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2Samuel 1





1. Now it came <1961> to pass after <0310> the death <4194> of
Saul <7586>, when David <1732> was returned < 7725> from the
slaughter <5221> of the Amalekites <6003>, and David <1732> had
abode <3427> two <8147> days <3117> in Ziklag <6860>;



2 It came <1961> even to pass on the third <7992> day <3117>,
that, behold <2009>, a man <0376> came <0935> out of the camp
<4264> from Saul <7586> with his clothes <0899> rent <7167>, and
earth <0127> upon his head <7218>: and [so] it was, when he came
<0935> to David <1732>, that he fell <5307> to the earth <0776>,
and did obeisance <7812>.



3 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, From whence comest
<0935> thou? And he said <0559> unto him, Out of the camp <4264>
of Israel <3478> am I escaped <4422>.



4 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, How < 4100> went <1961>
the matter <1697>? I pray <4994> thee, tell < 5046> me. And he
answered <0559>, That the people <5971> are fled < 5127> from the
battle <4421>, and many <7235> of the people < 5971> also <1571>
are fallen <5307> and dead <4191>; and Saul < 7586> and Jonathan
<3083> his son <1121> are dead <4191> also < 1571>.



5 And David <1732> said <0559> unto the young < 5288> man that
told <5046> him, How <0349> knowest <3045> thou that Saul <7586>
and Jonathan <3083> his son <1121> be dead < 4191>?



6 And the young <5288> man that told <5046> him said <0559>, As
I happened <7136> by chance <7122> upon mount < 2022> Gilboa
<1533>, behold <2009>, Saul <7586> leaned < 8172> upon his spear
<2595>; and, lo <2009>, the chariots <7393> and horsemen <6571>
followed <1692> hard <1692> after him.



7 And when he looked <6437> behind <0310> him, he saw <7200> me,
and called <7121> unto me. And I answered <0559>, Here <2009>
[am] I.



8 And he said <0559> unto me, Who <4310> [art] thou? And I
answered <0559> him, I [am] an Amalekite <6003>.



9 He said <0559> unto me again, Stand <5975>, I pray <4994>
thee, upon me, and slay <4191> me: for anguish <7661> is come
<0270> upon me, because <3588> my life <5315> [is] yet <5750>
whole <3605> in me.



10 So I stood <5975> upon him, and slew <4191> him, because
<3588> I was sure <3045> that he could not live < 2421> after
<0310> that he was fallen <5307>: and I took < 3947> the crown
<5145> that [was] upon his head <7218>, and the bracelet <0685>
that [was] on <5921> his arm <2220>, and have brought <0935>
them hither unto my lord <0113>.



11. Then David <1732> took hold <2388> on his clothes <0899>,
and rent <7167> them; and likewise <1571> all < 3605> the men
<0582> that [were] with him:



12 And they mourned <5594>, and wept <1058>, and fasted <6684>
until <5704> even <6153>, for Saul <7586>, and for Jonathan
<3083> his son <1121>, and for the people <5971> of the LORD
<3068>, and for the house <1004> of Israel < 3478>; because
<3588> they were fallen <5307> by the sword < 2719>.



13 And David <1732> said <0559> unto the young < 5288> man that
told <5046> him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered < 0559>, I
[am] the son <1121> of a stranger, an Amalekite <6003> .



14 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, How < 0349> wast thou
not afraid <3372> to stretch <7971> forth thine hand <3027> to
destroy <7843> the LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899> ?



15 And David <1732> called <7121> one <0259> of the young
<5288> men, and said <0559>, Go <5066> near < 5066>, [and] fall
<6293> upon him. And he smote <5221> him that he died <4191>.



16 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, Thy blood <1818> [be]
upon thy head <7218>; for thy mouth <6310> hath testified <6030>
against thee, saying <0559>, I have slain <4191> the LORD'S
<3068> anointed <4899>.



17. And David <1732> lamented <6969> with this < 2063>
lamentation <7015> over <5921> Saul <7586> and over <5921>
Jonathan <3083> his son <1121>:



18 (Also he bade <0559> them teach <3925> the children <1121>
of Judah <3063> [the use of] the bow <7198>: behold <2009>, [it
is] written <3789> in the book <5612> of Jasher < 3477>.)



19 The beauty <6643> of Israel <3478> is slain < 2491> upon thy
high <1116> places: how <0349> are the mighty < 1368> fallen
<5307>!



20 Tell <5046> [it] not in Gath <1661>, publish < 1319> [it] not
in the streets <2351> of Askelon <0831>; lest < 6435> the
daughters <1121> of the Philistines <6430> rejoice <8055>, lest
<6435> the daughters <1121> of the uncircumcised < 6189> triumph
<5937>.



21 Ye mountains <2022> of Gilboa <1533>, [let there be] no
<0408> dew <2919>, neither <0408> [let there be] rain <4306>,
upon you, nor fields <7704> of offerings <8641>: for there
<8033> the shield <4043> of the mighty <1368> is vilely <1602>
cast <1602> away, the shield <4043> of Saul < 7586>, [as though
he had] not [been] anointed <4899> with oil <8081>.



22 From the blood <1818> of the slain <2491>, from the fat
<2459> of the mighty <1368>, the bow <7198> of Jonathan <3083>
turned <7734> not back <0268>, and the sword < 2719> of Saul
<7586> returned <7725> not empty <7387>.



23 Saul <7586> and Jonathan <3083> [were] lovely < 0157> and
pleasant <5273> in their lives <2416>, and in their death <4194>
they were not divided <6504>: they were swifter <7043> than
eagles <5404>, they were stronger <1396> than lions <0738>.



24 Ye daughters <1121> of Israel <3478>, weep < 1058> over
<0413> Saul <7586>, who <4310> clothed < 3847> you in scarlet
<8144>, with [other] delights <5730>, who <4310> put <5927> on
ornaments <5716> of gold <2091> upon your apparel < 3830>.



25 How <0349> are the mighty <1368> fallen < 5307> in the midst
<8432> of the battle <4421>! O Jonathan <3083>, [thou wast]
slain <2491> in thine high <1116> places.



26 I am distressed <6887> for thee, my brother <0251> Jonathan
<3083>: very <3966> pleasant <5276> hast thou been unto me: thy
love <0160> to me was wonderful <6381>, passing the love <0160>
of women <0802>.



27 How <0349> are the mighty <1368> fallen < 5307>, and the
weapons <3627> of war <4421> perished <6>!



2Samuel 2



1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this < 3651>, that
David <1732> enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,
Shall I go <5927> up into any <0259> of the cities <5892> of
Judah <3063>? And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Go
<5927> up. And David <1732> said <0559>, Whither <0575> shall I
go <5927> up? And he said <0559>, Unto Hebron < 2275>.



2 So David <1732> went <5927> up thither <8033> , and his two
<8147> wives <0802> also <1571>, Ahinoam < 0293> the Jezreelitess
<3159>, and Abigail <26> Nabal's <5037> wife <0802> the
Carmelite <3761>.



3 And his men <0582> that [were] with him did David < 1732>
bring <5927> up, every man <0376> with his household <1004>: and
they dwelt <3427> in the cities <5892> of Hebron < 2275>.



4 And the men <0582> of Judah <3063> came < 0935>, and there
<8033> they anointed <4886> David <1732> king <4428> over <5921>
the house <1004> of Judah <3063>. And they told < 5046> David
<1732>, saying <0559>, [That] the men <0582> of Jabeshgilead
[were they] that buried <6912> Saul <7586>.



5 And David <1732> sent <7971> messengers < 4397> unto the men
<0582> of Jabeshgilead, and said <0559> unto them, Blessed
<1288> [be] ye of the LORD <3068>, that ye have shewed <6213>
this <2088> kindness <2617> unto your lord < 0113>, [even] unto
Saul <7586>, and have buried <6912> him.



6 And now <6258> the LORD <3068> shew <6213> kindness <2617>
and truth <0571> unto you: and I also <1571> will requite <6213>
you this <2088> kindness <2896>, because <0834> ye have done
<6213> this <2088> thing <1697>.



7 Therefore now <6258> let your hands <3027> be strengthened
<2388>, and be ye valiant: for your master <0113> Saul <7586> is
dead <4191>, and also <1571> the house <1004> of Judah <3063>
have anointed <4886> me king <4428> over <5921> them.



8. But Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>, captain <8269>
of Saul's <7586> host <6635>, took <3947> Ishbosheth <0378> the
son <1121> of Saul <7586>, and brought <5674> him over <5674> to
Mahanaim <4266>;



9 And made him king <4427> over Gilead <1568>, and over the
Ashurites <0843>, and over Jezreel <3157>, and over Ephraim
<0669>, and over Benjamin <1144>, and over all < 3605> Israel
<3478>.



10 Ishbosheth <0378> Saul's <7586> son <1121> [was] forty
<0705> years <8141> old <1121> when he began to reign <4427>
over <5921> Israel <3478>, and reigned <4427> two <8147> years
<8141>. But the house <1004> of Judah <3063> followed David
<1732>.



11 And the time that David <1732> was king <4428> in Hebron
<2275> over <5921> the house <1004> of Judah <3063> was seven
<7651> years <8141> and six <8337> months < 2320>.



12 And Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>, and the
servants <5650> of Ishbosheth <0378> the son < 1121> of Saul
<7586>, went <3318> out from Mahanaim <4266> to Gibeon <1391>.



13 And Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah < 6870>, and the
servants <5650> of David <1732>, went <3318> out, and met <6298>
together <3162> by the pool <1295> of Gibeon < 1391>: and they
sat <3427> down, the one <0428> on <5921> the one <2088> side of
the pool <1295>, and the other <0428> on <5921> the other <2088>
side of the pool <1295>.



