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01 : 01 . Now it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after <00310


+>achar > the death <04194 +maveth > of Saul < 07586 +Sha>uwl > ,
when David <01732 +David > was returned <07725 +shuwb > from the
slaughter <05221 +nakah > of the Amalekites <06003 +< Amaleqiy > ,
and David <01732 +David > had abode <03427 +yashab > two <08147
+sh@nayim > days <03117 +yowm > in Ziklag <06860 +Tsiqlag > ;



01 : 02 It came <01961 +hayah > even to pass on the third <07992
+sh@liyshiy > day <03117 +yowm > , that , behold < 02009 +hinneh
> , a man <00376 +>iysh > came <00935 +bow> > out of the camp
<04264 +machaneh > from Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > with his clothes
<00899 +beged > rent <07167 +qara< > , and earth <00127 +>adamah
> upon his head <07218 +ro>sh > : and [ so ] it was , when he
came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732 +David > , that he fell
<05307 +naphal > to the earth <00776 +>erets > , and did
obeisance <07812 +shachah > .



01 : 03 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,
From whence comest <00935 +bow> > thou ? And he said <00559
+>amar > unto him , Out of the camp <04264 +machaneh > of Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > am I escaped <04422 +malat > .



01 : 04 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,
How <04100 +mah > went <01961 +hayah > the matter <01697 +dabar
> ? I pray <04994 +na> > thee , tell <05046 +nagad > me . And
he answered <00559 +>amar > , That the people <05971 +<am > are
fled <05127 +nuwc > from the battle <04421 +milchamah > , and
many <07235 +rabah > of the people <05971 +<am > also <01571
+gam > are fallen <05307 +naphal > and dead <04191 +muwth > ;
and Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan >
his son <01121 +ben > are dead <04191 +muwth > also <01571 +gam
> .



01 : 05 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto the
young <05288 +na<ar > man that told <05046 +nagad > him , How
<00349 +>eyk > knowest <03045 +yada< > thou that Saul <07586
+Sha>uwl > and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > his son <01121
+ben > be dead <04191 +muwth > ?



01 : 06 And the young <05288 +na<ar > man that told < 05046
+nagad > him said <00559 +>amar > , As I happened < 07136 +qarah
> by chance <07122 +qara> > upon mount <02022 +har > Gilboa
<01533 +Gilboa< > , behold <02009 +hinneh > , Saul <07586
+Sha>uwl > leaned <08172 +sha<an > upon his spear <02595
+chaniyth > ; and , lo <02009 +hinneh > , the chariots <07393
+rekeb > and horsemen <06571 +parash > followed < 01692 +dabaq >
hard <01692 +dabaq > after him .



01 : 07 And when he looked <06437 +panah > behind <00310 +>achar
> him , he saw <07200 +ra>ah > me , and called < 07121 +qara> >
unto me . And I answered <00559 +>amar > , Here < 02009 +hinneh
> [ am ] I .



01 : 08 And he said <00559 +>amar > unto me , Who < 04310 +miy >
[ art ] thou ? And I answered <00559 +>amar > him , I [ am ] an
Amalekite <06003 +<Amaleqiy > .



01 : 09 He said <00559 +>amar > unto me again , Stand <05975
+<amad > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , upon me , and slay <04191
+muwth > me : for anguish <07661 +shabats > is come < 00270
+>achaz > upon me , because <03588 +kiy > my life < 05315
+nephesh > [ is ] yet <05750 +<owd > whole <03605 +kol > in me .



01 : 10 So I stood <05975 +<amad > upon him , and slew <04191
+muwth > him , because <03588 +kiy > I was sure < 03045 +yada< >
that he could not live <02421 +chayah > after <00310 +>achar >
that he was fallen <05307 +naphal > : and I took <03947 +laqach
> the crown <05145 +nezer > that [ was ] upon his head <07218
+ro>sh > , and the bracelet <00685 +>ets<adah > that [ was ] on
<05921 +<al > his arm <02220 +z@rowa< > , and have brought
<00935 +bow> > them hither unto my lord <00113 +> adown > .



01 : 11 . Then David <01732 +David > took hold <02388 +chazaq >
on his clothes <00899 +beged > , and rent <07167 +qara< > them ;
and likewise <01571 +gam > all <03605 +kol > the men <00582
+>enowsh > that [ were ] with him :



01 : 12 And they mourned <05594 +caphad > , and wept < 01058
+bakah > , and fasted <06684 +tsuwm > until <05704 +<ad > even
<06153 +<ereb > , for Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and for Jonathan
<03083 +Y@hownathan > his son <01121 +ben > , and for the people
<05971 +<am > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and for the house
<01004 +bayith > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ; because <03588
+kiy > they were fallen <05307 +naphal > by the sword <02719
+chereb > .



01 : 13 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto the
young <05288 +na<ar > man that told <05046 +nagad > him , Whence
[ art ] thou ? And he answered <00559 +>amar > , I [ am ] the
son <01121 +ben > of a stranger , an Amalekite <06003 +<Amaleqiy
> .



01 : 14 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,
How <00349 +>eyk > wast thou not afraid <03372 +yare> > to
stretch <07971 +shalach > forth thine hand <03027 +yad > to
destroy <07843 +shachath > the LORD S <03068 +Y@hovah > anointed
<04899 +mashiyach > ?



01 : 15 And David <01732 +David > called <07121 +qara> > one
<00259 +>echad > of the young <05288 +na<ar > men , and said
<00559 +>amar > , Go <05066 +nagash > near < 05066 +nagash > , [
and ] fall <06293 +paga< > upon him . And he smote < 05221
+nakah > him that he died <04191 +muwth > .



01 : 16 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,
Thy blood <01818 +dam > [ be ] upon thy head <07218 +ro>sh > ;
for thy mouth <06310 +peh > hath testified <06030 +< anah >
against thee , saying <00559 +>amar > , I have slain < 04191
+muwth > the LORD S <03068 +Y@hovah > anointed <04899 +mashiyach
> .



01 : 17 . And David <01732 +David > lamented <06969 +quwn >
with this <02063 +zo>th > lamentation <07015 +qiynah > over
<05921 +<al > Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and over <05921 +<al >
Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > his son <01121 +ben > :



01 : 18 ( Also he bade <00559 +>amar > them teach < 03925 +lamad
> the children <01121 +ben > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > [ the
use of ] the bow <07198 +qesheth > : behold <02009 +hinneh > , [
it is ] written <03789 +kathab > in the book <05612 +cepher > of
Jasher <03477 +yashar > . )



01 : 19 The beauty <06643 +ts@biy > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el >
is slain <02491 +chalal > upon thy high <01116 +bamah > places :
how <00349 +>eyk > are the mighty <01368 +gibbowr > fallen
<05307 +naphal > !



01 : 20 Tell <05046 +nagad > [ it ] not in Gath <01661 +Gath > ,
publish <01319 +basar > [ it ] not in the streets <02351 +chuwts
> of Askelon <00831 +>Ashq@lown > ; lest <06435 +pen > the
daughters <01121 +ben > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy >
rejoice <08055 +samach > , lest <06435 +pen > the daughters
<01121 +ben > of the uncircumcised <06189 +<arel > triumph
<05937 +<alaz > .



01 : 21 Ye mountains <02022 +har > of Gilboa <01533 +Gilboa< > ,
[ let there be ] no <00408 +>al > dew <02919 +tal > , neither
<00408 +>al > [ let there be ] rain <04306 +matar > , upon you ,
nor fields <07704 +sadeh > of offerings <08641 +t@ruwmah > : for
there <08033 +sham > the shield <04043 +magen > of the mighty
<01368 +gibbowr > is vilely <01602 +ga<al > cast <01602 +ga<al >
away , the shield <04043 +magen > of Saul <07586 +Sha> uwl > , [
as though he had ] not [ been ] anointed <04899 +mashiyach >
with oil <08081 +shemen > .



01 : 22 From the blood <01818 +dam > of the slain <02491 +chalal
> , from the fat <02459 +cheleb > of the mighty < 01368 +gibbowr
> , the bow <07198 +qesheth > of Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan >
turned <07734 +suwg > not back <00268 +>achowr > , and the sword
<02719 +chereb > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > returned <07725
+shuwb > not empty <07387 +reyqam > .



01 : 23 Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan
> [ were ] lovely <00157 +>ahab > and pleasant < 05273 +na<iym >
in their lives <02416 +chay > , and in their death < 04194
+maveth > they were not divided <06504 +parad > : they were
swifter <07043 +qalal > than eagles <05404 +nesher > , they were
stronger <01396 +gabar > than lions <00738 +>ariy > .



01 : 24 Ye daughters <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,
weep <01058 +bakah > over <00413 +>el > Saul < 07586 +Sha>uwl > ,
who <04310 +miy > clothed <03847 +labash > you in scarlet
<08144 +shaniy > , with [ other ] delights <05730 +< eden > , who
<04310 +miy > put <05927 +<alah > on ornaments < 05716 +<adiy >
of gold <02091 +zahab > upon your apparel <03830 +l@buwsh > .



01 : 25 How <00349 +>eyk > are the mighty <01368 +gibbowr >
fallen <05307 +naphal > in the midst <08432 +tavek > of the
battle <04421 +milchamah > ! O Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > ,
[ thou wast ] slain <02491 +chalal > in thine high < 01116 +bamah
> places .



01 : 26 I am distressed <06887 +tsarar > for thee , my brother
<00251 +>ach > Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > : very <03966
+m@<od > pleasant <05276 +na<em > hast thou been unto me : thy
love <00160 +>ahabah > to me was wonderful <06381 +pala> > ,
passing the love <00160 +>ahabah > of women <00802 +>ishshah > .



01 : 27 How <00349 +>eyk > are the mighty <01368 +gibbowr >
fallen <05307 +naphal > , and the weapons <03627 +k@liy > of war
<04421 +milchamah > perished <6> !



02 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after < 00310
+>achar > this <03651 +ken > , that David <01732 +David >
enquired <07592 +sha>al > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , saying
<00559 +>amar > , Shall I go <05927 +<alah > up into any <00259
+>echad > of the cities <05892 +<iyr > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah
> ? And the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > said <00559 +> amar > unto
him , Go <05927 +<alah > up . And David <01732 +David > said
<00559 +>amar > , Whither <00575 +>an > shall I go <05927 +<alah
> up ? And he said <00559 +>amar > , Unto Hebron < 02275
+Chebrown > .



02 : 02 So David <01732 +David > went <05927 +<alah > up thither
<08033 +sham > , and his two <08147 +sh@nayim > wives <00802
+>ishshah > also <01571 +gam > , Ahinoam <00293 +>Achiyno<am >
the Jezreelitess <03159 +Yizr@<e>liyth > , and Abigail <26>
Nabal s <05037 +Nabal > wife <00802 +>ishshah > the Carmelite
<03761 +Karm@liy > .



02 : 03 And his men <00582 +>enowsh > that [ were ] with him did
David <01732 +David > bring <05927 +<alah > up , every man
<00376 +>iysh > with his household <01004 +bayith > : and they
dwelt <03427 +yashab > in the cities <05892 +<iyr > of Hebron
<02275 +Chebrown > .



02 : 04 And the men <00582 +>enowsh > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah
> came <00935 +bow> > , and there <08033 +sham > they anointed
<04886 +mashach > David <01732 +David > king < 04428 +melek >
over <05921 +<al > the house <01004 +bayith > of Judah <03063
+Y@huwdah > . And they told <05046 +nagad > David < 01732 +David
> , saying <00559 +>amar > , [ That ] the men < 00582 +>enowsh >
of Jabeshgilead [ were they ] that buried <06912 +qabar > Saul
<07586 +Sha>uwl > .



02 : 05 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach >
messengers <04397 +mal>ak > unto the men <00582 +> enowsh > of
Jabeshgilead , and said <00559 +>amar > unto them , Blessed
<01288 +barak > [ be ] ye of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , that
ye have shewed <06213 +<asah > this <02088 +zeh > kindness
<02617 +checed > unto your lord <00113 +>adown > , [ even ] unto
Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and have buried <06912 +qabar > him .



02 : 06 And now <06258 +<attah > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > shew
<06213 +<asah > kindness <02617 +checed > and truth <00571
+>emeth > unto you : and I also <01571 +gam > will requite
<06213 +<asah > you this <02088 +zeh > kindness <02896 +towb > ,
because <00834 +>aher > ye have done <06213 +<asah > this <02088
+zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > .



02 : 07 Therefore now <06258 +<attah > let your hands <03027
+yad > be strengthened <02388 +chazaq > , and be ye valiant :
for your master <00113 +>adown > Saul <07586 +Sha> uwl > is dead
<04191 +muwth > , and also <01571 +gam > the house <01004
+bayith > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > have anointed < 04886
+mashach > me king <04428 +melek > over <05921 +< al > them .



02 : 08 . But Abner <74> the son <01121 +ben > of Ner <05369
+Ner > , captain <08269 +sar > of Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > host
<06635 +tsaba> > , took <03947 +laqach > Ishbosheth <00378
+>Iysh - Bosheth > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul < 07586 +Sha>uwl
> , and brought <05674 +<abar > him over <05674 +<abar > to
Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim > ;



02 : 09 And made him king <04427 +malak > over Gilead < 01568
+Gil<ad > , and over the Ashurites <00843 +>Asheriy > , and over
Jezreel <03157 +Yizr@<e>l > , and over Ephraim < 00669 +>Ephrayim
> , and over Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > , and over all <03605
+kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .



02 : 10 Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > Saul s < 07586
+Sha>uwl > son <01121 +ben > [ was ] forty <00705 +>arba<iym >
years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121 +ben > when he began to reign
<04427 +malak > over <05921 +<al > Israel < 03478 +Yisra>el > ,
and reigned <04427 +malak > two <08147 +sh@nayim > years <08141
+shaneh > . But the house <01004 +bayith > of Judah < 03063
+Y@huwdah > followed David <01732 +David > .



02 : 11 And the time that David <01732 +David > was king <04428
+melek > in Hebron<02275 +Chebrown > over <05921 +< al > the
house <01004 +bayith > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > was seven
<07651 +sheba< > years <08141 +shaneh > and six <08337 +shesh >
months <02320 +chodesh > .



02 : 12 And Abner <74> the son <01121 +ben > of Ner <05369 +Ner
> , and the servants <05650 +<ebed > of Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh
- Bosheth > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > ,
went <03318 +yatsa> > out from Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim > to
Gibeon <01391 +Gib<own > .



02 : 13 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the son <01121 +ben > of
Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > , and the servants <05650 +<ebed >
of David <01732 +David > , went <03318 +yatsa> > out , and met
<06298 +pagash > together <03162 +yachad > by the pool <01295
+b@rekah > of Gibeon <01391 +Gib<own > : and they sat <03427
+yashab > down , the one <00428 +>el - leh > on < 05921 +<al >
the one <02088 +zeh > side of the pool <01295 +b@rekah > , and
the other <00428 +>el - leh > on <05921 +<al > the other <02088
+zeh > side of the pool <01295 +b@rekah > .



02 : 14 And Abner <74> said <00559 +>amar > to Joab <03097
+Yow>ab > , Let the young <05288 +na<ar > men now <04994 +na> >
arise <06965 +quwm > , and play <07832 +sachaq > before <06440
+paniym > us . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said < 00559 +>amar > ,
Let them arise <06965 +quwm > .



02 : 15 Then there arose <06965 +quwm > and went <05674 +<abar >
over <05674 +<abar > by number <04557 +micpar > twelve of
Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > , which [ pertained ] to Ishbosheth
<00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul <07586
+Sha>uwl > , and twelve of the servants <05650 +<ebed > of David
<01732 +David > .



02 : 16 And they caught <02388 +chazaq > every <00376 +>iysh >
one <00376 +>iysh > his fellow <07453 +rea< > by the head <07218
+ro>sh > , and [ thrust ] his sword <02719 +chereb > in his
fellow s <07453 +rea< > side <06654 +tsad > ; so they fell
<05307 +naphal > down together <03162 +yachad > : wherefore that
place <04725 +maqowm > was called <07121 +qara> >
Helkathhazzurim <02521 +Chelqath hats - Tsu - riym > , which
<00834 +>aher > [ is ] in Gibeon <01391 +Gib<own > .



02 : 17 And there was a very <03966 +m@<od > sore < 07188
+qashach > battle <04421 +milchamah > that day <03117 +yowm > ;
and Abner <74> was beaten <05062 +nagaph > , and the men <00582
+>enowsh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , before <06440 +paniym
> the servants <05650 +<ebed > of David <01732 +David > .



02 : 18 . And there were three <07969 +shalowsh > sons < 01121
+ben > of Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > there <08033 +sham > ,
Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and Abishai <52> , and Asahel <00760
+>Aram Tsobah > : and Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > [ was as ] light
<07031 +qal > of foot <07272 +regel > as a wild < 07704 +sadeh >
roe <06643 +ts@biy > .



02 : 19 And Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > pursued < 07291 +radaph >
after <00310 +>achar > Abner <74> ; and in going <03212 +yalak >
he turned <05186 +natah > not to the right <03225 +yamiyn > hand
nor to the left <08040 +s@mo>wl > from following < 00310 +>achar
> Abner <74> .



02 : 20 Then Abner <74> looked <06437 +panah > behind <00310
+>achar > him , and said <00559 +>amar > , [ Art ] thou Asahel
<06214 +<Asah>el > ? And he answered <00559 +> amar > , I [ am ]

.



02 : 21 And Abner <74> said <00559 +>amar > to him , Turn <05186
+natah > thee aside <05186 +natah > to thy right < 03225 +yamiyn
> hand or <00176 +>ow > to thy left <08040 +s@mo>wl > , and lay
thee hold <00270 +>achaz > on one <00259 +>echad > of the young
<05288 +na<ar > men , and take <03947 +laqach > thee his armour
<02488 +chaliytsah > . But Asahel <06214 +<Asah> el > would <14>
not turn <05493 +cuwr > aside from following <00310 +> achar > of
him .



02 : 22 And Abner <74> said <00559 +>amar > again to Asahel
<06214 +<Asah>el > , Turn <05493 +cuwr > thee aside from
following <00310 +>achar > me : wherefore <04100 +mah > should I
smite <05221 +nakah > thee to the ground <00776 +> erets > ? how
<00349 +>eyk > then should I hold <05375 +nasa> > up my face
<06440 +paniym > to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > thy brother <00251
+>ach > ?



02 : 23 Howbeit he refused <03985 +ma>en > to turn < 05493 +cuwr
> aside : wherefore Abner <74> with the hinder <00310 +>achar >
end of the spear <02595 +chaniyth > smote <05221 +nakah > him
under <00413 +>el > the fifth <02570 +chomesh > [ rib ] , that
the spear <02595 +chaniyth > came <03318 +yatsa> > out behind
<00310 +>achar > him ; and he fell <05307 +naphal > down there
<08033 +sham > , and died <04191 +muwth > in the same <08478
+tachath > place <08478 +tachath > : and it came < 00935 +bow> >
to pass , [ that ] as many as came <00935 +bow> > to the place
<04725 +maqowm > where Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > fell <05307
+naphal > down and died <04191 +muwth > stood <05975 +<amad >
still .



02 : 24 Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > also and Abishai <52> pursued
<07291 +radaph > after <00310 +>achar > Abner < 74> : and the sun
<08121 +shemesh > went <00935 +bow> > down when they were come
<00935 +bow> > to the hill <01389 +gib<ah > of Ammah <00522
+>Ammah > , that [ lieth ] before Giah <01520 +Giyach > by the
way <01870 +derek > of the wilderness <04057 +midbar > of Gibeon
<01391 +Gib<own > .



02 : 25 . And the children <01121 +ben > of Benjamin < 01144
+Binyamiyn > gathered <06908 +qabats > themselves together after
<00310 +>achar > Abner <74> , and became <01961 +hayah > one
<00259 +>echad > troop <92> , and stood <05975 +<amad > on
<05921 +<al > the top <07218 +ro>sh > of an hill <01389 +gib<ah
> .



02 : 26 Then Abner <74> called <07121 +qara> > to Joab <03097
+Yow>ab > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Shall the sword <02719
+chereb > devour <00398 +>akal > for ever <05331 +netsach > ?
knowest <03045 +yada< > thou not that it will be bitterness
<04751 +mar > in the latter <00314 +>acharown > end ? how
<05704 +<ad > long <05704 +<ad > shall it be then , ere <03808
+lo> > thou bid <00559 +>amar > the people < 05971 +<am > return
<07725 +shuwb > from following <00310 +>achar > their brethren
<00251 +>ach > ?



02 : 27 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +> amar > , [ As ]
God <00430 +>elohiym > liveth <02416 +chay > , unless thou hadst
spoken <01696 +dabar > , surely <03588 +kiy > then in the
morning <01242 +boqer > the people <05971 +<am > had gone <05927
+<alah > up every <00376 +>iysh > one <00376 +>iysh > from
following <00310 +>achar > his brother <00251 +> ach > .



02 : 28 So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > blew <08628 +taqa< > a trumpet
<07782 +showphar > , and all <03605 +kol > the people <05971
+<am > stood <05975 +<amad > still , and pursued <07291 +radaph
> after <00310 +>achar > Israel <03478 +Yisra> el > no <03808
+lo> > more <05750 +<owd > , neither <03808 +lo> > fought <03898
+lacham > they any more .



02 : 29 And Abner <74> and his men <00582 +>enowsh > walked
<01980 +halak > all <03605 +kol > that night < 03915 +layil >
through the plain <06160 +<arabah > , and passed < 05674 +<abar >
over <05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > , and went <03212
+yalak > through all <03605 +kol > Bithron <01338 +Bithrown > ,
and they came <00935 +bow> > to Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim > .



02 : 30 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > returned <07725 +shuwb > from
following <00310 +>achar > Abner <74> : and when he had gathered
<06908 +qabats > all <03605 +kol > the people < 05971 +<am >
together , there lacked <06485 +paqad > of David s < 01732 +David
> servants <05650 +<ebed > nineteen men <00376 +>iysh > and
Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > .



02 : 31 But the servants <05650 +<ebed > of David < 01732 +David
> had smitten <05221 +nakah > of Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > ,
and of Abner s <74> men <00582 +>enowsh > , [ so that ] three
<07969 +shalowsh > hundred <03967 +me>ah > and threescore <08346
+shishshiym > men <00376 +>iysh > died <04191 +muwth > .



02 : 32 And they took <05375 +nasa> > up Asahel < 06214 +<Asah>el
> , and buried <06912 +qabar > him in the sepulchre < 06913
+qeber > of his father <1> , which <00834 +>aher > [ was in ]
Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab >
and his men <00582 +>enowsh > went <03212 +yalak > all <03605
+kol > night <03915 +layil > , and they came <00935 +bow> > to
Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > at break <00215 +>owr > of day <00215
+>owr > .



03 : 01 . Now there was long <00752 +>arok > war < 04421
+milchamah > between <00996 +beyn > the house <01004 +bayith >
of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and the house <01004 +bayith > of
David <01732 +David > : but David <01732 +David > waxed <01980
+halak > stronger <02390 +chazeq > and stronger < 02390 +chazeq >
, and the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha> uwl > waxed
<01980 +halak > weaker <01800 +dal > and weaker < 01800 +dal > .



03 : 02 And unto David <01732 +David > were sons <01121 +ben >
born <03205 +yalad > in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > : and his
firstborn <01060 +b@kowr > was Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > , of
Ahinoam <00293 +>Achiyno<am > the Jezreelitess < 03159
+Yizr@<e>liyth > ;



03 : 03 And his second <04932 +mishneh > , Chileab < 03609
+Kil>ab > , of Abigail <26> the wife <00802 +> ishshah > of Nabal
<05037 +Nabal > the Carmelite <03761 +Karm@liy > ; and the third
<07992 +sh@liyshiy > , Absalom <53> the son <01121 +ben > of
Maacah <04601 +Ma<akah > the daughter <01323 +bath > of Talmai
<08526 +Talmay > king <04428 +melek > of Geshur < 01650 +G@shuwr
> ;



03 : 04 And the fourth <07243 +r@biy<iy > , Adonijah < 00138
+>Adoniyah > the son <01121 +ben > of Haggith < 02294 +Chaggiyith
> ; and the fifth <02549 +chamiyshiy > , Shephatiah < 08203
+Sh@phatyah > the son <01121 +ben > of Abital <37> ;



03 : 05 And the sixth <08345 +shishshiy > , Ithream < 03507
+Yithr@<am > , by Eglah <05698 +<Eglah > David s <01732 +David >
wife <00802 +>ishshah > . These <00428 +>el - leh > were born
<03205 +yalad > to David <01732 +David > in Hebron <02275
+Chebrown > .



03 : 06 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , while there was
war <04421 +milchamah > between <00996 +beyn > the house <01004
+bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and the house < 01004 +bayith
> of David <01732 +David > , that Abner <74> made himself strong
<02388 +chazaq > for the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586
+Sha>uwl > .



03 : 07 . And Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > had a concubine <06370
+piylegesh > , whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Rizpah <07532
+Ritspah > , the daughter <01323 +bath > of Aiah < 00345 +>Ayah >
: and [ Ishbosheth ] said <00559 +>amar > to Abner < 74> ,
Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< > hast thou gone <00935 +bow> > in
unto my father s <1> concubine <06370 +piylegesh > ?



03 : 08 Then was Abner <74> very <03966 +m@<od > wroth <02734
+charah > for the words <01697 +dabar > of Ishbosheth <00378
+>Iysh - Bosheth > , and said <00559 +>amar > , [ Am ] I a dog s
<03611 +keleb > head <07218 +ro>sh > , which < 00834 +>aher >
against Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > do <06213 +<asah > shew <06213
+<asah > kindness <02617 +checed > this day <03117 +yowm > unto
the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > thy father
<1> , to his brethren <00251 +>ach > , and to his friends <04828
+merea< > , and have not delivered <04672 +matsa> > thee into
the hand <03027 +yad > of David <01732 +David > , that thou
chargest <06485 +paqad > me to day <03117 +yowm > with a fault
<05771 +<avon > concerning this woman <00802 +> ishshah > ?



03 : 09 So <03541 +koh > do <06213 +<asah > God <00430 +>elohiym
> to Abner <74> , and more <03254 +yacaph > also <03541 +koh > ,
except <03588 +kiy > , as the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath sworn
<07650 +shaba< > to David <01732 +David > , even <03588 +kiy >
so <03651 +ken > I do <06213 +<asah > to him ;



03 : 10 To translate <05674 +<abar > the kingdom < 04467
+mamlakah > from the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul < 07586
+Sha>uwl > , and to set <06965 +quwm > up the throne <03678
+kicce> > of David <01732 +David > over <05921 +<al > Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > and over <05921 +<al > Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah
> , from Dan <01835 +Dan > even to Beersheba <00884 +B@>er
Sheba< > .



03 : 11 And he could <03201 +yakol > not answer <07725 +shuwb >
Abner <74> a word <01697 +dabar > again <05750 +<owd > , because
he feared <03372 +yare> > him .



03 : 12 And Abner <74> sent <07971 +shalach > messengers <04397
+mal>ak > to David <01732 +David > on his behalf < 08478 +tachath
> , saying <00559 +>amar > , Whose <04310 +miy > [ is ] the land
<00776 +>erets > ? saying <00559 +>amar > [ also ] , Make
<03772 +karath > thy league <01285 +b@riyth > with me , and ,
behold <02009 +hinneh > , my hand <03027 +yad > [ shall be ]
with thee , to bring <05437 +cabab > about <05437 +cabab > all
<03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > unto thee .



03 : 13 And he said <00559 +>amar > , Well <02896 +towb > ; I
will make <03772 +karath > a league <01285 +b@riyth > with thee :
but one <00259 +>echad > thing <01697 +dabar > I require <07592
+sha>al > of thee , that is , Thou shalt not see <07200 +ra>ah >
my face <06440 +paniym > , except thou first <06440 +paniym >
bring <00935 +bow> > Michal <04324 +Miykal > Saul s <07586
+Sha>uwl > daughter <01323 +bath > , when thou comest <00935
+bow> > to see <07200 +ra>ah > my face <06440 +paniym > .



03 : 14 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach >
messengers <04397 +mal>ak > to Ishbosheth <00378 +> Iysh -
Bosheth > Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > son <01121 +ben > , saying
<00559 +>amar > , Deliver <05414 +nathan > [ me ] my wife <00802
+>ishshah > Michal <04324 +Miykal > , which <00834 +>aher > I
espoused <00781 +>aras > to me for an hundred <03967 +me>ah >
foreskins <06190 +<orlah > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy >

.



03 : 15 And Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > sent <07971
+shalach > , and took <03947 +laqach > her from [ her ] husband
<00376 +>iysh > , [ even ] from Phaltiel <06409 +Paltiy>el > the
son <01121 +ben > of Laish <03919 +Layish > .



03 : 16 And her husband <00376 +>iysh > went <03212 +yalak >
with her along <01980 +halak > weeping <01058 +bakah > behind
<00310 +>achar > her to Bahurim <00980 +Bachuriym > . Then said
<00559 +>amar > Abner <74> unto him , Go <03212 +yalak > ,
return <07725 +shuwb > . And he returned <07725 +shuwb > .



03 : 17 And Abner <74> had communication <01697 +dabar > with
the elders <02205 +zaqen > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , saying
<00559 +>amar > , Ye sought <01245 +baqash > for David <01732
+David > in times <08543 +t@mowl > past <08032 +shilshowm > [ to
be ] king <04428 +melek > over <05921 +<al > you :



03 : 18 Now <06258 +<attah > then do <06213 +<asah > [ it ] :
for the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath spoken <00559 +> amar > of
David <01732 +David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , By the hand
<03027 +yad > of my servant <05650 +<ebed > David <01732 +David
> I will save <03467 +yasha< > my people <05971 +<am > Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > out of the hand <03027 +yad > of the
Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and out of the hand < 03027
+yad > of all <03605 +kol > their enemies <00341 +> oyeb > .



03 : 19 And Abner <74> also <01571 +gam > spake < 01696 +dabar >
in the ears <00241 +>ozen > of Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > :
and Abner <74> went <03212 +yalak > also <01571 +gam > to speak
<01696 +dabar > in the ears <00241 +>ozen > of David <01732
+David > in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > all <03605 +kol > that
seemed <05869 +<ayin > good <02896 +towb > to Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > , and that seemed <05869 +<ayin > good to the whole
<03605 +kol > house <01004 +bayith > of Benjamin < 01144
+Binyamiyn > .



03 : 20 So Abner <74> came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732 +David
> to Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , and twenty <06242 +<esriym >
men <00582 +>enowsh > with him . And David <01732 +David > made
<06213 +<asah > Abner <74> and the men <00582 +>enowsh > that [
were ] with him a feast <04960 +mishteh > .



03 : 21 And Abner <74> said <00559 +>amar > unto David <01732
+David > , I will arise <06965 +quwm > and go <03212 +yalak > ,
and will gather <06908 +qabats > all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > unto my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek
> , that they may make <03772 +karath > a league < 01285 +b@riyth
> with thee , and that thou mayest reign <04427 +malak > over
all <03605 +kol > that thine heart <05315 +nephesh > desireth
<08378 +ta>avah > . And David <01732 +David > sent <07971
+shalach > Abner <74> away ; and he went <03212 +yalak > in
peace <07965 +shalowm > .



03 : 22 . And , behold <02009 +hinneh > , the servants < 05650
+<ebed > of David <01732 +David > and Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > came
<00935 +bow> > from [ pursuing ] a troop <01416 +g@duwd > , and
brought <00935 +bow> > in a great <07227 +rab > spoil <07998
+shalal > with them : but Abner <74> [ was ] not with David
<01732 +David > in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > ; for he had sent
<07971 +shalach > him away , and he was gone <03212 +yalak > in
peace <07965 +shalowm > .



03 : 23 When Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > and all <03605 +kol > the
host <06635 +tsaba> > that [ was ] with him were come <00935
+bow> > , they told <05046 +nagad > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > ,
saying <00559 +>amar > , Abner <74> the son < 01121 +ben > of Ner
<05369 +Ner > came <00935 +bow> > to the king < 04428 +melek > ,
and he hath sent <07971 +shalach > him away , and he is gone
<03212 +yalak > in peace <07965 +shalowm > .



03 : 24 Then Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > came <00935 +bow> > to the
king <04428 +melek > , and said <00559 +>amar > , What <04100
+mah > hast thou done <06213 +<asah > ? behold < 02009 +hinneh >
, Abner <74> came <00935 +bow> > unto thee ; why <04100 +mah > [
is ] it [ that ] thou hast sent <07971 +shalach > him away , and
he is quite gone <03212 +yalak > ?



03 : 25 Thou knowest <03045 +yada< > Abner <74> the son <01121
+ben > of Ner <05369 +Ner > , that he came <00935 +bow> > to
deceive <06601 +pathah > thee , and to know <03045 +yada< > thy
going <04161 +mowtsa> > out and thy coming <04126 +mowba> > in ,
and to know <03045 +yada< > all <03605 +kol > that thou doest
<06213 +<asah > .



03 : 26 And when Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > was come < 03318 +yatsa> >
out from David <01732 +David > , he sent <07971 +shalach >
messengers <04397 +mal>ak > after <00310 +>achar > Abner <74> ,
which brought <07725 +shuwb > him again <05750 +<owd > from the
well <00953 +bowr > of Sirah <05626 +Cirah > : but David <01732
+David > knew <03045 +yada< > [ it ] not .



03 : 27 And when Abner <74> was returned <07725 +shuwb > to
Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > took him aside
<05186 +natah > in the gate <08179 +sha<ar > to speak <01696
+dabar > with him quietly <07987 +sh@liy > , and smote <05221
+nakah > him there <08033 +sham > under the fifth < 02570
+chomesh > [ rib ] , that he died <04191 +muwth > , for the
blood <01818 +dam > of Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > his brother
<00251 +>ach > .



03 : 28 And afterward when David <01732 +David > heard < 08085
+shama< > [ it ] , he said <00559 +>amar > , I and my kingdom
<04467 +mamlakah > [ are ] guiltless <05355 +naqiy > before
<05973 +<im > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > for ever <05769 +<owlam
> from the blood <01818 +dam > of Abner <74> the son <01121 +ben
> of Ner <05369 +Ner > :



03 : 29 Let it rest <02342 +chuwl > on <05921 +<al > the head
<07218 +ro>sh > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and on <00413 +>el >
all <03605 +kol > his father s <1> house <01004 +bayith > ; and
let there not fail <03772 +karath > from the house < 01004
+bayith > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > one that hath an issue <02100
+zuwb > , or that is a leper <06879 +tsara< > , or that leaneth
<02388 +chazaq > on a staff <06418 +pelek > , or that falleth
<05307 +naphal > on the sword <02719 +chereb > , or that lacketh
<02638 +chacer > bread <03899 +lechem > .



03 : 30 So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > and Abishai <52> his brother
<00251 +>ach > slew <02026 +harag > Abner < 74> , because he had
slain <04191 +muwth > their brother <00251 +>ach > Asahel <06214
+<Asah>el > at Gibeon <01391 +Gib<own > in the battle <04421
+milchamah > .



03 : 31 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to Joab
<03097 +Yow>ab > , and to all <03605 +kol > the people <05971
+<am > that [ were ] with him , Rend <07167 +qara< > your
clothes <00899 +beged > , and gird <02296 +chagar > you with
sackcloth <08242 +saq > , and mourn <05594 +caphad > before
<06440 +paniym > Abner <74> . And king <04428 +melek > David
<01732 +David > [ himself ] followed the bier <04296 +mittah > .



