head[07218]; for thy mouth[06310] hath testified[06030][8804] against thee, saying[0559][8800], I have slain[04191][8790] the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899].
3:6 And David[01732] lamented[06969][8787] with this lamentation[07015] over Saul[07586] and over Jonathan[03083] his son[01121]:
3:7 (Also he bade[0559][8799] them teach[03925][8763] the children[01121] of Judah[03063] the use of the bow[07198]: behold, it is written[03789][8803] in the book[05612] of Jasher[03477].) of Jasher: or, of the upright
3:8 The beauty[06643] of Israel[03478] is slain[02491] upon thy high places[01116]: how are the mighty[01368] fallen[05307][8804]!
3:9 Tell[05046][8686] it not in Gath[01661], publish[01319][8762] it not in the streets[02351] of Askelon[0831]; lest the daughters[01323] of the Philistines[06430] rejoice[08055][8799], lest the daughters[01323] of the uncircumcised[06189] triumph[05937][8799].
3:10 Ye mountains[02022] of Gilboa[01533], let there be no dew[02919], neither let there be rain[04306], upon you, nor fields[07704] of offerings[08641]: for there the shield[04043] of the mighty[01368] is vilely cast away[01602][8738], the shield[04043] of Saul[07586], as though he had not been anointed[04899] with oil[08081].
3:11 From the blood[01818] of the slain[02491], from the fat[02459] of the mighty[01368], the bow[07198] of Jonathan[03083] turned[07734][8738] not back[0268], and the sword[02719] of Saul[07586] returned[07725][8799] not empty[07387].
3:12 Saul[07586] and Jonathan[03083] were lovely[0157][8737] and pleasant[05273] in their lives[02416], and in their death[04194] they were not divided[06504][8738]: they were swifter[07043][8804] than eagles[05404], they were stronger[01396][8804] than lions[0738]. pleasant: or, sweet
3:13 Ye daughters[01323] of Israel[03478], weep over[01058][8798] Saul[07586], who clothed[03847][8688] you in scarlet[08144], with other delights[05730], who put[05927][8688] on ornaments[05716] of gold[02091] upon your apparel[03830].
3:14 How are the mighty[01368] fallen[05307][8804] in the midst[08432] of the battle[04421]! O Jonathan[03083], thou wast slain[02491] in thine high places[01116].
3:15 I am distressed[06887][8804] for thee, my brother[0251] Jonathan[03083]: very[03966] pleasant[05276][8804] hast thou been unto me: thy love[0160] to me was wonderful[06381][8738], passing the love[0160] of women[0802].
3:16 How are the mighty[01368] fallen[05307][8804], and the weapons[03627] of war[04421] perished[06][8799]!
3:17 And it came to pass after this[0310], that David[01732] enquired[07592][8799] of the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], Shall I go up[05927][8799] into any[0259] of the cities[05892] of Judah[03063]? And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto him, Go up[05927][8798]. And David[01732] said[0559][8799], Whither shall I go up[05927][8799]? And he said[0559][8799], Unto Hebron[02275].
3:18 So David[01732] went up[05927][8799] thither, and his two[08147] wives[0802] also, Ahinoam[0293] the Jezreelitess[03159], and Abigail[026] Nabal's[05037] wife[0802] the Carmelite[03761].
3:19 And his men[0582] that were with him did David[01732] bring up[05927][8689], every man[0376] with his household[01004]: and they dwelt[03427][8799] in the cities[05892] of Hebron[02275].
3:20 And the men[0582] of Judah[03063] came[0935][8799], and there they anointed[04886][8799] David[01732] king[04428] over the house[01004] of Judah[03063]. And they told[05046][8686] David[01732], saying[0559][8800],  That the men[0582] of Jabeshgilead[03003][01568] were they that buried[06912][8804] Saul[07586].
3:21 And David[01732] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] unto the men[0582] of Jabeshgilead[03003][01568], and said[0559][8799] unto them, Blessed[01288][8803] be ye of the LORD[03068], that ye have shewed[06213][8804] this kindness[02617] unto your lord[0113], even unto Saul[07586], and have buried[06912][8799] him.
3:22 And now the LORD[03068] shew[06213][8799] kindness[02617] and truth[0571] unto you: and I also will requite[06213][8799] you this kindness[02896], because ye have done[06213][8804] this thing[01697].
3:23 Therefore now let your hands[03027] be strengthened[02388][8799], and be ye valiant[01121][02428]: for your master[0113] Saul[07586] is dead[04191][8804], and also the house[01004] of Judah[03063] have anointed[04886][8804] me king[04428] over them. be ye...: Heb. be ye the sons of valour
3:24 But Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369], captain[08269] of Saul's[07586] host[06635], took[03947][8804] Ishbosheth[0378] the son[01121] of Saul[07586], and brought him over[05674][8686] to Mahanaim[04266]; Saul's host: Heb. the host which was Saul's Ishbosheth: or, Eshbaal
3:25 And made him king[04427][8686] over Gilead[01568], and over the Ashurites[0805], and over Jezreel[03157], and over Ephraim[0669], and over Benjamin[01144], and over all Israel[03478].
3:26 Ishbosheth[0378] Saul's[07586] son[01121] was forty[0705] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800] over Israel[03478], and reigned[04427][8804] two[08147] years[08141]. But the house[01004] of Judah[03063] followed[0310] David[01732].
3:27 And the time[04557][03117] that David[01732] was king[04428] in Hebron[02275] over the house[01004] of Judah[03063] was seven[07651] years[08141] and six[08337] months[02320]. time: Heb. number of days
3:28 And Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369], and the servants[05650] of Ishbosheth[0378] the son[01121] of Saul[07586], went out[03318][8799] from Mahanaim[04266] to Gibeon[01391].
3:29 And Joab[03097] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870], and the servants[05650] of David[01732], went out[03318][8804], and met[06298][8799] together[03162] by the pool[01295] of Gibeon[01391]: and they sat down[03427][8799], the one on the one side of the pool[01295], and the other on the other side of the pool[01295]. together: Heb. them together
3:30 And Abner[074] said[0559][8799] to Joab[03097], Let the young men[05288] now arise[06965][8799], and play[07832][8762] before[06440] us. And Joab[03097] said[0559][8799], Let them arise[06965][8799].
3:31 Then there arose[06965][8799] and went over[05674][8799] by number[04557] twelve[08147][06240] of Benjamin[01144], which pertained to Ishbosheth[0378] the son[01121] of Saul[07586], and twelve[08147][06240] of the servants[05650] of David[01732].
3:32 And they caught[02388][8686] every one[0376] his fellow[07453] by the head[07218], and thrust his sword[02719] in his fellow's[07453] side[06654]; so they fell down[05307][8799] together[03162]: wherefore that place[04725] was called[07121][8799] Helkathhazzurim[02521], which is in Gibeon[01391]. Helkathhazzurim: that is, The field of strong men
3:33 And there was a very[03966] sore[07186] battle[04421] that day[03117]; and Abner[074] was beaten[05062][8735], and the men[0582] of Israel[03478], before[06440] the servants[05650] of David[01732].
3:34 And there were three[07969] sons[01121] of Zeruiah[06870] there, Joab[03097], and Abishai[052], and Asahel[06214]: and Asahel[06214] was as light[07031] of foot[07272] as a[0259] wild[07704] roe[06643]. of foot: Heb. of his feet as a wild...: Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field
3:35 And Asahel[06214] pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] Abner[074]; and in going[03212][8800] he turned[05186][8804] not to the right hand[03225] nor to the left[08040] from following[0310] Abner[074]. from...: Heb. from after Abner
3:36 Then Abner[074] looked[06437][8799] behind[0310] him, and said[0559][8799], Art thou Asahel[06214]? And he answered[0559][8799], I am .
3:37 And Abner[074] said[0559][8799] to him, Turn thee aside[05186][8798] to thy right hand[03225] or to thy left[08040], and lay thee hold[0270][8798] on one[0259] of the young men[05288], and take[03947][8798] thee his armour[02488]. But Asahel[06214] would[014][8804] not turn aside[05493][8800] from following[0310] of him. armour: or, spoil
3:38 And Abner[074] said[0559][8800] again[03254][8686] to Asahel[06214], Turn thee aside[05493][8798] from following[0310] me: wherefore should I smite[05221][8686] thee to the ground[0776]? how then should I hold up[05375][8799] my face[06440] to Joab[03097] thy brother[0251]?
3:39 Howbeit he refused[03985][8762] to turn aside[05493][8800]: wherefore Abner[074] with the hinder end[0310] of the spear[02595] smote[05221][8686] him under[0413] the fifth[02570] rib , that the spear[02595] came out[03318][8799] behind[0310] him; and he fell down[05307][8799] there, and died[04191][8799] in the same place[08478]: and it came to pass, that  as many as came[0935][8802] to the place[04725] where Asahel[06214] fell down[05307][8804] and died[04191][8799] stood still[05975][8799].
4:1 Joab[03097] also and Abishai[052] pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] Abner[074]: and the sun[08121] went down[0935][8804] when they were come[0935][8804] to the hill[01389] of Ammah[0522], that lieth before[06440] Giah[01520] by the way[01870] of the wilderness[04057] of Gibeon[01391].
4:2 And the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144] gathered themselves together[06908][8691] after[0310] Abner[074], and became one[0259] troop[092], and stood[05975][8799] on the top[07218] of an hill[01389].
4:3 Then Abner[074] called[07121][8799] to Joab[03097], and said[0559][8799], Shall the sword[02719] devour[0398][8799] for ever[05331]? knowest[03045][8804] thou not that it will be bitterness[04751] in the latter end[0314]? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid[0559][8799] the people[05971] return[07725][8800] from following[0310] their brethren[0251]?
4:4 And Joab[03097] said[0559][8799], As God[0430] liveth[02416], unless[03884] thou hadst spoken[01696][8765], surely then in the morning[01242] the people[05971] had gone up[05927][8738] every one[0376] from following[0310] his brother[0251]. in the...: Heb. from the morning gone...: or, gone away
4:5 So Joab[03097] blew[08628][8799] a trumpet[07782], and all the people[05971] stood still[05975][8799], and pursued[07291][8799] after[0310] Israel[03478] no more, neither fought[03898][8736] they any more[03254][8804].
4:6 And Abner[074] and his men[0582] walked[01980][8804] all that night[03915] through the plain[06160], and passed over[05674][8799] Jordan[03383], and went through[03212][8799] all Bithron[01338], and they came[0935][8799] to Mahanaim[04266].
4:7 And Joab[03097] returned[07725][8804] from following[0310] Abner[074]: and when he had gathered[06908][00] all the people[05971] together[06908][8799], there lacked[06485][8735] of David's[01732] servants[05650] nineteen[08672][06240] men[0376] and Asahel[06214].
4:8 But the servants[05650] of David[01732] had smitten[05221][8689] of Benjamin[01144], and of Abner's[074] men[0582], so that three[07969] hundred[03967] and threescore[08346] men[0376] died[04191][8804].
4:9 And they took up[05375][8799] Asahel[06214], and buried[06912][8799] him in the sepulchre[06913] of his father[01], which was in Bethlehem[01035]. And Joab[03097] and his men[0582] went[03212][8799] all night[03915], and they came to Hebron[02275] at break of day[0215][8735].
4:10 Now there was long[0752] war[04421] between the house[01004] of Saul[07586] and the house[01004] of David[01732]: but David[01732] waxed[01980][8802] stronger[02390] and stronger[02390], and the house[01004] of Saul[07586] waxed[01980][8802] weaker[01800] and weaker[01800].
4:11 And unto David[01732] were sons[01121] born[03205][8735][8675][03205][8795] in Hebron[02275]: and his firstborn[01060] was Amnon[0550], of Ahinoam[0293] the Jezreelitess[03159];
4:12 And his second[04932], Chileab[03609], of Abigail[026] the wife[0802] of Nabal[05037] the Carmelite[03761]; and the third[07992], Absalom[053] the son[01121] of Maacah[04601] the daughter[01323] of Talmai[08526] king[04428] of Geshur[01650]; Chileab: or, Daniel
5:1 And the fourth[07243], Adonijah[0138] the son[01121] of Haggith[02294]; and the fifth[02549], Shephatiah[08203] the son[01121] of Abital[037];
5:2 And the sixth[08345], Ithream[03507], by Eglah[05698] David's[01732] wife[0802]. These were born[03205][8795] to David[01732] in Hebron[02275].
5:3 And it came to pass, while there was war[04421] between the house[01004] of Saul[07586] and the house[01004] of David[01732], that Abner[074] made himself strong[02388][8693] for the house[01004] of Saul[07586].
5:4 And Saul[07586] had a concubine[06370], whose name[08034] was Rizpah[07532], the daughter[01323] of Aiah[0345]: and Ishbosheth said[0559][8799] to Abner[074], Wherefore hast thou gone in[0935][8804] unto my father's[01] concubine[06370]?
5:5 Then was Abner[074] very[03966] wroth[02734][8799] for the words[01697] of Ishbosheth[0378], and said[0559][8799], Am I a dog's[03611] head[07218], which against Judah[03063] do shew[06213][8799] kindness[02617] this day[03117] unto the house[01004] of Saul[07586] thy father[01], to his brethren[0251], and to his friends[04828], and have not delivered[04672][8689] thee into the hand[03027] of David[01732], that thou chargest[06485][8799] me to day[03117] with a fault[05771] concerning this woman[0802]?
5:6 So do[06213][8799] God[0430] to Abner[074], and more also[03254][8686], except, as the LORD[03068] hath sworn[07650][8738] to David[01732], even so I do[06213][8799] to him;
5:7 To translate[05674][8687] the kingdom[04467] from the house[01004] of Saul[07586], and to set up[06965][8687] the throne[03678] of David[01732] over Israel[03478] and over Judah[03063], from Dan[01835] even to Beersheba[0884].
5:8 And he could[03201][8804] not answer[07725][8687] Abner[074] a word[01697] again, because he feared[03372][8800] him.
5:9 And Abner[074] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] to David[01732] on his behalf, saying[0559][8800], Whose is the land[0776]? saying[0559][8800] also , Make[03772][8798] thy league[01285] with me, and, behold, my hand[03027] shall be with thee, to bring about[05437][8687] all Israel[03478] unto thee.
5:10 And he said[0559][8799], Well[02896]; I will make[03772][8799] a league[01285] with thee: but one[0259] thing[01697] I require[07592][8802] of thee, that is[0559][8800], Thou shalt not see[07200][8799] my face[06440], except thou first[06440] bring[0935][8687] Michal[04324] Saul's[07586] daughter[01323], when thou comest[0935][8800] to see[07200][8800] my face[06440]. that is: Heb. saying
5:11 And David[01732] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] to Ishbosheth[0378] Saul's[07586] son[01121], saying[0559][8800], Deliver[05414][8798] me my wife[0802] Michal[04324], which I espoused[0781][8765] to me for an hundred[03967] foreskins[06190] of the Philistines[06430].
5:12 And Ishbosheth[0378] sent[07971][8799], and took[03947][8799] her from her husband[0376], even from Phaltiel[06409] the son[01121] of Laish[03889][8675][03919]. Phaltiel: also called, Phalti
5:13 And her husband[0376] went[03212][8799] with her along weeping[01980][8800][01058][8800] behind[0310] her to Bahurim[0980]. Then said[0559][8799] Abner[074] unto him, Go[03212][8798], return[07725][8798]. And he returned[07725][8799]. along...: Heb. going and weeping
5:14 And Abner[074] had communication[01961][8804][01697] with the elders[02205] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], Ye sought[01245][8764] for David[01732] in times[08543] past[08032] to be king[04428] over you: in times...: Heb. both yesterday and the third day
5:15 Now then do[06213][8798] it : for the LORD[03068] hath spoken[0559][8804] of David[01732], saying[0559][8800], By the hand[03027] of my servant[05650] David[01732] I will save[03467][8687] my people[05971] Israel[03478] out of the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430], and out of the hand[03027] of all their enemies[0341][8802].
5:16 And Abner[074] also spake[01696][8762] in the ears[0241] of Benjamin[01144]: and Abner[074] went[03212][8799] also to speak[01696][8763] in the ears[0241] of David[01732] in Hebron[02275] all that seemed[05869] good[02896] to Israel[03478], and that seemed good[05869] to the whole house[01004] of Benjamin[01144].
5:17 So Abner[074] came[0935][8799] to David[01732] to Hebron[02275], and twenty[06242] men[0582] with him. And David[01732] made[06213][8799] Abner[074] and the men[0582] that were with him a feast[04960].
5:18 And Abner[074] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], I will arise[06965][8799] and go[03212][8799], and will gather[06908][8799] all Israel[03478] unto my lord[0113] the king[04428], that they may make[03772][8799] a league[01285] with thee, and that thou mayest reign[04427][8804] over all that thine heart[05315] desireth[0183][8762]. And David[01732] sent[07971][00] Abner[074] away[07971][8762]; and he went[03212][8799] in peace[07965].
5:19 And, behold, the servants[05650] of David[01732] and Joab[03097] came[0935][8802] from pursuing a troop[01416], and brought in[0935][8689] a great[07227] spoil[07998] with them: but Abner[074] was not with David[01732] in Hebron[02275]; for he had sent him away[07971][8765], and he was gone[03212][8799] in peace[07965].
5:20 When Joab[03097] and all the host[06635] that was with him were come[0935][8804], they told[05046][8686] Joab[03097], saying[0559][8800], Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369] came[0935][8804] to the king[04428], and he hath sent him away[07971][8762], and he is gone[03212][8799] in peace[07965].
5:21 Then Joab[03097] came[0935][8799] to the king[04428], and said[0559][8799], What hast thou done[06213][8804]? behold, Abner[074] came[0935][8802] unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away[07971][8765], and he is quite[01980][8800] gone[03212][8799]?
5:22 Thou knowest[03045][8804] Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369], that he came[0935][8804] to deceive[06601][8763] thee, and to know[03045][8800] thy going out[04161] and thy coming in[04126][8675][03996], and to know[03045][8800] all that thou doest[06213][8802].
5:23 And when Joab[03097] was come out[03318][8799] from David[01732], he sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] after[0310] Abner[074], which brought him again[07725][8686] from the well[0953] of Sirah[05626]: but David[01732] knew[03045][8804] it not.
5:24 And when Abner[074] was returned[07725][8799] to Hebron[02275], Joab[03097] took him aside[05186][8686] in[0413][08432] the gate[08179] to speak[01696][8763] with him quietly[07987], and smote[05221][8686] him there under the fifth[02570] rib , that he died[04191][8799], for the blood[01818] of Asahel[06214] his brother[0251]. quietly: or, peaceably
5:25 And afterward[0310] when David[01732] heard[08085][8799] it , he said[0559][8799], I and my kingdom[04467] are guiltless[05355] before the LORD[03068] for[05704] ever[05769] from the blood[01818] of Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369]: blood: Heb. bloods
6:1 Let it rest[02342][8799] on the head[07218] of Joab[03097], and on all his father's[01] house[01004]; and let there not fail[03772][8735] from the house[01004] of Joab[03097] one that hath an issue[02100][8802], or that is a leper[06879][8794], or that leaneth[02388][8688] on a staff[06418], or that falleth[05307][8802] on the sword[02719], or that lacketh[02638] bread[03899]. fail: Heb. be cut off
6:2 So Joab[03097] and Abishai[052] his brother[0251] slew[02026][8804] Abner[074], because he had slain[04191][8689] their brother[0251] Asahel[06214] at Gibeon[01391] in the battle[04421].
6:3 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Joab[03097], and to all the people[05971] that were with him, Rend[07167][8798] your clothes[0899], and gird[02296][8798] you with sackcloth[08242], and mourn[05594][8798] before[06440] Abner[074]. And king[04428] David[01732] himself followed[01980][8802][0310] the bier[04296]. bier: Heb. bed
6:4 And they buried[06912][8799] Abner[074] in Hebron[02275]: and the king[04428] lifted up[05375][8799] his voice[06963], and wept[01058][8799] at the grave[06913] of Abner[074]; and all the people[05971] wept[01058][8799].
6:5 And the king[04428] lamented[06969][8787] over Abner[074], and said[0559][8799], Died[04191][8799] Abner[074] as a fool[05036] dieth[04194]?
6:6 Thy hands[03027] were not bound[0631][8803], nor thy feet[07272] put[05066][8717] into fetters[05178]: as a man falleth[05307][8800] before[06440] wicked[05766] men[01121], so fellest[05307][8804] thou. And all the people[05971] wept[01058][8800] again[03254][8686] over him. wicked...: Heb. children of iniquity
6:7 And when all[03605] the people[05971] came[0935][8799] to cause[01262][00] David[01732] to eat[01262][8687] meat[03899] while it was yet[05750] day[03117], David[01732] sware[07650][8735], saying[0559][8800], So do[06213][8799] God[0430] to me, and more also[03254][8686], if I taste[02938][8799] bread[03899], or ought[03972] else, till[06440] the sun[08121] be down[0935][8800].
6:8 And all the people[05971] took notice[05234][8689] of it , and it pleased[03190][8799][05869] them: as whatsoever the king[04428] did[06213][8804] pleased[05869][02896] all the people[05971]. pleased them: Heb. was good in their eyes
6:9 For all the people[05971] and all Israel[03478] understood[03045][8799] that day[03117] that it was not of the king[04428] to slay[04191][8687] Abner[074] the son[01121] of Ner[05369].
6:10 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto his servants[05650], Know[03045][8799] ye not that there is a prince[08269] and a great man[01419] fallen[05307][8804] this day[03117] in Israel[03478]?