14 And Abner <74> said <0559> to Joab <3097>, Let the young
<5288> men now <4994> arise <6965>, and play <7832> before
<6440> us. And Joab <3097> said <0559>, Let them arise <6965>.



15 Then there arose <6965> and went <5674> over < 5674> by
number <4557> twelve of Benjamin <1144>, which [pertained] to
Ishbosheth <0378> the son <1121> of Saul <7586>, and twelve of
the servants <5650> of David <1732>.



16 And they caught <2388> every <0376> one < 0376> his fellow
<7453> by the head <7218>, and [thrust] his sword < 2719> in his
fellow's <7453> side <6654>; so they fell <5307> down together
<3162>: wherefore that place <4725> was called < 7121>
Helkathhazzurim <2521>, which <0834> [is] in Gibeon <1391>.



17 And there was a very <3966> sore <7188> battle <4421> that
day <3117>; and Abner <74> was beaten <5062>, and the men <0582>
of Israel <3478>, before <6440> the servants < 5650> of David
<1732>.



18. And there were three <7969> sons <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>
there <8033>, Joab <3097>, and Abishai <52>, and Asahel <0760>:
and Asahel <6214> [was as] light <7031> of foot < 7272> as a wild
<7704> roe <6643>.



19 And Asahel <6214> pursued <7291> after < 0310> Abner <74>;
and in going <3212> he turned <5186> not to the right <3225>
hand nor to the left <8040> from following <0310> Abner <74>.



20 Then Abner <74> looked <6437> behind <0310> him, and said
<0559>, [Art] thou Asahel <6214>? And he answered < 0559>, I [am].



21 And Abner <74> said <0559> to him, Turn < 5186> thee aside
<5186> to thy right <3225> hand or <0176> to thy left <8040>,
and lay thee hold <0270> on one <0259> of the young <5288> men,
and take <3947> thee his armour <2488>. But Asahel <6214> would
<14> not turn <5493> aside from following <0310> of him.



22 And Abner <74> said <0559> again to Asahel < 6214>, Turn
<5493> thee aside from following <0310> me: wherefore <4100>
should I smite <5221> thee to the ground <0776>? how <0349> then
should I hold <5375> up my face <6440> to Joab < 3097> thy
brother <0251>?



23 Howbeit he refused <3985> to turn <5493> aside: wherefore
Abner <74> with the hinder <0310> end of the spear <2595> smote
<5221> him under <0413> the fifth <2570> [rib], that the spear
<2595> came <3318> out behind <0310> him; and he fell <5307>
down there <8033>, and died <4191> in the same < 8478> place
<8478>: and it came <0935> to pass, [that] as many as came
<0935> to the place <4725> where Asahel <6214> fell <5307> down
and died <4191> stood <5975> still.



24 Joab <3097> also and Abishai <52> pursued < 7291> after
<0310> Abner <74>: and the sun <8121> went < 0935> down when they
were come <0935> to the hill <1389> of Ammah < 0522>, that
[lieth] before Giah <1520> by the way <1870> of the wilderness
<4057> of Gibeon <1391>.



25. And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> gathered <6908>
themselves together after <0310> Abner <74>, and became <1961>
one <0259> troop <92>, and stood <5975> on < 5921> the top <7218>
of an hill <1389>.



26 Then Abner <74> called <7121> to Joab <3097> , and said
<0559>, Shall the sword <2719> devour <0398> for ever <5331>?
knowest <3045> thou not that it will be bitterness < 4751> in the
latter <0314> end? how <5704> long <5704> shall it be then, ere
<3808> thou bid <0559> the people <5971> return <7725> from
following <0310> their brethren <0251>?



27 And Joab <3097> said <0559>, [As] God <0430> liveth <2416>,
unless thou hadst spoken <1696>, surely <3588> then in the
morning <1242> the people <5971> had gone <5927> up every <0376>
one <0376> from following <0310> his brother < 0251>.



28 So Joab <3097> blew <8628> a trumpet <7782>, and all <3605>
the people <5971> stood <5975> still, and pursued < 7291> after
<0310> Israel <3478> no <3808> more <5750> , neither <3808>
fought <3898> they any more.



29 And Abner <74> and his men <0582> walked < 1980> all <3605>
that night <3915> through the plain <6160>, and passed <5674>
over <5674> Jordan <3383>, and went <3212> through all <3605>
Bithron <1338>, and they came <0935> to Mahanaim < 4266>.



30 And Joab <3097> returned <7725> from following <0310> Abner
<74>: and when he had gathered <6908> all <3605> the people
<5971> together, there lacked <6485> of David's < 1732> servants
<5650> nineteen men <0376> and Asahel <6214>.



31 But the servants <5650> of David <1732> had smitten <5221>
of Benjamin <1144>, and of Abner's <74> men < 0582>, [so that]
three <7969> hundred <3967> and threescore < 8346> men <0376>
died <4191>.



32 And they took <5375> up Asahel <6214>, and buried <6912> him
in the sepulchre <6913> of his father <1>, which < 0834> [was in]
Bethlehem <1035>. And Joab <3097> and his men < 0582> went <3212>
all <3605> night <3915>, and they came <0935> to Hebron <2275>
at break <0215> of day <0215>.



2Samuel 3



1. Now there was long <0752> war <4421> between < 0996> the
house <1004> of Saul <7586> and the house <1004> of David <1732>:
but David <1732> waxed <1980> stronger <2390> and stronger
<2390>, and the house <1004> of Saul <7586> waxed <1980> weaker
<1800> and weaker <1800>.



2 And unto David <1732> were sons <1121> born < 3205> in Hebron
<2275>: and his firstborn <1060> was Amnon < 0550>, of Ahinoam
<0293> the Jezreelitess <3159>;



3 And his second <4932>, Chileab <3609>, of Abigail <26> the
wife <0802> of Nabal <5037> the Carmelite <3761> ; and the third
<7992>, Absalom <53> the son <1121> of Maacah <4601> the
daughter <1323> of Talmai <8526> king <4428> of Geshur <1650>;



4 And the fourth <7243>, Adonijah <0138> the son < 1121> of
Haggith <2294>; and the fifth <2549>, Shephatiah < 8203> the son
<1121> of Abital <37>;



5 And the sixth <8345>, Ithream <3507>, by Eglah < 5698> David's
<1732> wife <0802>. These <0428> were born < 3205> to David
<1732> in Hebron <2275>.



6 And it came <1961> to pass, while there was war < 4421>
between <0996> the house <1004> of Saul <7586> and the house
<1004> of David <1732>, that Abner <74> made himself strong
<2388> for the house <1004> of Saul <7586>.



7. And Saul <7586> had a concubine <6370>, whose name <8034>
[was] Rizpah <7532>, the daughter <1323> of Aiah < 0345>: and
[Ishbosheth] said <0559> to Abner <74>, Wherefore < 4069> hast
thou gone <0935> in unto my father's <1> concubine <6370>?



8 Then was Abner <74> very <3966> wroth <2734> for the words
<1697> of Ishbosheth <0378>, and said <0559>, [Am] I a dog's
<3611> head <7218>, which <0834> against Judah <3063> do <6213>
shew <6213> kindness <2617> this day <3117> unto the house
<1004> of Saul <7586> thy father <1>, to his brethren <0251>,
and to his friends <4828>, and have not delivered < 4672> thee
into the hand <3027> of David <1732>, that thou chargest <6485>
me to day <3117> with a fault <5771> concerning this woman
<0802>?



9 So <3541> do <6213> God <0430> to Abner < 74>, and more <3254>
also <3541>, except <3588>, as the LORD <3068> hath sworn <7650>
to David <1732>, even <3588> so <3651> I do < 6213> to him;



10 To translate <5674> the kingdom <4467> from the house <1004>
of Saul <7586>, and to set <6965> up the throne < 3678> of David
<1732> over <5921> Israel <3478> and over < 5921> Judah <3063>,
from Dan <1835> even to Beersheba <0884>.



11 And he could <3201> not answer <7725> Abner < 74> a word
<1697> again <5750>, because he feared <3372> him.



12 And Abner <74> sent <7971> messengers <4397> to David <1732>
on his behalf <8478>, saying <0559>, Whose < 4310> [is] the land
<0776>? saying <0559> [also], Make <3772> thy league <1285> with
me, and, behold <2009>, my hand <3027> [shall be] with thee, to
bring <5437> about <5437> all <3605> Israel < 3478> unto thee.



13 And he said <0559>, Well <2896>; I will make < 3772> a league
<1285> with thee: but one <0259> thing <1697> I require <7592>
of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see <7200> my face < 6440>,
except thou first <6440> bring <0935> Michal < 4324> Saul's
<7586> daughter <1323>, when thou comest <0935> to see <7200> my
face <6440>.



14 And David <1732> sent <7971> messengers < 4397> to Ishbosheth
<0378> Saul's <7586> son <1121>, saying < 0559>, Deliver <5414>
[me] my wife <0802> Michal <4324>, which <0834> I espoused
<0781> to me for an hundred <3967> foreskins < 6190> of the
Philistines <6430>.



15 And Ishbosheth <0378> sent <7971>, and took < 3947> her from
[her] husband <0376>, [even] from Phaltiel <6409> the son <1121>
of Laish <3919>.



16 And her husband <0376> went <3212> with her along <1980>
weeping <1058> behind <0310> her to Bahurim < 0980>. Then said
<0559> Abner <74> unto him, Go <3212>, return <7725>. And he
returned <7725>.



17 And Abner <74> had communication <1697> with the elders
<2205> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Ye sought <1245> for
David <1732> in times <8543> past <8032> [to be] king <4428>
over <5921> you:



18 Now <6258> then do <6213> [it]: for the LORD < 3068> hath
spoken <0559> of David <1732>, saying <0559>, By the hand <3027>
of my servant <5650> David <1732> I will save < 3467> my people
<5971> Israel <3478> out of the hand <3027> of the Philistines
<6430>, and out of the hand <3027> of all <3605> their enemies
<0341>.