03 : 32 And they buried <06912 +qabar > Abner <74> in Hebron
<02275 +Chebrown > : and the king <04428 +melek > lifted <05375
+nasa> > up his voice <06963 +qowl > , and wept < 01058 +bakah >
at the grave <06913 +qeber > of Abner <74> ; and all <03605 +kol
> the people <05971 +<am > wept <01058 +bakah > .



03 : 33 And the king <04428 +melek > lamented <06969 +quwn >
over <00413 +>el > Abner <74> , and said <00559 +>amar > , Died
<04191 +muwth > Abner <74> as a fool <05036 +nabal > dieth
<04194 +maveth > ?



03 : 34 Thy hands <03027 +yad > [ were ] not bound < 00631 +>acar
> , nor <03808 +lo> > thy feet <07272 +regel > put <05056
+naggach > into fetters <05178 +n@chosheth > : as a man <01121
+ben > falleth <05307 +naphal > before <06440 +paniym > wicked
<05766 +<evel > men <01121 +ben > , [ so ] fellest <05307
+naphal > thou . And all <03605 +kol > the people < 05971 +<am >
wept <01058 +bakah > again <03254 +yacaph > over < 05921 +<al >
him .



03 : 35 And when all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > came
<00935 +bow> > to cause David <01732 +David > to eat <01262
+barah > meat <03899 +lechem > while it was yet < 05750 +<owd >
day <03117 +yowm > , David <01732 +David > sware < 07650 +shaba<
> , saying <00559 +>amar > , So <03541 +koh > do <06213 +<asah >
God <00430 +>elohiym > to me , and more <03254 +yacaph > also
<03541 +koh > , if I taste <02938 +ta<am > bread <03899 +lechem
> , or <00176 +>ow > ought <03972 +m@uwmah > else , till <06440
+paniym > the sun <08121 +shemesh > be down <00935 +bow> > .



03 : 36 And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > took
<05384 +nasheh > notice <05234 +nakar > [ of it ] , and it
pleased them : as whatsoever the king <04428 +melek > did <06213
+<asah > pleased all <03605 +kol > the people < 05971 +<am > .



03 : 37 For all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > and all
<03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > understood <03045 +yada<
> that day <03117 +yowm > that it was not of the king <04428
+melek > to slay <04191 +muwth > Abner <74> the son <01121 +ben
> of Ner <05369 +Ner > .



03 : 38 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
his servants <05650 +<ebed > , Know <03045 +yada< > ye not that
there is a prince <08269 +sar > and a great <01419 +gadowl > man
fallen <05307 +naphal > this <02088 +zeh > day < 03117 +yowm > in
Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ?



03 : 39 And I [ am ] this day <03117 +yowm > weak <07390 +rak > ,
though anointed <04886 +mashach > king <04428 +melek > ; and
these <00428 +>el - leh > men <00582 +>enowsh > the sons <01121
+ben > of Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > [ be ] too hard <07186
+qasheh > for me : the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > shall reward
<07999 +shalam > the doer <06218 +<asowr > of evil <07451 +ra< >
according to his wickedness <07451 +ra< > .



04 : 01 . And when Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > son < 01121 +ben >
heard <08085 +shama< > that Abner <74> was dead <04191 +muwth >
in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , his hands <03027 +yad > were
feeble <07503 +raphah > , and all <03605 +kol > the Israelites
<03478 +Yisra>el > were troubled <00926 +bahal > .



04 : 02 And Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > son <01121 +ben > had
<01961 +hayah > two <08147 +sh@nayim > men <00582 +>enowsh > [
that were ] captains <08269 +sar > of bands <01416 +g@duwd > :
the name <08034 +shem > of the one <00259 +>echad > [ was ]
Baanah <01195 +Ba<ana> > , and the name <08034 +shem > of the
other <08145 +sheniy > Rechab <07394 +Rekab > , the sons <01121
+ben > of Rimmon <07417 +Rimmown > a Beerothite < 00886
+B@>erothiy > , of the children <01121 +ben > of Benjamin <01144
+Binyamiyn > : ( for Beeroth <00881 +B@>erowth > also <01571
+gam > was reckoned <02803 +chashab > to Benjamin < 01144
+Binyamiyn > :



04 : 03 And the Beerothites <00886 +B@>erothiy > fled <01272
+barach > to Gittaim <01664 +Gittayim > , and were sojourners
<01481 +guwr > there <08033 +sham > until <05704 +<ad > this
<02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm > . )



04 : 04 And Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > , Saul s < 07586
+Sha>uwl > son <01121 +ben > , had a son <01121 +ben > [ that
was ] lame <05223 +nakeh > of [ his ] feet <07272 +regel > . He
was five <02568 +chamesh > years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121
+ben > when the tidings <08052 +sh@muw<ah > came < 00935 +bow> >
of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > out
of Jezreel <03157 +Yizr@<e>l > , and his nurse < 00539 +>aman >
took <05375 +nasa> > him up , and fled <05127 +nuwc > : and it
came <01961 +hayah > to pass , as she made haste <02648 +chaphaz
> to flee <05127 +nuwc > , that he fell <05307 +naphal > , and
became <06452 +pacach > lame <06452 +pacach > . And his name
<08034 +shem > [ was ] Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > .



04 : 05 And the sons <01121 +ben > of Rimmon <07417 +Rimmown >
the Beerothite <00886 +B@>erothiy > , Rechab <07394 +Rekab > and
Baanah <01195 +Ba<ana> > , went <03212 +yalak > , and came
<00935 +bow> > about the heat <02527 +chom > of the day <03117
+yowm > to the house <01004 +bayith > of Ishbosheth < 00378
+>Iysh - Bosheth > , who <04310 +miy > lay <07901 +shakab > on a
bed <04904 +mishkab > at noon <06672 +tsohar > .



04 : 06 And they came <00935 +bow> > thither into < 05704 +<ad >
the midst <08432 +tavek > of the house <01004 +bayith > , [ as
though ] they would have fetched <03947 +laqach > wheat < 02406
+chittah > ; and they smote <05221 +nakah > him under <00413
+>el > the fifth <02570 +chomesh > [ rib ] : and Rechab <07394
+Rekab > and Baanah <01195 +Ba<ana> > his brother <00251 +>ach >
escaped <04422 +malat > .



04 : 07 For when they came <00935 +bow> > into the house <01004
+bayith > , he lay <07901 +shakab > on <05921 +<al > his bed
<04296 +mittah > in his bedchamber , and they smote < 05221
+nakah > him , and slew <04191 +muwth > him , and beheaded him ,
and took <03947 +laqach > his head <07218 +ro>sh > , and gat
<03212 +yalak > them away <03212 +yalak > through < 01870 +derek
> the plain <06160 +<arabah > all <03605 +kol > night <03915
+layil > .



04 : 08 And they brought <00935 +bow> > the head < 07218 +ro>sh >
of Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > unto David < 01732 +David
> to Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , and said <00559 +> amar > to the
king <04428 +melek > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > the head <07218
+ro>sh > of Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > the son <01121
+ben > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > thine enemy < 00341 +>oyeb > ,
which <00834 +>aher > sought <01245 +baqash > thy life <05315
+nephesh > ; and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath avenged my lord
<03068 +Y@hovah > the king <04428 +melek > this < 02088 +zeh >
day <03117 +yowm > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and of his seed
<02233 +zera< > .



04 : 09 . And David <01732 +David > answered <06030 +<anah >
Rechab <07394 +Rekab > and Baanah <01195 +Ba<ana> > his brother
<00251 +>ach > , the sons of Rimmon <07417 +Rimmown > the
Beerothite <00886 +B@>erothiy > , and said <00559 +>amar > unto
them , [ As ] the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > liveth <02416 +chay > ,
who <00834 +>aher > hath redeemed <06299 +padah > my soul <05315
+nephesh > out of all <03605 +kol > adversity <06869 +tsarah > ,



04 : 10 When one told <05046 +nagad > me , saying <00559 +>amar
> , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > is dead
<04191 +muwth > , thinking to have brought <01319 +basar > good
<01319 +basar > tidings <01319 +basar > , I took hold <00270
+>achaz > of him , and slew <02026 +harag > him in Ziklag <06860
+Tsiqlag > , who <00834 +>aher > [ thought ] that I would have
given <05414 +nathan > him a reward <01309 +b@sowrah > for his
tidings <01309 +b@sowrah > :



04 : 11 How <00637 +>aph > much <00637 +>aph > more , when
<03588 +kiy > wicked <07563 +rasha< > men < 00582 +>enowsh > have
slain <02026 +harag > a righteous <06662 +tsaddiyq > person
<00376 +>iysh > in his own house <01004 +bayith > upon his bed
<04904 +mishkab > ? shall I not therefore now <06258 +<attah >
require <01245 +baqash > his blood <01818 +dam > of your hand
<03027 +yad > , and take <01197 +ba<ar > you away from the earth
<00776 +>erets > ?



04 : 12 And David <01732 +David > commanded <06680 +tsavah > his
young <05288 +na<ar > men , and they slew <02026 +harag > them ,
and cut <07112 +qatsats > off their hands <03027 +yad > and
their feet <07272 +regel > , and hanged <08518 +talah > [ them ]
up over <05921 +<al > the pool <01295 +b@rekah > in Hebron
<02275 +Chebrown > . But they took <03947 +laqach > the head
<07218 +ro>sh > of Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > , and
buried <06912 +qabar > [ it ] in the sepulchre <06913 +qeber >
of Abner <74> in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > .



05 : 01 . Then came <00935 +bow> > all <03605 +kol > the tribes
<07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > to David <01732
+David > unto Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , and spake < 00559
+>amar > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Behold < 02005 +hen > , we [
are ] thy bone <06106 +<etsem > and thy flesh <01320 +basar > .



05 : 02 Also <01571 +gam > in time past <08032 +shilshowm > ,
when Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > was king <04428 +melek > over <05921
+<al > us , thou wast <01961 +hayah > he that leddest <03318
+yatsa> > out and broughtest <00935 +bow> > in Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > : and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > said < 00559 +>amar
> to thee , Thou shalt feed <07462 +ra<ah > my people <05971
+<am > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , and thou shalt be a captain
<05057 +nagiyd > over <05921 +<al > Israel < 03478 +Yisra>el > .



05 : 03 So all <03605 +kol > the elders <02205 +zaqen > of
Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > came <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428
+melek > to Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > ; and king < 04428 +melek >
David <01732 +David > made <03772 +karath > a league <01285
+b@riyth > with them in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > before <06440
+paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > : and they anointed <04886
+mashach > David <01732 +David > king <04428 +melek > over
<05921 +<al > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .



05 : 04 David <01732 +David > [ was ] thirty <07970 +sh@lowshiym
> years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121 +ben > when <03588 +kiy > he
began to reign <04427 +malak > , [ and ] he reigned < 04427
+malak > forty <00705 +>arba<iym > years <08141 +shaneh > .



05 : 05 In Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > he reigned <04427 +malak >
over <05921 +<al > Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > seven <07651 +sheba<
> years <08141 +shaneh > and six <08337 +shesh > months <02320
+chodesh > : and in Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > he reigned
<04427 +malak > thirty <07970 +sh@lowshiym > and three <07969
+shalowsh > years <08141 +shaneh > over <05921 +< al > all <03605
+kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > and Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > .



05 : 06 . And the king <04428 +melek > and his men < 00582
+>enowsh > went <03212 +yalak > to Jerusalem < 03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > unto the Jebusites <02983 +Yebuwciy > , the
inhabitants <03427 +yashab > of the land <00776 +> erets > :
which spake <00559 +>amar > unto David <01732 +David > , saying
<00559 +>amar > , Except thou take <05493 +cuwr > away <05493
+cuwr > the blind <05787 +<ivver > and the lame < 06455 +picceach
> , thou shalt not come <00935 +bow> > in hither : thinking
<00559 +>amar > , David <01732 +David > cannot < 03808 +lo> >
come <00935 +bow> > in hither .



05 : 07 Nevertheless David <01732 +David > took <03920 +lakad >
the strong <04686 +matsuwd > hold <04686 +matsuwd > of Zion
<06726 +Tsiyown > : the same <01931 +huw> > [ is ] the city
<05892 +<iyr > of David <01732 +David > .



05 : 08 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > on that
day <03117 +yowm > , Whosoever getteth <05060 +naga< > up to the
gutter <06794 +tsinnuwr > , and smiteth <05221 +nakah > the
Jebusites <02983 +Yebuwciy > , and the lame <06455 +picceach >
and the blind <05787 +<ivver > , [ that are ] hated < 08130
+sane> > of David s <01732 +David > soul <05315 +nephesh > , [
he shall be chief and captain ] . Wherefore <04100 +mah > they
said <00559 +>amar > , The blind <05787 +<ivver > and the lame
<06455 +picceach > shall not come <00935 +bow> > into <00413
+>el > the house <01004 +bayith > .



05 : 09 So David <01732 +David > dwelt <03427 +yashab > in the
fort <04686 +matsuwd > , and called <07121 +qara> > it the city
<05892 +<iyr > of David <01732 +David > . And David <01732
+David > built <01129 +banah > round <05439 +cabiyb > about from
Millo <04407 +millow> > and inward <01004 +bayith > .



05 : 10 And David <01732 +David > went <03212 +yalak > on , and
grew great <01419 +gadowl > , and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > God
<00430 +>elohiym > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > [ was ] with him .



05 : 11 . And Hiram <02438 +Chiyram > king <04428 +melek > of
Tyre <06865 +Tsor > sent <07971 +shalach > messengers <04397
+mal>ak > to David <01732 +David > , and cedar < 00730 +>erez >
trees <06086 +<ets > , and carpenters <02796 +charash > , and
masons : and they built <01129 +banah > David <01732 +David > an
house <01004 +bayith > .



05 : 12 And David <01732 +David > perceived <03045 +yada< > that
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had established <03559 +kuwn > him
king <04428 +melek > over <05921 +<al > Israel < 03478 +Yisra>el
> , and that he had exalted <05375 +nasa> > his kingdom <04467
+mamlakah > for his people <05971 +<am > Israel s < 03478
+Yisra>el > sake <05668 +<abuwr > .



05 : 13 And David <01732 +David > took <03947 +laqach > [ him ]
more <05750 +<owd > concubines <06370 +piylegesh > and wives
<00802 +>ishshah > out of Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ,
after <00310 +>achar > he was come <00935 +bow> > from Hebron
<02275 +Chebrown > : and there were yet <05750 +<owd > sons
<01121 +ben > and daughters <01121 +ben > born < 03205 +yalad >
to David <01732 +David > .



05 : 14 And these <00428 +>el - leh > [ be ] the names <08034
+shem > of those that were born <03209 +yillowd > unto him in
Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ; Shammua <08051 +Shammuwa< > ,
and Shobab <07727 +Showbab > , and Nathan <05416 +Nathan > , and
Solomon <08010 +Sh@lomoh > ,



05 : 15 Ibhar <02984 +Yibchar > also , and Elishua < 00474
+>Eliyshuwa< > , and Nepheg <05298 +Nepheg > , and Japhia <03309
+Yaphiya< > ,



05 : 16 And Elishama <00476 +>Eliyshama< > , and Eliada <00450
+>Elyada< > , and Eliphalet <00467 +>Eliyphelet > .



05 : 17 . But when the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > heard
<08085 +shama< > that they had anointed <04886 +mashach > David
<01732 +David > king <04428 +melek > over <05921 +<al > Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > , all <03605 +kol > the Philistines <06430
+P@lishtiy > came <05927 +<alah > up to seek < 01245 +baqash >
David <01732 +David > ; and David <01732 +David > heard <08085
+shama< > [ of it ] , and went <03381 +yarad > down <03381
+yarad > to the hold <04686 +matsuwd > .



05 : 18 The Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > also came < 00935
+bow> > and spread <05203 +natash > themselves in the valley
<06010 +<emeq > of Rephaim <07497 +rapha> > .



05 : 19 And David <01732 +David > enquired <07592 +sha>al > of
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Shall I go
<05927 +<alah > up to the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > ?
wilt thou deliver <05414 +nathan > them into mine hand < 03027
+yad > ? And the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > said <00559 +>amar >
unto David <01732 +David > , Go <05927 +<alah > up : for I will
doubtless deliver <05414 +nathan > the Philistines < 06430
+P@lishtiy > into thine hand <03027 +yad > .



05 : 20 And David <01732 +David > came <00935 +bow> > to
Baalperazim <01188 +Ba<al P@<ratsiym > , and David <01732 +David
> smote <05221 +nakah > them there <08033 +sham > , and said
<00559 +>amar > , The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath broken <06555
+parats > forth upon mine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > before <06440
+paniym > me , as the breach <06556 +perets > of waters <04325
+mayim > . Therefore he called <07121 +qara> > the name <08034
+shem > of that place <04725 +maqowm > Baalperazim < 01188 +Ba<al
P@<ratsiym > .



05 : 21 And there <08033 +sham > they left <05800 +< azab > their
images <06091 +<atsab > , and David <01732 +David > and his men
<00582 +>enowsh > burned <05375 +nasa> > them .



05 : 22 And the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > came < 05927
+<alah > up yet <05750 +<owd > again <03254 +yacaph > , and
spread <05203 +natash > themselves in the valley <06010 +<emeq >
of Rephaim <07497 +rapha> > .



05 : 23 And when David <01732 +David > enquired <07592 +sha>al >
of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , he said <00559 +>amar > , Thou
shalt not go <05927 +<alah > up ; [ but ] fetch a compass <05437
+cabab > behind <00310 +>achar > them , and come < 00935 +bow> >
upon them over <04136 +muwl > against <04136 +muwl > the
mulberry <01057 +baka> > trees .



05 : 24 And let it be , when thou hearest <08085 +shama< > the
sound <06963 +qowl > of a going <06807 +ts@<adah > in the tops
<07218 +ro>sh > of the mulberry <01057 +baka> > trees , that
then <00227 +>az > thou shalt bestir <02782 +charats > thyself :
for then <00227 +>az > shall the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > go
<03318 +yatsa> > out before <06440 +paniym > thee , to smite
<05221 +nakah > the host <04264 +machaneh > of the Philistines
<06430 +P@lishtiy > .



05 : 25 And David <01732 +David > did <06213 +<asah > so <03651
+ken > , as the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had commanded < 06680
+tsavah > him ; and smote <05221 +nakah > the Philistines <06430
+P@lishtiy > from Geba <01387 +Geba< > until < 05704 +<ad > thou
come <00935 +bow> > to Gazer <01507 +Gezer > .



06 : 01 . Again <05750 +<owd > , David <01732 +David > gathered
<03254 +yacaph > together all <03605 +kol > [ the ] chosen
<00970 +bachuwr > [ men ] of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , thirty
<07970 +sh@lowshiym > thousand <00505 +>eleph > .



06 : 02 And David <01732 +David > arose <06965 +quwm > , and
went <03212 +yalak > with all <03605 +kol > the people <05971
+<am > that [ were ] with him from Baale <01184 +Ba< aley
Y@huwdah > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > , to bring < 05927 +<alah
> up from thence <08033 +sham > the ark <00727 +> arown > of God
<00430 +>elohiym > , whose <00834 +>aher > name <08034 +shem >
is called <07121 +qara> > by the name <08034 +shem > of the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > that dwelleth <03427
+yashab > [ between ] the cherubims <03742 +k@ruwb > .



06 : 03 And they set <07392 +rakab > the ark <00727 +> arown > of
God <00430 +>elohiym > upon a new <02319 +chadash > cart <05699
+<agalah > , and brought <05375 +nasa> > it out of the house
<01004 +bayith > of Abinadab <41> that [ was ] in Gibeah <01390
+Gib<ah > : and Uzzah <05798 +<Uzza> > and Ahio <00283 +>Achyow
> , the sons <01121 +ben > of Abinadab <41> , drave <05090
+nahag > the new <02319 +chadash > cart <05699 +< agalah > .



06 : 04 And they brought <05375 +nasa> > it out of the house
<01004 +bayith > of Abinadab <41> which <00834 +>aher > [ was ]
at Gibeah <01390 +Gib<ah > , accompanying <05973 +< im > the ark
<00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > : and Ahio <00283
+>Achyow > went <01980 +halak > before <06440 +paniym > the ark
<00727 +>arown > .



06 : 05 And David <01732 +David > and all <03605 +kol > the
house <01004 +bayith > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > played
<07832 +sachaq > before <06440 +paniym > the LORD < 03068
+Y@hovah > on all <03605 +kol > manner of [ instruments made of
] fir <01265 +b@rowsh > wood <06086 +<ets > , even on harps
<03658 +kinnowr > , and on psalteries <05035 +nebel > , and on
timbrels <08596 +toph > , and on cornets <04517 +m@na< na< > ,
and on cymbals <06767 +ts@latsal > .



06 : 06 . And when they came <00935 +bow> > to Nachon s <05225
+Nakown > threshingfloor <01637 +goren > , Uzzah < 05798 +<Uzza>
> put <07971 +shalach > forth <07971 +shalach > [ his hand ] to
the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > , and took
hold <00270 +>achaz > of it ; for the oxen <01241 +baqar > shook
<08058 +shamat > [ it ] .



06 : 07 And the anger <00639 +>aph > of the LORD < 03068 +Y@hovah
> was kindled <02734 +charah > against Uzzah <05798 +<Uzza> > ;
and God <00430 +>elohiym > smote <05221 +nakah > him there
<08033 +sham > for [ his ] error <07944 +shal > ; and there
<08033 +sham > he died <04191 +muwth > by the ark < 00727 +>arown
> of God <00430 +>elohiym > .



06 : 08 And David <01732 +David > was displeased <02734 +charah
> , because the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had made < 06555 +parats >
a breach <06556 +perets > upon Uzzah <05798 +<Uzza> > : and he
called <07121 +qara> > the name of the place <04725 +maqowm >
Perezuzzah <06560 +Perets <Uzza> > to this <02088 +zeh > day
<03117 +yowm > .



06 : 09 And David <01732 +David > was afraid <03372 +yare> > of
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > that day <03117 +yowm > , and said
<00559 +>amar > , How shall the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > come <00935 +bow> > to me ?



06 : 10 So David <01732 +David > would <14> not remove <05493
+cuwr > the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD < 03068 +Y@hovah >
unto him into <05921 +<al > the city <05892 +<iyr > of David
<01732 +David > : but David <01732 +David > carried <05186
+natah > it aside <05186 +natah > into the house < 01004 +bayith
> of Obededom <05654 +<Obed >Edowm > the Gittite <01663 +Gittiy
> .



06 : 11 And the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD < 03068 +Y@hovah
> continued <03427 +yashab > in the house <01004 +bayith > of
Obededom <05654 +<Obed >Edowm > the Gittite <01663 +Gittiy >
three <07969 +shalowsh > months <02320 +chodesh > : and the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > blessed <01288 +barak > Obededom <05654 +<Obed
>Edowm > , and all <03605 +kol > his household < 01004 +bayith > .



06 : 12 . And it was told <05046 +nagad > king <04428 +melek >
David <01732 +David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , The LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > hath blessed <01288 +barak > the house < 01004 +bayith
> of Obededom <05654 +<Obed >Edowm > , and all < 03605 +kol >
that [ pertaineth ] unto him , because <05668 +<abuwr > of the
ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > . So David
<01732 +David > went <03212 +yalak > and brought < 05927 +<alah >
up the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +> elohiym > from the
house <01004 +bayith > of Obededom <05654 +<Obed > Edowm > into
the city <05892 +<iyr > of David <01732 +David > with gladness
<08057 +simchah > .



06 : 13 And it was [ so ] , that when <03588 +kiy > they that
bare <05375 +nasa> > the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > had gone <06805 +tsa<ad > six <08337 +shesh > paces
<06806 +tsa<ad > , he sacrificed <02076 +zabach > oxen <07794
+showr > and fatlings <04806 +m@riy> > .



06 : 14 And David <01732 +David > danced <03769 +karar > before
<06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > with all <03605 +kol
> [ his ] might <05797 +<oz > ; and David <01732 +David > [ was
] girded <02296 +chagar > with a linen <00906 +bad > ephod
<00646 +>ephowd > .



06 : 15 So David <01732 +David > and all <03605 +kol > the house
<01004 +bayith > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > brought <05927
+<alah > up the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah
> with shouting <08643 +t@ruw<ah > , and with the sound <06963
+qowl > of the trumpet <07782 +showphar > .



06 : 16 And as the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD < 03068
+Y@hovah > came <00935 +bow> > into the city < 05892 +<iyr > of
David <01732 +David > , Michal <04324 +Miykal > Saul s <07586
+Sha>uwl > daughter <01323 +bath > looked <08259 +shaqaph >
through <01157 +b@<ad > a window <02474 +challown > , and saw
<07200 +ra>ah > king <04428 +melek > David < 01732 +David >
leaping <06339 +pazaz > and dancing <03769 +karar > before
<06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ; and she despised
<00959 +bazah > him in her heart <03820 +leb > .



06 : 17 And they brought <00935 +bow> > in the ark < 00727
+>arown > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and set < 03322 +yatsag
> it in his place <04725 +maqowm > , in the midst < 08432 +tavek
> of the tabernacle <00168 +>ohel > that David had pitched
<05186 +natah > for it : and David <01732 +David > offered
<05927 +<alah > burnt <05930 +<olah > offerings and peace <08002
+shelem > offerings before <06440 +paniym > the LORD < 03068
+Y@hovah > .



06 : 18 And as soon as David <01732 +David > had made an end
<03615 +kalah > of offering <05927 +<alah > burnt <05930 +<olah
> offerings and peace <08002 +shelem > offerings , he blessed
<01288 +barak > the people <05971 +<am > in the name <08034
+shem > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > .



06 : 19 And he dealt <02505 +chalaq > among all <03605 +kol >
the people <05971 +<am > , [ even ] among the whole < 03605 +kol
> multitude <01995 +hamown > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , as
well to the women <00802 +>ishshah > as men <00376 +>iysh > , to
every <00376 +>iysh > one <00376 +>iysh > a cake <02471 +challah
> of bread <03899 +lechem > , and a good piece <00829 +>eshpar >
[ of flesh <00829 +>eshpar > ] , and a flagon <00809 +>ashiyshah
> [ of wine ] . So all <03605 +kol > the people < 05971 +<am >
departed <03212 +yalak > every <00376 +>iysh > one <00376 +>iysh
> to his house <01004 +bayith > .



06 : 20 . Then David <01732 +David > returned <07725 +shuwb >
to bless <01288 +barak > his household <01004 +bayith > . And
Michal <04324 +Miykal > the daughter <01323 +bath > of Saul
<07586 +Sha>uwl > came <03318 +yatsa> > out to meet <07125
+qir>ah > David <01732 +David > , and said <00559 +>amar > , How
<04100 +mah > glorious <03513 +kabad > was the king <04428
+melek > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > to day , who <00834 +>aher
> uncovered <01540 +galah > himself to day <03117 +yowm > in the
eyes <05869 +<ayin > of the handmaids <00519 +> amah > of his
servants <05650 +<ebed > , as one <00259 +>echad > of the vain
<07386 +reyq > fellows shamelessly <01540 +galah > uncovereth
<01540 +galah > himself !



06 : 21 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto
Michal <04324 +Miykal > , [ It was ] before <06440 +paniym > the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , which <00834 +>aher > chose <00977
+bachar > me before thy father <1> , and before all < 03605 +kol
> his house <01004 +bayith > , to appoint <06680 +tsavah > me
ruler <05057 +nagiyd > over <05921 +<al > the people <05971 +<am
> of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , over <05921 +<al > Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > : therefore will I play <07832 +sachaq >
before <06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .



06 : 22 And I will yet <05750 +<owd > be more vile < 07043 +qalal
> than thus <02063 +zo>th > , and will be base < 08217 +shaphal >
in mine own sight <05869 +<ayin > : and of the maidservants
<00519 +>amah > which <00834 +>aher > thou hast spoken <00559
+>amar > of , of them shall I be had in honour <03513 +kabad > .



06 : 23 Therefore Michal <04324 +Miykal > the daughter < 01323
+bath > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > had no <03808 +lo> > child
<03206 +yeled > unto the day <03117 +yowm > of her death <04194
+maveth > .



07 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when < 03588
+kiy > the king <04428 +melek > sat <03427 +yashab > in his
house <01004 +bayith > , and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had
given him rest <05117 +nuwach > round <05439 +cabiyb > about
from all <03605 +kol > his enemies <00341 +>oyeb > ;



07 : 02 That the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Nathan <05416 +Nathan > the prophet <05030 +nabiy> > , See
<07200 +ra>ah > now <04994 +na> > , I dwell < 03427 +yashab > in
an house <01004 +bayith > of cedar <00730 +>erez > , but the ark
<00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > dwelleth <03427
+yashab > within <08432 +tavek > curtains <03407 +y@riy<ah > .



07 : 03 And Nathan <05416 +Nathan > said <00559 +> amar > to the
king <04428 +melek > , Go <03212 +yalak > , do < 06213 +<asah >
all <03605 +kol > that [ is ] in thine heart <03824 +lebab > ;
for the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is ] with thee .



07 : 04 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass that night <03915
+layil > , that the word <01697 +dabar > of the LORD < 03068
+Y@hovah > came <01961 +hayah > unto Nathan <05416 +Nathan > ,
saying <00559 +>amar > ,



07 : 05 Go <03212 +yalak > and tell <00559 +>amar > my servant
<05650 +<ebed > David <01732 +David > , Thus < 03541 +koh > saith
<00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , Shalt thou build
<01129 +banah > me an house <01004 +bayith > for me to dwell
<03427 +yashab > in ?



07 : 06 Whereas <03588 +kiy > I have not dwelt <03427 +yashab >
in [ any ] house <01004 +bayith > since the time <03117 +yowm >
that I brought <05927 +<alah > up the children <01121 +ben > of
Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > out of Egypt <04714 +Mitsrayim > ,
even to this <02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm > , but have walked
<01980 +halak > in a tent <00168 +>ohel > and in a tabernacle
<04908 +mishkan > .



07 : 07 In all <03605 +kol > [ the places ] wherein < 00834
+>aher > I have walked <01980 +halak > with all < 03605 +kol >
the children <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > spake
<01696 +dabar > I a word <01697 +dabar > with any < 00259 +>echad
> of the tribes <07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,
whom <00834 +>aher > I commanded <06680 +tsavah > to feed <07462
+ra<ah > my people <05971 +<am > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,
saying <00559 +>amar > , Why <04100 +mah > build <01129 +banah >
ye not me an house <01004 +bayith > of cedar <00730 +> erez > ?



07 : 08 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore so shalt thou say <00559
+>amar > unto my servant <05650 +<ebed > David < 01732 +David > ,
Thus <03541 +koh > saith <00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > , I took < 03947 +laqach >
thee from the sheepcote <05116 +naveh > , from following <00310
+>achar > the sheep <06629 +tso>n > , to be ruler <05057 +nagiyd
> over <05921 +<al > my people <05971 +<am > , over <05921 +<al
> Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > :



07 : 09 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest <01980
+halak > , and have cut <03772 +karath > off all < 03605 +kol >
thine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > out of thy sight <06440 +paniym > ,
and have made <06213 +<asah > thee a great <01419 +gadowl >
name <08034 +shem > , like unto the name <08034 +shem > of the
great <01419 +gadowl > [ men ] that [ are ] in the earth <00776
+>erets > .



07 : 10 Moreover I will appoint <07760 +suwm > a place < 04725
+maqowm > for my people <05971 +<am > Israel < 03478 +Yisra>el > ,
and will plant <05193 +nata< > them , that they may dwell
<07931 +shakan > in a place <08478 +tachath > of their own , and
move <07264 +ragaz > no <03808 +lo> > more < 05750 +<owd > ;
neither <03808 +lo> > shall the children <01121 +ben > of
wickedness <05766 +<evel > afflict <06031 +<anah > them any more
<03254 +yacaph > , as beforetime <07223 +ri>shown > ,



07 : 11 And as since <04480 +min > the time <03117 +yowm > that
I commanded <06680 +tsavah > judges <08199 +shaphat > [ to be ]
over <05921 +<al > my people <05971 +<am > Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > , and have caused thee to rest <05117 +nuwach > from
all <03605 +kol > thine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > . Also the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > telleth <05046 +nagad > thee that he will make
<06213 +<asah > thee an house <01004 +bayith > .



07 : 12 And when <03588 +kiy > thy days <03117 +yowm > be
fulfilled <04390 +male> > , and thou shalt sleep < 07901 +shakab
> with thy fathers <1> , I will set <06965 +quwm > up thy seed
<02233 +zera< > after <00310 +>achar > thee , which <00834
+>aher > shall proceed <03318 +yatsa> > out of thy bowels <04578
+me<ah > , and I will establish <03559 +kuwn > his kingdom
<04467 +mamlakah > .



07 : 13 He shall build <01129 +banah > an house <01004 +bayith >
for my name <08034 +shem > , and I will stablish <03559 +kuwn >
the throne <03678 +kicce> > of his kingdom <04467 +mamlakah >
for ever <05769 +<owlam > .



07 : 14 I will be his father <1> , and he shall be my son <01121
+ben > . If <00834 +>aher > he commit <05753 +< avah > iniquity
<05753 +<avah > , I will chasten <03198 +yakach > him with the
rod <07626 +shebet > of men <00582 +>enowsh > , and with the
stripes <05061 +nega< > of the children <01121 +ben > of men
<00120 +>adam > :



07 : 15 But my mercy <02617 +checed > shall not depart < 05493
+cuwr > away from him , as I took <05493 +cuwr > [ it ] from
Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , whom <00834 +>aher > I put <05493 +cuwr
> away <05493 +cuwr > before <06440 +paniym > thee .



07 : 16 And thine house <01004 +bayith > and thy kingdom <04467
+mamlakah > shall be established <00539 +>aman > for ever <05769
+<owlam > before <06440 +paniym > thee : thy throne <03678
+kicce> > shall be established <03559 +kuwn > for ever <05769
+<owlam > .



07 : 17 According to all <03605 +kol > these <00428 +> el - leh >
words <01697 +dabar > , and according to all <03605 +kol > this
<02088 +zeh > vision <02384 +chizzayown > , so < 03651 +ken > did
Nathan <05416 +Nathan > speak <01696 +dabar > unto David <01732
+David > .



07 : 18 . Then went <00935 +bow> > king <04428 +melek > David
<01732 +David > in , and sat <03427 +yashab > before <06440
+paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and he said < 00559 +>amar
> , Who <04310 +miy > [ am ] I , O Lord <00136 +> Adonay > GOD
<03069 +Y@hovih > ? and what <04310 +miy > [ is ] my house
<01004 +bayith > , that thou hast brought <00935 +bow> > me
hitherto <01988 +halom > ?



07 : 19 And this <02063 +zo>th > was yet <05750 +< owd > a small
<06994 +qaton > thing in thy sight <05869 +<ayin > , O Lord
<00136 +>Adonay > GOD <03069 +Y@hovih > ; but thou hast spoken
<01696 +dabar > also <01571 +gam > of thy servant s <05650
+<ebed > house <01004 +bayith > for a great <07350 +rachowq >
while <07350 +rachowq > to come . And [ is ] this < 02063 +zo>th
> the manner <08452 +towrah > of man <00120 +>adam > , O Lord
<00136 +>Adonay > GOD <03069 +Y@hovih > ?



