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2Samuel 1





1. Now it came <01961> to pass after <0310> the death <04194>
of Saul <07586>, when David <01732> was returned < 07725> from
the slaughter <05221> of the Amalekites <06003>, and David
<01732> had abode <03427> two <08147> days < 03117> in Ziklag
<06860>;



2 It came <01961> even to pass on the third <07992> day <03117>,
that, behold <02009>, a man <0376> came <0935> out of the camp
<04264> from Saul <07586> with his clothes < 0899> rent <07167>,
and earth <0127> upon his head <07218>: and [so] it was, when he
came <0935> to David <01732>, that he fell < 05307> to the earth
<0776>, and did obeisance <07812>.



3 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, From whence comest
<0935> thou? And he said <0559> unto him, Out of the camp
<04264> of Israel <03478> am I escaped <04422>.



4 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, How < 04100> went
<01961> the matter <01697>? I pray <04994> thee, tell <05046> me.
And he answered <0559>, That the people <05971> are fled
<05127> from the battle <04421>, and many < 07235> of the people
<05971> also <01571> are fallen <05307> and dead <04191>; and
Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son < 01121> are dead
<04191> also <01571>.



5 And David <01732> said <0559> unto the young < 05288> man that
told <05046> him, How <0349> knowest <03045> thou that Saul
<07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> be dead <04191>?



6 And the young <05288> man that told <05046> him said <0559>,
As I happened <07136> by chance <07122> upon mount <02022>
Gilboa <01533>, behold <02009>, Saul <07586> leaned <08172> upon
his spear <02595>; and, lo <02009>, the chariots < 07393> and
horsemen <06571> followed <01692> hard <01692> after him.



7 And when he looked <06437> behind <0310> him, he saw <07200>
me, and called <07121> unto me. And I answered <0559>, Here
<02009> [am] I. 8 And he said <0559> unto me, Who < 04310> [art]
thou? And I answered <0559> him, I [am] an Amalekite < 06003>.



9 He said <0559> unto me again, Stand <05975>, I pray <04994>
thee, upon me, and slay <04191> me: for anguish < 07661> is come
<0270> upon me, because <03588> my life <05315> [is] yet <05750>
whole <03605> in me.



10 So I stood <05975> upon him, and slew <04191> him, because
<03588> I was sure <03045> that he could not live < 02421> after
<0310> that he was fallen <05307>: and I took < 03947> the crown
<05145> that [was] upon his head <07218>, and the bracelet
<0685> that [was] on <05921> his arm <02220>, and have brought
<0935> them hither unto my lord <0113>.



11. Then David <01732> took hold <02388> on his clothes <0899>,
and rent <07167> them; and likewise <01571> all < 03605> the men
<0582> that [were] with him:



12 And they mourned <05594>, and wept <01058>, and fasted
<06684> until <05704> even <06153>, for Saul <07586>, and for
Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>, and for the people <05971> of
the LORD <03068>, and for the house <01004> of Israel <03478>;
because <03588> they were fallen <05307> by the sword <02719>.



13 And David <01732> said <0559> unto the young < 05288> man
that told <05046> him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered <0559>,
I [am] the son <01121> of a stranger, an Amalekite < 06003>.



14 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, How < 0349> wast thou
not afraid <03372> to stretch <07971> forth thine hand <03027>
to destroy <07843> the LORD'S <03068> anointed < 04899>?



15 And David <01732> called <07121> one <0259> of the young
<05288> men, and said <0559>, Go <05066> near <05066>, [and]
fall <06293> upon him. And he smote <05221> him that he died
<04191>.



16 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, Thy blood <01818>
[be] upon thy head <07218>; for thy mouth <06310> hath testified
<06030> against thee, saying <0559>, I have slain < 04191> the
LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>.



17. And David <01732> lamented <06969> with this < 02063>
lamentation <07015> over <05921> Saul <07586> and over <05921>
Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>:



18 (Also he bade <0559> them teach <03925> the children <01121>
of Judah <03063> [the use of] the bow <07198>: behold <02009>,
[it is] written <03789> in the book <05612> of Jasher <03477>.)



19 The beauty <06643> of Israel <03478> is slain < 02491> upon
thy high <01116> places: how <0349> are the mighty <01368>
fallen <05307>!



20 Tell <05046> [it] not in Gath <01661>, publish <01319> [it]
not in the streets <02351> of Askelon <0831>; lest <06435> the
daughters <01121> of the Philistines <06430> rejoice <08055>,
lest <06435> the daughters <01121> of the uncircumcised <06189>
triumph <05937>.



21 Ye mountains <02022> of Gilboa <01533>, [let there be] no
<0408> dew <02919>, neither <0408> [let there be] rain <04306>,
upon you, nor fields <07704> of offerings <08641>: for there
<08033> the shield <04043> of the mighty <01368> is vilely
<01602> cast <01602> away, the shield <04043> of Saul <07586>,
[as though he had] not [been] anointed <04899> with oil < 08081>.



22 From the blood <01818> of the slain <02491>, from the fat
<02459> of the mighty <01368>, the bow <07198> of Jonathan
<03083> turned <07734> not back <0268>, and the sword <02719> of
Saul <07586> returned <07725> not empty <07387>.



23 Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> [were] lovely <0157> and
pleasant <05273> in their lives <02416>, and in their death
<04194> they were not divided <06504>: they were swifter <07043>
than eagles <05404>, they were stronger <01396> than lions
<0738>.



24 Ye daughters <01121> of Israel <03478>, weep < 01058> over
<0413> Saul <07586>, who <04310> clothed < 03847> you in scarlet
<08144>, with [other] delights <05730>, who < 04310> put <05927>
on ornaments <05716> of gold <02091> upon your apparel <03830>.



25 How <0349> are the mighty <01368> fallen < 05307> in the
midst <08432> of the battle <04421>! O Jonathan < 03083>, [thou
wast] slain <02491> in thine high <01116> places.



26 I am distressed <06887> for thee, my brother < 0251> Jonathan
<03083>: very <03966> pleasant <05276> hast thou been unto me:
thy love <0160> to me was wonderful <06381>, passing the love
<0160> of women <0802>.



27 How <0349> are the mighty <01368> fallen < 05307>, and the
weapons <03627> of war <04421> perished <06>!



2Samuel 2



1. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this < 03651>, that
David <01732> enquired <07592> of the LORD < 03068>, saying
<0559>, Shall I go <05927> up into any <0259> of the cities
<05892> of Judah <03063>? And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto
him, Go <05927> up. And David <01732> said < 0559>, Whither
<0575> shall I go <05927> up? And he said <0559> , Unto Hebron
<02275>.



2 So David <01732> went <05927> up thither < 08033>, and his two
<08147> wives <0802> also <01571>, Ahinoam < 0293> the
Jezreelitess <03159>, and Abigail <026> Nabal's < 05037> wife
<0802> the Carmelite <03761>.



3 And his men <0582> that [were] with him did David < 01732>
bring <05927> up, every man <0376> with his household <01004>:
and they dwelt <03427> in the cities <05892> of Hebron <02275>.



4 And the men <0582> of Judah <03063> came < 0935>, and there
<08033> they anointed <04886> David <01732> king <04428> over
<05921> the house <01004> of Judah <03063>. And they told
<05046> David <01732>, saying <0559>, [That] the men <0582> of
Jabeshgilead [were they] that buried <06912> Saul < 07586>.



5 And David <01732> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> unto the
men <0582> of Jabeshgilead, and said <0559> unto them, Blessed
<01288> [be] ye of the LORD <03068>, that ye have shewed <06213>
this <02088> kindness <02617> unto your lord < 0113>, [even] unto
Saul <07586>, and have buried <06912> him.



6 And now <06258> the LORD <03068> shew <06213> kindness
<02617> and truth <0571> unto you: and I also < 01571> will
requite <06213> you this <02088> kindness < 02896>, because
<0834> ye have done <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>.



7 Therefore now <06258> let your hands <03027> be strengthened
<02388>, and be ye valiant: for your master <0113> Saul <07586>
is dead <04191>, and also <01571> the house < 01004> of Judah
<03063> have anointed <04886> me king <04428> over <05921> them.



8. But Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner < 05369>, captain
<08269> of Saul's <07586> host <06635>, took <03947> Ishbosheth
<0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, and brought <05674> him
over <05674> to Mahanaim <04266>;



9 And made him king <04427> over Gilead <01568>, and over the
Ashurites <0843>, and over Jezreel <03157>, and over Ephraim
<0669>, and over Benjamin <01144>, and over all < 03605> Israel
<03478>.



10 Ishbosheth <0378> Saul's <07586> son <01121> [was] forty
<0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427>
over <05921> Israel <03478>, and reigned <04427> two <08147>
years <08141>. But the house <01004> of Judah < 03063> followed
David <01732>.



11 And the time that David <01732> was king <04428> in Hebron
<02275> over <05921> the house <01004> of Judah <03063> was
seven <07651> years <08141> and six <08337> months <02320>.



12 And Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner < 05369>, and the
servants <05650> of Ishbosheth <0378> the son < 01121> of Saul
<07586>, went <03318> out from Mahanaim <04266> to Gibeon
<01391>.



13 And Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah < 06870>, and the
servants <05650> of David <01732>, went <03318> out, and met
<06298> together <03162> by the pool <01295> of Gibeon <01391>:
and they sat <03427> down, the one <0428> on < 05921> the one
<02088> side of the pool <01295>, and the other < 0428> on
<05921> the other <02088> side of the pool < 01295>.



14 And Abner <074> said <0559> to Joab <03097>, Let the young
<05288> men now <04994> arise <06965>, and play <07832> before
<06440> us. And Joab <03097> said <0559>, Let them arise <06965>.



15 Then there arose <06965> and went <05674> over <05674> by
number <04557> twelve of Benjamin <01144>, which [pertained] to
Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul < 07586>, and twelve of
the servants <05650> of David <01732>.



16 And they caught <02388> every <0376> one < 0376> his fellow
<07453> by the head <07218>, and [thrust] his sword <02719> in
his fellow's <07453> side <06654>; so they fell < 05307> down
together <03162>: wherefore that place <04725> was called
<07121> Helkathhazzurim <02521>, which <0834> [is] in Gibeon
<01391>.



17 And there was a very <03966> sore <07188> battle <04421>
that day <03117>; and Abner <074> was beaten < 05062>, and the
men <0582> of Israel <03478>, before <06440> the servants
<05650> of David <01732>.



18. And there were three <07969> sons <01121> of Zeruiah
<06870> there <08033>, Joab <03097>, and Abishai <052>, and
Asahel <0760>: and Asahel <06214> [was as] light < 07031> of foot
<07272> as a wild <07704> roe <06643>.



19 And Asahel <06214> pursued <07291> after < 0310> Abner <074>;
and in going <03212> he turned <05186> not to the right <03225>
hand nor to the left <08040> from following <0310> Abner <074>.



20 Then Abner <074> looked <06437> behind < 0310> him, and said
<0559>, [Art] thou Asahel <06214>? And he answered <0559>, I
[am].



21 And Abner <074> said <0559> to him, Turn < 05186> thee aside
<05186> to thy right <03225> hand or <0176> to thy left <08040>,
and lay thee hold <0270> on one <0259> of the young <05288> men,
and take <03947> thee his armour <02488>. But Asahel <06214>
would <014> not turn <05493> aside from following < 0310> of him.



22 And Abner <074> said <0559> again to Asahel < 06214>, Turn
<05493> thee aside from following <0310> me: wherefore <04100>
should I smite <05221> thee to the ground <0776>? how <0349>
then should I hold <05375> up my face <06440> to Joab <03097>
thy brother <0251>?



23 Howbeit he refused <03985> to turn <05493> aside: wherefore
Abner <074> with the hinder <0310> end of the spear <02595>
smote <05221> him under <0413> the fifth <02570> [rib], that the
spear <02595> came <03318> out behind <0310> him; and he fell
<05307> down there <08033>, and died <04191> in the same <08478>
place <08478>: and it came <0935> to pass, [that] as many as
came <0935> to the place <04725> where Asahel < 06214> fell
<05307> down and died <04191> stood <05975> still.



24 Joab <03097> also and Abishai <052> pursued < 07291> after
<0310> Abner <074>: and the sun <08121> went <0935> down when
they were come <0935> to the hill <01389> of Ammah <0522>, that
[lieth] before Giah <01520> by the way <01870> of the wilderness
<04057> of Gibeon <01391>.



25. And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> gathered
<06908> themselves together after <0310> Abner < 074>, and became
<01961> one <0259> troop <092>, and stood < 05975> on <05921> the
top <07218> of an hill <01389>.



26 Then Abner <074> called <07121> to Joab < 03097>, and said
<0559>, Shall the sword <02719> devour <0398> for ever <05331>?
knowest <03045> thou not that it will be bitterness < 04751> in
the latter <0314> end? how <05704> long <05704> shall it be then,
ere <03808> thou bid <0559> the people <05971> return <07725>
from following <0310> their brethren <0251>?



27 And Joab <03097> said <0559>, [As] God < 0430> liveth <02416>,
unless thou hadst spoken <01696>, surely <03588> then in the
morning <01242> the people <05971> had gone < 05927> up every
<0376> one <0376> from following <0310> his brother <0251>.



28 So Joab <03097> blew <08628> a trumpet < 07782>, and all
<03605> the people <05971> stood <05975> still, and pursued
<07291> after <0310> Israel <03478> no < 03808> more <05750>,
neither <03808> fought <03898> they any more.



29 And Abner <074> and his men <0582> walked < 01980> all
<03605> that night <03915> through the plain < 06160>, and passed
<05674> over <05674> Jordan <03383>, and went <03212> through
all <03605> Bithron <01338>, and they came < 0935> to Mahanaim
<04266>.



30 And Joab <03097> returned <07725> from following <0310>
Abner <074>: and when he had gathered <06908> all < 03605> the
people <05971> together, there lacked <06485> of David's <01732>
servants <05650> nineteen men <0376> and Asahel < 06214>.



31 But the servants <05650> of David <01732> had smitten
<05221> of Benjamin <01144>, and of Abner's < 074> men <0582>,
[so that] three <07969> hundred <03967> and threescore <08346>
men <0376> died <04191>.



32 And they took <05375> up Asahel <06214>, and buried <06912>
him in the sepulchre <06913> of his father <01>, which <0834>
[was in] Bethlehem <01035>. And Joab <03097> and his men <0582>
went <03212> all <03605> night <03915>, and they came <0935> to
Hebron <02275> at break <0215> of day <0215>.



2Samuel 3



1. Now there was long <0752> war <04421> between < 0996> the
house <01004> of Saul <07586> and the house < 01004> of David
<01732>: but David <01732> waxed <01980> stronger <02390> and
stronger <02390>, and the house <01004> of Saul < 07586> waxed
<01980> weaker <01800> and weaker <01800>.



2 And unto David <01732> were sons <01121> born < 03205> in
Hebron <02275>: and his firstborn <01060> was Amnon <0550>, of
Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess <03159>;



3 And his second <04932>, Chileab <03609>, of Abigail <026> the
wife <0802> of Nabal <05037> the Carmelite < 03761>; and the
third <07992>, Absalom <053> the son <01121> of Maacah <04601>
the daughter <01323> of Talmai <08526> king < 04428> of Geshur
<01650>;



4 And the fourth <07243>, Adonijah <0138> the son <01121> of
Haggith <02294>; and the fifth <02549>, Shephatiah <08203> the
son <01121> of Abital <037>;



5 And the sixth <08345>, Ithream <03507>, by Eglah <05698>
David's <01732> wife <0802>. These <0428> were born <03205> to
David <01732> in Hebron <02275>.



6 And it came <01961> to pass, while there was war < 04421>
between <0996> the house <01004> of Saul <07586> and the house
<01004> of David <01732>, that Abner <074> made himself strong
<02388> for the house <01004> of Saul <07586>.



7. And Saul <07586> had a concubine <06370>, whose name <08034>
[was] Rizpah <07532>, the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345>: and
[Ishbosheth] said <0559> to Abner <074>, Wherefore <04069> hast
thou gone <0935> in unto my father's <01> concubine <06370>?



8 Then was Abner <074> very <03966> wroth < 02734> for the words
<01697> of Ishbosheth <0378>, and said <0559>, [Am] I a dog's
<03611> head <07218>, which <0834> against Judah <03063> do
<06213> shew <06213> kindness <02617> this day <03117> unto the
house <01004> of Saul <07586> thy father <01>, to his brethren
<0251>, and to his friends <04828>, and have not delivered
<04672> thee into the hand <03027> of David < 01732>, that thou
chargest <06485> me to day <03117> with a fault < 05771>
concerning this woman <0802>?



9 So <03541> do <06213> God <0430> to Abner <074>, and more
<03254> also <03541>, except <03588>, as the LORD <03068> hath
sworn <07650> to David <01732>, even <03588> so <03651> I do
<06213> to him;



10 To translate <05674> the kingdom <04467> from the house
<01004> of Saul <07586>, and to set <06965> up the throne
<03678> of David <01732> over <05921> Israel <03478> and over
<05921> Judah <03063>, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884>.



11 And he could <03201> not answer <07725> Abner < 074> a word
<01697> again <05750>, because he feared <03372> him.



12 And Abner <074> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> to David
<01732> on his behalf <08478>, saying <0559>, Whose <04310> [is]
the land <0776>? saying <0559> [also], Make < 03772> thy league
<01285> with me, and, behold <02009>, my hand < 03027> [shall be]
with thee, to bring <05437> about <05437> all < 03605> Israel
<03478> unto thee.



13 And he said <0559>, Well <02896>; I will make < 03772> a
league <01285> with thee: but one <0259> thing < 01697> I require
<07592> of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see <07200> my face
<06440>, except thou first <06440> bring <0935> Michal <04324>
Saul's <07586> daughter <01323>, when thou comest < 0935> to see
<07200> my face <06440>.



14 And David <01732> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> to
Ishbosheth <0378> Saul's <07586> son <01121>, saying <0559>,
Deliver <05414> [me] my wife <0802> Michal < 04324>, which <0834>
I espoused <0781> to me for an hundred <03967> foreskins <06190>
of the Philistines <06430>.



15 And Ishbosheth <0378> sent <07971>, and took < 03947> her
from [her] husband <0376>, [even] from Phaltiel < 06409> the son
<01121> of Laish <03919>.



16 And her husband <0376> went <03212> with her along <01980>
weeping <01058> behind <0310> her to Bahurim < 0980>. Then said
<0559> Abner <074> unto him, Go <03212>, return <07725>. And he
returned <07725>.



17 And Abner <074> had communication <01697> with the elders
<02205> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, Ye sought <01245> for
David <01732> in times <08543> past <08032> [to be] king <04428>
over <05921> you:



18 Now <06258> then do <06213> [it]: for the LORD <03068> hath
spoken <0559> of David <01732>, saying <0559>, By the hand
<03027> of my servant <05650> David <01732> I will save <03467>
my people <05971> Israel <03478> out of the hand < 03027> of the
Philistines <06430>, and out of the hand <03027> of all <03605>
their enemies <0341>.



19 And Abner <074> also <01571> spake <01696> in the ears
<0241> of Benjamin <01144>: and Abner <074> went <03212> also
<01571> to speak <01696> in the ears <0241> of David <01732> in
Hebron <02275> all <03605> that seemed <05869> good <02896> to
Israel <03478>, and that seemed <05869> good to the whole
<03605> house <01004> of Benjamin <01144>.



20 So Abner <074> came <0935> to David <01732> to Hebron
<02275>, and twenty <06242> men <0582> with him. And David
<01732> made <06213> Abner <074> and the men <0582> that [were]
with him a feast <04960>.



21 And Abner <074> said <0559> unto David < 01732>, I will arise
<06965> and go <03212>, and will gather <06908> all <03605>
Israel <03478> unto my lord <0113> the king < 04428>, that they
may make <03772> a league <01285> with thee, and that thou
mayest reign <04427> over all <03605> that thine heart <05315>
desireth <08378>. And David <01732> sent <07971> Abner <074>
away; and he went <03212> in peace <07965>.



22. And, behold <02009>, the servants <05650> of David <01732>
and Joab <03097> came <0935> from [pursuing] a troop <01416>,
and brought <0935> in a great <07227> spoil < 07998> with them:
but Abner <074> [was] not with David <01732> in Hebron <02275>;
for he had sent <07971> him away, and he was gone < 03212> in
peace <07965>.



23 When Joab <03097> and all <03605> the host < 06635> that
[was] with him were come <0935>, they told <05046> Joab <03097>,
saying <0559>, Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369> came
<0935> to the king <04428>, and he hath sent < 07971> him away,
and he is gone <03212> in peace <07965>.



24 Then Joab <03097> came <0935> to the king < 04428>, and said
<0559>, What <04100> hast thou done <06213>? behold <02009>,
Abner <074> came <0935> unto thee; why <04100> [is] it [that]
thou hast sent <07971> him away, and he is quite gone < 03212>?



25 Thou knowest <03045> Abner <074> the son < 01121> of Ner
<05369>, that he came <0935> to deceive <06601> thee, and to
know <03045> thy going <04161> out and thy coming < 04126> in,
and to know <03045> all <03605> that thou doest < 06213>.



26 And when Joab <03097> was come <03318> out from David
<01732>, he sent <07971> messengers <04397> after <0310> Abner
<074>, which brought <07725> him again <05750> from the well
<0953> of Sirah <05626>: but David <01732> knew <03045> [it] not.



27 And when Abner <074> was returned <07725> to Hebron <02275>,
Joab <03097> took him aside <05186> in the gate < 08179> to speak
<01696> with him quietly <07987>, and smote < 05221> him there
<08033> under the fifth <02570> [rib], that he died <04191>, for
the blood <01818> of Asahel <06214> his brother < 0251>.



28 And afterward when David <01732> heard <08085> [it], he said
<0559>, I and my kingdom <04467> [are] guiltless < 05355> before
<05973> the LORD <03068> for ever <05769> from the blood <01818>
of Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>:



29 Let it rest <02342> on <05921> the head < 07218> of Joab
<03097>, and on <0413> all <03605> his father's <01> house
<01004>; and let there not fail <03772> from the house <01004>
of Joab <03097> one that hath an issue <02100>, or that is a
leper <06879>, or that leaneth <02388> on a staff < 06418>, or
that falleth <05307> on the sword <02719>, or that lacketh
<02638> bread <03899>.



30 So Joab <03097> and Abishai <052> his brother < 0251> slew
<02026> Abner <074>, because he had slain < 04191> their brother
<0251> Asahel <06214> at Gibeon <01391> in the battle <04421>.



31 And David <01732> said <0559> to Joab < 03097>, and to all
<03605> the people <05971> that [were] with him, Rend <07167>
your clothes <0899>, and gird <02296> you with sackcloth <08242>,
and mourn <05594> before <06440> Abner <074>. And king <04428>
David <01732> [himself] followed the bier <04296>.