19 And Abner <74> also <1571> spake <1696> in the ears <0241>
of Benjamin <1144>: and Abner <74> went <3212> also <1571> to
speak <1696> in the ears <0241> of David <1732> in Hebron <2275>
all <3605> that seemed <5869> good <2896> to Israel <3478>, and
that seemed <5869> good to the whole <3605> house < 1004> of
Benjamin <1144>.



20 So Abner <74> came <0935> to David <1732> to Hebron <2275>,
and twenty <6242> men <0582> with him. And David < 1732> made
<6213> Abner <74> and the men <0582> that [were] with him a
feast <4960>.



21 And Abner <74> said <0559> unto David <1732> , I will arise
<6965> and go <3212>, and will gather <6908> all <3605> Israel
<3478> unto my lord <0113> the king <4428>, that they may make
<3772> a league <1285> with thee, and that thou mayest reign
<4427> over all <3605> that thine heart <5315> desireth <8378>.
And David <1732> sent <7971> Abner <74> away; and he went <3212>
in peace <7965>.



22. And, behold <2009>, the servants <5650> of David <1732> and
Joab <3097> came <0935> from [pursuing] a troop < 1416>, and
brought <0935> in a great <7227> spoil <7998> with them: but
Abner <74> [was] not with David <1732> in Hebron < 2275>; for he
had sent <7971> him away, and he was gone <3212> in peace <7965>.



23 When Joab <3097> and all <3605> the host < 6635> that [was]
with him were come <0935>, they told <5046> Joab < 3097>, saying
<0559>, Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner < 5369> came <0935> to
the king <4428>, and he hath sent <7971> him away, and he is
gone <3212> in peace <7965>.



24 Then Joab <3097> came <0935> to the king < 4428>, and said
<0559>, What <4100> hast thou done <6213>? behold <2009>, Abner
<74> came <0935> unto thee; why <4100> [is] it [that] thou hast
sent <7971> him away, and he is quite gone <3212>?



25 Thou knowest <3045> Abner <74> the son < 1121> of Ner <5369>,
that he came <0935> to deceive <6601> thee, and to know <3045>
thy going <4161> out and thy coming <4126> in, and to know
<3045> all <3605> that thou doest <6213>.



26 And when Joab <3097> was come <3318> out from David <1732>,
he sent <7971> messengers <4397> after <0310> Abner <74>, which
brought <7725> him again <5750> from the well < 0953> of Sirah
<5626>: but David <1732> knew <3045> [it] not.



27 And when Abner <74> was returned <7725> to Hebron <2275>,
Joab <3097> took him aside <5186> in the gate < 8179> to speak
<1696> with him quietly <7987>, and smote <5221> him there
<8033> under the fifth <2570> [rib], that he died < 4191>, for
the blood <1818> of Asahel <6214> his brother < 0251>.



28 And afterward when David <1732> heard <8085> [it], he said
<0559>, I and my kingdom <4467> [are] guiltless < 5355> before
<5973> the LORD <3068> for ever <5769> from the blood <1818> of
Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>:



29 Let it rest <2342> on <5921> the head <7218> of Joab <3097>,
and on <0413> all <3605> his father's <1> house <1004>; and let
there not fail <3772> from the house <1004> of Joab <3097> one
that hath an issue <2100>, or that is a leper <6879>, or that
leaneth <2388> on a staff <6418>, or that falleth < 5307> on the
sword <2719>, or that lacketh <2638> bread < 3899>.



30 So Joab <3097> and Abishai <52> his brother < 0251> slew
<2026> Abner <74>, because he had slain <4191> their brother
<0251> Asahel <6214> at Gibeon <1391> in the battle <4421>.



31 And David <1732> said <0559> to Joab <3097>, and to all
<3605> the people <5971> that [were] with him, Rend <7167> your
clothes <0899>, and gird <2296> you with sackcloth <8242>, and
mourn <5594> before <6440> Abner <74>. And king <4428> David
<1732> [himself] followed the bier <4296>.



32 And they buried <6912> Abner <74> in Hebron < 2275>: and the
king <4428> lifted <5375> up his voice <6963>, and wept <1058>
at the grave <6913> of Abner <74>; and all < 3605> the people
<5971> wept <1058>.



33 And the king <4428> lamented <6969> over < 0413> Abner <74>,
and said <0559>, Died <4191> Abner <74> as a fool <5036> dieth
<4194>?



34 Thy hands <3027> [were] not bound <0631>, nor < 3808> thy
feet <7272> put <5056> into fetters <5178>: as a man <1121>
falleth <5307> before <6440> wicked <5766> men <1121>, [so]
fellest <5307> thou. And all <3605> the people < 5971> wept
<1058> again <3254> over <5921> him.



35 And when all <3605> the people <5971> came < 0935> to cause
David <1732> to eat <1262> meat <3899> while it was yet <5750>
day <3117>, David <1732> sware <7650>, saying <0559>, So <3541>
do <6213> God <0430> to me, and more <3254> also <3541>, if I
taste <2938> bread <3899>, or <0176> ought < 3972> else, till
<6440> the sun <8121> be down <0935>.



36 And all <3605> the people <5971> took <5384> notice <5234>
[of it], and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king <4428> did
<6213> pleased all <3605> the people <5971>.



37 For all <3605> the people <5971> and all < 3605> Israel
<3478> understood <3045> that day <3117> that it was not of the
king <4428> to slay <4191> Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner
<5369>.



38 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto his servants <5650>,
Know <3045> ye not that there is a prince <8269> and a great
<1419> man fallen <5307> this <2088> day < 3117> in Israel <3478>?



39 And I [am] this day <3117> weak <7390>, though anointed
<4886> king <4428>; and these <0428> men < 0582> the sons <1121>
of Zeruiah <6870> [be] too hard <7186> for me: the LORD <3068>
shall reward <7999> the doer <6218> of evil < 7451> according to
his wickedness <7451>.



2Samuel 4



1. And when Saul's <7586> son <1121> heard < 8085> that Abner
<74> was dead <4191> in Hebron <2275>, his hands <3027> were
feeble <7503>, and all <3605> the Israelites < 3478> were
troubled <0926>.



2 And Saul's <7586> son <1121> had <1961> two <8147> men <0582>
[that were] captains <8269> of bands <1416>: the name <8034> of
the one <0259> [was] Baanah <1195>, and the name < 8034> of the
other <8145> Rechab <7394>, the sons <1121> of Rimmon <7417> a
Beerothite <0886>, of the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144>:
(for Beeroth <0881> also <1571> was reckoned < 2803> to Benjamin
<1144>:



3 And the Beerothites <0886> fled <1272> to Gittaim <1664>, and
were sojourners <1481> there <8033> until <5704> this <2088> day
<3117>.)



4 And Jonathan <3083>, Saul's <7586> son <1121> , had a son
<1121> [that was] lame <5223> of [his] feet < 7272>. He was five
<2568> years <8141> old <1121> when the tidings <8052> came
<0935> of Saul <7586> and Jonathan <3083> out of Jezreel <3157>,
and his nurse <0539> took <5375> him up, and fled < 5127>: and it
came <1961> to pass, as she made haste <2648> to flee <5127>,
that he fell <5307>, and became <6452> lame < 6452>. And his name
<8034> [was] Mephibosheth <4648>.



5 And the sons <1121> of Rimmon <7417> the Beerothite <0886>,
Rechab <7394> and Baanah <1195>, went <3212>, and came <0935>
about the heat <2527> of the day <3117> to the house <1004> of
Ishbosheth <0378>, who <4310> lay <7901> on a bed <4904> at noon
<6672>.



6 And they came <0935> thither into <5704> the midst <8432> of
the house <1004>, [as though] they would have fetched < 3947>
wheat <2406>; and they smote <5221> him under < 0413> the fifth
<2570> [rib]: and Rechab <7394> and Baanah < 1195> his brother
<0251> escaped <4422>.



7 For when they came <0935> into the house <1004>, he lay
<7901> on <5921> his bed <4296> in his bedchamber, and they
smote <5221> him, and slew <4191> him, and beheaded him, and
took <3947> his head <7218>, and gat <3212> them away <3212>
through <1870> the plain <6160> all <3605> night <3915>.



8 And they brought <0935> the head <7218> of Ishbosheth <0378>
unto David <1732> to Hebron <2275>, and said < 0559> to the king
<4428>, Behold <2009> the head <7218> of Ishbosheth <0378> the
son <1121> of Saul <7586> thine enemy <0341>, which <0834>
sought <1245> thy life <5315>; and the LORD < 3068> hath avenged
my lord <3068> the king <4428> this <2088> day <3117> of Saul
<7586>, and of his seed <2233>.



9. And David <1732> answered <6030> Rechab < 7394> and Baanah
<1195> his brother <0251>, the sons of Rimmon < 7417> the
Beerothite <0886>, and said <0559> unto them, [As] the LORD
<3068> liveth <2416>, who <0834> hath redeemed <6299> my soul
<5315> out of all <3605> adversity <6869>,



10 When one told <5046> me, saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, Saul
<7586> is dead <4191>, thinking to have brought < 1319> good
<1319> tidings <1319>, I took hold <0270> of him, and slew
<2026> him in Ziklag <6860>, who <0834> [thought] that I would
have given <5414> him a reward <1309> for his tidings <1309>:



11 How <0637> much <0637> more, when <3588> wicked <7563> men
<0582> have slain <2026> a righteous <6662> person <0376> in his
own house <1004> upon his bed <4904>? shall I not therefore now
<6258> require <1245> his blood <1818> of your hand <3027>, and
take <1197> you away from the earth <0776>?