07 : 20 And what <04100 +mah > can David <01732 +David > say
<01696 +dabar > more <05750 +<owd > unto thee ? for thou , Lord
<00136 +>Adonay > GOD <03069 +Y@hovih > , knowest <03045 +yada<
> thy servant <05650 +<ebed > .



07 : 21 For thy word s <01697 +dabar > sake <05668 +< abuwr > ,
and according to thine own heart <03820 +leb > , hast thou done
<06213 +<asah > all <03605 +kol > these <02063 +zo>th > great
<01420 +g@duwlah > things , to make thy servant <05650 +<ebed >
know <03045 +yada< > [ them ] .



07 : 22 Wherefore thou art great <01431 +gadal > , O LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > God <00430 +>elohiym > : for [ there is ] none <00369
+>ayin > like <03644 +k@mow > thee , neither < 00369 +>ayin > [
is there any ] God <00430 +>elohiym > beside <02108 +zuwlah >
thee , according to all <03605 +kol > that we have heard <08085
+shama< > with our ears <00241 +>ozen > .



07 : 23 And what <04310 +miy > one <00259 +>echad > nation
<01471 +gowy > in the earth <00776 +>erets > [ is ] like thy
people <05971 +<am > , [ even ] like Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,
whom <00834 +>aher > God <00430 +>elohiym > went <01980 +halak >
to redeem <06299 +padah > for a people <05971 +<am > to himself ,
and to make <07760 +suwm > him a name <08034 +shem > , and to
do <06213 +<asah > for you great <01420 +g@duwlah > things and
terrible <03372 +yare> > , for thy land <00776 +> erets > ,
before <06440 +paniym > thy people <05971 +<am > , which <00834
+>aher > thou redeemedst <06299 +padah > to thee from Egypt
<04714 +Mitsrayim > , [ from ] the nations <01471 +gowy > and
their gods <00430 +>elohiym > ?



07 : 24 For thou hast confirmed <03559 +kuwn > to thyself thy
people <05971 +<am > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > [ to be ] a
people <05971 +<am > unto thee for ever <05769 +< owlam > : and
thou , LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , art become <01961 +hayah > their
God <00430 +>elohiym > .



07 : 25 And now <06258 +<attah > , O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > God
<00430 +>elohiym > , the word <01697 +dabar > that thou hast
spoken <01696 +dabar > concerning <05921 +<al > thy servant
<05650 +<ebed > , and concerning <05921 +<al > his house <01004
+bayith > , establish <06965 +quwm > [ it ] for ever < 05769
+<owlam > , and do <06213 +<asah > as thou hast said <01696
+dabar > .



07 : 26 And let thy name <08034 +shem > be magnified < 01431
+gadal > for ever <05769 +<owlam > , saying <00559 +>amar > ,
The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > [ is ] the
God <00430 +>elohiym > over <05921 +<al > Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > : and let the house <01004 +bayith > of thy servant
<05650 +<ebed > David <01732 +David > be established <03559
+kuwn > before <06440 +paniym > thee .



07 : 27 For thou , O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts < 06635
+tsaba> > , God <00430 +>elohiym > of Israel < 03478 +Yisra>el > ,
hast revealed <01540 +galah > to thy servant <05650 +<ebed > ,
saying <00559 +>amar > , I will build <01129 +banah > thee an
house <01004 +bayith > : therefore hath thy servant < 05650
+<ebed > found <04672 +matsa> > in his heart < 03820 +leb > to
pray <06419 +palal > this <02063 +zo>th > prayer <08605
+t@phillah > unto thee

.



07 : 28 And now <06258 +<attah > , O Lord <00136 +> Adonay > GOD
<03069 +Y@hovih > , thou [ art ] that God <00430 +> elohiym > ,
and thy words <01697 +dabar > be true <00571 +>emeth > , and
thou hast promised <01696 +dabar > this <02088 +zeh > goodness
<02896 +towb > unto thy servant <05650 +<ebed > :



07 : 29 Therefore now <06258 +<attah > let it please < 02894
+tuw> > thee to bless <01288 +barak > the house < 01004 +bayith >
of thy servant <05650 +<ebed > , that it may continue <01961
+hayah > for ever <05769 +<owlam > before <06440 +paniym > thee :
for thou , O Lord <00136 +>Adonay > GOD <03069 +Y@hovih > ,
hast spoken <01696 +dabar > [ it ] : and with thy blessing
<01293 +B@rakah > let the house <01004 +bayith > of thy servant
<05650 +<ebed > be blessed <01288 +barak > for ever <05769
+<owlam > .



08 : 01 . And after <00310 +>achar > this <03651 +ken > it came
<01961 +hayah > to pass , that David <01732 +David > smote
<05221 +nakah > the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and
subdued <03665 +kana< > them : and David <01732 +David > took
<03947 +laqach > Methegammah <04965 +Metheg ha - > Ammah > out of
the hand <03027 +yad > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > .



08 : 02 And he smote <05221 +nakah > Moab <04124 +Mow> ab > , and
measured <04058 +madad > them with a line <02256 +chebel > ,
casting <07901 +shakab > them down <07901 +shakab > to the
ground <00776 +>erets > ; even with two <08147 +sh@nayim > lines
<02256 +chebel > measured <04058 +madad > he to put to death
<04191 +muwth > , and with one full <04393 +m@lo> > line <02256
+chebel > to keep alive <02421 +chayah > . And [ so ] the
Moabites <04124 +Mow>ab > became <01961 +hayah > David s <01732
+David > servants <05650 +<ebed > , [ and ] brought <05375
+nasa> > gifts <04503 +minchah > .



08 : 03 David <01732 +David > smote <05221 +nakah > also
Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > , the son <01121 +ben > of Rehob
<07340 +R@chob > , king <04428 +melek > of Zobah < 06678 +Tsowba>
> , as he went <03212 +yalak > to recover <07725 +shuwb > his
border <03027 +yad > at the river <05104 +nahar > Euphrates
<06578 +P@rath > .



08 : 04 And David <01732 +David > took <03920 +lakad > from him
a thousand <00505 +>eleph > [ chariots ] , and seven < 07651
+sheba< > hundred <03967 +me>ah > horsemen < 06571 +parash > ,
and twenty <06242 +<esriym > thousand <00505 +> eleph > footmen :
and David <01732 +David > houghed <06131 +<aqar > all <03605
+kol > the chariot <07393 +rekeb > [ horses ] , but reserved
<03498 +yathar > of them [ for ] an hundred <03967 +me>ah >
chariots <07393 +rekeb > .



08 : 05 And when the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > of Damascus <01834
+Dammeseq > came <00935 +bow> > to succour <05826 +<azar >
Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > king <04428 +melek > of Zobah
<06678 +Tsowba> > , David <01732 +David > slew < 05221 +nakah >
of the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > two <08147 +sh@nayim > and twenty
<06242 +<esriym > thousand <00505 +>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh > .



08 : 06 Then David <01732 +David > put <07760 +suwm > garrisons
<05333 +n@tsiyb > in Syria <00758 +>Aram > of Damascus <01834
+Dammeseq > : and the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > became <01961
+hayah > servants <05650 +<ebed > to David <01732 +David > , [
and ] brought <05375 +nasa> > gifts <04503 +minchah > . And the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > preserved <03467 +yasha< > David <01732
+David > whithersoever he went <01980 +halak > .



08 : 07 And David <01732 +David > took <03947 +laqach > the
shields <07982 +shelet > of gold <02091 +zahab > that were on
<00413 +>el > the servants <05650 +<ebed > of Hadadezer <01909
+Hadad<ezer > , and brought <00935 +bow> > them to Jerusalem
<03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .



08 : 08 And from Betah <00984 +Betach > , and from Berothai
<01268 +Berowthah > , cities <05892 +<iyr > of Hadadezer <01909
+Hadad<ezer > , king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David > took
<03947 +laqach > exceeding <03966 +m@<od > much <07235 +rabah >
brass <05178 +n@chosheth > .



08 : 09 . When Toi <08583 +To<uw > king <04428 +melek > of
Hamath <02574 +Chamath > heard <08085 +shama< > that David
<01732 +David > had <01961 +hayah > smitten <05221 +nakah > all
<03605 +kol > the host <02428 +chayil > of Hadadezer <01909
+Hadad<ezer > ,



08 : 10 Then Toi <08583 +To<uw > sent <07971 +shalach > Joram
<03141 +Yowram > his son <01121 +ben > unto king < 04428 +melek >
David <01732 +David > , to salute him , and to bless < 01288
+barak > him , because he had fought <03898 +lacham > against
Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > , and smitten <05221 +nakah > him
: for Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > had wars <04421 +milchamah
> with Toi <08583 +To<uw > . And [ Joram ] brought <01961
+hayah > with him vessels <03627 +k@liy > of silver < 03701
+keceph > , and vessels <03627 +k@liy > of gold < 02091 +zahab > ,
and vessels <03627 +k@liy > of brass <05178 +n@chosheth > :



08 : 11 Which also king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David >
did dedicate <06942 +qadash > unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,
with the silver <03701 +keceph > and gold <02091 +zahab > that
he had dedicated <06942 +qadash > of all <03605 +kol > nations
<01471 +gowy > which <00834 +>aher > he subdued <03533 +kabash >
;



08 : 12 Of Syria <00758 +>Aram > , and of Moab <04124 +Mow>ab > ,
and of the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +< Ammown > ,
and of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and of Amalek
<06002 +<Amaleq > , and of the spoil <07998 +shalal > of
Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > , son <01121 +ben > of Rehob
<07340 +R@chob > , king <04428 +melek > of Zobah < 06678 +Tsowba>
> .



08 : 13 And David <01732 +David > gat <06213 +<asah > [ him ] a
name <08034 +shem > when he returned <07725 +shuwb > from
smiting <05221 +nakah > of the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > in the
valley <01516 +gay> > of salt <04417 +melach > , [ being ]
eighteen thousand <00505 +>eleph > [ men ] .



08 : 14 And he put <07760 +suwm > garrisons <05333 +n@tsiyb > in
Edom <00123 +>Edom > ; throughout all <03605 +kol > Edom <00123
+>Edom > put <07760 +suwm > he garrisons <05333 +n@tsiyb > , and
all <03605 +kol > they of Edom <00123 +>Edom > became <01961
+hayah > David s <01732 +David > servants <05650 +< ebed > . And
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > preserved <03467 +yasha< > David
<01732 +David > whithersoever he went <01980 +halak > .



08 : 15 . And David <01732 +David > reigned <04427 +malak >
over <05921 +<al > all <03605 +kol > Israel < 03478 +Yisra>el > ;
and David <01732 +David > executed <06213 +<asah > judgment
<04941 +mishpat > and justice <06666 +ts@daqah > unto all <03605
+kol > his people <05971 +<am > .



08 : 16 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the son <01121 +ben > of
Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > [ was ] over <05921 +<al > the host
<06635 +tsaba> > ; and Jehoshaphat <03092 +Y@howshaphat > the
son <01121 +ben > of Ahilud <00286 +>Achiyluwd > [ was ]
recorder <02142 +zakar > ;



08 : 17 And Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > the son <01121 +ben > of
Ahitub <00285 +>Achiytuwb > , and Ahimelech <00288 +>Achiymelek
> the son <01121 +ben > of Abiathar <54> , [ were ] the priests
<03548 +kohen > ; and Seraiah <08304 +S@rayah > [ was ] the
scribe <05608 +caphar > ;



08 : 18 And Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the son <01121 +ben > of
Jehoiada <03111 +Yowyada< > [ was over ] both the Cherethites
<03774 +K@rethiy > and the Pelethites <06432 +P@lethiy > ; and
David s <01732 +David > sons <01121 +ben > were chief <03548
+kohen > rulers .



09 : 01 . And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +> amar > , Is
there yet <05750 +<owd > any that is left <03498 +yathar > of
the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , that I
may shew <06213 +<asah > him kindness <02617 +checed > for
Jonathan s <03129 +Yownathan > sake <05668 +<abuwr > ?



09 : 02 And [ there was ] of the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul
<07586 +Sha>uwl > a servant <05650 +<ebed > whose name <08034
+shem > [ was ] Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > . And when they had
called <07121 +qara> > him unto David <01732 +David > , the king
<04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto him , [ Art ] thou
Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > ? And he said <00559 +> amar > , Thy
servant <05650 +<ebed > [ is he ] .



09 : 03 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > , [ Is
] there not yet <05750 +<owd > any <00376 +>iysh > of the house
<01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , that I may shew
<06213 +<asah > the kindness <02617 +checed > of God <00430
+>elohiym > unto him ? And Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > said <00559
+>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > , Jonathan < 03083
+Y@hownathan > hath yet <05750 +<owd > a son < 01121 +ben > , [
which is ] lame <05223 +nakeh > on [ his ] feet <07272 +regel >

.



09 : 04 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
him , Where <00375 +>eyphoh > [ is ] he ? And Ziba < 06717
+Tsiyba> > said <00559 +>amar > unto the king < 04428 +melek > ,
Behold <02009 +hinneh > , he [ is ] in the house <01004 +bayith
> of Machir <04353 +Makiyr > , the son <01121 +ben > of Ammiel
<05988 +<Ammiy>el > , in Lodebar <03810 +Lo> D@bar > .



09 : 05 Then king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David > sent
<07971 +shalach > , and fetched <03947 +laqach > him out of the
house <01004 +bayith > of Machir <04353 +Makiyr > , the son
<01121 +ben > of Ammiel <05988 +<Ammiy>el > , from Lodebar
<03810 +Lo> D@bar > .



09 : 06 Now when Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > , the son
<01121 +ben > of Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > , the son <01121
+ben > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , was come <00935 +bow> > unto
David <01732 +David > , he fell <05307 +naphal > on <05921 +<al
> his face <06440 +paniym > , and did reverence < 07812 +shachah >

. And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > ,
Mephibosheth

<04648 +M@phiybosheth > . And he answered <00559 +> amar > ,
Behold <02009 +hinneh > thy servant <05650 +<ebed > !



09 : 07 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,
Fear <03372 +yare> > not : for I will surely <03588 +kiy > shew
<06213 +<asah > thee kindness <02617 +checed > for Jonathan
<03083 +Y@hownathan > thy father s <1> sake <05668 +<abuwr > ,
and will restore <07725 +shuwb > thee all <03605 +kol > the land
<07704 +sadeh > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > thy father <1> ; and
thou shalt eat <00398 +>akal > bread <03899 +lechem > at <05921
+<al > my table <07979 +shulchan > continually < 08548 +tamiyd > .



09 : 08 And he bowed <07812 +shachah > himself , and said <00559
+>amar > , What <04100 +mah > [ is ] thy servant < 05650 +<ebed >
, that thou shouldest look <06437 +panah > upon such a dead
<04191 +muwth > dog <03611 +keleb > as I [ am ] ?



09 : 09 . Then the king <04428 +melek > called <07121 +qara> >
to Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > , Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > servant
<05288 +na<ar > , and said <00559 +>amar > unto him , I have
given <05414 +nathan > unto thy master s <00113 +> adown > son
<01121 +ben > all <03605 +kol > that pertained < 01961 +hayah >
to Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and to all <03605 +kol > his house
<01004 +bayith > .



09 : 10 Thou therefore , and thy sons <01121 +ben > , and thy
servants <05650 +<ebed > , shall till <05647 +< abad > the land
<00127 +>adamah > for him , and thou shalt bring < 00935 +bow> >
in [ the fruits ] , that thy master s <00113 +>adown > son
<01121 +ben > may have <01961 +hayah > food <03899 +lechem > to
eat <00398 +>akal > : but Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth >
thy master s <00113 +>adown > son <01121 +ben > shall eat <00398
+>akal > bread <03899 +lechem > alway <08548 +tamiyd > at <05921
+<al > my table <07979 +shulchan > . Now Ziba < 06717 +Tsiyba> >
had fifteen <06240 +<asar > sons <01121 +ben > and twenty <06242
+<esriym > servants <05650 +<ebed > .



09 : 11 Then said <00559 +>amar > Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > unto
the king <04428 +melek > , According to all <03605 +kol > that
my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > hath commanded
<06680 +tsavah > his servant <05650 +<ebed > , so <03651 +ken >
shall thy servant <05650 +<ebed > do <06213 +<asah > . As for
Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > , [ said the king < 04428
+melek > ] , he shall eat <00398 +>akal > at < 05921 +<al > my
table <07979 +shulchan > , as one <00259 +>echad > of the king s
<04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > .



09 : 12 And Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > had a young
<06996 +qatan > son <01121 +ben > , whose name < 08034 +shem > [
was ] Micha <04316 +Miyka> > . And all <03605 +kol > that dwelt
<04186 +mowshab > in the house <01004 +bayith > of Ziba <06717
+Tsiyba> > [ were ] servants <05650 +<ebed > unto Mephibosheth
<04648 +M@phiybosheth > .



09 : 13 So Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > dwelt < 03427
+yashab > in Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > : for he did eat
<00398 +>akal > continually <08548 +tamiyd > at <05921 +<al >
the king s <04428 +melek > table <07979 +shulchan > ; and was
lame <06455 +picceach > on both <08147 +sh@nayim > his feet
<07272 +regel > .



10 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after < 00310
+>achar > this <03651 +ken > , that the king < 04428 +melek > of
the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > died
<04191 +muwth > , and Hanun <02586 +Chanuwn > his son <01121
+ben > reigned <04427 +malak > in his stead <08478 +tachath > .



10 : 02 Then said <00559 +>amar > David <01732 +David > , I will
shew <06213 +<asah > kindness <02617 +checed > unto Hanun <02586
+Chanuwn > the son <01121 +ben > of Nahash <05176 +Nachash > ,
as his father <1> shewed <06213 +<asah > kindness <02617 +checed
> unto me . And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > to
comfort <05162 +nacham > him by the hand <03027 +yad > of his
servants <05650 +<ebed > for his father <1> . And David s
<01732 +David > servants <05650 +<ebed > came < 00935 +bow> >
into the land <00776 +>erets > of the children <01121 +ben > of
Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > .



10 : 03 And the princes <08269 +sar > of the children < 01121
+ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Hanun <02586 +Chanuwn > their lord <00113 +>adown > , Thinkest
<05869 +<ayin > thou that David <01732 +David > doth honour
<03513 +kabad > thy father <1> , that he hath sent <07971
+shalach > comforters <05162 +nacham > unto thee ? hath not
David <01732 +David > [ rather ] sent <07971 +shalach > his
servants <05650 +<ebed > unto thee , to search <02713 +chaqar >
the city <05892 +<iyr > , and to spy <07270 +ragal > it out ,
and to overthrow <02015 +haphak > it ?



10 : 04 Wherefore Hanun <02586 +Chanuwn > took <03947 +laqach >
David s <01732 +David > servants <05650 +<ebed > , and shaved
<01548 +galach > off the one half <02677 +chetsiy > of their
beards <02206 +zaqan > , and cut <03772 +karath > off their
garments <04063 +medev > in the middle <02677 +chetsiy > , [
even ] to their buttocks <08357 +shethah > , and sent < 07971
+shalach > them away .



10 : 05 When they told <05046 +nagad > [ it ] unto David <01732
+David > , he sent <07971 +shalach > to meet <07125 +qir>ah >
them , because <03588 +kiy > the men <00582 +>enowsh > were
greatly <03966 +m@<od > ashamed <03637 +kalam > : and the king
<04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , Tarry < 03427 +yashab > at
Jericho <03405 +Y@riychow > until <05704 +<ad > your beards
<02206 +zaqan > be grown <06779 +tsamach > , and [ then ] return
<07725 +shuwb > .



10 : 06 . And when the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon < 05983
+<Ammown > saw <07200 +ra>ah > that they stank < 00887 +ba>ash >
before David <01732 +David > , the children <01121 +ben > of
Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > sent <07971 +shalach > and hired <07936
+sakar > the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > of Bethrehob < 01050 +Beyth
R@chowb > , and the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > of Zoba <06678
+Tsowba> > , twenty <06242 +<esriym > thousand < 00505 +>eleph >
footmen <07273 +ragliy > , and of king <04428 +melek > Maacah
<04601 +Ma<akah > a thousand <00505 +>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh
> , and of Ishtob <00382 +>Iysh - Towb > twelve thousand <00505
+>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh > .



10 : 07 And when David <01732 +David > heard <08085 +shama< > of
[ it ] , he sent <07971 +shalach > Joab <03097 +Yow> ab > , and
all <03605 +kol > the host <06635 +tsaba> > of the mighty <01368
+gibbowr > men .



10 : 08 And the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown
> came <03318 +yatsa> > out , and put the battle < 04421
+milchamah > in array <06186 +<arak > at the entering <06607
+pethach > in of the gate <08179 +sha<ar > : and the Syrians
<00758 +>Aram > of Zoba <06678 +Tsowba> > , and of Rehob <07340
+R@chob > , and Ishtob <00382 +>Iysh - Towb > , and Maacah
<04601 +Ma<akah > , [ were ] by themselves <00905 +bad > in the
field <07704 +sadeh >

.



10 : 09 When Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > saw <07200 +ra> ah > that the
front <06440 +paniym > of the battle <04421 +milchamah > was
against <00413 +>el > him before <06440 +paniym > and behind
<00268 +>achowr > , he chose <00977 +bachar > of all <03605 +kol
> the choice <00977 +bachar > [ men ] of Israel < 03478 +Yisra>el
> , and put [ them ] in array <06186 +<arak > against <07125
+qir>ah > the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > :



10 : 10 And the rest <03499 +yether > of the people < 05971 +<am
> he delivered <05414 +nathan > into the hand <03027 +yad > of
Abishai <52> his brother <00251 +>ach > , that he might put [
them ] in array <06186 +<arak > against <07125 +qir>ah > the
children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > .



10 : 11 And he said <00559 +>amar > , If <00518 +> im > the
Syrians <00758 +>Aram > be too strong <02388 +chazaq > for me ,
then thou shalt help <03447 +yashat > me : but if <00518 +>im >
the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > be too
strong <02388 +chazaq > for thee , then I will come < 01980
+halak > and help <03467 +yasha< > thee .



10 : 12 Be of good courage <02388 +chazaq > , and let us play
the men <02388 +chazaq > for our people <05971 +<am > , and for
the cities <05892 +<iyr > of our God <00430 +> elohiym > : and
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > do <06213 +<asah > that which seemeth
<05869 +<ayin > him good <02896 +towb > .



10 : 13 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > drew nigh <05066 +nagash > ,
and the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with him , unto the
battle <04421 +milchamah > against the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > :
and they fled <05127 +nuwc > before <06440 +paniym > him .



10 : 14 And when the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon < 05983
+<Ammown > saw <7200ra>ah > that the Syrians < 00758 +>Aram >
were fled <05127 +nuwc > , then fled <05127 +nuwc > they also
before <06440 +paniym > Abishai <52> , and entered <00935 +bow>
> into the city <05892 +<iyr > . So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab >
returned <07725 +shuwb > from the children <01121 +ben > of
Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > , and came <00935 +bow> > to Jerusalem
<03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .



10 : 15 . And when the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > saw < 07200
+ra>ah > that they were smitten <05062 +nagaph > before <06440
+paniym > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , they gathered <00622
+>acaph > themselves together <03162 +yachad > .



10 : 16 And Hadarezer <01928 +Hadar<ezer > sent < 07971 +shalach
> , and brought <03318 +yatsa> > out the Syrians < 00758 +>Aram >
that [ were ] beyond <05676 +<eber > the river <05104 +nahar > :
and they came <00935 +bow> > to Helam <02431 +Cheylam > ; and
Shobach <07731 +Showbak > the captain <08269 +sar > of the host
<06635 +tsaba> > of Hadarezer <01928 +Hadar<ezer > [ went ]
before <06440 +paniym > them .



10 : 17 And when it was told <05046 +nagad > David < 01732 +David
> , he gathered <00622 +>acaph > all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > together , and passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674
+<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > , and came <00935 +bow> > to
Helam <02431 +Cheylam > . And the Syrians <00758 +> Aram > set
themselves in array <06186 +<arak > against <07125 +qir>ah >
David <01732 +David > , and fought <03898 +lacham > with him .



10 : 18 And the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > fled <05127 +nuwc >
before <06440 +paniym > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ; and David
<01732 +David > slew <02126 +Ziyna> > [ the men of ] seven
<07651 +sheba< > hundred <03967 +me>ah > chariots <07393 +rekeb
> of the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > , and forty < 00705 +>arba<iym >
thousand <00505 +>eleph > horsemen <06571 +parash > , and smote
<05221 +nakah > Shobach <07731 +Showbak > the captain <08269
+sar > of their host <06635 +tsaba> > , who died < 04191 +muwth >
there <08033 +sham > .



10 : 19 And when all <03605 +kol > the kings <04428 +melek > [
that were ] servants <05650 +<ebed > to Hadarezer < 01928
+Hadar<ezer > saw <07200 +ra>ah > that they were smitten <05062
+nagaph > before <06440 +paniym > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,
they made peace <07999 +shalam > with Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,
and served <05647 +<abad > them . So the Syrians < 00758 +>Aram
> feared <03372 +yare> > to help <03467 +yasha< > the children
<01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > any more <05750 +<owd >

.



11 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , after the year
<08141 +shaneh > was expired <08666 +t@shuwbah > , at the time
<06256 +<eth > when kings <04428 +melek > go < 03318 +yatsa> >
forth <03318 +yatsa> > [ to battle ] , that David < 01732 +David
> sent <07971 +shalach > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and his
servants <05650 +<ebed > with him , and all <03605 +kol > Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > ; and they destroyed <07843 +shachath > the
children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > , and besieged
<06696 +tsuwr > Rabbah <07237 +Rabbah > . But David <01732
+David > tarried <03427 +yashab > still at Jerusalem < 03389
+Y@ruwshalaim >

.



11 : 02 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass in an eveningtide ,
that David <01732 +David > arose <06965 +quwm > from off <05921
+<al > his bed <04904 +mishkab > , and walked < 01980 +halak >
upon the roof <01406 +gag > of the king s <04428 +melek > house
<01004 +bayith > : and from the roof <01406 +gag > he saw <07200
+ra>ah > a woman <00802 +>ishshah > washing < 07364 +rachats >
herself ; and the woman <00802 +>ishshah > [ was ] very <03966
+m@<od > beautiful <02896 +towb > to look <04758 +mar>eh > upon .



11 : 03 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > and
enquired <01875 +darash > after the woman <00802 +> ishshah > .
And [ one ] said <00559 +>amar > , [ Is ] not this < 02063 +zo>th
> Bathsheba <01339 +Bath - Sheba< > , the daughter <01323 +bath
> of Eliam <00463 +>Eliy<am > , the wife <00802 +>ishshah > of
Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > ?



11 : 04 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach >
messengers <04397 +mal>ak > , and took <03947 +laqach > her ;
and she came <00935 +bow> > in unto him , and he lay < 07901
+shakab > with her ; for she was purified <06942 +qadash > from
her uncleanness <02932 +tum>ah > : and she returned < 07725
+shuwb > unto her house <01004 +bayith > .



11 : 05 And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > conceived < 02030 +hareh
> , and sent <07971 +shalach > and told <05046 +nagad > David
<01732 +David > , and said <00559 +>amar > , I [ am ] with child
<02030 +hareh > .



11 : 06 . And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > to
Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , [ saying <00559 +>amar > ] , Send <07971
+shalach > me Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850
+Chittiy > . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent < 07971 +shalach >
Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > to David <01732 +David > .



11 : 07 And when Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > was come < 00935 +bow>
> unto him , David <01732 +David > demanded <07592 +sha>al > [
of him ] how Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > did <07965 +shalowm > , and
how the people <05971 +<am > did <07965 +shalowm > , and how the
war <04421 +milchamah > prospered <07965 +shalowm > .



11 : 08 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to Uriah
<00223 +>Uwriyah > , Go <03381 +yarad > down < 03381 +yarad > to
thy house <01004 +bayith > , and wash <07364 +rachats > thy feet
<07272 +regel > . And Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > departed <03318
+yatsa> > out of the king s <04428 +melek > house < 01004 +bayith
> , and there followed him a mess <04864 +mas>eth > [ of meat ]
from the king <04428 +melek > .



11 : 09 But Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > slept <07901 +shakab > at
the door <06607 +pethach > of the king s <04428 +melek > house
<01004 +bayith > with all <03605 +kol > the servants <05650
+<ebed > of his lord <00113 +>adown > , and went <03381 +yarad >
not down <03381 +yarad > to his house <01004 +bayith > .



11 : 10 And when they had told <05046 +nagad > David < 01732
+David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah >
went <03381 +yarad > not down <03381 +yarad > unto his house
<01004 +bayith > , David <01732 +David > said < 00559 +>amar >
unto Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > , Camest <00935 +bow> > thou not
from [ thy ] journey <01870 +derek > ? why <04069 +madduwa< > [
then ] didst thou not go <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad >
unto thine house <01004 +bayith > ?



11 : 11 And Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > said <00559 +> amar > unto
David <01732 +David > , The ark <00727 +>arown > , and Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > , and Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > , abide <03427
+yashab > in tents <05521 +cukkah > ; and my lord < 00113 +>adown
> Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and the servants <05650 +<ebed > of my
lord <00113 +>adown > , are encamped <02583 +chanah > in the
open <06440 +paniym > fields <07704 +sadeh > ; shall I then go
<00935 +bow> > into <00413 +>el > mine house <01004 +bayith > ,
to eat <00398 +>akal > and to drink <08354 +shathah > , and to
lie <07901 +shakab > with my wife <00802 +>ishshah > ? [ as ]
thou livest <02416 +chay > , and [ as ] thy soul <05315 +nephesh
> liveth <02416 +chay > , I will not do <06213 +< asah > this
<02088 +zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > .



11 : 12 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to Uriah
<00223 +>Uwriyah > , Tarry <03427 +yashab > here <02088 +zeh >
to day <03117 +yowm > also <01571 +gam > , and to morrow <04279
+machar > I will let thee depart <07971 +shalach > . So Uriah
<00223 +>Uwriyah > abode <03427 +yashab > in Jerusalem <03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > that day <03117 +yowm > , and the morrow <04283
+mochorath > .



11 : 13 And when <03588 +kiy > David <01732 +David > had called
<07121 +qara> > him , he did eat <00398 +>akal > and drink
<08354 +shathah > before <06440 +paniym > him ; and he made him
drunk <07937 +shakar > : and at even <06153 +<ereb > he went
<03318 +yatsa> > out to lie <07901 +shakab > on his bed <04904
+mishkab > with the servants <05650 +<ebed > of his lord <00113
+>adown > , but went <03381 +yarad > not down < 03381 +yarad > to
his house <01004 +bayith > .



11 : 14 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass in the morning
<01242 +boqer > , that David <01732 +David > wrote <03789
+kathab > a letter <05612 +cepher > to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > ,
and sent <07971 +shalach > [ it ] by the hand <03027 +yad > of
Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > .



11 : 15 And he wrote <03789 +kathab > in the letter < 05612
+cepher > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Set <03051 +yahab > ye
Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > in the forefront of the hottest <02389
+chazaq > battle <04421 +milchamah > , and retire < 07725 +shuwb
> ye from him , that he may be smitten <05221 +nakah > , and die
<04191 +muwth >

.



11 : 16 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when Joab < 03097
+Yow>ab > observed <08104 +shamar > the city < 05892 +<iyr > ,
that he assigned <05414 +nathan > Uriah <00223 +> Uwriyah > unto
a place <04725 +maqowm > where <00834 +>aher > he knew <03045
+yada< > that valiant <02428 +chayil > men <00582 +>enowsh > [
were ] .



11 : 17 And the men <00582 +>enowsh > of the city < 05892 +<iyr >
went <03318 +yatsa> > out , and fought <03898 +lacham > with
Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > : and there fell <05307 +naphal > [ some ]
of the people <05971 +<am > of the servants <05650 +<ebed > of
David <01732 +David > ; and Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite
<02850 +Chittiy > died <04191 +muwth > also <01571 +gam > .



11 : 18 Then Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent <07971 +shalach > and
told <05046 +nagad > David <01732 +David > all < 03605 +kol > the
things <01697 +dabar > concerning the war <04421 +milchamah > ;



11 : 19 And charged <06680 +tsavah > the messenger < 04397
+mal>ak > , saying <00559 +>amar > , When thou hast made an end
<03615 +kalah > of telling <01696 +dabar > the matters <01697
+dabar > of the war <04421 +milchamah > unto the king <04428
+melek > ,



11 : 20 And if <00518 +>im > so be that the king s < 04428 +melek
> wrath <02534 +chemah > arise <05927 +<alah > , and he say
<00559 +>amar > unto thee , Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< >
approached <05066 +nagash > ye so nigh unto the city < 05892
+<iyr > when ye did fight <03898 +lacham > ? knew <03045 +yada<
> ye not that they would shoot <03384 +yarah > from the wall
<02346 +chowmah > ?



11 : 21 Who <04310 +miy > smote <05221 +nakah > Abimelech <40>
the son <01121 +ben > of Jerubbesheth <03380 +Y@rubbesheth > ?
did not a woman <00802 +>ishshah > cast <07993 +shalak > a piece
<06400 +pelach > of a millstone <07393 +rekeb > upon him from
the wall <02346 +chowmah > , that he died <04191 +muwth > in
Thebez <08405 +Tebets > ? why <04100 +mah > went < 05066 +nagash
> ye nigh <05066 +nagash > the wall <02346 +chowmah > ? then
say <00559 +>amar > thou , Thy servant <05650 +< ebed > Uriah
<00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > is dead <04191
+muwth > also <01571 +gam > .



11 : 22 So the messenger <04397 +mal>ak > went <03212 +yalak > ,
and came <00935 +bow> > and shewed <05046 +nagad > David <01732
+David > all <03605 +kol > that Joab <03097 +Yow> ab > had sent
<07971 +shalach > him for .



11 : 23 And the messenger <04397 +mal>ak > said < 00559 +>amar >
unto David <01732 +David > , Surely <03588 +kiy > the men <00582
+>enowsh > prevailed <01396 +gabar > against < 05921 +<al > us ,
and came <03318 +yatsa> > out unto us into the field < 07704
+sadeh > , and we were upon them even unto the entering < 06607
+pethach > of the gate <08179 +sha<ar > .



11 : 24 And the shooters <03384 +yarah > shot <03384 +yarah >
from off <05921 +<al > the wall <02346 +chowmah > upon thy
servants <05650 +<ebed > ; and [ some ] of the king s <04428
+melek > servants <05650 +<ebed > be dead <04191 +muwth > , and
thy servant <05650 +<ebed > Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite
<02850 +Chittiy > is dead <04191 +muwth > also < 01571 +gam > .



11 : 25 Then David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto the
messenger <04397 +mal>ak > , Thus <03541 +koh > shalt thou say
<00559 +>amar > unto Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , Let not this <02088
+zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > displease thee , for the sword
<02719 +chereb > devoureth <00398 +>akal > one < 02088 +zeh > as
well <02090 +zoh > as another <02090 +zoh > : make thy battle
<04421 +milchamah > more strong <02388 +chazaq > against <00413
+>el > the city <05892 +<iyr > , and overthrow < 02040 +harac >
it : and encourage <02388 +chazaq > thou him .