32 And they buried <06912> Abner <074> in Hebron < 02275>: and
the king <04428> lifted <05375> up his voice < 06963>, and wept
<01058> at the grave <06913> of Abner <074>; and all <03605> the
people <05971> wept <01058>.



33 And the king <04428> lamented <06969> over < 0413> Abner
<074>, and said <0559>, Died <04191> Abner < 074> as a fool
<05036> dieth <04194>?



34 Thy hands <03027> [were] not bound <0631>, nor <03808> thy
feet <07272> put <05056> into fetters <05178>: as a man <01121>
falleth <05307> before <06440> wicked <05766> men <01121>, [so]
fellest <05307> thou. And all <03605> the people < 05971> wept
<01058> again <03254> over <05921> him.



35 And when all <03605> the people <05971> came < 0935> to cause
David <01732> to eat <01262> meat <03899> while it was yet
<05750> day <03117>, David <01732> sware < 07650>, saying <0559>,
So <03541> do <06213> God <0430> to me, and more <03254> also
<03541>, if I taste <02938> bread <03899>, or <0176> ought
<03972> else, till <06440> the sun <08121> be down <0935>.



36 And all <03605> the people <05971> took < 05384> notice
<05234> [of it], and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king
<04428> did <06213> pleased all <03605> the people <05971>.



37 For all <03605> the people <05971> and all < 03605> Israel
<03478> understood <03045> that day <03117> that it was not of
the king <04428> to slay <04191> Abner <074> the son <01121> of
Ner <05369>.



38 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto his servants <05650>,
Know <03045> ye not that there is a prince <08269> and a great
<01419> man fallen <05307> this <02088> day < 03117> in Israel
<03478>?



39 And I [am] this day <03117> weak <07390>, though anointed
<04886> king <04428>; and these <0428> men < 0582> the sons
<01121> of Zeruiah <06870> [be] too hard <07186> for me: the
LORD <03068> shall reward <07999> the doer < 06218> of evil
<07451> according to his wickedness <07451>.



2Samuel 4



1. And when Saul's <07586> son <01121> heard < 08085> that Abner
<074> was dead <04191> in Hebron <02275>, his hands <03027> were
feeble <07503>, and all <03605> the Israelites < 03478> were
troubled <0926>.



2 And Saul's <07586> son <01121> had <01961> two <08147> men
<0582> [that were] captains <08269> of bands < 01416>: the name
<08034> of the one <0259> [was] Baanah <01195>, and the name
<08034> of the other <08145> Rechab <07394>, the sons <01121> of
Rimmon <07417> a Beerothite <0886>, of the children <01121> of
Benjamin <01144>: (for Beeroth <0881> also < 01571> was reckoned
<02803> to Benjamin <01144>:



3 And the Beerothites <0886> fled <01272> to Gittaim <01664>,
and were sojourners <01481> there <08033> until < 05704> this
<02088> day <03117>.)



4 And Jonathan <03083>, Saul's <07586> son < 01121>, had a son
<01121> [that was] lame <05223> of [his] feet < 07272>. He was
five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> when the tidings <08052>
came <0935> of Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> out of Jezreel
<03157>, and his nurse <0539> took <05375> him up, and fled
<05127>: and it came <01961> to pass, as she made haste <02648>
to flee <05127>, that he fell <05307>, and became < 06452> lame
<06452>. And his name <08034> [was] Mephibosheth < 04648>.



5 And the sons <01121> of Rimmon <07417> the Beerothite <0886>,
Rechab <07394> and Baanah <01195>, went <03212>, and came <0935>
about the heat <02527> of the day <03117> to the house <01004>
of Ishbosheth <0378>, who <04310> lay <07901> on a bed <04904>
at noon <06672>.



6 And they came <0935> thither into <05704> the midst <08432>
of the house <01004>, [as though] they would have fetched
<03947> wheat <02406>; and they smote <05221> him under <0413>
the fifth <02570> [rib]: and Rechab <07394> and Baanah <01195>
his brother <0251> escaped <04422>.



7 For when they came <0935> into the house <01004>, he lay
<07901> on <05921> his bed <04296> in his bedchamber, and they
smote <05221> him, and slew <04191> him, and beheaded him, and
took <03947> his head <07218>, and gat <03212> them away <03212>
through <01870> the plain <06160> all <03605> night <03915>.



8 And they brought <0935> the head <07218> of Ishbosheth <0378>
unto David <01732> to Hebron <02275>, and said < 0559> to the
king <04428>, Behold <02009> the head <07218> of Ishbosheth
<0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586> thine enemy <0341>, which
<0834> sought <01245> thy life <05315>; and the LORD <03068>
hath avenged my lord <03068> the king <04428> this <02088> day
<03117> of Saul <07586>, and of his seed <02233> .



9. And David <01732> answered <06030> Rechab < 07394> and Baanah
<01195> his brother <0251>, the sons of Rimmon < 07417> the
Beerothite <0886>, and said <0559> unto them, [As] the LORD
<03068> liveth <02416>, who <0834> hath redeemed <06299> my soul
<05315> out of all <03605> adversity <06869>,



10 When one told <05046> me, saying <0559>, Behold <02009>,
Saul <07586> is dead <04191>, thinking to have brought <01319>
good <01319> tidings <01319>, I took hold <0270> of him, and
slew <02026> him in Ziklag <06860>, who <0834> [thought] that I
would have given <05414> him a reward <01309> for his tidings
<01309>:



11 How <0637> much <0637> more, when <03588> wicked <07563> men
<0582> have slain <02026> a righteous <06662> person <0376> in
his own house <01004> upon his bed <04904>? shall I not
therefore now <06258> require <01245> his blood < 01818> of your
hand <03027>, and take <01197> you away from the earth <0776>?



12 And David <01732> commanded <06680> his young < 05288> men,
and they slew <02026> them, and cut <07112> off their hands
<03027> and their feet <07272>, and hanged < 08518> [them] up
over <05921> the pool <01295> in Hebron <02275>. But they took
<03947> the head <07218> of Ishbosheth <0378>, and buried
<06912> [it] in the sepulchre <06913> of Abner < 074> in Hebron
<02275>.



2Samuel 5



1. Then came <0935> all <03605> the tribes < 07626> of Israel
<03478> to David <01732> unto Hebron <02275>, and spake <0559>,
saying <0559>, Behold <02005>, we [are] thy bone < 06106> and thy
flesh <01320>.



2 Also <01571> in time past <08032>, when Saul < 07586> was king
<04428> over <05921> us, thou wast <01961> he that leddest
<03318> out and broughtest <0935> in Israel < 03478>: and the
LORD <03068> said <0559> to thee, Thou shalt feed < 07462> my
people <05971> Israel <03478>, and thou shalt be a captain
<05057> over <05921> Israel <03478>.



3 So all <03605> the elders <02205> of Israel < 03478> came
<0935> to the king <04428> to Hebron <02275>; and king <04428>
David <01732> made <03772> a league <01285> with them in Hebron
<02275> before <06440> the LORD <03068>: and they anointed
<04886> David <01732> king <04428> over < 05921> Israel <03478>.



4 David <01732> [was] thirty <07970> years < 08141> old <01121>
when <03588> he began to reign <04427>, [and] he reigned <04427>
forty <0705> years <08141>.



5 In Hebron <02275> he reigned <04427> over < 05921> Judah
<03063> seven <07651> years <08141> and six < 08337> months
<02320>: and in Jerusalem <03389> he reigned < 04427> thirty
<07970> and three <07969> years <08141> over <05921> all <03605>
Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.



6. And the king <04428> and his men <0582> went < 03212> to
Jerusalem <03389> unto the Jebusites <02983>, the inhabitants
<03427> of the land <0776>: which spake <0559> unto David
<01732>, saying <0559>, Except thou take <05493> away <05493>
the blind <05787> and the lame <06455>, thou shalt not come
<0935> in hither: thinking <0559>, David <01732> cannot <03808>
come <0935> in hither.



7 Nevertheless David <01732> took <03920> the strong <04686>
hold <04686> of Zion <06726>: the same <01931> [is] the city
<05892> of David <01732>.



8 And David <01732> said <0559> on that day < 03117>, Whosoever
getteth <05060> up to the gutter <06794>, and smiteth <05221>
the Jebusites <02983>, and the lame <06455> and the blind
<05787>, [that are] hated <08130> of David's < 01732> soul
<05315>, [he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore < 04100> they
said <0559>, The blind <05787> and the lame < 06455> shall not
come <0935> into <0413> the house <01004>.



9 So David <01732> dwelt <03427> in the fort < 04686>, and
called <07121> it the city <05892> of David < 01732>. And David
<01732> built <01129> round <05439> about from Millo <04407> and
inward <01004>.



10 And David <01732> went <03212> on, and grew great <01419>,
and the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635> [was] with him.



11. And Hiram <02438> king <04428> of Tyre < 06865> sent <07971>
messengers <04397> to David <01732>, and cedar < 0730> trees
<06086>, and carpenters <02796>, and masons: and they built
<01129> David <01732> an house <01004>.



12 And David <01732> perceived <03045> that the LORD <03068>
had established <03559> him king <04428> over < 05921> Israel
<03478>, and that he had exalted <05375> his kingdom <04467> for
his people <05971> Israel's <03478> sake <05668> .



13 And David <01732> took <03947> [him] more < 05750> concubines
<06370> and wives <0802> out of Jerusalem < 03389>, after <0310>
he was come <0935> from Hebron <02275>: and there were yet
<05750> sons <01121> and daughters <01121> born <03205> to David
<01732>.



14 And these <0428> [be] the names <08034> of those that were
born <03209> unto him in Jerusalem <03389>; Shammua <08051>, and
Shobab <07727>, and Nathan <05416>, and Solomon < 08010>,



15 Ibhar <02984> also, and Elishua <0474>, and Nepheg <05298>,
and Japhia <03309>,



16 And Elishama <0476>, and Eliada <0450>, and Eliphalet <0467>.



17. But when the Philistines <06430> heard <08085> that they
had anointed <04886> David <01732> king <04428> over <05921>
Israel <03478>, all <03605> the Philistines < 06430> came <05927>
up to seek <01245> David <01732>; and David < 01732> heard
<08085> [of it], and went <03381> down <03381> to the hold
<04686>.



18 The Philistines <06430> also came <0935> and spread <05203>
themselves in the valley <06010> of Rephaim <07497>.



19 And David <01732> enquired <07592> of the LORD <03068>,
saying <0559>, Shall I go <05927> up to the Philistines <06430>?
wilt thou deliver <05414> them into mine hand <03027> ? And the
LORD <03068> said <0559> unto David <01732>, Go <05927> up: for
I will doubtless deliver <05414> the Philistines < 06430> into
thine hand <03027>.



20 And David <01732> came <0935> to Baalperazim < 01188>, and
David <01732> smote <05221> them there <08033>, and said <0559>,
The LORD <03068> hath broken <06555> forth upon mine enemies
<0341> before <06440> me, as the breach <06556> of waters
<04325>. Therefore he called <07121> the name < 08034> of that
place <04725> Baalperazim <01188>.



21 And there <08033> they left <05800> their images <06091>,
and David <01732> and his men <0582> burned < 05375> them.



22 And the Philistines <06430> came <05927> up yet <05750>
again <03254>, and spread <05203> themselves in the valley
<06010> of Rephaim <07497>.



23 And when David <01732> enquired <07592> of the LORD <03068>,
he said <0559>, Thou shalt not go <05927> up; [but] fetch a
compass <05437> behind <0310> them, and come < 0935> upon them
over <04136> against <04136> the mulberry < 01057> trees.



24 And let it be, when thou hearest <08085> the sound < 06963>
of a going <06807> in the tops <07218> of the mulberry <01057>
trees, that then <0227> thou shalt bestir <02782> thyself: for
then <0227> shall the LORD <03068> go <03318> out before <06440>
thee, to smite <05221> the host <04264> of the Philistines
<06430>.



25 And David <01732> did <06213> so <03651>, as the LORD
<03068> had commanded <06680> him; and smote < 05221> the
Philistines <06430> from Geba <01387> until < 05704> thou come
<0935> to Gazer <01507>.



2Samuel 6



1. Again <05750>, David <01732> gathered < 03254> together all
<03605> [the] chosen <0970> [men] of Israel < 03478>, thirty
<07970> thousand <0505>.



2 And David <01732> arose <06965>, and went < 03212> with all
<03605> the people <05971> that [were] with him from Baale
<01184> of Judah <03063>, to bring <05927> up from thence
<08033> the ark <0727> of God <0430>, whose < 0834> name <08034>
is called <07121> by the name <08034> of the LORD < 03068> of
hosts <06635> that dwelleth <03427> [between] the cherubims
<03742>.



3 And they set <07392> the ark <0727> of God < 0430> upon a new
<02319> cart <05699>, and brought <05375> it out of the house
<01004> of Abinadab <041> that [was] in Gibeah < 01390>: and
Uzzah <05798> and Ahio <0283>, the sons <01121> of Abinadab
<041>, drave <05090> the new <02319> cart < 05699>.



4 And they brought <05375> it out of the house < 01004> of
Abinadab <041> which <0834> [was] at Gibeah < 01390>,
accompanying <05973> the ark <0727> of God < 0430>: and Ahio
<0283> went <01980> before <06440> the ark < 0727>.



5 And David <01732> and all <03605> the house < 01004> of Israel
<03478> played <07832> before <06440> the LORD <03068> on all
<03605> manner of [instruments made of] fir <01265> wood <06086>,
even on harps <03658>, and on psalteries <05035>, and on
timbrels <08596>, and on cornets <04517>, and on cymbals <06767>.



6. And when they came <0935> to Nachon's <05225> threshingfloor
<01637>, Uzzah <05798> put <07971> forth < 07971> [his hand] to
the ark <0727> of God <0430>, and took hold < 0270> of it; for
the oxen <01241> shook <08058> [it].



7 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was kindled <02734>
against Uzzah <05798>; and God <0430> smote < 05221> him there
<08033> for [his] error <07944>; and there < 08033> he died
<04191> by the ark <0727> of God <0430>.



8 And David <01732> was displeased <02734>, because the LORD
<03068> had made <06555> a breach <06556> upon Uzzah <05798>:
and he called <07121> the name of the place <04725> Perezuzzah
<06560> to this <02088> day <03117>.



9 And David <01732> was afraid <03372> of the LORD <03068> that
day <03117>, and said <0559>, How shall the ark < 0727> of the
LORD <03068> come <0935> to me?



10 So David <01732> would <014> not remove < 05493> the ark
<0727> of the LORD <03068> unto him into <05921> the city
<05892> of David <01732>: but David <01732> carried <05186> it
aside <05186> into the house <01004> of Obededom < 05654> the
Gittite <01663>.



11 And the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> continued <03427> in
the house <01004> of Obededom <05654> the Gittite < 01663> three
<07969> months <02320>: and the LORD <03068> blessed <01288>
Obededom <05654>, and all <03605> his household < 01004>.



12. And it was told <05046> king <04428> David < 01732>, saying
<0559>, The LORD <03068> hath blessed <01288> the house <01004>
of Obededom <05654>, and all <03605> that [pertaineth] unto him,
because <05668> of the ark <0727> of God <0430>. So David
<01732> went <03212> and brought <05927> up the ark <0727> of
God <0430> from the house <01004> of Obededom < 05654> into the
city <05892> of David <01732> with gladness < 08057>.



13 And it was [so], that when <03588> they that bare < 05375>
the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> had gone < 06805> six <08337>
paces <06806>, he sacrificed <02076> oxen < 07794> and fatlings
<04806>.



14 And David <01732> danced <03769> before < 06440> the LORD
<03068> with all <03605> [his] might <05797>; and David <01732>
[was] girded <02296> with a linen <0906> ephod < 0646>.



15 So David <01732> and all <03605> the house < 01004> of Israel
<03478> brought <05927> up the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>
with shouting <08643>, and with the sound <06963> of the trumpet
<07782>.



16 And as the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> came <0935> into
the city <05892> of David <01732>, Michal < 04324> Saul's <07586>
daughter <01323> looked <08259> through <01157> a window <02474>,
and saw <07200> king <04428> David <01732> leaping <06339> and
dancing <03769> before <06440> the LORD <03068>; and she
despised <0959> him in her heart <03820>.



17 And they brought <0935> in the ark <0727> of the LORD
<03068>, and set <03322> it in his place <04725> , in the midst
<08432> of the tabernacle <0168> that David had pitched <05186>
for it: and David <01732> offered <05927> burnt < 05930>
offerings and peace <08002> offerings before <06440> the LORD
<03068>.



18 And as soon as David <01732> had made an end < 03615> of
offering <05927> burnt <05930> offerings and peace <08002>
offerings, he blessed <01288> the people <05971> in the name
<08034> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.



19 And he dealt <02505> among all <03605> the people <05971>,
[even] among the whole <03605> multitude <01995> of Israel
<03478>, as well to the women <0802> as men < 0376>, to every
<0376> one <0376> a cake <02471> of bread < 03899>, and a good
piece <0829> [of flesh <0829>], and a flagon < 0809> [of wine].
So all <03605> the people <05971> departed < 03212> every <0376>
one <0376> to his house <01004>.



20. Then David <01732> returned <07725> to bless < 01288> his
household <01004>. And Michal <04324> the daughter <01323> of
Saul <07586> came <03318> out to meet <07125> David <01732>, and
said <0559>, How <04100> glorious <03513> was the king <04428>
of Israel <03478> to day, who <0834> uncovered < 01540> himself
to day <03117> in the eyes <05869> of the handmaids <0519> of
his servants <05650>, as one <0259> of the vain < 07386> fellows
shamelessly <01540> uncovereth <01540> himself!



21 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Michal < 04324>, [It was]
before <06440> the LORD <03068>, which <0834> chose <0977> me
before thy father <01>, and before all <03605> his house <01004>,
to appoint <06680> me ruler <05057> over < 05921> the people
<05971> of the LORD <03068>, over <05921> Israel <03478>:
therefore will I play <07832> before <06440> the LORD <03068>.



22 And I will yet <05750> be more vile <07043> than thus
<02063>, and will be base <08217> in mine own sight <05869>: and
of the maidservants <0519> which <0834> thou hast spoken <0559>
of, of them shall I be had in honour <03513>.



23 Therefore Michal <04324> the daughter <01323> of Saul
<07586> had no <03808> child <03206> unto the day <03117> of her
death <04194>.



2Samuel 7



1. And it came <01961> to pass, when <03588> the king <04428>
sat <03427> in his house <01004>, and the LORD < 03068> had given
him rest <05117> round <05439> about from all < 03605> his
enemies <0341>;



2 That the king <04428> said <0559> unto Nathan < 05416> the
prophet <05030>, See <07200> now <04994>, I dwell <03427> in an
house <01004> of cedar <0730>, but the ark < 0727> of God <0430>
dwelleth <03427> within <08432> curtains <03407> .



3 And Nathan <05416> said <0559> to the king < 04428>, Go
<03212>, do <06213> all <03605> that [is] in thine heart <03824>;
for the LORD <03068> [is] with thee.



4. And it came <01961> to pass that night <03915>, that the
word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto Nathan
<05416>, saying <0559>,



5 Go <03212> and tell <0559> my servant <05650> David <01732>,
Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Shalt thou build
<01129> me an house <01004> for me to dwell < 03427> in?



6 Whereas <03588> I have not dwelt <03427> in [any] house
<01004> since the time <03117> that I brought < 05927> up the
children <01121> of Israel <03478> out of Egypt < 04714>, even to
this <02088> day <03117>, but have walked < 01980> in a tent
<0168> and in a tabernacle <04908>.



7 In all <03605> [the places] wherein <0834> I have walked
<01980> with all <03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>
spake <01696> I a word <01697> with any <0259> of the tribes
<07626> of Israel <03478>, whom <0834> I commanded <06680> to
feed <07462> my people <05971> Israel <03478>, saying <0559>,
Why <04100> build <01129> ye not me an house < 01004> of cedar
<0730>?



8 Now <06258> therefore so shalt thou say <0559> unto my
servant <05650> David <01732>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the
LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, I took <03947> thee from the
sheepcote <05116>, from following <0310> the sheep <06629>, to
be ruler <05057> over <05921> my people <05971>, over <05921>
Israel <03478>:



9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest <01980>, and
have cut <03772> off all <03605> thine enemies < 0341> out of thy
sight <06440>, and have made <06213> thee a great < 01419> name
<08034>, like unto the name <08034> of the great < 01419> [men]
that [are] in the earth <0776>.



10 Moreover I will appoint <07760> a place <04725> for my
people <05971> Israel <03478>, and will plant < 05193> them, that
they may dwell <07931> in a place <08478> of their own, and move
<07264> no <03808> more <05750>; neither < 03808> shall the
children <01121> of wickedness <05766> afflict < 06031> them any
more <03254>, as beforetime <07223>,



11 And as since <04480> the time <03117> that I commanded
<06680> judges <08199> [to be] over <05921> my people <05971>
Israel <03478>, and have caused thee to rest <05117> from all
<03605> thine enemies <0341>. Also the LORD < 03068> telleth
<05046> thee that he will make <06213> thee an house <01004>.



12 And when <03588> thy days <03117> be fulfilled <04390>, and
thou shalt sleep <07901> with thy fathers <01>, I will set
<06965> up thy seed <02233> after <0310> thee, which <0834>
shall proceed <03318> out of thy bowels <04578>, and I will
establish <03559> his kingdom <04467>.



13 He shall build <01129> an house <01004> for my name <08034>,
and I will stablish <03559> the throne <03678> of his kingdom
<04467> for ever <05769>.



14 I will be his father <01>, and he shall be my son < 01121>.
If <0834> he commit <05753> iniquity <05753>, I will chasten
<03198> him with the rod <07626> of men <0582>, and with the
stripes <05061> of the children <01121> of men < 0120>:



15 But my mercy <02617> shall not depart <05493> away from him,
as I took <05493> [it] from Saul <07586>, whom < 0834> I put
<05493> away <05493> before <06440> thee.



16 And thine house <01004> and thy kingdom <04467> shall be
established <0539> for ever <05769> before < 06440> thee: thy
throne <03678> shall be established <03559> for ever <05769>.



17 According to all <03605> these <0428> words < 01697>, and
according to all <03605> this <02088> vision < 02384>, so <03651>
did Nathan <05416> speak <01696> unto David < 01732>.



18. Then went <0935> king <04428> David <01732> in, and sat
<03427> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, and he said <0559>, Who
<04310> [am] I, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>? and what <04310> [is]
my house <01004>, that thou hast brought <0935> me hitherto
<01988>?



19 And this <02063> was yet <05750> a small < 06994> thing in
thy sight <05869>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>; but thou hast
spoken <01696> also <01571> of thy servant's < 05650> house
<01004> for a great <07350> while <07350> to come. And [is] this
<02063> the manner <08452> of man <0120>, O Lord <0136> GOD
<03069>?



20 And what <04100> can David <01732> say < 01696> more <05750>
unto thee? for thou, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, knowest <03045>
thy servant <05650>.