12 And David <1732> commanded <6680> his young < 5288> men, and
they slew <2026> them, and cut <7112> off their hands <3027> and
their feet <7272>, and hanged <8518> [them] up over <5921> the
pool <1295> in Hebron <2275>. But they took < 3947> the head
<7218> of Ishbosheth <0378>, and buried <6912> [it] in the
sepulchre <6913> of Abner <74> in Hebron <2275>.



2Samuel 5



1. Then came <0935> all <3605> the tribes < 7626> of Israel
<3478> to David <1732> unto Hebron <2275>, and spake <0559>,
saying <0559>, Behold <2005>, we [are] thy bone < 6106> and thy
flesh <1320>.



2 Also <1571> in time past <8032>, when Saul < 7586> was king
<4428> over <5921> us, thou wast <1961> he that leddest <3318>
out and broughtest <0935> in Israel <3478>: and the LORD <3068>
said <0559> to thee, Thou shalt feed <7462> my people <5971>
Israel <3478>, and thou shalt be a captain <5057> over <5921>
Israel <3478>.



3 So all <3605> the elders <2205> of Israel < 3478> came <0935>
to the king <4428> to Hebron <2275>; and king < 4428> David
<1732> made <3772> a league <1285> with them in Hebron <2275>
before <6440> the LORD <3068>: and they anointed < 4886> David
<1732> king <4428> over <5921> Israel < 3478>.



4 David <1732> [was] thirty <7970> years <8141> old <1121> when
<3588> he began to reign <4427>, [and] he reigned < 4427> forty
<0705> years <8141>.



5 In Hebron <2275> he reigned <4427> over < 5921> Judah <3063>
seven <7651> years <8141> and six <8337> months <2320>: and in
Jerusalem <3389> he reigned <4427> thirty <7970> and three
<7969> years <8141> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478> and
Judah <3063>.



6. And the king <4428> and his men <0582> went < 3212> to
Jerusalem <3389> unto the Jebusites <2983>, the inhabitants
<3427> of the land <0776>: which spake <0559> unto David <1732>,
saying <0559>, Except thou take <5493> away < 5493> the blind
<5787> and the lame <6455>, thou shalt not come < 0935> in hither:
thinking <0559>, David <1732> cannot <3808> come <0935> in
hither.



7 Nevertheless David <1732> took <3920> the strong <4686> hold
<4686> of Zion <6726>: the same <1931> [is] the city <5892> of
David <1732>.



8 And David <1732> said <0559> on that day < 3117>, Whosoever
getteth <5060> up to the gutter <6794>, and smiteth <5221> the
Jebusites <2983>, and the lame <6455> and the blind <5787>,
[that are] hated <8130> of David's <1732> soul < 5315>, [he shall
be chief and captain]. Wherefore <4100> they said < 0559>, The
blind <5787> and the lame <6455> shall not come < 0935> into
<0413> the house <1004>.



9 So David <1732> dwelt <3427> in the fort < 4686>, and called
<7121> it the city <5892> of David <1732>. And David <1732>
built <1129> round <5439> about from Millo < 4407> and inward
<1004>.



10 And David <1732> went <3212> on, and grew great <1419>, and
the LORD <3068> God <0430> of hosts <6635> [was] with him.



11. And Hiram <2438> king <4428> of Tyre <6865> sent <7971>
messengers <4397> to David <1732>, and cedar < 0730> trees <6086>,
and carpenters <2796>, and masons: and they built < 1129> David
<1732> an house <1004>.



12 And David <1732> perceived <3045> that the LORD <3068> had
established <3559> him king <4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>,
and that he had exalted <5375> his kingdom <4467> for his people
<5971> Israel's <3478> sake <5668>.



13 And David <1732> took <3947> [him] more < 5750> concubines
<6370> and wives <0802> out of Jerusalem <3389>, after <0310> he
was come <0935> from Hebron <2275>: and there were yet <5750>
sons <1121> and daughters <1121> born <3205> to David <1732>.



14 And these <0428> [be] the names <8034> of those that were
born <3209> unto him in Jerusalem <3389>; Shammua < 8051>, and
Shobab <7727>, and Nathan <5416>, and Solomon < 8010>,



15 Ibhar <2984> also, and Elishua <0474>, and Nepheg <5298>,
and Japhia <3309>,



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



17. But when the Philistines <6430> heard <8085> that they had
anointed <4886> David <1732> king <4428> over <5921> Israel
<3478>, all <3605> the Philistines <6430> came <5927> up to seek
<1245> David <1732>; and David <1732> heard < 8085> [of it], and
went <3381> down <3381> to the hold <4686>.



18 The Philistines <6430> also came <0935> and spread <5203>
themselves in the valley <6010> of Rephaim <7497>.



19 And David <1732> enquired <7592> of the LORD < 3068>, saying
<0559>, Shall I go <5927> up to the Philistines < 6430>? wilt
thou deliver <5414> them into mine hand <3027>? And the LORD
<3068> said <0559> unto David <1732>, Go < 5927> up: for I will
doubtless deliver <5414> the Philistines <6430> into thine hand
<3027>.



20 And David <1732> came <0935> to Baalperazim < 1188>, and
David <1732> smote <5221> them there <8033>, and said <0559>,
The LORD <3068> hath broken <6555> forth upon mine enemies
<0341> before <6440> me, as the breach <6556> of waters <4325>.
Therefore he called <7121> the name <8034> of that place <4725>
Baalperazim <1188>.



21 And there <8033> they left <5800> their images <6091>, and
David <1732> and his men <0582> burned <5375> them.



22 And the Philistines <6430> came <5927> up yet < 5750> again
<3254>, and spread <5203> themselves in the valley <6010> of
Rephaim <7497>.



23 And when David <1732> enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068>, he
said <0559>, Thou shalt not go <5927> up; [but] fetch a compass
<5437> behind <0310> them, and come <0935> upon them over <4136>
against <4136> the mulberry <1057> trees.



24 And let it be, when thou hearest <8085> the sound < 6963> of
a going <6807> in the tops <7218> of the mulberry < 1057> trees,
that then <0227> thou shalt bestir <2782> thyself: for then
<0227> shall the LORD <3068> go <3318> out before <6440> thee,
to smite <5221> the host <4264> of the Philistines <6430>.



25 And David <1732> did <6213> so <3651>, as the LORD <3068>
had commanded <6680> him; and smote <5221> the Philistines
<6430> from Geba <1387> until <5704> thou come <0935> to Gazer
<1507>.



2Samuel 6



1. Again <5750>, David <1732> gathered <3254> together all
<3605> [the] chosen <0970> [men] of Israel < 3478>, thirty <7970>
thousand <0505>.



2 And David <1732> arose <6965>, and went < 3212> with all
<3605> the people <5971> that [were] with him from Baale <1184>
of Judah <3063>, to bring <5927> up from thence < 8033> the ark
<0727> of God <0430>, whose <0834> name < 8034> is called <7121>
by the name <8034> of the LORD <3068> of hosts < 6635> that
dwelleth <3427> [between] the cherubims <3742>.



3 And they set <7392> the ark <0727> of God < 0430> upon a new
<2319> cart <5699>, and brought <5375> it out of the house
<1004> of Abinadab <41> that [was] in Gibeah < 1390>: and Uzzah
<5798> and Ahio <0283>, the sons <1121> of Abinadab <41>, drave
<5090> the new <2319> cart <5699>.



4 And they brought <5375> it out of the house <1004> of
Abinadab <41> which <0834> [was] at Gibeah < 1390>, accompanying
<5973> the ark <0727> of God <0430>: and Ahio <0283> went <1980>
before <6440> the ark <0727>.



5 And David <1732> and all <3605> the house < 1004> of Israel
<3478> played <7832> before <6440> the LORD < 3068> on all <3605>
manner of [instruments made of] fir <1265> wood <6086> , even on
harps <3658>, and on psalteries <5035>, and on timbrels <8596>,
and on cornets <4517>, and on cymbals <6767>.



6. And when they came <0935> to Nachon's <5225> threshingfloor
<1637>, Uzzah <5798> put <7971> forth < 7971> [his hand] to the
ark <0727> of God <0430>, and took hold <0270> of it; for the
oxen <1241> shook <8058> [it].



7 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was kindled <2734>
against Uzzah <5798>; and God <0430> smote < 5221> him there
<8033> for [his] error <7944>; and there <8033> he died <4191>
by the ark <0727> of God <0430>.



8 And David <1732> was displeased <2734>, because the LORD
<3068> had made <6555> a breach <6556> upon Uzzah <5798>: and he
called <7121> the name of the place <4725> Perezuzzah <6560> to
this <2088> day <3117>.



9 And David <1732> was afraid <3372> of the LORD < 3068> that
day <3117>, and said <0559>, How shall the ark < 0727> of the
LORD <3068> come <0935> to me?



10 So David <1732> would <14> not remove <5493> the ark <0727>
of the LORD <3068> unto him into <5921> the city < 5892> of David
<1732>: but David <1732> carried <5186> it aside <5186> into the
house <1004> of Obededom <5654> the Gittite < 1663>.



11 And the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> continued <3427> in
the house <1004> of Obededom <5654> the Gittite < 1663> three
<7969> months <2320>: and the LORD <3068> blessed <1288>
Obededom <5654>, and all <3605> his household < 1004>.



12. And it was told <5046> king <4428> David < 1732>, saying
<0559>, The LORD <3068> hath blessed <1288> the house <1004> of
Obededom <5654>, and all <3605> that [pertaineth] unto him,
because <5668> of the ark <0727> of God <0430>. So David <1732>
went <3212> and brought <5927> up the ark <0727> of God <0430>
from the house <1004> of Obededom <5654> into the city <5892> of
David <1732> with gladness <8057>.



13 And it was [so], that when <3588> they that bare < 5375> the
ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> had gone <6805> six <8337> paces
<6806>, he sacrificed <2076> oxen <7794> and fatlings <4806>.