11 : 26 And when the wife <00802 +>ishshah > of Uriah <00223
+>Uwriyah > heard <08085 +shama< > that Uriah < 00223 +>Uwriyah >
her husband <00376 +>iysh > was dead <04191 +muwth > , she
mourned <05594 +caphad > for her husband <01167 +ba< al > .



11 : 27 And when the mourning <60> was past <05493 +cuwr > ,
David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > and fetched <00622
+>acaph > her to his house <01004 +bayith > , and she became
<01961 +hayah > his wife <00802 +>ishshah > , and bare <03205
+yalad > him a son <01121 +ben > . But the thing < 01697 +dabar
> that David <01732 +David > had done <06213 +< asah > displeased
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .



12 : 01 . And the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > sent <07971 +shalach >
Nathan <05416 +Nathan > unto David <01732 +David > . And he
came <00935 +bow> > unto him , and said <00559 +> amar > unto him
, There were two <08147 +sh@nayim > men <00582 +> enowsh > in one
<00259 +>echad > city <05892 +<iyr > ; the one <00259 +>echad >
rich <06223 +<ashiyr > , and the other <00259 +> echad > poor
<07326 +ruwsh > .



12 : 02 The rich <06223 +<ashiyr > [ man ] had <01961 +hayah >
exceeding <03966 +m@<od > many <07235 +rabah > flocks <06629
+tso>n > and herds <01241 +baqar > :



12 : 03 But the poor <07326 +ruwsh > [ man ] had nothing , save
one <00259 +>echad > little <06996 +qatan > ewe <03535 +kibsah >
lamb <03535 +kibsah > , which <00834 +>aher > he had <01961
+hayah > bought <07069 +qanah > and nourished <02421 +chayah >
up : and it grew <01431 +gadal > up together <03162 +yachad >
with him , and with his children <01121 +ben > ; it did eat
<00398 +>akal > of his own meat <06595 +path > , and drank
<08354 +shathah > of his own cup <03563 +kowc > , and lay <07901
+shakab > in his bosom <02436 +cheyq > , and was unto him as a
daughter <01323 +bath > .



12 : 04 And there came <00935 +bow> > a traveller < 01982 +helek
> unto the rich <06223 +<ashiyr > man <00376 +> iysh > , and he
spared <02550 +chamal > to take <03947 +laqach > of his own
flock <06629 +tso>n > and of his own herd <01241 +baqar > , to
dress <06213 +<asah > for the wayfaring <00732 +> arach > man
that was come <00935 +bow> > unto him ; but took < 03947 +laqach
> the poor <07326 +ruwsh > man s <00376 +>iysh > lamb <03535
+kibsah > , and dressed <06213 +<asah > it for the man <00376
+>iysh > that was come <00935 +bow> > to him .



12 : 05 And David s <01732 +David > anger <00639 +> aph > was
greatly <03966 +m@<od > kindled <02734 +charah > against the man
<00376 +>iysh > ; and he said <00559 +>amar > to Nathan <05416
+Nathan > , [ As ] the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > liveth < 02416
+chay > , the man <00376 +>iysh > that hath done < 06213 +<asah >
this <02063 +zo>th > [ thing ] shall surely die < 04194 +maveth >
:



12 : 06 And he shall restore <07999 +shalam > the lamb < 03535
+kibsah > fourfold <00706 +>arba<tayim > , because he did <06213
+<asah > this <02088 +zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > , and because
he had no <03808 +lo> > pity <02550 +chamal > .



12 : 07 And Nathan <05416 +Nathan > said <00559 +> amar > to
David <01732 +David > , Thou [ art ] the man <00376 +> iysh > .
Thus <03541 +koh > saith <00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > God <00430 +>elohiym > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,
I anointed <04886 +mashach > thee king <04428 +melek > over
<05921 +<al > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , and I delivered <05337
+natsal > thee out of the hand <03027 +yad > of Saul < 07586
+Sha>uwl > ;



12 : 08 And I gave <05414 +nathan > thee thy master s < 00113
+>adown > house <01004 +bayith > , and thy master s <00113
+>adown > wives <00802 +>ishshah > into thy bosom <02436 +cheyq
> , and gave <05414 +nathan > thee the house <01004 +bayith > of
Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > and of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > ; and
if <00518 +>im > [ that had been ] too little <04592 +m@<at > ,
I would moreover <03254 +yacaph > have given <03254 +yacaph >
unto thee such <02007 +hennah > and such <02007 +hennah > things
.



12 : 09 Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< > hast thou despised <00959
+bazah > the commandment <01697 +dabar > of the LORD < 03068
+Y@hovah > , to do <06213 +<asah > evil <07451 +ra< > in his
sight <05869 +<ayin > ? thou hast killed <05221 +nakah > Uriah
<00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > with the sword
<02719 +chereb > , and hast taken <03947 +laqach > his wife
<00802 +>ishshah > [ to be ] thy wife <00802 +> ishshah > , and
hast slain <02026 +harag > him with the sword <02719 +chereb >
of the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +< Ammown > .



12 : 10 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore the sword < 02719 +chereb
> shall never depart <05493 +cuwr > from thine house < 01004
+bayith > ; because thou hast despised <00959 +bazah > me , and
hast taken <03947 +laqach > the wife <00802 +>ishshah > of Uriah
<00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > to be thy wife
<00802 +>ishshah > .



12 : 11 Thus <03541 +koh > saith <00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > , Behold <02005 +hen > , I will raise < 06965 +quwm >
up evil <07451 +ra< > against <05921 +<al > thee out of thine
own house <01004 +bayith > , and I will take <03947 +laqach >
thy wives <00802 +>ishshah > before thine eyes <05869 +<ayin > ,
and give <05414 +nathan > [ them ] unto thy neighbour < 07453
+rea< > , and he shall lie <07901 +shakab > with thy wives
<00802 +>ishshah > in the sight <05869 +<ayin > of this <02063
+zo>th > sun <08121 +shemesh > .



12 : 12 For thou didst <06213 +<asah > [ it ] secretly <05643
+cether > : but I will do <06213 +<asah > this < 02088 +zeh >
thing <01697 +dabar > before <05048 +neged > all < 03605 +kol >
Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , and before <05048 +neged > the sun
<08121 +shemesh > .



12 : 13 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto
Nathan <05416 +Nathan > , I have sinned <02398 +chata> > against
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > . And Nathan <05416 +Nathan > said
<00559 +>amar > unto David <01732 +David > , The LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > also <01571 +gam > hath put <05674 +< abar > away
<05674 +<abar > thy sin <02403 +chatta>ah > ; thou shalt not die
<04191 +muwth >

.



12 : 14 Howbeit <00657 +>ephec > , because <03588 +kiy > by this
<02088 +zeh > deed <01697 +dabar > thou hast given great <05006
+na>ats > occasion to the enemies <00341 +>oyeb > of the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > to blaspheme <05006 +na>ats > , the child
<01121 +ben > also <01571 +gam > [ that is ] born < 03209
+yillowd > unto thee shall surely die <04191 +muwth > .



12 : 15 . And Nathan <05416 +Nathan > departed <03212 +yalak >
unto his house <01004 +bayith > . And the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah
> struck <05062 +nagaph > the child <03206 +yeled > that Uriah s
<00223 +>Uwriyah > wife <00802 +>ishshah > bare <03205 +yalad >
unto David <01732 +David > , and it was very sick <00605 +>anash
> .



12 : 16 David <01732 +David > therefore besought <01245 +baqash
> God <00430 +>elohiym > for the child <05288 +na<ar > ; and
David <01732 +David > fasted <06684 +tsuwm > , and went <00935
+bow> > in , and lay <07901 +shakab > all <03605 +kol > night
upon the earth <00776 +>erets > .



12 : 17 And the elders <02205 +zaqen > of his house < 01004
+bayith > arose <06965 +quwm > , [ and went ] to him , to raise
<06965 +quwm > him up from the earth <00776 +>erets > : but he
would <14> not , neither <03808 +lo> > did he eat <01262 +barah
> bread <03899 +lechem > with them .



12 : 18 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass on the seventh
<07637 +sh@biy<iy > day <03117 +yowm > , that the child <03206
+yeled > died <04191 +muwth > . And the servants < 05650 +<ebed
> of David <01732 +David > feared <03372 +yare> > to tell <05046
+nagad > him that the child <03206 +yeled > was dead < 04191
+muwth > : for they said <00559 +>amar > , Behold < 02009 +hinneh
> , while the child <03206 +yeled > was yet alive < 02416 +chay >
, we spake <01696 +dabar > unto him , and he would not hearken
<08085 +shama< > unto our voice <06963 +qowl > : how <00349
+>eyk > will he then vex himself , if we tell <00559 +>amar >
him that the child <03206 +yeled > is dead <04191 +muwth > ?



12 : 19 But when David <01732 +David > saw <07200 +ra> ah > that
his servants <05650 +<ebed > whispered <03907 +lachash > , David
<01732 +David > perceived <00995 +biyn > that the child <03206
+yeled > was dead <04191 +muwth > : therefore David < 01732
+David > said <00559 +>amar > unto his servants < 05650 +<ebed > ,
Is the child <03206 +yeled > dead <04191 +muwth > ? And they
said <00559 +>amar > , He is dead <04191 +muwth > .



12 : 20 Then David <01732 +David > arose <06965 +quwm > from the
earth <00776 +>erets > , and washed <07364 +rachats > , and
anointed <05480 +cuwk > [ himself ] , and changed <02498
+chalaph > his apparel <08071 +simlah > , and came < 00935 +bow>
> into the house <01004 +bayith > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,
and worshipped <07812 +shachah > : then he came <00935 +bow> >
to his own house <01004 +bayith > ; and when he required <07592
+sha>al > , they set <07760 +suwm > bread <03899 +lechem >
before him , and he did eat <00398 +>akal > .



12 : 21 Then said <00559 +>amar > his servants <05650 +<ebed >
unto him , What <04100 +mah > thing <01697 +dabar > [ is ] this
<02088 +zeh > that thou hast done <06213 +<asah > ? thou didst
fast <06684 +tsuwm > and weep <01058 +bakah > for the child
<03206 +yeled > , [ while it was ] alive <02416 +chay > ; but
when <00834 +>aher > the child <03206 +yeled > was dead <04191
+muwth > , thou didst rise <06965 +quwm > and eat < 00398 +>akal
> bread <03899 +lechem > .



12 : 22 And he said <00559 +>amar > , While the child <03206
+yeled > was yet <05750 +<owd > alive <02416 +chay > , I fasted
<06684 +tsuwm > and wept <01058 +bakah > : for I said <00559
+>amar > , Who <04310 +miy > can tell <03045 +yada< > [ whether
] GOD <03068 +Y@hovah > will be gracious <02603 +chanan > to me ,
that the child <03206 +yeled > may live <02416 +chay > ?



12 : 23 But now <06258 +<attah > he is dead <04191 +muwth > ,
wherefore <04100 +mah > should I fast <06684 +tsuwm > ? can
<03201 +yakol > I bring <07725 +shuwb > him back < 07725 +shuwb >
again <05750 +<owd > ? I shall go <01980 +halak > to him , but
he shall not return <07725 +shuwb > to me .



12 : 24 And David <01732 +David > comforted <05162 +nacham >
Bathsheba <01339 +Bath - Sheba< > his wife <00802 +>ishshah > ,
and went <00935 +bow> > in unto her , and lay <07901 +shakab >
with her : and she bare <03205 +yalad > a son <01121 +ben > ,
and he called <07121 +qara> > his name <08034 +shem > Solomon
<08010 +Sh@lomoh > : and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > loved <00157
+>ahab > him .



12 : 25 And he sent <07971 +shalach > by the hand <03027 +yad >
of Nathan <05416 +Nathan > the prophet <05030 +nabiy> > ; and he
called <07121 +qara> > his name <08034 +shem > Jedidiah <3041> ,
because <05668 +<abuwr > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .



12 : 26 . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > fought <03898 +lacham >
against Rabbah <07237 +Rabbah > of the children <01121 +ben > of
Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > , and took <03920 +lakad > the royal
<04410 +m@luwkah > city <05892 +<iyr > .



12 : 27 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent <07971 +shalach >
messengers <04397 +mal>ak > to David <01732 +David > , and said
<00559 +>amar > , I have fought <03898 +lacham > against Rabbah
<07237 +Rabbah > , and have taken <03920 +lakad > the city
<05892 +<iyr > of waters <04325 +mayim > .



12 : 28 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore gather <00622 +>acaph >
the rest <03499 +yether > of the people <05971 +<am > together ,
and encamp <02583 +chanah > against <05921 +<al > the city
<05892 +<iyr > , and take <03920 +lakad > it : lest <06435 +pen
> I take <03920 +lakad > the city <05892 +<iyr > , and it be
called <07121 +qara> > after <05921 +<al > my name <08034 +shem
> .



12 : 29 And David <01732 +David > gathered <00622 +> acaph > all
<03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > together , and went
<03212 +yalak > to Rabbah <07237 +Rabbah > , and fought <03898
+lacham > against it , and took <03920 +lakad > it .



12 : 30 And he took <03947 +laqach > their king s <04428 +melek
> crown <05850 +<atarah > from off <05921 +<al > his head <07218
+ro>sh > , the weight <04948 +mishqal > whereof [ was ] a talent
<03603 +kikkar > of gold <02091 +zahab > with the precious
<03368 +yaqar > stones <68> : and it was [ set ] on <05921 +<al
> David s <01732 +David > head <07218 +ro>sh > . And he brought
<03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> > the spoil <07998 +shalal
> of the city <05892 +<iyr > in great <03966 +m@<od > abundance
<07235 +rabah > .



12 : 31 And he brought <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> >
the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] therein , and put <07760
+suwm > [ them ] under saws <04050 +m@gerah > , and under
harrows <02757 +chariyts > of iron <01270 +barzel > , and under
axes <04037 +magzerah > of iron <01270 +barzel > , and made them
pass <05674 +<abar > through the brickkiln <04404 +malben > :
and thus <03651 +ken > did <06213 +<asah > he unto all <03605
+kol > the cities <05892 +<iyr > of the children < 01121 +ben >
of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > . So David <01732 +David > and all
<03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > returned <07725 +shuwb >
unto Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .



13 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after < 00310
+>achar > this <03651 +ken > , that Absalom <53> the son <01121
+ben > of David <01732 +David > had a fair <03303 +yapheh >
sister <00269 +>achowth > , whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ]
Tamar <08559 +Tamar > ; and Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > the son
<01121 +ben > of David <01732 +David > loved < 00157 +>ahab > her
.



13 : 02 And Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > was so vexed < 03334 +yatsar
> , that he fell sick <02470 +chalah > for his sister <00269
+>achowth > Tamar <08559 +Tamar > ; for she [ was ] a virgin
<01330 +b@thuwlah > ; and Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > thought <05869
+<ayin > it hard <06381 +pala> > for him to do < 06213 +<asah >
any <03972 +m@uwmah > thing to her .



13 : 03 But Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > had a friend < 07453 +rea< > ,
whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Jonadab <03122 +Yawnadab > ,
the son <01121 +ben > of Shimeah <08093 +Shim<ah > David s
<01732 +David > brother <00251 +>ach > : and Jonadab <03122
+Yawnadab > [ was ] a very <03966 +m@<od > subtil < 02450 +chakam
> man <00376 +>iysh > .



13 : 04 And he said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Why < 04069
+madduwa< > [ art ] thou , [ being ] the king s <04428 +melek >
son <01121 +ben > , lean <01800 +dal > from day < 01242 +boqer >
to day <01242 +boqer > ? wilt thou not tell <05046 +nagad > me
? And Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +>amar > unto him , I
love <00157 +>ahab > Tamar <08559 +Tamar > , my brother <00251
+>ach > Absalom s <53> sister <00269 +>achowth > .



13 : 05 And Jonadab <03122 +Yawnadab > said <00559 +> amar > unto
him , Lay <07901 +shakab > thee down <07901 +shakab > on <05921
+<al > thy bed <04904 +mishkab > , and make thyself sick <02470
+chalah > : and when thy father <1> cometh <00935 +bow> > to see
<07200 +ra>ah > thee , say <00559 +>amar > unto him , I pray
<04994 +na> > thee , let my sister <00269 +> achowth > Tamar
<08559 +Tamar > come <00935 +bow> > , and give < 01262 +barah >
me meat <03899 +lechem > , and dress <06213 +<asah > the meat
<01279 +biryah > in my sight <05869 +<ayin > , that I may see
<07200 +ra>ah > [ it ] , and eat <00398 +>akal > [ it ] at her
hand <03027 +yad > .



13 : 06 So Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > lay <07901 +shakab > down
<07901 +shakab > , and made himself sick <02470 +chalah > : and
when the king <04428 +melek > was come <00935 +bow> > to see
<07200 +ra>ah > him , Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +>amar
> unto the king <04428 +melek > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee ,
let Tamar <08559 +Tamar > my sister <00269 +>achowth > come
<00935 +bow> > , and make <03823 +labab > me a couple <08147
+sh@nayim > of cakes <03834 +labiybah > in my sight < 05869
+<ayin > , that I may eat <01262 +barah > at her hand <03027
+yad > .



13 : 07 Then David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > home
<01004 +bayith > to Tamar <08559 +Tamar > , saying <00559 +>amar
> , Go <03212 +yalak > now <04994 +na> > to thy brother <00251
+>ach > Amnon s <00550 +>Amnown > house <01004 +bayith > , and
dress <06213 +<asah > him meat <01279 +biryah > .



13 : 08 So Tamar <08559 +Tamar > went <03212 +yalak > to her
brother <00251 +>ach > Amnon s <00550 +>Amnown > house <01004
+bayith > ; and he was laid <07901 +shakab > down < 07901 +shakab
> . And she took <03947 +laqach > flour <01217 +batseq > , and
kneaded <03888 +luwsh > [ it ] , and made <03835 +laban > cakes
<03823 +labab > in his sight <05869 +<ayin > , and did bake
<01310 +bashal > the cakes <03834 +labiybah > .



13 : 09 And she took <03947 +laqach > a pan <04958 +masreth > ,
and poured <03332 +yatsaq> [ them ] out before <06440 +paniym >
him ; but he refused <03985 +ma>en > to eat <00398 +>akal > .
And Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +>amar > , Have <03318
+yatsa> > out all <03605 +kol > men <00376 +> iysh > from me .
And they went <03318 +yatsa> > out every man <00376 +>iysh >
from him

.



13 : 10 And Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Tamar <08559 +Tamar > , Bring <00935 +bow> > the meat <01279
+biryah > into the chamber <02315 +cheder > , that I may eat
<01262 +barah > of thine hand <03027 +yad > . And Tamar <08559
+Tamar > took <03947 +laqach > the cakes <03834 +labiybah >
which <00834 +>aher > she had made <06213 +<asah > , and brought
<00935 +bow> > [ them ] into the chamber <02315 +cheder > to
Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > her brother <00251 +>ach > .



13 : 11 And when she had brought <05066 +nagash > [ them ] unto
him to eat <00398 +>akal > , he took hold <02388 +chazaq > of
her , and said <00559 +>amar > unto her , Come <00935 +bow> >
lie <07901 +shakab > with me , my sister <00269 +> achowth > .



13 : 12 And she answered <00559 +>amar > him , Nay < 00408 +>al >
, my brother <00251 +>ach > , do <06213 +<asah > not force
<06031 +<anah > me ; for no <03808 +lo> > such <03651 +ken >
thing <03651 +ken > ought to be done <06213 +<asah > in Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > : do <06213 +<asah > not thou this <02063
+zo>th > folly <05039 +n@balah > .



13 : 13 And I , whither <00575 +>an > shall I cause my shame
<02781 +cherpah > to go <03212 +yalak > ? and as for thee ,
thou shalt be as one <00259 +>echad > of the fools < 05036 +nabal
> in Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > . Now <06258 +< attah > therefore
, I pray <04994 +na> > thee , speak <01696 +dabar > unto the
king <04428 +melek > ; for he will not withhold <04513 +mana< >
me from thee .



13 : 14 Howbeit he would <14> not hearken <08085 +shama< > unto
her voice <06963 +qowl > : but , being stronger <02388 +chazaq >
than she , forced <06031 +<anah > her , and lay < 07901 +shakab >
with her .



13 : 15 Then Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > hated <08130 +sane> > her
exceedingly ; so that the hatred <08135 +sin>ah > wherewith
<00834 +>aher > he hated <08130 +sane> > her [ was ] greater
<01419 +gadowl > than the love <00160 +>ahabah > wherewith
<00834 +>aher > he had loved <00157 +>ahab > her . And Amnon
<00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +>amar > unto her , Arise <06965
+quwm > , be gone <03212 +yalak > .



13 : 16 And she said <00559 +>amar > unto him , [ There is ] no
<00408 +>al > cause : this <02063 +zo>th > evil <07451 +ra< > in
sending <07971 +shalach > me away [ is ] greater <01419 +gadowl
> than the other <00312 +>acher > that thou didst < 06213 +<asah
> unto me . But he would <14> not hearken <08085 +shama< > unto
her

.



13 : 17 Then he called <07121 +qara> > his servant < 05288 +na<ar
> that ministered <08334 +sharath > unto him , and said <00559
+>amar > , Put <07971 +shalach > now <04994 +na> > this <02063
+zo>th > [ woman ] out from me , and bolt <05274 +na< al > the
door <01817 +deleth > after <00310 +>achar > her .



13 : 18 And [ she had ] a garment <03801 +k@thoneth > of divers
<06446 +pac > colours <06446 +pac > upon her : for with such
<03651 +ken > robes <04598 +m@<iyl > were the king s <04428
+melek > daughters <01121 +ben > [ that were ] virgins <01330
+b@thuwlah > apparelled <03847 +labash > . Then his servant
<08334 +sharath > brought <03318 +yatsa> > her out , and bolted
<05274 +na<al > the door <01817 +deleth > after <00310 +>achar >
her .



13 : 19 And Tamar <08559 +Tamar > put <03947 +laqach > ashes
<00665 +>epher > on <05921 +<al > her head < 07218 +ro>sh > , and
rent <07167 +qara< > her garment <03801 +k@thoneth > of divers
<06446 +pac > colours <06446 +pac > that [ was ] on <05921 +<al
> her , and laid <07760 +suwm > her hand <03027 +yad > on <05921
+<al > her head <07218 +ro>sh > , and went < 03212 +yalak > on
crying <02201 +za<aq > .



13 : 20 And Absalom <53> her brother <00251 +>ach > said <00559
+>amar > unto her , Hath Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > thy brother
<00251 +>ach > been <01961 +hayah > with thee ? but hold <02790
+charash > now <06258 +<attah > thy peace <02790 +charash > , my
sister <00269 +>achowth > : he [ is ] thy brother < 00251 +>ach >
; regard <03820 +leb > not this <02063 +zo>th > thing <01697
+dabar > . So Tamar <08559 +Tamar > remained <03427 +yashab >
desolate <08076 +shamem > in her brother <00251 +>ach > Absalom
s <53> house <01004 +bayith > .



13 : 21 . But when king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David >
heard <08085 +shama< > of all <03605 +kol > these <00428 +>el -
leh > things <01697 +dabar > , he was very <03966 +m@<od > wroth
<02734 +charah > .



13 : 22 And Absalom <53> spake <01696 +dabar > unto his brother
Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > neither <03808 +lo> > good <02896 +towb
> nor bad <07451 +ra< > : for Absalom <53> hated <08130 +sane> >
Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > , because he had forced < 06031 +<anah >
his sister <00269 +>achowth > Tamar <08559 +Tamar > .



13 : 23 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after two full
<03117 +yowm > years <08141 +shaneh > , that Absalom <53> had
sheepshearers <01494 +gazaz > in Baalhazor <01178 +Ba< al
Chatsowr > , which <00834 +>aher > [ is ] beside < 05973 +<im >
Ephraim <00669 +>Ephrayim > : and Absalom <53> invited <07121
+qara> > all <03605 +kol > the king s <04428 +melek > sons
<01121 +ben > .



13 : 24 And Absalom <53> came <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428
+melek > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Behold < 02009 +hinneh >
now <04994 +na> > , thy servant <05650 +<ebed > hath
sheepshearers <01494 +gazaz > ; let <03381 +yarad > the king
<04428 +melek > , I beseech <04994 +na> > thee , and his
servants <05650 +<ebed > go <03212 +yalak > with thy servant
<05650 +<ebed > .



13 : 25 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > to
Absalom <53> , Nay <00408 +>al > , my son < 01121 +ben > , let us
not all <03605 +kol > now <04994 +na> > go < 03212 +yalak > ,
lest <03808 +lo> > we be chargeable <03513 +kabad > unto thee .
And he pressed <06555 +parats > him : howbeit he would < 14> not
go <03212 +yalak > , but blessed <01288 +barak > him .



13 : 26 Then said <00559 +>amar > Absalom <53> , If <03808 +lo>
> not , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , let my brother <00251 +>ach
> Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > go <03212 +yalak > with us . And the
king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Why <04100
+mah > should he go <03212 +yalak > with thee ?



13 : 27 But Absalom <53> pressed <06555 +parats > him , that he
let Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > and all <03605 +kol > the king s
<04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > go <07971 +shalach > with him

.



13 : 28 Now Absalom <53> had commanded <06680 +tsavah > his
servants <05288 +na<ar > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Mark <07200
+ra>ah > ye now <04994 +na> > when Amnon s < 00550 +>Amnown >
heart <03820 +leb > is merry <02896 +towb > with wine <03196
+yayin > , and when I say <00559 +>amar > unto you , Smite
<05221 +nakah > Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > ; then kill <04191
+muwth > him , fear <03372 +yare> > not : have not I commanded
<06680 +tsavah > you ? be courageous <02388 +chazaq > , and be
valiant .



13 : 29 And the servants <05288 +na<ar > of Absalom < 53> did
<06213 +<asah > unto Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > as Absalom <53> had
commanded <06680 +tsavah > . Then all <03605 +kol > the king s
<04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > arose <06965 +quwm > , and
every man <00376 +>iysh > gat <07392 +rakab > him up upon his
mule <06505 +pered > , and fled <05127 +nuwc > .



13 : 30 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , while they were
in the way <01870 +derek > , that tidings <08052 +sh@muw<ah >
came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732 +David > , saying <00559
+>amar > , Absalom <53> hath slain <05221 +nakah > all <03605
+kol > the king s <04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > , and there
is not one <00259 +>echad > of them left <03498 +yathar > .



13 : 31 Then the king <04428 +melek > arose <06965 +quwm > , and
tare <07167 +qara< > his garments <00899 +beged > , and lay
<07901 +shakab > on the earth <00776 +>erets > ; and all <03605
+kol > his servants <05650 +<ebed > stood <05324 +natsab > by
with their clothes <00899 +beged > rent <07167 +qara< > .



13 : 32 And Jonadab <03122 +Yawnadab > , the son <01121 +ben >
of Shimeah <08093 +Shim<ah > David s <01732 +David > brother
<00251 +>ach > , answered <06030 +<anah > and said <00559 +>amar
> , Let not my lord <00113 +>adown > suppose < 00559 +>amar > [
that ] they have slain <04191 +muwth > all <03605 +kol > the
young <05288 +na<ar > men the king s <04428 +melek > sons <01121
+ben > ; for Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > only <00905 +bad > is dead
<04191 +muwth > : for by the appointment <06310 +peh > of
Absalom <53> this hath been <01961 +hayah > determined <07760
+suwm > from the day <03117 +yowm > that he forced < 06031 +<anah
> his sister <00269 +>achowth > Tamar <08559 +Tamar > .



13 : 33 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore let not my lord <00113
+>adown > the king <04428 +melek > take <07760 +suwm > the thing
<01697 +dabar > to his heart <03820 +leb > , to think <00559
+>amar > that all <03605 +kol > the king s <04428 +melek > sons
<01121 +ben > are dead <04191 +muwth > : for Amnon <00550
+>Amnown > only <00905 +bad > is dead <04191 +muwth > .



13 : 34 But Absalom <53> fled <01272 +barach > . And the young
<05288 +na<ar > man that kept the watch <06822 +tsaphah > lifted
<05375 +nasa> > up his eyes <05869 +<ayin > , and looked <07200
+ra>ah > , and , behold <02009 +hinneh > , there came <01980
+halak > much <07227 +rab > people <05971 +<am > by the way
<01870 +derek > of the hill <02022 +har > side < 06654 +tsad >
behind <00310 +>achar > him .



13 : 35 And Jonadab <03122 +Yawnadab > said <00559 +> amar > unto
the king <04428 +melek > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , the king s
<04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > come <00935 +bow> > : as thy
servant <05650 +<ebed > said <01697 +dabar > , so <03651 +ken >
it is .



13 : 36 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , as soon as he had
made an end <03615 +kalah > of speaking <01696 +dabar > , that ,
behold <02009 +hinneh > , the king s <04428 +melek > sons <01121
+ben > came <00935 +bow> > , and lifted <05375 +nasa> > up their
voice <06963 +qowl > and wept <01058 +bakah > : and the king
<04428 +melek > also <01571 +gam > and all <03605 +kol > his
servants <05650 +<ebed > wept <01058 +bakah > very <03966 +m@<od
> sore <01419 +gadowl > .



13 : 37 But Absalom <53> fled <01272 +barach > , and went <03212
+yalak > to Talmai <08526 +Talmay > , the son <01121 +ben > of
Ammihud <05989 +<Ammiyhuwd > , king <04428 +melek > of Geshur
<01650 +G@shuwr > . And [ David ] mourned <56> for his son
<01121 +ben > every <03605 +kol > day <03117 +yowm > .



13 : 38 So Absalom <53> fled <01272 +barach > , and went <03212
+yalak > to Geshur <01650 +G@shuwr > , and was there < 08033
+sham > three <07969 +shalowsh > years <08141 +shaneh > .



13 : 39 And [ the soul of ] king <04428 +melek > David < 01732
+David > longed <03615 +kalah > to go <03318 +yatsa> > forth
<03318 +yatsa> > unto Absalom <53> : for he was comforted <05162
+nacham > concerning <05921 +<al > Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > ,
seeing he was dead <04191 +muwth > .



14 : 01 . Now Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the son <01121 +ben > of
Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > perceived <03045 +yada< > that the
king s <04428 +melek > heart <03820 +leb > [ was ] toward <05921
+<al > Absalom <53> .



14 : 02 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent <07971 +shalach > to
Tekoah <08620 +T@qowa< > , and fetched <03947 +laqach > thence
<08033 +sham > a wise <02450 +chakam > woman < 00802 +>ishshah > ,
and said <00559 +>amar > unto her , I pray <04994 +na> > thee ,
feign thyself to be a mourner <56> , and put <03847 +labash > on
now <04994 +na> > mourning <60> apparel <00899 +beged > , and
anoint <05480 +cuwk > not thyself with oil <08081 +shemen > ,
but be as a woman <00802 +>ishshah > that had a long < 07227 +rab
> time <03117 +yowm > mourned <56> for the dead <04191 +muwth > :



14 : 03 And come <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428 +melek > ,
and speak <01696 +dabar > on this <02088 +zeh > manner <01697
+dabar > unto him . So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > put < 07760 +suwm >
the words <01697 +dabar > in her mouth <06310 +peh > .



14 : 04 And when the woman <00802 +>ishshah > of Tekoah <08621
+T@qow<iy > spake <00559 +>amar > to the king < 04428 +melek > ,
she fell <05307 +naphal > on <05921 +<al > her face <00639 +>aph
> to the ground <00776 +>erets > , and did obeisance <07812
+shachah > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Help < 03467 +yasha< > ,
O king <04428 +melek > .



14 : 05 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
her , What <04100 +mah >aileth thee ? And she answered < 00559
+>amar > , I [ am ] indeed <61> a widow <00490 +>almanah > woman
<00802 +>ishshah > , and mine husband <00376 +> iysh > is dead
<04191 +muwth > .



14 : 06 And thy handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > had two < 08147
+sh@nayim > sons <01121 +ben > , and they two <08147 +sh@nayim >
strove <05327 +natsah > together in the field <07704 +sadeh > ,
and [ there was ] none <00369 +>ayin > to part <05337 +natsal >
them , but the one <00259 +>echad > smote <05221 +nakah > the
other <00259 +>echad > , and slew <04191 +muwth > him .



14 : 07 And , behold <02009 +hinneh > , the whole <03605 +kol >
family <04940 +mishpachah > is risen <06965 +quwm > against
<05921 +<al > thine handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > , and they said
<00559 +>amar > , Deliver <05414 +nathan > him that smote <05221
+nakah > his brother <00251 +>ach > , that we may kill <04191
+muwth > him , for the life <05315 +nephesh > of his brother
<00251 +>ach > whom <00834 +>aher > he slew < 02026 +harag > ;
and we will destroy <08045 +shamad > the heir <03423 +yarash >
also <01571 +gam > : and so they shall quench <03518 +kabah > my
coal <01513 +gechel > which <00834 +>aher > is left <07604
+sha>ar > , and shall not leave <07604 +sha>ar > to my husband
<00376 +>iysh > [ neither <01115 +biltiy > ] name <08034 +shem >
nor remainder <07611 +sh@>eriyth > upon the earth < 00127
+>adamah > .



14 : 08 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
the woman <00802 +>ishshah > , Go <03212 +yalak > to thine house
<01004 +bayith > , and I will give charge <06680 +tsavah >
concerning <05921 +<al > thee .



14 : 09 And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > of Tekoah < 08621
+T@qow<iy > said <00559 +>amar > unto the king < 04428 +melek > ,
My lord <00113 +>adown > , O king <04428 +melek > , the iniquity
<05771 +<avon > [ be ] on <05921 +<al > me , and on <05921 +<al
> my father s <1> house <01004 +bayith > : and the king <04428
+melek > and his throne <03678 +kicce> > [ be ] guiltless <05355
+naqiy > .



14 : 10 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > ,
Whosoever saith <01696 +dabar > [ ought ] unto thee , bring
<00935 +bow> > him to me , and he shall not touch < 05060 +naga<
> thee any more .



14 : 11 Then said <00559 +>amar > she , I pray <04994 +na> >
thee , let the king <04428 +melek > remember <02142 +zakar > the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > , that thou
wouldest not suffer the revengers <01350 +ga>al > of blood
<01818 +dam > to destroy <07843 +shachath > any more <07235
+rabah > , lest they destroy <08045 +shamad > my son < 01121 +ben
> . And he said <00559 +>amar > , [ As ] the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > liveth <02416 +chay > , there shall not one hair
<08185 +sa<arah > of thy son <01121 +ben > fall <05307 +naphal >
to the earth <00776 +>erets > .



14 : 12 Then the woman <00802 +>ishshah > said <00559 +>amar > ,
Let thine handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > , I pray <04994 +na> >
thee , speak <01696 +dabar > [ one ] word <01697 +dabar > unto
my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > . And he said
<00559 +>amar > , Say <01696 +dabar > on .



14 : 13 And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > said <00559 +>amar > ,
Wherefore <04100 +mah > then hast thou thought <02803 +chashab >
such <02063 +zo>th > a thing against <05921 +<al > the people
<05971 +<am > of God <00430 +>elohiym > ? for the king <04428
+melek > doth speak <01696 +dabar > this <02088 +zeh > thing
<01697 +dabar > as one which is faulty <00818 +>ashem > , in
that the king <04428 +melek > doth not fetch <07725 +shuwb >
home <07725 +shuwb > again <07725 +shuwb > his banished <05080
+nadach > .