21 For thy word's <01697> sake <05668>, and according to thine
own heart <03820>, hast thou done <06213> all < 03605> these
<02063> great <01420> things, to make thy servant < 05650> know
<03045> [them].



22 Wherefore thou art great <01431>, O LORD <03068> God <0430>:
for [there is] none <0369> like <03644> thee, neither <0369> [is
there any] God <0430> beside <02108> thee, according to all
<03605> that we have heard <08085> with our ears < 0241>.



23 And what <04310> one <0259> nation <01471> in the earth
<0776> [is] like thy people <05971>, [even] like Israel <03478>,
whom <0834> God <0430> went <01980> to redeem <06299> for a
people <05971> to himself, and to make <07760> him a name
<08034>, and to do <06213> for you great <01420> things and
terrible <03372>, for thy land <0776>, before < 06440> thy people
<05971>, which <0834> thou redeemedst <06299> to thee from Egypt
<04714>, [from] the nations <01471> and their gods <0430>?



24 For thou hast confirmed <03559> to thyself thy people
<05971> Israel <03478> [to be] a people <05971> unto thee for
ever <05769>: and thou, LORD <03068>, art become < 01961> their
God <0430>.



25 And now <06258>, O LORD <03068> God <0430>, the word <01697>
that thou hast spoken <01696> concerning <05921> thy servant
<05650>, and concerning <05921> his house < 01004>, establish
<06965> [it] for ever <05769>, and do <06213> as thou hast said
<01696>.



26 And let thy name <08034> be magnified <01431> for ever
<05769>, saying <0559>, The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> [is]
the God <0430> over <05921> Israel <03478>: and let the house
<01004> of thy servant <05650> David <01732> be established
<03559> before <06440> thee.



27 For thou, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, God <0430> of
Israel <03478>, hast revealed <01540> to thy servant <05650>,
saying <0559>, I will build <01129> thee an house < 01004>:
therefore hath thy servant <05650> found <04672> in his heart
<03820> to pray <06419> this <02063> prayer < 08605> unto thee.



28 And now <06258>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, thou [art] that
God <0430>, and thy words <01697> be true <0571> , and thou hast
promised <01696> this <02088> goodness <02896> unto thy servant
<05650>:



29 Therefore now <06258> let it please <02894> thee to bless
<01288> the house <01004> of thy servant <05650> , that it may
continue <01961> for ever <05769> before <06440> thee: for thou,
O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, hast spoken <01696> [it]: and with
thy blessing <01293> let the house <01004> of thy servant
<05650> be blessed <01288> for ever <05769>.



2Samuel 8



1. And after <0310> this <03651> it came < 01961> to pass, that
David <01732> smote <05221> the Philistines < 06430>, and subdued
<03665> them: and David <01732> took <03947> Methegammah <04965>
out of the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>.



2 And he smote <05221> Moab <04124>, and measured <04058> them
with a line <02256>, casting <07901> them down < 07901> to the
ground <0776>; even with two <08147> lines < 02256> measured
<04058> he to put to death <04191>, and with one full <04393>
line <02256> to keep alive <02421>. And [so] the Moabites
<04124> became <01961> David's <01732> servants <05650>, [and]
brought <05375> gifts <04503>.



3 David <01732> smote <05221> also Hadadezer < 01909>, the son
<01121> of Rehob <07340>, king <04428> of Zobah <06678>, as he
went <03212> to recover <07725> his border < 03027> at the river
<05104> Euphrates <06578>.



4 And David <01732> took <03920> from him a thousand <0505>
[chariots], and seven <07651> hundred <03967> horsemen <06571>,
and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> footmen: and David <01732>
houghed <06131> all <03605> the chariot <07393> [horses], but
reserved <03498> of them [for] an hundred <03967> chariots
<07393>.



5 And when the Syrians <0758> of Damascus <01834> came <0935>
to succour <05826> Hadadezer <01909> king < 04428> of Zobah
<06678>, David <01732> slew <05221> of the Syrians <0758> two
<08147> and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> men <0376>.



6 Then David <01732> put <07760> garrisons < 05333> in Syria
<0758> of Damascus <01834>: and the Syrians < 0758> became
<01961> servants <05650> to David <01732>, [and] brought <05375>
gifts <04503>. And the LORD <03068> preserved < 03467> David
<01732> whithersoever he went <01980>.



7 And David <01732> took <03947> the shields < 07982> of gold
<02091> that were on <0413> the servants <05650> of Hadadezer
<01909>, and brought <0935> them to Jerusalem < 03389>.



8 And from Betah <0984>, and from Berothai <01268>, cities
<05892> of Hadadezer <01909>, king <04428> David <01732> took
<03947> exceeding <03966> much <07235> brass <05178>.



9. When Toi <08583> king <04428> of Hamath < 02574> heard
<08085> that David <01732> had <01961> smitten <05221> all
<03605> the host <02428> of Hadadezer <01909>,



10 Then Toi <08583> sent <07971> Joram <03141> his son <01121>
unto king <04428> David <01732>, to salute him, and to bless
<01288> him, because he had fought <03898> against Hadadezer
<01909>, and smitten <05221> him: for Hadadezer < 01909> had wars
<04421> with Toi <08583>. And [Joram] brought < 01961> with him
vessels <03627> of silver <03701>, and vessels < 03627> of gold
<02091>, and vessels <03627> of brass <05178>:



11 Which also king <04428> David <01732> did dedicate <06942>
unto the LORD <03068>, with the silver <03701> and gold <02091>
that he had dedicated <06942> of all <03605> nations <01471>
which <0834> he subdued <03533>;



12 Of Syria <0758>, and of Moab <04124>, and of the children
<01121> of Ammon <05983>, and of the Philistines < 06430>, and of
Amalek <06002>, and of the spoil <07998> of Hadadezer <01909>,
son <01121> of Rehob <07340>, king <04428> of Zobah <06678>.



13 And David <01732> gat <06213> [him] a name < 08034> when he
returned <07725> from smiting <05221> of the Syrians <0758> in
the valley <01516> of salt <04417>, [being] eighteen thousand
<0505> [men].



14 And he put <07760> garrisons <05333> in Edom < 0123>;
throughout all <03605> Edom <0123> put <07760> he garrisons
<05333>, and all <03605> they of Edom <0123> became <01961>
David's <01732> servants <05650>. And the LORD < 03068> preserved
<03467> David <01732> whithersoever he went < 01980>.







15. And David <01732> reigned <04427> over < 05921> all <03605>
Israel <03478>; and David <01732> executed < 06213> judgment
<04941> and justice <06666> unto all <03605> his people <05971>.



16 And Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah < 06870> [was]
over <05921> the host <06635>; and Jehoshaphat < 03092> the son
<01121> of Ahilud <0286> [was] recorder <02142>;



17 And Zadok <06659> the son <01121> of Ahitub < 0285>, and
Ahimelech <0288> the son <01121> of Abiathar < 054>, [were] the
priests <03548>; and Seraiah <08304> [was] the scribe <05608>;



18 And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111> [was
over] both the Cherethites <03774> and the Pelethites < 06432>;
and David's <01732> sons <01121> were chief < 03548> rulers.



2Samuel 9



1. And David <01732> said <0559>, Is there yet < 05750> any that
is left <03498> of the house <01004> of Saul < 07586>, that I may
shew <06213> him kindness <02617> for Jonathan's < 03129> sake
<05668>?



2 And [there was] of the house <01004> of Saul < 07586> a
servant <05650> whose name <08034> [was] Ziba < 06717>. And when
they had called <07121> him unto David <01732>, the king <04428>
said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou Ziba <06717>? And he said
<0559>, Thy servant <05650> [is he].



3 And the king <04428> said <0559>, [Is] there not yet <05750>
any <0376> of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, that I may shew
<06213> the kindness <02617> of God <0430> unto him? And Ziba
<06717> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, Jonathan <03083> hath
yet <05750> a son <01121>, [which is] lame < 05223> on [his] feet
<07272>.



4 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Where <0375> [is]
he? And Ziba <06717> said <0559> unto the king < 04428>, Behold
<02009>, he [is] in the house <01004> of Machir < 04353>, the son
<01121> of Ammiel <05988>, in Lodebar <03810>.



5 Then king <04428> David <01732> sent <07971>, and fetched
<03947> him out of the house <01004> of Machir < 04353>, the son
<01121> of Ammiel <05988>, from Lodebar <03810>.



6 Now when Mephibosheth <04648>, the son <01121> of Jonathan
<03083>, the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, was come <0935> unto
David <01732>, he fell <05307> on <05921> his face <06440>, and
did reverence <07812>. And David <01732> said < 0559>,
Mephibosheth <04648>. And he answered <0559>, Behold <02009> thy
servant <05650>!



7 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, Fear < 03372> not: for
I will surely <03588> shew <06213> thee kindness < 02617> for
Jonathan <03083> thy father's <01> sake <05668>, and will
restore <07725> thee all <03605> the land < 07704> of Saul
<07586> thy father <01>; and thou shalt eat < 0398> bread <03899>
at <05921> my table <07979> continually <08548>.



8 And he bowed <07812> himself, and said <0559>, What <04100>
[is] thy servant <05650>, that thou shouldest look < 06437> upon
such a dead <04191> dog <03611> as I [am]?



9. Then the king <04428> called <07121> to Ziba < 06717>, Saul's
<07586> servant <05288>, and said <0559> unto him, I have given
<05414> unto thy master's <0113> son <01121> all <03605> that
pertained <01961> to Saul <07586> and to all < 03605> his house
<01004>.



10 Thou therefore, and thy sons <01121>, and thy servants
<05650>, shall till <05647> the land <0127> for him, and thou
shalt bring <0935> in [the fruits], that thy master's < 0113> son
<01121> may have <01961> food <03899> to eat <0398>: but
Mephibosheth <04648> thy master's <0113> son < 01121> shall eat
<0398> bread <03899> alway <08548> at < 05921> my table <07979>.
Now Ziba <06717> had fifteen <06240> sons < 01121> and twenty
<06242> servants <05650>.



11 Then said <0559> Ziba <06717> unto the king < 04428>,
According to all <03605> that my lord <0113> the king <04428>
hath commanded <06680> his servant <05650>, so < 03651> shall thy
servant <05650> do <06213>. As for Mephibosheth < 04648>, [said
the king <04428>], he shall eat <0398> at < 05921> my table
<07979>, as one <0259> of the king's <04428> sons <01121>.



12 And Mephibosheth <04648> had a young <06996> son <01121>,
whose name <08034> [was] Micha <04316>. And all < 03605> that
dwelt <04186> in the house <01004> of Ziba < 06717> [were]
servants <05650> unto Mephibosheth <04648>.



13 So Mephibosheth <04648> dwelt <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>:
for he did eat <0398> continually <08548> at < 05921> the king's
<04428> table <07979>; and was lame <06455> on both <08147> his
feet <07272>.



2Samuel 10



1. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this < 03651>, that
the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon < 05983> died
<04191>, and Hanun <02586> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in
his stead <08478>.



2 Then said <0559> David <01732>, I will shew < 06213> kindness
<02617> unto Hanun <02586> the son <01121> of Nahash <05176>, as
his father <01> shewed <06213> kindness <02617> unto me. And
David <01732> sent <07971> to comfort <05162> him by the hand
<03027> of his servants <05650> for his father < 01>. And David's
<01732> servants <05650> came <0935> into the land <0776> of the
children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.



3 And the princes <08269> of the children <01121> of Ammon
<05983> said <0559> unto Hanun <02586> their lord <0113>,
Thinkest <05869> thou that David <01732> doth honour <03513> thy
father <01>, that he hath sent <07971> comforters < 05162> unto
thee? hath not David <01732> [rather] sent <07971> his servants
<05650> unto thee, to search <02713> the city < 05892>, and to
spy <07270> it out, and to overthrow <02015> it?



4 Wherefore Hanun <02586> took <03947> David's < 01732> servants
<05650>, and shaved <01548> off the one half < 02677> of their
beards <02206>, and cut <03772> off their garments <04063> in
the middle <02677>, [even] to their buttocks <08357>, and sent
<07971> them away.



5 When they told <05046> [it] unto David <01732>, he sent
<07971> to meet <07125> them, because <03588> the men <0582>
were greatly <03966> ashamed <03637>: and the king <04428> said
<0559>, Tarry <03427> at Jericho <03405> until <05704> your
beards <02206> be grown <06779>, and [then] return <07725>.



6. And when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> saw <07200>
that they stank <0887> before David <01732>, the children
<01121> of Ammon <05983> sent <07971> and hired <07936> the
Syrians <0758> of Bethrehob <01050>, and the Syrians <0758> of
Zoba <06678>, twenty <06242> thousand <0505> footmen <07273>,
and of king <04428> Maacah <04601> a thousand < 0505> men <0376>,
and of Ishtob <0382> twelve thousand <0505> men < 0376>.



7 And when David <01732> heard <08085> of [it], he sent <07971>
Joab <03097>, and all <03605> the host <06635> of the mighty
<01368> men.



8 And the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> came < 03318> out,
and put the battle <04421> in array <06186> at the entering
<06607> in of the gate <08179>: and the Syrians < 0758> of Zoba
<06678>, and of Rehob <07340>, and Ishtob <0382> , and Maacah
<04601>, [were] by themselves <0905> in the field < 07704>.



9 When Joab <03097> saw <07200> that the front < 06440> of the
battle <04421> was against <0413> him before < 06440> and behind
<0268>, he chose <0977> of all <03605> the choice <0977> [men]
of Israel <03478>, and put [them] in array <06186> against
<07125> the Syrians <0758>:



10 And the rest <03499> of the people <05971> he delivered
<05414> into the hand <03027> of Abishai <052> his brother
<0251>, that he might put [them] in array <06186> against
<07125> the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.



11 And he said <0559>, If <0518> the Syrians < 0758> be too
strong <02388> for me, then thou shalt help <03447> me: but if
<0518> the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> be too strong
<02388> for thee, then I will come <01980> and help <03467> thee.



12 Be of good courage <02388>, and let us play the men < 02388>
for our people <05971>, and for the cities <05892> of our God
<0430>: and the LORD <03068> do <06213> that which seemeth
<05869> him good <02896>.



13 And Joab <03097> drew nigh <05066>, and the people <05971>
that [were] with him, unto the battle <04421> against the
Syrians <0758>: and they fled <05127> before < 06440> him.



14 And when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> saw <07200>
that the Syrians <0758> were fled <05127>, then fled <05127>
they also before <06440> Abishai <052>, and entered <0935> into
the city <05892>. So Joab <03097> returned < 07725> from the
children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and came < 0935> to Jerusalem
<03389>.



15. And when the Syrians <0758> saw <07200> that they were
smitten <05062> before <06440> Israel <03478>, they gathered
<0622> themselves together <03162>.



16 And Hadarezer <01928> sent <07971>, and brought <03318> out
the Syrians <0758> that [were] beyond <05676> the river <05104>:
and they came <0935> to Helam <02431>; and Shobach <07731> the
captain <08269> of the host <06635> of Hadarezer < 01928> [went]
before <06440> them.



17 And when it was told <05046> David <01732>, he gathered
<0622> all <03605> Israel <03478> together, and passed <05674>
over <05674> Jordan <03383>, and came <0935> to Helam <02431>.
And the Syrians <0758> set themselves in array <06186> against
<07125> David <01732>, and fought <03898> with him.



18 And the Syrians <0758> fled <05127> before < 06440> Israel
<03478>; and David <01732> slew <02126> [the men of] seven
<07651> hundred <03967> chariots <07393> of the Syrians <0758>,
and forty <0705> thousand <0505> horsemen < 06571>, and smote
<05221> Shobach <07731> the captain <08269> of their host
<06635>, who died <04191> there <08033>.



19 And when all <03605> the kings <04428> [that were] servants
<05650> to Hadarezer <01928> saw <07200> that they were smitten
<05062> before <06440> Israel <03478>, they made peace <07999>
with Israel <03478>, and served <05647> them. So the Syrians
<0758> feared <03372> to help <03467> the children <01121> of
Ammon <05983> any more <05750>.



2Samuel 11



1. And it came <01961> to pass, after the year < 08141> was
expired <08666>, at the time <06256> when kings < 04428> go
<03318> forth <03318> [to battle], that David < 01732> sent
<07971> Joab <03097>, and his servants <05650> with him, and all
<03605> Israel <03478>; and they destroyed < 07843> the children
<01121> of Ammon <05983>, and besieged <06696> Rabbah <07237>.
But David <01732> tarried <03427> still at Jerusalem <03389>.



2 And it came <01961> to pass in an eveningtide, that David
<01732> arose <06965> from off <05921> his bed <04904>, and
walked <01980> upon the roof <01406> of the king's <04428> house
<01004>: and from the roof <01406> he saw < 07200> a woman <0802>
washing <07364> herself; and the woman <0802> [was] very <03966>
beautiful <02896> to look <04758> upon.



3 And David <01732> sent <07971> and enquired < 01875> after the
woman <0802>. And [one] said <0559>, [Is] not this <02063>
Bathsheba <01339>, the daughter <01323> of Eliam < 0463>, the
wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>?



4 And David <01732> sent <07971> messengers < 04397>, and took
<03947> her; and she came <0935> in unto him, and he lay <07901>
with her; for she was purified <06942> from her uncleanness
<02932>: and she returned <07725> unto her house < 01004>.



5 And the woman <0802> conceived <02030>, and sent <07971> and
told <05046> David <01732>, and said <0559>, I [am] with child
<02030>.



6. And David <01732> sent <07971> to Joab < 03097>, [saying
<0559>], Send <07971> me Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>. And
Joab <03097> sent <07971> Uriah <0223> to David <01732>.



7 And when Uriah <0223> was come <0935> unto him, David <01732>
demanded <07592> [of him] how Joab <03097> did < 07965>, and how
the people <05971> did <07965>, and how the war < 04421>
prospered <07965>.



8 And David <01732> said <0559> to Uriah <0223> , Go <03381>
down <03381> to thy house <01004>, and wash < 07364> thy feet
<07272>. And Uriah <0223> departed <03318> out of the king's
<04428> house <01004>, and there followed him a mess <04864> [of
meat] from the king <04428>.



9 But Uriah <0223> slept <07901> at the door < 06607> of the
king's <04428> house <01004> with all <03605> the servants
<05650> of his lord <0113>, and went <03381> not down <03381> to
his house <01004>.



10 And when they had told <05046> David <01732>, saying <0559>,
Uriah <0223> went <03381> not down <03381> unto his house
<01004>, David <01732> said <0559> unto Uriah <0223>, Camest
<0935> thou not from [thy] journey <01870>? why < 04069> [then]
didst thou not go <03381> down <03381> unto thine house <01004>?



11 And Uriah <0223> said <0559> unto David < 01732>, The ark
<0727>, and Israel <03478>, and Judah <03063>, abide <03427> in
tents <05521>; and my lord <0113> Joab <03097>, and the servants
<05650> of my lord <0113>, are encamped <02583> in the open
<06440> fields <07704>; shall I then go <0935> into <0413> mine
house <01004>, to eat <0398> and to drink < 08354>, and to lie
<07901> with my wife <0802>? [as] thou livest < 02416>, and [as]
thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, I will not do < 06213> this
<02088> thing <01697>.



12 And David <01732> said <0559> to Uriah < 0223>, Tarry <03427>
here <02088> to day <03117> also <01571>, and to morrow <04279>
I will let thee depart <07971>. So Uriah <0223> abode <03427> in
Jerusalem <03389> that day <03117>, and the morrow <04283>.



13 And when <03588> David <01732> had called < 07121> him, he
did eat <0398> and drink <08354> before <06440> him; and he made
him drunk <07937>: and at even <06153> he went < 03318> out to
lie <07901> on his bed <04904> with the servants < 05650> of his
lord <0113>, but went <03381> not down <03381> to his house
<01004>.



14. And it came <01961> to pass in the morning < 01242>, that
David <01732> wrote <03789> a letter <05612> to Joab <03097>,
and sent <07971> [it] by the hand <03027> of Uriah <0223>.



15 And he wrote <03789> in the letter <05612>, saying <0559>,
Set <03051> ye Uriah <0223> in the forefront of the hottest
<02389> battle <04421>, and retire <07725> ye from him, that he
may be smitten <05221>, and die <04191>.



16 And it came <01961> to pass, when Joab <03097> observed
<08104> the city <05892>, that he assigned < 05414> Uriah <0223>
unto a place <04725> where <0834> he knew < 03045> that valiant
<02428> men <0582> [were].



17 And the men <0582> of the city <05892> went < 03318> out, and
fought <03898> with Joab <03097>: and there fell < 05307> [some]
of the people <05971> of the servants <05650> of David <01732>;
and Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> died < 04191> also <01571>.



18 Then Joab <03097> sent <07971> and told < 05046> David
<01732> all <03605> the things <01697> concerning the war
<04421>;



19 And charged <06680> the messenger <04397>, saying <0559>,
When thou hast made an end <03615> of telling <01696> the
matters <01697> of the war <04421> unto the king < 04428>,



20 And if <0518> so be that the king's <04428> wrath <02534>
arise <05927>, and he say <0559> unto thee, Wherefore <04069>
approached <05066> ye so nigh unto the city <05892> when ye did
fight <03898>? knew <03045> ye not that they would shoot <03384>
from the wall <02346>?



21 Who <04310> smote <05221> Abimelech <040> the son <01121> of
Jerubbesheth <03380>? did not a woman <0802> cast < 07993> a
piece <06400> of a millstone <07393> upon him from the wall
<02346>, that he died <04191> in Thebez <08405> ? why <04100>
went <05066> ye nigh <05066> the wall <02346>? then say <0559>
thou, Thy servant <05650> Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> is
dead <04191> also <01571>.



22 So the messenger <04397> went <03212>, and came <0935> and
shewed <05046> David <01732> all <03605> that Joab <03097> had
sent <07971> him for.



23 And the messenger <04397> said <0559> unto David <01732>,
Surely <03588> the men <0582> prevailed <01396> against <05921>
us, and came <03318> out unto us into the field < 07704>, and we
were upon them even unto the entering <06607> of the gate
<08179>.



24 And the shooters <03384> shot <03384> from off <05921> the
wall <02346> upon thy servants <05650>; and [some] of the king's
<04428> servants <05650> be dead <04191>, and thy servant
<05650> Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> is dead <04191> also
<01571>.



25 Then David <01732> said <0559> unto the messenger <04397>,
Thus <03541> shalt thou say <0559> unto Joab < 03097>, Let not
this <02088> thing <01697> displease thee, for the sword <02719>
devoureth <0398> one <02088> as well <02090> as another <02090>:
make thy battle <04421> more strong <02388> against <0413> the
city <05892>, and overthrow <02040> it: and encourage <02388>
thou him.



26 And when the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> heard <08085> that
Uriah <0223> her husband <0376> was dead <04191> , she mourned
<05594> for her husband <01167>.