14 And David <1732> danced <3769> before <6440> the LORD <3068>
with all <3605> [his] might <5797>; and David < 1732> [was]
girded <2296> with a linen <0906> ephod <0646>.



15 So David <1732> and all <3605> the house < 1004> of Israel
<3478> brought <5927> up the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> with
shouting <8643>, and with the sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>.



16 And as the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> came < 0935> into
the city <5892> of David <1732>, Michal <4324> Saul's <7586>
daughter <1323> looked <8259> through <1157> a window <2474>,
and saw <7200> king <4428> David <1732> leaping <6339> and
dancing <3769> before <6440> the LORD <3068>; and she despised
<0959> him in her heart <3820>.



17 And they brought <0935> in the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>,
and set <3322> it in his place <4725>, in the midst <8432> of
the tabernacle <0168> that David had pitched <5186> for it: and
David <1732> offered <5927> burnt <5930> offerings and peace
<8002> offerings before <6440> the LORD <3068>.



18 And as soon as David <1732> had made an end <3615> of
offering <5927> burnt <5930> offerings and peace < 8002>
offerings, he blessed <1288> the people <5971> in the name
<8034> of the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.



19 And he dealt <2505> among all <3605> the people <5971>,
[even] among the whole <3605> multitude <1995> of Israel <3478>,
as well to the women <0802> as men <0376>, to every <0376> one
<0376> a cake <2471> of bread <3899>, and a good piece <0829>
[of flesh <0829>], and a flagon <0809> [of wine]. So all <3605>
the people <5971> departed <3212> every <0376> one <0376> to his
house <1004>.



20. Then David <1732> returned <7725> to bless < 1288> his
household <1004>. And Michal <4324> the daughter < 1323> of Saul
<7586> came <3318> out to meet <7125> David < 1732>, and said
<0559>, How <4100> glorious <3513> was the king <4428> of Israel
<3478> to day, who <0834> uncovered <1540> himself to day <3117>
in the eyes <5869> of the handmaids <0519> of his servants
<5650>, as one <0259> of the vain <7386> fellows shamelessly
<1540> uncovereth <1540> himself!



21 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Michal < 4324>, [It was]
before <6440> the LORD <3068>, which <0834> chose <0977> me
before thy father <1>, and before all <3605> his house <1004>,
to appoint <6680> me ruler <5057> over <5921> the people <5971>
of the LORD <3068>, over <5921> Israel <3478>: therefore will I
play <7832> before <6440> the LORD <3068>.



22 And I will yet <5750> be more vile <7043> than thus <2063>,
and will be base <8217> in mine own sight <5869>: and of the
maidservants <0519> which <0834> thou hast spoken < 0559> of, of
them shall I be had in honour <3513>.



23 Therefore Michal <4324> the daughter <1323> of Saul <7586>
had no <3808> child <3206> unto the day <3117> of her death
<4194>.



2Samuel 7



1. And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> the king <4428> sat
<3427> in his house <1004>, and the LORD <3068> had given him
rest <5117> round <5439> about from all <3605> his enemies
<0341>;



2 That the king <4428> said <0559> unto Nathan < 5416> the
prophet <5030>, See <7200> now <4994>, I dwell <3427> in an
house <1004> of cedar <0730>, but the ark <0727> of God <0430>
dwelleth <3427> within <8432> curtains <3407>.



3 And Nathan <5416> said <0559> to the king < 4428>, Go <3212>,
do <6213> all <3605> that [is] in thine heart < 3824>; for the
LORD <3068> [is] with thee.



4. And it came <1961> to pass that night <3915>, that the word
<1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto Nathan <5416>, saying
<0559>,



5 Go <3212> and tell <0559> my servant <5650> David <1732>,
Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Shalt thou build
<1129> me an house <1004> for me to dwell <3427> in?



6 Whereas <3588> I have not dwelt <3427> in [any] house <1004>
since the time <3117> that I brought <5927> up the children
<1121> of Israel <3478> out of Egypt <4714>, even to this <2088>
day <3117>, but have walked <1980> in a tent < 0168> and in a
tabernacle <4908>.



7 In all <3605> [the places] wherein <0834> I have walked
<1980> with all <3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>
spake <1696> I a word <1697> with any <0259> of the tribes
<7626> of Israel <3478>, whom <0834> I commanded <6680> to feed
<7462> my people <5971> Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Why <4100>
build <1129> ye not me an house <1004> of cedar < 0730>?



8 Now <6258> therefore so shalt thou say <0559> unto my servant
<5650> David <1732>, Thus <3541> saith < 0559> the LORD <3068> of
hosts <6635>, I took <3947> thee from the sheepcote <5116>, from
following <0310> the sheep <6629>, to be ruler < 5057> over
<5921> my people <5971>, over <5921> Israel < 3478>:



9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest <1980>, and
have cut <3772> off all <3605> thine enemies < 0341> out of thy
sight <6440>, and have made <6213> thee a great < 1419> name
<8034>, like unto the name <8034> of the great < 1419> [men] that
[are] in the earth <0776>.



10 Moreover I will appoint <7760> a place <4725> for my people
<5971> Israel <3478>, and will plant <5193> them, that they may
dwell <7931> in a place <8478> of their own, and move <7264> no
<3808> more <5750>; neither <3808> shall the children <1121> of
wickedness <5766> afflict <6031> them any more < 3254>, as
beforetime <7223>,



11 And as since <4480> the time <3117> that I commanded <6680>
judges <8199> [to be] over <5921> my people < 5971> Israel <3478>,
and have caused thee to rest <5117> from all <3605> thine
enemies <0341>. Also the LORD <3068> telleth < 5046> thee that he
will make <6213> thee an house <1004>.



12 And when <3588> thy days <3117> be fulfilled < 4390>, and
thou shalt sleep <7901> with thy fathers <1>, I will set <6965>
up thy seed <2233> after <0310> thee, which < 0834> shall proceed
<3318> out of thy bowels <4578>, and I will establish <3559> his
kingdom <4467>.



13 He shall build <1129> an house <1004> for my name <8034>,
and I will stablish <3559> the throne <3678> of his kingdom
<4467> for ever <5769>.



14 I will be his father <1>, and he shall be my son < 1121>. If
<0834> he commit <5753> iniquity <5753>, I will chasten <3198>
him with the rod <7626> of men <0582>, and with the stripes
<5061> of the children <1121> of men <0120>:



15 But my mercy <2617> shall not depart <5493> away from him,
as I took <5493> [it] from Saul <7586>, whom < 0834> I put <5493>
away <5493> before <6440> thee.



16 And thine house <1004> and thy kingdom <4467> shall be
established <0539> for ever <5769> before <6440> thee: thy
throne <3678> shall be established <3559> for ever <5769>.



17 According to all <3605> these <0428> words < 1697>, and
according to all <3605> this <2088> vision < 2384>, so <3651> did
Nathan <5416> speak <1696> unto David <1732>.



18. Then went <0935> king <4428> David <1732> in, and sat
<3427> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, and he said <0559>, Who
<4310> [am] I, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>? and what <4310> [is] my
house <1004>, that thou hast brought <0935> me hitherto <1988>?



19 And this <2063> was yet <5750> a small < 6994> thing in thy
sight <5869>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>; but thou hast spoken
<1696> also <1571> of thy servant's <5650> house <1004> for a
great <7350> while <7350> to come. And [is] this < 2063> the
manner <8452> of man <0120>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>?



20 And what <4100> can David <1732> say <1696> more <5750> unto
thee? for thou, Lord <0136> GOD <3069>, knowest < 3045> thy
servant <5650>.



21 For thy word's <1697> sake <5668>, and according to thine
own heart <3820>, hast thou done <6213> all < 3605> these <2063>
great <1420> things, to make thy servant <5650> know <3045>
[them].



22 Wherefore thou art great <1431>, O LORD <3068> God <0430>:
for [there is] none <0369> like <3644> thee, neither <0369> [is
there any] God <0430> beside <2108> thee, according to all
<3605> that we have heard <8085> with our ears < 0241>.



23 And what <4310> one <0259> nation <1471> in the earth <0776>
[is] like thy people <5971>, [even] like Israel <3478> , whom
<0834> God <0430> went <1980> to redeem < 6299> for a people
<5971> to himself, and to make <7760> him a name < 8034>, and to
do <6213> for you great <1420> things and terrible <3372>, for
thy land <0776>, before <6440> thy people <5971> , which <0834>
thou redeemedst <6299> to thee from Egypt <4714>, [from] the
nations <1471> and their gods <0430>?



24 For thou hast confirmed <3559> to thyself thy people <5971>
Israel <3478> [to be] a people <5971> unto thee for ever <5769>:
and thou, LORD <3068>, art become <1961> their God <0430>.



25 And now <6258>, O LORD <3068> God <0430>, the word <1697>
that thou hast spoken <1696> concerning <5921> thy servant
<5650>, and concerning <5921> his house <1004>, establish <6965>
[it] for ever <5769>, and do <6213> as thou hast said <1696>.



26 And let thy name <8034> be magnified <1431> for ever <5769>,
saying <0559>, The LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> [is] the God
<0430> over <5921> Israel <3478>: and let the house <1004> of
thy servant <5650> David <1732> be established < 3559> before
<6440> thee.



27 For thou, O LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, God < 0430> of
Israel <3478>, hast revealed <1540> to thy servant <5650>,
saying <0559>, I will build <1129> thee an house < 1004>:
therefore hath thy servant <5650> found <4672> in his heart
<3820> to pray <6419> this <2063> prayer < 8605> unto thee.