6:11 And I am this day[03117] weak[07390], though anointed[04886][8803] king[04428]; and these men[0582] the sons[01121] of Zeruiah[06870] be too hard[07186] for me: the LORD[03068] shall reward[07999][8762] the doer of evil[06213][8802] according to his wickedness[07451]. weak: Heb. tender
6:12 And when Saul's[07586] son[01121] heard[08085][8799] that Abner[074] was dead[04191][8804] in Hebron[02275], his hands[03027] were feeble[07503][8799], and all the Israelites[03478] were troubled[0926][8738].
6:13 And Saul's[07586] son[01121] had[01961][8804] two[08147] men[0582] that were captains[08269] of bands[01416]: the name[08034] of the one[0259] was Baanah[01196], and the name[08034] of the other[08145] Rechab[07394], the sons[01121] of Rimmon[07417] a Beerothite[0886], of the children[01121] of Benjamin[01144]: (for Beeroth[0881] also was reckoned[02803][8735] to Benjamin[01144]: other: Heb. second
6:14 And the Beerothites[0886] fled[01272][8799] to Gittaim[01664], and were sojourners[01481][8802] there until this day[03117].)
6:15 And Jonathan[03083], Saul's[07586] son[01121], had a son[01121] that was lame[05223] of his feet[07272]. He was five[02568] years[08141] old[01121] when the tidings[08052] came[0935][8800] of Saul[07586] and Jonathan[03083] out of Jezreel[03157], and his nurse[0539][8802] took him up[05375][8799], and fled[05127][8799]: and it came to pass, as she made haste[02648][8800] to flee[05127][8800], that he fell[05307][8799], and became lame[06452][8735]. And his name[08034] was Mephibosheth[04648]. Mephibosheth: or, Meribbaal
6:16 And the sons[01121] of Rimmon[07417] the Beerothite[0886], Rechab[07394] and Baanah[01196], went[03212][8799], and came[0935][8799] about the heat[02527] of the day[03117] to the house[01004] of Ishbosheth[0378], who lay[07901][8802] on a bed[04904] at noon[06672].
6:17 And they came thither[0935][8804] into the midst[08432] of the house[01004], as though they would have fetched[03947][8802] wheat[02406]; and they smote[05221][8686] him under the fifth[02570] rib : and Rechab[07394] and Baanah[01196] his brother[0251] escaped[04422][8738].
6:18 For when they came[0935][8799] into the house[01004], he lay[07901][8802] on his bed[04296] in his bedchamber[02315][04904], and they smote[05221][8686] him, and slew[04191][8686] him, and beheaded[05493][8686] him, and took[03947][8799] his head[07218], and gat them away[03212][8799] through[01870] the plain[06160] all night[03915].
6:19 And they brought[0935][8686] the head[07218] of Ishbosheth[0378] unto David[01732] to Hebron[02275], and said[0559][8799] to the king[04428], Behold the head[07218] of Ishbosheth[0378] the son[01121] of Saul[07586] thine enemy[0341][8802], which sought[01245][8765] thy life[05315]; and the LORD[03068] hath[05414][8799] avenged[05360] my lord[0113] the king[04428] this day[03117] of Saul[07586], and of his seed[02233].
6:20 And David[01732] answered[06030][8799] Rechab[07394] and Baanah[01196] his brother[0251], the sons[01121] of Rimmon[07417] the Beerothite[0886], and said[0559][8799] unto them, As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], who hath redeemed[06299][8804] my soul[05315] out of all adversity[06869],
6:21 When one told[05046][8688] me, saying[0559][8800], Behold, Saul[07586] is dead[04191][8804], thinking to have brought[05869] good tidings[01319][8764], I took hold[0270][8799] of him, and slew[02026][8799] him in Ziklag[06860], who thought that I would have given[05414][8800] him a reward for his tidings[01309]: thinking...: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc who...: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings
6:22 How much more, when wicked[07563] men[0582] have slain[02026][8804] a righteous[06662] person[0376] in his own house[01004] upon his bed[04904]? shall I not therefore now require[01245][8762] his blood[01818] of your hand[03027], and take you away[01197][8765] from the earth[0776]?
6:23 And David[01732] commanded[06680][8762] his young men[05288], and they slew[02026][8799] them, and cut off[07112][8762] their hands[03027] and their feet[07272], and hanged them  up[08518][8799] over the pool[01295] in Hebron[02275]. But they took[03947][8804] the head[07218] of Ishbosheth[0378], and buried[06912][8799] it in the sepulchre[06913] of Abner[074] in Hebron[02275].
7:1 Then came[0935][8799] all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] to David[01732] unto Hebron[02275], and spake[0559][8799], saying[0559][8800], Behold, we are thy bone[06106] and thy flesh[01320].
7:2 Also in time past[0865][08032], when Saul[07586] was king[04428] over us, thou wast he that leddest out[03318][8688] and broughtest in[0935][8688] Israel[03478]: and the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] to thee, Thou shalt feed[07462][8799] my people[05971] Israel[03478], and thou shalt be a captain[05057] over Israel[03478].
7:3 So all the elders[02205] of Israel[03478] came[0935][8799] to the king[04428] to Hebron[02275]; and king[04428] David[01732] made[03772][8799] a league[01285] with them in Hebron[02275] before[06440] the LORD[03068]: and they anointed[04886][8799] David[01732] king[04428] over Israel[03478].
7:4 David[01732] was thirty[07970] years[08141] old[01121] when he began to reign[04427][8800], and he reigned[04427][8804] forty[0705] years[08141].
7:5 In Hebron[02275] he reigned[04427][8804] over Judah[03063] seven[07651] years[08141] and six[08337] months[02320]: and in Jerusalem[03389] he reigned[04427][8804] thirty[07970] and three[07969] years[08141] over all Israel[03478] and Judah[03063].
7:6 And the king[04428] and his men[0582] went[03212][8799] to Jerusalem[03389] unto the Jebusites[02983], the inhabitants[03427][8802] of the land[0776]: which spake[0559][8799] unto David[01732], saying[0559][8800], Except thou take away[05493][8687] the blind[05787] and the lame[06455], thou shalt not come in[0935][8799] hither: thinking[0559][8800], David[01732] cannot come in[0935][8799] hither. thinking...: or, saying David shall not, etc
7:7 Nevertheless David[01732] took[03920][8799] the strong hold[04686] of Zion[06726]: the same is the city[05892] of David[01732].
7:8 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] on that day[03117], Whosoever getteth up[05060][8799] to the gutter[06794], and smiteth[05221][8688] the Jebusites[02983], and the lame[06455] and the blind[05787], that are hated[08130][8803] of David's[01732] soul[05315], he shall be chief and captain . Wherefore they said[0559][8799], The blind[05787] and the lame[06455] shall not come[0935][8799] into the house[01004]. Wherefore...: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not
7:9 So David[01732] dwelt[03427][8799] in the fort[04686], and called[07121][8799] it the city[05892] of David[01732]. And David[01732] built[01129][8799] round about[05439] from Millo[04407] and inward[01004].
7:10 And David[01732] went[03212][8799] on[01980][8800], and grew great[01419], and the LORD[03068] God[0430] of hosts[06635] was with him. went...: Heb. went, going and growing
7:11 And Hiram[02438] king[04428] of Tyre[06865] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] to David[01732], and cedar[0730] trees[06086], and carpenters[02796], and masons[07023][068]: and they built[01129][8799] David[01732] an house[01004]. masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall
7:12 And David[01732] perceived[03045][8799] that the LORD[03068] had established[03559][8689] him king[04428] over Israel[03478], and that he had exalted[05375][8765] his kingdom[04467] for his people[05971] Israel's[03478] sake.
7:13 And David[01732] took[03947][8799] him more concubines[06370] and wives[0802] out of Jerusalem[03389], after[0310] he was come[0935][8800] from Hebron[02275]: and there were yet sons[01121] and daughters[01323] born[03205][8735] to David[01732].
7:14 And these be the names[08034] of those that were born[03209] unto him in Jerusalem[03389]; Shammua[08051], and Shobab[07727], and Nathan[05416], and Solomon[08010],
7:15 Ibhar[02984] also, and Elishua[0474], and Nepheg[05298], and Japhia[03309],
7:16 And Elishama[0476], and Eliada[0450], and Eliphalet[0467].
7:17 But when the Philistines[06430] heard[08085][8799] that they had anointed[04886][8804] David[01732] king[04428] over Israel[03478], all the Philistines[06430] came up[05927][8799] to seek[01245][8763] David[01732]; and David[01732] heard[08085][8799] of it , and went down[03381][8799] to the hold[04686].
7:18 The Philistines[06430] also came[0935][8804] and spread[05203][8735] themselves in the valley[06010] of Rephaim[07497].
7:19 And David[01732] enquired[07592][8799] of the LORD[03068], saying[0559][8800], Shall I go up[05927][8799] to the Philistines[06430]? wilt thou deliver[05414][8799] them into mine hand[03027]? And the LORD[03068] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Go up[05927][8798]: for I will doubtless[05414][8800] deliver[05414][8799] the Philistines[06430] into thine hand[03027].
7:20 And David[01732] came[0935][8799] to Baalperazim[01188], and David[01732] smote[05221][8686] them there, and said[0559][8799], The LORD[03068] hath broken forth[06555][8804] upon mine enemies[0341][8802] before[06440] me, as the breach[06556] of waters[04325]. Therefore he called[07121][8804] the name[08034] of that place[04725] Baalperazim[01188]. Baalperazim: that is, the plain of breaches
7:21 And there they left[05800][8799] their images[06091], and David[01732] and his men[0582] burned[05375][8799] them. burned...: or, took them away
7:22 And the Philistines[06430] came up[05927][8800] yet again[03254][8686], and spread[05203][8735] themselves in the valley[06010] of Rephaim[07497].
7:23 And when David[01732] enquired[07592][8799] of the LORD[03068], he said[0559][8799], Thou shalt not go up[05927][8799]; but fetch a compass[05437][8685] behind[0310] them, and come[0935][8804] upon them over against[04136] the mulberry trees[01057].
7:24 And let it be, when thou hearest[08085][8800] the sound[06963] of a going[06807] in the tops[07218] of the mulberry trees[01057], that then thou shalt bestir[02782][8799] thyself: for then shall the LORD[03068] go out[03318][8804] before[06440] thee, to smite[05221][8687] the host[04264] of the Philistines[06430].
7:25 And David[01732] did so[06213][8799], as the LORD[03068] had commanded[06680][8765] him; and smote[05221][8686] the Philistines[06430] from Geba[01387] until thou come[0935][8800] to Gazer[01507]. Geba: also called, Gibeon
7:26 Again, David[01732] gathered together[0622][8799][8676][03254][8686] all the chosen[0977][8803] men of Israel[03478], thirty[07970] thousand[0505].
7:27 And David[01732] arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] with all the people[05971] that were with him from Baale of Judah[01184], to bring up[05927][8687] from thence the ark[0727] of God[0430], whose name[08034] is called[07121][8738] by the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635] that dwelleth[03427][8802] between the cherubims[03742]. Baale: or, Baalah, that is, Kirjathjearim whose name...: or, at which the name, even the name of the LORD of hosts, was called upon
7:28 And they set[07392][8686] the ark[0727] of God[0430] upon a new[02319] cart[05699], and brought[05375][8799] it out of the house[01004] of Abinadab[041] that was in Gibeah[01390]: and Uzzah[05798] and Ahio[0283], the sons[01121] of Abinadab[041], drave[05090][8802] the new[02319] cart[05699]. set: Heb. made to ride Gibeah: or, the hill
7:29 And they brought[05375][8799] it out of the house[01004] of Abinadab[041] which was at Gibeah[01390], accompanying[05973] the ark[0727] of God[0430]: and Ahio[0283] went[01980][8802] before[06440] the ark[0727]. accompanying: Heb. with
8:1 And David[01732] and all the house[01004] of Israel[03478] played[07832][8764] before[06440] the LORD[03068] on all manner of instruments made of fir[01265] wood[06086], even on harps[03658], and on psalteries[05035], and on timbrels[08596], and on cornets[04517], and on cymbals[06767].
8:2 And when they came[0935][8799] to Nachon's[05225] threshingfloor[01637], Uzzah[05798] put forth[07971][8799] his hand to the ark[0727] of God[0430], and took hold[0270][8799] of it; for the oxen[01241] shook[08058][8804] it . Nachon: also called Chidon shook it: or, stumbled
8:3 And the anger[0639] of the LORD[03068] was kindled[02734][8799] against Uzzah[05798]; and God[0430] smote[05221][8686] him there for his error[07944]; and there he died[04191][8799] by the ark[0727] of God[0430]. error: or, rashness
8:4 And David[01732] was displeased[02734][8799], because the LORD[03068] had made[06555][8804] a breach[06556] upon Uzzah[05798]: and he called[07121][8799] the name of the place[04725] Perezuzzah[06560] to this day[03117]. made: Heb. broken Perezuzzah: that is, the breach of Uzzah
8:5 And David[01732] was afraid[03372][8799] of the LORD[03068] that day[03117], and said[0559][8799], How shall the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] come[0935][8799] to me?
8:6 So David[01732] would[014][8804] not remove[05493][8687] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] unto him into the city[05892] of David[01732]: but David[01732] carried it aside[05186][8686] into the house[01004] of Obededom[05654] the Gittite[01663].
8:7 And the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] continued[03427][8799] in the house[01004] of Obededom[05654] the Gittite[01663] three[07969] months[02320]: and the LORD[03068] blessed[01288][8762] Obededom[05654], and all his household[01004].
8:8 And it was told[05046][8714] king[04428] David[01732], saying[0559][8800], The LORD[03068] hath blessed[01288][8765] the house[01004] of Obededom[05654], and all that pertaineth  unto him, because of the ark[0727] of God[0430]. So David[01732] went[03212][8799] and brought up[05927][8686] the ark[0727] of God[0430] from the house[01004] of Obededom[05654] into the city[05892] of David[01732] with gladness[08057].
8:9 And it was so , that when they that bare[05375][8802] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] had gone[06805][8804] six[08337] paces[06806], he sacrificed[02076][8799] oxen[07794] and fatlings[04806].
8:10 And David[01732] danced[03769][8772] before[06440] the LORD[03068] with all his might[05797]; and David[01732] was girded[02296][8803] with a linen[0906] ephod[0646].
8:11 So David[01732] and all the house[01004] of Israel[03478] brought up[05927][8688] the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] with shouting[08643], and with the sound[06963] of the trumpet[07782].
8:12 And as the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068] came[0935][8802] into the city[05892] of David[01732], Michal[04324] Saul's[07586] daughter[01323] looked[08259][8738] through a window[02474], and saw[07200][8799] king[04428] David[01732] leaping[06339][8764] and dancing[03769][8772] before[06440] the LORD[03068]; and she despised[0959][8799] him in her heart[03820].
8:13 And they brought[0935][8686] in the ark[0727] of the LORD[03068], and set[03322][8686] it in his place[04725], in the midst[08432] of the tabernacle[0168] that David[01732] had pitched[05186][8804] for it: and David[01732] offered[05927][8686] burnt offerings[05930] and peace offerings[08002] before[06440] the LORD[03068]. pitched: Heb. stretched
8:14 And as soon as David[01732] had made an end[03615][8762] of offering[05927][8687] burnt offerings[05930] and peace offerings[08002], he blessed[01288][8762] the people[05971] in the name[08034] of the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635].
8:15 And he dealt[02505][8762] among all the people[05971], even among the whole multitude[01995] of Israel[03478], as well to the women[0802] as men[0376], to every one[0376] a[0259] cake[02471] of bread[03899], and a good piece[0829] of flesh , and a flagon[0809] of wine . So all the people[05971] departed[03212][8799] every one[0376] to his house[01004].
8:16 Then David[01732] returned[07725][8799] to bless[01288][8763] his household[01004]. And Michal[04324] the daughter[01323] of Saul[07586] came out[03318][8799] to meet[07125][8800] David[01732], and said[0559][8799], How glorious[03513][8738] was the king[04428] of Israel[03478] to day[03117], who uncovered[01540][8738] himself to day[03117] in the eyes[05869] of the handmaids[0519] of his servants[05650], as one[0259] of the vain fellows[07386] shamelessly[01540][8736] uncovereth[01540][8736] himself! shamelessly: or, openly
8:17 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Michal[04324], It was before[06440] the LORD[03068], which chose[0977][8804] me before thy father[01], and before all his house[01004], to appoint[06680][8763] me ruler[05057] over the people[05971] of the LORD[03068], over Israel[03478]: therefore will I play[07832][8765] before[06440] the LORD[03068].
8:18 And I will yet be more vile[07043][8738] than thus[02063], and will be base[08217] in mine own sight[05869]: and of the maidservants[0519] which thou hast spoken[0559][8804] of, of them shall I be had in honour[03513][8735]. of the...: or, of the handmaids of my servants
9:1 Therefore Michal[04324] the daughter[01323] of Saul[07586] had no child[02056][8675][03206] unto the day[03117] of her death[04194].
9:2 And it came to pass, when the king[04428] sat[03427][8804] in his house[01004], and the LORD[03068] had given him rest[05117][8689] round about[05439] from all his enemies[0341][8802];
9:3 That the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030], See[07200][8798] now, I dwell[03427][8802] in an house[01004] of cedar[0730], but the ark[0727] of God[0430] dwelleth[03427][8802] within[08432] curtains[03407].
9:4 And Nathan[05416] said[0559][8799] to the king[04428], Go[03212][8798], do[06213][8798] all that is in thine heart[03824]; for the LORD[03068] is with thee.
9:5 And it came to pass that night[03915], that the word[01697] of the LORD[03068] came unto Nathan[05416], saying[0559][8800],
9:6 Go[03212][8798] and tell[0559][8804] my servant[05650] David[01732], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Shalt thou build[01129][8799] me an house[01004] for me to dwell in[03427][8800]? my servant...: Heb. to my servant, to David
9:7 Whereas I have not dwelt[03427][8804] in any house[01004] since the time[03117] that I brought up[05927][8687] the children[01121] of Israel[03478] out of Egypt[04714], even to this day[03117], but have walked[01980][8693] in a tent[0168] and in a tabernacle[04908].
9:8 In all the places wherein I have walked[01980][8694] with all the children[01121] of Israel[03478] spake[01696][8765] I a word[01697] with any[0259] of the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], whom I commanded[06680][8765] to feed[07462][8800] my people[05971] Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], Why build[01129][8804] ye not me an house[01004] of cedar[0730]? any of...: any of the judges
9:9 Now therefore so shalt thou say[0559][8799] unto my servant[05650] David[01732], Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], I took[03947][8804] thee from the sheepcote[05116], from following[0310] the sheep[06629], to be ruler[05057] over my people[05971], over Israel[03478]: from following: Heb. from after
9:10 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest[01980][8804], and have cut off[03772][8686] all thine enemies[0341][8802] out of thy sight[06440], and have made[06213][8804] thee a great[01419] name[08034], like unto the name[08034] of the great[01419] men that are in the earth[0776]. out of...: Heb. from thy face
9:11 Moreover I will appoint[07760][8804] a place[04725] for my people[05971] Israel[03478], and will plant[05193][8804] them, that they may dwell[07931][8804] in a place of their own, and move[07264][8799] no more; neither shall the children[01121] of wickedness[05766] afflict[06031][8763] them any more[03254][8686], as beforetime[07223],
9:12 And as since the time[03117] that I commanded[06680][8765] judges[08199][8802] to be over my people[05971] Israel[03478], and have caused thee to rest[05117][8689] from all thine enemies[0341][8802]. Also the LORD[03068] telleth[05046][8689] thee that he will make[06213][8799] thee an house[01004].
9:13 And when thy days[03117] be fulfilled[04390][8799], and thou shalt sleep[07901][8804] with thy fathers[01], I will set up[06965][8689] thy seed[02233] after[0310] thee, which shall proceed[03318][8799] out of thy bowels[04578], and I will establish[03559][8689] his kingdom[04467].
10:1 He shall build[01129][8799] an house[01004] for my name[08034], and I will stablish[03559][8790] the throne[03678] of his kingdom[04467] for[05704] ever[05769].
10:2 I will be his father[01], and he shall be my son[01121]. If he commit iniquity[05753][8687], I will chasten[03198][8689] him with the rod[07626] of men[0582], and with the stripes[05061] of the children[01121] of men[0120]:
10:3 But my mercy[02617] shall not depart away[05493][8799] from him, as I took[05493][8689] it from Saul[07586], whom I put away[05493][8689] before[06440] thee.
10:4 And thine house[01004] and thy kingdom[04467] shall be established[0539][8738] for[05704] ever[05769] before[06440] thee: thy throne[03678] shall be established[03559][8737] for[05704] ever[05769].
10:5 According to all these words[01697], and according to all this vision[02384], so did Nathan[05416] speak[01696][8765] unto David[01732].
10:6 Then went[0935][8799] king[04428] David[01732] in, and sat[03427][8799] before[06440] the LORD[03068], and he said[0559][8799], Who am I, O Lord[0136] GOD[03069]? and what is my house[01004], that thou hast brought[0935][8689] me hitherto[01988]?
10:7 And this was yet a small thing[06994][8799] in thy sight[05869], O Lord[0136] GOD[03069]; but thou hast spoken[01696][8762] also of thy servant's[05650] house[01004] for a great while to come[07350]. And is this the manner[08452] of man[0120], O Lord[0136] GOD[03069]? manner: Heb. law
10:8 And what can[03254][00] David[01732] say[01696][8763] more[03254][8686] unto thee? for thou, Lord[0136] GOD[03069], knowest[03045][8804] thy servant[05650].
10:9 For thy word's[01697] sake, and according to thine own heart[03820], hast thou done[06213][8804] all these great things[01420], to make thy servant[05650] know[03045][8687] them .
10:10 Wherefore thou art great[01431][8804], O LORD[03068] God[0430]: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God[0430] beside[02108] thee, according to all that we have heard[08085][8804] with our ears[0241].