14 : 14 For we must needs die <04191 +muwth > , and [ are ] as
water <04325 +mayim > spilt <05064 +nagar > on the ground <00776
+>erets > , which <00834 +>aher > cannot <03808 +lo> > be
gathered <00622 +>acaph > up again ; neither <03808 +lo> > doth
God <00430 +>elohiym > respect <05375 +nasa> > [ any ] person
<05315 +nephesh > : yet doth he devise <02803 +chashab > means
<04284 +machashabah > , that his banished <05080 +nadach > be
not expelled <05080 +nadach > from him .



14 : 15 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore that I am come <00935
+bow> > to speak <01696 +dabar > of this <02088 +zeh > thing
<01697 +dabar > unto my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428
+melek > , [ it is ] because <03588 +kiy > the people <05971
+<am > have made me afraid <03372 +yare> > : and thy handmaid
<08198 +shiphchah > said <00559 +>amar > , I will now <04994
+na> > speak <01696 +dabar > unto the king <04428 +melek > ; it
may be that the king <04428 +melek > will perform <06213 +<asah
> the request <01697 +dabar > of his handmaid <00519 +>amah > .



14 : 16 For the king <04428 +melek > will hear <08085 +shama< > ,
to deliver <05337 +natsal > his handmaid <00519 +> amah > out of
the hand <03709 +kaph > of the man <00376 +>iysh > [ that would
] destroy <08045 +shamad > me and my son <01121 +ben > together
<03162 +yachad > out of the inheritance <05159 +nachalah > of
God <00430 +>elohiym > .



14 : 17 Then thine handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > said < 00559
+>amar > , The word <01697 +dabar > of my lord < 00113 +>adown >
the king <04428 +melek > shall now <04994 +na> > be comfortable
<04496 +m@nuwchah > : for as an angel <04397 +mal>ak > of God
<00430 +>elohiym > , so <03651 +ken > [ is ] my lord <00113
+>adown > the king <04428 +melek > to discern < 08085 +shama< >
good <02896 +towb > and bad <07451 +ra< > : therefore the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > will be with thee .



14 : 18 Then the king <04428 +melek > answered <06030 +<anah >
and said <00559 +>amar > unto the woman <00802 +> ishshah > ,
Hide <03582 +kachad > not from me , I pray <04994 +na> > thee ,
the thing <01697 +dabar > that I shall ask <07592 +sha>al > thee
. And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > said <00559 +> amar > , Let my
lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > now <04994 +na> >
speak <01696 +dabar > .



14 : 19 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > , [ Is
not ] the hand <03027 +yad > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > with thee
in all <03605 +kol > this <02063 +zo>th > ? And the woman
<00802 +>ishshah > answered <06030 +<anah > and said <00559
+>amar > , [ As ] thy soul <05315 +nephesh > liveth <02416 +chay
> , my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > , none
<00376 +>iysh > can turn to the right <03231 +yaman > hand or to
the left <08041 +sama>l > from ought that my lord < 00113 +>adown
> the king <04428 +melek > hath spoken <01696 +dabar > : for thy
servant <05650 +<ebed > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , he bade <06680
+tsavah > me , and he put <07760 +suwm > all <03605 +kol > these
<00428 +>el - leh > words <01697 +dabar > in the mouth <06310
+peh > of thine handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > :



14 : 20 To fetch <05437 +cabab > about <05437 +cabab > this form
<06440 +paniym > of speech <01697 +dabar > hath thy servant
<05650 +<ebed > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > done < 06213 +<asah > this
<02088 +zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > : and my lord < 00113 +>adown
> [ is ] wise <02450 +chakam > , according to the wisdom <02451
+chokmah > of an angel <04397 +mal>ak > of God < 00430 +>elohiym
> , to know <03045 +yada< > all <03605 +kol > [ things ] that [
are ] in the earth <00776 +>erets > .



14 : 21 . And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar >
unto Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > now <04994
+na> > , I have done <06213 +<asah > this < 02088 +zeh > thing
<01697 +dabar > : go <03212 +yalak > therefore , bring <07725
+shuwb > the young <05288 +na<ar > man Absalom < 53> again <07725
+shuwb > .



14 : 22 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > fell <05307 +naphal > to the
ground <00776 +>erets > on <00413 +>el > his face <06440 +paniym
> , and bowed <07812 +shachah > himself , and thanked <01288
+barak > the king <04428 +melek > : and Joab <03097 +Yow>ab >
said <00559 +>amar > , To day thy servant <05650 +< ebed >
knoweth <03045 +yada< > that I have found <04672 +matsa> > grace
<02580 +chen > in thy sight <05869 +<ayin > , my lord <00113
+>adown > , O king <04428 +melek > , in that the king <04428
+melek > hath fulfilled <06213 +<asah > the request <01697
+dabar > of his servant <05650 +<ebed > .



14 : 23 So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > arose <06965 +quwm > and went
<03212 +yalak > to Geshur <01650 +G@shuwr > , and brought <00935
+bow> > Absalom <53> to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .



14 : 24 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > , Let
him turn <05437 +cabab > to his own house <01004 +bayith > , and
let him not see <07200 +ra>ah > my face <06440 +paniym > . So
<03651 +ken > Absalom <53> returned <05437 +cabab > to his own
house <01004 +bayith > , and saw <07200 +ra>ah > not the king s
<04428 +melek > face <06440 +paniym > .



14 : 25 But in all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra> el > there
was none to be so much <03966 +m@<od > praised <01984 +halal >
as Absalom <53> for his beauty <03308 +yophiy > : from the sole
<03709 +kaph > of his foot <07272 +regel > even to the crown
<06936 +qodqod > of his head <06936 +qodqod > there was no
<03808 +lo> > blemish <03971 +m>uwm > in him .



14 : 26 And when he polled <01548 +galach > his head < 07218
+ro>sh > , ( for it was at every year s <03117 +yowm > end
<07093 +qets > that he polled <01548 +galach > [ it ] : because
<03588 +kiy > [ the hair ] was heavy <03513 +kabad > on <05921
+<al > him , therefore he polled <01548 +galach > it : ) he
weighed <08254 +shaqal > the hair <08181 +se<ar > of his head
<07218 +ro>sh > at two <08147 +sh@nayim > hundred <03967 +me>ah
> shekels <08255 +sheqel > after the king s <04428 +melek >
weight <68> .



14 : 27 And unto Absalom <53> there were born <03205 +yalad >
three <07969 +shalowsh > sons <01121 +ben > , and one <00259
+>echad > daughter <01323 +bath > , whose name < 08034 +shem > [
was ] Tamar <08559 +Tamar > : she was a woman <00802 +>ishshah >
of a fair <03303 +yapheh > countenance <04758 +mar>eh > .



14 : 28 . So Absalom <53> dwelt <03427 +yashab > two full
<03117 +yowm > years <08141 +shaneh > in Jerusalem <03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > , and saw <07200 +ra>ah > not the king s <04428
+melek > face <06440 +paniym > .



14 : 29 Therefore Absalom <53> sent <07971 +shalach > for Joab
<03097 +Yow>ab > , to have sent him to the king < 04428 +melek > ;
but he would <14> not come <00935 +bow> > to him : and when he
sent <07971 +shalach > again <05750 +<owd > the second <08145
+sheniy > time , he would <14> not come <00935 +bow> > .



14 : 30 Therefore he said <00559 +>amar > unto his servants
<05650 +<ebed > , See <07200 +ra>ah > , Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab >
field <02513 +chelqah > is near <00413 +>el > mine <03027 +yad >
, and he hath barley <08184 +s@<orah > there <08033 +sham > ; go
<03212 +yalak > and set it on fire <00784 +>esh > . And Absalom
s <53> servants <05650 +<ebed > set the field < 02513 +chelqah >
on fire <00784 +>esh > .



14 : 31 Then Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > arose <06965 +quwm > , and
came <00935 +bow> > to Absalom <53> unto [ his ] house <01004
+bayith > , and said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Wherefore <04100
+mah > have thy servants <05650 +<ebed > set my field <02513
+chelqah > on fire <00784 +>esh > ?



14 : 32 And Absalom <53> answered <00559 +>amar > Joab <03097
+Yow>ab > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , I sent < 07971 +shalach >
unto thee , saying <00559 +>amar > , Come <00935 +bow> > hither ,
that I may send <07971 +shalach > thee to the king < 04428
+melek > , to say <00559 +>amar > , Wherefore < 04100 +mah > am I
come <00935 +bow> > from Geshur <01650 +G@shuwr > ? [ it had
been ] good <02896 +towb > for me [ to have been ] there <08033
+sham > still : now <06258 +<attah > therefore let me see <07200
+ra>ah > the king s <04428 +melek > face <06440 +paniym > ; and
if <00518 +>im > there be [ any ] iniquity <05771 +<avon > in me
, let him kill <04191 +muwth > me .



14 : 33 So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > came <00935 +bow> > to the king
<04428 +melek > , and told <05046 +nagad > him : and when he had
called <07121 +qara> > for Absalom <53> , he came <00935 +bow> >
to the king <04428 +melek > , and bowed <07812 +shachah >
himself on <05921 +<al > his face <00639 +>aph > to the ground
<00776 +>erets > before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428 +melek
> : and the king <04428 +melek > kissed <05401 +nashaq > Absalom
<53> .



15 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after < 00310
+>achar > this <03651 +ken > , that Absalom <53> prepared <06213
+<asah > him chariots <04818 +merkabah > and horses <05483 +cuwc
> , and fifty <02572 +chamishshiym > men <00376 +> iysh > to run
<07323 +ruwts > before <06440 +paniym > him .



15 : 02 And Absalom <53> rose <07925 +shakam > up early <07925
+shakam > , and stood beside the way <01870 +derek > of the gate
<08179 +sha<ar > : and it was [ so ] , that when any < 03605 +kol
> man <00376 +>iysh > that had <01961 +hayah > a controversy
<07379 +riyb > came <00935 +bow> > to the king < 04428 +melek >
for judgment <04941 +mishpat > , then Absalom <53> called <07121
+qara> > unto him , and said <00559 +>amar > , Of what <04310
+miy > city <05892 +<iyr > [ art ] thou ? And he said <00559
+>amar > , Thy servant <05650 +<ebed > [ is ] of one <00259
+>echad > of the tribes <07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > .



15 : 03 And Absalom <53> said <00559 +>amar > unto him , See
<07200 +ra>ah > , thy matters <01697 +dabar > [ are ] good
<02896 +towb > and right <05228 +nakoach > ; but [ there is ] no
<00369 +>ayin > man [ deputed ] of the king <04428 +melek > to
hear <08085 +shama< > thee .



15 : 04 Absalom <53> said <00559 +>amar > moreover , Oh that I
were made <07760 +suwm > judge <08199 +shaphat > in the land
<00776 +>erets > , that every <03605 +kol > man <00376 +>iysh >
which <00834 +>aher > hath any suit <07379 +riyb > or cause
<04941 +mishpat > might come <00935 +bow> > unto me , and I
would do him justice <06663 +tsadaq > !



15 : 05 And it was [ so ] , that when any man <00376 +>iysh >
came <07126 +qarab > nigh <07126 +qarab > [ to him ] to do him
obeisance <07812 +shachah > , he put <07971 +shalach > forth
<07971 +shalach > his hand <03027 +yad > , and took <02388
+chazaq > him , and kissed <05401 +nashaq > him .



15 : 06 And on this <02088 +zeh > manner <01697 +dabar > did
<06213 +<asah > Absalom <53> to all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > that came <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428 +melek >
for judgment <04941 +mishpat > : so Absalom <53> stole <01589
+ganab > the hearts <03820 +leb > of the men <00582 +>enowsh >
of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .



15 : 07 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after < 07093
+qets > forty <00705 +>arba<iym > years <08141 +shaneh > , that
Absalom <53> said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > ,
I pray <04994 +na> > thee , let me go <03212 +yalak > and pay
<07999 +shalam > my vow <05088 +neder > , which < 00834 +>aher >
I have vowed <05087 +nadar > unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,
in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > .



15 : 08 For thy servant <05650 +<ebed > vowed <05087 +nadar > a
vow <05088 +neder > while I abode <03427 +yashab > at Geshur
<01650 +G@shuwr > in Syria <00758 +>Aram > , saying <00559
+>amar > , If <00518 +>im > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > shall
bring <07725 +shuwb > me again <07725 +shuwb > indeed to
Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > , then I will serve < 05647
+<abad > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .



15 : 09 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
him , Go <03212 +yalak > in peace <07965 +shalowm > . So he
arose <06965 +quwm > , and went <03212 +yalak > to Hebron <02275
+Chebrown > .



15 : 10 But Absalom <53> sent <07971 +shalach > spies <07270
+ragal > throughout all <03605 +kol > the tribes < 07626 +shebet
> of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , saying <00559 +>amar > , As
soon as ye hear <08085 +shama< > the sound <06963 +qowl > of the
trumpet <07782 +showphar > , then ye shall say <00559 +>amar > ,
Absalom <53> reigneth <04427 +malak > in Hebron < 02275 +Chebrown
>

.



15 : 11 And with Absalom <53> went <01980 +halak > two hundred
<03967 +me>ah > men <00376 +>iysh > out of Jerusalem <03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > , [ that were ] called <07121 +qara> > ; and
they went <01980 +halak > in their simplicity <08537 +tom > ,
and they knew <03045 +yada< > not any <03605 +kol > thing <01697
+dabar > .



15 : 12 And Absalom <53> sent <07971 +shalach > for Ahithophel
<00302 +>Achiythophel > the Gilonite <01526 +Giyloniy > , David
s <01732 +David > counsellor <03289 +ya<ats > , from his city
<05892 +<iyr > , [ even ] from Giloh <01542 +Giloh > , while he
offered <02076 +zabach > sacrifices <02077 +zebach > . And the
conspiracy <07195 +qesher > was strong <00533 +> ammiyts > ; for
the people <05971 +<am > increased <07227 +rab > continually
<01980 +halak > with Absalom <53> .



15 : 13 . And there came <00935 +bow> > a messenger < 05046
+nagad > to David <01732 +David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , The
hearts <03820 +leb > of the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > are after <00310 +>achar > Absalom < 53> .



15 : 14 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto all
<03605 +kol > his servants <05650 +<ebed > that [ were ] with
him at Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > , Arise <06965 +quwm > ,
and let us flee <01227 +Baqbuwq > ; for we shall not [ else ]
escape <06413 +p@leytah > from Absalom <53> : make speed <04116
+mahar > to depart <03212 +yalak > , lest <06435 +pen > he
overtake <05381 +nasag > us suddenly <04116 +mahar > , and bring
<05080 +nadach > evil <07451 +ra< > upon us , and smite <05221
+nakah > the city <05892 +<iyr > with the edge < 06310 +peh > of
the sword <02719 +chereb > .



15 : 15 And the king s <04428 +melek > servants <05650 +<ebed >
said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > , Behold
<02009 +hinneh > , thy servants <05650 +<ebed > [ are ready to
do ] whatsoever my lord <00113 +>adown > the king < 04428 +melek
> shall appoint <00977 +bachar > .



15 : 16 And the king <04428 +melek > went <03318 +yatsa> > forth
<03318 +yatsa> > , and all <03605 +kol > his household <01004
+bayith > after <07272 +regel > him . And the king < 04428
+melek > left <05800 +<azab > ten <06235 +<eser > women <00802
+>ishshah > , [ which were ] concubines <06370 +piylegesh > , to
keep <08104 +shamar > the house <01004 +bayith > .



15 : 17 And the king <04428 +melek > went <03318 +yatsa> > forth
<03318 +yatsa> > , and all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am
> after <07272 +regel > him , and tarried <05975 +< amad > in a
place <01004 +bayith > that was far <04801 +merchaq > off .



15 : 18 And all <03605 +kol > his servants <05650 +< ebed >
passed <05674 +<abar > on beside him ; and all <03605 +kol > the
Cherethites <03774 +K@rethiy > , and all <03605 +kol > the
Pelethites <06432 +P@lethiy > , and all <03605 +kol > the
Gittites <01663 +Gittiy > , six <08337 +shesh > hundred <03967
+me>ah > men <00376 +>iysh > which <00834 +> aher > came <00935
+bow> > after <07272 +regel > him from Gath <01661 +Gath > ,
passed <05674 +<abar > on before the king <04428 +melek > .



15 : 19 Then said <00559 +>amar > the king <04428 +melek > to
Ittai <00863 +>Ittay > the Gittite <01663 +Gittiy > , Wherefore
<04100 +mah > goest <03212 +yalak > thou also < 01571 +gam > with
us ? return <07725 +shuwb > to thy place <04725 +maqowm > , and
abide <03427 +yashab > with the king <04428 +melek > : for thou
[ art ] a stranger <05237 +nokriy > , and also <01571 +gam > an
exile <01540 +galah > .



15 : 20 Whereas thou camest <00935 +bow> > [ but ] yesterday
<08543 +t@mowl > , should I this day <03117 +yowm > make thee go
<03212 +yalak > up and down <05128 +nuwa< > with us ? seeing I
go <01980 +halak > whither I may , return <07725 +shuwb > thou ,
and take back <07725 +shuwb > thy brethren <00251 +> ach > :
mercy <02617 +checed > and truth <00571 +>emeth > [ be ] with
thee .



15 : 21 And Ittai <00863 +>Ittay > answered <06030 +<anah > the
king <04428 +melek > , and said <00559 +>amar > , [ As ] the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > liveth <02416 +chay > , and [ as ] my
lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > liveth <02416
+chay > , surely <03588 +kiy > in what <00834 +> aher > place
<04725 +maqowm > my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek
> shall be , whether <00518 +>im > in death <04194 +maveth > or
life <02416 +chay > , even <03588 +kiy > there < 08033 +sham >
also will thy servant <05650 +<ebed > be .



15 : 22 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to Ittai
<00863 +>Ittay > , Go <03212 +yalak > and pass < 05674 +<abar >
over <05674 +<abar > . And Ittai <00863 +>Ittay > the Gittite
<01663 +Gittiy > passed <05674 +<abar > over < 05674 +<abar > ,
and all <03605 +kol > his men <00582 +>enowsh > , and all <03605
+kol > the little <02945 +taph > ones that [ were ] with him .



15 : 23 And all <03605 +kol > the country <00776 +> erets > wept
<01058 +bakah > with a loud <01419 +gadowl > voice <06963 +qowl
> , and all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > passed <05674
+<abar > over <05674 +<abar > : the king <04428 +melek > also
himself passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > the brook
<05158 +nachal > Kidron <06939 +Qidrown > , and all <03605 +kol
> the people <05971 +<am > passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674
+<abar > , toward the way <01870 +derek > of the wilderness
<04057 +midbar > .



15 : 24 . And lo <02009 +hinneh > Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > also
<01571 +gam > , and all <03605 +kol > the Levites < 03881
+Leviyiy > [ were ] with him , bearing <05375 +nasa> > the ark
<00727 +>arown > of the covenant <01285 +b@riyth > of God <00430
+>elohiym > : and they set <03332 +yatsaq > down < 03332 +yatsaq
> the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +> elohiym > ; and
Abiathar <54> went <05927 +<alah > up , until < 05704 +<ad > all
<03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > had done <06213 +<asah >
passing <05674 +<abar > out of the city <05892 +< iyr > .



15 : 25 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > , Carry <07725 +shuwb > back <07725
+shuwb > the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > into
the city <05892 +<iyr > : if I shall find <04672 +matsa> >
favour <02580 +chen > in the eyes <05869 +<ayin > of the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > , he will bring <07725 +shuwb > me again
<07725 +shuwb > , and shew <07200 +ra>ah > me [ both ] it , and
his habitation <05116 +naveh > :



15 : 26 But if <00518 +>im > he thus <03541 +koh > say <00559
+>amar > , I have no <03808 +lo> > delight < 02654 +chaphets > in
thee ; behold <02005 +hen > , [ here am ] I , let him do <06213
+<asah > to me as seemeth <05869 +<ayin > good < 02896 +towb >
unto him .



15 : 27 The king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > also unto
Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > the priest <03548 +kohen > , [ Art not ]
thou a seer <07200 +ra>ah > ? return <07725 +shuwb > into the
city <05892 +<iyr > in peace <07965 +shalowm > , and your two
<08147 +sh@nayim > sons <01121 +ben > with you , Ahimaaz <00290
+>Achiyma<ats > thy son <01121 +ben > , and Jonathan <03083
+Y@hownathan > the son <01121 +ben > of Abiathar < 54> .



15 : 28 See <07200 +ra>ah > , I will tarry <04102 +mahahh > in
the plain <06160 +<arabah > of the wilderness <04057 +midbar > ,
until <05704 +<ad > there come <00935 +bow> > word <01697 +dabar
> from you to certify <05046 +nagad > me .



15 : 29 Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > therefore and Abiathar < 54>
carried <07725 +shuwb > the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430
+>elohiym > again <07725 +shuwb > to Jerusalem < 03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > : and they tarried <03427 +yashab > there <08033
+sham > .



15 : 30 And David <01732 +David > went <05927 +<alah > up by the
ascent <04608 +ma<aleh > of [ mount ] Olivet <02132 +zayith > ,
and wept <01058 +bakah > as he went <05927 +<alah > up , and had
his head <07218 +ro>sh > covered <02645 +chaphah > , and he went
<01980 +halak > barefoot <03182 +yacheph > : and all <03605 +kol
> the people <05971 +<am > that [ was ] with him covered <02645
+chaphah > every man <00376 +>iysh > his head < 07218 +ro>sh > ,
and they went <05927 +<alah > up , weeping <01058 +bakah > as
they went <05927 +<alah > up .



15 : 31 . And [ one ] told <05046 +nagad > David <01732 +David
> , saying <00559 +>amar > , Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel >
[ is ] among the conspirators <07194 +qashar > with Absalom <53>
. And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > , O LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , turn the counsel <06098
+<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > into foolishness
<05528 +cakal > .



15 : 32 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , that [ when ]
David <01732 +David > was come <00935 +bow> > to the top <07218
+ro>sh > [ of the mount ] , where he worshipped <07812 +shachah
> God <00430 +>elohiym > , behold <02009 +hinneh > , Hushai
<02365 +Chuwshay > the Archite <00757 +>Arkiy > came to meet
<07125 +qir>ah > him with his coat <03801 +k@thoneth > rent
<07167 +qara< > , and earth <00127 +>adamah > upon his head
<07218 +ro>sh > :



15 : 33 Unto whom David <01732 +David > said <00559 +> amar > ,
If <00518 +>im > thou passest <05674 +<abar > on with me , then
thou shalt be a burden <04853 +massa> > unto me :



15 : 34 But if <00518 +>im > thou return <07725 +shuwb > to the
city <05892 +<iyr > , and say <00559 +>amar > unto Absalom <53> ,
I will be thy servant <05650 +<ebed > , O king < 04428 +melek > ;
[ as ] I [ have been <01961 +hayah > ] thy father s < 1> servant
<05650 +<ebed > hitherto <00227 +>az > , so [ will ] I now
<06258 +<attah > also [ be ] thy servant <05650 +< ebed > : then
mayest thou for me defeat <06565 +parar > the counsel < 06098
+<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > .



15 : 35 And [ hast thou ] not there <08033 +sham > with thee
Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > and Abiathar <54> the priests <03548
+kohen > ? therefore it shall be , [ that ] what <03605 +kol >
thing <01697 +dabar > soever <00834 +>aher > thou shalt hear
<08085 +shama< > out of the king s <04428 +melek > house <01004
+bayith > , thou shalt tell <05046 +nagad > [ it ] to Zadok
<06659 +Tsadowq > and Abiathar <54> the priests < 03548 +kohen > .



15 : 36 Behold <02009 +hinneh > , [ they have ] there < 08033
+sham > with them their two <08147 +sh@nayim > sons < 01121 +ben
> , Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > Zadok s [ son ] , and
Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > Abiathar s <54> [ son ] ; and by
them ye shall send <07971 +shalach > unto me every < 03605 +kol >
thing <01697 +dabar > that ye can hear <08085 +shama< > .



15 : 37 So Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > David s <01732 +David >
friend <07463 +re<eh > came <00935 +bow> > into the city <05892
+<iyr > , and Absalom <53> came <00935 +bow> > into Jerusalem
<03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .



16 : 01 . And when David <01732 +David > was a little < 04592
+m@<at > past <05674 +<abar > the top <07218 +ro>sh > [ of the
hill ] , behold <02009 +hinneh > , Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > the
servant <05288 +na<ar > of Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth >
met <07135 +qarah > him , with a couple <06776 +tsemed > of
asses <02543 +chamowr > saddled <02280 +chabash > , and upon
them two hundred <03967 +me>ah > [ loaves ] of bread < 03899
+lechem > , and an hundred <03967 +me>ah > bunches <06778
+tsammuwq > of raisins <06778 +tsammuwq > , and an hundred
<03967 +me>ah > of summer <07019 +qayits > fruits , and a bottle
<05035 +nebel > of wine <03196 +yayin > .



16 : 02 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > , What <04100 +mah > meanest thou by
these <00428 +>el - leh > ? And Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > said
<00559 +>amar > , The asses <02543 +chamowr > [ be ] for the
king s <04428 +melek > household <01004 +bayith > to ride <07392
+rakab > on ; and the bread <03899 +lechem > and summer <07019
+qayits > fruit for the young <05288 +na<ar > men to eat <00398
+>akal > ; and the wine <03196 +yayin > , that such as be faint
<03287 +ya<@ph > in the wilderness <04057 +midbar > may drink
<08354 +shathah > .



16 : 03 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > , And
where <00346 +>ayeh > [ is ] thy master s <00113 +> adown > son
<01121 +ben > ? And Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > said <00559 +>amar >
unto the king <04428 +melek > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , he
abideth <03427 +yashab > at Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > :
for he said <00559 +>amar > , To day shall the house < 01004
+bayith > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > restore < 07725 +shuwb >
me the kingdom <04468 +mamlakuwth > of my father <1> .



16 : 04 Then said <00559 +>amar > the king <04428 +melek > to
Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , thine [ are ]
all <03605 +kol > that [ pertained ] unto Mephibosheth < 04648
+M@phiybosheth > . And Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > said <00559
+>amar > , I humbly <07812 +shachah > beseech thee [ that ] I
may find <04672 +matsa> > grace <02580 +chen > in thy sight
<05869 +<ayin > , my lord <00113 +>adown > , O king <04428
+melek > .



16 : 05 . And when king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David >
came <00935 +bow> > to Bahurim <00980 +Bachuriym > , behold
<02009 +hinneh > , thence <08033 +sham > came < 03318 +yatsa> >
out a man <00376 +>iysh > of the family <04940 +mishpachah > of
the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , whose
name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Shimei <08096 +Shim<iy > , the son
<01121 +ben > of Gera <01617 +Gera> > : he came <03318 +yatsa> >
forth <03318 +yatsa> > , and cursed <07043 +qalal > still as he
came <03318 +yatsa> > .



16 : 06 And he cast <05619 +caqal > stones <68> at David <01732
+David > , and at all <03605 +kol > the servants < 05650 +<ebed >
of king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David > : and all <03605
+kol > the people <05971 +<am > and all <03605 +kol > the mighty
<01368 +gibbowr > men [ were ] on his right <03225 +yamiyn >
hand and on his left <08040 +s@mo>wl > .



16 : 07 And thus <03541 +koh > said <00559 +>amar > Shimei
<08096 +Shim<iy > when he cursed <07043 +qalal > , Come <03318
+yatsa> > out , come <03318 +yatsa> > out , thou bloody <01818
+dam > man <00376 +>iysh > , and thou man <00376 +>iysh > of
Belial <01100 +b@liya<al > :



16 : 08 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath returned <07725 +shuwb >
upon thee all <03605 +kol > the blood <01818 +dam > of the house
<01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , in whose <00834
+>aher > stead <08478 +tachath > thou hast reigned <04427 +malak
> ; and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath delivered < 05414 +nathan
> the kingdom <04410 +m@luwkah > into the hand <03027 +yad > of
Absalom <53> thy son <01121 +ben > : and , behold < 02009 +hinneh
> , thou [ art taken ] in thy mischief <07451 +ra< > , because
<03588 +kiy > thou [ art ] a bloody <01818 +dam > man <00376
+>iysh > .



16 : 09 Then said <00559 +>amar > Abishai <52> the son <01121
+ben > of Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > unto the king < 04428
+melek > , Why <04100 +mah > should this <02088 +zeh > dead
<04191 +muwth > dog <03611 +keleb > curse <07043 +qalal > my
lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > ? let me go
<05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee
, and take <05493 +cuwr > off his head <07218 +ro>sh > .



16 : 10 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > , What
<04100 +mah > have I to do with you , ye sons <01121 +ben > of
Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > ? so <03588 +kiy > let him curse
<07043 +qalal > , because <03588 +kiy > the LORD < 03068 +Y@hovah
> hath said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Curse < 07043 +qalal >
David <01732 +David > . Who <04310 +miy > shall then say <00559
+>amar > , Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< > hast thou done <06213
+<asah > so <03651 +ken > ?



16 : 11 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to
Abishai <52> , and to all <03605 +kol > his servants <05650
+<ebed > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , my son <01121 +ben > ,
which <00834 +>aher > came <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa>
> of my bowels <04578 +me<ah > , seeketh <01245 +baqash > my
life <05315 +nephesh > : how <00637 +>aph > much <00637 +>aph >
more now <06258 +<attah > [ may this ] Benjamite < 01145 +Ben -
y@miyniy > [ do it ] ? let <03240 +yanach > him alone , and let
<03240 +yanach > him curse <07043 +qalal > ; for the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > hath bidden <00559 +>amar > him .



16 : 12 It may be that the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > will look
<07200 +ra>ah > on mine affliction <06040 +<oniy > , and that
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > will requite <07725 +shuwb > me good
<02896 +towb > for his cursing <07045 +q@lalah > this <02088
+zeh > day <03117 +yowm > .



16 : 13 And as David <01732 +David > and his men <00582 +>enowsh
> went <03212 +yalak > by the way <01870 +derek > , Shimei
<08096 +Shim<iy > went <03212 +yalak > along on the hill s
<02022 +har > side <06763 +tsela< > over <05980 +<ummah >
against <05980 +<ummah > him , and cursed <07043 +qalal > as he
went <01980 +halak > , and threw <05619 +caqal > stones <68> at
<05980 +<ummah > him , and cast <06080 +<aphar > dust <06083
+<aphar > .



16 : 14 And the king <04428 +melek > , and all <03605 +kol > the
people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with him , came < 00935 +bow>
> weary <05889 +<ayeph > , and refreshed <05314 +naphash >
themselves there <08033 +sham > .



16 : 15 . And Absalom <53> , and all <03605 +kol > the people
<05971 +<am > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el
> , came <00935 +bow> > to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ,
and Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > with him .



16 : 16 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when < 00834 +>aher
> Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > the Archite <00757 +> Arkiy > , David
s <01732 +David > friend <07463 +re<eh > , was come <00935 +bow>
> unto Absalom <53> , that Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > said <00559
+>amar > unto Absalom <53> , God save <02421 +chayah > the king
<04428 +melek > , God save <02421 +chayah > the king <04428
+melek > .



16 : 17 And Absalom <53> said <00559 +>amar > to Hushai <02365
+Chuwshay > , [ Is ] this <02088 +zeh > thy kindness < 02617
+checed > to thy friend <07453 +rea< > ? why < 04100 +mah >
wentest <01980 +halak > thou not with thy friend <07453 +rea< > ?



16 : 18 And Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Absalom <53> , Nay <03808 +lo> > ; but whom < 00834 +>aher > the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and this <02088 +zeh > people <05971
+<am > , and all <03605 +kol > the men <00376 +> iysh > of Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > , choose <00977 +bachar > , his will I be ,
and with him will I abide <03427 +yashab > .



16 : 19 And again <08145 +sheniy > , whom <04310 +miy > should I
serve <05647 +<abad > ? [ should I ] not [ serve < 05647 +<abad
> ] in the presence <06440 +paniym > of his son < 01121 +ben > ?
as I have served <05647 +<abad > in thy father s < 1> presence
<06440 +paniym > , so <03651 +ken > will I be in thy presence
<06440 +paniym > .



16 : 20 Then said <00559 +>amar > Absalom <53> to Ahithophel
<00302 +>Achiythophel > , Give <03051 +yahab > counsel <06098
+<etsah > among you what <04100 +mah > we shall do <06213 +<asah
> .



16 : 21 And Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > said < 00559
+>amar > unto Absalom <53> , Go <00935 +bow> > in unto thy
father s <1> concubines <06370 +piylegesh > , which <00834
+>aher > he hath left <03240 +yanach > to keep < 08104 +shamar >
the house <01004 +bayith > ; and all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > shall hear <08085 +shama< > that thou art abhorred
<00887 +ba>ash > of thy father <1> : then shall the hands <03027
+yad > of all <03605 +kol > that [ are ] with thee be strong
<02388 +chazaq > .



16 : 22 So they spread <05186 +natah > Absalom <53> a tent
<00168 +>ohel > upon the top <01406 +gag > of the house <01004
+bayith > ; and Absalom <53> went <00935 +bow> > in unto his
father s <1> concubines <06370 +piylegesh > in the sight <05869
+<ayin > of all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .



16 : 23 And the counsel <06098 +<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302
+>Achiythophel > , which <00834 +>aher > he counselled <03289
+ya<ats > in those <01992 +hem > days <03117 +yowm > , [ was ]
as if a man <00376 +>iysh > had enquired <07592 +sha>al > at the
oracle <01697 +dabar > of God <00430 +>elohiym > : so <03651
+ken > [ was ] all <03605 +kol > the counsel <06098 +<etsah > of
Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > both <01571 +gam > with David
<01732 +David > and with Absalom <53> .



17 : 01 . Moreover Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > said
<00559 +>amar > unto Absalom <53> , Let me now < 04994 +na> >
choose <00977 +bachar > out twelve thousand <00505 +> eleph > men
<00376 +>iysh > , and I will arise <06965 +quwm > and pursue
<07291 +radaph > after <00310 +>achar > David < 01732 +David >
this night <03915 +layil > :



17 : 02 And I will come <00935 +bow> > upon him while he [ is ]
weary <03023 +yagea< > and weak <07504 +rapheh > handed <03027
+yad > , and will make him afraid <02729 +charad > : and all
<03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > that [ are ] with him
shall flee <05127 +nuwc > ; and I will smite <05221 +nakah > the
king <04428 +melek > only <00905 +bad > :



17 : 03 And I will bring <07725 +shuwb > back <07725 +shuwb >
all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > unto thee : the man
<00376 +>iysh > whom <00834 +>aher > thou seekest <01245 +baqash
> [ is ] as if all <03605 +kol > returned <07725 +shuwb > : [
so ] all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > shall be in
peace <07965 +shalowm > .



17 : 04 And the saying <01697 +dabar > pleased Absalom < 53> well
, and all <03605 +kol > the elders <02205 +zaqen > of Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > .



17 : 05 Then said <00559 +>amar > Absalom <53> , Call <07121
+qara> > now <04994 +na> > Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > the Archite
<00757 +>Arkiy > also <01571 +gam > , and let us hear <08085
+shama< > likewise <01571 +gam > what <04100 +mah > he saith
<06310 +peh > .