28 And now <6258>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>, thou [art] that
God <0430>, and thy words <1697> be true <0571>, and thou hast
promised <1696> this <2088> goodness <2896> unto thy servant
<5650>:



29 Therefore now <6258> let it please <2894> thee to bless
<1288> the house <1004> of thy servant <5650>, that it may
continue <1961> for ever <5769> before <6440> thee: for thou, O
Lord <0136> GOD <3069>, hast spoken <1696> [it]: and with thy
blessing <1293> let the house <1004> of thy servant <5650> be
blessed <1288> for ever <5769>.



2Samuel 8



1. And after <0310> this <3651> it came <1961> to pass, that
David <1732> smote <5221> the Philistines <6430> , and subdued
<3665> them: and David <1732> took <3947> Methegammah <4965> out
of the hand <3027> of the Philistines <6430>.



2 And he smote <5221> Moab <4124>, and measured < 4058> them
with a line <2256>, casting <7901> them down < 7901> to the
ground <0776>; even with two <8147> lines <2256> measured <4058>
he to put to death <4191>, and with one full <4393> line <2256>
to keep alive <2421>. And [so] the Moabites <4124> became <1961>
David's <1732> servants <5650>, [and] brought < 5375> gifts
<4503>.



3 David <1732> smote <5221> also Hadadezer < 1909>, the son
<1121> of Rehob <7340>, king <4428> of Zobah <6678>, as he went
<3212> to recover <7725> his border <3027> at the river <5104>
Euphrates <6578>.



4 And David <1732> took <3920> from him a thousand <0505>
[chariots], and seven <7651> hundred <3967> horsemen <6571>, and
twenty <6242> thousand <0505> footmen: and David < 1732> houghed
<6131> all <3605> the chariot <7393> [horses], but reserved
<3498> of them [for] an hundred <3967> chariots < 7393>.



5 And when the Syrians <0758> of Damascus <1834> came <0935> to
succour <5826> Hadadezer <1909> king <4428> of Zobah <6678>,
David <1732> slew <5221> of the Syrians <0758> two <8147> and
twenty <6242> thousand <0505> men <0376>.



6 Then David <1732> put <7760> garrisons <5333> in Syria <0758>
of Damascus <1834>: and the Syrians <0758> became < 1961>
servants <5650> to David <1732>, [and] brought < 5375> gifts
<4503>. And the LORD <3068> preserved <3467> David <1732>
whithersoever he went <1980>.



7 And David <1732> took <3947> the shields < 7982> of gold
<2091> that were on <0413> the servants <5650> of Hadadezer
<1909>, and brought <0935> them to Jerusalem < 3389>.



8 And from Betah <0984>, and from Berothai <1268>, cities
<5892> of Hadadezer <1909>, king <4428> David <1732> took <3947>
exceeding <3966> much <7235> brass <5178>.



9. When Toi <8583> king <4428> of Hamath <2574> heard <8085>
that David <1732> had <1961> smitten <5221> all <3605> the host
<2428> of Hadadezer <1909>,



10 Then Toi <8583> sent <7971> Joram <3141> his son <1121> unto
king <4428> David <1732>, to salute him, and to bless <1288> him,
because he had fought <3898> against Hadadezer <1909> , and
smitten <5221> him: for Hadadezer <1909> had wars < 4421> with
Toi <8583>. And [Joram] brought <1961> with him vessels <3627>
of silver <3701>, and vessels <3627> of gold < 2091>, and vessels
<3627> of brass <5178>:



11 Which also king <4428> David <1732> did dedicate <6942> unto
the LORD <3068>, with the silver <3701> and gold < 2091> that he
had dedicated <6942> of all <3605> nations < 1471> which <0834>
he subdued <3533>;



12 Of Syria <0758>, and of Moab <4124>, and of the children
<1121> of Ammon <5983>, and of the Philistines < 6430>, and of
Amalek <6002>, and of the spoil <7998> of Hadadezer <1909>, son
<1121> of Rehob <7340>, king <4428> of Zobah <6678>.



13 And David <1732> gat <6213> [him] a name < 8034> when he
returned <7725> from smiting <5221> of the Syrians <0758> in the
valley <1516> of salt <4417>, [being] eighteen thousand <0505>
[men].



14 And he put <7760> garrisons <5333> in Edom < 0123>;
throughout all <3605> Edom <0123> put <7760> he garrisons <5333>,
and all <3605> they of Edom <0123> became < 1961> David's <1732>
servants <5650>. And the LORD <3068> preserved < 3467> David
<1732> whithersoever he went <1980>.



15. And David <1732> reigned <4427> over <5921> all <3605>
Israel <3478>; and David <1732> executed <6213> judgment <4941>
and justice <6666> unto all <3605> his people < 5971>.



16 And Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah < 6870> [was] over
<5921> the host <6635>; and Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of
Ahilud <0286> [was] recorder <2142>;



17 And Zadok <6659> the son <1121> of Ahitub < 0285>, and
Ahimelech <0288> the son <1121> of Abiathar <54> , [were] the
priests <3548>; and Seraiah <8304> [was] the scribe <5608>;



18 And Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada < 3111> [was
over] both the Cherethites <3774> and the Pelethites < 6432>; and
David's <1732> sons <1121> were chief <3548> rulers.



2Samuel 9



1. And David <1732> said <0559>, Is there yet < 5750> any that
is left <3498> of the house <1004> of Saul < 7586>, that I may
shew <6213> him kindness <2617> for Jonathan's < 3129> sake
<5668>?



2 And [there was] of the house <1004> of Saul <7586> a servant
<5650> whose name <8034> [was] Ziba <6717>. And when they had
called <7121> him unto David <1732>, the king < 4428> said <0559>
unto him, [Art] thou Ziba <6717>? And he said <0559>, Thy
servant <5650> [is he].



3 And the king <4428> said <0559>, [Is] there not yet <5750>
any <0376> of the house <1004> of Saul <7586>, that I may shew
<6213> the kindness <2617> of God <0430> unto him? And Ziba
<6717> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, Jonathan <3083> hath
yet <5750> a son <1121>, [which is] lame <5223> on [his] feet
<7272>.



4 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Where <0375> [is]
he? And Ziba <6717> said <0559> unto the king < 4428>, Behold
<2009>, he [is] in the house <1004> of Machir < 4353>, the son
<1121> of Ammiel <5988>, in Lodebar <3810>.



5 Then king <4428> David <1732> sent <7971>, and fetched <3947>
him out of the house <1004> of Machir <4353>, the son <1121> of
Ammiel <5988>, from Lodebar <3810>.



6 Now when Mephibosheth <4648>, the son <1121> of Jonathan
<3083>, the son <1121> of Saul <7586>, was come <0935> unto
David <1732>, he fell <5307> on <5921> his face <6440>, and did
reverence <7812>. And David <1732> said <0559>, Mephibosheth
<4648>. And he answered <0559>, Behold <2009> thy servant <5650>!



7 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, Fear < 3372> not: for I
will surely <3588> shew <6213> thee kindness < 2617> for Jonathan
<3083> thy father's <1> sake <5668>, and will restore <7725>
thee all <3605> the land <7704> of Saul <7586> thy father <1>;
and thou shalt eat <0398> bread <3899> at <5921> my table <7979>
continually <8548>.



8 And he bowed <7812> himself, and said <0559>, What <4100>
[is] thy servant <5650>, that thou shouldest look < 6437> upon
such a dead <4191> dog <3611> as I [am]?



9. Then the king <4428> called <7121> to Ziba < 6717>, Saul's
<7586> servant <5288>, and said <0559> unto him, I have given
<5414> unto thy master's <0113> son <1121> all <3605> that
pertained <1961> to Saul <7586> and to all < 3605> his house
<1004>.



10 Thou therefore, and thy sons <1121>, and thy servants <5650>,
shall till <5647> the land <0127> for him, and thou shalt bring
<0935> in [the fruits], that thy master's <0113> son <1121> may
have <1961> food <3899> to eat <0398>: but Mephibosheth <4648>
thy master's <0113> son <1121> shall eat <0398> bread <3899>
alway <8548> at <5921> my table <7979>. Now Ziba <6717> had
fifteen <6240> sons <1121> and twenty <6242> servants <5650>.



11 Then said <0559> Ziba <6717> unto the king < 4428>, According
to all <3605> that my lord <0113> the king < 4428> hath commanded
<6680> his servant <5650>, so <3651> shall thy servant <5650> do
<6213>. As for Mephibosheth <4648>, [said the king <4428>], he
shall eat <0398> at <5921> my table <7979>, as one <0259> of the
king's <4428> sons <1121>.



12 And Mephibosheth <4648> had a young <6996> son <1121>, whose
name <8034> [was] Micha <4316>. And all <3605> that dwelt <4186>
in the house <1004> of Ziba <6717> [were] servants <5650> unto
Mephibosheth <4648>.



13 So Mephibosheth <4648> dwelt <3427> in Jerusalem <3389>: for
he did eat <0398> continually <8548> at <5921> the king's <4428>
table <7979>; and was lame <6455> on both <8147> his feet <7272>.



2Samuel 10



1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this < 3651>, that
the king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon < 5983> died
<4191>, and Hanun <2586> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his
stead <8478>.



2 Then said <0559> David <1732>, I will shew < 6213> kindness
<2617> unto Hanun <2586> the son <1121> of Nahash <5176>, as his
father <1> shewed <6213> kindness <2617> unto me. And David
<1732> sent <7971> to comfort <5162> him by the hand <3027> of
his servants <5650> for his father <1>. And David's <1732>
servants <5650> came <0935> into the land <0776> of the children
<1121> of Ammon <5983>.



3 And the princes <8269> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>
said <0559> unto Hanun <2586> their lord <0113>, Thinkest <5869>
thou that David <1732> doth honour <3513> thy father <1>, that
he hath sent <7971> comforters <5162> unto thee? hath not David
<1732> [rather] sent <7971> his servants <5650> unto thee, to
search <2713> the city <5892>, and to spy <7270> it out, and to
overthrow <2015> it?