10:11 And what one[0259] nation[01471] in the earth[0776] is like thy people[05971], even like Israel[03478], whom God[0430] went[01980][8804] to redeem[06299][8800] for a people[05971] to himself, and to make[07760][8800] him a name[08034], and to do[06213][8800] for you great things[01420] and terrible[03372][8737], for thy land[0776], before[06440] thy people[05971], which thou redeemedst[06299][8804] to thee from Egypt[04714],  from the nations[01471] and their gods[0430]?
10:12 For thou hast confirmed[03559][8787] to thyself thy people[05971] Israel[03478] to be a people[05971] unto thee for[05704] ever[05769]: and thou, LORD[03068], art become[01961][8804] their God[0430].
10:13 And now, O LORD[03068] God[0430], the word[01697] that thou hast spoken[01696][8765] concerning thy servant[05650], and concerning his house[01004], establish[06965][8685] it  for[05704] ever[05769], and do[06213][8798] as thou hast said[01696][8765].
10:14 And let thy name[08034] be magnified[01431][8799] for[05704] ever[05769], saying[0559][8800], The LORD[03068] of hosts[06635] is the God[0430] over Israel[03478]: and let the house[01004] of thy servant[05650] David[01732] be established[03559][8737] before[06440] thee.
10:15 For thou, O LORD[03068] of hosts[06635], God[0430] of Israel[03478], hast revealed[01540][8804][0241] to thy servant[05650], saying[0559][8800], I will build[01129][8799] thee an house[01004]: therefore hath thy servant[05650] found[04672][8804] in his heart[03820] to pray[06419][8692] this prayer[08605] unto thee. revealed: Heb. opened the ear
10:16 And now, O Lord[0136] GOD[03069], thou art that God[0430], and thy words[01697] be true[0571], and thou hast promised[01696][8762] this goodness[02896] unto thy servant[05650]:
10:17 Therefore now let it please[02974][8685] thee to bless[01288][8761] the house[01004] of thy servant[05650], that it may continue for ever[05769] before[06440] thee: for thou, O Lord[0136] GOD[03069], hast spoken[01696][8765] it : and with thy blessing[01293] let the house[01004] of thy servant[05650] be blessed[01288][8792] for ever[05769]. let it...: Heb. be thou pleased and bless
10:18 And after[0310] this it came to pass, that David[01732] smote[05221][8686] the Philistines[06430], and subdued[03665][8686] them: and David[01732] took[03947][8799] Methegammah[04965] out of the hand[03027] of the Philistines[06430]. Methegammah: or, the bridle of Ammah
10:19 And he smote[05221][8686] Moab[04124], and measured[04058][8762] them with a line[02256], casting them down[07901][8687] to the ground[0776]; even with two[08147] lines[02256] measured[04058][8762] he to put to death[04191][8687], and with one full[04393] line[02256] to keep alive[02421][8687]. And so the Moabites[04124] became David's[01732] servants[05650], and brought[05375][8802] gifts[04503].
11:1 David[01732] smote[05221][8686] also Hadadezer[01909], the son[01121] of Rehob[07340], king[04428] of Zobah[06678], as he went[03212][8800] to recover[07725][8687] his border[03027] at the river[05104] Euphrates[06578]. Hadadezer: or, Hadarezer
11:2 And David[01732] took[03920][8799] from him a thousand[0505] chariots , and seven[07651] hundred[03967] horsemen[06571], and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] footmen[0376][07273]: and David[01732] houghed[06131][8762] all the chariot[07393] horses , but reserved[03498][8686] of them for an hundred[03967] chariots[07393]. from...: or, of his chariots
11:3 And when the Syrians[0758] of Damascus[01834] came[0935][8799] to succour[05826][8800] Hadadezer[01909] king[04428] of Zobah[06678], David[01732] slew[05221][8686] of the Syrians[0758] two[08147] and twenty[06242] thousand[0505] men[0376].
11:4 Then David[01732] put[07760][8799] garrisons[05333] in Syria[0758] of Damascus[01834]: and the Syrians[0758] became servants[05650] to David[01732], and brought[05375][8802] gifts[04503]. And the LORD[03068] preserved[03467][8686] David[01732] whithersoever he went[01980][8804].
11:5 And David[01732] took[03947][8799] the shields[07982] of gold[02091] that were on the servants[05650] of Hadadezer[01909], and brought[0935][8686] them to Jerusalem[03389].
11:6 And from Betah[0984], and from Berothai[01268], cities[05892] of Hadadezer[01909], king[04428] David[01732] took[03947][8804] exceeding[03966] much[07235][8687] brass[05178].
11:7 When Toi[08583] king[04428] of Hamath[02574] heard[08085][8799] that David[01732] had smitten[05221][8689] all the host[02428] of Hadadezer[01909],
11:8 Then Toi[08583] sent[07971][8799] Joram[03141] his son[01121] unto king[04428] David[01732], to salute[07592][8800][07965] him, and to bless[01288][8763] him, because he had fought[03898][8738] against Hadadezer[01909], and smitten[05221][8686] him: for Hadadezer[01909] had wars[0376][04421] with Toi[08583]. And Joram brought with him[03027] vessels[03627] of silver[03701], and vessels[03627] of gold[02091], and vessels[03627] of brass[05178]: Joram: also called, Hadoram salute...: Heb. ask him of peace had wars...: Heb. was a man of wars with brought...: Heb. in his hand were
11:9 Which also king[04428] David[01732] did dedicate[06942][8689] unto the LORD[03068], with the silver[03701] and gold[02091] that he had dedicated[06942][8689] of all nations[01471] which he subdued[03533][8765];
11:10 Of Syria[0758], and of Moab[04124], and of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and of the Philistines[06430], and of Amalek[06002], and of the spoil[07998] of Hadadezer[01909], son[01121] of Rehob[07340], king[04428] of Zobah[06678].
11:11 And David[01732] gat[06213][8799] him a name[08034] when he returned[07725][8800] from smiting[05221][8687] of the Syrians[0758] in the valley[01516] of salt[04417], being eighteen[08083][06240] thousand[0505] men . smiting: Heb. his smiting
11:12 And he put[07760][8799] garrisons[05333] in Edom[0123]; throughout all Edom[0123] put[07760][8804] he garrisons[05333], and all they of Edom[0123] became David's[01732] servants[05650]. And the LORD[03068] preserved[03467][8686] David[01732] whithersoever he went[01980][8804].
11:13 And David[01732] reigned[04427][8799] over all Israel[03478]; and David[01732] executed[06213][8802] judgment[04941] and justice[06666] unto all his people[05971].
11:14 And Joab[03097] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870] was over the host[06635]; and Jehoshaphat[03092] the son[01121] of Ahilud[0286] was recorder[02142][8688]; recorder: or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles
11:15 And Zadok[06659] the son[01121] of Ahitub[0285], and Ahimelech[0288] the son[01121] of Abiathar[054], were the priests[03548]; and Seraiah[08304] was the scribe[05608][8802]; scribe: or, secretary
11:16 And Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077] was over both the Cherethites[03774] and the Pelethites[06432]; and David's[01732] sons[01121] were chief rulers[03548]. chief rulers: or, princes
11:17 And David[01732] said[0559][8799], Is there yet[03426] any that is left[03498][8738] of the house[01004] of Saul[07586], that I may shew[06213][8799] him kindness[02617] for Jonathan's[03083] sake?
11:18 And there was of the house[01004] of Saul[07586] a servant[05650] whose name[08034] was Ziba[06717]. And when they had called[07121][8799] him unto David[01732], the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him,  Art thou Ziba[06717]? And he said[0559][8799], Thy servant[05650] is he .
11:19 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Is there not[0657] yet any[0376] of the house[01004] of Saul[07586], that I may shew[06213][8799] the kindness[02617] of God[0430] unto him? And Ziba[06717] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Jonathan[03083] hath yet a son[01121], which is lame[05223] on his feet[07272].
11:20 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him, Where[0375] is he? And Ziba[06717] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Behold, he is in the house[01004] of Machir[04353], the son[01121] of Ammiel[05988], in Lodebar[03810].
11:21 Then king[04428] David[01732] sent[07971][8799], and fetched[03947][8799] him out of the house[01004] of Machir[04353], the son[01121] of Ammiel[05988], from Lodebar[03810].
11:22 Now when Mephibosheth[04648], the son[01121] of Jonathan[03083], the son[01121] of Saul[07586], was come[0935][8799] unto David[01732], he fell[05307][8799] on his face[06440], and did reverence[07812][8691]. And David[01732] said[0559][8799], Mephibosheth[04648]. And he answered[0559][8799], Behold thy servant[05650]! Mephibosheth: also called Meribbaal
11:23 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto him, Fear[03372][8799] not: for I will surely[06213][8800] shew[06213][8799] thee kindness[02617] for Jonathan[03083] thy father's[01] sake, and will restore[07725][8689] thee all the land[07704] of Saul[07586] thy father[01]; and thou shalt eat[0398][8799] bread[03899] at my table[07979] continually[08548].
11:24 And he bowed[07812][8691] himself, and said[0559][8799], What is thy servant[05650], that thou shouldest look[06437][8804] upon such a dead[04191][8801] dog[03611] as I am ?
11:25 Then the king[04428] called[07121][8799] to Ziba[06717], Saul's[07586] servant[05288], and said[0559][8799] unto him, I have given[05414][8804] unto thy master's[0113] son[01121] all that pertained[01961][8804] to Saul[07586] and to all his house[01004].
11:26 Thou therefore, and thy sons[01121], and thy servants[05650], shall till[05647][8804] the land[0127] for him, and thou shalt bring[0935][8689] in the fruits , that thy master's[0113] son[01121] may have food[03899] to eat[0398][8804]: but Mephibosheth[04648] thy master's[0113] son[01121] shall eat[0398][8799] bread[03899] alway[08548] at my table[07979]. Now Ziba[06717] had fifteen[02568][06240] sons[01121] and twenty[06242] servants[05650].
11:27 Then said[0559][8799] Ziba[06717] unto the king[04428], According to all that my lord[0113] the king[04428] hath commanded[06680][8762] his servant[05650], so shall thy servant[05650] do[06213][8799]. As for Mephibosheth[04648], said the king , he shall eat[0398][8802] at my table[07979], as one[0259] of the king's[04428] sons[01121].
12:1 And Mephibosheth[04648] had a young[06996] son[01121], whose name[08034] was Micha[04316]. And all that dwelt[04186] in the house[01004] of Ziba[06717] were servants[05650] unto Mephibosheth[04648].
12:2 So Mephibosheth[04648] dwelt[03427][8802] in Jerusalem[03389]: for he did eat[0398][8802] continually[08548] at the king's[04428] table[07979]; and was lame[06455] on both[08147] his feet[07272].
12:3 And it came to pass after this[0310], that the king[04428] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] died[04191][8799], and Hanun[02586] his son[01121] reigned[04427][8799] in his stead.
12:4 Then said[0559][8799] David[01732], I will shew[06213][8799] kindness[02617] unto Hanun[02586] the son[01121] of Nahash[05176], as his father[01] shewed[06213][8804] kindness[02617] unto me. And David[01732] sent[07971][8799] to comfort[05162][8763] him by the hand[03027] of his servants[05650] for his father[01]. And David's[01732] servants[05650] came[0935][8799] into the land[0776] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983].
12:5 And the princes[08269] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] said[0559][8799] unto Hanun[02586] their lord[0113], Thinkest[05869] thou that David[01732] doth honour[03513][8764] thy father[01], that he hath sent[07971][8804] comforters[05162][8764] unto thee? hath not David[01732] rather sent[07971][8804] his servants[05650] unto thee, to[05668] search[02713][8800] the city[05892], and to spy it out[07270][8763], and to overthrow[02015][8800] it? Thinkest...: Heb. In thine eyes doth David
12:6 Wherefore Hanun[02586] took[03947][8799] David's[01732] servants[05650], and shaved off[01548][8762] the one half[02677] of their beards[02206], and cut off[03772][8799] their garments[04063] in the middle[02677], even  to their buttocks[08357], and sent them away[07971][8762].
12:7 When they told[05046][8686] it unto David[01732], he sent[07971][8799] to meet[07125][8800] them, because the men[0582] were greatly[03966] ashamed[03637][8737]: and the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Tarry[03427][8798] at Jericho[03405] until your beards[02206] be grown[06779][8762], and then return[07725][8804].
12:8 And when the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] saw[07200][8799] that they stank[0887][8738] before David[01732], the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] sent[07971][8799] and hired[07936][8799] the Syrians[0758] of Bethrehob[01050], and the Syrians[0758] of Zoba[06678], twenty[06242] thousand[0505] footmen[07273], and of king[04428] Maacah[04601] a thousand[0505] men[0376], and of Ishtob[0382] twelve[06240][08147] thousand[0505] men[0376]. Ishtob: or, the men of Tob
12:9 And when David[01732] heard[08085][8799] of it , he sent[07971][8799] Joab[03097], and all the host[06635] of the mighty men[01368].
12:10 And the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] came out[03318][8799], and put the battle[04421] in array[06186][8799] at the entering in[06607] of the gate[08179]: and the Syrians[0758] of Zoba[06678], and of Rehob[07340], and Ishtob[0382], and Maacah[04601], were by themselves[0905] in the field[07704].
12:11 When Joab[03097] saw[07200][8799] that the front[06440] of the battle[04421] was against him before[06440] and behind[0268], he chose[0977][8799] of all the choice[0977][8803] men of Israel[03478], and put them  in array[06186][8799] against[07125][8800] the Syrians[0758]:
12:12 And the rest[03499] of the people[05971] he delivered[05414][8804] into the hand[03027] of Abishai[052] his brother[0251], that he might put them in array[06186][8799] against[07125][8800] the children[01121] of Ammon[05983].
12:13 And he said[0559][8799], If the Syrians[0758] be too strong[02388][8799] for me, then thou shalt help[03444] me: but if the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] be too strong[02388][8799] for thee, then I will come[01980][8804] and help[03467][8687] thee.
12:14 Be of good courage[02388][8798], and let us play the men[02388][8691] for our people[05971], and for the cities[05892] of our God[0430]: and the LORD[03068] do[06213][8799] that which seemeth[05869] him good[02896].
12:15 And Joab[03097] drew nigh[05066][8799], and the people[05971] that were with him, unto the battle[04421] against the Syrians[0758]: and they fled[05127][8799] before[06440] him.
12:16 And when the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] saw[07200][8804] that the Syrians[0758] were fled[05127][8804], then fled[05127][8799] they also before[06440] Abishai[052], and entered[0935][8799] into the city[05892]. So Joab[03097] returned[07725][8799] from the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389].
12:17 And when the Syrians[0758] saw[07200][8799] that they were smitten[05062][8738] before[06440] Israel[03478], they gathered[0622][8735] themselves together[03162].
12:18 And Hadarezer[01928] sent[07971][8799], and brought out[03318][8686] the Syrians[0758] that were beyond[05676] the river[05104]: and they came[0935][8799] to Helam[02431]; and Shobach[07731] the captain[08269] of the host[06635] of Hadarezer[01928] went before[06440] them. the river: that is, Euphrates Shobach: or, Shophach
12:19 And when it was told[05046][8714] David[01732], he gathered[0622][00] all Israel[03478] together[0622][8799], and passed over[05674][8799] Jordan[03383], and came[0935][8799] to Helam[02431]. And the Syrians[0758] set themselves in array[06186][8799] against[07125][8800] David[01732], and fought[03898][8735] with him.
12:20 And the Syrians[0758] fled[05127][8799] before[06440] Israel[03478]; and David[01732] slew[02026][8799] the men of seven[07651] hundred[03967] chariots[07393] of the Syrians[0758], and forty[0705] thousand[0505] horsemen[06571], and smote[05221][8689] Shobach[07731] the captain[08269] of their host[06635], who died[04191][8799] there. horsemen: also called, footmen
12:21 And when all the kings[04428] that were servants[05650] to Hadarezer[01928] saw[07200][8799] that they were smitten[05062][8738] before[06440] Israel[03478], they made peace[07999][8686] with Israel[03478], and served[05647][8799] them. So the Syrians[0758] feared[03372][8799] to help[03467][8687] the children[01121] of Ammon[05983] any more.
12:22 And it came to pass, after the year[08141] was expired[08666], at the time[06256] when kings[04428][8675][04397] go forth[03318][8800] to battle , that David[01732] sent[07971][8799] Joab[03097], and his servants[05650] with him, and all Israel[03478]; and they destroyed[07843][8686] the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and besieged[06696][8799] Rabbah[07237]. But David[01732] tarried still[03427][8802] at Jerusalem[03389]. after...: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the spring
12:23 And it came to pass in an eveningtide[06153][06256], that David[01732] arose[06965][8799] from off his bed[04904], and walked[01980][8691] upon the roof[01406] of the king's[04428] house[01004]: and from the roof[01406] he saw[07200][8799] a woman[0802] washing[07364][8801] herself; and the woman[0802] was very[03966] beautiful[02896] to look upon[04758].
12:24 And David[01732] sent[07971][8799] and enquired[01875][8799] after the woman[0802]. And one said[0559][8799], Is not this Bathsheba[01339], the daughter[01323] of Eliam[0463], the wife[0802] of Uriah[0223] the Hittite[02850]? Bathsheba: or, Bathshuah Eliam: or Ammiel
12:25 And David[01732] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397], and took[03947][8799] her; and she came in[0935][8799] unto him, and he lay[07901][8799] with her; for she was purified[06942][8693] from her uncleanness[02932]: and she returned[07725][8799] unto her house[01004]. for she...: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned
12:26 And the woman[0802] conceived[02029][8799], and sent[07971][8799] and told[05046][8686] David[01732], and said[0559][8799], I am with child[02030].
12:27 And David[01732] sent[07971][8799] to Joab[03097], saying , Send[07971][8798] me Uriah[0223] the Hittite[02850]. And Joab[03097] sent[07971][8799] Uriah[0223] to David[01732].
12:28 And when Uriah[0223] was come[0935][8799] unto him, David[01732] demanded[07592][8799] of him how Joab[03097] did[07965], and how the people[05971] did[07965], and how the war[04421] prospered[07965]. how Joab...: Heb. of the peace of, etc
12:29 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Uriah[0223], Go down[03381][8798] to thy house[01004], and wash[07364][8798] thy feet[07272]. And Uriah[0223] departed out[03318][8799] of the king's[04428] house[01004], and there followed[0310] him a mess[04864] of meat from the king[04428]. followed...: Heb. went out after him
12:30 But Uriah[0223] slept[07901][8799] at the door[06607] of the king's[04428] house[01004] with all the servants[05650] of his lord[0113], and went not down[03381][8804] to his house[01004].
12:31 And when they had told[05046][8686] David[01732], saying[0559][8800], Uriah[0223] went not down[03381][8804] unto his house[01004], David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Uriah[0223], Camest[0935][8802] thou not from  thy journey[01870]? why then didst thou not go down[03381][8804] unto thine house[01004]?
13:1 And Uriah[0223] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], The ark[0727], and Israel[03478], and Judah[03063], abide[03427][8802] in tents[05521]; and my lord[0113] Joab[03097], and the servants[05650] of my lord[0113], are encamped[02583][8802] in the open[06440] fields[07704]; shall I[0589] then go[0935][8799] into mine house[01004], to eat[0398][8800] and to drink[08354][8800], and to lie[07901][8800] with my wife[0802]? as thou livest[02416], and as thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], I will not do[06213][8799] this thing[01697].
13:2 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Uriah[0223], Tarry[03427][8798] here to day[03117] also, and to morrow[04279] I will let thee depart[07971][8762]. So Uriah[0223] abode[03427][8799] in Jerusalem[03389] that day[03117], and the morrow[04283].
13:3 And when David[01732] had called[07121][8799] him, he did eat[0398][8799] and drink[08354][8799] before[06440] him; and he made him drunk[07937][8762]: and at even[06153] he went out[03318][8799] to lie[07901][8800] on his bed[04904] with the servants[05650] of his lord[0113], but went not down[03381][8804] to his house[01004].
13:4 And it came to pass in the morning[01242], that David[01732] wrote[03789][8799] a letter[05612] to Joab[03097], and sent[07971][8799] it by the hand[03027] of Uriah[0223].
13:5 And he wrote[03789][8799] in the letter[05612], saying[0559][8800], Set[03051][8798] ye Uriah[0223] in the forefront[06440][04136] of the hottest[02389] battle[04421], and retire[07725][8804] ye from him[0310], that he may be smitten[05221][8738], and die[04191][8804]. hottest: Heb. strong from him: Heb. from after him
13:6 And it came to pass, when Joab[03097] observed[08104][8800] the city[05892], that he assigned[05414][8799] Uriah[0223] unto a place[04725] where he knew[03045][8804] that valiant[02428] men[0582] were .
13:7 And the men[0582] of the city[05892] went out[03318][8799], and fought[03898][8735] with Joab[03097]: and there fell[05307][8799] some of the people[05971] of the servants[05650] of David[01732]; and Uriah[0223] the Hittite[02850] died[04191][8799] also.
13:8 Then Joab[03097] sent[07971][8799] and told[05046][8686] David[01732] all the things[01697] concerning the war[04421];
13:9 And charged[06680][8762] the messenger[04397], saying[0559][8800], When thou hast made an end[03615][8763] of telling[01696][8763] the matters[01697] of the war[04421] unto the king[04428],
13:10 And if so be that the king's[04428] wrath[02534] arise[05927][8799], and he say[0559][8804] unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh[05066][8738] unto the city[05892] when ye did fight[03898][8736]? knew[03045][8804] ye not that they would shoot[03384][8686] from the wall[02346]?