17 : 06 And when Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > was come < 00935 +bow>
> to Absalom <53> , Absalom <53> spake <00559 +>amar > unto him ,
saying <00559 +>amar > , Ahithophel <00302 +> Achiythophel >
hath spoken <01696 +dabar > after this <02088 +zeh > manner
<01697 +dabar > : shall we do <06213 +<asah > [ after ] his
saying <01697 +dabar > ? if <00518 +>im > not ; speak <01696
+dabar > thou .



17 : 07 And Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Absalom <53> , The counsel <06098 +<etsah > that Ahithophel
<00302 +>Achiythophel > hath given <03289 +ya<ats > [ is ] not
good <02896 +towb > at this <02063 +zo>th > time <06471 +pa<am >
.



17 : 08 For , said <00559 +>amar > Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > ,
thou knowest <03045 +yada<> thy father <1> and his men <00582
+>enowsh > , that they [ be ] mighty <01368 +gibbowr > men , and
they [ be ] chafed <04751 +mar > in their minds <05315 +nephesh
> , as a bear <01677 +dob > robbed <07909 +shakkuwl > of her
whelps in the field <07704 +sadeh > : and thy father < 1> [ is ]
a man <00376 +>iysh > of war <04421 +milchamah > , and will not
lodge <03885 +luwn > with the people <05971 +<am > .



17 : 09 Behold <02009 +hinneh > , he is hid <2244> now <06258
+<attah > in some <00259 +>echad > pit <06354 +pachath > , or
<00176 +>ow > in some <00259 +>echad > [ other ] place <04725
+maqowm > : and it will come <01961 +hayah > to pass , when some
<00259 +>echad > of them be overthrown <05307 +naphal > at the
first <08462 +t@chillah > , that whosoever heareth < 08085
+shama< > it will say <00559 +>amar > , There is a slaughter
<04046 +maggephah > among the people <05971 +<am > that follow
<00310 +>achar > Absalom <53> .



17 : 10 And he also <01571 +gam > [ that is ] valiant , whose
<00834 +>aher > heart <03820 +leb > [ is ] as the heart <03820
+leb > of a lion <00738 +>ariy > , shall utterly melt <04549
+macac > : for all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el >
knoweth <03045 +yada< > that thy father <1> [ is ] a mighty
<01368 +gibbowr > man , and [ they ] which <00834 +> aher > [ be
] with him [ are ] valiant <02428 +chayil > men <01121 +ben > .



17 : 11 Therefore I counsel <03289 +ya<ats > that all <03605
+kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > be generally gathered <00622
+>acaph > unto thee , from Dan <01835 +Dan > even to Beersheba
<00884 +B@>er Sheba< > , as the sand <02344 +chowl > that [ is ]
by the sea <03220 +yam > for multitude <07230 +rob > ; and that
thou go <01980 +halak > to battle <07128 +q@rab > in thine own
person <06440 +paniym > .



17 : 12 So shall we come <00935 +bow> > upon him in some <00259
+>echad > place <04725 +maqowm > where he shall be found <04672
+matsa> > , and we will light <05117 +nuwach > upon him as the
dew <02919 +tal > falleth <05307 +naphal > on < 05921 +<al > the
ground <00127 +>adamah > : and of him and of all < 03605 +kol >
the men <00582 +>enowsh > that [ are ] with him there shall not
be left <03498 +yathar > so <01571 +gam > much < 01571 +gam > as
one <00259 +>echad > .



17 : 13 Moreover <00518 +>im > , if <00518 +>im > he be gotten
<00622 +>acaph > into <00413 +>el > a city < 05892 +<iyr > , then
shall all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > bring <05375
+nasa> > ropes <02256 +chebel > to that city < 05892 +<iyr > ,
and we will draw <05498 +cachab > it into <05704 +<ad > the
river <05158 +nachal > , until there be not one <01571 +gam >
small <01571 +gam > stone <06872 +ts@rowr > found there <08033
+sham >

.



17 : 14 And Absalom <53> and all <03605 +kol > the men <00376
+>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > said < 00559 +>amar > , The
counsel <06098 +<etsah > of Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > the
Archite <00757 +>Arkiy > [ is ] better <02896 +towb > than the
counsel <06098 +<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302 +> Achiythophel > .
For the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had appointed <06680 +tsavah >
to defeat <06565 +parar > the good <02896 +towb > counsel <06098
+<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > , to the intent
<05668 +<abuwr > that the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > might bring
<00935 +bow> > evil <07451 +ra< > upon Absalom <53> .



17 : 15 . Then said <00559 +>amar > Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay >
unto Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > and to Abiathar <54> the priests
<03548 +kohen > , Thus <02063 +zo>th > and thus <02063 +zo>th >
did Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > counsel <03289 +ya<ats >
Absalom <53> and the elders <02205 +zaqen > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > ; and thus <02063 +zo>th > and thus <02063 +zo>th >
have I counselled <03289 +ya<ats > .



17 : 16 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore send <07971 +shalach >
quickly <04120 +m@herah > , and tell <05046 +nagad > David
<01732 +David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Lodge <03885 +luwn >
not this night <03915 +layil > in the plains <06160 +< arabah >
of the wilderness <04057 +midbar > , but speedily <05674 +<abar
> pass <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > ; lest <06435 +pen >
the king <04428 +melek > be swallowed <01104 +bala< > up , and
all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > that [ are ] with him
.



17 : 17 Now Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > and Ahimaaz < 00290
+>Achiyma<ats > stayed <05975 +<amad > by Enrogel <05883 +<Eyn
Rogel > ; for they might <03201 +yakol > not be seen < 07200
+ra>ah > to come <00935 +bow> > into the city < 05892 +<iyr > :
and a wench <08198 +shiphchah > went <00980 +Bachuriym > and
told <05046 +nagad > them ; and they went <03212 +yalak > and
told <05046 +nagad > king <04428 +melek > David < 01732 +David > .



17 : 18 Nevertheless a lad <05288 +na<ar > saw <07200 +ra>ah >
them , and told <05046 +nagad > Absalom <53> : but they went
<03212 +yalak > both <08147 +sh@nayim > of them away quickly
<04120 +m@herah > , and came <00935 +bow> > to a man s <00376
+>iysh > house <01004 +bayith > in Bahurim <00980 +Bachuriym > ,
which had a well <00375 +>eyphoh > in his court < 02691 +chatser
> ; whither <08033 +sham > they went <03381 +yarad > down <03381
+yarad > .



17 : 19 And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > took <03947 +laqach >
and spread <06566 +paras > a covering <04539 +macak > over
<05921 +<al > the well s <00875 +@>er > mouth <06310 +peh > ,
and spread <07849 +shatach > ground <07383 +riyphah > corn
<07383 +riyphah > thereon <05921 +<al > ; and the thing <01697
+dabar > was not known <03045 +yada< > .



17 : 20 And when Absalom s <53> servants <05650 +< ebed > came
<00935 +bow> > to the woman <00802 +>ishshah > to the house
<01004 +bayith > , they said <00559 +>amar > , Where <00346
+>ayeh > [ is ] Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > and Jonathan
<03083 +Y@hownathan > ? And the woman <00802 +> ishshah > said
<00559 +>amar > unto them , They be gone <05674 +< abar > over
<05674 +<abar > the brook <04323 +miykal > of water <04325
+mayim > . And when they had sought <01245 +baqash > and could
not find <04672 +matsa> > [ them ] , they returned < 07725 +shuwb
> to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .



17 : 21 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , after < 00310
+>achar > they were departed <03212 +yalak > , that they came
<05927 +<alah > up out of the well <00375 +>eyphoh > , and went
<03212 +yalak > and told <05046 +nagad > king < 04428 +melek >
David <01732 +David > , and said <00559 +>amar > unto David
<01732 +David > , Arise <06965 +quwm > , and pass < 05674 +<abar
> quickly <04120 +m@herah > over <05674 +<abar > the water
<04325 +mayim > : for thus <03602 +kakah > hath Ahithophel
<00302 +>Achiythophel > counselled <03289 +ya<ats > against
<05921 +<al > you .



17 : 22 . Then David <01732 +David > arose <06965 +quwm > , and
all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with
him , and they passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar >
Jordan <03383 +Yarden > : by the morning <01242 +boqer > light
<00216 +>owr > there lacked <05737 +<adar > not one <00259
+>echad > of them that was not gone <05674 +<abar > over <05674
+<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > .



17 : 23 And when Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > saw <07200
+ra>ah > that his counsel <06098 +<etsah > was not followed
<06213 +<asah > , he saddled <02280 +chabash > [ his ] ass
<02543 +chamowr > , and arose <06965 +quwm > , and gat <03212
+yalak > him home <01004 +bayith > to his house < 01004 +bayith >
, to his city <05892 +<iyr > , and put his household < 01004
+bayith > in order <06680 +tsavah > , and hanged < 02614 +chanaq
> himself , and died <04191 +muwth > , and was buried <06912
+qabar > in the sepulchre <06913 +qeber > of his father <1> .



17 : 24 Then David <01732 +David > came <00935 +bow> > to
Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim > . And Absalom <53> passed <05674
+<abar > over <05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > , he and
all <03605 +kol > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > with him .



17 : 25 And Absalom <53> made <07760 +suwm > Amasa <06021
+<Amasa> > captain <05921 +<al > of the host <06635 +tsaba> >
instead <08478 +tachath > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > : which Amasa
<06021 +<Amasa> > [ was ] a man s <00376 +>iysh > son <01121
+ben > , whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Ithra < 03501 +Yithra>
> an Israelite <03481 +Yisr@>eliy > , that went < 00935 +bow> >
in to Abigail <26> the daughter <01323 +bath > of Nahash <05176
+Nachash > , sister <00269 +>achowth > to Zeruiah < 06870
+Ts@ruwyah > Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > mother <00517 +>em > .



17 : 26 So Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > and Absalom < 53> pitched
<02583 +chanah > in the land <00776 +>erets > of Gilead <01568
+Gil<ad > .



17 : 27 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when David <01732
+David > was come <00935 +bow> > to Mahanaim < 04266 +Machanayim
> , that Shobi <07629 +Shobiy > the son <01121 +ben > of Nahash
<05176 +Nachash > of Rabbah <07237 +Rabbah > of the children
<01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > , and Machir <04353
+Makiyr > the son <01121 +ben > of Ammiel <05988 +< Ammiy>el > of
Lodebar <03810 +Lo> D@bar > , and Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay >
the Gileadite <01569 +Gil<adiy > of Rogelim <07274 +Rog@liym > ,



17 : 28 Brought <05066 +nagash > beds <04904 +mishkab > , and
basons <05592 +caph > , and earthen <03335 +yatsar > vessels
<03627 +k@liy > , and wheat <02406 +chittah > , and barley
<08184 +s@<orah > , and flour <07058 +qemach > , and parched
<07039 +qaliy > [ corn ] , and beans <06321 +powl > , and
lentiles <05742 +<adash > , and parched <07039 +qaliy > [ pulse
] ,



17 : 29 And honey <01706 +d@bash > , and butter <02529 +chem>ah
> , and sheep <06629 +tso>n > , and cheese <08194 +shaphah > of
kine <01241 +baqar > , for David <01732 +David > , and for the
people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with him , to eat < 00398
+>akal > : for they said <00559 +>amar > , The people <05971
+<am > [ is ] hungry <07456 +ra<eb > , and weary <05889 +<ayeph
> , and thirsty <06771 +tsame> > , in the wilderness <04057
+midbar >

.



18 : 01 . And David <01732 +David > numbered <06485 +paqad >
the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with him , and set <07760
+suwm > captains <08269 +sar > of thousands <00505 +>eleph > and
captains <08269 +sar > of hundreds <03967 +me>ah > over <05921
+<al > them .



18 : 02 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > forth a
third <07992 +sh@liyshiy > part of the people <05971 +<am >
under the hand <03027 +yad > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and a
third <07992 +sh@liyshiy > part under the hand <03027 +yad > of
Abishai <52> the son <01121 +ben > of Zeruiah < 06870 +Ts@ruwyah
> , Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > brother <00251 +> ach > , and a third
<07992 +sh@liyshiy > part under the hand <03027 +yad > of Ittai
<00863 +>Ittay > the Gittite <01663 +Gittiy > . And the king
<04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto the people <05971 +<am
> , I will surely go <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> >
with you myself <00589 +>aniy > also <01571 +gam > .



18 : 03 But the people <05971 +<am > answered <00559 +>amar > ,
Thou shalt not go <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> > : for
if <00518 +>im > we flee <05127 +nuwc > away , they will not
care for us ; neither <00518 +>im > if <00518 +>im > half <02677
+chetsiy > of us die <04191 +muwth > , will they care for us :
but now <06258 +<attah > [ thou art ] worth <03644 +k@mow > ten
<06235 +<eser > thousand <00505 +>eleph > of us : therefore now
<06258 +<attah > [ it is ] better <02896 +towb > that thou
succour <05826 +<azar > us out of the city <05892 +<iyr > .



18 : 04 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
them , What <00834 +>aher > seemeth <05869 +<ayin > you best
<03190 +yatab > I will do <06213 +<asah > . And the king <04428
+melek > stood <05975 +<amad > by the gate <08179 +sha<ar > side
<03027 +yad > , and all <03605 +kol > the people < 05971 +<am >
came <03318 +yatsa> > out by hundreds <03967 +me> ah > and by
thousands <00505 +>eleph > .



18 : 05 And the king <04428 +melek > commanded <06680 +tsavah >
Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > and Abishai <52> and Ittai <00863 +>Ittay
> , saying <00559 +>amar > , [ Deal ] gently < 03814 +la>t > for
my sake with the young <05288 +na<ar > man , [ even ] with
Absalom <53> . And all <03605 +kol > the people < 05971 +<am >
heard <08085 +shama< > when the king <04428 +melek > gave all
<03605 +kol > the captains <08269 +sar > charge < 06680 +tsavah >
concerning Absalom <53> .



18 : 06 So the people <05971 +<am > went <03318 +yatsa> > out
into the field <07704 +sadeh > against <07125 +qir>ah > Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > : and the battle <04421 +milchamah > was in
the wood <03293 +ya<ar > of Ephraim <00669 +> Ephrayim > ;



18 : 07 Where <08033 +sham > the people <05971 +<am > of Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > were slain <05062 +nagaph > before <06440
+paniym > the servants <05650 +<ebed > of David < 01732 +David > ,
and there <08033 +sham > was there <08033 +sham > a great
<01419 +gadowl > slaughter <04046 +maggephah > that day <03117
+yowm > of twenty <06242 +<esriym > thousand < 00505 +>eleph > [
men ] .



18 : 08 For the battle <04421 +milchamah > was there < 08033
+sham > scattered <06327 +puwts > over <05921 +<al > the face
<06440 +paniym > of all <03605 +kol > the country < 00776 +>erets
> : and the wood <03293 +ya<ar > devoured <00398 +>akal > more
<07235 +rabah > people <05971 +<am > that day < 03117 +yowm >
than the sword <02719 +chereb > devoured <00398 +> akal > .



18 : 09 . And Absalom <53> met <07122 +qara> > the servants
<05650 +<ebed > of David <01732 +David > . And Absalom <53>
rode <07392 +rakab > upon a mule <06505 +pered > , and the mule
<06505 +pered > went <00935 +bow> > under < 08478 +tachath > the
thick boughs <07730 +sowbek > of a great <01419 +gadowl > oak
<00424 +>elah > , and his head <07218 +ro>sh > caught <02388
+chazaq > hold <02388 +chazaq > of the oak <00424 +>elah > , and
he was taken <05414 +nathan > up between <00996 +beyn > the
heaven <08064 +shamayim > and the earth <00776 +> erets > ; and
the mule <06505 +pered > that [ was ] under <08478 +tachath >
him went <05674 +<abar > away .



18 : 10 And a certain <00259 +>echad > man <00376 +>iysh > saw
<07200 +ra>ah > [ it ] , and told <05046 +nagad > Joab <03097
+Yow>ab > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Behold < 02009 +hinneh > ,
I saw <07200 +ra>ah > Absalom <53> hanged < 08518 +talah > in an
oak <00424 +>elah > .



18 : 11 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +> amar > unto the
man <00376 +>iysh > that told <05046 +nagad > him , And , behold
<02009 +hinneh > , thou sawest <07200 +ra>ah > [ him ] , and why
<04069 +madduwa< > didst thou not smite <05221 +nakah > him
there <08033 +sham > to the ground <00776 +>erets > ? and I
would have given <05414 +nathan > thee ten <06235 +< eser > [
shekels ] of silver <03701 +keceph > , and a girdle < 02290
+chagowr > .



18 : 12 And the man <00376 +>iysh > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , Though <03863 +luw> > I should receive
<08254 +shaqal > a thousand <00505 +>eleph > [ shekels ] of
silver <03701 +keceph > in mine hand <03709 +kaph > , [ yet ]
would I not put <07971 +shalach > forth <07971 +shalach > mine
hand <03027 +yad > against <00413 +>el > the king s <04428
+melek > son <01121 +ben > : for in our hearing < 00241 +>ozen >
the king <04428 +melek > charged <06680 +tsavah > thee and
Abishai <52> and Ittai <00863 +>Ittay > , saying <00559 +>amar >
, Beware <08104 +shamar > that none [ touch ] the young < 05288
+na<ar > man Absalom <53> .



18 : 13 Otherwise <00176 +>ow > I should have wrought <06213
+<asah > falsehood <08267 +sheqer > against mine own life <05315
+nephesh > : for there is no <03808 +lo> > matter < 01697 +dabar
> hid <03582 +kachad > from the king <04428 +melek > , and thou
thyself <00859 +>attah > wouldest have set <03320 +yatsab >
thyself against <05048 +neged > [ me ] .



18 : 14 Then said <00559 +>amar > Joab <03097 +Yow> ab > , I may
not tarry <03176 +yachal > thus <03651 +ken > with thee . And
he took <03947 +laqach > three <07969 +shalowsh > darts <07626
+shebet > in his hand <03027 +yad > , and thrust < 08628 +taqa< >
them through the heart <03820 +leb > of Absalom <53> , while
<05750 +<owd > he [ was ] yet alive <02416 +chay > in the midst
<03820 +leb > of the oak <00424 +>elah > .



18 : 15 And ten <06235 +<eser > young <05288 +na< ar > men that
bare <05375 +nasa> > Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > armour <03627
+k@liy > compassed <05437 +cabab > about <05437 +cabab > and
smote <05221 +nakah > Absalom <53> , and slew < 04191 +muwth >
him .



18 : 16 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > blew <08628 +taqa< > the
trumpet <07782 +showphar > , and the people <05971 +< am >
returned <07725 +shuwb > from pursuing <07291 +radaph > after
<00310 +>achar > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > : for Joab <03097
+Yow>ab > held <02820 +chasak > back <02820 +chasak > the people
<05971 +<am > .



18 : 17 And they took <03947 +laqach > Absalom <53> , and cast
<07993 +shalak > him into <00413 +>el > a great <01419 +gadowl >
pit <06354 +pachath > in the wood <03293 +ya<ar > , and laid
<05324 +natsab > a very <03966 +m@<od > great < 01419 +gadowl >
heap <01530 +gal > of stones <68> upon him : and all <03605 +kol
> Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > fled <05127 +nuwc > every <00376
+>iysh > one <00376 +>iysh > to his tent <00168 +>ohel > .



18 : 18 Now Absalom <53> in his lifetime <02416 +chay > had
taken <03947 +laqach > and reared <05324 +natsab > up for
himself a pillar <04678 +matstsebeth > , which <00834 +>aher > [
is ] in the king s <04428 +melek > dale <06010 +<emeq > : for he
said <00559 +>amar > , I have no <00369 +>ayin > son <01121 +ben
> to keep my name <08034 +shem > in remembrance < 02142 +zakar > :
and he called <07121 +qara> > the pillar <04678 +matstsebeth >
after <05921 +<al > his own name <08034 +shem > : and it is
called <07121 +qara> > unto this <02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm
> , Absalom s <53> place <03027 +yad > .



18 : 19 . Then said <00559 +>amar > Ahimaaz <00290
+>Achiyma<ats > the son <01121 +ben > of Zadok < 06659 +Tsadowq >
, Let me now <04994 +na> > run <07323 +ruwts > , and bear <01319
+basar > the king <04428 +melek > tidings <01319 +basar > , how
that the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath avenged <08199 +shaphat >
him of his enemies <00341 +>oyeb > .



18 : 20 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +> amar > unto him ,
Thou shalt not bear <01319 +basar > tidings <01309 +b@sowrah >
this <02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm > , but thou shalt bear
<01319 +basar > tidings <01319 +basar > another < 00312 +>acher >
day <03117 +yowm > : but this <02088 +zeh > day < 03117 +yowm >
thou shalt bear <01319 +basar > no <03808 +lo> > tidings <01319
+basar > , because the king s <04428 +melek > son < 01121 +ben >
is dead <04191 +muwth > .



18 : 21 Then said <00559 +>amar > Joab <03097 +Yow> ab > to Cushi
<03569 +Kuwshiy > , Go <03212 +yalak > tell <05046 +nagad > the
king <04428 +melek > what <00834 +>aher > thou hast seen <07200
+ra>ah > . And Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy > bowed < 07812 +shachah >
himself unto Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and ran <07323 +ruwts > .



18 : 22 Then said <00559 +>amar > Ahimaaz <00290 +> Achiyma<ats >
the son <01121 +ben > of Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > yet <05750
+<owd > again <03254 +yacaph > to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , But
howsoever , let me , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , also <01571
+gam > run <07323 +ruwts > after <00310 +>achar > Cushi <03569
+Kuwshiy > . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +>amar > ,
Wherefore wilt thou run <07323 +ruwts > , my son <01121 +ben > ,
seeing that thou hast no <00369 +>ayin > tidings < 01309
+b@sowrah > ready <04672 +matsa> > ?



18 : 23 But howsoever , [ said he ] , let me run <07323 +ruwts >
. And he said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Run <07323 +ruwts > .
Then Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > ran <07323 +ruwts > by the
way <01870 +derek > of the plain <03603 +kikkar > , and overran
<05674 +<abar > Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy > .



18 : 24 And David <01732 +David > sat <03427 +yashab > between
<00996 +beyn > the two <08147 +sh@nayim > gates < 08179 +sha<ar >
: and the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > went <03212 +yalak > up to
the roof <01406 +gag > over <00413 +>el > the gate <08179
+sha<ar > unto the wall <02346 +chowmah > , and lifted <05375
+nasa> > up his eyes <05869 +<ayin > , and looked <07200 +ra>ah
> , and behold <02009 +hinneh > a man <00376 +> iysh > running
<07323 +ruwts > alone <00905 +bad > .



18 : 25 And the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > cried <07121 +qara> >
, and told <05046 +nagad > the king <04428 +melek > . And the
king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , If < 00518 +>im > he
[ be ] alone <00905 +bad > , [ there is ] tidings <01309
+b@sowrah > in his mouth <06310 +peh > . And he came <03212
+yalak > apace , and drew near <07126 +qarab > .



18 : 26 And the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > saw <07200 +ra>ah >
another <00312 +>acher > man <00376 +>iysh > running <07323
+ruwts > : and the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > called < 07121
+qara> > unto the porter <07778 +show<er > , and said <00559
+>amar > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > [ another ] man <00376 +>iysh
> running <07323 +ruwts > alone <00905 +bad > . And the king
<04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , He also < 01571 +gam >
bringeth <01319 +basar > tidings <01319 +basar > .



18 : 27 And the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > said <00559 +>amar > ,
Me thinketh <07200 +ra>ah > the running <04794 +m@ruwtsah > of
the foremost <07223 +ri>shown > is like the running < 04794
+m@ruwtsah > of Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > the son <01121
+ben > of Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > . And the king < 04428 +melek
> said <00559 +>amar > , He [ is ] a good <02896 +towb > man
<00376 +>iysh > , and cometh <00935 +bow> > with good <02896
+towb > tidings <01309 +b@sowrah > .



18 : 28 And Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > called < 07121 +qara>
> , and said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > , All
is well <07965 +shalowm > . And he fell <07812 +shachah > down
<07821 +sh@chiytah > to the earth <00776 +>erets > upon his face
<00639 +>aph > before the king <04428 +melek > , and said <00559
+>amar > , Blessed <01288 +barak > [ be ] the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > , which < 00834 +>aher >
hath delivered <05462 +cagar > up the men <00582 +> enowsh > that
lifted <05375 +nasa> > up their hand <03027 +yad > against my
lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > .



18 : 29 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > , Is
the young <05288 +na<ar > man Absalom <53> safe <07965 +shalowm
> ? And Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > answered <00559 +>amar >
, When Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent <07971 +shalach > the king s
<04428 +melek > servant <05650 +<ebed > , and [ me ] thy servant
<05650 +<ebed > , I saw <07200 +ra>ah > a great <01419 +gadowl >
tumult <01995 +hamown > , but I knew <03045 +yada< > not what
<04100 +mah > [ it was ] .



18 : 30 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > [ unto
him ] , Turn <05437 +cabab > aside <05437 +cabab > , [ and ]
stand <03320 +yatsab > here <03541 +koh > . And he turned
<05437 +cabab > aside <05437 +cabab > , and stood < 05975 +<amad
> still

.



18 : 31 And , behold <02009 +hinneh > , Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy >
came <00935 +bow> > ; and Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy > said <00559
+>amar > , Tidings <01319 +basar > , my lord < 00113 +>adown >
the king <04428 +melek > : for the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath
avenged <08199 +shaphat > thee this day <03117 +yowm > of all
<03605 +kol > them that rose <06965 +quwm > up against <05921
+<al > thee .



18 : 32 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy > , Is the young <05288 +na<ar > man
Absalom <53> safe <07965 +shalowm > ? And Cushi < 03569 +Kuwshiy
> answered <00559 +>amar > , The enemies <00341 +>oyeb > of my
lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > , and all <03605
+kol > that rise <06965 +quwm > against <05921 +< al > thee to do
[ thee ] hurt <07451 +ra< > , be as [ that ] young < 05288 +na<ar
> man [ is ] .



18 : 33 And the king <04428 +melek > was much moved < 07264
+ragaz > , and went <05927 +<alah > up to the chamber <05944
+<aliyah > over <05921 +<al > the gate <08179 +sha<ar > , and
wept <01058 +bakah > : and as he went <03212 +yalak > , thus
<03541 +koh > he said <00559 +>amar > , O my son <01121 +ben >
Absalom <53> , my son <01121 +ben > , my son < 01121 +ben >
Absalom <53> ! would God I had died <04191 +muwth > for thee ,
O Absalom <53> , my son <01121 +ben > , my son < 01121 +ben > !



19 : 01 . And it was told <05046 +nagad > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab >
, Behold <02009 +hinneh > , the king <04428 +melek > weepeth
<01058 +bakah > and mourneth <56> for Absalom < 53> .



19 : 02 And the victory <08668 +t@shuw<ah > that day < 03117
+yowm > was [ turned ] into mourning <60> unto all < 03605 +kol >
the people <05971 +<am > : for the people <05971 +< am > heard
<08085 +shama< > say <00559 +>amar > that day <03117 +yowm > how
the king <04428 +melek > was grieved <06087 +<atsab > for his
son <01121 +ben > .



19 : 03 And the people <05971 +<am > gat <00935 +bow> > them by
stealth <01589 +ganab > that day <03117 +yowm > into the city
<05892 +<iyr > , as people <05971 +<am > being ashamed <03637
+kalam > steal <01589 +ganab > away when they flee < 05127 +nuwc
> in battle <04421 +milchamah > .



19 : 04 But the king <04428 +melek > covered <03813 +la>at > his
face <06440 +paniym > , and the king <04428 +melek > cried
<02199 +za<aq > with a loud <01419 +gadowl > voice <06963 +qowl
> , O my son <01121 +ben > Absalom <53> , O Absalom <53> , my
son <01121 +ben > , my son <01121 +ben > !



19 : 05 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > came <00935 +bow> > into the
house <01004 +bayith > to the king <04428 +melek > , and said
<00559 +>amar > , Thou hast shamed <03001 +yabesh > this day
<03117 +yowm > the faces <06440 +paniym > of all < 03605 +kol >
thy servants <05650 +<ebed > , which this day <03117 +yowm >
have saved <04422 +malat > thy life <05315 +nephesh > , and the
lives <05315 +nephesh > of thy sons <01121 +ben > and of thy
daughters <01121 +ben > , and the lives <05315 +nephesh > of thy
wives <00802 +>ishshah > , and the lives <05315 +nephesh > of
thy concubines <06370 +piylegesh > ;



19 : 06 In that thou lovest <00157 +>ahab > thine enemies <08130
+sane> > , and hatest <08130 +sane> > thy friends <00157 +>ahab >

. For thou hast declared <05046 +nagad > this day < 03117
+yowm >

, that thou regardest neither <00369 +>ayin > princes <08269
+sar > nor servants <05650 +<ebed > : for this day <03117 +yowm
> I perceive <03045 +yada< > , that if <03863 +luw> > Absalom
<53> had lived <02416 +chay > , and all <03605 +kol > we had
died <04191 +muwth > this day <03117 +yowm > , then <00227 +>az
> it had pleased thee well .



19 : 07 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore arise <06965 +quwm > , go
<03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> > , and speak <01696
+dabar > comfortably unto thy servants <05650 +<ebed > : for I
swear <07650 +shaba< > by the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , if <03588
+kiy > thou go <03318 +yatsa> > not forth <03318 +yatsa> > ,
there will not tarry <03885 +luwn > one <00376 +>iysh > with
thee this night <03915 +layil > : and that will be worse <07489
+ra<a< > unto thee than all <03605 +kol > the evil <07451 +ra< >
that befell <00935 +bow> > thee from thy youth <05271 +na<uwr >
until <05704 +<ad > now <06258 +<attah > .



19 : 08 Then the king <04428 +melek > arose <06965 +quwm > , and
sat <03427 +yashab > in the gate <08179 +sha<ar > . And they
told <05046 +nagad > unto all <03605 +kol > the people <05971
+<am > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , the
king <04428 +melek > doth sit <03427 +yashab > in the gate
<08179 +sha<ar > . And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am
> came <00935 +bow> > before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428
+melek > : for Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > had fled < 05127 +nuwc >
every man <00376 +>iysh > to his tent <00168 +> ohel > .



19 : 09 . And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +< am > were
at strife <01777 +diyn > throughout all <03605 +kol > the tribes
<07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , saying <00559
+>amar > , The king <04428 +melek > saved <05337 +natsal > us
out of the hand <03709 +kaph > of our enemies <00341 +>oyeb > ,
and he delivered <04422 +malat > us out of the hand < 03709 +kaph
> of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > ; and now < 06258
+<attah > he is fled <01272 +barach > out of the land <00776
+>erets > for Absalom <53> .



19 : 10 And Absalom <53> , whom <00834 +>aher > we anointed
<04886 +mashach > over <05921 +<al > us , is dead <04191 +muwth
> in battle <04421 +milchamah > . Now <06258 +< attah >
therefore why <04100 +mah > speak <02790 +charash > ye not a
word of bringing <07725 +shuwb > the king <04428 +melek > back
<07725 +shuwb > ?



19 : 11 And king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David > sent
<07971 +shalach > to Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > and to Abiathar
<54> the priests <03548 +kohen > , saying <00559 +>amar > ,
Speak <01696 +dabar > unto the elders <02205 +zaqen > of Judah
<03063 +Y@huwdah > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Why <04100 +mah >
are ye the last <00314 +>acharown > to bring <07725 +shuwb > the
king <04428 +melek > back <07725 +shuwb > to his house <01004
+bayith > ? seeing the speech <01697 +dabar > of all < 03605 +kol
> Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > is come <00935 +bow> > to the king
<04428 +melek > , [ even ] to his house <01004 +bayith > .



19 : 12 Ye [ are ] my brethren <00251 +>ach > , ye [ are ] my
bones <06106 +<etsem > and my flesh <01320 +basar > : wherefore
<04100 +mah > then are ye the last <00314 +>acharown > to bring
<07725 +shuwb > back <07725 +shuwb > the king < 04428 +melek > ?



19 : 13 And say <00559 +>amar > ye to Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > ,
[ Art ] thou not of mybone <06106 +<etsem > , and of my flesh
<01320 +basar > ? God <00430 +>elohiym > do < 06213 +<asah > so
<03541 +koh > to me , and more <03254 +yacaph > also <03541 +koh
> , if <00518 +>im > thou be not captain <08269 +sar > of the
host <06635 +tsaba> > before <06440 +paniym > me continually in
the room <08478 +tachath > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > .



19 : 14 And he bowed <05186 +natah > the heart <03824 +lebab >
of all <03605 +kol > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063
+Y@huwdah > , even as [ the heart of ] one <00259 +> echad > man
<00376 +>iysh > ; so that they sent <07971 +shalach > [ this
word ] unto the king <04428 +melek > , Return <07725 +shuwb >
thou , and all <03605 +kol > thy servants <05650 +< ebed > .



19 : 15 So the king <04428 +melek > returned <07725 +shuwb > ,
and came <00935 +bow> > to Jordan <03383 +Yarden > . And Judah
<03063 +Y@huwdah > came <00935 +bow> > to Gilgal <01537 +Gilgal
> , to go <03212 +yalak > to meet <07125 +qir>ah > the king
<04428 +melek > , to conduct <05674 +<abar > the king <04428
+melek > over <05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > .



19 : 16 . And Shimei <08096 +Shim<iy > the son < 01121 +ben > of
Gera <01617 +Gera> > , a Benjamite <01145 +Ben - y@miyniy > ,
which <00834 +>aher > [ was ] of Bahurim <00980 +Bachuriym > ,
hasted <04116 +mahar > and came <03381 +yarad > down <03381
+yarad > with the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah < 03063 +Y@huwdah
> to meet <07125 +qir>ah > king <04428 +melek > David <01732
+David > .



19 : 17 And [ there were ] a thousand <00505 +>eleph > men
<00376 +>iysh > of Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > with him , and
Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > the servant <05288 +na<ar > of the house
<01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and his fifteen
<06240 +<asar > sons <01121 +ben > and his twenty <06242
+<esriym > servants <05650 +<ebed > with him ; and they went
<06743 +tsalach > over <06743 +tsalach > Jordan < 03383 +Yarden >
before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428 +melek > .



19 : 18 And there went <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > a
ferry <05679 +<abarah > boat <05679 +<abarah > to carry <05674
+<abar > over <05674 +<abar > the king s <04428 +melek >
household <01004 +bayith > , and to do <06213 +<asah > what he
thought <05869 +<ayin > good <02896 +towb > . And Shimei <08096
+Shim<iy > the son <01121 +ben > of Gera <01617 +Gera> > fell
<05307 +naphal > down before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428
+melek > , as he was come <05674 +<abar > over < 05674 +<abar >
Jordan <03383 +Yarden > ;



19 : 19 And said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > ,
Let not my lord <00113 +>adown > impute <02803 +chashab >
iniquity <05771 +<avon > unto me , neither <00408 +>al > do thou
remember <02142 +zakar > that which <00834 +>aher > thy servant
<05650 +<ebed > did perversely <05753 +<avah > the day <03117
+yowm > that my lord <00113 +>adown > the king < 04428 +melek >
went <03318 +yatsa> > out of Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ,
that the king <04428 +melek > should take <07760 +suwm > it to
his heart <03820 +leb > .