4 Wherefore Hanun <2586> took <3947> David's < 1732> servants
<5650>, and shaved <1548> off the one half < 2677> of their
beards <2206>, and cut <3772> off their garments < 4063> in the
middle <2677>, [even] to their buttocks <8357>, and sent <7971>
them away.



5 When they told <5046> [it] unto David <1732>, he sent <7971>
to meet <7125> them, because <3588> the men < 0582> were greatly
<3966> ashamed <3637>: and the king <4428> said <0559>, Tarry
<3427> at Jericho <3405> until <5704> your beards <2206> be
grown <6779>, and [then] return <7725>.



6. And when the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> saw <7200> that
they stank <0887> before David <1732>, the children <1121> of
Ammon <5983> sent <7971> and hired <7936> the Syrians <0758> of
Bethrehob <1050>, and the Syrians <0758> of Zoba < 6678>, twenty
<6242> thousand <0505> footmen <7273>, and of king <4428> Maacah
<4601> a thousand <0505> men <0376>, and of Ishtob <0382> twelve
thousand <0505> men <0376>.



7 And when David <1732> heard <8085> of [it], he sent <7971>
Joab <3097>, and all <3605> the host <6635> of the mighty <1368>
men.



8 And the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> came < 3318> out, and
put the battle <4421> in array <6186> at the entering <6607> in
of the gate <8179>: and the Syrians <0758> of Zoba <6678>, and
of Rehob <7340>, and Ishtob <0382>, and Maacah < 4601>, [were] by
themselves <0905> in the field <7704>.



9 When Joab <3097> saw <7200> that the front < 6440> of the
battle <4421> was against <0413> him before < 6440> and behind
<0268>, he chose <0977> of all <3605> the choice <0977> [men] of
Israel <3478>, and put [them] in array <6186> against <7125> the
Syrians <0758>:



10 And the rest <3499> of the people <5971> he delivered <5414>
into the hand <3027> of Abishai <52> his brother < 0251>, that he
might put [them] in array <6186> against <7125> the children
<1121> of Ammon <5983>.



11 And he said <0559>, If <0518> the Syrians < 0758> be too
strong <2388> for me, then thou shalt help <3447> me: but if
<0518> the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> be too strong <2388>
for thee, then I will come <1980> and help <3467> thee.



12 Be of good courage <2388>, and let us play the men < 2388>
for our people <5971>, and for the cities <5892> of our God
<0430>: and the LORD <3068> do <6213> that which seemeth <5869>
him good <2896>.



13 And Joab <3097> drew nigh <5066>, and the people <5971> that
[were] with him, unto the battle <4421> against the Syrians
<0758>: and they fled <5127> before <6440> him.



14 And when the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> saw <7200> that
the Syrians <0758> were fled <5127>, then fled < 5127> they also
before <6440> Abishai <52>, and entered <0935> into the city
<5892>. So Joab <3097> returned <7725> from the children <1121>
of Ammon <5983>, and came <0935> to Jerusalem < 3389>.



15. And when the Syrians <0758> saw <7200> that they were
smitten <5062> before <6440> Israel <3478>, they gathered <0622>
themselves together <3162>.



16 And Hadarezer <1928> sent <7971>, and brought < 3318> out the
Syrians <0758> that [were] beyond <5676> the river <5104>: and
they came <0935> to Helam <2431>; and Shobach < 7731> the captain
<8269> of the host <6635> of Hadarezer <1928> [went] before
<6440> them.



17 And when it was told <5046> David <1732>, he gathered <0622>
all <3605> Israel <3478> together, and passed < 5674> over <5674>
Jordan <3383>, and came <0935> to Helam <2431>. And the Syrians
<0758> set themselves in array <6186> against < 7125> David
<1732>, and fought <3898> with him.



18 And the Syrians <0758> fled <5127> before < 6440> Israel
<3478>; and David <1732> slew <2126> [the men of] seven <7651>
hundred <3967> chariots <7393> of the Syrians < 0758>, and forty
<0705> thousand <0505> horsemen <6571>, and smote <5221> Shobach
<7731> the captain <8269> of their host <6635>, who died <4191>
there <8033>.



19 And when all <3605> the kings <4428> [that were] servants
<5650> to Hadarezer <1928> saw <7200> that they were smitten
<5062> before <6440> Israel <3478>, they made peace <7999> with
Israel <3478>, and served <5647> them. So the Syrians <0758>
feared <3372> to help <3467> the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>
any more <5750>.



2Samuel 11



1. And it came <1961> to pass, after the year <8141> was
expired <8666>, at the time <6256> when kings < 4428> go <3318>
forth <3318> [to battle], that David <1732> sent < 7971> Joab
<3097>, and his servants <5650> with him, and all < 3605> Israel
<3478>; and they destroyed <7843> the children < 1121> of Ammon
<5983>, and besieged <6696> Rabbah <7237>. But David <1732>
tarried <3427> still at Jerusalem <3389>.



2 And it came <1961> to pass in an eveningtide, that David
<1732> arose <6965> from off <5921> his bed < 4904>, and walked
<1980> upon the roof <1406> of the king's <4428> house <1004>:
and from the roof <1406> he saw <7200> a woman < 0802> washing
<7364> herself; and the woman <0802> [was] very < 3966> beautiful
<2896> to look <4758> upon.



3 And David <1732> sent <7971> and enquired < 1875> after the
woman <0802>. And [one] said <0559>, [Is] not this <2063>
Bathsheba <1339>, the daughter <1323> of Eliam < 0463>, the wife
<0802> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850>?



4 And David <1732> sent <7971> messengers < 4397>, and took
<3947> her; and she came <0935> in unto him, and he lay <7901>
with her; for she was purified <6942> from her uncleanness
<2932>: and she returned <7725> unto her house < 1004>.



5 And the woman <0802> conceived <2030>, and sent <7971> and
told <5046> David <1732>, and said <0559>, I [am] with child
<2030>.



6. And David <1732> sent <7971> to Joab <3097>, [saying <0559>],
Send <7971> me Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850>. And Joab <3097>
sent <7971> Uriah <0223> to David <1732>.



7 And when Uriah <0223> was come <0935> unto him, David <1732>
demanded <7592> [of him] how Joab <3097> did < 7965>, and how the
people <5971> did <7965>, and how the war <4421> prospered
<7965>.



8 And David <1732> said <0559> to Uriah <0223>, Go <3381> down
<3381> to thy house <1004>, and wash <7364> thy feet <7272>. And
Uriah <0223> departed <3318> out of the king's < 4428> house
<1004>, and there followed him a mess <4864> [of meat] from the
king <4428>.



9 But Uriah <0223> slept <7901> at the door < 6607> of the
king's <4428> house <1004> with all <3605> the servants <5650>
of his lord <0113>, and went <3381> not down < 3381> to his house
<1004>.



10 And when they had told <5046> David <1732>, saying <0559>,
Uriah <0223> went <3381> not down <3381> unto his house <1004>,
David <1732> said <0559> unto Uriah <0223>, Camest <0935> thou
not from [thy] journey <1870>? why <4069> [then] didst thou not
go <3381> down <3381> unto thine house <1004>?



11 And Uriah <0223> said <0559> unto David < 1732>, The ark
<0727>, and Israel <3478>, and Judah <3063>, abide <3427> in
tents <5521>; and my lord <0113> Joab <3097>, and the servants
<5650> of my lord <0113>, are encamped <2583> in the open <6440>
fields <7704>; shall I then go <0935> into < 0413> mine house
<1004>, to eat <0398> and to drink <8354>, and to lie <7901>
with my wife <0802>? [as] thou livest <2416>, and [as] thy soul
<5315> liveth <2416>, I will not do <6213> this <2088> thing
<1697>.



12 And David <1732> said <0559> to Uriah <0223> , Tarry <3427>
here <2088> to day <3117> also <1571>, and to morrow <4279> I
will let thee depart <7971>. So Uriah <0223> abode <3427> in
Jerusalem <3389> that day <3117>, and the morrow < 4283>.



13 And when <3588> David <1732> had called < 7121> him, he did
eat <0398> and drink <8354> before <6440> him; and he made him
drunk <7937>: and at even <6153> he went <3318> out to lie
<7901> on his bed <4904> with the servants < 5650> of his lord
<0113>, but went <3381> not down <3381> to his house <1004>.



14. And it came <1961> to pass in the morning <1242>, that
David <1732> wrote <3789> a letter <5612> to Joab <3097>, and
sent <7971> [it] by the hand <3027> of Uriah < 0223>.



15 And he wrote <3789> in the letter <5612>, saying <0559>, Set
<3051> ye Uriah <0223> in the forefront of the hottest <2389>
battle <4421>, and retire <7725> ye from him, that he may be
smitten <5221>, and die <4191>.



16 And it came <1961> to pass, when Joab <3097> observed <8104>
the city <5892>, that he assigned <5414> Uriah < 0223> unto a
place <4725> where <0834> he knew <3045> that valiant <2428> men
<0582> [were].



17 And the men <0582> of the city <5892> went < 3318> out, and
fought <3898> with Joab <3097>: and there fell < 5307> [some] of
the people <5971> of the servants <5650> of David < 1732>; and
Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850> died <4191> also <1571>.



18 Then Joab <3097> sent <7971> and told <5046> David <1732>
all <3605> the things <1697> concerning the war < 4421>;



19 And charged <6680> the messenger <4397>, saying <0559>, When
thou hast made an end <3615> of telling <1696> the matters
<1697> of the war <4421> unto the king <4428>,



20 And if <0518> so be that the king's <4428> wrath <2534>
arise <5927>, and he say <0559> unto thee, Wherefore <4069>
approached <5066> ye so nigh unto the city <5892> when ye did
fight <3898>? knew <3045> ye not that they would shoot <3384>
from the wall <2346>?