13:11 Who smote[05221][8689] Abimelech[040] the son[01121] of Jerubbesheth[03380]? did not a woman[0802] cast[07993][8689] a piece[06400] of a millstone[07393] upon him from the wall[02346], that he died[04191][8799] in Thebez[08405]? why went ye nigh[05066][8738] the wall[02346]? then say[0559][8804] thou, Thy servant[05650] Uriah[0223] the Hittite[02850] is dead[04191][8804] also. Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal
13:12 So the messenger[04397] went[03212][8799], and came[0935][8799] and shewed[05046][8686] David[01732] all that Joab[03097] had sent[07971][8804] him for.
13:13 And the messenger[04397] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Surely the men[0582] prevailed[01396][8804] against us, and came out[03318][8799] unto us into the field[07704], and we were upon them even unto the entering[06607] of the gate[08179].
13:14 And the shooters[03384][8688] shot[03384][8686] from off the wall[02346] upon thy servants[05650]; and some of the king's[04428] servants[05650] be dead[04191][8799], and thy servant[05650] Uriah[0223] the Hittite[02850] is dead[04191][8804] also.
13:15 Then David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto the messenger[04397], Thus shalt thou say[0559][8799] unto Joab[03097], Let not this thing[01697] displease[03415][8799][05869] thee, for the sword[02719] devoureth[0398][8799] one as well as another[02090]: make thy battle[04421] more strong[02388][8685] against the city[05892], and overthrow[02040][8798] it: and encourage[02388][8761] thou him. displease...: Heb. be evil in thine eyes one...: Heb. so and such
13:16 And when the wife[0802] of Uriah[0223] heard[08085][8799] that Uriah[0223] her husband[0376] was dead[04191][8804], she mourned[05594][8799] for her husband[01167].
13:17 And when the mourning[060] was past[05674][8799], David[01732] sent[07971][8799] and fetched[0622][8799] her to his house[01004], and she became his wife[0802], and bare[03205][8799] him a son[01121]. But the thing[01697] that David[01732] had done[06213][8804] displeased[03415][8799][05869] the LORD[03068]. displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of
13:18 And the LORD[03068] sent[07971][8799] Nathan[05416] unto David[01732]. And he came[0935][8799] unto him, and said[0559][8799] unto him, There were two[08147] men[0582] in one[0259] city[05892]; the one[0259] rich[06223], and the other[0259] poor[07326][8802].
13:19 The rich[06223] man had exceeding[03966] many[07235][8687] flocks[06629] and herds[01241]:
13:20 But the poor[07326][8802] man had nothing, save one[0259] little[06996] ewe lamb[03535], which he had bought[07069][8804] and nourished up[02421][8762]: and it grew up[01431][8799] together[03162] with him, and with his children[01121]; it did eat[0398][8799] of his own meat[06595], and drank[08354][8799] of his own cup[03563], and lay[07901][8799] in his bosom[02436], and was unto him as a daughter[01323]. meat: Heb. morsel
13:21 And there came[0935][8799] a traveller[01982] unto the rich[06223] man[0376], and he spared[02550][8799] to take[03947][8800] of his own flock[06629] and of his own herd[01241], to dress[06213][8800] for the wayfaring man[0732][8802] that was come[0935][8802] unto him; but took[03947][8799] the poor[07326][8802] man's[0376] lamb[03535], and dressed[06213][8799] it for the man[0376] that was come[0935][8802] to him.
13:22 And David's[01732] anger[0639] was greatly[03966] kindled[02734][8799] against the man[0376]; and he said[0559][8799] to Nathan[05416], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], the man[0376] that hath done[06213][8802] this thing shall surely[01121] die[04194]: shall...: or, is worthy to die, or, is a son of death
13:23 And he shall restore[07999][8762] the lamb[03535] fourfold[0706], because[06118] he did[06213][8804] this thing[01697], and because[0834] he had no pity[02550][8804].
13:24 And Nathan[05416] said[0559][8799] to David[01732], Thou art the man[0376]. Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068] God[0430] of Israel[03478], I anointed[04886][8804] thee king[04428] over Israel[03478], and I delivered[05337][8689] thee out of the hand[03027] of Saul[07586];
13:25 And I gave[05414][8799] thee thy master's[0113] house[01004], and thy master's[0113] wives[0802] into thy bosom[02436], and gave[05414][8799] thee the house[01004] of Israel[03478] and of Judah[03063]; and if that had been too little[04592], I would moreover have given[03254][8686] unto thee such[02007] and such things[02007].
13:26 Wherefore hast thou despised[0959][8804] the commandment[01697] of the LORD[03068], to do[06213][8800] evil[07451] in his sight[05869]? thou hast killed[05221][8689] Uriah[0223] the Hittite[02850] with the sword[02719], and hast taken[03947][8804] his wife[0802] to be thy wife[0802], and hast slain[02026][8804] him with the sword[02719] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983].
13:27 Now therefore the sword[02719] shall never[05704][05769] depart[05493][8799] from thine house[01004]; because[06118] thou hast despised[0959][8804] me, and hast taken[03947][8799] the wife[0802] of Uriah[0223] the Hittite[02850] to be thy wife[0802].
13:28 Thus saith[0559][8804] the LORD[03068], Behold, I will raise up[06965][8688] evil[07451] against thee out of thine own house[01004], and I will take[03947][8804] thy wives[0802] before thine eyes[05869], and give[05414][8804] them unto thy neighbour[07453], and he shall lie[07901][8804] with thy wives[0802] in the sight[05869] of this sun[08121].
13:29 For thou didst[06213][8804] it secretly[05643]: but I will do[06213][8799] this thing[01697] before all Israel[03478], and before the sun[08121].
13:30 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto Nathan[05416], I have sinned[02398][8804] against the LORD[03068]. And Nathan[05416] said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], The LORD[03068] also hath put away[05674][8689] thy sin[02403]; thou shalt not die[04191][8799].
13:31 Howbeit[0657], because by this deed[01697] thou hast given[05006][00] great occasion[05006][8763] to the enemies[0341][8802] of the LORD[03068] to blaspheme[05006][8765], the child[01121] also that is born[03209] unto thee shall surely[04191][8800] die[04191][8799].
13:32 And Nathan[05416] departed[03212][8799] unto his house[01004]. And the LORD[03068] struck[05062][8799] the child[03206] that Uriah's[0223] wife[0802] bare[03205][8804] unto David[01732], and it was very sick[0605][8735].
13:33 David[01732] therefore besought[01245][8762] God[0430] for the child[05288]; and David[01732] fasted[06684][8799][06685], and went in[0935][8804], and lay[07901][8804] all night[03885][8804] upon the earth[0776]. fasted: Heb. fasted a fast
13:34 And the elders[02205] of his house[01004] arose[06965][8799], and went to him, to raise him up[06965][8687] from the earth[0776]: but he would[014][8804] not, neither did he eat[01262][8804] bread[03899] with them.
13:35 And it came to pass on the seventh[07637] day[03117], that the child[03206] died[04191][8799]. And the servants[05650] of David[01732] feared[03372][8799] to tell[05046][8687] him that the child[03206] was dead[04191][8804]: for they said[0559][8804], Behold, while the child[03206] was yet alive[02416], we spake[01696][8765] unto him, and he would not hearken[08085][8804] unto our voice[06963]: how will he then[06213][00] vex[07451] himself[06213][8804], if we tell[0559][8799] him that the child[03206] is dead[04191][8804]? vex: Heb. do hurt
13:36 But when David[01732] saw[07200][8799] that his servants[05650] whispered[03907][8693], David[01732] perceived[0995][8799] that the child[03206] was dead[04191][8804]: therefore David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto his servants[05650], Is the child[03206] dead[04191][8804]? And they said[0559][8799], He is dead[04191][8804].
13:37 Then David[01732] arose[06965][8799] from the earth[0776], and washed[07364][8799], and anointed[05480][8686] himself , and changed[02498][8762] his apparel[08071], and came[0935][8799] into the house[01004] of the LORD[03068], and worshipped[07812][8691]: then he came[0935][8799] to his own house[01004]; and when he required[07592][8799], they set[07760][8799] bread[03899] before him, and he did eat[0398][8799].
13:38 Then said[0559][8799] his servants[05650] unto him, What thing[01697] is this that thou hast done[06213][8804]? thou didst fast[06684][8804] and weep[01058][8799] for the child[03206], while it was alive[02416]; but when the child[03206] was dead[04191][8804], thou didst rise[06965][8804] and eat[0398][8799] bread[03899].
13:39 And he said[0559][8799], While the child[03206] was yet alive[02416], I fasted[06684][8804] and wept[01058][8799]: for I said[0559][8804], Who can tell[03045][8802] whether  GOD[03068] will be gracious[02603][8804][8675][02603][8762] to me, that the child[03206] may live[02416]?
14:1 But now he is dead[04191][8804], wherefore should I fast[06684][8802]? can[03201][8799] I bring him back again[07725][8687]? I shall go[01980][8802] to him, but he shall not return[07725][8799] to me.
14:2 And David[01732] comforted[05162][8762] Bathsheba[01339] his wife[0802], and went in[0935][8799] unto her, and lay[07901][8799] with her: and she bare[03205][8799] a son[01121], and he called[07121][8799] his name[08034] Solomon[08010]: and the LORD[03068] loved[0157][8804] him.
14:3 And he sent[07971][8799] by the hand[03027] of Nathan[05416] the prophet[05030]; and he called[07121][8799] his name[08034] Jedidiah[03041], because of the LORD[03068]. Jedidiah: that is, Beloved of the LORD
14:4 And Joab[03097] fought[03898][8735] against Rabbah[07237] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and took[03920][8799] the royal[04410] city[05892].
14:5 And Joab[03097] sent[07971][8799] messengers[04397] to David[01732], and said[0559][8799], I have fought[03898][8738] against Rabbah[07237], and have taken[03920][8804] the city[05892] of waters[04325].
14:6 Now therefore gather[0622][00] the rest[03499] of the people[05971] together[0622][8798], and encamp[02583][8798] against the city[05892], and take[03920][8798] it: lest I take[03920][8799] the city[05892], and it be called[07121][8738] after my name[08034]. it be called...: Heb. my name be called upon it
14:7 And David[01732] gathered[0622][00] all the people[05971] together[0622][8799], and went[03212][8799] to Rabbah[07237], and fought[03898][8735] against it, and took[03920][8799] it.
14:8 And he took[03947][8799] their king's[04428] crown[05850] from off his head[07218], the weight[04948] whereof was a talent[03603] of gold[02091] with the precious[03368] stones[068]: and it was set on David's[01732] head[07218]. And he brought forth[03318][8689] the spoil[07998] of the city[05892] in great[03966] abundance[07235][8687]. in great...: Heb. very great
14:9 And he brought forth[03318][8689] the people[05971] that were therein, and put[07760][8799] them under saws[04050], and under harrows[02757] of iron[01270], and under axes[04037] of iron[01270], and made them pass[05674][8689] through the brickkiln[04404]: and thus did[06213][8799] he unto all the cities[05892] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983]. So David[01732] and all the people[05971] returned[07725][8799] unto Jerusalem[03389].
14:10 And it came to pass after[0310] this, that Absalom[053] the son[01121] of David[01732] had a fair[03303] sister[0269], whose name[08034] was Tamar[08559]; and Amnon[0550] the son[01121] of David[01732] loved[0157][8799] her.
14:11 And Amnon[0550] was so vexed[03334][8799], that he fell sick[02470][8692] for his sister[0269] Tamar[08559]; for she was a virgin[01330]; and Amnon[0550] thought[05869] it hard[06381][8735] for him to do[06213][8800] any thing[03972] to her. Amnon thought...: Heb. it was marvellous, or, hidden in the eyes of Amnon
14:12 But Amnon[0550] had a friend[07453], whose name[08034] was Jonadab[03122], the son[01121] of Shimeah[08093] David's[01732] brother[0251]: and Jonadab[03122] was a very[03966] subtil[02450] man[0376].
14:13 And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Why art thou, being the king's[04428] son[01121], lean[01800] from day[01242] to day[01242]? wilt thou not tell[05046][8686] me? And Amnon[0550] said[0559][8799] unto him, I love[0157][8802] Tamar[08559], my brother[0251] Absalom's[053] sister[0269]. lean: Heb. thin from day...: Heb. morning by morning
14:14 And Jonadab[03082] said[0559][8799] unto him, Lay thee down[07901][8798] on thy bed[04904], and make thyself sick[02470][8690]: and when thy father[01] cometh[0935][8804] to see[07200][8800] thee, say[0559][8804] unto him, I pray thee, let my sister[0269] Tamar[08559] come[0935][8799], and give[01262][8686] me meat[03899], and dress[06213][8804] the meat[01279] in my sight[05869], that I may see[07200][8799] it , and eat[0398][8804] it  at her hand[03027].
14:15 So Amnon[0550] lay down[07901][8799], and made himself sick[02470][8691]: and when the king[04428] was come[0935][8799] to see[07200][8800] him, Amnon[0550] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], I pray thee, let Tamar[08559] my sister[0269] come[0935][8799], and make[03823][8762] me a couple[08147] of cakes[03834] in my sight[05869], that I may eat[01262][8799] at her hand[03027].
14:16 Then David[01732] sent[07971][8799] home[01004] to Tamar[08559], saying[0559][8800], Go[03212][8798] now to thy brother[0251] Amnon's[0550] house[01004], and dress[06213][8798] him meat[01279].
14:17 So Tamar[08559] went[03212][8799] to her brother[0251] Amnon's[0550] house[01004]; and he was laid down[07901][8802]. And she took[03947][8799] flour[01217], and kneaded[03888][8799] it , and made cakes[03823][8762] in his sight[05869], and did bake[01310][8762] the cakes[03834]. flour: or, paste
14:18 And she took[03947][8799] a pan[04958], and poured them out[03332][8799] before[06440] him; but he refused[03985][8762] to eat[0398][8800]. And Amnon[0550] said[0559][8799], Have out[03318][8685] all men[0376] from me. And they went out[03318][8799] every man[0376] from him.
14:19 And Amnon[0550] said[0559][8799] unto Tamar[08559], Bring[0935][8685] the meat[01279] into the chamber[02315], that I may eat[01262][8799] of thine hand[03027]. And Tamar[08559] took[03947][8799] the cakes[03834] which she had made[06213][8804], and brought[0935][8686] them into the chamber[02315] to Amnon[0550] her brother[0251].
14:20 And when she had brought[05066][8686] them unto him to eat[0398][8800], he took hold[02388][8686] of her, and said[0559][8799] unto her, Come[0935][8798] lie[07901][8798] with me, my sister[0269].
14:21 And she answered[0559][8799] him, Nay, my brother[0251], do not force[06031][8762] me; for no such thing ought[03651] to be done[06213][8735] in Israel[03478]: do[06213][8799] not thou this folly[05039]. force...: Heb. humble me no such...: Heb. it ought not so to be done
14:22 And I, whither shall I cause my shame[02781] to go[03212][8686]? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one[0259] of the fools[05036] in Israel[03478]. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak[01696][8761] unto the king[04428]; for he will not withhold[04513][8799] me from thee.
14:23 Howbeit he would[014][8804] not hearken[08085][8800] unto her voice[06963]: but, being stronger[02388][8799] than she, forced[06031][8762] her, and lay[07901][8799] with her.
14:24 Then Amnon[0550] hated[08130][8799] her exceedingly[03966][01419]; so that the hatred[08135] wherewith he hated[08130][8804] her was greater[01419] than the love[0160] wherewith he had loved[0157][8804] her. And Amnon[0550] said[0559][8799] unto her, Arise[06965][8798], be gone[03212][8798]. exceedingly: Heb. with great hatred greatly
14:25 And she said[0559][8799] unto him, There is no cause[0182]: this evil[07451] in sending me away[07971][8763] is greater[01419] than the other[0312] that thou didst[06213][8804] unto me. But he would[014][8804] not hearken[08085][8800] unto her.
14:26 Then he called[07121][8799] his servant[05288] that ministered[08334][8764] unto him, and said[0559][8799], Put[07971][8798] now this woman out[02351] from me, and bolt[05274][8798] the door[01817] after[0310] her.
14:27 And she had a garment[03801] of divers colours[06446] upon her: for with such robes[04598] were the king's[04428] daughters[01323] that were virgins[01330] apparelled[03847][8799]. Then his servant[08334][8764] brought[03318][8686] her out[02351], and bolted[05274][8804] the door[01817] after[0310] her.
14:28 And Tamar[08559] put[03947][8799] ashes[0665] on her head[07218], and rent[07167][8804] her garment[03801] of divers colours[06446] that was on her, and laid[07760][8799] her hand[03027] on her head[07218], and went[03212][8799] on[01980][8800] crying[02199][8804].
14:29 And Absalom[053] her brother[0251] said[0559][8799] unto her, Hath Amnon[0550] thy brother[0251] been with thee? but hold now thy peace[02790][8685], my sister[0269]: he is  thy brother[0251]; regard[07896][8799][03820] not this thing[01697]. So Tamar[08559] remained[03427][8799] desolate[08074][8802] in her brother[0251] Absalom's[053] house[01004]. Amnon: Heb. Aminon regard...: Heb. set not thy heart desolate: Heb. and desolate
14:30 But when king[04428] David[01732] heard[08085][8804] of all these things[01697], he was very[03966] wroth[02734][8799].
14:31 And Absalom[053] spake[01696][8765] unto his brother Amnon[0550] neither good[02896] nor bad[07451]: for Absalom[053] hated[08130][8804] Amnon[0550], because[01697] he had forced[06031][8765] his sister[0269] Tamar[08559].
14:32 And it came to pass after two full[03117] years[08141], that Absalom[053] had sheepshearers[01494][8802] in Baalhazor[01178], which is beside Ephraim[0669]: and Absalom[053] invited[07121][8799] all the king's[04428] sons[01121].
14:33 And Absalom[053] came[0935][8799] to the king[04428], and said[0559][8799], Behold now, thy servant[05650] hath sheepshearers[01494][8802]; let[03212][00] the king[04428], I beseech thee, and his servants[05650] go[03212][8799] with thy servant[05650].
15:1 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] to Absalom[053], Nay, my son[01121], let us not all now go[03212][8799], lest we be chargeable[03513][8799] unto thee. And he pressed[06555][8799] him: howbeit he would[014][8804] not go[03212][8800], but blessed[01288][8762] him.
15:2 Then said[0559][8799] Absalom[053], If not, I pray thee, let my brother[0251] Amnon[0550] go[03212][8799] with us. And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him, Why should he go[03212][8799] with thee?
15:3 But Absalom[053] pressed[06555][8799] him, that he let Amnon[0550] and all the king's[04428] sons[01121] go[07971][8799] with him.
15:4 Now Absalom[053] had commanded[06680][8762] his servants[05288], saying[0559][8800], Mark[07200][8798] ye now when Amnon's[0550] heart[03820] is merry[02896] with wine[03196], and when I say[0559][8804] unto you, Smite[05221][8685] Amnon[0550]; then kill[04191][8689] him, fear[03372][8799] not: have not I commanded[06680][8765] you? be courageous[02388][8798], and be valiant[01121][02428]. have...: or, will you not, since I have commanded you? valiant: Heb. sons of valour
15:5 And the servants[05288] of Absalom[053] did[06213][8799] unto Amnon[0550] as Absalom[053] had commanded[06680][8765]. Then all the king's[04428] sons[01121] arose[06965][8799], and every man[0376] gat him up[07392][8799] upon his mule[06505], and fled[05127][8799]. gat...: Heb. rode
15:6 And it came to pass, while they were in the way[01870], that tidings[08052] came[0935][8804] to David[01732], saying[0559][8800], Absalom[053] hath slain[05221][8689] all the king's[04428] sons[01121], and there is not one[0259] of them left[03498][8738].
15:7 Then the king[04428] arose[06965][8799], and tare[07167][8799] his garments[0899], and lay[07901][8799] on the earth[0776]; and all his servants[05650] stood[05324][8737] by with their clothes[0899] rent[07167][8803].
15:8 And Jonadab[03122], the son[01121] of Shimeah[08093] David's[01732] brother[0251], answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Let not my lord[0113] suppose[0559][8799] that  they have slain[04191][8689] all the young men[05288] the king's[04428] sons[01121]; for Amnon[0550] only is dead[04191][8804]: for by the appointment[06310] of Absalom[053] this hath been determined[07760][8803] from the day[03117] that he forced[06031][8763] his sister[0269] Tamar[08559]. appointment: Heb. mouth determined: or, settled
15:9 Now therefore let not my lord[0113] the king[04428] take[07760][8799] the thing[01697] to his heart[03820], to think[0559][8800] that all the king's[04428] sons[01121] are dead[04191][8804]: for Amnon[0550] only is dead[04191][8804].
15:10 But Absalom[053] fled[01272][8799]. And the young man[05288] that kept the watch[06822][8802] lifted up[05375][8799] his eyes[05869], and looked[07200][8799], and, behold, there came[01980][8802] much[07227] people[05971] by the way[01870] of the hill[02022] side[06654] behind[0310] him.
15:11 And Jonadab[03122] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Behold, the king's[04428] sons[01121] come[0935][8804]: as thy servant[05650] said[01697], so it is. as thy...: Heb. according to the word of thy servant
15:12 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end[03615][8763] of speaking[01696][8763], that, behold, the king's[04428] sons[01121] came[0935][8804], and lifted up[05375][8799] their voice[06963] and wept[01058][8799]: and the king[04428] also and all his servants[05650] wept[01058][8804] very[03966] sore[01065][01419]. very...: Heb. with a great weeping greatly
15:13 But Absalom[053] fled[01272][8804], and went[03212][8799] to Talmai[08526], the son[01121] of Ammihud[05991][8675][05989], king[04428] of Geshur[01650]. And David mourned[056][8691] for his son[01121] every day[03117]. Ammihud: or, Ammihur
15:14 So Absalom[053] fled[01272][8804], and went[03212][8799] to Geshur[01650], and was there three[07969] years[08141].