27 And when the mourning <060> was past <05493>, David <01732>
sent <07971> and fetched <0622> her to his house < 01004>, and
she became <01961> his wife <0802>, and bare < 03205> him a son
<01121>. But the thing <01697> that David < 01732> had done
<06213> displeased the LORD <03068>.



2Samuel 12



1. And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> Nathan < 05416> unto David
<01732>. And he came <0935> unto him, and said < 0559> unto him,
There were two <08147> men <0582> in one <0259> city <05892>;
the one <0259> rich <06223>, and the other < 0259> poor <07326>.



2 The rich <06223> [man] had <01961> exceeding < 03966> many
<07235> flocks <06629> and herds <01241>:



3 But the poor <07326> [man] had nothing, save one < 0259>
little <06996> ewe <03535> lamb <03535>, which <0834> he had
<01961> bought <07069> and nourished <02421> up: and it grew
<01431> up together <03162> with him, and with his children
<01121>; it did eat <0398> of his own meat < 06595>, and drank
<08354> of his own cup <03563>, and lay <07901> in his bosom
<02436>, and was unto him as a daughter <01323>.



4 And there came <0935> a traveller <01982> unto the rich
<06223> man <0376>, and he spared <02550> to take <03947> of his
own flock <06629> and of his own herd <01241>, to dress <06213>
for the wayfaring <0732> man that was come <0935> unto him; but
took <03947> the poor <07326> man's <0376> lamb <03535>, and
dressed <06213> it for the man <0376> that was come <0935> to
him.



5 And David's <01732> anger <0639> was greatly < 03966> kindled
<02734> against the man <0376>; and he said < 0559> to Nathan
<05416>, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, the man <0376>
that hath done <06213> this <02063> [thing] shall surely die
<04194>:



6 And he shall restore <07999> the lamb <03535> fourfold <0706>,
because he did <06213> this <02088> thing < 01697>, and because
he had no <03808> pity <02550>.



7 And Nathan <05416> said <0559> to David < 01732>, Thou [art]
the man <0376>. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God
<0430> of Israel <03478>, I anointed <04886> thee king <04428>
over <05921> Israel <03478>, and I delivered < 05337> thee out of
the hand <03027> of Saul <07586>;



8 And I gave <05414> thee thy master's <0113> house <01004>,
and thy master's <0113> wives <0802> into thy bosom <02436>, and
gave <05414> thee the house <01004> of Israel < 03478> and of
Judah <03063>; and if <0518> [that had been] too little <04592>,
I would moreover <03254> have given <03254> unto thee such
<02007> and such <02007> things.



9 Wherefore <04069> hast thou despised <0959> the commandment
<01697> of the LORD <03068>, to do <06213> evil <07451> in his
sight <05869>? thou hast killed <05221> Uriah < 0223> the Hittite
<02850> with the sword <02719>, and hast taken < 03947> his wife
<0802> [to be] thy wife <0802>, and hast slain < 02026> him with
the sword <02719> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.



10 Now <06258> therefore the sword <02719> shall never depart
<05493> from thine house <01004>; because thou hast despised
<0959> me, and hast taken <03947> the wife < 0802> of Uriah
<0223> the Hittite <02850> to be thy wife <0802> .



11 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02005>,
I will raise <06965> up evil <07451> against < 05921> thee out of
thine own house <01004>, and I will take <03947> thy wives
<0802> before thine eyes <05869>, and give < 05414> [them] unto
thy neighbour <07453>, and he shall lie <07901> with thy wives
<0802> in the sight <05869> of this <02063> sun <08121>.



12 For thou didst <06213> [it] secretly <05643>: but I will do
<06213> this <02088> thing <01697> before < 05048> all <03605>
Israel <03478>, and before <05048> the sun < 08121>.



13 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Nathan < 05416>, I have
sinned <02398> against the LORD <03068>. And Nathan <05416> said
<0559> unto David <01732>, The LORD <03068> also <01571> hath
put <05674> away <05674> thy sin <02403>; thou shalt not die
<04191>.



14 Howbeit <0657>, because <03588> by this < 02088> deed <01697>
thou hast given great <05006> occasion to the enemies < 0341> of
the LORD <03068> to blaspheme <05006>, the child < 01121> also
<01571> [that is] born <03209> unto thee shall surely die
<04191>.



15. And Nathan <05416> departed <03212> unto his house <01004>.
And the LORD <03068> struck <05062> the child < 03206> that
Uriah's <0223> wife <0802> bare <03205> unto David <01732>, and
it was very sick <0605>.



16 David <01732> therefore besought <01245> God < 0430> for the
child <05288>; and David <01732> fasted <06684>, and went <0935>
in, and lay <07901> all <03605> night upon the earth <0776>.



17 And the elders <02205> of his house <01004> arose <06965>,
[and went] to him, to raise <06965> him up from the earth <0776>:
but he would <014> not, neither <03808> did he eat <01262>
bread <03899> with them.



18 And it came <01961> to pass on the seventh <07637> day
<03117>, that the child <03206> died <04191>. And the servants
<05650> of David <01732> feared <03372> to tell <05046> him that
the child <03206> was dead <04191>: for they said < 0559>, Behold
<02009>, while the child <03206> was yet alive < 02416>, we spake
<01696> unto him, and he would not hearken <08085> unto our
voice <06963>: how <0349> will he then vex himself, if we tell
<0559> him that the child <03206> is dead < 04191>?



19 But when David <01732> saw <07200> that his servants <05650>
whispered <03907>, David <01732> perceived < 0995> that the child
<03206> was dead <04191>: therefore David < 01732> said <0559>
unto his servants <05650>, Is the child <03206> dead <04191>?
And they said <0559>, He is dead <04191>.



20 Then David <01732> arose <06965> from the earth <0776>, and
washed <07364>, and anointed <05480> [himself], and changed
<02498> his apparel <08071>, and came <0935> into the house
<01004> of the LORD <03068>, and worshipped < 07812>: then he
came <0935> to his own house <01004>; and when he required
<07592>, they set <07760> bread <03899> before him, and he did
eat <0398>.



21 Then said <0559> his servants <05650> unto him, What <04100>
thing <01697> [is] this <02088> that thou hast done <06213>?
thou didst fast <06684> and weep <01058> for the child <03206>,
[while it was] alive <02416>; but when <0834> the child <03206>
was dead <04191>, thou didst rise <06965> and eat < 0398> bread
<03899>.



22 And he said <0559>, While the child <03206> was yet <05750>
alive <02416>, I fasted <06684> and wept <01058> : for I said
<0559>, Who <04310> can tell <03045> [whether] GOD <03068> will
be gracious <02603> to me, that the child <03206> may live
<02416>?



23 But now <06258> he is dead <04191>, wherefore < 04100> should
I fast <06684>? can <03201> I bring <07725> him back <07725>
again <05750>? I shall go <01980> to him, but he shall not
return <07725> to me.



24 And David <01732> comforted <05162> Bathsheba < 01339> his
wife <0802>, and went <0935> in unto her, and lay < 07901> with
her: and she bare <03205> a son <01121>, and he called <07121>
his name <08034> Solomon <08010>: and the LORD < 03068> loved
<0157> him.



25 And he sent <07971> by the hand <03027> of Nathan <05416>
the prophet <05030>; and he called <07121> his name <08034>
Jedidiah <03041>, because <05668> of the LORD < 03068>.



26. And Joab <03097> fought <03898> against Rabbah <07237> of
the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and took < 03920> the
royal <04410> city <05892>.



27 And Joab <03097> sent <07971> messengers < 04397> to David
<01732>, and said <0559>, I have fought <03898> against Rabbah
<07237>, and have taken <03920> the city <05892> of waters
<04325>. 28 Now <06258> therefore gather <0622> the rest <03499>
of the people <05971> together, and encamp <02583> against
<05921> the city <05892>, and take <03920> it: lest <06435> I
take <03920> the city <05892>, and it be called < 07121> after
<05921> my name <08034>.



29 And David <01732> gathered <0622> all < 03605> the people
<05971> together, and went <03212> to Rabbah < 07237>, and fought
<03898> against it, and took <03920> it.



30 And he took <03947> their king's <04428> crown <05850> from
off <05921> his head <07218>, the weight <04948> whereof [was] a
talent <03603> of gold <02091> with the precious < 03368> stones
<068>: and it was [set] on <05921> David's < 01732> head <07218>.
And he brought <03318> forth <03318> the spoil < 07998> of the
city <05892> in great <03966> abundance <07235>.



31 And he brought <03318> forth <03318> the people <05971> that
[were] therein, and put <07760> [them] under saws < 04050>, and
under harrows <02757> of iron <01270>, and under axes <04037> of
iron <01270>, and made them pass <05674> through the brickkiln
<04404>: and thus <03651> did <06213> he unto all <03605> the
cities <05892> of the children <01121> of Ammon < 05983>. So
David <01732> and all <03605> the people <05971> returned
<07725> unto Jerusalem <03389>.



2Samuel 13



1. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this < 03651>, that
Absalom <053> the son <01121> of David <01732> had a fair
<03303> sister <0269>, whose name <08034> [was] Tamar <08559>;
and Amnon <0550> the son <01121> of David < 01732> loved <0157>
her.



2 And Amnon <0550> was so vexed <03334>, that he fell sick
<02470> for his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>; for she [was] a
virgin <01330>; and Amnon <0550> thought <05869> it hard <06381>
for him to do <06213> any <03972> thing to her.



3 But Amnon <0550> had a friend <07453>, whose name <08034>
[was] Jonadab <03122>, the son <01121> of Shimeah < 08093>
David's <01732> brother <0251>: and Jonadab < 03122> [was] a very
<03966> subtil <02450> man <0376>.



4 And he said <0559> unto him, Why <04069> [art] thou, [being]
the king's <04428> son <01121>, lean <01800> from day <01242> to
day <01242>? wilt thou not tell <05046> me? And Amnon <0550>
said <0559> unto him, I love <0157> Tamar < 08559>, my brother
<0251> Absalom's <053> sister <0269>.



5 And Jonadab <03122> said <0559> unto him, Lay < 07901> thee
down <07901> on <05921> thy bed <04904>, and make thyself sick
<02470>: and when thy father <01> cometh <0935> to see <07200>
thee, say <0559> unto him, I pray <04994> thee, let my sister
<0269> Tamar <08559> come <0935>, and give < 01262> me meat
<03899>, and dress <06213> the meat <01279> in my sight <05869>,
that I may see <07200> [it], and eat <0398> [it] at her hand
<03027>.



6 So Amnon <0550> lay <07901> down <07901>, and made himself
sick <02470>: and when the king <04428> was come < 0935> to see
<07200> him, Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, I
pray <04994> thee, let Tamar <08559> my sister < 0269> come
<0935>, and make <03823> me a couple <08147> of cakes <03834> in
my sight <05869>, that I may eat <01262> at her hand <03027>.



7 Then David <01732> sent <07971> home <01004> to Tamar <08559>,
saying <0559>, Go <03212> now <04994> to thy brother <0251>
Amnon's <0550> house <01004>, and dress <06213> him meat <01279>.



8 So Tamar <08559> went <03212> to her brother < 0251> Amnon's
<0550> house <01004>; and he was laid <07901> down <07901>. And
she took <03947> flour <01217>, and kneaded < 03888> [it], and
made <03835> cakes <03823> in his sight <05869>, and did bake
<01310> the cakes <03834>.



9 And she took <03947> a pan <04958>, and poured < 03332> [them]
out before <06440> him; but he refused <03985> to eat <0398>.
And Amnon <0550> said <0559>, Have <03318> out all <03605> men
<0376> from me. And they went <03318> out every man <0376> from
him.



10 And Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto Tamar < 08559>, Bring
<0935> the meat <01279> into the chamber <02315> , that I may eat
<01262> of thine hand <03027>. And Tamar <08559> took <03947>
the cakes <03834> which <0834> she had made < 06213>, and brought
<0935> [them] into the chamber <02315> to Amnon < 0550> her
brother <0251>.



11 And when she had brought <05066> [them] unto him to eat
<0398>, he took hold <02388> of her, and said < 0559> unto her,
Come <0935> lie <07901> with me, my sister < 0269>.



12 And she answered <0559> him, Nay <0408>, my brother <0251>,
do <06213> not force <06031> me; for no <03808> such <03651>
thing <03651> ought to be done <06213> in Israel < 03478>: do
<06213> not thou this <02063> folly <05039>.



13 And I, whither <0575> shall I cause my shame < 02781> to go
<03212>? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one <0259> of the
fools <05036> in Israel <03478>. Now <06258> therefore, I pray
<04994> thee, speak <01696> unto the king < 04428>; for he will
not withhold <04513> me from thee.



14 Howbeit he would <014> not hearken <08085> unto her voice
<06963>: but, being stronger <02388> than she, forced <06031>
her, and lay <07901> with her.



15 Then Amnon <0550> hated <08130> her exceedingly; so that the
hatred <08135> wherewith <0834> he hated <08130> her [was]
greater <01419> than the love <0160> wherewith < 0834> he had
loved <0157> her. And Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto her, Arise
<06965>, be gone <03212>.



16 And she said <0559> unto him, [There is] no <0408> cause:
this <02063> evil <07451> in sending <07971> me away [is]
greater <01419> than the other <0312> that thou didst <06213>
unto me. But he would <014> not hearken <08085> unto her.



17 Then he called <07121> his servant <05288> that ministered
<08334> unto him, and said <0559>, Put <07971> now <04994> this
<02063> [woman] out from me, and bolt <05274> the door <01817>
after <0310> her.



18 And [she had] a garment <03801> of divers <06446> colours
<06446> upon her: for with such <03651> robes < 04598> were the
king's <04428> daughters <01121> [that were] virgins <01330>
apparelled <03847>. Then his servant <08334> brought <03318> her
out, and bolted <05274> the door <01817> after < 0310> her.



19 And Tamar <08559> put <03947> ashes <0665> on <05921> her
head <07218>, and rent <07167> her garment < 03801> of divers
<06446> colours <06446> that [was] on <05921> her, and laid
<07760> her hand <03027> on <05921> her head <07218>, and went
<03212> on crying <02201>.



20 And Absalom <053> her brother <0251> said < 0559> unto her,
Hath Amnon <0550> thy brother <0251> been < 01961> with thee? but
hold <02790> now <06258> thy peace <02790>, my sister <0269>: he
[is] thy brother <0251>; regard <03820> not this < 02063> thing
<01697>. So Tamar <08559> remained <03427> desolate <08076> in
her brother <0251> Absalom's <053> house <01004> .



21. But when king <04428> David <01732> heard < 08085> of all
<03605> these <0428> things <01697>, he was very <03966> wroth
<02734>.



22 And Absalom <053> spake <01696> unto his brother Amnon
<0550> neither <03808> good <02896> nor bad < 07451>: for Absalom
<053> hated <08130> Amnon <0550>, because he had forced <06031>
his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>.



23 And it came <01961> to pass after two full <03117> years
<08141>, that Absalom <053> had sheepshearers < 01494> in
Baalhazor <01178>, which <0834> [is] beside < 05973> Ephraim
<0669>: and Absalom <053> invited <07121> all <03605> the king's
<04428> sons <01121>.



24 And Absalom <053> came <0935> to the king < 04428>, and said
<0559>, Behold <02009> now <04994>, thy servant <05650> hath
sheepshearers <01494>; let <03381> the king < 04428>, I beseech
<04994> thee, and his servants <05650> go < 03212> with thy
servant <05650>.



25 And the king <04428> said <0559> to Absalom < 053>, Nay
<0408>, my son <01121>, let us not all <03605> now <04994> go
<03212>, lest <03808> we be chargeable <03513> unto thee. And he
pressed <06555> him: howbeit he would <014> not go <03212>, but
blessed <01288> him.



26 Then said <0559> Absalom <053>, If <03808> not, I pray
<04994> thee, let my brother <0251> Amnon <0550> go <03212> with
us. And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Why <04100>
should he go <03212> with thee?



27 But Absalom <053> pressed <06555> him, that he let Amnon
<0550> and all <03605> the king's <04428> sons <01121> go
<07971> with him.



28 Now Absalom <053> had commanded <06680> his servants <05288>,
saying <0559>, Mark <07200> ye now <04994> when Amnon's <0550>
heart <03820> is merry <02896> with wine <03196> , and when I say
<0559> unto you, Smite <05221> Amnon <0550>; then kill <04191>
him, fear <03372> not: have not I commanded <06680> you? be
courageous <02388>, and be valiant.



29 And the servants <05288> of Absalom <053> did < 06213> unto
Amnon <0550> as Absalom <053> had commanded < 06680>. Then all
<03605> the king's <04428> sons <01121> arose <06965>, and every
man <0376> gat <07392> him up upon his mule < 06505>, and fled
<05127>.



30. And it came <01961> to pass, while they were in the way
<01870>, that tidings <08052> came <0935> to David <01732>,
saying <0559>, Absalom <053> hath slain <05221> all <03605> the
king's <04428> sons <01121>, and there is not one < 0259> of them
left <03498>.



31 Then the king <04428> arose <06965>, and tare < 07167> his
garments <0899>, and lay <07901> on the earth < 0776>; and all
<03605> his servants <05650> stood <05324> by with their clothes
<0899> rent <07167>.



32 And Jonadab <03122>, the son <01121> of Shimeah <08093>
David's <01732> brother <0251>, answered <06030> and said <0559>,
Let not my lord <0113> suppose <0559> [that] they have slain
<04191> all <03605> the young <05288> men the king's <04428>
sons <01121>; for Amnon <0550> only <0905> is dead <04191>: for
by the appointment <06310> of Absalom <053> this hath been
<01961> determined <07760> from the day <03117> that he forced
<06031> his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>.



33 Now <06258> therefore let not my lord <0113> the king
<04428> take <07760> the thing <01697> to his heart <03820>, to
think <0559> that all <03605> the king's <04428> sons <01121>
are dead <04191>: for Amnon <0550> only <0905> is dead <04191>.



34 But Absalom <053> fled <01272>. And the young < 05288> man
that kept the watch <06822> lifted <05375> up his eyes <05869>,
and looked <07200>, and, behold <02009>, there came <01980> much
<07227> people <05971> by the way <01870> of the hill <02022>
side <06654> behind <0310> him.



35 And Jonadab <03122> said <0559> unto the king < 04428>,
Behold <02009>, the king's <04428> sons <01121> come <0935>: as
thy servant <05650> said <01697>, so <03651> it is.



36 And it came <01961> to pass, as soon as he had made an end
<03615> of speaking <01696>, that, behold < 02009>, the king's
<04428> sons <01121> came <0935>, and lifted <05375> up their
voice <06963> and wept <01058>: and the king < 04428> also
<01571> and all <03605> his servants <05650> wept <01058> very
<03966> sore <01419>.



37 But Absalom <053> fled <01272>, and went < 03212> to Talmai
<08526>, the son <01121> of Ammihud <05989>, king <04428> of
Geshur <01650>. And [David] mourned <056> for his son <01121>
every <03605> day <03117>.



38 So Absalom <053> fled <01272>, and went < 03212> to Geshur
<01650>, and was there <08033> three <07969> years <08141>.



39 And [the soul of] king <04428> David <01732> longed <03615>
to go <03318> forth <03318> unto Absalom <053>: for he was
comforted <05162> concerning <05921> Amnon < 0550>, seeing he was
dead <04191>.



2Samuel 14



1. Now Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah < 06870>
perceived <03045> that the king's <04428> heart < 03820> [was]
toward <05921> Absalom <053>.



2 And Joab <03097> sent <07971> to Tekoah < 08620>, and fetched
<03947> thence <08033> a wise <02450> woman < 0802>, and said
<0559> unto her, I pray <04994> thee, feign thyself to be a
mourner <056>, and put <03847> on now <04994> mourning <060>
apparel <0899>, and anoint <05480> not thyself with oil <08081>,
but be as a woman <0802> that had a long <07227> time <03117>
mourned <056> for the dead <04191>:



3 And come <0935> to the king <04428>, and speak < 01696> on
this <02088> manner <01697> unto him. So Joab < 03097> put
<07760> the words <01697> in her mouth <06310>.



4 And when the woman <0802> of Tekoah <08621> spake <0559> to
the king <04428>, she fell <05307> on <05921> her face <0639> to
the ground <0776>, and did obeisance <07812>, and said <0559>,
Help <03467>, O king <04428>.



5 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto her, What <04100>
aileth thee? And she answered <0559>, I [am] indeed < 061> a
widow <0490> woman <0802>, and mine husband < 0376> is dead
<04191>.



6 And thy handmaid <08198> had two <08147> sons < 01121>, and
they two <08147> strove <05327> together in the field <07704>,
and [there was] none <0369> to part <05337> them, but the one
<0259> smote <05221> the other <0259>, and slew <04191> him.



7 And, behold <02009>, the whole <03605> family < 04940> is
risen <06965> against <05921> thine handmaid < 08198>, and they
said <0559>, Deliver <05414> him that smote < 05221> his brother
<0251>, that we may kill <04191> him, for the life <05315> of
his brother <0251> whom <0834> he slew <02026>; and we will
destroy <08045> the heir <03423> also <01571>: and so they shall
quench <03518> my coal <01513> which <0834> is left <07604>, and
shall not leave <07604> to my husband <0376> [neither <01115>]
name <08034> nor remainder <07611> upon the earth < 0127>.



8 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto the woman <0802>, Go
<03212> to thine house <01004>, and I will give charge <06680>
concerning <05921> thee.



9 And the woman <0802> of Tekoah <08621> said < 0559> unto the
king <04428>, My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, the iniquity
<05771> [be] on <05921> me, and on <05921> my father's <01>
house <01004>: and the king <04428> and his throne <03678> [be]
guiltless <05355>.



10 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Whosoever saith <01696>
[ought] unto thee, bring <0935> him to me, and he shall not
touch <05060> thee any more.



11 Then said <0559> she, I pray <04994> thee, let the king
<04428> remember <02142> the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, that
thou wouldest not suffer the revengers <01350> of blood < 01818>
to destroy <07843> any more <07235>, lest they destroy <08045>
my son <01121>. And he said <0559>, [As] the LORD < 03068> liveth
<02416>, there shall not one hair <08185> of thy son <01121>
fall <05307> to the earth <0776>.



12 Then the woman <0802> said <0559>, Let thine handmaid
<08198>, I pray <04994> thee, speak <01696> [one] word <01697>
unto my lord <0113> the king <04428>. And he said < 0559>, Say
<01696> on.



13 And the woman <0802> said <0559>, Wherefore < 04100> then
hast thou thought <02803> such <02063> a thing against <05921>
the people <05971> of God <0430>? for the king < 04428> doth
speak <01696> this <02088> thing <01697> as one which is faulty
<0818>, in that the king <04428> doth not fetch < 07725> home
<07725> again <07725> his banished <05080>.