19 : 20 For thy servant <05650 +<ebed > doth know < 03045 +yada<
> that I have sinned <02398 +chata> > : therefore , behold
<02009 +hinneh > , I am come <00935 +bow> > the first <07223
+ri>shown > this day <03117 +yowm > of all <03605 +kol > the
house <01004 +bayith > of Joseph <03130 +Yowceph > to go <03381
+yarad > down <03381 +yarad > to meet <07125 +qir> ah > my lord
<00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > .



19 : 21 But Abishai <52> the son <01121 +ben > of Zeruiah <06870
+Ts@ruwyah > answered <06030 +<anah > and said < 00559 +>amar > ,
Shall not Shimei <08096 +Shim<iy > be put to death < 04191 +muwth
> for this <02063 +zo>th > , because <03588 +kiy > he cursed
<07043 +qalal > the LORD S <03068 +Y@hovah > anointed <04899
+mashiyach > ?



19 : 22 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > , What
<04100 +mah > have I to do with you , ye sons <01121 +ben > of
Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > , that ye should this day < 03117
+yowm > be adversaries <07854 +satan > unto me ? shall there
any man <00376 +>iysh > be put to death <04191 +muwth > this day
<03117 +yowm > in Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ? for do not I know
<03045 +yada< > that I [ am ] this day <03117 +yowm > king
<04428 +melek > over <05921 +<al > Israel < 03478 +Yisra>el > ?



19 : 23 Therefore the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar >
unto Shimei <08096 +Shim<iy > , Thou shalt not die < 04191 +muwth
> . And the king <04428 +melek > sware <07650 +shaba< > unto him

.



19 : 24 . And Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > the son
<01121 +ben > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > came < 03381 +yarad >
down <03381 +yarad > to meet <07125 +qir>ah > the king <04428
+melek > , and had neither <03808 +lo> > dressed < 06213 +<asah >
his feet <07272 +regel > , nor <03808 +lo> > trimmed <06213
+<asah > his beard <08222 +sapham > , nor <03808 +lo> > washed
<03526 +kabac > his clothes <00899 +beged > , from the day
<03117 +yowm > the king <04428 +melek > departed < 03212 +yalak >
until <05704 +<ad > the day <03117 +yowm > he came <00935 +bow>
> [ again ] in peace <07965 +shalowm > .



19 : 25 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when < 03588 +kiy >
he was come <00935 +bow> > to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim >
to meet <07125 +qir>ah > the king <04428 +melek > , that the
king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Wherefore
<04100 +mah > wentest <01980 +halak > not thou with me ,
Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > ?



19 : 26 And he answered <00559 +>amar > , My lord < 00113 +>adown
> , O king <04428 +melek > , my servant <05650 +< ebed > deceived
<07411 +ramah > me : for thy servant <05650 +<ebed > said <00559
+>amar > , I will saddle <02280 +chabash > me an ass <02543
+chamowr > , that I may ride <07392 +rakab > thereon < 05921 +<al
> , and go <03212 +yalak > to the king <04428 +melek > ; because
<03588 +kiy > thy servant <05650 +<ebed > [ is ] lame <06455
+picceach > .



19 : 27 And he hath slandered <07270 +ragal > thy servant <05650
+<ebed > unto my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > ;
but my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > [ is ] as
an angel <04397 +mal>ak > of God <00430 +>elohiym > : do <06213
+<asah > therefore [ what is ] good <02896 +towb > in thine eyes
<05869 +<ayin > .



19 : 28 For all <03605 +kol > [ of ] my father s <1> house
<01004 +bayith > were but dead <04194 +maveth > men <00582
+>enowsh > before <06440 +paniym > my lord <00113 +>adown > the
king <04428 +melek > : yet didst thou set <07896 +shiyth > thy
servant <05650 +<ebed > among them that did eat < 00398 +>akal >
at thine own table <07979 +shulchan > . What <04100 +mah >
right <06666 +ts@daqah > therefore have <03426 +yesh > I yet to
cry <02199 +za<aq > any more <05750 +<owd > unto the king <04428
+melek > ?



19 : 29 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
him , Why <04100 +mah > speakest <01696 +dabar > thou any more
<05750 +<owd > of thy matters <01697 +dabar > ? I have said
<00559 +>amar > , Thou and Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > divide <02505
+chalaq > the land <07704 +sadeh > .



19 : 30 And Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > said < 00559
+>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > , Yea < 00637 +>aph > ,
let him take <03947 +laqach > all <03605 +kol > , forasmuch as
my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > is come <00935
+bow> > again <07725 +shuwb > in peace <07965 +shalowm > unto
his own house <01004 +bayith > .



19 : 31 . And Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay > the Gileadite
<01569 +Gil<adiy > came <03381 +yarad > down < 03381 +yarad >
from Rogelim <07274 +Rog@liym > , and went <05674 +< abar > over
<05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > with the king <04428
+melek > , to conduct <07971 +shalach > him over < 05674 +<abar >
Jordan <03383 +Yarden > .



19 : 32 Now Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay > was a very < 03966
+m@<od > aged <02204 +zaqen > man , [ even ] fourscore <08084
+sh@moniym > years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121 +ben > : and he
had provided the king <04428 +melek > of sustenance < 03557 +kuwl
> while he lay <07871 +shiybah > at Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim
> ; for he [ was ] a very <03966 +m@<od > great < 01419 +gadowl >
man <00376 +>iysh > .



19 : 33 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay > , Come <05674 +<abar > thou over
<05674 +<abar > with me , and I will feed <03557 +kuwl > thee
with me in Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .



19 : 34 And Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay > said <00559 +>amar >
unto the king <04428 +melek > , How <04100 +mah > long <03117
+yowm > have I to live <02416 +chay > , that I should go <05927
+<alah > up with the king <04428 +melek > unto Jerusalem <03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > ?



19 : 35 I [ am ] this day <03117 +yowm > fourscore < 08084
+sh@moniym > years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121 +ben > : [ and ]
can I discern <03045 +yada< > between <00996 +beyn > good <02896
+towb > and evil <07451 +ra< > ? can thy servant < 05650 +<ebed
> taste <02938 +ta<am > what I eat <00398 +> akal > or <00854
+>eth > what I drink <08354 +shathah > ? can I hear <08085
+shama< > any more <05750 +<owd > the voice < 06963 +qowl > of
singing <07891 +shiyr > men <00582 +>enowsh > and singing <07891
+shiyr > women ? wherefore <04100 +mah > then should thy servant
<05650 +<ebed > be yet <05750 +<owd > a burden <04853 +massa> >
unto my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > ?



19 : 36 Thy servant <05650 +<ebed > will go <05674 +<abar > a
little <04592 +m@<at > way over <05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383
+Yarden > with the king <04428 +melek > : and why < 04100 +mah >
should the king <04428 +melek > recompense <01580 +gamal > it me
with such <02063 +zo>th > a reward <01578 +g@muwlah > ?



19 : 37 Let thy servant <05650 +<ebed > , I pray < 04994 +na> >
thee , turn <07725 +shuwb > back <07725 +shuwb > again <07725
+shuwb > , that I may die <04191 +muwth > in mine own city
<05892 +<iyr > , [ and be buried ] by the grave < 06913 +qeber >
of my father <1> and of my mother <00517 +>em > . But behold
<02009 +hinneh > thy servant <05650 +<ebed > Chimham <03643
+Kimham > ; let him go <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > with
my lord <03068 +Y@hovah > the king <04428 +melek > ; and do
<06213 +<asah > to him what shall seem good <02896 +towb > unto
thee .



19 : 38 And the king <04428 +melek > answered <00559 +>amar > ,
Chimham <03643 +Kimham > shall go <05674 +<abar > over with me ,
and I will do <06213 +<asah > to him that which shall seem good
<02896 +towb > unto thee : and whatsoever thou shalt require
<00977 +bachar > of me , [ that ] will I do <06213 +< asah > for
thee .



19 : 39 And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > went
<05674 +<abar > over Jordan <03383 +Yarden > . And when the
king <04428 +melek > was come <05674 +<abar > over , the king
<04428 +melek > kissed <05401 +nashaq > Barzillai < 01271
+Barzillay > , and blessed <01288 +barak > him ; and he returned
<07725 +shuwb > unto his own place <04725 +maqowm > .



19 : 40 . Then the king <04428 +melek > went <05674 +<abar > on
to Gilgal <01537 +Gilgal > , and Chimham <03643 +Kimham > went
<05674 +<abar > on with him : and all <03605 +kol > the people
<05971 +<am > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > conducted <05674
+<abar > the king <04428 +melek > , and also < 01571 +gam > half
<02677 +chetsiy > the people <05971 +<am > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > .



19 : 41 And , behold <02009 +hinneh > , all <03605 +kol > the
men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > came <00935
+bow> > to the king <04428 +melek > , and said < 00559 +>amar >
unto the king <04428 +melek > , Why <04069 +madduwa< > have our
brethren <00251 +>ach > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063
+Y@huwdah > stolen <01589 +ganab > thee away , and have brought
<05674 +<abar > the king <04428 +melek > , and his household
<01004 +bayith > , and all <03605 +kol > David s < 01732 +David >
men <00582 +>enowsh > with him , over Jordan <03383 +Yarden > ?



19 : 42 And all <03605 +kol > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah
<03063 +Y@huwdah > answered <06030 +<anah > the men <00376
+>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , Because <03588 +kiy >
the king <04428 +melek > [ is ] near <07138 +qarowb > of kin to
us : wherefore <04100 +mah > then be ye angry <02734 +charah >
for this <02088 +zeh > matter <01697 +dabar > ? have we eaten
<00398 +>akal > at all of the king s <04428 +melek > [ cost ] ?
or hath he given <05375 +nasa> > us any gift <05379 +nisse>th > ?



19 : 43 And the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el >
answered <06030 +<anah > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063
+Y@huwdah > , and said <00559 +>amar > , We have ten <06235
+<eser > parts in the king <04428 +melek > , and we have also
<01571 +gam > more [ right <03225 +yamiyn > ] in David <01732
+David > than ye : why <04069 +madduwa< > then did ye despise
<07043 +qalal > us , that our advice <01697 +dabar > should not
be first <07223 +ri>shown > had in bringing <07725 +shuwb > back
<07725 +shuwb > our king <04428 +melek > ? And the words <01697
+dabar > of the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah < 03063 +Y@huwdah >
were fiercer <07185 +qashah > than the words <01697 +dabar > of
the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .



20 : 01 . And there <08033 +sham > happened <07122 +qara> > to
be there a man <0376>iysh > of Belial <01100 +b@liya<al > ,
whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Sheba <07652 +sheba< > , the
son <01121 +ben > of Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > , a Benjamite
<01145 +Ben - y@miyniy > : and he blew <08628 +taqa< > a trumpet
<07782 +showphar > , and said <00559 +>amar > , We have no
<00369 +>ayin > part <02506 +cheleq > in David < 01732 +David > ,
neither <03808 +lo> > have we inheritance <05159 +nachalah > in
the son <01121 +ben > of Jesse <03448 +Yishay > : every <00376
+>iysh > man <00376 +>iysh > to his tents < 00168 +>ohel > , O
Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .



20 : 02 So every <00376 +>iysh > man <00376 +>iysh > of Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > went <05927 +<alah > up from after <00310
+>achar > David <01732 +David > , [ and ] followed <00310
+>achar > Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri
<01075 +Bikriy > : but the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063
+Y@huwdah > clave <01692 +dabaq > unto their king < 04428 +melek
> , from Jordan <03383 +Yarden > even to Jerusalem < 03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > .



20 : 03 And David <01732 +David > came <00935 +bow> > to his
house <01004 +bayith > at Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ; and
the king <04428 +melek > took <03947 +laqach > the ten <06235
+<eser > women <00802 +>ishshah > [ his ] concubines <06370
+piylegesh > , whom <00834 +>aher > he had left < 03240 +yanach >
to keep <08104 +shamar > the house <01004 +bayith > , and put
<05414 +nathan > them in ward <04931 +mishmereth > , and fed
<03557 +kuwl > them , but went <00935 +bow> > not in unto them .
So they were shut <06887 +tsarar > up unto the day < 03117 +yowm
> of their death <04191 +muwth > , living <02424 +chayuwth > in
widowhood <00491 +>almanuwth > .



20 : 04 . Then said <00559 +>amar > the king <04428 +melek > to
Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > , Assemble <02199 +za< aq > me the men
<00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > within three <07969
+shalowsh > days <03117 +yowm > , and be thou here < 06311 +poh >
present <05975 +<amad > .



20 : 05 So Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > went <03212 +yalak > to
assemble <02199 +za<aq > [ the men of ] Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah >
: but he tarried <03186 +yachar > longer than <04480 +min > the
set <04150 +mow<ed > time which <00834 +>aher > he had appointed
<03259 +ya<ad > him .



20 : 06 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to
Abishai <52> , Now <06258 +<attah > shall Sheba <07652 +sheba< >
the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > do us more harm
<03415 +yara< > than <04480 +min > [ did ] Absalom <53> : take
<03947 +laqach > thou thy lord s <00113 +>adown > servants
<05650 +<ebed > , and pursue <07291 +radaph > after <00310
+>achar > him , lest <06435 +pen > he get <04672 +matsa> > him
fenced <01211 +b@tsel > cities <05892 +<iyr > , and escape
<05337 +natsal > us

.



20 : 07 And there went <03318 +yatsa> > out after < 00310 +>achar
> him Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > men <00582 +> enowsh > , and the
Cherethites <03774 +K@rethiy > , and the Pelethites < 06432
+P@lethiy > , and all <03605 +kol > the mighty <01368 +gibbowr >
men : and they went <03318 +yatsa> > out of Jerusalem <03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > , to pursue <07291 +radaph > after < 00310
+>achar > Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri
<01075 +Bikriy > .



20 : 08 When they [ were ] at <05973 +<im > the great <01419
+gadowl > stone <68> which <00834 +>aher > [ is ] in Gibeon
<01391 +Gib<own > , Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > went <00935 +bow> >
before <06440 +paniym > them . And Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab >
garment <04055 +mad > that he had put <05414 +nathan > on was
girded <02296 +chagar > unto him , and upon it a girdle < 02290
+chagowr > [ with ] a sword <02719 +chereb > fastened <06775
+tsamad > upon his loins <04975 +mothen > in the sheath <08593
+ta<ar > thereof ; and as he went <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318
+yatsa> > it fell <05307 +naphal > out .



20 : 09 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +> amar > to Amasa
<06021 +<Amasa> > , [ Art ] thou in health <07965 +shalowm > ,
my brother <00251 +>ach > ? And Joab <03097 +Yow> ab > took
<00270 +>achaz > Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > by the beard <02206
+zaqan > with the right <03225 +yamiyn > hand <03027 +yad > to
kiss <05401 +nashaq > him .



20 : 10 But Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > took no <03808 +lo> > heed
<08104 +shamar > to the sword <02719 +chereb > that [ was ] in
Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > hand <03027 +yad > : so he smote <05221
+nakah > him therewith in the fifth <02570 +chomesh > [ rib ] ,
and shed <08210 +shaphak > out his bowels <04578 +me< ah > to the
ground <00776 +>erets > , and struck <08138 +shanah > him not
again <08138 +shanah > ; and he died <04191 +muwth > . So Joab
<03097 +Yow>ab > and Abishai <52> his brother < 00251 +>ach >
pursued <07291 +radaph > after <00310 +>achar > Sheba <07652
+sheba< > the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > .



20 : 11 And one <00376 +>iysh > of Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > men
<00376 +>iysh > stood <05975 +<amad > by him , and said <00559
+>amar > , He that favoureth <02654 +chaphets > Joab <03097
+Yow>ab > , and he that [ is ] for David <01732 +David > , [ let
him go ] after <00310 +>achar > Joab <03097 +Yow> ab > .



20 : 12 And Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > wallowed < 01556 +galal > in
blood <01818 +dam > in the midst <08432 +tavek > of the highway
<04546 +m@cillah > . And when the man <00376 +>iysh > saw
<07200 +ra>ah > that all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am >
stood <05975 +<amad > still , he removed <05437 +cabab > Amasa
<06021 +<Amasa> > out of the highway <04546 +m@cillah > into the
field <07704 +sadeh > , and cast <07993 +shalak > a cloth <00899
+beged > upon him , when he saw <07200 +ra>ah > that every
<03605 +kol > one that came <00935 +bow> > by him stood <05975
+<amad > still .



20 : 13 When he was removed <03014 +yagah > out of the highway
<04546 +m@cillah > , all <03605 +kol > the people < 00376 +>iysh
> went <05674 +<abar > on after <00310 +>achar > Joab <03097
+Yow>ab > , to pursue <07291 +radaph > after < 00310 +>achar >
Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri <01075
+Bikriy > .



20 : 14 . And he went <05674 +<abar > through all < 03605 +kol >
the tribes <07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478 +Yisra> el > unto
Abel <62> , and to Bethmaachah <01038 +Beyth Ma<akah > , and all
<03605 +kol > the Berites <01276 +Beriy > : and they were
gathered <07035 +qalahh > together , and went <00935 +bow> >
also <00637 +>aph > after <00310 +>achar > him .



20 : 15 And they came <00935 +bow> > and besieged < 06696 +tsuwr
> him in Abel <62> of Bethmaachah <01038 +Beyth Ma< akah > , and
they cast <08210 +shaphak > up a bank <05550 +col@lah > against
<00413 +>el > the city <05892 +<iyr > , and it stood <05975
+<amad > in the trench <02426 +cheyl > : and all < 03605 +kol >
the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with Joab < 03097 +Yow>ab
> battered <07843 +shachath > the wall <02346 +chowmah > , to
throw <05307 +naphal > it down <05307 +naphal > .



20 : 16 Then cried <07121 +qara> > a wise <02450 +chakam > woman
<00802 +>ishshah > out of the city <05892 +<iyr > , Hear <08085
+shama< > , hear <08085 +shama< > ; say <00559 +>amar > , I pray
<04994 +na> > you , unto Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , Come <07126
+qarab > near <07126 +qarab > hither , that I may speak <01696
+dabar > with thee .



20 : 17 And when he was come <07126 +qarab > near <07126 +qarab
> unto her , the woman <00802 +>ishshah > said < 00559 +>amar > ,
[ Art ] thou Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > ? And he answered <00559
+>amar > , I [ am he ] . Then she said <00559 +>amar > unto him
, Hear <08085 +shama< > the words <01697 +dabar > of thine
handmaid <00519 +>amah > . And he answered <00559 +>amar > , I
do hear <08085 +shama< > .



20 : 18 Then she spake <00559 +>amar > , saying < 00559 +>amar > ,
They were wont <01696 +dabar > to speak <01696 +dabar > in old
<07223 +ri>shown > time , saying <00559 +>amar > , They shall
surely ask <07592 +sha>al > [ counsel ] at Abel < 59> : and so
<03651 +ken > they ended <08552 +tamam > [ the matter ] .



20 : 19 I [ am one of them that are ] peaceable <07999 +shalam >
[ and ] faithful <00539 +>aman > in Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > :
thou seekest <01245 +baqash > to destroy <04191 +muwth > a city
<05892 +<iyr > and a mother <00517 +>em > in Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > : why <04100 +mah > wilt thou swallow < 01104 +bala<
> up the inheritance <05159 +nachalah > of the LORD < 03068
+Y@hovah > ?



20 : 20 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > answered <06030 +<anah > and
said <00559 +>amar > , Far <02486 +chaliylah > be it , far
<02486 +chaliylah > be it from me , that I should swallow <01104
+bala< > up or destroy <07843 +shachath > .



20 : 21 The matter <01697 +dabar > [ is ] not so <03651 +ken > :
but a man <00376 +>iysh > of mount <02022 +har > Ephraim <00669
+>Ephrayim > , Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son < 01121 +ben > of
Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > by name <08034 +shem > , hath lifted
<05375 +nasa> > up his hand <03027 +yad > against the king
<04428 +melek > , [ even ] against David <01732 +David > :
deliver <05414 +nathan > him only , and I will depart < 03212
+yalak > from the city <05892 +<iyr > . And the woman <00802
+>ishshah > said <00559 +>amar > unto Joab < 03097 +Yow>ab > ,
Behold <02009 +hinneh > , his head <07218 +ro>sh > shall be
thrown <07993 +shalak > to thee over <01157 +b@<ad > the wall
<02346 +chowmah >

.



20 : 22 Then the woman <00802 +>ishshah > went <00935 +bow> >
unto all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > in her wisdom
<02451 +chokmah > . And they cut <03772 +karath > off the head
<07218 +ro>sh > of Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son <01121 +ben >
of Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > , and cast <07993 +shalak > [ it ]
out to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > . And he blew <08628 +taqa< > a
trumpet <07782 +showphar > , and they retired <06327 +puwts >
from the city <05892 +<iyr > , every man <00376 +> iysh > to his
tent <00168 +>ohel > . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > returned
<07725 +shuwb > to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > unto the
king <04428 +melek > .



20 : 23 . Now Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > [ was ] over < 00413 +>el >
all <03605 +kol > the host <06635 +tsaba> > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > : and Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the son <01121 +ben
> of Jehoiada <03111 +Yowyada< > [ was ] over < 05921 +<al > the
Cherethites <03774 +K@rethiy > and over <05921 +<al > the
Pelethites <06432 +P@lethiy > :



20 : 24 And Adoram <00151 +>Adoram > [ was ] over < 05921 +<al >
the tribute <04522 +mac > : and Jehoshaphat <03092 +Y@howshaphat
> the son <01121 +ben > of Ahilud <00286 +> Achiyluwd > [ was ]
recorder <02142 +zakar > :



20 : 25 And Sheva <07724 +Sh@va> > [ was ] scribe < 05608 +caphar
> : and Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > and Abiathar <54> [ were ] the
priests <03548 +kohen > :



20 : 26 And Ira <05896 +<Iyra> > also <01571 +gam > the Jairite
<02972 +Ya>iriy > was a chief <03548 +kohen > ruler about David
<01732 +David > .



21 : 01 . Then there was a famine <07458 +ra<ab > in the days
<03117 +yowm > of David <01732 +David > three < 07969 +shalowsh >
years <08141 +shaneh > , year <08141 +shaneh > after <00310
+>achar > year <08141 +shaneh > ; and David <01732 +David >
enquired <01245 +baqash > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > . And
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > answered <00559 +>amar > , [ It is ]
for Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and for [ his ] bloody < 01818 +dam
> house <01004 +bayith > , because he slew <04191 +muwth > the
Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > .



21 : 02 And the king <04428 +melek > called <07121 +qara> > the
Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > , and said <00559 +> amar > unto
them ; ( now the Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > [ were ] not of
the children <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , but of
the remnant <03499 +yether > of the Amorites <00567 +> Emoriy > ;
and the children <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > had
sworn <07650 +shaba< > unto them : and Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl >
sought <01245 +baqash > to slay <05221 +nakah > them in his zeal
<07065 +qana> > to the children <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > and Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > . )



21 : 03 Wherefore David <01732 +David > said <00559 +> amar >
unto the Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > , What <04100 +mah >
shall I do <06213 +<asah > for you ? and wherewith < 04100 +mah
> shall I make the atonement <03722 +kaphar > , that ye may
bless <01288 +barak > the inheritance <05159 +nachalah > of the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ?



21 : 04 And the Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > said < 00559 +>amar
> unto him , We will have no <00369 +>ayin > silver <03701
+keceph > nor gold <02091 +zahab > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > ,
nor of his house <01004 +bayith > ; neither <00369 +> ayin > for
us shalt thou kill <04191 +muwth > any man <00376 +> iysh > in
Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > . And he said <00559 +> amar > , What
<04100 +mah > ye shall say <00559 +>amar > , [ that ] will I do
<06213 +<asah > for you .



21 : 05 And they answered <00559 +>amar > the king < 04428 +melek
> , The man <00376 +>iysh > that consumed <03615 +kalah > us ,
and that devised <01819 +damah > against us [ that ] we should
be destroyed <08045 +shamad > from remaining <03320 +yatsab > in
any <03605 +kol > of the coasts <01366 +g@buwl > of Israel
<03478 +Yisra>el > ,



21 : 06 Let seven <07651 +sheba< > men <00582 +> enowsh > of his
sons <01121 +ben > be delivered <05414 +nathan > unto us , and
we will hang <03363 +yaqa< > them up unto the LORD < 03068
+Y@hovah > in Gibeah <01390 +Gib<ah > of Saul < 07586 +Sha>uwl > ,
[ whom ] the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > did choose <00972 +bachiyr
> . And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > , I will
give <05414 +nathan > [ them ] .



21 : 07 But the king <04428 +melek > spared <02550 +chamal >
Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > , the son <01121 +ben > of
Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul
<07586 +Sha>uwl > , because <05921 +<al > of the LORD S <03068
+Y@hovah > oath <07621 +sh@buw<ah > that [ was ] between <00996
+beyn > them , between <00996 +beyn > David <01732 +David > and
Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul
<07586 +Sha>uwl > .



21 : 08 But the king <04428 +melek > took <03947 +laqach > the
two <08147 +sh@nayim > sons <01121 +ben > of Rizpah <07532
+Ritspah > the daughter <01323 +bath > of Aiah <00345 +>Ayah > ,
whom <00834 +>aher > she bare <03205 +yalad > unto Saul <07586
+Sha>uwl > , Armoni <00764 +>Armoniy > and Mephibosheth <04648
+M@phiybosheth > ; and the five <02568 +chamesh > sons <01121
+ben > of Michal <04324 +Miykal > the daughter <01323 +bath > of
Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , whom she brought <03205 +yalad > up for
Adriel <05741 +<Adriy>el > the son <01121 +ben > of Barzillai
<01271 +Barzillay > the Meholathite <04259 +M@cholathiy > :



21 : 09 And he delivered <05414 +nathan > them into the hands
<03027 +yad > of the Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > , and they
hanged <03363 +yaqa< > them in the hill <02022 +har > before
<06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > : and they fell
<05307 +naphal > [ all ] seven <07651 +sheba< > together <03162
+yachad > , and were put to death <04191 +muwth > in the days of
harvest <07105 +qatsiyr > , in the first <07223 +ri> shown > [
days ] , in the beginning <08462 +t@chillah > of barley < 08184
+s@<orah > harvest <07105 +qatsiyr > .



21 : 10 . And Rizpah <07532 +Ritspah > the daughter < 01323
+bath > of Aiah <00345 +>Ayah > took <03947 +laqach > sackcloth
<08242 +saq > , and spread <05186 +natah > it for her upon the
rock <06697 +tsuwr > , from the beginning <08462 +t@chillah > of
harvest <07105 +qatsiyr > until <05704 +<ad > water <04325
+mayim > dropped <05413 +nathak > upon them out of heaven <08064
+shamayim > , and suffered <05414 +nathan > neither < 03808 +lo>
> the birds <05775 +<owph > of the air <08064 +shamayim > to
rest <05117 +nuwach > on <05921 +<al > them by day <03119
+yowmam > , nor the beasts <02416 +chay > of the field <07704
+sadeh > by night <03915 +layil > .



21 : 11 And it was told <05046 +nagad > David <01732 +David >
what Rizpah <07532 +Ritspah > the daughter <01323 +bath > of
Aiah <00345 +>Ayah > , the concubine <06370 +piylegesh > of Saul
<07586 +Sha>uwl > , had done <06213 +<asah > .



21 : 12 And David <01732 +David > went <03212 +yalak > and took
<03947 +laqach > the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Saul <07586
+Sha>uwl > and the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Jonathan <03083
+Y@hownathan > his son <01121 +ben > from the men < 01167 +ba<al
> of Jabeshgilead , which <00834 +>aher > had stolen <01589
+ganab > them from the street <07339 +r@chob > of Bethshan
<01052 +Beyth Sh@>an > , where the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy
> had hanged <08511 +tala> > them , when <03117 +yowm > the
Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > had <01961 +hayah > slain <05221
+nakah > Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > in Gilboa <01533 +Gilboa< > :



21 : 13 And he brought <05927 +<alah > up from thence <08033
+sham > the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and
the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > his
son <01121 +ben > ; and they gathered <00622 +>acaph > the bones
<06106 +<etsem > of them that were hanged <03363 +yaqa< > .



21 : 14 And the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl >
and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > his son <01121 +ben > buried
<06912 +qabar > they in the country <00776 +>erets > of Benjamin
<01144 +Binyamiyn > in Zelah <06762 +Tsela< > , in the sepulchre
<06913 +qeber > of Kish <07027 + Qiysh > his father <1> : and
they performed <06213 +<asah > all <03605 +kol > that the king
<04428 +melek > commanded <06680 +tsavah > . And after <00310
+>achar > that God <00430 +>elohiym > was intreated <06279
+<athar > for the land <00776 +>erets > .



21 : 15 . Moreover the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > had
<01961 +hayah > yet <05750 +<owd > war <04421 +milchamah > again
<05750 +<owd > with Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ; and David <01732
+David > went <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad > , and his
servants <05650 +<ebed > with him , and fought <03898 +lacham >
against the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > : and David < 01732
+David > waxed faint <05774 +<uwph > .



21 : 16 And Ishbibenob <03430 +Yishbow b@ - Nob > , which <00834
+>aher > [ was ] of the sons <03211 +yaliyd > of the giant
<07497 +rapha> > , the weight <04948 +mishqal > of whose spear
<07013 +qayin > [ weighed ] three <07969 +shalowsh > hundred
<03967 +me>ah > [ shekels ] of brass <05178 +n@chosheth > in
weight <04948 +mishqal > , he being girded <02296 +chagar > with
a new <02319 +chadash > [ sword ] , thought <00559 +> amar > to
have slain <05221 +nakah > David <01732 +David > .



21 : 17 But Abishai <52> the son <01121 +ben > of Zeruiah <06870
+Ts@ruwyah > succoured <05826 +<azar > him , and smote <05221
+nakah > the Philistine <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and killed <04191
+muwth > him . Then <00227 +>az > the men <00582 +>enowsh > of
David <01732 +David > sware <07650 +shaba< > unto him , saying
<00559 +>amar > , Thou shalt go <03318 +yatsa> > no <03808 +lo>
> more <05750 +<owd > out with us to battle <04421 +milchamah > ,
that thou quench <03518 +kabah > not the light <05216 +niyr >
of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .



21 : 18 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after <00310 +>achar
> this <03651 +ken > , that there was again <05750 +<owd > a
battle <04421 +milchamah > with the Philistines <06430
+P@lishtiy > at Gob <01359 +Gob > : then <00227 +> az > Sibbechai
<05444 +Cibb@kay > the Hushathite <02843 +Chushathiy > slew
<05221 +nakah > Saph <05593 +Caph > , which <00834 +>aher > [
was ] of the sons <03211 +yaliyd > of the giant <07497 +rapha> >
.



21 : 19 And there was again <05750 +<owd > a battle < 04421
+milchamah > in Gob <01359 +Gob > with the Philistines <06430
+P@lishtiy > , where Elhanan <00445 +>Elchanan > the son <01121
+ben > of Jaareoregim <03296 +Ya<arey >Or@giym > , a
Bethlehemite <01022 +Beyth hal - Lachmiy > , slew <05221 +nakah
> [ the brother of ] Goliath <01555 +Golyath > the Gittite
<01663 +Gittiy > , the staff <06086 +<ets > of whose spear
<02595 +chaniyth > [ was ] like a weaver s <00707 +> arag > beam
<04500 +manowr > .



21 : 20 And there was yet <05750 +<owd > a battle < 04421
+milchamah > in Gath <01661 +Gath > , where was a man <00376
+>iysh > of [ great ] stature <04055 +mad > , that had on every
hand <03027 +yad > six <08337 +shesh > fingers < 00676 +>etsba< >
, and on every foot <07272 +regel > six <08337 +shesh > toes
<00676 +>etsba< > , four <00702 +>arba< > and twenty <06242
+<esriym > in number <04557 +micpar > ; and he also <01571 +gam
> was born <03205 +yalad > to the giant <07497 +rapha> > .



21 : 21 And when he defied <02778 +charaph . > Israel < 03478
+Yisra>el > , Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > the son <01121 +ben
> of Shimea <08096 +Shim<iy > the brother <00251 +>ach > of
David <01732 +David > slew <05221 +nakah > him .



21 : 22 These <00428 +>el - leh > four <00702 +> arba< > were
born <03205 +yalad > to the giant <07497 +rapha> > in Gath
<01661 +Gath > , and fell <05307 +naphal > by the hand <03027
+yad > of David <01732 +David > , and by the hand < 03027 +yad >
of his servants <05650 +<ebed > .



22 : 01 . And David <01732 +David > spake <01696 +dabar > unto
the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > the words <01697 +dabar > of this
<02063 +zo>th > song <07892 +shiyr > in the day <03117 +yowm > [
that ] the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had delivered <05337 +natsal >
him out of the hand <03709 +kaph > of all <03605 +kol > his
enemies <00341 +>oyeb > , and out of the hand <03709 +kaph > of
Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > :



22 : 02 . And he said <00559 +>amar > , The LORD < 03068
+Y@hovah > [ is ] my rock <05553 +cela< > , and my fortress
<04686 +matsuwd > , and my deliverer <06403 +palat > ;



22 : 03 The God <00430 +>elohiym > of my rock <06697 +tsuwr > ;
in him will I trust <02620 +chacah > : [ he is ] my shield
<04043 +magen > , and the horn <07161 +qeren > of my salvation
<03468 +yesha< > , my high <04869 +misgab > tower <04869 +misgab
> , and my refuge <04498 +manowc > , my saviour < 03467 +yasha< >
; thou savest <03467 +yasha< > me from violence < 02555 +chamac >
.



22 : 04 I will call <07121 +qara> > on the LORD < 03068 +Y@hovah
> , [ who is ] worthy to be praised <01984 +halal > : so shall I
be saved <03467 +yasha< > from mine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > .



22 : 05 When <03588 +kiy > the waves <04867 +mishbar > of death
<04194 +maveth > compassed <00661 +>aphaph > me , the floods
<05158 +nachal > of ungodly <01100 +b@liya<al > men made <07760
+suwm > me afraid <01204 +ba<ath > ;



22 : 06 The sorrows <02256 +chebel > of hell <07585 +sh@>owl >
compassed <05437 +cabab > me about <05437 +cabab > ; the snares
<04170 +mowqesh > of death <04194 +maveth > prevented <06923
+qadam > me ;



22 : 07 In my distress <06362 +patar > I called <07121 +qara> >
upon the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and cried <07121 +qara> > to
my God <00430 +>elohiym > : and he did hear <08085 +shama< > my
voice <06963 +qowl > out of his temple <01964 +heykal > , and my
cry <07775 +shav<ah > [ did enter ] into his ears < 00241 +>ozen
> .



22 : 08 Then the earth <00776 +>erets > shook <01607 +ga<ash >
and trembled <07493 +ra<ash > ; the foundations < 04146 +mowcadah
> of heaven <08064 +shamayim > moved <07264 +ragaz > and shook
<01607 +ga<ash > , because <03588 +kiy > he was wroth <02734
+charah > .



22 : 09 There went <05927 +<alah > up a smoke <06227 +<ashan >
out of his nostrils <00639 +>aph > , and fire <00784 +>esh > out
of his mouth <06310 +peh > devoured <00398 +>akal > : coals
<01513 +gechel > were kindled <01197 +ba<ar > by it .