15:15 And the soul of king[04428] David[01732] longed[03615][8762] to go forth[03318][8800] unto Absalom[053]: for he was comforted[05162][8738] concerning Amnon[0550], seeing he was dead[04191][8804]. longed: or, was consumed
15:16 Now Joab[03097] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870] perceived[03045][8799] that the king's[04428] heart[03820] was toward Absalom[053].
15:17 And Joab[03097] sent[07971][8799] to Tekoah[08620], and fetched[03947][8799] thence a wise[02450] woman[0802], and said[0559][8799] unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner[056][8693], and put on[03847][8798] now mourning[060] apparel[0899], and anoint[05480][8799] not thyself with oil[08081], but be as a woman[0802] that had a long[07227] time[03117] mourned[056][8690] for the dead[04191][8801]:
15:18 And come[0935][8804] to the king[04428], and speak[01696][8765] on this manner[01697] unto him. So Joab[03097] put[07760][8799] the words[01697] in her mouth[06310].
15:19 And when the woman[0802] of Tekoah[08621] spake[0559][8799] to the king[04428], she fell[05307][8799] on her face[0639] to the ground[0776], and did obeisance[07812][8691], and said[0559][8799], Help[03467][8685], O king[04428]. Help: Heb. Save
15:20 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered[0559][8799], I am indeed[061] a widow[0490] woman[0802], and mine husband[0376] is dead[04191][8799].
15:21 And thy handmaid[08198] had two[08147] sons[01121], and they two[08147] strove together[05327][8735] in the field[07704], and there was none to part[05337][8688] them, but the one[0259] smote[05221][8686] the other[0259], and slew[04191][8686] him. none...: Heb. no deliverer between them
15:22 And, behold, the whole family[04940] is risen[06965][8804] against thine handmaid[08198], and they said[0559][8799], Deliver[05414][8798] him that smote[05221][8688] his brother[0251], that we may kill[04191][8686] him, for the life[05315] of his brother[0251] whom he slew[02026][8804]; and we will destroy[08045][8686] the heir[03423][8802] also: and so they shall quench[03518][8765] my coal[01513] which is left[07760][8800], and shall not leave[07604][8738] to my husband[0376] neither name[08034] nor remainder[07611] upon[06440] the earth[0127]. upon...: Heb. upon the face of the earth
15:23 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto the woman[0802], Go[03212][8798] to thine house[01004], and I will give charge[06680][8762] concerning thee.
15:24 And the woman[0802] of Tekoah[08621] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], My lord[0113], O king[04428], the iniquity[05771] be on me, and on my father's[01] house[01004]: and the king[04428] and his throne[03678] be guiltless[05355].
15:25 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Whosoever saith[01696][8764] ought unto thee, bring[0935][8689] him to me, and he shall not touch[05060][8800] thee any more[03254][8686].
15:26 Then said[0559][8799] she, I pray thee, let the king[04428] remember[02142][8799] the LORD[03068] thy God[0430], that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers[01350][8802] of blood[01818] to destroy[07843][8763] any more[07235][8687], lest they destroy[08045][8686] my son[01121]. And he said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], there shall not one hair[08185] of thy son[01121] fall[05307][8799] to the earth[0776]. that...: Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy
15:27 Then the woman[0802] said[0559][8799], Let thine handmaid[08198], I pray thee, speak[01696][8762] one word[01697] unto my lord[0113] the king[04428]. And he said[0559][8799], Say on[01696][8761].
15:28 And the woman[0802] said[0559][8799], Wherefore then hast thou thought[02803][8804] such a thing against the people[05971] of God[0430]? for the king[04428] doth speak[01696][8693] this thing[01697] as one which is faulty[0818], in that the king[04428] doth not fetch home again[07725][8687] his banished[05080][8737].
15:29 For we must needs[04191][8800] die[04191][8799], and are as water[04325] spilt[05064][8737] on the ground[0776], which cannot be gathered up again[0622][8735]; neither doth God[0430] respect[05375][8799] any  person[05315]: yet doth he devise[02803][8804] means[04284], that his banished[05080][8737] be not expelled[05080][8799] from him. neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc
15:30 Now therefore that I am come[0935][8804] to speak[01696][8763] of this thing[01697] unto my lord[0113] the king[04428], it is because the people[05971] have made me afraid[03372][8765]: and thy handmaid[08198] said[0559][8799], I will now speak[01696][8762] unto the king[04428]; it may be that the king[04428] will perform[06213][8799] the request[01697] of his handmaid[0519].
15:31 For the king[04428] will hear[08085][8799], to deliver[05337][8687] his handmaid[0519] out of the hand[03709] of the man[0376] that would destroy[08045][8687] me and my son[01121] together[03162] out of the inheritance[05159] of God[0430].
15:32 Then thine handmaid[08198] said[0559][8799], The word[01697] of my lord[0113] the king[04428] shall now be comfortable[04496]: for as an angel[04397] of God[0430], so is my lord[0113] the king[04428] to discern[08085][8800] good[02896] and bad[07451]: therefore the LORD[03068] thy God[0430] will be with thee. comfortable: Heb. for rest to discern: Heb. to hear
15:33 Then the king[04428] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799] unto the woman[0802], Hide[03582][8762] not from me, I pray thee, the thing[01697] that I shall ask[07592][8802] thee. And the woman[0802] said[0559][8799], Let my lord[0113] the king[04428] now speak[01696][8762].
15:34 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Is not the hand[03027] of Joab[03097] with thee in all this? And the woman[0802] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], As  thy soul[05315] liveth[02416], my lord[0113] the king[04428], none[0376] can[0786] turn to the right hand[03231][8687] or to the left[08041][8687] from ought that my lord[0113] the king[04428] hath spoken[01696][8765]: for thy servant[05650] Joab[03097], he bade[06680][8765] me, and he put[07760][8804] all these words[01697] in the mouth[06310] of thine handmaid[08198]:
15:35 To[05668] fetch about[05437][8763] this form[06440] of speech[01697] hath thy servant[05650] Joab[03097] done[06213][8804] this thing[01697]: and my lord[0113] is wise[02450], according to the wisdom[02451] of an angel[04397] of God[0430], to know[03045][8800] all things that are in the earth[0776].
15:36 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Joab[03097], Behold now, I have done[06213][8804] this thing[01697]: go[03212][8798] therefore, bring[07725][00] the young man[05288] Absalom[053] again[07725][8685].
15:37 And Joab[03097] fell[05307][8799] to the ground[0776] on his face[06440], and bowed[07812][8691] himself, and thanked[01288][8762] the king[04428]: and Joab[03097] said[0559][8799], To day[03117] thy servant[05650] knoweth[03045][8804] that I have found[04672][8804] grace[02580] in thy sight[05869], my lord[0113], O king[04428], in that the king[04428] hath fulfilled[06213][8804] the request[01697] of his servant[05650]. thanked: Heb. blessed his servant: or, thy servant
16:1 So Joab[03097] arose[06965][8799] and went[03212][8799] to Geshur[01650], and brought[0935][8686] Absalom[053] to Jerusalem[03389].
16:2 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Let him turn[05437][8735] to his own house[01004], and let him not see[07200][8799] my face[06440]. So Absalom[053] returned[05437][8735] to his own house[01004], and saw[07200][8804] not the king's[04428] face[06440].
16:3 But in all Israel[03478] there was none[0376] to be so much[03966] praised[01984][8763] as Absalom[053] for his beauty[03303]: from the sole[03709] of his foot[07272] even to the crown of his head[06936] there was no blemish[03971] in him. But...: Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly
16:4 And when he polled[01548][8763] his head[07218], (for it was at every year's[03117][03117] end[07093] that he polled[01548][8762] it : because the hair was heavy[03513][8804] on him, therefore he polled[01548][8765] it:) he weighed[08254][8804] the hair[08181] of his head[07218] at two hundred[03967] shekels[08255] after the king's[04428] weight[068].
16:5 And unto Absalom[053] there were born[03205][8735] three[07969] sons[01121], and one[0259] daughter[01323], whose name[08034] was Tamar[08559]: she was a woman[0802] of a fair[03303] countenance[04758].
16:6 So Absalom[053] dwelt[03427][8799] two full[03117] years[08141] in Jerusalem[03389], and saw[07200][8804] not the king's[04428] face[06440].
16:7 Therefore Absalom[053] sent[07971][8799] for Joab[03097], to have sent[07971][8800] him to the king[04428]; but he would[014][8804] not come[0935][8800] to him: and when he sent again[07971][8799] the second time[08145], he would[014][8804] not come[0935][8800].
16:8 Therefore he said[0559][8799] unto his servants[05650], See[07200][8798], Joab's[03097] field[02513] is near[0413] mine[03027], and he hath barley[08184] there; go[03212][8798] and set[03341][8685] it on fire[0784]. And Absalom's[053] servants[05650] set[03341][8686] the field[02513] on fire[0784]. near...: Heb. near my place
16:9 Then Joab[03097] arose[06965][8799], and came[0935][8799] to Absalom[053] unto his house[01004], and said[0559][8799] unto him, Wherefore have thy servants[05650] set[03341][8689] my field[02513] on fire[0784]?
16:10 And Absalom[053] answered[0559][8799] Joab[03097], Behold, I sent[07971][8804] unto thee, saying[0559][8800], Come[0935][8798] hither, that I may send[07971][8799] thee to the king[04428], to say[0559][8800], Wherefore am I come[0935][8804] from Geshur[01650]? it had been good[02896] for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see[07200][8799] the king's[04428] face[06440]; and if there be[03426] any iniquity[05771] in me, let him kill[04191][8689] me.
16:11 So Joab[03097] came[0935][8799] to the king[04428], and told[05046][8686] him: and when he had called[07121][8799] for Absalom[053], he came[0935][8799] to the king[04428], and bowed[07812][8691] himself on his face[0639] to the ground[0776] before[06440] the king[04428]: and the king[04428] kissed[05401][8799] Absalom[053].
16:12 And it came to pass after this[0310], that Absalom[053] prepared[06213][8799] him chariots[04818] and horses[05483], and fifty[02572] men[0376] to run[07323][8801] before[06440] him.
16:13 And Absalom[053] rose up early[07925][8689], and stood[05975][8804] beside[03027] the way[01870] of the gate[08179]: and it was so , that when any man[0376] that had a controversy[07379] came[0935][8800] to the king[04428] for judgment[04941], then Absalom[053] called[07121][8799] unto him, and said[0559][8799], Of what[0335] city[05892] art thou? And he said[0559][8799], Thy servant[05650] is of one[0259] of the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478]. came: Heb. to come
16:14 And Absalom[053] said[0559][8799] unto him, See[07200][8798], thy matters[01697] are good[02896] and right[05228]; but there is no man deputed of the king[04428] to hear[08085][8802] thee. there...: or, none will hear thee from the king downward
16:15 Absalom[053] said[0559][8799] moreover, Oh that I were made[07760][8799] judge[08199][8802] in the land[0776], that every man[0376] which hath any suit[07379] or cause[04941] might come[0935][8799] unto me, and I would do him justice[06663][8689]!
16:16 And it was so , that when any man[0376] came nigh[07126][8800] to him to do him obeisance[07812][8692], he put forth[07971][8804] his hand[03027], and took[02388][8689] him, and kissed[05401][8804] him.
16:17 And on this manner[01697] did[06213][8799] Absalom[053] to all Israel[03478] that came[0935][8799] to the king[04428] for judgment[04941]: so Absalom[053] stole[01589][8762] the hearts[03820] of the men[0582] of Israel[03478].
16:18 And it came to pass after[07093] forty[0705] years[08141], that Absalom[053] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], I pray thee, let me go[03212][8799] and pay[07999][8762] my vow[05088], which I have vowed[05087][8804] unto the LORD[03068], in Hebron[02275].
16:19 For thy servant[05650] vowed[05087][8804] a vow[05088] while I abode[03427][8800] at Geshur[01650] in Syria[0758], saying[0559][8800], If the LORD[03068] shall bring me again[07725][8799][8676][07725][8686] indeed to Jerusalem[03389], then I will serve[05647][8804] the LORD[03068].
16:20 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him, Go[03212][8798] in peace[07965]. So he arose[06965][8799], and went[03212][8799] to Hebron[02275].
16:21 But Absalom[053] sent[07971][8799] spies[07270][8764] throughout all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], As soon as ye hear[08085][8800] the sound[06963] of the trumpet[07782], then ye shall say[0559][8804], Absalom[053] reigneth[04427][8804] in Hebron[02275].
16:22 And with Absalom[053] went[01980][8804] two hundred[03967] men[0376] out of Jerusalem[03389], that were called[07121][8803]; and they went[01980][8802] in their simplicity[08537], and they knew[03045][8804] not any thing[01697].
16:23 And Absalom[053] sent[07971][8799] for Ahithophel[0302] the Gilonite[01526], David's[01732] counsellor[03289][8802], from his city[05892], even from Giloh[01542], while he offered[02076][8800] sacrifices[02077]. And the conspiracy[07195] was strong[0533]; for the people[05971] increased[07227] continually[01980][8802] with Absalom[053].
17:1 And there came[0935][8799] a messenger[05046][8688] to David[01732], saying[0559][8800], The hearts[03820] of the men[0376] of Israel[03478] are after[0310] Absalom[053].
17:2 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto all his servants[05650] that were with him at Jerusalem[03389], Arise[06965][8798], and let us flee[01272][8799]; for we shall not else escape[06413] from[06440] Absalom[053]: make speed[04116][8761] to depart[03212][8800], lest he overtake[05381][8689] us suddenly[04116][8762], and bring[05080][8689] evil[07451] upon us, and smite[05221][8689] the city[05892] with the edge[06310] of the sword[02719]. bring: Heb. thrust
17:3 And the king's[04428] servants[05650] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Behold, thy servants[05650] are ready to do whatsoever my lord[0113] the king[04428] shall appoint[0977][8799]. appoint: Heb. choose
17:4 And the king[04428] went forth[03318][8799], and all his household[01004] after[07272] him. And the king[04428] left[05800][8799] ten[06235] women[0802], which were concubines[06370], to keep[08104][8800] the house[01004]. after...: Heb. at his feet
17:5 And the king[04428] went forth[03318][8799], and all the people[05971] after[07272] him, and tarried[05975][8799] in a place[01004] that was far off[04801][8677][01023].
17:6 And all his servants[05650] passed on[05674][8802] beside[03027] him; and all the Cherethites[03774], and all the Pelethites[06432], and all the Gittites[01663], six[08337] hundred[03967] men[0376] which came[0935][8804] after[07272] him from Gath[01661], passed on[05674][8802] before[06440] the king[04428].
17:7 Then said[0559][8799] the king[04428] to Ittai[0863] the Gittite[01663], Wherefore goest[03212][8799] thou also with us? return[07725][8798] to thy place[04725], and abide[03427][8798] with the king[04428]: for thou  art a stranger[05237], and also an exile[01540][8802].
17:8 Whereas thou camest[0935][8800] but yesterday[08543], should I this day[03117] make thee go[03212][8800] up and down[05128][8686][8675][05128][8799] with us? seeing I go[01980][8802] whither I may, return[07725][8798] thou, and take back[07725][8685] thy brethren[0251]: mercy[02617] and truth[0571] be with thee. go up...: Heb. wander in going
17:9 And Ittai[0863] answered[06030][8799] the king[04428], and said[0559][8799], As the LORD[03068] liveth[02416], and as my lord[0113] the king[04428] liveth[02416], surely in what place[04725] my lord[0113] the king[04428] shall be, whether in death[04194] or life[02416], even there also will thy servant[05650] be.
17:10 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Ittai[0863], Go[03212][8798] and pass over[05674][8798]. And Ittai[0863] the Gittite[01663] passed over[05674][8799], and all his men[0582], and all the little ones[02945] that  were with him.
17:11 And all the country[0776] wept[01058][8802] with a loud[01419] voice[06963], and all the people[05971] passed over[05674][8802]: the king[04428] also himself passed over[05674][8802] the brook[05158] Kidron[06939], and all the people[05971] passed over[05674][8802], toward[06440] the way[01870] of the wilderness[04057]. Kidron: Gr. Cedron
17:12 And lo Zadok[06659] also, and all the Levites[03881] were with him, bearing[05375][8802] the ark[0727] of the covenant[01285] of God[0430]: and they set down[03332][8686] the ark[0727] of God[0430]; and Abiathar[054] went up[05927][8799], until all the people[05971] had done[08552][8800] passing[05674][8800] out of the city[05892].
17:13 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Zadok[06659], Carry back[07725][8685] the ark[0727] of God[0430] into the city[05892]: if I shall find[04672][8799] favour[02580] in the eyes[05869] of the LORD[03068], he will bring me again[07725][8689], and shew[07200][8689] me both it, and his habitation[05116]:
17:14 But if he thus say[0559][8799], I have no delight[02654][8804] in thee; behold, here am I, let him do[06213][8799] to me as seemeth[05869] good[02896] unto him.
17:15 The king[04428] said[0559][8799] also unto Zadok[06659] the priest[03548], Art not thou a seer[07200][8802]? return[07725][8798] into the city[05892] in peace[07965], and your two[08147] sons[01121] with you, Ahimaaz[0290] thy son[01121], and Jonathan[03083] the son[01121] of Abiathar[054].
17:16 See[07200][8798], I will tarry[04102][8700] in the plain[06160][8675][05679] of the wilderness[04057], until there come[0935][8800] word[01697] from you to certify[05046][8687] me.
17:17 Zadok[06659] therefore and Abiathar[054] carried[07725][00] the ark[0727] of God[0430] again[07725][8686] to Jerusalem[03389]: and they tarried[03427][8799] there.
17:18 And David[01732] went up[05927][8802] by the ascent[04608] of mount Olivet[02132], and wept[01058][8802] as he went up[05927][8802], and had his head[07218] covered[02645][8802], and he went[01980][8802] barefoot[03182]: and all the people[05971] that was with him covered[02645][8804] every man[0376] his head[07218], and they went up[05927][8804], weeping[01058][8800] as they went up[05927][8800]. and wept...: Heb. going up and weeping
17:19 And one told[05046][8689] David[01732], saying[0559][8800], Ahithophel[0302] is among the conspirators[07194][8802] with Absalom[053]. And David[01732] said[0559][8799], O LORD[03068], I pray thee, turn the counsel[06098] of Ahithophel[0302] into foolishness[05528][8761].
17:20 And it came to pass, that when David[01732] was come[0935][8804] to the top[07218] of the mount , where he worshipped[07812][8691] God[0430], behold, Hushai[02365] the Archite[0757] came to meet[07125][8800] him with his coat[03801] rent[07167][8803], and earth[0127] upon his head[07218]:
17:21 Unto whom David[01732] said[0559][8799], If thou passest on[05674][8804] with me, then thou shalt be a burden[04853] unto me:
17:22 But if thou return[07725][8799] to the city[05892], and say[0559][8804] unto Absalom[053], I will be thy servant[05650], O king[04428]; as I have been thy father's[01] servant[05650] hitherto[0227], so  will I now also be thy servant[05650]: then mayest thou for me defeat[06565][8689] the counsel[06098] of Ahithophel[0302].
17:23 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok[06659] and Abiathar[054] the priests[03548]? therefore it shall be, that what thing[01697] soever thou shalt hear[08085][8799] out of the king's[04428] house[01004], thou shalt tell[05046][8686] it to Zadok[06659] and Abiathar[054] the priests[03548].
17:24 Behold, they have there with them their two[08147] sons[01121], Ahimaaz[0290] Zadok's[06659] son , and Jonathan[03083] Abiathar's[054] son ; and by them[03027] ye shall send[07971][8804] unto me every thing[01697] that ye can hear[08085][8799].
17:25 So Hushai[02365] David's[01732] friend[07463] came[0935][8799] into the city[05892], and Absalom[053] came[0935][8799] into Jerusalem[03389].
17:26 And when David[01732] was a little[04592] past[05674][8804] the top[07218] of the hill , behold, Ziba[06717] the servant[05288] of Mephibosheth[04648] met[07125][8800] him, with a couple[06776] of asses[02543] saddled[02280][8803], and upon them two hundred[03967] loaves of bread[03899], and an hundred[03967] bunches of raisins[06778], and an hundred[03967] of summer fruits[07019], and a bottle[05035] of wine[03196].
17:27 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Ziba[06717], What meanest thou by these? And Ziba[06717] said[0559][8799], The asses[02543] be for the king's[04428] household[01004] to ride on[07392][8800]; and the bread[03899] and summer fruit[07019] for the young men[05288] to eat[0398][8800]; and the wine[03196], that such as be faint[03287] in the wilderness[04057] may drink[08354][8800].
17:28 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], And where is thy master's[0113] son[01121]? And Ziba[06717] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Behold, he abideth[03427][8802] at Jerusalem[03389]: for he said[0559][8804], To day[03117] shall the house[01004] of Israel[03478] restore[07725][8686] me the kingdom[04468] of my father[01].
17:29 Then said[0559][8799] the king[04428] to Ziba[06717], Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth[04648]. And Ziba[06717] said[0559][8799], I humbly[07812][8694] beseech thee that I may find[04672][8799] grace[02580] in thy sight[05869], my lord[0113], O king[04428]. I humbly...: Heb. I do obeisance
18:1 And when king[04428] David[01732] came[0935][8804] to Bahurim[0980], behold, thence came out[03318][8802] a man[0376] of the family[04940] of the house[01004] of Saul[07586], whose name[08034] was Shimei[08096], the son[01121] of Gera[01617]: he came forth[03318][8802], and cursed[07043][8764] still as he came[03318][8800]. he came forth...: or, he still came forth and cursed
18:2 And he cast[05619][8762] stones[068] at David[01732], and at all the servants[05650] of king[04428] David[01732]: and all the people[05971] and all the mighty men[01368] were  on his right hand[03225] and on his left[08040].