14 For we must needs die <04191>, and [are] as water < 04325>
spilt <05064> on the ground <0776>, which <0834> cannot <03808>
be gathered <0622> up again; neither <03808> doth God <0430>
respect <05375> [any] person <05315>: yet doth he devise <02803>
means <04284>, that his banished <05080> be not expelled <05080>
from him.



15 Now <06258> therefore that I am come <0935> to speak <01696>
of this <02088> thing <01697> unto my lord < 0113> the king
<04428>, [it is] because <03588> the people < 05971> have made me
afraid <03372>: and thy handmaid <08198> said < 0559>, I will now
<04994> speak <01696> unto the king <04428>; it may be that the
king <04428> will perform <06213> the request < 01697> of his
handmaid <0519>.



16 For the king <04428> will hear <08085>, to deliver <05337>
his handmaid <0519> out of the hand <03709> of the man <0376>
[that would] destroy <08045> me and my son <01121> together
<03162> out of the inheritance <05159> of God < 0430>.



17 Then thine handmaid <08198> said <0559>, The word <01697> of
my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall now < 04994> be comfortable
<04496>: for as an angel <04397> of God <0430>, so <03651> [is]
my lord <0113> the king <04428> to discern < 08085> good <02896>
and bad <07451>: therefore the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> will
be with thee.



18 Then the king <04428> answered <06030> and said <0559> unto
the woman <0802>, Hide <03582> not from me, I pray <04994> thee,
the thing <01697> that I shall ask <07592> thee. And the woman
<0802> said <0559>, Let my lord <0113> the king <04428> now
<04994> speak <01696>.



19 And the king <04428> said <0559>, [Is not] the hand <03027>
of Joab <03097> with thee in all <03605> this < 02063>? And the
woman <0802> answered <06030> and said <0559>, [As] thy soul
<05315> liveth <02416>, my lord <0113> the king <04428>, none
<0376> can turn to the right <03231> hand or to the left <08041>
from ought that my lord <0113> the king <04428> hath spoken
<01696>: for thy servant <05650> Joab <03097>, he bade <06680>
me, and he put <07760> all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> in
the mouth <06310> of thine handmaid <08198>:



20 To fetch <05437> about <05437> this form < 06440> of speech
<01697> hath thy servant <05650> Joab <03097> done <06213> this
<02088> thing <01697>: and my lord <0113> [is] wise <02450>,
according to the wisdom <02451> of an angel <04397> of God
<0430>, to know <03045> all <03605> [things] that [are] in the
earth <0776>.



21. And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Joab < 03097>, Behold
<02009> now <04994>, I have done <06213> this <02088> thing
<01697>: go <03212> therefore, bring <07725> the young <05288>
man Absalom <053> again <07725>.



22 And Joab <03097> fell <05307> to the ground < 0776> on <0413>
his face <06440>, and bowed <07812> himself, and thanked <01288>
the king <04428>: and Joab <03097> said <0559>, To day thy
servant <05650> knoweth <03045> that I have found < 04672> grace
<02580> in thy sight <05869>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>, in
that the king <04428> hath fulfilled <06213> the request <01697>
of his servant <05650>.



23 So Joab <03097> arose <06965> and went < 03212> to Geshur
<01650>, and brought <0935> Absalom <053> to Jerusalem <03389>.



24 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Let him turn <05437> to
his own house <01004>, and let him not see <07200> my face
<06440>. So <03651> Absalom <053> returned < 05437> to his own
house <01004>, and saw <07200> not the king's < 04428> face
<06440>.



25 But in all <03605> Israel <03478> there was none to be so
much <03966> praised <01984> as Absalom <053> for his beauty
<03308>: from the sole <03709> of his foot < 07272> even to the
crown <06936> of his head <06936> there was no < 03808> blemish
<03971> in him.



26 And when he polled <01548> his head <07218>, (for it was at
every year's <03117> end <07093> that he polled < 01548> [it]:
because <03588> [the hair] was heavy <03513> on < 05921> him,
therefore he polled <01548> it:) he weighed <08254> the hair
<08181> of his head <07218> at two <08147> hundred <03967>
shekels <08255> after the king's <04428> weight < 068>.



27 And unto Absalom <053> there were born <03205> three <07969>
sons <01121>, and one <0259> daughter <01323>, whose name
<08034> [was] Tamar <08559>: she was a woman < 0802> of a fair
<03303> countenance <04758>.



28. So Absalom <053> dwelt <03427> two full < 03117> years
<08141> in Jerusalem <03389>, and saw <07200> not the king's
<04428> face <06440>.



29 Therefore Absalom <053> sent <07971> for Joab < 03097>, to
have sent him to the king <04428>; but he would <014> not come
<0935> to him: and when he sent <07971> again < 05750> the second
<08145> time, he would <014> not come <0935>.



30 Therefore he said <0559> unto his servants <05650> , See
<07200>, Joab's <03097> field <02513> is near <0413> mine
<03027>, and he hath barley <08184> there < 08033>; go <03212>
and set it on fire <0784>. And Absalom's <053> servants <05650>
set the field <02513> on fire <0784>.



31 Then Joab <03097> arose <06965>, and came < 0935> to Absalom
<053> unto [his] house <01004>, and said <0559> unto him,
Wherefore <04100> have thy servants <05650> set my field <02513>
on fire <0784>?







32 And Absalom <053> answered <0559> Joab < 03097>, Behold
<02009>, I sent <07971> unto thee, saying <0559> , Come <0935>
hither, that I may send <07971> thee to the king < 04428>, to say
<0559>, Wherefore <04100> am I come <0935> from Geshur <01650>?
[it had been] good <02896> for me [to have been] there < 08033>
still: now <06258> therefore let me see <07200> the king's
<04428> face <06440>; and if <0518> there be [any] iniquity
<05771> in me, let him kill <04191> me.



33 So Joab <03097> came <0935> to the king < 04428>, and told
<05046> him: and when he had called <07121> for Absalom <053>,
he came <0935> to the king <04428>, and bowed < 07812> himself on
<05921> his face <0639> to the ground <0776> before <06440> the
king <04428>: and the king <04428> kissed < 05401> Absalom <053>.



2Samuel 15



1. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this < 03651>, that
Absalom <053> prepared <06213> him chariots < 04818> and horses
<05483>, and fifty <02572> men <0376> to run <07323> before
<06440> him.



2 And Absalom <053> rose <07925> up early < 07925>, and stood
beside the way <01870> of the gate <08179>: and it was [so],
that when any <03605> man <0376> that had < 01961> a controversy
<07379> came <0935> to the king <04428> for judgment <04941>,
then Absalom <053> called <07121> unto him, and said <0559>, Of
what <04310> city <05892> [art] thou? And he said < 0559>, Thy
servant <05650> [is] of one <0259> of the tribes < 07626> of
Israel <03478>.



3 And Absalom <053> said <0559> unto him, See < 07200>, thy
matters <01697> [are] good <02896> and right < 05228>; but [there
is] no <0369> man [deputed] of the king <04428> to hear <08085>
thee.



4 Absalom <053> said <0559> moreover, Oh that I were made
<07760> judge <08199> in the land <0776>, that every <03605> man
<0376> which <0834> hath any suit <07379> or cause <04941> might
come <0935> unto me, and I would do him justice < 06663>!



5 And it was [so], that when any man <0376> came < 07126> nigh
<07126> [to him] to do him obeisance <07812>, he put <07971>
forth <07971> his hand <03027>, and took <02388> him, and kissed
<05401> him.



6 And on this <02088> manner <01697> did < 06213> Absalom <053>
to all <03605> Israel <03478> that came <0935> to the king
<04428> for judgment <04941>: so Absalom <053> stole <01589> the
hearts <03820> of the men <0582> of Israel < 03478>.



7. And it came <01961> to pass after <07093> forty <0705> years
<08141>, that Absalom <053> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, I
pray <04994> thee, let me go <03212> and pay < 07999> my vow
<05088>, which <0834> I have vowed <05087> unto the LORD <03068>,
in Hebron <02275>.



8 For thy servant <05650> vowed <05087> a vow < 05088> while I
abode <03427> at Geshur <01650> in Syria <0758>, saying <0559>,
If <0518> the LORD <03068> shall bring <07725> me again <07725>
indeed to Jerusalem <03389>, then I will serve <05647> the LORD
<03068>.



9 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Go < 03212> in
peace <07965>. So he arose <06965>, and went < 03212> to Hebron
<02275>.



10 But Absalom <053> sent <07971> spies <07270> throughout all
<03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, As
soon as ye hear <08085> the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>,
then ye shall say <0559>, Absalom <053> reigneth < 04427> in
Hebron <02275>.



11 And with Absalom <053> went <01980> two hundred <03967> men
<0376> out of Jerusalem <03389>, [that were] called <07121>; and
they went <01980> in their simplicity <08537>, and they knew
<03045> not any <03605> thing <01697>.



12 And Absalom <053> sent <07971> for Ahithophel < 0302> the
Gilonite <01526>, David's <01732> counsellor < 03289>, from his
city <05892>, [even] from Giloh <01542>, while he offered
<02076> sacrifices <02077>. And the conspiracy < 07195> was
strong <0533>; for the people <05971> increased < 07227>
continually <01980> with Absalom <053>.



13. And there came <0935> a messenger <05046> to David <01732>,
saying <0559>, The hearts <03820> of the men < 0376> of Israel
<03478> are after <0310> Absalom <053>.



14 And David <01732> said <0559> unto all < 03605> his servants
<05650> that [were] with him at Jerusalem <03389>, Arise <06965>,
and let us flee <01227>; for we shall not [else] escape <06413>
from Absalom <053>: make speed <04116> to depart < 03212>, lest
<06435> he overtake <05381> us suddenly <04116>, and bring
<05080> evil <07451> upon us, and smite <05221> the city <05892>
with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>.



15 And the king's <04428> servants <05650> said < 0559> unto the
king <04428>, Behold <02009>, thy servants < 05650> [are ready to
do] whatsoever my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall appoint
<0977>.



16 And the king <04428> went <03318> forth < 03318>, and all
<03605> his household <01004> after <07272> him. And the king
<04428> left <05800> ten <06235> women < 0802>, [which were]
concubines <06370>, to keep <08104> the house < 01004>.



17 And the king <04428> went <03318> forth < 03318>, and all
<03605> the people <05971> after <07272> him, and tarried
<05975> in a place <01004> that was far <04801> off.



18 And all <03605> his servants <05650> passed < 05674> on
beside him; and all <03605> the Cherethites <03774>, and all
<03605> the Pelethites <06432>, and all <03605> the Gittites
<01663>, six <08337> hundred <03967> men < 0376> which <0834>
came <0935> after <07272> him from Gath <01661>, passed <05674>
on before the king <04428>.



19 Then said <0559> the king <04428> to Ittai < 0863> the
Gittite <01663>, Wherefore <04100> goest <03212> thou also
<01571> with us? return <07725> to thy place < 04725>, and abide
<03427> with the king <04428>: for thou [art] a stranger <05237>,
and also <01571> an exile <01540>.



20 Whereas thou camest <0935> [but] yesterday <08543> , should I
this day <03117> make thee go <03212> up and down < 05128> with
us? seeing I go <01980> whither I may, return <07725> thou, and
take back <07725> thy brethren <0251>: mercy < 02617> and truth
<0571> [be] with thee.



21 And Ittai <0863> answered <06030> the king < 04428>, and said
<0559>, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, and [as] my lord
<0113> the king <04428> liveth <02416>, surely <03588> in what
<0834> place <04725> my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall be,
whether <0518> in death <04194> or life <02416>, even <03588>
there <08033> also will thy servant <05650> be.



22 And David <01732> said <0559> to Ittai < 0863>, Go <03212>
and pass <05674> over <05674>. And Ittai <0863> the Gittite
<01663> passed <05674> over <05674>, and all <03605> his men
<0582>, and all <03605> the little <02945> ones that [were] with
him.



23 And all <03605> the country <0776> wept < 01058> with a loud
<01419> voice <06963>, and all <03605> the people <05971> passed
<05674> over <05674>: the king <04428> also himself passed
<05674> over <05674> the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>, and all
<03605> the people <05971> passed <05674> over <05674>, toward
the way <01870> of the wilderness <04057>.



24. And lo <02009> Zadok <06659> also <01571>, and all <03605>
the Levites <03881> [were] with him, bearing <05375> the ark
<0727> of the covenant <01285> of God <0430>: and they set
<03332> down <03332> the ark <0727> of God < 0430>; and Abiathar
<054> went <05927> up, until <05704> all < 03605> the people
<05971> had done <06213> passing <05674> out of the city <05892>.



25 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Zadok < 06659>, Carry
<07725> back <07725> the ark <0727> of God < 0430> into the city
<05892>: if I shall find <04672> favour <02580> in the eyes
<05869> of the LORD <03068>, he will bring < 07725> me again
<07725>, and shew <07200> me [both] it, and his habitation
<05116>:



26 But if <0518> he thus <03541> say <0559>, I have no <03808>
delight <02654> in thee; behold <02005>, [here am] I, let him do
<06213> to me as seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto him.



27 The king <04428> said <0559> also unto Zadok < 06659> the
priest <03548>, [Art not] thou a seer <07200>? return <07725>
into the city <05892> in peace <07965>, and your two <08147>
sons <01121> with you, Ahimaaz <0290> thy son < 01121>, and
Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Abiathar < 054>.



28 See <07200>, I will tarry <04102> in the plain <06160> of
the wilderness <04057>, until <05704> there come < 0935> word
<01697> from you to certify <05046> me.



29 Zadok <06659> therefore and Abiathar <054> carried <07725>
the ark <0727> of God <0430> again <07725> to Jerusalem <03389>:
and they tarried <03427> there <08033>.



30 And David <01732> went <05927> up by the ascent <04608> of
[mount] Olivet <02132>, and wept <01058> as he went <05927> up,
and had his head <07218> covered <02645>, and he went <01980>
barefoot <03182>: and all <03605> the people < 05971> that [was]
with him covered <02645> every man <0376> his head <07218>, and
they went <05927> up, weeping <01058> as they went <05927> up.



31. And [one] told <05046> David <01732>, saying < 0559>,
Ahithophel <0302> [is] among the conspirators <07194> with
Absalom <053>. And David <01732> said <0559>, O LORD <03068>, I
pray <04994> thee, turn the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>
into foolishness <05528>.



32 And it came <01961> to pass, that [when] David < 01732> was
come <0935> to the top <07218> [of the mount], where he
worshipped <07812> God <0430>, behold <02009>, Hushai <02365>
the Archite <0757> came to meet <07125> him with his coat
<03801> rent <07167>, and earth <0127> upon his head <07218>:



33 Unto whom David <01732> said <0559>, If < 0518> thou passest
<05674> on with me, then thou shalt be a burden < 04853> unto me:



34 But if <0518> thou return <07725> to the city < 05892>, and
say <0559> unto Absalom <053>, I will be thy servant <05650>, O
king <04428>; [as] I [have been <01961>] thy father's <01>
servant <05650> hitherto <0227>, so [will] I now < 06258> also
[be] thy servant <05650>: then mayest thou for me defeat <06565>
the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>.



35 And [hast thou] not there <08033> with thee Zadok < 06659>
and Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>? therefore it shall be,
[that] what <03605> thing <01697> soever <0834> thou shalt hear
<08085> out of the king's <04428> house <01004>, thou shalt tell
<05046> [it] to Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> the priests
<03548>.



36 Behold <02009>, [they have] there <08033> with them their
two <08147> sons <01121>, Ahimaaz <0290> Zadok's [son], and
Jonathan <03083> Abiathar's <054> [son]; and by them ye shall
send <07971> unto me every <03605> thing <01697> that ye can
hear <08085>.



37 So Hushai <02365> David's <01732> friend < 07463> came <0935>
into the city <05892>, and Absalom <053> came < 0935> into
Jerusalem <03389>.



2Samuel 16



1. And when David <01732> was a little <04592> past <05674> the
top <07218> [of the hill], behold <02009>, Ziba < 06717> the
servant <05288> of Mephibosheth <04648> met < 07135> him, with a
couple <06776> of asses <02543> saddled <02280>, and upon them
two hundred <03967> [loaves] of bread <03899>, and an hundred
<03967> bunches <06778> of raisins <06778>, and an hundred
<03967> of summer <07019> fruits, and a bottle < 05035> of wine
<03196>.



2 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Ziba < 06717>, What
<04100> meanest thou by these <0428>? And Ziba < 06717> said
<0559>, The asses <02543> [be] for the king's < 04428> household
<01004> to ride <07392> on; and the bread < 03899> and summer
<07019> fruit for the young <05288> men to eat < 0398>; and the
wine <03196>, that such as be faint <03287> in the wilderness
<04057> may drink <08354>.



3 And the king <04428> said <0559>, And where < 0346> [is] thy
master's <0113> son <01121>? And Ziba <06717> said <0559> unto
the king <04428>, Behold <02009>, he abideth < 03427> at
Jerusalem <03389>: for he said <0559>, To day shall the house
<01004> of Israel <03478> restore <07725> me the kingdom <04468>
of my father <01>.



4 Then said <0559> the king <04428> to Ziba < 06717>, Behold
<02009>, thine [are] all <03605> that [pertained] unto
Mephibosheth <04648>. And Ziba <06717> said < 0559>, I humbly
<07812> beseech thee [that] I may find <04672> grace <02580> in
thy sight <05869>, my lord <0113>, O king < 04428>.



5. And when king <04428> David <01732> came < 0935> to Bahurim
<0980>, behold <02009>, thence <08033> came < 03318> out a man
<0376> of the family <04940> of the house < 01004> of Saul
<07586>, whose name <08034> [was] Shimei <08096> , the son
<01121> of Gera <01617>: he came <03318> forth <03318>, and
cursed <07043> still as he came <03318>.



6 And he cast <05619> stones <068> at David < 01732>, and at all
<03605> the servants <05650> of king <04428> David <01732>: and
all <03605> the people <05971> and all <03605> the mighty
<01368> men [were] on his right <03225> hand and on his left
<08040>.



7 And thus <03541> said <0559> Shimei <08096> when he cursed
<07043>, Come <03318> out, come <03318> out, thou bloody <01818>
man <0376>, and thou man <0376> of Belial < 01100>:



8 The LORD <03068> hath returned <07725> upon thee all <03605>
the blood <01818> of the house <01004> of Saul < 07586>, in whose
<0834> stead <08478> thou hast reigned <04427>; and the LORD
<03068> hath delivered <05414> the kingdom < 04410> into the hand
<03027> of Absalom <053> thy son <01121>: and, behold <02009>,
thou [art taken] in thy mischief <07451>, because < 03588> thou
[art] a bloody <01818> man <0376>.



9 Then said <0559> Abishai <052> the son < 01121> of Zeruiah
<06870> unto the king <04428>, Why <04100> should this <02088>
dead <04191> dog <03611> curse <07043> my lord <0113> the king
<04428>? let me go <05674> over <05674>, I pray <04994> thee,
and take <05493> off his head <07218>.



10 And the king <04428> said <0559>, What < 04100> have I to do
with you, ye sons <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>? so < 03588> let him
curse <07043>, because <03588> the LORD <03068> hath said <0559>
unto him, Curse <07043> David <01732>. Who < 04310> shall then
say <0559>, Wherefore <04069> hast thou done < 06213> so <03651>?



11 And David <01732> said <0559> to Abishai < 052>, and to all
<03605> his servants <05650>, Behold <02009>, my son <01121>,
which <0834> came <03318> forth <03318> of my bowels <04578>,
seeketh <01245> my life <05315>: how <0637> much <0637> more now
<06258> [may this] Benjamite <01145> [do it]? let < 03240> him
alone, and let <03240> him curse <07043>; for the LORD <03068>
hath bidden <0559> him.



12 It may be that the LORD <03068> will look <07200> on mine
affliction <06040>, and that the LORD <03068> will requite
<07725> me good <02896> for his cursing <07045> this <02088> day
<03117>.



13 And as David <01732> and his men <0582> went < 03212> by the
way <01870>, Shimei <08096> went <03212> along on the hill's
<02022> side <06763> over <05980> against < 05980> him, and
cursed <07043> as he went <01980>, and threw < 05619> stones
<068> at <05980> him, and cast <06080> dust < 06083>.



14 And the king <04428>, and all <03605> the people <05971>
that [were] with him, came <0935> weary <05889>, and refreshed
<05314> themselves there <08033>.



15. And Absalom <053>, and all <03605> the people <05971> the
men <0376> of Israel <03478>, came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>,
and Ahithophel <0302> with him.



16 And it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> Hushai <02365> the
Archite <0757>, David's <01732> friend <07463>, was come <0935>
unto Absalom <053>, that Hushai <02365> said < 0559> unto Absalom
<053>, God save <02421> the king <04428>, God save <02421> the
king <04428>. 17 And Absalom <053> said <0559> to Hushai <02365>,
[Is] this <02088> thy kindness <02617> to thy friend <07453>?
why <04100> wentest <01980> thou not with thy friend <07453>?



18 And Hushai <02365> said <0559> unto Absalom < 053>, Nay
<03808>; but whom <0834> the LORD <03068>, and this <02088>
people <05971>, and all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel <03478>,
choose <0977>, his will I be, and with him will I abide <03427>.



19 And again <08145>, whom <04310> should I serve <05647>?
[should I] not [serve <05647>] in the presence <06440> of his
son <01121>? as I have served <05647> in thy father's <01>
presence <06440>, so <03651> will I be in thy presence <06440>.



20 Then said <0559> Absalom <053> to Ahithophel < 0302>, Give
<03051> counsel <06098> among you what <04100> we shall do
<06213>.



21 And Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> unto Absalom <053>, Go
<0935> in unto thy father's <01> concubines < 06370>, which
<0834> he hath left <03240> to keep <08104> the house <01004>;
and all <03605> Israel <03478> shall hear < 08085> that thou art
abhorred <0887> of thy father <01>: then shall the hands <03027>
of all <03605> that [are] with thee be strong <02388>.



22 So they spread <05186> Absalom <053> a tent < 0168> upon the
top <01406> of the house <01004>; and Absalom < 053> went <0935>
in unto his father's <01> concubines <06370> in the sight
<05869> of all <03605> Israel <03478>.



23 And the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>, which <0834>
he counselled <03289> in those <01992> days < 03117>, [was] as if
a man <0376> had enquired <07592> at the oracle < 01697> of God
<0430>: so <03651> [was] all <03605> the counsel <06098> of
Ahithophel <0302> both <01571> with David < 01732> and with
Absalom <053>.



2Samuel 17



1. Moreover Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> unto Absalom <053>,
Let me now <04994> choose <0977> out twelve thousand <0505> men
<0376>, and I will arise <06965> and pursue < 07291> after <0310>
David <01732> this night <03915>:



2 And I will come <0935> upon him while he [is] weary < 03023>
and weak <07504> handed <03027>, and will make him afraid
<02729>: and all <03605> the people <05971> that [are] with him
shall flee <05127>; and I will smite <05221> the king <04428>
only <0905>:



3 And I will bring <07725> back <07725> all < 03605> the people
<05971> unto thee: the man <0376> whom <0834> thou seekest
<01245> [is] as if all <03605> returned <07725>: [so] all
<03605> the people <05971> shall be in peace < 07965>.