22 : 10 He bowed <05186 +natah > the heavens <08064 +shamayim >
also , and came <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad > ; and
darkness <06205 +<araphel > [ was ] under <08478 +tachath > his
feet <07272 +regel > .



22 : 11 And he rode <07392 +rakab > upon a cherub <03742 +k@ruwb
> , and did fly <05774 +<uwph > : and he was seen < 07200 +ra>ah
> upon the wings <03671 +kanaph > of the wind <07307 +ruwach > .



22 : 12 And he made <07896 +shiyth > darkness <02822 +choshek >
pavilions <05521 +cukkah > round <05439 +cabiyb > about him ,
dark <02841 +chashrah > waters <04325 +mayim > , [ and ] thick
clouds <05645 +<ab > of the skies <07834 +shachaq > .



22 : 13 Through the brightness <05051 +nogahh > before < 05048
+neged > him were coals <01513 +gechel > of fire < 00784 +>esh >
kindled <01197 +ba<ar > .



22 : 14 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thundered <07481 +ra<am >
from heaven <08064 +shamayim > , and the most <06944 +qodesh >
High <05945 +>elyown > uttered <05414 +nathan > his voice <06963
+qowl > .



22 : 15 And he sent <07971 +shalach > out arrows <02671 +chets >
, and scattered <06327 +puwts > them ; lightning <01300 +baraq >
, and discomfited <02000 +hamam > them .



22 : 16 And the channels <00650 +>aphiyq > of the sea <03220
+yam > appeared <07200 +ra>ah > , the foundations < 04146
+mowcadah > of the world <08398 +tebel > were discovered <01540
+galah > , at the rebuking <01606 +g@<arah > of the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > , at the blast <05397 +n@shamah > of the breath
<07307 +ruwach > of his nostrils <00639 +>aph > .



22 : 17 He sent <07971 +shalach > from above <04791 +marowm > ,
he took <03947 +laqach > me ; he drew <04871 +mashah > me out of
many <07227 +rab > waters <04325 +mayim > ;



22 : 18 He delivered <05337 +natsal > me from my strong < 05794
+<az > enemy <00341 +>oyeb > , [ and ] from them that hated
<08130 +sane> > me : for they were too strong <00553 +>amats >
for me .



22 : 19 They prevented <06923 +qadam > me in the day < 03117
+yowm > of my calamity <00343 +>eyd > : but the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > was my stay <04937 +mish<en > .



22 : 20 He brought <03318 +yatsa> > me forth <03318 +yatsa> >
also into a large <04800 +merchab > place : he delivered <02502
+chalats > me , because <03588 +kiy > he delighted < 02654
+chaphets > in me .



22 : 21 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > rewarded <01580 +gamal > me
according to my righteousness <06666 +ts@daqah > : according to
the cleanness <01252 +bor > of my hands <03027 +yad > hath he
recompensed <07725 +shuwb > me .



22 : 22 For I have kept <08104 +shamar > the ways <01870 +derek
> of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and have not wickedly <07561
+rasha< > departed from my God <00430 +>elohiym > .



22 : 23 For all <03605 +kol > his judgments <04941 +mishpat > [
were ] before <05048 +neged > me : and [ as for ] his statutes
<02708 +chuqqah > , I did not depart <05493 +cuwr > from them .



22 : 24 I was also upright <08549 +tamiym > before him , and
have kept <08104 +shamar > myself from mine iniquity < 05771
+<avon > .



22 : 25 Therefore the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath recompensed
<07725 +shuwb > me according to my righteousness <06666
+ts@daqah > ; according to my cleanness <01252 +bor > in his eye
<05869 +<ayin > sight <05869 +<ayin > .



22 : 26 With the merciful <02623 +chaciyd > thou wilt shew
thyself merciful <02616 +chacad > , [ and ] with the upright
<08549 +tamiym > man thou wilt shew thyself upright < 08552
+tamam > .



22 : 27 With the pure <02889 +tahowr > thou wilt shew thyself
pure <01305 +barar > ; and with the froward <06141 +< iqqesh >
thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury <06617 +pathal > .



22 : 28 And the afflicted <06041 +<aniy > people < 05971 +<am >
thou wilt save <03467 +yasha< > : but thine eyes < 05869 +<ayin >
[ are ] upon the haughty <07311 +ruwm > , [ that ] thou mayest
bring <08213 +shaphel > [ them ] down <03381 +yarad > .



22 : 29 For thou [ art ] my lamp <05216 +niyr > , O LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > : and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > will lighten <05050
+nagahh > my darkness <02822 +choshek > .



22 : 30 For by thee I have run <07323 +ruwts > through a troop
<01416 +g@duwd > : by my God <00430 +>elohiym > have I leaped
<01801 +dalag > over a wall <07791 +shuwr > .



22 : 31 [ As for ] God <00410 +>el > , his way <01870 +derek > [
is ] perfect <08549 +tamiym > ; the word <00565 +> imrah > of the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is ] tried <06884 +tsaraph > : he [ is
] a buckler <04043 +magen > to all <03605 +kol > them that trust
<02620 +chacah > in him .



22 : 32 For who <04310 +miy > [ is ] God <00410 +>el > , save
<01107 +bil<adey > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ? and who [ is ]
a rock <06697 +tsuwr > , save <01107 +bil<adey > our God <00430
+>elohiym > ?



22 : 33 God <00410 +>el > [ is ] my strength <04581 +ma<owz > [
and ] power <02428 +chayil > : and he maketh my way < 01870
+derek > perfect <08549 +tamiym > .



22 : 34 He maketh <07737 +shavah > my feet <07272 +regel > like
<07737 +shavah > hinds <00355 +>ayalah > [ feet <07272 +regel >
] : and setteth <05975 +<amad > me upon my high < 01116 +bamah >
places .



22 : 35 He teacheth <03925 +lamad > my hands <03027 +yad > to
war <04421 +milchamah > ; so that a bow <07198 +qesheth > of
steel <05154 +n@chuwshah > is broken <05181 +nachath > by mine
arms <02220 +z@rowa< > .



22 : 36 Thou hast also given <05414 +nathan > me the shield
<04043 +magen > of thy salvation <03468 +yesha< > : and thy
gentleness <06031 +<anah > hath made me great <07235 +rabah > .



22 : 37 Thou hast enlarged <07337 +rachab > my steps < 06806
+tsa<ad > under <08478 +tachath > me ; so that my feet <07166
+qarcol > did not slip <04571 +ma<ad > .



22 : 38 I have pursued <07291 +radaph > mine enemies < 00341
+>oyeb > , and destroyed <08045 +shamad > them ; and turned
<07725 +shuwb > not again <07725 +shuwb > until < 05704 +<ad > I
had consumed <03615 +kalah > them .



22 : 39 And I have consumed <03615 +kalah > them , and wounded
<04272 +machats > them , that they could not arise < 06965 +quwm
> : yea , they are fallen <05307 +naphal > under < 08478 +tachath
> my feet <07272 +regel > .



22 : 40 For thou hast girded <00247 +>azar > me with strength
<02428 +chayil > to battle <04421 +milchamah > : them that rose
<06965 +quwm > up against me hast thou subdued <03766 +kara< >
under <08478 +tachath > me .



22 : 41 Thou hast also given <05414 +nathan > me the necks
<06203 +<oreph > of mine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > , that I might
destroy <06789 +tsamath > them that hate <08130 +sane> > me .



22 : 42 They looked <08159 +sha<ah > , but [ there was ] none
<00369 +>ayin > to save <03467 +yasha< > ; [ even ] unto the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , but he answered <06030 +< anah > them not

.



22 : 43 Then did I beat <07833 +shachaq > them as small as the
dust <06083 +<aphar > of the earth <00776 +>erets > , I did
stamp <01854 +daqaq > them as the mire <02916 +tiyt > of the
street <02351 +chuwts > , [ and ] did spread <07554 +raqa< >
them abroad <07554 +raqa< > .



22 : 44 Thou also hast delivered <06403 +palat > me from the
strivings <07379 +riyb > of my people <05971 +<am > , thou hast
kept <08104 +shamar > me [ to be ] head <07218 +ro>sh > of the
heathen <01471 +gowy > : a people <05971 +<am > [ which ] I knew
<03045 +yada< > not shall serve <05647 +<abad > me .



22 : 45 Strangers shall submit <03584 +kachash > themselves unto
me : as soon as they hear <08085 +shama< > , they shall be
obedient <08085 +shama< > unto me .



22 : 46 Strangers shall fade <05034 +nabel > away , and they
shall be afraid <02296 +chagar > out of their close < 04526
+micgereth > places .



22 : 47 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > liveth <02416 +chay > ; and
blessed <01288 +barak > [ be ] my rock <06697 +tsuwr > ; and
exalted <07311 +ruwm > be the God <00430 +>elohiym > of the rock
<06697 +tsuwr > of my salvation <03468 +yesha< > .



22 : 48 It [ is ] God <00410 +>el > that avengeth me , and that
bringeth <03381 +yarad > down <08213 +shaphel > the people
<05971 +<am > under <08478 +tachath > me ,



22 : 49 And that bringeth <03318 +yatsa> > me forth < 04161
+mowtsa> > from mine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > : thou also hast
lifted <07311 +ruwm > me up on high <07311 +ruwm > above them
that rose <06965 +quwm > up against me : thou hast delivered
<05337 +natsal > me from the violent <02555 +chamac > man <00376
+>iysh >

.



22 : 50 Therefore I will give thanks <03034 +yadah > unto thee ,
O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , among the heathen <01471 +gowy > ,
and I will sing praises unto thy name <08034 +shem > .



22 : 51 [ He is ] the tower <01431 +gadal > of salvation <03444
+y@shuw<ah > for his king <04428 +melek > : and sheweth <06213
+<asah > mercy <02617 +checed > to his anointed < 04899
+mashiyach > , unto David <01732 +David > , and to his seed
<02233 +zera< > for evermore <05769 +<owlam > .



23 : 01 . Now these <00428 +>el - leh > [ be ] the last <00314
+>acharown > words <01697 +dabar > of David <01732 +David > .
David <01732 +David > the son <01121 +ben > of Jesse <03448
+Yishay > said <05002 +n@>um > , and the man < 01397 +geber > [
who was ] raised <06965 +quwm > up on high <05920 +< al > , the
anointed <04899 +mashiyach > of the God <00430 +> elohiym > of
Jacob <03290 +Ya<aqob > , and the sweet <05273 +na< iym >
psalmist <02158 +zamiyr > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , said
<05002 +n@>um > ,



23 : 02 The Spirit <07307 +ruwach > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah
> spake <01696 +dabar > by me , and his word <04405 +millah > [
was ] in my tongue <03956 +lashown > .



23 : 03 The God <00430 +>elohiym > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el >
said <00559 +>amar > , the Rock <06697 +tsuwr > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > spake <01696 +dabar > to me , He that ruleth <04910
+mashal > over men <00120 +>adam > [ must be ] just <06662
+tsaddiyq > , ruling <04910 +mashal > in the fear < 03374 +yir>ah
> of God <00430 +>elohiym > .



23 : 04 And [ he shall be ] as the light <00216 +>owr > of the
morning <01242 +boqer > , [ when ] the sun <08121 +shemesh >
riseth <02224 +zarach > , [ even ] a morning <01242 +boqer >
without <03808 +lo> > clouds <05645 +<ab > ; [ as ] the tender
grass <01877 +deshe> > [ springing ] out of the earth <00776
+>erets > by clear shining <05051 +nogahh > after rain <04306
+matar > .



23 : 05 Although <03588 +kiy > my house <01004 +bayith > [ be ]
not so <03651 +ken > with God <00410 +>el > ; yet <03588 +kiy >
he hath made <07760 +suwm > with me an everlasting < 05769
+<owlam > covenant <01285 +b@riyth > , ordered < 06186 +<arak >
in all <03605 +kol > [ things ] , and sure <08104 +shamar > :
for [ this is ] all <03605 +kol > my salvation <03468 +yesha< > ,
and all <03605 +kol > [ my ] desire <02656 +chephets > ,
although <03588 +kiy > he make [ it ] not to grow <06779
+tsamach > .



23 : 06 But [ the sons ] of Belial <01100 +b@liya<al > [ shall
be ] all <03605 +kol > of them as thorns <06975 +qowts > thrust
<05074 +nadad > away <05074 +nadad > , because < 03588 +kiy >
they cannot <03808 +lo> > be taken <03947 +laqach > with hands
<03027 +yad > :



23 : 07 But the man <00376 +>iysh > [ that ] shall touch <05060
+naga< > them must be fenced <04390 +male> > with iron <01270
+barzel > and the staff <06086 +<ets > of a spear < 02595
+chaniyth > ; and they shall be utterly burned <08313 +saraph >
with fire <00784 +>esh > in the [ same ] place <07675 +shebeth >
.



23 : 08 . These <00428 +>el - leh > [ be ] the names <08034
+shem > of the mighty <01368 +gibbowr > men whom < 00834 +>aher >
David <01732 +David > had : The Tachmonite <08461 +Tachk@moniy >
that sat <03427 +yashab > in the seat <07674 +shebeth > , chief
<07218 +ro>sh > among the captains <07991 +shaliysh > ; the same
<01931 +huw> > [ was ] Adino <05722 +<adiynow > the Eznite
<06112 +<etsen > : [ he lift up his spear ] against < 05921 +<al
> eight <08083 +sh@moneh > hundred <03967 +me>ah > , whom he
slew <02491 +chalal > at one <00259 +>echad > time <06471 +pa<am
> .



23 : 09 And after <00310 +>achar > him [ was ] Eleazar <00499
+>El<azar > the son <01121 +ben > of Dodo < 01734 +Dowdow > the
Ahohite , [ one ] of the three <07969 +shalowsh > mighty <01368
+gibbowr > men with David <01732 +David > , when they defied
<02778 +charaph . > the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > [ that
] were there <08033 +sham > gathered <00622 +>acaph > together
to battle <04421 +milchamah > , and the men <00376 +> iysh > of
Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > were gone <05927 +<alah > away :



23 : 10 He arose <06965 +quwm > , and smote <05221 +nakah > the
Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > until his hand <03027 +yad > was
weary <03021 +yaga< > , and his hand <03027 +yad > clave <01692
+dabaq > unto the sword <02719 +chereb > : and the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > wrought <06213 +<asah > a great <01419 +gadowl >
victory <08668 +t@shuw<ah > that day <03117 +yowm > ; and the
people <05971 +<am > returned <07725 +shuwb > after <00310
+>achar > him only <00389 +>ak > to spoil < 06584 +pashat > .



23 : 11 And after <00310 +>achar > him [ was ] Shammah <08048
+Shammah > the son <01121 +ben > of Agee <89> the Hararite
<02043 +Harariy > . And the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy >
were gathered <00622 +>acaph > together into a troop < 02416
+chay > , where <08033 +sham > was a piece <02513 +chelqah > of
ground <07704 +sadeh > full <04392 +male> > of lentiles <05742
+<adash > : and the people <05971 +<am > fled < 01272 +barach >
from the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > .



23 : 12 But he stood <03320 +yatsab > in the midst < 08432 +tavek
> of the ground <02513 +chelqah > , and defended < 05337 +natsal
> it , and slew <05221 +nakah > the Philistines < 06430
+P@lishtiy > : and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > wrought <06213
+<asah > a great <01419 +gadowl > victory <08668 +t@shuw<ah > .



23 : 13 And three <07991 +shaliysh > of the thirty < 07970
+sh@lowshiym > chief <07218 +ro>sh > went <03381 +yarad > down
<03381 +yarad > , and came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732 +David
> in the harvest <07105 +qatsiyr > time unto the cave <04631
+m@<arah > of Adullam <05725 +<Adullam > : and the troop <02416
+chay > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > pitched <02583
+chanah > in the valley <06010 +<emeq > of Rephaim <07497
+rapha> > .



23 : 14 And David <01732 +David > [ was ] then <00227 +>az > in
an hold <04686 +matsuwd > , and the garrison <04673 +matstsab >
of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > [ was ] then [ in ]
Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > .



23 : 15 And David <01732 +David > longed <00183 +> avah > , and
said <00559 +>amar > , Oh that one would give me drink <08248
+shaqah > of the water <04325 +mayim > of the well < 00953 +bowr
> of Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > , which <00834 +>aher > [
is ] by the gate <08179 +sha<ar > !



23 : 16 And the three <07969 +shalowsh > mighty <01368 +gibbowr
> men brake <01234 +baqa< > through <01234 +baqa< > the host
<04264 +machaneh > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and
drew <07579 +sha>ab > water <04325 +mayim > out of the well
<00953 +bowr > of Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > , that [ was
] by the gate <08179 +sha<ar > , and took <05375 +nasa> > [ it ]
, and brought <00935 +bow> > [ it ] to David <01732 +David > :
nevertheless he would <14> not drink <08354 +shathah > thereof ,
but poured <05258 +nacak > it out unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah >

.



23 : 17 And he said <00559 +>amar > , Be it far < 02486
+chaliylah > from me , O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , that I should
do <06213 +<asah > this <02063 +zo>th > : [ is not this ] the
blood <01818 +dam > of the men <00582 +>enowsh > that went
<01980 +halak > in jeopardy of their lives <05315 +nephesh > ?
therefore he would <14> not drink <08354 +shathah > it . These
<00428 +>el - leh > things did <06213 +<asah > these <00428 +>el
- leh > three <07969 +shalowsh > mighty <01368 +gibbowr > men .



23 : 18 And Abishai <52> , the brother <00251 +>ach > of Joab
<03097 +Yow>ab > , the son <01121 +ben > of Zeruiah <06870
+Ts@ruwyah > , was chief <07218 +ro>sh > among three <07992
+sh@liyshiy > . And he lifted <05782 +<uwr > up his spear
<02595 +chaniyth > against <05921 +<al > three < 07969 +shalowsh
> hundred <03967 +me>ah > , [ and ] slew <02491 +chalal > [ them
] , and had the name <08034 +shem > among three <07969 +shalowsh
> .



23 : 19 Was he not most honourable <03513 +kabad > of three
<07969 +shalowsh > ? therefore he was their captain < 08269 +sar
> : howbeit he attained <00935 +bow> > not unto the [ first ]
three <07969 +shalowsh > .



23 : 20 And Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the son <01121 +ben > of
Jehoiada <03111 +Yowyada< > , the son <01121 +ben > of a valiant
<02428 +chayil > man <00376 +>iysh > , of Kabzeel <06909
+Qabts@>el > , who had done <06213 +<asah > many <07227 +rab >
acts <06467 +po<al > , he slew <05221 +nakah > two <08147
+sh@nayim > lionlike <00739 +>ariy>el > men of Moab <04124
+Mow>ab > : he went <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad > also
and slew <05221 +nakah > a lion <00738 +>ariy > in the midst
<08432 +tavek > of a pit <00953 +bowr > in time < 03117 +yowm >
of snow <07950 +sheleg > :



23 : 21 And he slew <02026 +harag > an Egyptian <04713 +Mitsriy
> , a goodly <04758 +mar>eh > man <00376 +>iysh > : and the
Egyptian <04713 +Mitsriy > had a spear <02595 +chaniyth > in his
hand <03027 +yad > ; but he went <03381 +yarad > down <03381
+yarad > to him with a staff <07626 +shebet > , and plucked
<01497 +gazal > the spear <02595 +chaniyth > out of the Egyptian
s <04713 +Mitsriy > hand <03027 +yad > , and slew < 05221 +nakah
> him with his own spear <02595 +chaniyth > .



23 : 22 These <00428 +>el - leh > [ things ] did < 06213 +<asah >
Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the son <01121 +ben > of Jehoiada
<03111 +Yowyada< > , and had the name <08034 +shem > among three
<07969 +shalowsh > mighty <01368 +gibbowr > men .



23 : 23 He was more honourable <03513 +kabad > than < 04480 +min
> the thirty <07970 +sh@lowshiym > , but he attained < 00935
+bow> > not to the [ first ] three <07969 +shalowsh > . And
David <01732 +David > set <07760 +suwm > him over < 00413 +>el >
his guard <04928 +mishma<ath > .



23 : 24 Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > the brother < 00251 +>ach > of
Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > [ was ] one of the thirty < 07970
+sh@lowshiym > ; Elhanan <00445 +>Elchanan > the son <01121 +ben
> of Dodo <01734 +Dowdow > of Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > ,



23 : 25 Shammah <08048 +Shammah > the Harodite <02733 +Charodiy
> , Elika <00470 +>Eliyqa> > the Harodite < 02733 +Charodiy > ,



23 : 26 Helez <02503 +Chelets > the Paltite <06407 +Paltiy > ,
Ira <05896 +<Iyra> > the son <01121 +ben > of Ikkesh <06142
+<Iqqesh > the Tekoite <08621 +T@qow<iy > ,



23 : 27 Abiezer <44> the Anethothite <06069 +< Anthothiy > ,
Mebunnai <04012 +M@bunnay > the Hushathite <02843 +Chushathiy > ,



23 : 28 Zalmon <06756 +Tsalmown > the Ahohite <00266 +>Achowchiy
> , Maharai <04121 +Maharay > the Netophathite <05200
+N@tophathiy > ,



23 : 29 Heleb <02460 +Cheleb > the son <01121 +ben > of Baanah
<01195 +Ba<ana> > , a Netophathite <05200 +N@tophathiy > , Ittai
<00863 +>Ittay > the son <01121 +ben > of Ribai <07380 +Riybay >
out of Gibeah <01390 +Gib<ah > of the children <01121 +ben > of
Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > ,



23 : 30 Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the Pirathonite <06553
+Pir<athowniy > , Hiddai <01914 +Hidday > of the brooks <05158
+nachal > of Gaash <01608 +Ga<ash > ,



23 : 31 Abialbon <45> the Arbathite <06164 +<Arbathiy > ,
Azmaveth <05820 +<Azmaveth > the Barhumite <01273 +Barchumiy > ,



23 : 32 Eliahba <00455 +>Elyachba> > the Shaalbonite <08170
+Sha<alboniy > , of the sons <01121 +ben > of Jashen <03464
+Yashen > , Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > ,



23 : 33 Shammah <08048 +Shammah > the Hararite <02043 +Harariy >
, Ahiam <00279 +>Achiyam > the son <01121 +ben > of Sharar
<08325 +Sharar > the Hararite <02043 +Harariy > ,



23 : 34 Eliphelet <00467 +>Eliyphelet > the son < 01121 +ben > of
Ahasbai <00308 +>Achacbay > , the son <01121 +ben > of the
Maachathite <04602 +Ma<akathiy > , Eliam <00463 +> Eliy<am > the
son <01121 +ben > of Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > the
Gilonite <01526 +Giyloniy > ,



23 : 35 Hezrai <02695 +Chetsrow > the Carmelite <03761 +Karm@liy
> , Paarai <06474 +Pa<aray > the Arbite <00701 +>Arbiy > ,



23 : 36 Igal <03008 +Yig>al > the son <01121 +ben > of Nathan
<05416 +Nathan > of Zobah <06678 +Tsowba> > , Bani <01137 +Baniy
> the Gadite <01425 +Gadiy > ,



23 : 37 Zelek <06768 +Tseleq > the Ammonite <05984 +< Ammowniy > ,
Naharai <05171 +Nacharay > the Beerothite <00886 +B@> erothiy > ,
armourbearer <03627 +k@liy > to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the son
<01121 +ben > of Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > ,



23 : 38 Ira <05896 +<Iyra> > an Ithrite <3505> , Gareb <01619
+Gareb > an Ithrite <3505> ,



23 : 39 Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > :
thirty <07970 +sh@lowshiym > and seven <07651 +sheba< > in all
<03605 +kol > .



24 : 01 . And again <03254 +yacaph > the anger <00639 +>aph >
of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > was kindled <02734 +charah >
against Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , and he moved < 05493 +cuwr >
David <01732 +David > against them to say <00559 +> amar > , Go
<03212 +yalak > , number <04487 +manah > Israel < 03478 +Yisra>el
> and Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > .



24 : 02 For the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > to
Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the captain <08269 +sar > of the host
<02428 +chayil > , which <00834 +>aher > [ was ] with him , Go
<07751 +shuwt > now <04994 +na> > through < 07751 +shuwt > all
<03605 +kol > the tribes <07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478
+Yisra>el > , from Dan <01835 +Dan > even to Beersheba <00884
+B@>er Sheba< > , and number <06485 +paqad > ye the people
<05971 +<am > , that I may know <03045 +yada< > the number
<04557 +micpar > of the people <05971 +<am > .



24 : 03 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +> amar > unto the
king <04428 +melek > , Now the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thy God
<00430 +>elohiym > add <03254 +yacaph > unto the people <05971
+<am > , how many soever they be , an hundredfold , and that the
eyes <05869 +<ayin > of my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428
+melek > may see <07200 +ra>ah > [ it ] : but why < 04100 +mah >
doth my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > delight
<02654 +chaphets > in this <02088 +zeh > thing < 01697 +dabar > ?



24 : 04 Notwithstanding the king s <04428 +melek > word < 01697
+dabar > prevailed <02388 +chazaq > against <00413 +>el > Joab
<03097 +Yow>ab > , and against <05921 +<al > the captains <08269
+sar > of the host <02428 +chayil > . And Joab < 03097 +Yow>ab >
and the captains <08269 +sar > of the host <02428 +chayil > went
<03318 +yatsa> > out from the presence <06440 +paniym > of the
king <04428 +melek > , to number <06485 +paqad > the people
<05971 +<am > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .



24 : 05 And they passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar >
Jordan <03383 +Yarden > , and pitched <02583 +chanah > in Aroer
<06177 +<Arow<er > , on the right <03225 +yamiyn > side <03225
+yamiyn > of the city <05892 +<iyr > that [ lieth ] in the midst
<08432 +tavek > of the river <05158 +nachal > of Gad <01410 +Gad
> , and toward Jazer <03270 +Ya<azeyr > :



24 : 06 Then they came <00935 +bow> > to Gilead < 01568 +Gil<ad >
, and to the land <00776 +>erets > of Tahtimhodshi < 8483> ; and
they came <00935 +bow> > to Danjaan <01842 +Dan Ya< an > , and
about <05439 +cabiyb > to Zidon <06721 +Tsiydown > ,



24 : 07 And came <00935 +bow> > to the strong <04013 +mibtsar >
hold <04013 +mibtsar > of Tyre <06865 +Tsor > , and to all
<03605 +kol > the cities <05892 +<iyr > of the Hivites <02340
+Chivviy > , and of the Canaanites <03669 +K@na<aniy > : and
they went <03318 +yatsa> > out to the south <05045 +negeb > of
Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > , [ even ] to Beersheba <00884 +B@>er
Sheba< > .



24 : 08 So when they had gone <07751 +shuwt > through all <03605
+kol > the land <00776 +>erets > , they came < 00935 +bow> > to
Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > at the end <07097 +qatseh > of
nine <08672 +tesha< > months <02320 +chodesh > and twenty <06242
+<esriym > days <03117 +yowm > .



24 : 09 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > gave <05414 +nathan > up the
sum <04557 +micpar > of the number <04662 +miphqad > of the
people <05971 +<am > unto the king <04428 +melek > : and there
were in Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > eight <08083 +sh@moneh >
hundred <03967 +me>ah > thousand <00505 +>eleph > valiant <02428
+chayil > men <00376 +>iysh > that drew <08025 +shalaph > the
sword <02719 +chereb > ; and the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah
<03063 +Y@huwdah > [ were ] five <02568 +chamesh > hundred
<03967 +me>ah > thousand <00505 +>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh > .



24 : 10 . And David s <01732 +David > heart <03820 +leb > smote
<05221 +nakah > him after <00310 +>achar > that he had numbered
<05608 +caphar > the people <05971 +<am > . And David <01732
+David > said <00559 +>amar > unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,
I have sinned <02398 +chata> > greatly <03966 +m@< od > in that I
have done <06213 +<asah > : and now <06258 +<attah > , I beseech
<04994 +na> > thee , O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , take <05674
+<abar > away <05674 +<abar > the iniquity < 05771 +<avon > of
thy servant <05650 +<ebed > ; for I have done very < 03966 +m@<od
> foolishly <05528 +cakal > .



24 : 11 For when David <01732 +David > was up in the morning
<01242 +boqer > , the word <01697 +dabar > of the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > came <01961 +hayah > unto the prophet < 05030 +nabiy>
> Gad <01410 +Gad > , David s <01732 +David > seer <02374
+chozeh > , saying <00559 +>amar > ,



24 : 12 Go <01980 +halak > and say <00559 +>amar > unto David
<01732 +David > , Thus <03541 +koh > saith <01696 +dabar > the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , I offer <05190 +natal > thee three
<07969 +shalowsh > [ things ] ; choose <00977 +bachar > thee one
<00259 +>echad > of them , that I may [ do <06213 +<asah > it ]
unto thee .



24 : 13 So Gad <01410 +Gad > came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732
+David > , and told <05046 +nagad > him , and said < 00559 +>amar
> unto him , Shall seven <07651 +sheba< > years < 08141 +shaneh >
of famine <07458 +ra<ab > come <00935 +bow> > unto thee in thy
land <00776 +>erets > ? or wilt thou flee <05127 +nuwc > three
<07969 +shalowsh > months <02320 +chodesh > before <06440
+paniym > thine enemies <06862 +tsar > , while they pursue
<07291 +radaph > thee ? or that there be three <07969 +shalowsh
> days <03117 +yowm > pestilence <01698 +deber > in thy land
<00776 +>erets > ? now <06258 +<attah > advise <03045 +yada< > ,
and see <07200 +ra>ah > what <04100 +mah > answer <01697 +dabar
> I shall return <07725 +shuwb > to him that sent < 07971
+shalach > me .



24 : 14 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto Gad
<01410 +Gad > , I am in a great <03966 +m@<od > strait <06887
+tsarar > : let us fall <05307 +naphal > now <04994 +na> > into
the hand <03027 +yad > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ; for his
mercies <07356 +racham > [ are ] great <07227 +rab > : and let
me not fall <05307 +naphal > into the hand <03027 +yad > of man
<00120 +>adam > .



24 : 15 So the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > sent <05414 +nathan > a
pestilence <01698 +deber > upon Israel <03478 +Yisra> el > from
the morning <01242 +boqer > even to the time <06256 +< eth >
appointed <04150 +mow<ed > : and there died <04191 +muwth > of
the people <05971 +<am > from Dan <01835 +Dan > even to
Beersheba <00884 +B@>er Sheba< > seventy <07657 +shib<iym . >
thousand <00505 +>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh > .



24 : 16 And when the angel <04397 +mal>ak > stretched <07971
+shalach > out his hand<03027 +yad > upon Jerusalem < 03389
+Y@ruwshalaim > to destroy <07843 +shachath > it , the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > repented <05162 +nacham > him of the evil
<07451 +ra< > , and said <00559 +>amar > to the angel <04397
+mal>ak > that destroyed <07843 +shachath > the people <05971
+<am > , It is enough <07227 +rab > : stay <07503 +raphah > now
<06258 +<attah > thine hand <03027 +yad > . And the angel
<04397 +mal>ak > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > was by the
threshingplace <01637 +goren > of Araunah <00728 +> Aravnah > the
Jebusite <02983 +Yebuwciy > .



24 : 17 And David <01732 +David > spake <00559 +>amar > unto the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > when he saw <07200 +ra>ah > the angel
<04397 +mal>ak > that smote <05221 +nakah > the people <05971
+<am > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Lo <02009 +hinneh > , I have
sinned <02398 +chata> > , and I have done wickedly < 05753 +<avah
> : but these <00428 +>el - leh > sheep <06629 +tso>n > , what
<04100 +mah > have they done <06213 +<asah > ? let thine hand
<03027 +yad > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , be against me , and
against my father s <1> house <01004 +bayith > .



24 : 18 . And Gad <01410 +Gad > came <00935 +bow> > that day
<03117 +yowm > to David <01732 +David > , and said <00559 +>amar
> unto him , Go <05927 +<alah > up , rear <06965 +quwm > an
altar <04196 +mizbeach > unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > in the
threshingfloor <01637 +goren > of Araunah <00728 +> Aravnah > the
Jebusite <02983 +Yebuwciy > .



24 : 19 And David <01732 +David > , according to the saying
<01697 +dabar > of Gad <01410 +Gad > , went <05927 +<alah > up
as the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > commanded <06680 +tsavah > .



24 : 20 And Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > looked <08259 +shaqaph > ,
and saw <07200 +ra>ah > the king <04428 +melek > and his
servants <05650 +<ebed > coming <05674 +<abar > on toward <05921
+<al > him : and Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > went <03318 +yatsa>
> out , and bowed <07812 +shachah > himself before the king
<04428 +melek > on his face <00639 +>aph > upon the ground
<00776 +>erets > .



24 : 21 And Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > said <00559 +>amar > ,
Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< > is my lord <00113 +> adown > the
king <04428 +melek > come <00935 +bow> > to his servant <05650
+<ebed > ? And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > , To
buy <07069 +qanah > the threshingfloor <01637 +goren > of thee ,
to build <01129 +banah > an altar <04196 +mizbeach > unto the
LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , that the plague <04046 +maggephah > may
be stayed <06113 +<atsar > from the people <05971 +<am > .



24 : 22 And Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > said <00559 +>amar > unto
David <01732 +David > , Let my lord <00113 +>adown > the king
<04428 +melek > take <03947 +laqach > and offer < 05927 +<alah >
up what [ seemeth <05869 +<ayin > ] good <02896 +towb > unto him
: behold <07200 +ra>ah > , [ here be ] oxen <01241 +baqar > for
burnt <05930 +<olah > sacrifice , and threshing < 04173 +mowrag >
instruments and [ other ] instruments <03627 +k@liy > of the
oxen <01241 +baqar > for wood <06086 +<ets > .



24 : 23 All <03605 +kol > these [ things ] did Araunah < 00728
+>Aravnah > , [ as ] a king <04428 +melek > , give <05414
+nathan > unto the king <04428 +melek > . And Araunah <00728
+>Aravnah > said <00559 +>amar > unto the king < 04428 +melek > ,
The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > accept
<07521 +ratsah > thee .



24 : 24 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +> amar > unto
Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > , Nay <03808 +lo> > ; but I will
surely buy <07069 +qanah > [ it ] of thee at a price < 04242
+m@chiyr > : neither <03808 +lo> > will I offer < 05927 +<alah >
burnt <05930 +<olah > offerings unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah >
my God <00430 +>elohiym > of that which <00834 +> aher > doth
cost <02600 +chinnam > me nothing <02600 +chinnam > . So David
<01732 +David > bought <07069 +qanah > the threshingfloor <01637
+goren > and the oxen <01241 +baqar > for fifty < 02572
+chamishshiym > shekels <08255 +sheqel > of silver < 03701
+keceph > .



24 : 25 And David <01732 +David > built <01129 +banah > there
<08033 +sham > an altar <04196 +mizbeach > unto the LORD <03068
+Y@hovah > , and offered <05927 +<alah > burnt < 05930 +<olah >
offerings and peace <08002 +shelem > offerings . So the LORD
<03068 +Y@hovah > was intreated <06279 +<athar > for the land
<00776 +>erets > , and the plague <04046 +maggephah > was stayed
<06113 +<atsar > from Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > 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