18:3 And thus said[0559][8804] Shimei[08096] when he cursed[07043][8763], Come out[03318][8798], come out[03318][8798], thou bloody[01818] man[0376], and thou man[0376] of Belial[01100]: bloody...: Heb. man of blood
18:4 The LORD[03068] hath returned[07725][8689] upon thee all the blood[01818] of the house[01004] of Saul[07586], in whose stead thou hast reigned[04427][8804]; and the LORD[03068] hath delivered[05414][8799] the kingdom[04410] into the hand[03027] of Absalom[053] thy son[01121]: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief[07451], because thou art a bloody[01818] man[0376]. behold...: Heb. behold thee in thy evil
18:5 Then said[0559][8799] Abishai[052] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870] unto the king[04428], Why should this dead[04191][8801] dog[03611] curse[07043][8762] my lord[0113] the king[04428]? let me go over[05674][8799], I pray thee, and take off[05493][8686] his head[07218].
18:6 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], What have I to do with you, ye sons[01121] of Zeruiah[06870]? so let him curse[07043][8762], because the LORD[03068] hath said[0559][8804] unto him, Curse[07043][8761] David[01732]. Who shall then say[0559][8799], Wherefore hast thou done so[06213][8804]?
18:7 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Abishai[052], and to all his servants[05650], Behold, my son[01121], which came forth[03318][8804] of my bowels[04578], seeketh[01245][8764] my life[05315]: how much more now may this Benjamite[01145] do it ? let him alone[03240][8685], and let him curse[07043][8762]; for the LORD[03068] hath bidden[0559][8804] him.
18:8 It may be that the LORD[03068] will look[07200][8799] on mine affliction[05869][8675][06040], and that the LORD[03068] will requite[07725][8689] me good[02896] for his cursing[07045] this day[03117]. affliction: or, tears: Heb. eye
18:9 And as David[01732] and his men[0582] went[03212][8799] by the way[01870], Shimei[08096] went along[01980][8802] on the hill's[02022] side[06763] over against[05980] him, and cursed[07043][8762] as he went[01980][8800], and threw[05619][8762] stones[068] at[05980] him, and cast[06080][8765] dust[06083]. cast...: Heb. dusted him with dust
18:10 And the king[04428], and all the people[05971] that were with him, came[0935][8799] weary[05889], and refreshed[05314][8735] themselves there.
18:11 And Absalom[053], and all the people[05971] the men[0376] of Israel[03478], came[0935][8804] to Jerusalem[03389], and Ahithophel[0302] with him.
18:12 And it came to pass, when Hushai[02365] the Archite[0757], David's[01732] friend[07463], was come[0935][8804] unto Absalom[053], that Hushai[02365] said[0559][8799] unto Absalom[053], God save[02421][8799] the king[04428], God save[02421][8799] the king[04428]. God...: Heb. Let the king live
18:13 And Absalom[053] said[0559][8799] to Hushai[02365], Is this thy kindness[02617] to thy friend[07453]? why wentest[01980][8804] thou not with thy friend[07453]?
18:14 And Hushai[02365] said[0559][8799] unto Absalom[053], Nay; but whom the LORD[03068], and this people[05971], and all the men[0376] of Israel[03478], choose[0977][8804], his will I be, and with him will I abide[03427][8799].
18:15 And again[08145], whom should I serve[05647][8799]? should I not serve in the presence[06440] of his son[01121]? as I have served[05647][8804] in thy father's[01] presence[06440], so will I be in thy presence[06440].
18:16 Then said[0559][8799] Absalom[053] to Ahithophel[0302], Give[03051][8798] counsel[06098] among you what we shall do[06213][8799].
18:17 And Ahithophel[0302] said[0559][8799] unto Absalom[053], Go in[0935][8798] unto thy father's[01] concubines[06370], which he hath left[03240][8689] to keep[08104][8800] the house[01004]; and all Israel[03478] shall hear[08085][8804] that thou art abhorred[0887][8738] of thy father[01]: then shall the hands[03027] of all that are with thee be strong[02388][8804].
18:18 So they spread[05186][8686] Absalom[053] a tent[0168] upon the top of the house[01406]; and Absalom[053] went in[0935][8799] unto his father's[01] concubines[06370] in the sight[05869] of all Israel[03478].
18:19 And the counsel[06098] of Ahithophel[0302], which he counselled[03289][8804] in those days[03117], was as if a man[0376] had enquired[07592][8799] at the oracle[01697] of God[0430]: so was all the counsel[06098] of Ahithophel[0302] both with David[01732] and with Absalom[053]. oracle: Heb. word
18:20 Moreover Ahithophel[0302] said[0559][8799] unto Absalom[053], Let me now choose out[0977][8799] twelve[08147][06240] thousand[0505] men[0376], and I will arise[06965][8799] and pursue[07291][8799] after[0310] David[01732] this night[03915]:
18:21 And I will come[0935][8799] upon him while he is weary[03023] and weak[07504] handed[03027], and will make him afraid[02729][8689]: and all the people[05971] that are  with him shall flee[05127][8804]; and I will smite[05221][8689] the king[04428] only:
18:22 And I will bring back[07725][8686] all the people[05971] unto thee: the man[0376] whom thou seekest[01245][8764] is as if all returned[07725][8800]: so all the people[05971] shall be in peace[07965].
18:23 And the saying[01697] pleased[03474][8799] Absalom[053] well[05869], and all the elders[02205] of Israel[03478]. pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc
18:24 Then said[0559][8799] Absalom[053], Call[07121][8798] now Hushai[02365] the Archite[0757] also, and let us hear[08085][8799] likewise what he saith[06310]. what...: Heb. what is in his mouth
18:25 And when Hushai[02365] was come[0935][8799] to Absalom[053], Absalom[053] spake[0559][8799] unto him, saying[0559][8800], Ahithophel[0302] hath spoken[01696][8765] after this manner[01697]: shall we do[06213][8799]  after his saying[01697]? if not; speak[01696][8761] thou. his saying: Heb. his word
18:26 And Hushai[02365] said[0559][8799] unto Absalom[053], The counsel[06098] that Ahithophel[0302] hath given[03289][8804] is not good[02896] at this time[06471]. given: Heb. counselled
18:27 For, said[0559][8799] Hushai[02365], thou knowest[03045][8804] thy father[01] and his men[0582], that they be mighty men[01368], and they be chafed[04751] in their minds[05315], as a bear[01677] robbed[07909] of her whelps in the field[07704]: and thy father[01] is a man[0376] of war[04421], and will not lodge[03885][8799] with the people[05971]. chafed...: Heb. bitter of soul
18:28 Behold, he is hid[02244][8737] now in some[0259] pit[06354], or in some[0259] other place[04725]: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown[05307][8800] at the first[08462], that whosoever[08085][8802] heareth[08085][8804] it will say[0559][8804], There is a slaughter[04046] among the people[05971] that follow[0310] Absalom[053]. overthrown: Heb. fallen
18:29 And he also that is valiant[01121][02428], whose heart[03820] is as the heart[03820] of a lion[0738], shall utterly[04549][8736] melt[04549][8735]: for all Israel[03478] knoweth[03045][8802] that thy father[01] is a mighty man[01368], and they which be with him are valiant[02428] men[01121].
18:30 Therefore I counsel[03289][8804] that all Israel[03478] be generally[0622][8736] gathered[0622][8735] unto thee, from Dan[01835] even to Beersheba[0884], as the sand[02344] that is by the sea[03220] for multitude[07230]; and that thou go[01980][8802] to battle[07128] in thine own person[06440]. that thou...: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc
18:31 So shall we come[0935][8804] upon him in some[0259] place[04725] where he shall be found[04672][8738], and we will light[05168] upon him as the dew[02919] falleth[05307][8799] on the ground[0127]: and of him and of all the men[0582] that are with him there shall not be left[03498][8738] so much as[01571] one[0259].
18:32 Moreover, if[0518] he be gotten[0622][8735] into a city[05892], then shall all Israel[03478] bring[05375][8689] ropes[02256] to that city[05892], and we will draw[05498][8804] it into the river[05158], until there be not one[01571] small stone[06872] found[04672][8738] there.
18:33 And Absalom[053] and all the men[0376] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8799], The counsel[06098] of Hushai[02365] the Archite[0757] is better[02896] than the counsel[06098] of Ahithophel[0302]. For the LORD[03068] had appointed[06680][8765] to defeat[06565][8687] the good[02896] counsel[06098] of Ahithophel[0302], to the intent[05668] that the LORD[03068] might bring[0935][8687] evil[07451] upon Absalom[053]. appointed: Heb. commanded
19:1 Then said[0559][8799] Hushai[02365] unto Zadok[06659] and to Abiathar[054] the priests[03548], Thus and thus did Ahithophel[0302] counsel[03289][8804] Absalom[053] and the elders[02205] of Israel[03478]; and thus and thus have I counselled[03289][8804].
19:2 Now therefore send[07971][8798] quickly[04120], and tell[05046][8685] David[01732], saying[0559][8800], Lodge[03885][8799] not this night[03915] in the plains[06160][8675][05679] of the wilderness[04057], but speedily[05674][8800] pass over[05674][8799]; lest the king[04428] be swallowed up[01104][8792], and all the people[05971] that are with him.
19:3 Now Jonathan[03083] and Ahimaaz[0290] stayed[05975][8802] by Enrogel[05883]; for they might[03201][8799] not be seen[07200][8736] to come[0935][8800] into the city[05892]: and a wench[08198] went[01980][8804] and told[05046][8689] them; and they went[03212][8799] and told[05046][8689] king[04428] David[01732].
19:4 Nevertheless a lad[05288] saw[07200][8799] them, and told[05046][8686] Absalom[053]: but they went[03212][8799] both[08147] of them away quickly[04120], and came[0935][8799] to a man's[0376] house[01004] in Bahurim[0980], which had a well[0875] in his court[02691]; whither[08033] they went down[03381][8799].
19:5 And the woman[0802] took[03947][8799] and spread[06566][8799] a covering[04539] over the well's[0875] mouth[06440], and spread[07849][8799] ground corn[07383] thereon; and the thing[01697] was not known[03045][8738].
19:6 And when Absalom's[053] servants[05650] came[0935][8799] to the woman[0802] to the house[01004], they said[0559][8799], Where is Ahimaaz[0290] and Jonathan[03083]? And the woman[0802] said[0559][8799] unto them, They be gone over[05674][8804] the brook[04323] of water[04325]. And when they had sought[01245][8762] and could not find[04672][8804] them , they returned[07725][8799] to Jerusalem[03389].
19:7 And it came to pass, after[0310] they were departed[03212][8800], that they came up[05927][8799] out of the well[0875], and went[03212][8799] and told[05046][8686] king[04428] David[01732], and said[0559][8799] unto David[01732], Arise[06965][8798], and pass quickly[04120] over[05674][8798] the water[04325]: for thus hath Ahithophel[0302] counselled[03289][8804] against you.
19:8 Then David[01732] arose[06965][8799], and all the people[05971] that were with him, and they passed over[05674][8799] Jordan[03383]: by the morning[01242] light[0216] there lacked[05737][8738] not one[0259] of them that was not gone over[05674][8804] Jordan[03383].
19:9 And when Ahithophel[0302] saw[07200][8804] that his counsel[06098] was not followed[06213][8738], he saddled[02280][8799] his ass[02543], and arose[06965][8799], and gat him home[03212][8799] to his house[01004], to his city[05892], and put his household[01004] in order[06680][8762], and hanged[02614][8735] himself, and died[04191][8799], and was buried[06912][8735] in the sepulchre[06913] of his father[01]. followed: Heb. done put his...: Heb. gave charge concerning his house
19:10 Then David[01732] came[0935][8804] to Mahanaim[04266]. And Absalom[053] passed over[05674][8804] Jordan[03383], he and all the men[0376] of Israel[03478] with him.
19:11 And Absalom[053] made[07760][8804] Amasa[06021] captain of the host[06635] instead of Joab[03097]: which Amasa[06021] was a man's[0376] son[01121], whose name[08034] was  Ithra[03501] an Israelite[03481], that went in[0935][8804] to Abigail[026] the daughter[01323] of Nahash[05176], sister[0269] to Zeruiah[06870] Joab's[03097] mother[0517]. Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an Ishmaelite Abigail: Heb. Abigal Nahash: or, Jesse
19:12 So Israel[03478] and Absalom[053] pitched[02583][8799] in the land[0776] of Gilead[01568].
19:13 And it came to pass, when David[01732] was come[0935][8800] to Mahanaim[04266], that Shobi[07629] the son[01121] of Nahash[05176] of Rabbah[07237] of the children[01121] of Ammon[05983], and Machir[04353] the son[01121] of Ammiel[05988] of Lodebar[03810], and Barzillai[01271] the Gileadite[01569] of Rogelim[07274],
19:14 Brought[05066][8689] beds[04904], and basons[05592], and earthen[03335][8802] vessels[03627], and wheat[02406], and barley[08184], and flour[07058], and parched[07039] corn , and beans[06321], and lentiles[05742], and parched[07039] pulse , basons: or, cups
19:15 And honey[01706], and butter[02529], and sheep[06629], and cheese[08194] of kine[01241], for David[01732], and for the people[05971] that were with him, to eat[0398][8800]: for they said[0559][8804], The people[05971] is hungry[07457], and weary[05889], and thirsty[06771], in the wilderness[04057].
19:16 And David[01732] numbered[06485][8799] the people[05971] that were with him, and set[07760][8799] captains[08269] of thousands[0505] and captains[08269] of hundreds[03967] over them.
19:17 And David[01732] sent forth[07971][8762] a third part[07992] of the people[05971] under the hand[03027] of Joab[03097], and a third part[07992] under the hand[03027] of Abishai[052] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870], Joab's[03097] brother[0251], and a third part[07992] under the hand[03027] of Ittai[0863] the Gittite[01663]. And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto the people[05971], I will surely[03318][8800] go forth[03318][8799] with you myself[0589] also.
19:18 But the people[05971] answered[0559][8799], Thou shalt not go forth[03318][8799]: for if we flee[05127][8799] away[05127][8800], they will not care[07760][8799][03820] for us; neither if half[02677] of us die[04191][8799], will they care[07760][8799][03820] for us: but now thou art worth[03644] ten[06235] thousand[0505] of us: therefore now it is better[02896] that thou succour[05826][8800][8675][05826][8687] us out of the city[05892]. care...: Heb. set their heart on us worth...: Heb. as ten thousand of us succour: Heb. be to succour or help
19:19 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto them, What seemeth[05869] you best[03190][8799] I will do[06213][8799]. And the king[04428] stood[05975][8799] by the gate[08179] side[03027], and all the people[05971] came out[03318][8804] by hundreds[03967] and by thousands[0505].
19:20 And the king[04428] commanded[06680][8762] Joab[03097] and Abishai[052] and Ittai[0863], saying[0559][8800], Deal gently[0328] for my sake with the young man[05288], even  with Absalom[053]. And all the people[05971] heard[08085][8804] when the king[04428] gave all the captains[08269] charge[06680][8763] concerning[01697] Absalom[053].
19:21 So the people[05971] went out[03318][8799] into the field[07704] against[07125][8800] Israel[03478]: and the battle[04421] was in the wood[03293] of Ephraim[0669];
19:22 Where the people[05971] of Israel[03478] were slain[05062][8735] before[06440] the servants[05650] of David[01732], and there was there a great[01419] slaughter[04046] that day[03117] of twenty[06242] thousand[0505] men .
19:23 For the battle[04421] was there scattered[06327][8737] over the face[06440] of all the country[0776]: and the wood[03293] devoured[0398][8800] more[07235][8686] people[05971] that day[03117] than the sword[02719] devoured[0398][8804]. devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour
19:24 And Absalom[053] met[07122][8735] the servants[06440][05650] of David[01732]. And Absalom[053] rode[07392][8802] upon a mule[06505], and the mule[06505] went[0935][8799] under the thick boughs[07730] of a great[01419] oak[0424], and his head[07218] caught hold[02388][8799] of the oak[0424], and he was taken up[05414][8714] between the heaven[08064] and the earth[0776]; and the mule[06505] that was under him went away[05674][8804].
19:25 And a certain[0259] man[0376] saw[07200][8799] it , and told[05046][8686] Joab[03097], and said[0559][8799], Behold, I saw[07200][8804] Absalom[053] hanged[08518][8803] in an oak[0424].
19:26 And Joab[03097] said[0559][8799] unto the man[0376] that told[05046][8688] him, And, behold, thou sawest[07200][8804] him , and why didst thou not smite[05221][8689] him there to the ground[0776]? and I would have given[05414][8800] thee ten[06235] shekels of silver[03701], and a[0259] girdle[02290].
19:27 And the man[0376] said[0559][8799] unto Joab[03097], Though[03863] I should receive[08254][8802] a thousand[0505] shekels of silver[03701] in mine hand[03709], yet  would I not put forth[07971][8799] mine hand[03027] against the king's[04428] son[01121]: for in our hearing[0241] the king[04428] charged[06680][8765] thee and Abishai[052] and Ittai[0863], saying[0559][8800], Beware[08104][8798] that none touch the young man[05288] Absalom[053]. receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand Beware...: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc
19:28 Otherwise[0176] I should have wrought[06213][8804] falsehood[08267] against mine own life[05315]: for there is no matter[01697] hid[03582][8735] from the king[04428], and thou thyself wouldest have set[03320][8691] thyself against me .
19:29 Then said[0559][8799] Joab[03097], I may not tarry[03176][8686] thus with thee[06440]. And he took[03947][8799] three[07969] darts[07626] in his hand[03709], and thrust[08628][8799] them through the heart[03820] of Absalom[053], while he was yet alive[02416] in the midst of the oak[0424]. with...: Heb. before thee midst: Heb. heart
19:30 And ten[06235] young men[05288] that bare[05375][8802] Joab's[03097] armour[03627] compassed about[05437][8799] and smote[05221][8686] Absalom[053], and slew[04191][8686] him.
19:31 And Joab[03097] blew[08628][8799] the trumpet[07782], and the people[05971] returned[07725][8799] from pursuing[07291][8800] after[0310] Israel[03478]: for Joab[03097] held back[02820][8804] the people[05971].
19:32 And they took[03947][8799] Absalom[053], and cast[07993][8686] him into a great[01419] pit[06354] in the wood[03293], and laid[05324][8686] a very[03966] great[01419] heap[01530] of stones[068] upon him: and all Israel[03478] fled[05127][8804] every one[0376] to his tent[0168].
19:33 Now Absalom[053] in his lifetime[02416] had taken[03947][8804] and reared up[05324][8686] for himself a pillar[04678], which is in the king's[04428] dale[06010]: for he said[0559][8804], I have no son[01121] to keep my name[08034] in remembrance[02142][8687]: and he called[07121][8799] the pillar[04678] after his own name[08034]: and it is called[07121][8735] unto this day[03117], Absalom's[053] place[03027].
19:34 Then said[0559][8804] Ahimaaz[0290] the son[01121] of Zadok[06659], Let me now run[07323][8799], and bear[01319][00] the king[04428] tidings[01319][8762], how that the LORD[03068] hath avenged[08199][8804] him of his enemies[03027][0341][8802]. avenged...: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc
19:35 And Joab[03097] said[0559][8799] unto him, Thou[0376] shalt not bear tidings[01309] this day[03117], but thou shalt bear tidings[01319][8765] another[0312] day[03117]: but this day[03117] thou shalt bear no tidings[01319][8762], because the king's[04428] son[01121] is dead[04191][8804]. bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc
19:36 Then said[0559][8799] Joab[03097] to Cushi[03569], Go[03212][8798] tell[05046][8685] the king[04428] what thou hast seen[07200][8804]. And Cushi[03569] bowed[07812][8691] himself unto Joab[03097], and ran[07323][8799].
19:37 Then said[0559][8799] Ahimaaz[0290] the son[01121] of Zadok[06659] yet again[03254][8686] to Joab[03097], But howsoever[04100], let me, I pray thee, also run[07323][8799] after[0310] Cushi[03569]. And Joab[03097] said[0559][8799], Wherefore wilt thou run[07323][8801], my son[01121], seeing that thou hast no tidings[01309] ready[04672][8802]? howsoever: Heb. be what may ready: or, convenient
19:38 But howsoever, said he , let me run[07323][8799]. And he said[0559][8799] unto him, Run[07323][8798]. Then Ahimaaz[0290] ran[07323][8799] by the way[01870] of the plain[03603], and overran[05674][8799] Cushi[03569].
19:39 And David[01732] sat[03427][8802] between the two[08147] gates[08179]: and the watchman[06822][8802] went up[03212][8799] to the roof[01406] over the gate[08179] unto the wall[02346], and lifted up[05375][8799] his eyes[05869], and looked[07200][8799], and behold a man[0376] running[07323][8801] alone.
19:40 And the watchman[06822][8802] cried[07121][8799], and told[05046][8686] the king[04428]. And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], If he be alone, there is tidings[01309] in his mouth[06310]. And he came[03212][8799] apace[01980][8800], and drew near[07131].
19:41 And the watchman[06822][8802] saw[07200][8799] another[0312] man[0376] running[07323][8801]: and the watchman[06822][8802] called[07121][8799] unto the porter[07778], and said[0559][8799], Behold another man[0376] running[07323][8801] alone. And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], He also bringeth tidings[01319][8764].