4 And the saying <01697> pleased Absalom <053> well, and all
<03605> the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>.



5 Then said <0559> Absalom <053>, Call <07121> now <04994>
Hushai <02365> the Archite <0757> also <01571>, and let us hear
<08085> likewise <01571> what <04100> he saith <06310>.



6 And when Hushai <02365> was come <0935> to Absalom <053>,
Absalom <053> spake <0559> unto him, saying < 0559>, Ahithophel
<0302> hath spoken <01696> after this <02088> manner <01697>:
shall we do <06213> [after] his saying <01697>? if <0518> not;
speak <01696> thou.



7 And Hushai <02365> said <0559> unto Absalom < 053>, The
counsel <06098> that Ahithophel <0302> hath given < 03289> [is]
not good <02896> at this <02063> time <06471>.



8 For, said <0559> Hushai <02365>, thou knowest < 03045> thy
father <01> and his men <0582>, that they [be] mighty <01368>
men, and they [be] chafed <04751> in their minds < 05315>, as a
bear <01677> robbed <07909> of her whelps in the field <07704>:
and thy father <01> [is] a man <0376> of war < 04421>, and will
not lodge <03885> with the people <05971>.







9 Behold <02009>, he is hid <02244> now <06258> in some <0259>
pit <06354>, or <0176> in some <0259> [other] place <04725>: and
it will come <01961> to pass, when some <0259> of them be
overthrown <05307> at the first <08462>, that whosoever heareth
<08085> it will say <0559>, There is a slaughter < 04046> among
the people <05971> that follow <0310> Absalom < 053>.



10 And he also <01571> [that is] valiant, whose < 0834> heart
<03820> [is] as the heart <03820> of a lion < 0738>, shall
utterly melt <04549>: for all <03605> Israel < 03478> knoweth
<03045> that thy father <01> [is] a mighty < 01368> man, and
[they] which <0834> [be] with him [are] valiant < 02428> men
<01121>.



11 Therefore I counsel <03289> that all <03605> Israel <03478>
be generally gathered <0622> unto thee, from Dan < 01835> even to
Beersheba <0884>, as the sand <02344> that [is] by the sea
<03220> for multitude <07230>; and that thou go < 01980> to
battle <07128> in thine own person <06440>.



12 So shall we come <0935> upon him in some <0259> place
<04725> where he shall be found <04672>, and we will light
<05117> upon him as the dew <02919> falleth < 05307> on <05921>
the ground <0127>: and of him and of all <03605> the men <0582>
that [are] with him there shall not be left <03498> so < 01571
much <01571> as one <0259>.



13 Moreover <0518>, if <0518> he be gotten < 0622> into <0413> a
city <05892>, then shall all <03605> Israel < 03478> bring
<05375> ropes <02256> to that city <05892>, and we will draw
<05498> it into <05704> the river <05158>, until there be not
one <01571> small <01571> stone <06872> found there <08033>. 14
And Absalom <053> and all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel
<03478> said <0559>, The counsel <06098> of Hushai <02365> the
Archite <0757> [is] better <02896> than the counsel <06098> of
Ahithophel <0302>. For the LORD <03068> had appointed <06680> to
defeat <06565> the good <02896> counsel <06098> of Ahithophel
<0302>, to the intent <05668> that the LORD < 03068> might bring
<0935> evil <07451> upon Absalom <053>.



15. Then said <0559> Hushai <02365> unto Zadok < 06659> and to
Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>, Thus <02063> and thus
<02063> did Ahithophel <0302> counsel <03289> Absalom <053> and
the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>; and thus < 02063> and thus
<02063> have I counselled <03289>.



16 Now <06258> therefore send <07971> quickly < 04120>, and tell
<05046> David <01732>, saying <0559>, Lodge < 03885> not this
night <03915> in the plains <06160> of the wilderness <04057>,
but speedily <05674> pass <05674> over <05674>; lest <06435> the
king <04428> be swallowed <01104> up, and all < 03605> the people
<05971> that [are] with him.



17 Now Jonathan <03083> and Ahimaaz <0290> stayed <05975> by
Enrogel <05883>; for they might <03201> not be seen <07200> to
come <0935> into the city <05892>: and a wench < 08198> went
<0980> and told <05046> them; and they went < 03212> and told
<05046> king <04428> David <01732>.



18 Nevertheless a lad <05288> saw <07200> them, and told
<05046> Absalom <053>: but they went <03212> both <08147> of
them away quickly <04120>, and came <0935> to a man's <0376>
house <01004> in Bahurim <0980>, which had a well < 0375> in his
court <02691>; whither <08033> they went <03381> down <03381>.



19 And the woman <0802> took <03947> and spread < 06566> a
covering <04539> over <05921> the well's <0875> mouth <06310>,
and spread <07849> ground <07383> corn <07383> thereon <05921>;
and the thing <01697> was not known <03045>.



20 And when Absalom's <053> servants <05650> came <0935> to the
woman <0802> to the house <01004>, they said < 0559>, Where
<0346> [is] Ahimaaz <0290> and Jonathan <03083> ? And the woman
<0802> said <0559> unto them, They be gone < 05674> over <05674>
the brook <04323> of water <04325>. And when they had sought
<01245> and could not find <04672> [them], they returned <07725>
to Jerusalem <03389>.



21 And it came <01961> to pass, after <0310> they were departed
<03212>, that they came <05927> up out of the well <0375>, and
went <03212> and told <05046> king <04428> David <01732>, and
said <0559> unto David <01732>, Arise <06965>, and pass <05674>
quickly <04120> over <05674> the water <04325>: for thus <03602>
hath Ahithophel <0302> counselled <03289> against < 05921> you.



22. Then David <01732> arose <06965>, and all < 03605> the
people <05971> that [were] with him, and they passed < 05674>
over <05674> Jordan <03383>: by the morning < 01242> light <0216>
there lacked <05737> not one <0259> of them that was not gone
<05674> over <05674> Jordan <03383>.



23 And when Ahithophel <0302> saw <07200> that his counsel
<06098> was not followed <06213>, he saddled < 02280> [his] ass
<02543>, and arose <06965>, and gat <03212> him home <01004> to
his house <01004>, to his city <05892>, and put his household
<01004> in order <06680>, and hanged <02614> himself, and died
<04191>, and was buried <06912> in the sepulchre < 06913> of his
father <01>. 24 Then David <01732> came <0935> to Mahanaim
<04266>. And Absalom <053> passed <05674> over <05674> Jordan
<03383>, he and all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel <03478>
with him.



25 And Absalom <053> made <07760> Amasa <06021> captain <05921>
of the host <06635> instead <08478> of Joab < 03097>: which Amasa
<06021> [was] a man's <0376> son <01121>, whose name <08034>
[was] Ithra <03501> an Israelite <03481>, that went <0935> in to
Abigail <026> the daughter <01323> of Nahash < 05176>, sister
<0269> to Zeruiah <06870> Joab's <03097> mother <0517>.



26 So Israel <03478> and Absalom <053> pitched < 02583> in the
land <0776> of Gilead <01568>.



27 And it came <01961> to pass, when David <01732> was come
<0935> to Mahanaim <04266>, that Shobi <07629> the son <01121>
of Nahash <05176> of Rabbah <07237> of the children <01121> of
Ammon <05983>, and Machir <04353> the son < 01121> of Ammiel
<05988> of Lodebar <03810>, and Barzillai < 01271> the Gileadite
<01569> of Rogelim <07274>,



28 Brought <05066> beds <04904>, and basons < 05592>, and
earthen <03335> vessels <03627>, and wheat < 02406>, and barley
<08184>, and flour <07058>, and parched <07039> [corn], and
beans <06321>, and lentiles <05742>, and parched < 07039> [pulse],



29 And honey <01706>, and butter <02529>, and sheep <06629>,
and cheese <08194> of kine <01241>, for David < 01732>, and for
the people <05971> that [were] with him, to eat <0398> : for they
said <0559>, The people <05971> [is] hungry < 07456>, and weary
<05889>, and thirsty <06771>, in the wilderness < 04057>.



2Samuel 18



1. And David <01732> numbered <06485> the people < 05971> that
[were] with him, and set <07760> captains <08269> of thousands
<0505> and captains <08269> of hundreds <03967> over <05921>
them.



2 And David <01732> sent <07971> forth a third < 07992> part of
the people <05971> under the hand <03027> of Joab < 03097>, and a
third <07992> part under the hand <03027> of Abishai <052> the
son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, Joab's <03097> brother <0251>,
and a third <07992> part under the hand <03027> of Ittai <0863>
the Gittite <01663>. And the king <04428> said < 0559> unto the
people <05971>, I will surely go <03318> forth < 03318> with you
myself <0589> also <01571>.



3 But the people <05971> answered <0559>, Thou shalt not go
<03318> forth <03318>: for if <0518> we flee <05127> away, they
will not care for us; neither <0518> if <0518> half <02677> of
us die <04191>, will they care for us: but now <06258> [thou
art] worth <03644> ten <06235> thousand <0505> of us: therefore
now <06258> [it is] better <02896> that thou succour <05826> us
out of the city <05892>.



4 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto them, What <0834>
seemeth <05869> you best <03190> I will do < 06213>. And the king
<04428> stood <05975> by the gate <08179> side <03027>, and all
<03605> the people <05971> came <03318> out by hundreds <03967>
and by thousands <0505>.



5 And the king <04428> commanded <06680> Joab < 03097> and
Abishai <052> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559>, [Deal] gently
<03814> for my sake with the young <05288> man, [even] with
Absalom <053>. And all <03605> the people < 05971> heard <08085>
when the king <04428> gave all <03605> the captains <08269>
charge <06680> concerning Absalom <053>.



6 So the people <05971> went <03318> out into the field <07704>
against <07125> Israel <03478>: and the battle < 04421> was in
the wood <03293> of Ephraim <0669>;



7 Where <08033> the people <05971> of Israel < 03478> were slain
<05062> before <06440> the servants <05650> of David <01732>,
and there <08033> was there <08033> a great < 01419> slaughter
<04046> that day <03117> of twenty <06242> thousand <0505> [men].



8 For the battle <04421> was there <08033> scattered <06327>
over <05921> the face <06440> of all <03605> the country <0776>:
and the wood <03293> devoured <0398> more < 07235> people <05971>
that day <03117> than the sword <02719> devoured < 0398>.



9. And Absalom <053> met <07122> the servants < 05650> of David
<01732>. And Absalom <053> rode <07392> upon a mule <06505>, and
the mule <06505> went <0935> under <08478> the thick boughs
<07730> of a great <01419> oak <0424>, and his head <07218>
caught <02388> hold <02388> of the oak <0424>, and he was taken
<05414> up between <0996> the heaven <08064> and the earth
<0776>; and the mule <06505> that [was] under < 08478> him went
<05674> away.



10 And a certain <0259> man <0376> saw <07200> [it], and told
<05046> Joab <03097>, and said <0559>, Behold <02009>, I saw
<07200> Absalom <053> hanged <08518> in an oak <0424>.



11 And Joab <03097> said <0559> unto the man < 0376> that told
<05046> him, And, behold <02009>, thou sawest < 07200> [him], and
why <04069> didst thou not smite <05221> him there <08033> to
the ground <0776>? and I would have given <05414> thee ten
<06235> [shekels] of silver <03701>, and a girdle < 02290>.



12 And the man <0376> said <0559> unto Joab < 03097>, Though
<03863> I should receive <08254> a thousand < 0505> [shekels] of
silver <03701> in mine hand <03709>, [yet] would I not put
<07971> forth <07971> mine hand <03027> against <0413> the
king's <04428> son <01121>: for in our hearing < 0241> the king
<04428> charged <06680> thee and Abishai <052> and Ittai <0863>,
saying <0559>, Beware <08104> that none [touch] the young
<05288> man Absalom <053>.



13 Otherwise <0176> I should have wrought <06213> falsehood
<08267> against mine own life <05315>: for there is no <03808>
matter <01697> hid <03582> from the king <04428> , and thou
thyself <0859> wouldest have set <03320> thyself against <05048>
[me].



14 Then said <0559> Joab <03097>, I may not tarry <03176> thus
<03651> with thee. And he took <03947> three < 07969> darts
<07626> in his hand <03027>, and thrust <08628> them through the
heart <03820> of Absalom <053>, while <05750> he [was] yet alive
<02416> in the midst <03820> of the oak <0424>.



15 And ten <06235> young <05288> men that bare < 05375> Joab's
<03097> armour <03627> compassed <05437> about <05437> and smote
<05221> Absalom <053>, and slew <04191> him.



16 And Joab <03097> blew <08628> the trumpet < 07782>, and the
people <05971> returned <07725> from pursuing < 07291> after
<0310> Israel <03478>: for Joab <03097> held <02820> back
<02820> the people <05971>.



17 And they took <03947> Absalom <053>, and cast < 07993> him
into <0413> a great <01419> pit <06354> in the wood <03293>, and
laid <05324> a very <03966> great <01419> heap <01530> of stones
<068> upon him: and all <03605> Israel <03478> fled <05127>
every <0376> one <0376> to his tent <0168>.



18 Now Absalom <053> in his lifetime <02416> had taken <03947>
and reared <05324> up for himself a pillar <04678>, which <0834>
[is] in the king's <04428> dale <06010>: for he said <0559>, I
have no <0369> son <01121> to keep my name < 08034> in
remembrance <02142>: and he called <07121> the pillar <04678>
after <05921> his own name <08034>: and it is called <07121>
unto this <02088> day <03117>, Absalom's <053> place <03027>.



19. Then said <0559> Ahimaaz <0290> the son < 01121> of Zadok
<06659>, Let me now <04994> run <07323>, and bear <01319> the
king <04428> tidings <01319>, how that the LORD < 03068> hath
avenged <08199> him of his enemies <0341>.



20 And Joab <03097> said <0559> unto him, Thou shalt not bear
<01319> tidings <01309> this <02088> day < 03117>, but thou shalt
bear <01319> tidings <01319> another <0312> day <03117>: but
this <02088> day <03117> thou shalt bear <01319> no <03808>
tidings <01319>, because the king's <04428> son < 01121> is dead
<04191>.



21 Then said <0559> Joab <03097> to Cushi < 03569>, Go <03212>
tell <05046> the king <04428> what <0834> thou hast seen <07200>.
And Cushi <03569> bowed <07812> himself unto Joab <03097>, and
ran <07323>.



22 Then said <0559> Ahimaaz <0290> the son < 01121> of Zadok
<06659> yet <05750> again <03254> to Joab < 03097>, But howsoever,
let me, I pray <04994> thee, also <01571> run < 07323> after
<0310> Cushi <03569>. And Joab <03097> said < 0559>, Wherefore
wilt thou run <07323>, my son <01121>, seeing that thou hast no
<0369> tidings <01309> ready <04672>?



23 But howsoever, [said he], let me run <07323>. And he said
<0559> unto him, Run <07323>. Then Ahimaaz < 0290> ran <07323> by
the way <01870> of the plain <03603>, and overran < 05674> Cushi
<03569>.



24 And David <01732> sat <03427> between <0996> the two <08147>
gates <08179>: and the watchman <06822> went < 03212> up to the
roof <01406> over <0413> the gate <08179> unto the wall <02346>,
and lifted <05375> up his eyes <05869>, and looked <07200>, and
behold <02009> a man <0376> running <07323> alone <0905>.



25 And the watchman <06822> cried <07121>, and told <05046> the
king <04428>. And the king <04428> said <0559>, If <0518> he
[be] alone <0905>, [there is] tidings <01309> in his mouth
<06310>. And he came <03212> apace, and drew near < 07126>.



26 And the watchman <06822> saw <07200> another < 0312> man
<0376> running <07323>: and the watchman <06822> called <07121>
unto the porter <07778>, and said <0559>, Behold < 02009>
[another] man <0376> running <07323> alone < 0905>. And the king
<04428> said <0559>, He also <01571> bringeth <01319> tidings
<01319>.



27 And the watchman <06822> said <0559>, Me thinketh <07200>
the running <04794> of the foremost <07223> is like the running
<04794> of Ahimaaz <0290> the son <01121> of Zadok <06659>. And
the king <04428> said <0559>, He [is] a good < 02896> man <0376>,
and cometh <0935> with good <02896> tidings < 01309>.



28 And Ahimaaz <0290> called <07121>, and said < 0559> unto the
king <04428>, All is well <07965>. And he fell < 07812> down
<07821> to the earth <0776> upon his face <0639> before the king
<04428>, and said <0559>, Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068>
thy God <0430>, which <0834> hath delivered < 05462> up the men
<0582> that lifted <05375> up their hand <03027> against my lord
<0113> the king <04428>.



29 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Is the young <05288> man
Absalom <053> safe <07965>? And Ahimaaz <0290> answered <0559>,
When Joab <03097> sent <07971> the king's < 04428> servant
<05650>, and [me] thy servant <05650>, I saw < 07200> a great
<01419> tumult <01995>, but I knew <03045> not what <04100> [it
was].



30 And the king <04428> said <0559> [unto him], Turn <05437>
aside <05437>, [and] stand <03320> here <03541>. And he turned
<05437> aside <05437>, and stood <05975> still.



31 And, behold <02009>, Cushi <03569> came < 0935>; and Cushi
<03569> said <0559>, Tidings <01319>, my lord <0113> the king
<04428>: for the LORD <03068> hath avenged < 08199> thee this day
<03117> of all <03605> them that rose <06965> up against <05921>
thee.



32 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Cushi < 03569>, Is the
young <05288> man Absalom <053> safe <07965>? And Cushi <03569>
answered <0559>, The enemies <0341> of my lord < 0113> the king
<04428>, and all <03605> that rise <06965> against <05921> thee
to do [thee] hurt <07451>, be as [that] young <05288> man [is].



33 And the king <04428> was much moved <07264>, and went
<05927> up to the chamber <05944> over <05921> the gate <08179>,
and wept <01058>: and as he went <03212>, thus < 03541> he said
<0559>, O my son <01121> Absalom <053>, my son <01121>, my son
<01121> Absalom <053>! would God I had died < 04191> for thee, O
Absalom <053>, my son <01121>, my son <01121>!



2Samuel 19



1. And it was told <05046> Joab <03097>, Behold < 02009>, the
king <04428> weepeth <01058> and mourneth <056> for Absalom
<053>.



2 And the victory <08668> that day <03117> was [turned] into
mourning <060> unto all <03605> the people < 05971>: for the
people <05971> heard <08085> say <0559> that day <03117> how the
king <04428> was grieved <06087> for his son < 01121>.



3 And the people <05971> gat <0935> them by stealth <01589>
that day <03117> into the city <05892>, as people < 05971> being
ashamed <03637> steal <01589> away when they flee < 05127> in
battle <04421>.



4 But the king <04428> covered <03813> his face < 06440>, and
the king <04428> cried <02199> with a loud < 01419> voice <06963>,
O my son <01121> Absalom <053>, O Absalom <053> , my son <01121>,
my son <01121>!



5 And Joab <03097> came <0935> into the house < 01004> to the
king <04428>, and said <0559>, Thou hast shamed < 03001> this day
<03117> the faces <06440> of all <03605> thy servants <05650>,
which this day <03117> have saved <04422> thy life <05315>, and
the lives <05315> of thy sons <01121> and of thy daughters
<01121>, and the lives <05315> of thy wives < 0802>, and the
lives <05315> of thy concubines <06370>;



6 In that thou lovest <0157> thine enemies <08130>, and hatest
<08130> thy friends <0157>. For thou hast declared <05046> this
day <03117>, that thou regardest neither <0369> princes <08269>
nor servants <05650>: for this day <03117> I perceive <03045>,
that if <03863> Absalom <053> had lived <02416>, and all <03605>
we had died <04191> this day <03117>, then < 0227> it had pleased
thee well.



7 Now <06258> therefore arise <06965>, go < 03318> forth <03318>,
and speak <01696> comfortably unto thy servants < 05650>: for I
swear <07650> by the LORD <03068>, if <03588> thou go <03318>
not forth <03318>, there will not tarry <03885> one <0376> with
thee this night <03915>: and that will be worse < 07489> unto
thee than all <03605> the evil <07451> that befell <0935> thee
from thy youth <05271> until <05704> now <06258> .



8 Then the king <04428> arose <06965>, and sat < 03427> in the
gate <08179>. And they told <05046> unto all < 03605> the people
<05971>, saying <0559>, Behold <02009>, the king <04428> doth
sit <03427> in the gate <08179>. And all <03605> the people
<05971> came <0935> before <06440> the king < 04428>: for Israel
<03478> had fled <05127> every man <0376> to his tent <0168>.



9. And all <03605> the people <05971> were at strife <01777>
throughout all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>,
saying <0559>, The king <04428> saved <05337> us out of the hand
<03709> of our enemies <0341>, and he delivered < 04422> us out
of the hand <03709> of the Philistines <06430>; and now <06258>
he is fled <01272> out of the land <0776> for Absalom <053>.



10 And Absalom <053>, whom <0834> we anointed < 04886> over
<05921> us, is dead <04191> in battle <04421>. Now <06258>
therefore why <04100> speak <02790> ye not a word of bringing
<07725> the king <04428> back <07725>?



11 And king <04428> David <01732> sent <07971> to Zadok <06659>
and to Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>, saying < 0559>, Speak
<01696> unto the elders <02205> of Judah <03063> , saying <0559>,
Why <04100> are ye the last <0314> to bring < 07725> the king
<04428> back <07725> to his house <01004>? seeing the speech
<01697> of all <03605> Israel <03478> is come <0935> to the king
<04428>, [even] to his house <01004>.



12 Ye [are] my brethren <0251>, ye [are] my bones < 06106> and
my flesh <01320>: wherefore <04100> then are ye the last <0314>
to bring <07725> back <07725> the king <04428>?



13 And say <0559> ye to Amasa <06021>, [Art] thou not of my
bone <06106>, and of my flesh <01320>? God < 0430> do <06213> so
<03541> to me, and more <03254> also <03541>, if <0518> thou be
not captain <08269> of the host <06635> before < 06440> me
continually in the room <08478> of Joab <03097>.



14 And he bowed <05186> the heart <03824> of all < 03605> the
men <0376> of Judah <03063>, even as [the heart of] one <0259>
man <0376>; so that they sent <07971> [this word] unto the king
<04428>, Return <07725> thou, and all <03605> thy servants
<05650>.



15 So the king <04428> returned <07725>, and came <0935> to
Jordan <03383>. And Judah <03063> came <0935> to Gilgal <01537>,
to go <03212> to meet <07125> the king <04428>, to conduct
<05674> the king <04428> over <05674> Jordan <03383>.



16. And Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera < 01617>, a
Benjamite <01145>, which <0834> [was] of Bahurim < 0980>, hasted
<04116> and came <03381> down <03381> with the men <0376> of
Judah <03063> to meet <07125> king <04428> David <01732>.



17 And [there were] a thousand <0505> men <0376> of Benjamin
<01144> with him, and Ziba <06717> the servant < 05288> of the
house <01004> of Saul <07586>, and his fifteen < 06240> sons
<01121> and his twenty <06242> servants <05650> with him; and
they went <06743> over <06743> Jordan <03383> before <06440> the
king <04428>.



18 And there went <05674> over <05674> a ferry < 05679> boat
<05679> to carry <05674> over <05674> the king's <04428>
household <01004>, and to do <06213> what he thought <05869>
good <02896>. And Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera <01617>
fell <05307> down before <06440> the king < 04428>, as he was
come <05674> over <05674> Jordan <03383>;



19 And said <0559> unto the king <04428>, Let not my lord
<0113> impute <02803> iniquity <05771> unto me, neither <0408>
do thou remember <02142> that which <0834> thy servant <05650>
did perversely <05753> the day <03117> that my lord <0113> the
king <04428> went <03318> out of Jerusalem < 03389>, that the
king <04428> should take <07760> it to his heart < 03820>.



20 For thy servant <05650> doth know <03045> that I have sinned
<02398>: therefore, behold <02009>, I am come < 0935> the first
<07223> this day <03117> of all <03605> the house <01004> of
Joseph <03130> to go <03381> down <03381> to meet <07125> my
lord <0113> the king <04428>.



21 But Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah < 06870>
answered <06030> and said <0559>, Shall not Shimei <08096> be
put to death <04191> for this <02063>, because < 03588> he cursed
<07043> the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>?



22 And David <01732> said <0559>, What <04100> have I to do
with you, ye sons <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, that ye should
this day <03117> be adversaries <07854> unto me? shall there any
man <0376> be put to death <04191> this day < 03117> in Israel
<03478>? for do not I know <03045> that I [am] this day <03117>
king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>?



23 Therefore the king <04428> said <0559> unto Shimei <08096>,
Thou shalt not die <04191>. And the king <04428> sware <07650>
unto him.



24. And Mephibosheth <04648> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>
came <03381> down <03381> to meet <07125> the king <04428>, and
had neither <03808> dressed <06213> his feet < 07272>, nor
<03808> trimmed <06213> his beard <08222>, nor <03808> washed
<03526> his clothes <0899>, from the day <03117> the king
<04428> departed <03212> until <05704> the day <03117> he came
<0935> [again] in peace <07965>.



25 And it came <01961> to pass, when <03588> he was come <0935>
to Jerusalem <03389> to meet <07125> the king < 04428>, that the
king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Wherefore < 04100> wentest
<01980> not thou with me, Mephibosheth <04648>?



26 And he answered <0559>, My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, my
servant <05650> deceived <07411> me: for thy servant <05650>
said <0559>, I will saddle <02280> me an ass < 02543>, that I may
ride <07392> thereon <05921>, and go <03212> to the king <04428>;
because <03588> thy servant <05650> [is] lame < 06455>. 27 And
he hath slandered <07270> thy servant <05650> unto my lord
<0113> the king <04428>; but my lord <0113> the king <04428>
[is] as an angel <04397> of God <0430>: do < 06213> therefore
[what is] good <02896> in thine eyes <05869>.



28 For all <03605> [of] my father's <01> house < 01004> were but
dead <04194> men <0582> before <06440> my lord <0113> the king
<04428>: yet didst thou set <07896> thy servant < 05650> among
them that did eat <0398> at thine own table <07979>. What
<04100> right <06666> therefore have <03426> I yet to cry
<02199> any more <05750> unto the king <04428>?



29 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Why <04100>
speakest <01696> thou any more <05750> of thy matters <01697>? I
have said <0559>, Thou and Ziba <06717> divide < 02505> the land
<07704>.



30 And Mephibosheth <04648> said <0559> unto the king <04428>,
Yea <0637>, let him take <03947> all <03605>, forasmuch as my
lord <0113> the king <04428> is come <0935> again <07725> in
peace <07965> unto his own house <01004>.



31. And Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569> came <03381>
down <03381> from Rogelim <07274>, and went < 05674> over <05674>
Jordan <03383> with the king <04428>, to conduct < 07971> him
over <05674> Jordan <03383>.



32 Now Barzillai <01271> was a very <03966> aged < 02204> man,
[even] fourscore <08084> years <08141> old < 01121>: and he had
provided the king <04428> of sustenance <03557> while he lay
<07871> at Mahanaim <04266>; for he [was] a very < 03966> great
<01419> man <0376>.



33 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Barzillai <01271>,
Come <05674> thou over <05674> with me, and I will feed <03557>
thee with me in Jerusalem <03389>.



34 And Barzillai <01271> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, How
<04100> long <03117> have I to live <02416>, that I should go
<05927> up with the king <04428> unto Jerusalem < 03389>?



35 I [am] this day <03117> fourscore <08084> years <08141> old
<01121>: [and] can I discern <03045> between < 0996> good <02896>
and evil <07451>? can thy servant <05650> taste < 02938> what I
eat <0398> or <0854> what I drink <08354>? can I hear <08085>
any more <05750> the voice <06963> of singing < 07891> men <0582>
and singing <07891> women? wherefore <04100> then should thy
servant <05650> be yet <05750> a burden <04853> unto my lord
<0113> the king <04428>?



36 Thy servant <05650> will go <05674> a little < 04592> way
over <05674> Jordan <03383> with the king < 04428>: and why
<04100> should the king <04428> recompense < 01580> it me with
such <02063> a reward <01578>?



37 Let thy servant <05650>, I pray <04994> thee, turn <07725>
back <07725> again <07725>, that I may die < 04191> in mine own
city <05892>, [and be buried] by the grave <06913> of my father
<01> and of my mother <0517>. But behold <02009> thy servant
<05650> Chimham <03643>; let him go <05674> over <05674> with my
lord <03068> the king <04428>; and do <06213> to him what shall
seem good <02896> unto thee.



38 And the king <04428> answered <0559>, Chimham < 03643> shall
go <05674> over with me, and I will do <06213> to him that which
shall seem good <02896> unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt
require <0977> of me, [that] will I do <06213> for thee.



39 And all <03605> the people <05971> went < 05674> over Jordan
<03383>. And when the king <04428> was come < 05674> over, the
king <04428> kissed <05401> Barzillai <01271>, and blessed
<01288> him; and he returned <07725> unto his own place <04725>.



40. Then the king <04428> went <05674> on to Gilgal <01537>,
and Chimham <03643> went <05674> on with him: and all <03605>
the people <05971> of Judah <03063> conducted < 05674> the king
<04428>, and also <01571> half <02677> the people <05971> of
Israel <03478>.



41 And, behold <02009>, all <03605> the men < 0376> of Israel
<03478> came <0935> to the king <04428>, and said <0559> unto
the king <04428>, Why <04069> have our brethren < 0251> the men
<0376> of Judah <03063> stolen <01589> thee away, and have
brought <05674> the king <04428>, and his household <01004>, and
all <03605> David's <01732> men <0582> with him, over Jordan
<03383>?



42 And all <03605> the men <0376> of Judah < 03063> answered
<06030> the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, Because <03588> the
king <04428> [is] near <07138> of kin to us: wherefore <04100>
then be ye angry <02734> for this <02088> matter < 01697>? have
we eaten <0398> at all of the king's <04428> [cost]? or hath he
given <05375> us any gift <05379>?



43 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> answered < 06030> the
men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and said <0559>, We have ten
<06235> parts in the king <04428>, and we have also <01571> more
[right <03225>] in David <01732> than ye: why < 04069> then did
ye despise <07043> us, that our advice <01697> should not be
first <07223> had in bringing <07725> back < 07725> our king
<04428>? And the words <01697> of the men <0376> of Judah
<03063> were fiercer <07185> than the words < 01697> of the men
<0376> of Israel <03478>.



2Samuel 20



1. And there <08033> happened <07122> to be there a man <0376>
of Belial <01100>, whose name <08034> [was] Sheba < 07652>, the
son <01121> of Bichri <01075>, a Benjamite < 01145>: and he blew
<08628> a trumpet <07782>, and said <0559>, We have no <0369>
part <02506> in David <01732>, neither <03808> have we
inheritance <05159> in the son <01121> of Jesse < 03448>: every
<0376> man <0376> to his tents <0168>, O Israel <03478>.



2 So every <0376> man <0376> of Israel <03478> went <05927> up
from after <0310> David <01732>, [and] followed < 0310> Sheba
<07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>: but the men <0376> of
Judah <03063> clave <01692> unto their king < 04428>, from Jordan
<03383> even to Jerusalem <03389>.



3 And David <01732> came <0935> to his house < 01004> at
Jerusalem <03389>; and the king <04428> took < 03947> the ten
<06235> women <0802> [his] concubines <06370>, whom <0834> he
had left <03240> to keep <08104> the house < 01004>, and put
<05414> them in ward <04931>, and fed <03557> them, but went
<0935> not in unto them. So they were shut <06887> up unto the
day <03117> of their death <04191>, living < 02424> in widowhood
<0491>.





4. Then said <0559> the king <04428> to Amasa < 06021>, Assemble
<02199> me the men <0376> of Judah <03063> within three <07969>
days <03117>, and be thou here <06311> present < 05975>.



5 So Amasa <06021> went <03212> to assemble < 02199> [the men
of] Judah <03063>: but he tarried <03186> longer than <04480>
the set <04150> time which <0834> he had appointed <03259> him.



6 And David <01732> said <0559> to Abishai < 052>, Now <06258>
shall Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri < 01075> do us more
harm <03415> than <04480> [did] Absalom <053>: take <03947> thou
thy lord's <0113> servants <05650>, and pursue < 07291> after
<0310> him, lest <06435> he get <04672> him fenced <01211>
cities <05892>, and escape <05337> us.



7 And there went <03318> out after <0310> him Joab's <03097>
men <0582>, and the Cherethites <03774>, and the Pelethites
<06432>, and all <03605> the mighty <01368> men: and they went
<03318> out of Jerusalem <03389>, to pursue < 07291> after <0310>
Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>.



8 When they [were] at <05973> the great <01419> stone <068>
which <0834> [is] in Gibeon <01391>, Amasa < 06021> went <0935>
before <06440> them. And Joab's <03097> garment < 04055> that he
had put <05414> on was girded <02296> unto him, and upon it a
girdle <02290> [with] a sword <02719> fastened < 06775> upon his
loins <04975> in the sheath <08593> thereof; and as he went
<03318> forth <03318> it fell <05307> out.



9 And Joab <03097> said <0559> to Amasa <06021> , [Art] thou in
health <07965>, my brother <0251>? And Joab < 03097> took <0270>
Amasa <06021> by the beard <02206> with the right < 03225> hand
<03027> to kiss <05401> him.



10 But Amasa <06021> took no <03808> heed < 08104> to the sword
<02719> that [was] in Joab's <03097> hand < 03027>: so he smote
<05221> him therewith in the fifth <02570> [rib], and shed
<08210> out his bowels <04578> to the ground < 0776>, and struck
<08138> him not again <08138>; and he died < 04191>. So Joab
<03097> and Abishai <052> his brother <0251> pursued <07291>
after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>.



11 And one <0376> of Joab's <03097> men <0376> stood <05975> by
him, and said <0559>, He that favoureth <02654> Joab <03097>,
and he that [is] for David <01732>, [let him go] after < 0310>
Joab <03097>.



12 And Amasa <06021> wallowed <01556> in blood < 01818> in the
midst <08432> of the highway <04546>. And when the man <0376>
saw <07200> that all <03605> the people <05971> stood <05975>
still, he removed <05437> Amasa <06021> out of the highway
<04546> into the field <07704>, and cast <07993> a cloth <0899>
upon him, when he saw <07200> that every <03605> one that came
<0935> by him stood <05975> still.



13 When he was removed <03014> out of the highway < 04546>, all
<03605> the people <0376> went <05674> on after <0310> Joab
<03097>, to pursue <07291> after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son
<01121> of Bichri <01075>.



14. And he went <05674> through all <03605> the tribes <07626>
of Israel <03478> unto Abel <062>, and to Bethmaachah <01038>,
and all <03605> the Berites <01276>: and they were gathered
<07035> together, and went <0935> also <0637> after <0310> him.



15 And they came <0935> and besieged <06696> him in Abel <062>
of Bethmaachah <01038>, and they cast <08210> up a bank <05550>
against <0413> the city <05892>, and it stood < 05975> in the
trench <02426>: and all <03605> the people < 05971> that [were]
with Joab <03097> battered <07843> the wall < 02346>, to throw
<05307> it down <05307>.



16 Then cried <07121> a wise <02450> woman < 0802> out of the
city <05892>, Hear <08085>, hear <08085>; say <0559>, I pray
<04994> you, unto Joab <03097>, Come <07126> near <07126> hither,
that I may speak <01696> with thee.



17 And when he was come <07126> near <07126> unto her, the
woman <0802> said <0559>, [Art] thou Joab < 03097>? And he
answered <0559>, I [am he]. Then she said <0559> unto him, Hear
<08085> the words <01697> of thine handmaid < 0519>. And he
answered <0559>, I do hear <08085>.



18 Then she spake <0559>, saying <0559>, They were wont <01696>
to speak <01696> in old <07223> time, saying < 0559>, They shall
surely ask <07592> [counsel] at Abel <059>: and so <03651> they
ended <08552> [the matter].



19 I [am one of them that are] peaceable <07999> [and] faithful
<0539> in Israel <03478>: thou seekest <01245> to destroy
<04191> a city <05892> and a mother <0517> in Israel <03478>:
why <04100> wilt thou swallow <01104> up the inheritance <05159>
of the LORD <03068>?



1 20 And Joab <03097> answered <06030> and said < 0559>, Far
<02486> be it, far <02486> be it from me, that I should swallow
<01104> up or destroy <07843>.



21 The matter <01697> [is] not so <03651>: but a man <0376> of
mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of
Bichri <01075> by name <08034>, hath lifted < 05375> up his hand
<03027> against the king <04428>, [even] against David <01732>:
deliver <05414> him only, and I will depart <03212> from the
city <05892>. And the woman <0802> said <0559> unto Joab <03097>,
Behold <02009>, his head <07218> shall be thrown < 07993> to
thee over <01157> the wall <02346>.



22 Then the woman <0802> went <0935> unto all < 03605> the
people <05971> in her wisdom <02451>. And they cut <03772> off
the head <07218> of Sheba <07652> the son < 01121> of Bichri
<01075>, and cast <07993> [it] out to Joab < 03097>. And he blew
<08628> a trumpet <07782>, and they retired < 06327> from the
city <05892>, every man <0376> to his tent < 0168>. And Joab
<03097> returned <07725> to Jerusalem <03389> unto the king
<04428>.



23. Now Joab <03097> [was] over <0413> all < 03605> the host
<06635> of Israel <03478>: and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121>
of Jehoiada <03111> [was] over <05921> the Cherethites <03774>
and over <05921> the Pelethites <06432>:



24 And Adoram <0151> [was] over <05921> the tribute <04522>:
and Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Ahilud < 0286> [was]
recorder <02142>:



25 And Sheva <07724> [was] scribe <05608>: and Zadok <06659>
and Abiathar <054> [were] the priests <03548>:



26 And Ira <05896> also <01571> the Jairite < 02972> was a chief
<03548> ruler about David <01732>.



2Samuel 21



1. Then there was a famine <07458> in the days < 03117> of David
<01732> three <07969> years <08141>, year < 08141> after <0310>
year <08141>; and David <01732> enquired <01245> of the LORD
<03068>. And the LORD <03068> answered <0559>, [It is] for Saul
<07586>, and for [his] bloody <01818> house < 01004>, because he
slew <04191> the Gibeonites <01393>.



2 And the king <04428> called <07121> the Gibeonites <01393>,
and said <0559> unto them; (now the Gibeonites <01393> [were]
not of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, but of the
remnant <03499> of the Amorites <0567>; and the children <01121>
of Israel <03478> had sworn <07650> unto them: and Saul <07586>
sought <01245> to slay <05221> them in his zeal < 07065> to the
children <01121> of Israel <03478> and Judah < 03063>.)



3 Wherefore David <01732> said <0559> unto the Gibeonites
<01393>, What <04100> shall I do <06213> for you? and wherewith
<04100> shall I make the atonement <03722>, that ye may bless
<01288> the inheritance <05159> of the LORD < 03068>?



4 And the Gibeonites <01393> said <0559> unto him, We will have
no <0369> silver <03701> nor gold <02091> of Saul <07586>, nor
of his house <01004>; neither <0369> for us shalt thou kill
<04191> any man <0376> in Israel <03478>. And he said <0559>,
What <04100> ye shall say <0559>, [that] will I do <06213> for
you.



5 And they answered <0559> the king <04428>, The man <0376>
that consumed <03615> us, and that devised <01819> against us
[that] we should be destroyed <08045> from remaining < 03320> in
any <03605> of the coasts <01366> of Israel < 03478>,



6 Let seven <07651> men <0582> of his sons < 01121> be delivered
<05414> unto us, and we will hang <03363> them up unto the LORD
<03068> in Gibeah <01390> of Saul <07586>, [whom] the LORD
<03068> did choose <0972>. And the king <04428> said <0559>, I
will give <05414> [them].



7 But the king <04428> spared <02550> Mephibosheth <04648>, the
son <01121> of Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>,
because <05921> of the LORD'S <03068> oath < 07621> that [was]
between <0996> them, between <0996> David < 01732> and Jonathan
<03083> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>.



8 But the king <04428> took <03947> the two < 08147> sons
<01121> of Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345>,
whom <0834> she bare <03205> unto Saul <07586>, Armoni <0764>
and Mephibosheth <04648>; and the five <02568> sons <01121> of
Michal <04324> the daughter <01323> of Saul < 07586>, whom she
brought <03205> up for Adriel <05741> the son < 01121> of
Barzillai <01271> the Meholathite <04259>:



9 And he delivered <05414> them into the hands < 03027> of the
Gibeonites <01393>, and they hanged <03363> them in the hill
<02022> before <06440> the LORD <03068>: and they fell <05307>
[all] seven <07651> together <03162>, and were put to death
<04191> in the days of harvest <07105>, in the first <07223>
[days], in the beginning <08462> of barley <08184> harvest
<07105>.



10. And Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345> took
<03947> sackcloth <08242>, and spread <05186> it for her upon
the rock <06697>, from the beginning <08462> of harvest <07105>
until <05704> water <04325> dropped <05413> upon them out of
heaven <08064>, and suffered <05414> neither < 03808> the birds
<05775> of the air <08064> to rest <05117> on <05921> them by
day <03119>, nor the beasts <02416> of the field < 07704> by
night <03915>.



11 And it was told <05046> David <01732> what Rizpah <07532>
the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345>, the concubine <06370> of
Saul <07586>, had done <06213>.



12 And David <01732> went <03212> and took < 03947> the bones
<06106> of Saul <07586> and the bones <06106> of Jonathan
<03083> his son <01121> from the men <01167> of Jabeshgilead,
which <0834> had stolen <01589> them from the street <07339> of
Bethshan <01052>, where the Philistines <06430> had hanged
<08511> them, when <03117> the Philistines < 06430> had <01961>
slain <05221> Saul <07586> in Gilboa <01533>:



13 And he brought <05927> up from thence <08033> the bones
<06106> of Saul <07586> and the bones <06106> of Jonathan
<03083> his son <01121>; and they gathered < 0622> the bones
<06106> of them that were hanged <03363>.



14 And the bones <06106> of Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083>
his son <01121> buried <06912> they in the country <0776> of
Benjamin <01144> in Zelah <06762>, in the sepulchre <06913> of
Kish <07027> his father <01>: and they performed < 06213> all
<03605> that the king <04428> commanded <06680>. And after
<0310> that God <0430> was intreated <06279> for the land <0776>.



15. Moreover the Philistines <06430> had <01961> yet <05750>
war <04421> again <05750> with Israel <03478>; and David <01732>
went <03381> down <03381>, and his servants < 05650> with him,
and fought <03898> against the Philistines <06430>: and David
<01732> waxed faint <05774>.



16 And Ishbibenob <03430>, which <0834> [was] of the sons
<03211> of the giant <07497>, the weight <04948> of whose spear
<07013> [weighed] three <07969> hundred <03967> [shekels] of
brass <05178> in weight <04948>, he being girded < 02296> with a
new <02319> [sword], thought <0559> to have slain < 05221> David
<01732>.



17 But Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah < 06870>
succoured <05826> him, and smote <05221> the Philistine <06430>,
and killed <04191> him. Then <0227> the men < 0582> of David
<01732> sware <07650> unto him, saying <0559>, Thou shalt go
<03318> no <03808> more <05750> out with us to battle <04421>,
that thou quench <03518> not the light <05216> of Israel <03478>.



18 And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this < 03651>, that
there was again <05750> a battle <04421> with the Philistines
<06430> at Gob <01359>: then <0227> Sibbechai <05444> the
Hushathite <02843> slew <05221> Saph <05593>, which <0834> [was]
of the sons <03211> of the giant <07497>.



19 And there was again <05750> a battle <04421> in Gob <01359>
with the Philistines <06430>, where Elhanan <0445> the son
<01121> of Jaareoregim <03296>, a Bethlehemite < 01022>, slew
<05221> [the brother of] Goliath <01555> the Gittite <01663>,
the staff <06086> of whose spear <02595> [was] like a weaver's
<0707> beam <04500>.



20 And there was yet <05750> a battle <04421> in Gath <01661>,
where was a man <0376> of [great] stature <04055>, that had on
every hand <03027> six <08337> fingers <0676>, and on every foot
<07272> six <08337> toes <0676>, four < 0702> and twenty <06242>
in number <04557>; and he also <01571> was born < 03205> to the
giant <07497>.



21 And when he defied <02778> Israel <03478>, Jonathan <03083>
the son <01121> of Shimea <08096> the brother < 0251> of David
<01732> slew <05221> him.



22 These <0428> four <0702> were born <03205> to the giant
<07497> in Gath <01661>, and fell <05307> by the hand <03027> of
David <01732>, and by the hand <03027> of his servants <05650>.



2Samuel 22



1. And David <01732> spake <01696> unto the LORD < 03068> the
words <01697> of this <02063> song <07892> in the day <03117>
[that] the LORD <03068> had delivered <05337> him out of the
hand <03709> of all <03605> his enemies <0341>, and out of the
hand <03709> of Saul <07586>:



2. And he said <0559>, The LORD <03068> [is] my rock <05553>,
and my fortress <04686>, and my deliverer <06403>;



3 The God <0430> of my rock <06697>; in him will I trust
<02620>: [he is] my shield <04043>, and the horn < 07161> of my
salvation <03468>, my high <04869> tower <04869> , and my refuge
<04498>, my saviour <03467>; thou savest <03467> me from
violence <02555>.