19:42 And the watchman[06822][8802] said[0559][8799], Me thinketh[07200][8802] the running[04794] of the foremost[07223] is like the running[04794] of Ahimaaz[0290] the son[01121] of Zadok[06659]. And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], He is a good[02896] man[0376], and cometh[0935][8799] with good[02896] tidings[01309]. Me...: Heb. I see the running
19:43 And Ahimaaz[0290] called[07121][8799], and said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], All is well[07965]. And he fell down[07812][8691] to the earth[0776] upon his face[0639] before the king[04428], and said[0559][8799], Blessed[01288][8803] be the LORD[03068] thy God[0430], which hath delivered up[05462][8765] the men[0582] that lifted up[05375][8804] their hand[03027] against my lord[0113] the king[04428]. All...: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace delivered...: Heb. shut up
20:1 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], Is the young man[05288] Absalom[053] safe[07965]? And Ahimaaz[0290] answered[0559][8799], When Joab[03097] sent[07971][8800] the king's[04428] servant[05650], and me thy servant[05650], I saw[07200][8804] a great[01419] tumult[01995], but I knew[03045][8804] not what it was . Is...: Heb. Is there peace?
20:2 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him , Turn aside[05437][8798], and stand[03320][8690] here[03541]. And he turned aside[05437][8735], and stood still[05975][8799].
20:3 And, behold, Cushi[03569] came[0935][8802]; and Cushi[03569] said[0559][8799], Tidings[01319][8691], my lord[0113] the king[04428]: for the LORD[03068] hath avenged[08199][8804] thee this day[03117] of all them[03027] that rose up[06965][8801] against thee. Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought
20:4 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Cushi[03569], Is the young man[05288] Absalom[053] safe[07965]? And Cushi[03569] answered[0559][8799], The enemies[0341][8802] of my lord[0113] the king[04428], and all that rise[06965][8804] against thee to do thee hurt[07451], be as that young man[05288] is .
20:5 And the king[04428] was much moved[07264][8799], and went up[05927][8799] to the chamber[05944] over the gate[08179], and wept[01058][8799]: and as he went[03212][8800], thus he said[0559][8804], O my son[01121] Absalom[053], my son[01121], my son[01121] Absalom[053]! would God I had died[04191][8800] for thee[05414][8799], O Absalom[053], my son[01121], my son[01121]!
20:6 And it was told[05046][8714] Joab[03097], Behold, the king[04428] weepeth[01058][8802] and mourneth[056][8691] for Absalom[053].
20:7 And the victory[08668] that day[03117] was turned into mourning[060] unto all the people[05971]: for the people[05971] heard[08085][8804] say[0559][8800] that day[03117] how the king[04428] was grieved[06087][8738] for his son[01121]. victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance
20:8 And the people[05971] gat[0935][8800] them by stealth[01589][8691] that day[03117] into the city[05892], as people[05971] being ashamed[03637][8737] steal away[01589][8691] when they flee[05127][8800] in battle[04421].
20:9 But the king[04428] covered[03813][8804] his face[06440], and the king[04428] cried[02199][8799] with a loud[01419] voice[06963], O my son[01121] Absalom[053], O Absalom[053], my son[01121], my son[01121]!
20:10 And Joab[03097] came[0935][8799] into the house[01004] to the king[04428], and said[0559][8799], Thou hast shamed[03001][8689] this day[03117] the faces[06440] of all thy servants[05650], which this day[03117] have saved[04422][8764] thy life[05315], and the lives[05315] of thy sons[01121] and of thy daughters[01323], and the lives[05315] of thy wives[0802], and the lives[05315] of thy concubines[06370];
20:11 In that thou lovest[0157][8800] thine enemies[08130][8802], and hatest[08130][8800] thy friends[0157][8802]. For thou hast declared[05046][8689] this day[03117], that thou regardest neither princes[08269] nor servants[05650]: for this day[03117] I perceive[03045][8804], that if[03863] Absalom[053] had lived[02416], and all we had died[04191][8801] this day[03117], then it had pleased thee well[03477][05869]. in...: Heb. By loving, etc that thou regardest...: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee
20:12 Now therefore arise[06965][8798], go forth[03318][8798], and speak[01696][8761] comfortably[03820] unto thy servants[05650]: for I swear[07650][8738] by the LORD[03068], if thou go not forth[03318][8802], there will not tarry[03885][8799] one[0376] with thee this night[03915]: and that will be worse[07489][8804] unto thee than all the evil[07451] that befell[0935][8804] thee from thy youth[05271] until now. comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of thy servants
20:13 Then the king[04428] arose[06965][8799], and sat[03427][8799] in the gate[08179]. And they told[05046][8689] unto all the people[05971], saying[0559][8800], Behold, the king[04428] doth sit[03427][8802] in the gate[08179]. And all the people[05971] came[0935][8799] before[06440] the king[04428]: for Israel[03478] had fled[05127][8804] every man[0376] to his tent[0168].
20:14 And all the people[05971] were at strife[01777][8737] throughout all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478], saying[0559][8800], The king[04428] saved[05337][8689] us out of the hand[03709] of our enemies[0341][8802], and he delivered[04422][8765] us out of the hand[03709] of the Philistines[06430]; and now he is fled[01272][8804] out of the land[0776] for Absalom[053].
20:15 And Absalom[053], whom we anointed[04886][8804] over us, is dead[04191][8804] in battle[04421]. Now therefore why speak[02790][8688] ye not a word of bringing[07725][00] the king[04428] back[07725][8687]? speak...: Heb. are ye silent?
20:16 And king[04428] David[01732] sent[07971][8804] to Zadok[06659] and to Abiathar[054] the priests[03548], saying[0559][8800], Speak[01696][8761] unto the elders[02205] of Judah[03063], saying[0559][8800], Why are ye the last[0314] to bring[07725][00] the king[04428] back[07725][8687] to his house[01004]? seeing the speech[01697] of all Israel[03478] is come[0935][8804] to the king[04428], even to his house[01004].
20:17 Ye are my brethren[0251], ye are my bones[06106] and my flesh[01320]: wherefore then are ye the last[0314] to bring back[07725][8687] the king[04428]?
20:18 And say[0559][8799] ye to Amasa[06021], Art thou not of my bone[06106], and of my flesh[01320]? God[0430] do[06213][8799] so to me, and more[03254][8686] also, if thou be not captain[08269] of the host[06635] before[06440] me continually[03117] in the room[08478] of Joab[03097].
20:19 And he bowed[05186][8686] the heart[03824] of all the men[0376] of Judah[03063], even as the heart of one[0259] man[0376]; so that they sent[07971][8799] this word unto the king[04428], Return[07725][8798] thou, and all thy servants[05650].
20:20 So the king[04428] returned[07725][8799], and came[0935][8799] to Jordan[03383]. And Judah[03063] came[0935][8804] to Gilgal[01537], to go[03212][8800] to meet[07125][8800] the king[04428], to conduct[05674][00] the king[04428] over[05674][8687] Jordan[03383].
20:21 And Shimei[08096] the son[01121] of Gera[01617], a Benjamite[01145], which was of Bahurim[0980], hasted[04116][8762] and came down[03381][8799] with the men[0376] of Judah[03063] to meet[07125][8800] king[04428] David[01732].
20:22 And there were a thousand[0505] men[0376] of Benjamin[01145] with him, and Ziba[06717] the servant[05288] of the house[01004] of Saul[07586], and his fifteen[02568][06240] sons[01121] and his twenty[06242] servants[05650] with him; and they went over[06743][8804] Jordan[03383] before[06440] the king[04428].
20:23 And there went over[05674][8804] a ferry boat[05679] to carry over[05674][8687] the king's[04428] household[01004], and to do[06213][8800] what he thought[05869] good[02896]. And Shimei[08096] the son[01121] of Gera[01617] fell down[05307][8804] before[06440] the king[04428], as he was come over[05674][8800] Jordan[03383]; what...: Heb. the good in his eyes
20:24 And said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Let not my lord[0113] impute[02803][8799] iniquity[05771] unto me, neither do thou remember[02142][8799] that which thy servant[05650] did perversely[05753][8689] the day[03117] that my lord[0113] the king[04428] went out[03318][8804] of Jerusalem[03389], that the king[04428] should take[07760][8800] it to his heart[03820].
20:25 For thy servant[05650] doth know[03045][8804] that I have sinned[02398][8804]: therefore, behold, I am come[0935][8804] the first[07223] this day[03117] of all the house[01004] of Joseph[03130] to go down[03381][8800] to meet[07125][8800] my lord[0113] the king[04428].
20:26 But Abishai[052] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Shall not Shimei[08096] be put to death[04191][8714] for this, because he cursed[07043][8765] the LORD'S[03068] anointed[04899]?
21:1 And David[01732] said[0559][8799], What have I to do with you, ye sons[01121] of Zeruiah[06870], that ye should this day[03117] be adversaries[07854] unto me? shall there any man[0376] be put to death[04191][8714] this day[03117] in Israel[03478]? for do not I know[03045][8804] that I am this day[03117] king[04428] over Israel[03478]?
21:2 Therefore the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Shimei[08096], Thou shalt not die[04191][8799]. And the king[04428] sware[07650][8735] unto him.
21:3 And Mephibosheth[04648] the son[01121] of Saul[07586] came down[03381][8804] to meet[07125][8800] the king[04428], and had neither[03808] dressed[06213][8804] his feet[07272], nor trimmed[06213][8804] his beard[08222], nor washed[03526][8765] his clothes[0899], from the day[03117] the king[04428] departed[03212][8800] until the day[03117] he came[0935][8804] again in peace[07965].
21:4 And it came to pass, when he was come[0935][8804] to Jerusalem[03389] to meet[07125][8800] the king[04428], that the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him, Wherefore wentest[01980][8804] not thou with me, Mephibosheth[04648]?
21:5 And he answered[0559][8799], My lord[0113], O king[04428], my servant[05650] deceived[07411][8765] me: for thy servant[05650] said[0559][8804], I will saddle[02280][8799] me an ass[02543], that I may ride[07392][8799] thereon, and go[03212][8799] to the king[04428]; because thy servant[05650] is lame[06455].
21:6 And he hath slandered[07270][8762] thy servant[05650] unto my lord[0113] the king[04428]; but my lord[0113] the king[04428] is as an angel[04397] of God[0430]: do[06213][8798] therefore what is good[02896] in thine eyes[05869].
21:7 For all of my father's[01] house[01004] were but[03808] dead[04194] men[0582] before my lord[0113] the king[04428]: yet didst thou set[07896][8799] thy servant[05650] among them that did eat[0398][8802] at thine own table[07979]. What right[06666] therefore have[03426] I yet to cry[02199][8800] any more unto the king[04428]? dead...: Heb. men of death
21:8 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto him, Why speakest[01696][8762] thou any more of thy matters[01697]? I have said[0559][8804], Thou and Ziba[06717] divide[02505][8799] the land[07704].
21:9 And Mephibosheth[04648] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Yea, let him take[03947][8799] all, forasmuch[0310] as[0834] my lord[0113] the king[04428] is come again[0935][8804] in peace[07965] unto his own house[01004].
21:10 And Barzillai[01271] the Gileadite[01569] came down[03381][8804] from Rogelim[07274], and went over[05674][8799] Jordan[03383] with the king[04428], to conduct[07971][8763] him over Jordan[03383].
21:11 Now Barzillai[01271] was a very[03966] aged[02204][8804] man, even fourscore[08084] years[08141] old[01121]: and he had provided the king[04428] of sustenance[03557][8773] while he lay[07871] at Mahanaim[04266]; for he was a very[03966] great[01419] man[0376].
21:12 And the king[04428] said[0559][8799] unto Barzillai[01271], Come thou over[05674][8798] with me, and I will feed[03557][8773] thee with me in Jerusalem[03389].
21:13 And Barzillai[01271] said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], How long[03117] have I to live[08141][02416], that I should go up[05927][8799] with the king[04428] unto Jerusalem[03389]? How...: Heb. How many days are the years of my life
21:14 I am this day[03117] fourscore[08084] years[08141] old[01121]: and can I discern[03045][8799] between good[02896] and evil[07451]? can thy servant[05650] taste[02938][8799] what[0834] I eat[0398][8799] or what[0834] I drink[08354][8799]? can I hear[08085][8799] any more the voice[06963] of singing men[07891][8802] and singing women[07891][8802]? wherefore then should thy servant[05650] be yet a burden[04853] unto my lord[0113] the king[04428]?
21:15 Thy servant[05650] will go[05674][00] a little way[04592] over[05674][8799] Jordan[03383] with the king[04428]: and why should the king[04428] recompense[01580][8799] it me with such a reward[01578]?
21:16 Let thy servant[05650], I pray thee, turn back again[07725][8799], that I may die[04191][8799] in mine own city[05892], and be buried by the grave[06913] of my father[01] and of my mother[0517]. But behold thy servant[05650] Chimham[03643]; let him go over[05674][8799] with my lord[0113] the king[04428]; and do[06213][8798] to him what shall seem good[02896][05869] unto thee.
21:17 And the king[04428] answered[0559][8799], Chimham[03643] shall go[05674][8799] over with me, and I will do[06213][8799] to him that which shall seem good[02896][05869] unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require[0977][8799] of me, that will I do[06213][8799] for thee. require: Heb. choose
21:18 And all the people[05971] went over[05674][8799] Jordan[03383]. And when the king[04428] was come over[05674][8804], the king[04428] kissed[05401][8799] Barzillai[01271], and blessed[01288][8762] him; and he returned[07725][8799] unto his own place[04725].
21:19 Then the king[04428] went on[05674][8799] to Gilgal[01537], and Chimham[03643] went on[05674][8804] with him: and all the people[05971] of Judah[03063] conducted[05674][8689][8675][05674][8686] the king[04428], and also half[02677] the people[05971] of Israel[03478]. Chimham: Heb. Chimhan
21:20 And, behold, all the men[0376] of Israel[03478] came[0935][8802] to the king[04428], and said[0559][8799] unto the king[04428], Why have our brethren[0251] the men[0376] of Judah[03063] stolen thee away[01589][8804], and have brought[05674][8686] the king[04428], and his household[01004], and all David's[01732] men[0582] with him, over Jordan[03383]?
21:21 And all the men[0376] of Judah[03063] answered[06030][8799] the men[0376] of Israel[03478], Because the king[04428] is near of kin[07138] to us: wherefore then be ye angry[02734][8804] for this matter[01697]? have we eaten[0398][8804] at all[0398][8800] of the king's[04428] cost ? or hath he given[05375][8765] us any gift[05379]?
21:22 And the men[0376] of Israel[03478] answered[06030][8799] the men[0376] of Judah[03063], and said[0559][8799], We have ten[06235] parts[03027] in the king[04428], and we[0589] have also more right in David[01732] than ye: why then did ye despise[07043][8689] us, that our advice[01697] should not be first[07223] had in bringing back[07725][8687] our king[04428]? And the words[01697] of the men[0376] of Judah[03063] were fiercer[07185][8799] than the words[01697] of the men[0376] of Israel[03478]. despise...: Heb. set us at light
22:1 And there happened[07122][8738] to be there a man[0376] of Belial[01100], whose name[08034] was Sheba[07652], the son[01121] of Bichri[01075], a Benjamite[01145]: and he blew[08628][8799] a trumpet[07782], and said[0559][8799], We have no part[02506] in David[01732], neither have we inheritance[05159] in the son[01121] of Jesse[03448]: every[0376] man[0376] to his tents[0168], O Israel[03478].
22:2 So every man[0376] of Israel[03478] went up[05927][8799] from after[0310] David[01732], and followed[0310] Sheba[07652] the son[01121] of Bichri[01075]: but the men[0376] of Judah[03063] clave[01692][8804] unto their king[04428], from Jordan[03383] even to Jerusalem[03389].
22:3 And David[01732] came[0935][8799] to his house[01004] at Jerusalem[03389]; and the king[04428] took[03947][8799] the ten[06235] women[0802] his concubines[06370], whom he had left[03240][8689] to keep[08104][8800] the house[01004], and put[05414][8799] them in ward[04931], and fed[03557][8770] them, but went not in[0935][8804] unto them. So they were shut up[06887][8803] unto the day[03117] of their death[04191][8800], living[02424] in widowhood[0491]. ward: Heb. an house of ward shut...: Heb. bound living...: Heb. in widowhood of life
22:4 Then said[0559][8799] the king[04428] to Amasa[06021], Assemble[02199][8685] me the men[0376] of Judah[03063] within three[07969] days[03117], and be thou here present[05975][8798]. Assemble: Heb. Call
22:5 So Amasa[06021] went[03212][8799] to assemble[02199][8687] the men of Judah[03063]: but he tarried longer[0309][8799][8675][03186][8799] than the set time[04150] which he had appointed[03259][8804] him. Assemble: Heb. Call
22:6 And David[01732] said[0559][8799] to Abishai[052], Now shall Sheba[07652] the son[01121] of Bichri[01075] do us more harm[03415][8799] than did Absalom[053]: take[03947][8798] thou thy lord's[0113] servants[05650], and pursue[07291][8798] after[0310] him, lest he get[04672][8804] him fenced[01219][8803] cities[05892], and escape[05337][8689] us[05869]. escape...: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes
22:7 And there went out[03318][8799] after[0310] him Joab's[03097] men[0582], and the Cherethites[03774], and the Pelethites[06432], and all the mighty men[01368]: and they went out[03318][8799] of Jerusalem[03389], to pursue[07291][8800] after[0310] Sheba[07652] the son[01121] of Bichri[01075].
22:8 When they were at the great[01419] stone[068] which is in Gibeon[01391], Amasa[06021] went[0935][8804] before[06440] them. And Joab's[03097] garment[04055] that he had put on[03830] was girded[02296][8803] unto him, and upon it a girdle[02289] with a sword[02719] fastened[06775][8794] upon his loins[04975] in the sheath[08593] thereof; and as he went forth[03318][8804] it fell out[05307][8799].
22:9 And Joab[03097] said[0559][8799] to Amasa[06021], Art thou in health[07965], my brother[0251]? And Joab[03097] took[0270][8799] Amasa[06021] by the beard[02206] with the right[03225] hand[03027] to kiss[05401][8800] him.
22:10 But Amasa[06021] took no heed[08104][8738] to the sword[02719] that was in Joab's[03097] hand[03027]: so he smote[05221][8686] him therewith in the fifth[02570] rib , and shed out[08210][8799] his bowels[04578] to the ground[0776], and struck him not again[08138][8804]; and he died[04191][8799]. So Joab[03097] and Abishai[052] his brother[0251] pursued[07291][8804] after[0310] Sheba[07652] the son[01121] of Bichri[01075]. struck...: Heb. doubled not his stroke
22:11 And one[0376] of Joab's[03097] men[05288] stood[05975][8804] by him, and said[0559][8799], He[04310] that favoureth[02654][8804] Joab[03097], and he that is for David[01732], let him go after[0310] Joab[03097].
22:12 And Amasa[06021] wallowed[01556][8706] in blood[01818] in the midst[08432] of the highway[04546]. And when the man[0376] saw[07200][8799] that all the people[05971] stood still[05975][8804], he removed[05437][8686] Amasa[06021] out of the highway[04546] into the field[07704], and cast[07993][8686] a cloth[0899] upon him, when he saw[07200][8804] that every one that came[0935][8802] by him stood still[05975][8804].
22:13 When he was removed[03014][8689] out of the highway[04546], all the people[0376] went on[05674][8804] after[0310] Joab[03097], to pursue[07291][8800] after[0310] Sheba[07652] the son[01121] of Bichri[01075].
22:14 And he went[05674][8799] through all the tribes[07626] of Israel[03478] unto Abel[059], and to Bethmaachah[01038], and all the Berites[01276]: and they were gathered together[06950][8735][8675][07035][8735], and went[0935][8799] also after[0310] him.
22:15 And they came[0935][8799] and besieged[06696][8799] him in Abel[059] of Bethmaachah[01038], and they cast up[08210][8799] a bank[05550] against the city[05892], and it stood[05975][8799] in the trench[02426]: and all the people[05971] that were with Joab[03097] battered[07843][8688] the wall[02346], to throw it down[05307][8687]. in the trench: or, against the outmost wall battered: Heb. marred to throw down
22:16 Then cried[07121][8799] a wise[02450] woman[0802] out of the city[05892], Hear[08085][8798], hear[08085][8798]; say[0559][8798], I pray you, unto Joab[03097], Come near[07126][8798] hither, that I may speak[01696][8762] with thee.
22:17 And when he was come near[07126][8799] unto her, the woman[0802] said[0559][8799], Art thou Joab[03097]? And he answered[0559][8799], I am he . Then she said[0559][8799] unto him, Hear[08085][8798] the words[01697] of thine handmaid[0519]. And he answered[0559][8799], I do hear[08085][8802].
22:18 Then she spake[0559][8799], saying[0559][8800], They were wont[01696][8763] to speak[01696][8762] in old time[07223], saying[0559][8800], They shall surely[07592][8800] ask[07592][8762] counsel at Abel[059]: and so they ended[08552][8689] the matter . They were...: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end
22:19 I am one of them that are peaceable[07999][8803] and faithful[0539][8803] in Israel[03478]: thou seekest[01245][8764] to destroy[04191][8687] a city[05892] and a mother[0517] in Israel[03478]: why wilt thou swallow up[01104][8762] the inheritance[05159] of the LORD[03068]?
22:20 And Joab[03097] answered[06030][8799] and said[0559][8799], Far be it[02486], far be it[02486] from me, that I should swallow up[01104][8762] or destroy[07843][8686].