4 I will call <07121> on the LORD <03068>, [who is] worthy to
be praised <01984>: so shall I be saved <03467> from mine
enemies <0341>.



5 When <03588> the waves <04867> of death < 04194> compassed
<0661> me, the floods <05158> of ungodly <01100> men made
<07760> me afraid <01204>;



6 The sorrows <02256> of hell <07585> compassed < 05437> me
about <05437>; the snares <04170> of death < 04194> prevented
<06923> me;



7 In my distress <06362> I called <07121> upon the LORD <03068>,
and cried <07121> to my God <0430>: and he did hear <08085> my
voice <06963> out of his temple <01964>, and my cry <07775> [did
enter] into his ears <0241>.



8 Then the earth <0776> shook <01607> and trembled <07493>; the
foundations <04146> of heaven <08064> moved < 07264> and shook
<01607>, because <03588> he was wroth <02734>.



9 There went <05927> up a smoke <06227> out of his nostrils
<0639>, and fire <0784> out of his mouth <06310> devoured <0398>:
coals <01513> were kindled <01197> by it.



10 He bowed <05186> the heavens <08064> also, and came <03381>
down <03381>; and darkness <06205> [was] under < 08478> his feet
<07272>.



11 And he rode <07392> upon a cherub <03742>, and did fly
<05774>: and he was seen <07200> upon the wings < 03671> of the
wind <07307>.



12 And he made <07896> darkness <02822> pavilions <05521> round
<05439> about him, dark <02841> waters <04325>, [and] thick
clouds <05645> of the skies <07834>.



13 Through the brightness <05051> before <05048> him were coals
<01513> of fire <0784> kindled <01197>.



14 The LORD <03068> thundered <07481> from heaven <08064>, and
the most <06944> High <05945> uttered <05414> his voice <06963>.



15 And he sent <07971> out arrows <02671>, and scattered
<06327> them; lightning <01300>, and discomfited < 02000> them.



16 And the channels <0650> of the sea <03220> appeared <07200>,
the foundations <04146> of the world <08398> were discovered
<01540>, at the rebuking <01606> of the LORD < 03068>, at the
blast <05397> of the breath <07307> of his nostrils <0639>.



17 He sent <07971> from above <04791>, he took < 03947> me; he
drew <04871> me out of many <07227> waters < 04325>;



18 He delivered <05337> me from my strong <05794> enemy <0341>,
[and] from them that hated <08130> me: for they were too strong
<0553> for me.



19 They prevented <06923> me in the day <03117> of my calamity
<0343>: but the LORD <03068> was my stay <04937> .



20 He brought <03318> me forth <03318> also into a large
<04800> place: he delivered <02502> me, because < 03588> he
delighted <02654> in me.



21 The LORD <03068> rewarded <01580> me according to my
righteousness <06666>: according to the cleanness < 01252> of my
hands <03027> hath he recompensed <07725> me.



22 For I have kept <08104> the ways <01870> of the LORD <03068>,
and have not wickedly <07561> departed from my God < 0430>.



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



24 I was also upright <08549> before him, and have kept <08104>
myself from mine iniquity <05771>.



25 Therefore the LORD <03068> hath recompensed < 07725> me
according to my righteousness <06666>; according to my cleanness
<01252> in his eye <05869> sight <05869>.



26 With the merciful <02623> thou wilt shew thyself merciful
<02616>, [and] with the upright <08549> man thou wilt shew
thyself upright <08552>.



27 With the pure <02889> thou wilt shew thyself pure < 01305>;
and with the froward <06141> thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury
<06617>.



28 And the afflicted <06041> people <05971> thou wilt save
<03467>: but thine eyes <05869> [are] upon the haughty <07311>,
[that] thou mayest bring <08213> [them] down <03381>.



29 For thou [art] my lamp <05216>, O LORD <03068>: and the LORD
<03068> will lighten <05050> my darkness <02822> .



30 For by thee I have run <07323> through a troop < 01416>: by
my God <0430> have I leaped <01801> over a wall < 07791>.



31 [As for] God <0410>, his way <01870> [is] perfect <08549>;
the word <0565> of the LORD <03068> [is] tried < 06884>: he [is]
a buckler <04043> to all <03605> them that trust < 02620> in him.



32 For who <04310> [is] God <0410>, save < 01107> the LORD
<03068>? and who [is] a rock <06697>, save < 01107> our God
<0430>?



33 God <0410> [is] my strength <04581> [and] power <02428>: and
he maketh my way <01870> perfect <08549>.



34 He maketh <07737> my feet <07272> like < 07737> hinds <0355>'
[feet <07272>]: and setteth <05975> me upon my high <01116>
places.



35 He teacheth <03925> my hands <03027> to war < 04421>; so that
a bow <07198> of steel <05154> is broken <05181> by mine arms
<02220>.



36 Thou hast also given <05414> me the shield <04043> of thy
salvation <03468>: and thy gentleness <06031> hath made me great
<07235>.



37 Thou hast enlarged <07337> my steps <06806> under <08478> me;
so that my feet <07166> did not slip <04571>.



38 I have pursued <07291> mine enemies <0341>, and destroyed
<08045> them; and turned <07725> not again < 07725> until <05704>
I had consumed <03615> them.



39 And I have consumed <03615> them, and wounded < 04272> them,
that they could not arise <06965>: yea, they are fallen < 05307>
under <08478> my feet <07272>.



40 For thou hast girded <0247> me with strength < 02428> to
battle <04421>: them that rose <06965> up against me hast thou
subdued <03766> under <08478> me.



41 Thou hast also given <05414> me the necks <06203> of mine
enemies <0341>, that I might destroy <06789> them that hate
<08130> me.



42 They looked <08159>, but [there was] none <0369> to save
<03467>; [even] unto the LORD <03068>, but he answered <06030>
them not.



43 Then did I beat <07833> them as small as the dust < 06083> of
the earth <0776>, I did stamp <01854> them as the mire <02916>
of the street <02351>, [and] did spread <07554> them abroad
<07554>.



44 Thou also hast delivered <06403> me from the strivings
<07379> of my people <05971>, thou hast kept < 08104> me [to be]
head <07218> of the heathen <01471>: a people < 05971> [which] I
knew <03045> not shall serve <05647> me.



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



46 Strangers shall fade <05034> away, and they shall be afraid
<02296> out of their close <04526> places.



47 The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>; and blessed < 01288> [be] my
rock <06697>; and exalted <07311> be the God < 0430> of the rock
<06697> of my salvation <03468>.



48 It [is] God <0410> that avengeth me, and that bringeth
<03381> down <08213> the people <05971> under <08478> me,



49 And that bringeth <03318> me forth <04161> from mine enemies
<0341>: thou also hast lifted <07311> me up on high <07311>
above them that rose <06965> up against me: thou hast delivered
<05337> me from the violent <02555> man <0376>. 50 Therefore I
will give thanks <03034> unto thee, O LORD <03068>, among the
heathen <01471>, and I will sing praises unto thy name < 08034>.



51 [He is] the tower <01431> of salvation <03444> for his king
<04428>: and sheweth <06213> mercy <02617> to his anointed
<04899>, unto David <01732>, and to his seed < 02233> for
evermore <05769>.



2Samuel 23



1. Now these <0428> [be] the last <0314> words < 01697> of David
<01732>. David <01732> the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> said
<05002>, and the man <01397> [who was] raised < 06965> up on high
<05920>, the anointed <04899> of the God <0430> of Jacob <03290>,
and the sweet <05273> psalmist <02158> of Israel < 03478>, said
<05002>,



2 The Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> spake < 01696> by me,
and his word <04405> [was] in my tongue <03956>.



3 The God <0430> of Israel <03478> said <0559>, the Rock
<06697> of Israel <03478> spake <01696> to me, He that ruleth
<04910> over men <0120> [must be] just <06662>, ruling <04910>
in the fear <03374> of God <0430>.



4 And [he shall be] as the light <0216> of the morning < 01242>,
[when] the sun <08121> riseth <02224>, [even] a morning <01242>
without <03808> clouds <05645>; [as] the tender grass <01877>
[springing] out of the earth <0776> by clear shining < 05051>
after rain <04306>.



5 Although <03588> my house <01004> [be] not so < 03651> with
God <0410>; yet <03588> he hath made <07760> with me an
everlasting <05769> covenant <01285>, ordered < 06186> in all
<03605> [things], and sure <08104>: for [this is] all <03605> my
salvation <03468>, and all <03605> [my] desire < 02656>, although
<03588> he make [it] not to grow <06779>.



6 But [the sons] of Belial <01100> [shall be] all < 03605> of
them as thorns <06975> thrust <05074> away < 05074>, because
<03588> they cannot <03808> be taken <03947> with hands <03027>:



7 But the man <0376> [that] shall touch <05060> them must be
fenced <04390> with iron <01270> and the staff < 06086> of a
spear <02595>; and they shall be utterly burned < 08313> with
fire <0784> in the [same] place <07675>.



8. These <0428> [be] the names <08034> of the mighty <01368>
men whom <0834> David <01732> had: The Tachmonite < 08461> that
sat <03427> in the seat <07674>, chief <07218> among the
captains <07991>; the same <01931> [was] Adino < 05722> the
Eznite <06112>: [he lift up his spear] against <05921> eight
<08083> hundred <03967>, whom he slew <02491> at one <0259> time
<06471>.



9 And after <0310> him [was] Eleazar <0499> the son <01121> of
Dodo <01734> the Ahohite, [one] of the three <07969> mighty
<01368> men with David <01732>, when they defied < 02778> the
Philistines <06430> [that] were there <08033> gathered <0622>
together to battle <04421>, and the men <0376> of Israel <03478>
were gone <05927> away:



10 He arose <06965>, and smote <05221> the Philistines <06430>
until his hand <03027> was weary <03021>, and his hand <03027>
clave <01692> unto the sword <02719>: and the LORD <03068>
wrought <06213> a great <01419> victory <08668> that day <03117>;
and the people <05971> returned <07725> after < 0310> him only
<0389> to spoil <06584>.



11 And after <0310> him [was] Shammah <08048> the son <01121>
of Agee <089> the Hararite <02043>. And the Philistines <06430>
were gathered <0622> together into a troop <02416>, where
<08033> was a piece <02513> of ground <07704> full <04392> of
lentiles <05742>: and the people <05971> fled < 01272> from the
Philistines <06430>.



12 But he stood <03320> in the midst <08432> of the ground
<02513>, and defended <05337> it, and slew < 05221> the
Philistines <06430>: and the LORD <03068> wrought < 06213> a
great <01419> victory <08668>.



13 And three <07991> of the thirty <07970> chief < 07218> went
<03381> down <03381>, and came <0935> to David <01732> in the
harvest <07105> time unto the cave <04631> of Adullam <05725>:
and the troop <02416> of the Philistines <06430> pitched <02583>
in the valley <06010> of Rephaim <07497>.



14 And David <01732> [was] then <0227> in an hold <04686>, and
the garrison <04673> of the Philistines <06430> [was] then [in]
Bethlehem <01035>. 15 And David <01732> longed < 0183>, and said
<0559>, Oh that one would give me drink <08248> of the water
<04325> of the well <0953> of Bethlehem <01035>, which <0834>
[is] by the gate <08179>!



16 And the three <07969> mighty <01368> men brake <01234>
through <01234> the host <04264> of the Philistines <06430>, and
drew <07579> water <04325> out of the well < 0953> of Bethlehem
<01035>, that [was] by the gate <08179>, and took < 05375> [it],
and brought <0935> [it] to David <01732>: nevertheless he would
<014> not drink <08354> thereof, but poured < 05258> it out unto
the LORD <03068>.



17 And he said <0559>, Be it far <02486> from me, O LORD
<03068>, that I should do <06213> this <02063>: [is not this]
the blood <01818> of the men <0582> that went < 01980> in
jeopardy of their lives <05315>? therefore he would < 014> not
drink <08354> it. These <0428> things did < 06213> these <0428>
three <07969> mighty <01368> men.



18 And Abishai <052>, the brother <0251> of Joab < 03097>, the
son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, was chief < 07218> among three
<07992>. And he lifted <05782> up his spear < 02595> against
<05921> three <07969> hundred <03967>, [and] slew <02491> [them],
and had the name <08034> among three <07969>.



19 Was he not most honourable <03513> of three < 07969>?
therefore he was their captain <08269>: howbeit he attained
<0935> not unto the [first] three <07969>.



20 And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>, the
son <01121> of a valiant <02428> man <0376>, of Kabzeel <06909>,
who had done <06213> many <07227> acts <06467>, he slew <05221>
two <08147> lionlike <0739> men of Moab <04124>: he went <03381>
down <03381> also and slew <05221> a lion <0738> in the midst
<08432> of a pit <0953> in time <03117> of snow <07950>:



21 And he slew <02026> an Egyptian <04713>, a goodly <04758>
man <0376>: and the Egyptian <04713> had a spear < 02595> in his
hand <03027>; but he went <03381> down <03381> to him with a
staff <07626>, and plucked <01497> the spear < 02595> out of the
Egyptian's <04713> hand <03027>, and slew < 05221> him with his
own spear <02595>.



22 These <0428> [things] did <06213> Benaiah < 01141> the son
<01121> of Jehoiada <03111>, and had the name < 08034> among
three <07969> mighty <01368> men.



23 He was more honourable <03513> than <04480> the thirty
<07970>, but he attained <0935> not to the [first] three <07969>.
And David <01732> set <07760> him over <0413> his guard <04928>.



24 Asahel <06214> the brother <0251> of Joab < 03097> [was] one
of the thirty <07970>; Elhanan <0445> the son < 01121> of Dodo
<01734> of Bethlehem <01035>, 25 Shammah <08048> the Harodite
<02733>, Elika <0470> the Harodite <02733>,



26 Helez <02503> the Paltite <06407>, Ira < 05896> the son
<01121> of Ikkesh <06142> the Tekoite <08621>,



27 Abiezer <044> the Anethothite <06069>, Mebunnai <04012> the
Hushathite <02843>, 28 Zalmon <06756> the Ahohite < 0266>,
Maharai <04121> the Netophathite <05200>, 29 Heleb <02460> the
son <01121> of Baanah <01195>, a Netophathite < 05200>, Ittai
<0863> the son <01121> of Ribai <07380> out of Gibeah <01390> of
the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>,



30 Benaiah <01141> the Pirathonite <06553>, Hiddai <01914> of
the brooks <05158> of Gaash <01608>,



31 Abialbon <045> the Arbathite <06164>, Azmaveth <05820> the
Barhumite <01273>,



32 Eliahba <0455> the Shaalbonite <08170>, of the sons <01121>
of Jashen <03464>, Jonathan <03083>,



33 Shammah <08048> the Hararite <02043>, Ahiam < 0279> the son
<01121> of Sharar <08325> the Hararite <02043>,



34 Eliphelet <0467> the son <01121> of Ahasbai < 0308>, the son
<01121> of the Maachathite <04602>, Eliam <0463> the son <01121>
of Ahithophel <0302> the Gilonite <01526>,



35 Hezrai <02695> the Carmelite <03761>, Paarai < 06474> the
Arbite <0701>,



36 Igal <03008> the son <01121> of Nathan < 05416> of Zobah
<06678>, Bani <01137> the Gadite <01425>,



37 Zelek <06768> the Ammonite <05984>, Naharai < 05171> the
Beerothite <0886>, armourbearer <03627> to Joab < 03097> the son
<01121> of Zeruiah <06870>,



38 Ira <05896> an Ithrite <03505>, Gareb < 01619> an Ithrite
<03505>,



39 Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>: thirty < 07970> and seven
<07651> in all <03605>.



2Samuel 24



1. And again <03254> the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was
kindled <02734> against Israel <03478>, and he moved <05493>
David <01732> against them to say <0559>, Go < 03212>, number
<04487> Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.



2 For the king <04428> said <0559> to Joab < 03097> the captain
<08269> of the host <02428>, which <0834> [was] with him, Go
<07751> now <04994> through <07751> all < 03605> the tribes
<07626> of Israel <03478>, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba
<0884>, and number <06485> ye the people <05971> , that I may
know <03045> the number <04557> of the people < 05971>.



3 And Joab <03097> said <0559> unto the king < 04428>, Now the
LORD <03068> thy God <0430> add <03254> unto the people <05971>,
how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes
<05869> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> may see <07200> [it]:
but why <04100> doth my lord <0113> the king < 04428> delight
<02654> in this <02088> thing <01697>?



4 Notwithstanding the king's <04428> word <01697> prevailed
<02388> against <0413> Joab <03097>, and against <05921> the
captains <08269> of the host <02428>. And Joab < 03097> and the
captains <08269> of the host <02428> went < 03318> out from the
presence <06440> of the king <04428>, to number < 06485> the
people <05971> of Israel <03478>.



5 And they passed <05674> over <05674> Jordan < 03383>, and
pitched <02583> in Aroer <06177>, on the right < 03225> side
<03225> of the city <05892> that [lieth] in the midst <08432> of
the river <05158> of Gad <01410>, and toward Jazer <03270>:



6 Then they came <0935> to Gilead <01568>, and to the land
<0776> of Tahtimhodshi <08483>; and they came < 0935> to Danjaan
<01842>, and about <05439> to Zidon <06721>,



7 And came <0935> to the strong <04013> hold < 04013> of Tyre
<06865>, and to all <03605> the cities <05892> of the Hivites
<02340>, and of the Canaanites <03669>: and they went <03318>
out to the south <05045> of Judah <03063>, [even] to Beersheba
<0884>.



8 So when they had gone <07751> through all <03605> the land
<0776>, they came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389> at the end <07097>
of nine <08672> months <02320> and twenty < 06242> days <03117>.



9 And Joab <03097> gave <05414> up the sum < 04557> of the
number <04662> of the people <05971> unto the king <04428>: and
there were in Israel <03478> eight <08083> hundred <03967>
thousand <0505> valiant <02428> men <0376> that drew <08025> the
sword <02719>; and the men <0376> of Judah < 03063> [were] five
<02568> hundred <03967> thousand <0505> men < 0376>.



10. And David's <01732> heart <03820> smote < 05221> him after
<0310> that he had numbered <05608> the people < 05971>. And
David <01732> said <0559> unto the LORD <03068>, I have sinned
<02398> greatly <03966> in that I have done < 06213>: and now
<06258>, I beseech <04994> thee, O LORD <03068>, take <05674>
away <05674> the iniquity <05771> of thy servant < 05650>; for I
have done very <03966> foolishly <05528>.



11 For when David <01732> was up in the morning < 01242>, the
word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto the prophet
<05030> Gad <01410>, David's <01732> seer < 02374>, saying <0559>,



12 Go <01980> and say <0559> unto David <01732> , Thus <03541>
saith <01696> the LORD <03068>, I offer <05190> thee three
<07969> [things]; choose <0977> thee one <0259> of them, that I
may [do <06213> it] unto thee.



13 So Gad <01410> came <0935> to David <01732>, and told
<05046> him, and said <0559> unto him, Shall seven <07651> years
<08141> of famine <07458> come <0935> unto thee in thy land
<0776>? or wilt thou flee <05127> three <07969> months <02320>
before <06440> thine enemies <06862>, while they pursue <07291>
thee? or that there be three <07969> days <03117>' pestilence
<01698> in thy land <0776>? now <06258> advise <03045>, and see
<07200> what <04100> answer <01697> I shall return <07725> to
him that sent <07971> me.



14 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Gad < 01410>, I am in a
great <03966> strait <06887>: let us fall < 05307> now <04994>
into the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068>; for his mercies
<07356> [are] great <07227>: and let me not fall < 05307> into
the hand <03027> of man <0120>.



15 So the LORD <03068> sent <05414> a pestilence < 01698> upon
Israel <03478> from the morning <01242> even to the time <06256>
appointed <04150>: and there died <04191> of the people <05971>
from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884> seventy < 07657>
thousand <0505> men <0376>.



16 And when the angel <04397> stretched <07971> out his hand
<03027> upon Jerusalem <03389> to destroy < 07843> it, the LORD
<03068> repented <05162> him of the evil <07451> , and said
<0559> to the angel <04397> that destroyed < 07843> the people
<05971>, It is enough <07227>: stay <07503> now <06258> thine
hand <03027>. And the angel <04397> of the LORD < 03068> was by
the threshingplace <01637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite
<02983>.



17 And David <01732> spake <0559> unto the LORD < 03068> when he
saw <07200> the angel <04397> that smote <05221> the people
<05971>, and said <0559>, Lo <02009>, I have sinned <02398>, and
I have done wickedly <05753>: but these <0428> sheep <06629>,
what <04100> have they done <06213>? let thine hand <03027>, I
pray <04994> thee, be against me, and against my father's <01>
house <01004>.



18. And Gad <01410> came <0935> that day < 03117> to David
<01732>, and said <0559> unto him, Go <05927> up, rear <06965>
an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068> in the threshingfloor
<01637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <02983>.



19 And David <01732>, according to the saying <01697> of Gad
<01410>, went <05927> up as the LORD <03068> commanded <06680>.



20 And Araunah <0728> looked <08259>, and saw < 07200> the king
<04428> and his servants <05650> coming <05674> on toward
<05921> him: and Araunah <0728> went <03318> out, and bowed
<07812> himself before the king <04428> on his face <0639> upon
the ground <0776>.



21 And Araunah <0728> said <0559>, Wherefore < 04069> is my lord
<0113> the king <04428> come <0935> to his servant <05650>? And
David <01732> said <0559>, To buy <07069> the threshingfloor
<01637> of thee, to build <01129> an altar < 04196> unto the LORD
<03068>, that the plague <04046> may be stayed < 06113> from the
people <05971>.



22 And Araunah <0728> said <0559> unto David < 01732>, Let my
lord <0113> the king <04428> take <03947> and offer <05927> up
what [seemeth <05869>] good <02896> unto him: behold <07200>,
[here be] oxen <01241> for burnt <05930> sacrifice, and
threshing <04173> instruments and [other] instruments < 03627> of
the oxen <01241> for wood <06086>.



23 All <03605> these [things] did Araunah <0728>, [as] a king
<04428>, give <05414> unto the king <04428>. And Araunah <0728>
said <0559> unto the king <04428>, The LORD < 03068> thy God
<0430> accept <07521> thee.



24 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Araunah < 0728>, Nay
<03808>; but I will surely buy <07069> [it] of thee at a price
<04242>: neither <03808> will I offer <05927> burnt <05930>
offerings unto the LORD <03068> my God <0430> of that which
<0834> doth cost <02600> me nothing <02600>. So David <01732>
bought <07069> the threshingfloor <01637> and the oxen <01241>
for fifty <02572> shekels <08255> of silver < 03701>.



25 And David <01732> built <01129> there < 08033> an altar
<04196> unto the LORD <03068>, and offered < 05927> burnt <05930>
offerings and peace <08002> offerings. So the LORD < 03068> was
intreated <06279> for the land <0776>, and the plague <04046>
was stayed <06113> from Israel <03478>.

























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