22:21 The matter[01697] is not so: but a man[0376] of mount[02022] Ephraim[0669], Sheba[07652] the son[01121] of Bichri[01075] by name[08034], hath lifted up[05375][8804] his hand[03027] against the king[04428], even  against David[01732]: deliver[05414][8798] him only, and I will depart[03212][8799] from the city[05892]. And the woman[0802] said[0559][8799] unto Joab[03097], Behold, his head[07218] shall be thrown[07993][8716] to thee over[01157] the wall[02346]. by name: Heb. by his name
22:22 Then the woman[0802] went[0935][8799] unto all the people[05971] in her wisdom[02451]. And they cut off[03772][8799] the head[07218] of Sheba[07652] the son[01121] of Bichri[01075], and cast[07993][8686] it out to Joab[03097]. And he blew[08628][8799] a trumpet[07782], and they retired[06327][8799] from the city[05892], every man[0376] to his tent[0168]. And Joab[03097] returned[07725][8804] to Jerusalem[03389] unto the king[04428]. retired: Heb. were scattered
22:23 Now Joab[03097] was over all the host[06635] of Israel[03478]: and Benaiah[01141] the son[01121] of Jehoiada[03077] was over the Cherethites[03774][8675][03746] and over the Pelethites[06432]:
22:24 And Adoram[0151] was over the tribute[04522]: and Jehoshaphat[03092] the son[01121] of Ahilud[0286] was recorder[02142][8688]: recorder: or, remembrancer
22:25 And Sheva[07864][8675][07724] was scribe[05608][8802]: and Zadok[06659] and Abiathar[054] were the priests[03548]:
22:26 And Ira[05896] also the Jairite[02972] was a chief ruler[03548] about David[01732]. a chief...: or, a prince
22:27 Then there was a famine[07458] in the days[03117] of David[01732] three[07969] years[08141], year[08141] after[0310] year[08141]; and David[01732] enquired[01245][8762] of[06440] the LORD[03068]. And the LORD[03068] answered[0559][8799], It is for Saul[07586], and for his bloody[01818] house[01004], because he slew[04191][8689] the Gibeonites[01393]. enquired...: Heb. sought the face, etc
22:28 And the king[04428] called[07121][8799] the Gibeonites[01393], and said[0559][8799] unto them; (now the Gibeonites[01393] were not of the children[01121] of Israel[03478], but of the remnant[03499] of the Amorites[0567]; and the children[01121] of Israel[03478] had sworn[07650][8738] unto them: and Saul[07586] sought[01245][8762] to slay[05221][8687] them in his zeal[07065][8763] to the children[01121] of Israel[03478] and Judah[03063].)
22:29 Wherefore David[01732] said[0559][8799] unto the Gibeonites[01393], What shall I do[06213][8799] for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement[03722][8762], that ye may bless[01288][8761] the inheritance[05159] of the LORD[03068]?
22:30 And the Gibeonites[01393] said[0559][8799] unto him, We will have no silver[03701] nor gold[02091] of[05973] Saul[07586], nor of his house[01004]; neither for us shalt thou kill[04191][8687] any man[0376] in Israel[03478]. And he said[0559][8799], What ye shall say[0559][8802], that will I do[06213][8799] for you. We will...: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc
22:31 And they answered[0559][8799] the king[04428], The man[0376] that consumed[03615][8765] us, and that devised[01819][8765] against us that we should be destroyed[08045][8738] from remaining[03320][8692] in any of the coasts[01366] of Israel[03478], devised...: or, cut us off
22:32 Let seven[07651] men[0582] of his sons[01121] be delivered[05414][8714] unto us, and we will hang them up[03363][8689] unto the LORD[03068] in Gibeah[01390] of Saul[07586], whom  the LORD[03068] did choose[0972]. And the king[04428] said[0559][8799], I will give[05414][8799] them . whom...: or, chosen of the LORD
22:33 But the king[04428] spared[02550][8799] Mephibosheth[04648], the son[01121] of Jonathan[03083] the son[01121] of Saul[07586], because of the LORD'S[03068] oath[07621] that was  between them, between David[01732] and Jonathan[03083] the son[01121] of Saul[07586].
22:34 But the king[04428] took[03947][8799] the two[08147] sons[01121] of Rizpah[07532] the daughter[01323] of Aiah[0345], whom she bare[03205][8804] unto Saul[07586], Armoni[0764] and Mephibosheth[04648]; and the five[02568] sons[01121] of Michal[04324] the daughter[01323] of Saul[07586], whom she brought up[03205][8804] for Adriel[05741] the son[01121] of Barzillai[01271] the Meholathite[04259]: Michal: or, Michal's sister brought...: Heb. bear to Adriel
22:35 And he delivered[05414][8799] them into the hands[03027] of the Gibeonites[01393], and they hanged[03363][8686] them in the hill[02022] before[06440] the LORD[03068]: and they fell[05307][8799] all seven[07651][8675][07659] together[03162], and were put to death[04191][8717] in the days[03117] of harvest[07105], in the first[07223] days , in the beginning[08462] of barley[08184] harvest[07105].
22:36 And Rizpah[07532] the daughter[01323] of Aiah[0345] took[03947][8799] sackcloth[08242], and spread[05186][8686] it for her upon the rock[06697], from the beginning[08462] of harvest[07105] until water[04325] dropped[05413][8738] upon them out of heaven[08064], and suffered[05414][8804] neither the birds[05775] of the air[08064] to rest[05117][8800] on them by day[03119], nor the beasts[02416] of the field[07704] by night[03915].
22:37 And it was told[05046][8714] David[01732] what Rizpah[07532] the daughter[01323] of Aiah[0345], the concubine[06370] of Saul[07586], had done[06213][8804].
22:38 And David[01732] went[03212][8799] and took[03947][8799] the bones[06106] of Saul[07586] and the bones[06106] of Jonathan[03083] his son[01121] from the men[01167] of Jabeshgilead[03003][01568], which had stolen[01589][8804] them from the street[07339] of Bethshan[01052], where the Philistines[06430] had hanged[08511][8804][8675][08518][8804] them, when[03117] the Philistines[06430] had slain[05221][8687] Saul[07586] in Gilboa[01533]:
22:39 And he brought up[05927][8686] from thence the bones[06106] of Saul[07586] and the bones[06106] of Jonathan[03083] his son[01121]; and they gathered[0622][8799] the bones[06106] of them that were hanged[03363][8716].
22:40 And the bones[06106] of Saul[07586] and Jonathan[03083] his son[01121] buried[06912][8799] they in the country[0776] of Benjamin[01144] in Zelah[06762], in the sepulchre[06913] of Kish[07027] his father[01]: and they performed[06213][8799] all that the king[04428] commanded[06680][8765]. And after[0310] that God[0430] was intreated[06279][8735] for the land[0776].
22:41 Moreover the Philistines[06430] had yet war[04421] again with Israel[03478]; and David[01732] went down[03381][8799], and his servants[05650] with him, and fought[03898][8735] against the Philistines[06430]: and David[01732] waxed faint[05774][8799].
22:42 And Ishbibenob[03430], which was of the sons[03211] of the giant[07497], the weight[04948] of whose spear[07013] weighed three[07969] hundred[03967] shekels of brass[05178] in weight[04948], he being girded[02296][8803] with a new[02319] sword , thought[0559][8799] to have slain[05221][8687] David[01732]. the giant: or, Rapha spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head
22:43 But Abishai[052] the son[01121] of Zeruiah[06870] succoured[05826][8799] him, and smote[05221][8686] the Philistine[06430], and killed[04191][8686] him. Then the men[0582] of David[01732] sware[07650][8738] unto him, saying[0559][8800], Thou shalt go[03318][8799] no more out with us to battle[04421], that thou quench[03518][8762] not the light[05216] of Israel[03478]. light: Heb. candle, or, lamp
22:44 And it came to pass after this[0310], that there was again a battle[04421] with the Philistines[06430] at Gob[01359]: then Sibbechai[05444] the Hushathite[02843] slew[05221][8689] Saph[05593], which was of the sons[03211] of the giant[07497]. the giant: or, Rapha Saph: or, Sippai
22:45 And there was again a battle[04421] in Gob[01359] with the Philistines[06430], where Elhanan[0445] the son[01121] of Jaareoregim[03296], a Bethlehemite[01022], slew[05221][8686] the brother of Goliath[01555] the Gittite[01663], the staff[06086] of whose spear[02595] was like a weaver's[0707][8802] beam[04500]. Jaareoregim: or, Jair
22:46 And there was yet a battle[04421] in Gath[01661], where was a man[0376] of great stature[04067][8675][04055], that had on every hand[03027] six[08337] fingers[0676], and on every foot[07272] six[08337] toes[0676], four[0702] and twenty[06242] in number[04557]; and he also was born[03205][8795] to the giant[07497]. the giant: or, Rapha
22:47 And when he defied[02778][8762] Israel[03478], Jonathan[03083] the son[01121] of Shimea[08092] the brother[0251] of David[01732] slew[05221][8686] him. defied: or, reproached Shimea: also called, Shammah
22:48 These four[0702] were born[03205][8795] to the giant[07497] in Gath[01661], and fell[05307][8799] by the hand[03027] of David[01732], and by the hand[03027] of his servants[05650].
22:49 And David[01732] spake[01696][8762] unto the LORD[03068] the words[01697] of this song[07892] in the day[03117] that the LORD[03068] had delivered[05337][8689] him out of the hand[03709] of all his enemies[0341][8802], and out of the hand[03709] of Saul[07586]:
22:50 And he said[0559][8799], The LORD[03068] is my rock[05553], and my fortress[04686], and my deliverer[06403][8764];
22:51 The God[0430] of my rock[06697]; in him will I trust[02620][8799]: he is my shield[04043], and the horn[07161] of my salvation[03468], my high tower[04869], and my refuge[04498], my saviour[03467][8688]; thou savest[03467][8686] me from violence[02555].
23:1 I will call[07121][8799] on the LORD[03068], who is worthy to be praised[01984][8794]: so shall I be saved[03467][8735] from mine enemies[0341][8802].
23:2 When the waves[04867] of death[04194] compassed[0661][8804] me, the floods[05158] of ungodly men[01100] made me afraid[01204][8762]; waves: or, pangs ungodly...: Heb. Belial
23:3 The sorrows[02256] of hell[07585] compassed me about[05437][8804]; the snares[04170] of death[04194] prevented[06923][8765] me; sorrows: or, cords
23:4 In my distress[06862] I called[07121][8799] upon the LORD[03068], and cried[07121][8799] to my God[0430]: and he did hear[08085][8799] my voice[06963] out of his temple[01964], and my cry[07775] did enter into his ears[0241].
23:5 Then the earth[0776] shook[01607][8691][8675][01607][8799] and trembled[07493][8799]; the foundations[04146] of heaven[08064] moved[07264][8799] and shook[01607][8691], because he was wroth[02734][8804].
23:6 There went up[05927][8804] a smoke[06227] out of his nostrils[0639], and fire[0784] out of his mouth[06310] devoured[0398][8799]: coals[01513] were kindled[01197][8804] by it. out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc
23:7 He bowed[05186][8799] the heavens[08064] also, and came down[03381][8799]; and darkness[06205] was under his feet[07272].
23:8 And he rode[07392][8799] upon a cherub[03742], and did fly[05774][8799]: and he was seen[07200][8735] upon the wings[03671] of the wind[07307].
23:9 And he made[07896][8799] darkness[02822] pavilions[05521] round about[05439] him, dark[02841] waters[04325], and thick clouds[05645] of the skies[07834]. dark...: Heb. binding of waters
23:10 Through the brightness[05051] before him were coals[01513] of fire[0784] kindled[01197][8804].
23:11 The LORD[03068] thundered[07481][8686] from heaven[08064], and the most High[05945] uttered[05414][8799] his voice[06963].
23:12 And he sent out[07971][8799] arrows[02671], and scattered[06327][8686] them; lightning[01300], and discomfited[02000][8799] them.
23:13 And the channels[0650] of the sea[03220] appeared[07200][8735], the foundations[04146] of the world[08398] were discovered[01540][8735], at the rebuking[01606] of the LORD[03068], at the blast[05397] of the breath[07307] of his nostrils[0639].
23:14 He sent[07971][8799] from above[04791], he took[03947][8799] me; he drew[04871][8686] me out of many[07227] waters[04325]; many: or, great
23:15 He delivered[05337][8686] me from my strong[05794] enemy[0341][8802], and from them that hated[08130][8802] me: for they were too strong[0553][8804] for me.
23:16 They prevented[06923][8762] me in the day[03117] of my calamity[0343]: but the LORD[03068] was my stay[04937].
23:17 He brought me forth[03318][8686] also into a large place[04800]: he delivered[02502][8762] me, because he delighted[02654][8804] in me.
23:18 The LORD[03068] rewarded[01580][8799] me according to my righteousness[06666]: according to the cleanness[01252] of my hands[03027] hath he recompensed[07725][8686] me.
23:19 For I have kept[08104][8804] the ways[01870] of the LORD[03068], and have not wickedly departed[07561][8804] from my God[0430].
23:20 For all his judgments[04941] were before me: and as for his statutes[02708], I did not depart[05493][8799] from them.
23:21 I was also upright[08549] before him, and have kept[08104][8691] myself from mine iniquity[05771]. before: Heb. to
23:22 Therefore the LORD[03068] hath recompensed[07725][8686] me according to my righteousness[06666]; according to my cleanness[01252] in his eye sight[05048][05869]. in...: Heb. before his eyes
23:23 With the merciful[02623] thou wilt shew thyself merciful[02616][8691], and with the upright[08549] man[01368] thou wilt shew thyself upright[08552][8691].
23:24 With the pure[01305][8737] thou wilt shew thyself pure[01305][8691]; and with the froward[06141] thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury[06617][8691]. shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle
23:25 And the afflicted[06041] people[05971] thou wilt save[03467][8686]: but thine eyes[05869] are upon the haughty[07311][8802], that thou mayest bring them down[08213][8686].
23:26 For thou art my lamp[05216], O LORD[03068]: and the LORD[03068] will lighten[05050][8686] my darkness[02822]. lamp: or, candle
23:27 For by thee I have run[07323][8799] through a troop[01416]: by my God[0430] have I leaped over[01801][8762] a wall[07791]. run: or, broken
23:28 As for God[0410], his way[01870] is perfect[08549]; the word[0565] of the LORD[03068] is tried[06884][8803]: he is a buckler[04043] to all them that trust[02620][8802] in him. tried: or, refined
23:29 For who is God[0410], save[01107] the LORD[03068]? and who is a rock[06697], save[01107] our God[0430]?
23:30 God[0410] is my strength[04581] and power[02428]: and he maketh[05425][8686] my way[01870] perfect[08549]. maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth
23:31 He maketh[07737][00] my feet[07272] like[07737][8764] hinds[0355]' feet : and setteth[05975][8686] me upon my high places[01116]. maketh: Heb. equalleth
23:32 He teacheth[03925][8764] my hands[03027] to war[04421]; so that a bow[07198] of steel[05154] is broken[05181][8765] by mine arms[02220]. to war: Heb. for the war
23:33 Thou hast also given[05414][8799] me the shield[04043] of thy salvation[03468]: and thy gentleness[06031][8800][8676][06038] hath made me great[07235][8686]. made...: Heb. multiplied me
23:34 Thou hast enlarged[07337][8686] my steps[06806] under me; so that my feet[07166] did not slip[04571][8804]. feet: Heb. ankles
23:35 I have pursued[07291][8799] mine enemies[0341][8802], and destroyed[08045][8686] them; and turned not again[07725][8799] until I had consumed[03615][8763] them.
23:36 And I have consumed[03615][8762] them, and wounded[04272][8799] them, that they could not arise[06965][8799]: yea, they are fallen[05307][8799] under my feet[07272].
23:37 For thou hast girded[0247][8762] me with strength[02428] to battle[04421]: them that rose up[06965][8801] against me hast thou subdued[03766][8686] under me. subdued: Heb. caused to bow
23:38 Thou hast also given[05414][8804] me the necks[06203] of mine enemies[0341][8802], that I might destroy[06789][8686] them that hate[08130][8764] me.
23:39 They looked[08159][8799], but there was none to save[03467][8688]; even unto the LORD[03068], but he answered[06030][8804] them not.
24:1 Then did I beat[07833][8799] them as small as the dust[06083] of the earth[0776], I did stamp[01854][8686] them as the mire[02916] of the street[02351], and did spread them abroad[07554][8799].
24:2 Thou also hast delivered[06403][8762] me from the strivings[07379] of my people[05971], thou hast kept[08104][8799] me to be head[07218] of the heathen[01471]: a people[05971] which I knew[03045][8804] not shall serve[05647][8799] me.
24:3 Strangers[01121][05236] shall submit[03584][8691] themselves unto me: as soon as they hear[08085][8800][0241], they shall be obedient[08085][8735] unto me. Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger submit...: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie
24:4 Strangers[01121][05236] shall fade away[05034][8799], and they shall be afraid[02296][8799] out of their close places[04526].
24:5 The LORD[03068] liveth[02416]; and blessed[01288][8803] be my rock[06697]; and exalted[07311][8799] be the God[0430] of the rock[06697] of my salvation[03468].
24:6 It is God[0410] that avengeth[05414][8802][05360] me, and that bringeth down[03381][8688] the people[05971] under me, avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for
24:7 And that bringeth me forth[03318][8688] from mine enemies[0341][8802]: thou also hast lifted me up on high[07311][8787] above them that rose up[06965][8801] against me: thou hast delivered[05337][8686] me from the violent[02555] man[0376].
24:8 Therefore I will give thanks[03034][8686] unto thee, O LORD[03068], among the heathen[01471], and I will sing praises[02167][8762] unto thy name[08034].
24:9 He is the tower[04024][8675][01431][8688] of salvation[03444] for his king[04428]: and sheweth[06213][8802] mercy[02617] to his anointed[04899], unto David[01732], and to his seed[02233] for[05704] evermore[05769].
24:10 Now these be the last[0314] words[01697] of David[01732]. David[01732] the son[01121] of Jesse[03448] said[05002][8803], and the man[01397] who was raised up[06965][8717] on high[05920], the anointed[04899] of the God[0430] of Jacob[03290], and the sweet[05273] psalmist[02158] of Israel[03478], said[05002][8803],
24:11 The Spirit[07307] of the LORD[03068] spake[01696][8765] by me, and his word[04405] was in my tongue[03956].
24:12 The God[0430] of Israel[03478] said[0559][8804], the Rock[06697] of Israel[03478] spake[01696][8765] to me, He that ruleth[04910][8802] over men[0120] must be just[06662], ruling[04910][8802] in the fear[03374] of God[0430]. He...: or, Be thou ruler, etc
24:13 And he shall be as the light[0216] of the morning[01242], when the sun[08121] riseth[02224][8799], even a morning[01242] without[03808] clouds[05645]; as  the tender grass[01877] springing  out of the earth[0776] by clear shining[05051] after rain[04306].
24:14 Although my house[01004] be not so with God[0410]; yet he hath made[07760][8804] with me an everlasting[05769] covenant[01285], ordered[06186][8803] in all things , and sure[08104][8803]: for this is all my salvation[03468], and all my desire[02656], although he make it not to grow[06779][8686].
24:15 But the sons of Belial[01100] shall be all of them as thorns[06975] thrust away[05074][8716], because they cannot be taken[03947][8799] with hands[03027]:
24:16 But the man[0376] that shall touch[05060][8799] them must be fenced[04390][8735] with iron[01270] and the staff[06086] of a spear[02595]; and they shall be utterly[08313][8800] burned[08313][8735] with fire[0784] in the same place[07675][8800]. fenced: Heb. filled
24:17 These be the names[08034] of the mighty men[01368] whom David[01732] had: The Tachmonite[08461] that sat[03427][8802] in the seat[07675][8800][8677][03429], chief[07218] among the captains[07991]; the same was  Adino[05722] the Eznite[06112]: he lift up his spear against eight[08083] hundred[03967], whom he slew[02491] at one[0259] time[06471]. The Tachmonite...: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three whom he...: Heb. slain he lift...: from (1ch 11:11) whom he...: Heb. slain
24:18 And after[0310] him was Eleazar[0499] the son[01121] of Dodo[01734] the Ahohite[0266], one of the three[07969] mighty men[01368] with David[01732], when they defied[02778][8763] the Philistines[06430]  that were there gathered together[0622][8738] to battle[04421], and the men[0376] of Israel[03478] were gone away[05927][8799]:
24:19 He arose[06965][8804], and smote[05221][8686] the Philistines[06430] until[03588] his hand[03027] was weary[03021][8804], and his hand[03027] clave[01692][8799] unto the sword[02719]: and the LORD[03068] wrought[06213][8799] a great[01419] victory[08668] that day[03117]; and the people[05971] returned[07725][8799] after[0310] him only to spoil[06584][8763].
24:20 And after[0310] him was Shammah[08048] the son[01121] of Agee[089] the Hararite[02043]. And the Philistines[06430] were gathered together[0622][8735] into a troop[02416], where was a piece[02513] of ground[07704] full[04392] of lentiles[05742]: and the people[05971] fled[05127][8804] from[06440] the Philistines[06430]. into...: or, for foraging
24:21 But he stood[03320][8691] in the midst[08432] of the ground[02513], and defended[05337][8686] it, and slew[05221][8686] the Philistines[06430]: and the LORD[03068] wrought[06213][8799] a great[01419] victory[08668].
24:22 And three[07969][8675][07970] of the thirty[07970] chief[07218] went down[03381][8799], and came[0935][8799] to David[01732] in the harvest time[07105] unto the cave[04631] of Adullam[05725]: and the troop[02416] of the Philistines[06430] pitched[02583][8802] in the valley[06010] of Rephaim[07497]. three...: or, the three captains over the thirty
24:23 And David[01732] was then in an hold[04686], and the garrison[04673] of the Philistines[06430] was then in Bethlehem[01035].
24:24 And David[01732] longed[0183][8691], and said[0559][8799], Oh that one would give me drink[08248][8686] of the water[04325] of the well[0953] of Bethlehem[01035], which is by the gate[08179]!
24:25 And the three[07969] mighty men[01368] brake through[01234][8799] the host[04264] of the Philistines[06430], and drew[07579][8799] water[04325] out of the well[0953] of Bethlehem[01035], that was by the gate[08179], and took[05375][8799] it , and brought[0935][8686] it to David[01732]: nevertheless he would[014][8804] not drink[08354][8800] thereof, but poured it out[05258][8686] unto the LORD[03068].