21 Who <4310> smote <5221> Abimelech <40> the son <1121> of
Jerubbesheth <3380>? did not a woman <0802> cast < 7993> a piece
<6400> of a millstone <7393> upon him from the wall <2346>, that
he died <4191> in Thebez <8405>? why <4100> went <5066> ye nigh
<5066> the wall <2346>? then say <0559> thou, Thy servant <5650>
Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850> is dead <4191> also <1571>.



22 So the messenger <4397> went <3212>, and came < 0935> and
shewed <5046> David <1732> all <3605> that Joab <3097> had sent
<7971> him for.



23 And the messenger <4397> said <0559> unto David <1732>,
Surely <3588> the men <0582> prevailed <1396> against <5921> us,
and came <3318> out unto us into the field <7704>, and we were
upon them even unto the entering <6607> of the gate < 8179>.



24 And the shooters <3384> shot <3384> from off < 5921> the wall
<2346> upon thy servants <5650>; and [some] of the king's <4428>
servants <5650> be dead <4191>, and thy servant < 5650> Uriah
<0223> the Hittite <2850> is dead <4191> also <1571>.



25 Then David <1732> said <0559> unto the messenger <4397>,
Thus <3541> shalt thou say <0559> unto Joab < 3097>, Let not this
<2088> thing <1697> displease thee, for the sword < 2719>
devoureth <0398> one <2088> as well <2090> as another <2090>:
make thy battle <4421> more strong <2388> against < 0413> the
city <5892>, and overthrow <2040> it: and encourage <2388> thou
him.



26 And when the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> heard <8085> that
Uriah <0223> her husband <0376> was dead <4191>, she mourned
<5594> for her husband <1167>.



27 And when the mourning <60> was past <5493>, David <1732>
sent <7971> and fetched <0622> her to his house < 1004>, and she
became <1961> his wife <0802>, and bare <3205> him a son <1121>.
But the thing <1697> that David <1732> had done < 6213>
displeased the LORD <3068>.



2Samuel 12



1. And the LORD <3068> sent <7971> Nathan < 5416> unto David
<1732>. And he came <0935> unto him, and said < 0559> unto him,
There were two <8147> men <0582> in one <0259> city <5892>; the
one <0259> rich <6223>, and the other <0259> poor <7326>.



2 The rich <6223> [man] had <1961> exceeding < 3966> many <7235>
flocks <6629> and herds <1241>:



3 But the poor <7326> [man] had nothing, save one < 0259> little
<6996> ewe <3535> lamb <3535>, which < 0834> he had <1961> bought
<7069> and nourished <2421> up: and it grew < 1431> up together
<3162> with him, and with his children <1121>; it did eat <0398>
of his own meat <6595>, and drank <8354> of his own cup <3563>,
and lay <7901> in his bosom <2436>, and was unto him as a
daughter <1323>.



4 And there came <0935> a traveller <1982> unto the rich <6223>
man <0376>, and he spared <2550> to take <3947> of his own flock
<6629> and of his own herd <1241>, to dress < 6213> for the
wayfaring <0732> man that was come <0935> unto him; but took
<3947> the poor <7326> man's <0376> lamb < 3535>, and dressed
<6213> it for the man <0376> that was come < 0935> to him.



5 And David's <1732> anger <0639> was greatly < 3966> kindled
<2734> against the man <0376>; and he said < 0559> to Nathan
<5416>, [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, the man <0376> that
hath done <6213> this <2063> [thing] shall surely die <4194>:



6 And he shall restore <7999> the lamb <3535> fourfold <0706>,
because he did <6213> this <2088> thing <1697>, and because he
had no <3808> pity <2550>.



7 And Nathan <5416> said <0559> to David <1732> , Thou [art] the
man <0376>. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430>
of Israel <3478>, I anointed <4886> thee king < 4428> over <5921>
Israel <3478>, and I delivered <5337> thee out of the hand
<3027> of Saul <7586>;



8 And I gave <5414> thee thy master's <0113> house <1004>, and
thy master's <0113> wives <0802> into thy bosom < 2436>, and gave
<5414> thee the house <1004> of Israel <3478> and of Judah
<3063>; and if <0518> [that had been] too little < 4592>, I would
moreover <3254> have given <3254> unto thee such < 2007> and such
<2007> things.



9 Wherefore <4069> hast thou despised <0959> the commandment
<1697> of the LORD <3068>, to do <6213> evil <7451> in his sight
<5869>? thou hast killed <5221> Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850>
with the sword <2719>, and hast taken <3947> his wife <0802> [to
be] thy wife <0802>, and hast slain <2026> him with the sword
<2719> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>.



10 Now <6258> therefore the sword <2719> shall never depart
<5493> from thine house <1004>; because thou hast despised
<0959> me, and hast taken <3947> the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223>
the Hittite <2850> to be thy wife <0802>.



11 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Behold <2005>, I
will raise <6965> up evil <7451> against <5921> thee out of
thine own house <1004>, and I will take <3947> thy wives <0802>
before thine eyes <5869>, and give <5414> [them] unto thy
neighbour <7453>, and he shall lie <7901> with thy wives <0802>
in the sight <5869> of this <2063> sun <8121>.



12 For thou didst <6213> [it] secretly <5643>: but I will do
<6213> this <2088> thing <1697> before < 5048> all <3605> Israel
<3478>, and before <5048> the sun <8121>.



13 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Nathan < 5416>, I have
sinned <2398> against the LORD <3068>. And Nathan < 5416> said
<0559> unto David <1732>, The LORD <3068> also <1571> hath put
<5674> away <5674> thy sin <2403>; thou shalt not die <4191>.



14 Howbeit <0657>, because <3588> by this < 2088> deed <1697>
thou hast given great <5006> occasion to the enemies < 0341> of
the LORD <3068> to blaspheme <5006>, the child < 1121> also
<1571> [that is] born <3209> unto thee shall surely die <4191>.



15. And Nathan <5416> departed <3212> unto his house <1004>.
And the LORD <3068> struck <5062> the child < 3206> that Uriah's
<0223> wife <0802> bare <3205> unto David < 1732>, and it was
very sick <0605>.



16 David <1732> therefore besought <1245> God < 0430> for the
child <5288>; and David <1732> fasted <6684>, and went <0935> in,
and lay <7901> all <3605> night upon the earth < 0776>.



17 And the elders <2205> of his house <1004> arose <6965>, [and
went] to him, to raise <6965> him up from the earth < 0776>: but
he would <14> not, neither <3808> did he eat < 1262> bread <3899>
with them.



18 And it came <1961> to pass on the seventh <7637> day <3117>,
that the child <3206> died <4191>. And the servants <5650> of
David <1732> feared <3372> to tell <5046> him that the child
<3206> was dead <4191>: for they said <0559>, Behold <2009>,
while the child <3206> was yet alive <2416>, we spake <1696>
unto him, and he would not hearken <8085> unto our voice <6963>:
how <0349> will he then vex himself, if we tell <0559> him that
the child <3206> is dead <4191>?



19 But when David <1732> saw <7200> that his servants <5650>
whispered <3907>, David <1732> perceived <0995> that the child
<3206> was dead <4191>: therefore David <1732> said <0559> unto
his servants <5650>, Is the child <3206> dead < 4191>? And they
said <0559>, He is dead <4191>.



20 Then David <1732> arose <6965> from the earth < 0776>, and
washed <7364>, and anointed <5480> [himself], and changed <2498>
his apparel <8071>, and came <0935> into the house <1004> of the
LORD <3068>, and worshipped <7812>: then he came < 0935> to his
own house <1004>; and when he required <7592>, they set <7760>
bread <3899> before him, and he did eat <0398>.



21 Then said <0559> his servants <5650> unto him, What <4100>
thing <1697> [is] this <2088> that thou hast done < 6213>? thou
didst fast <6684> and weep <1058> for the child < 3206>, [while
it was] alive <2416>; but when <0834> the child < 3206> was dead
<4191>, thou didst rise <6965> and eat <0398> bread <3899>.



22 And he said <0559>, While the child <3206> was yet <5750>
alive <2416>, I fasted <6684> and wept <1058>: for I said <0559>,
Who <4310> can tell <3045> [whether] GOD <3068> will be
gracious <2603> to me, that the child <3206> may live <2416>?



23 But now <6258> he is dead <4191>, wherefore < 4100> should I
fast <6684>? can <3201> I bring <7725> him back <7725> again
<5750>? I shall go <1980> to him, but he shall not return <7725>
to me.



24 And David <1732> comforted <5162> Bathsheba < 1339> his wife
<0802>, and went <0935> in unto her, and lay < 7901> with her:
and she bare <3205> a son <1121>, and he called < 7121> his name
<8034> Solomon <8010>: and the LORD <3068> loved <0157> him.



25 And he sent <7971> by the hand <3027> of Nathan <5416> the
prophet <5030>; and he called <7121> his name < 8034> Jedidiah
<3041>, because <5668> of the LORD <3068>.



26. And Joab <3097> fought <3898> against Rabbah < 7237> of the
children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, and took <3920> the royal
<4410> city <5892>.



27 And Joab <3097> sent <7971> messengers < 4397> to David
<1732>, and said <0559>, I have fought <3898> against Rabbah
<7237>, and have taken <3920> the city <5892> of waters <4325>.



28 Now <6258> therefore gather <0622> the rest < 3499> of the
people <5971> together, and encamp <2583> against < 5921> the
city <5892>, and take <3920> it: lest <6435> I take <3920> the
city <5892>, and it be called <7121> after < 5921> my name <8034>.



29 And David <1732> gathered <0622> all <3605> the people
<5971> together, and went <3212> to Rabbah < 7237>, and fought
<3898> against it, and took <3920> it.



30 And he took <3947> their king's <4428> crown < 5850> from off
<5921> his head <7218>, the weight <4948> whereof [was] a talent
<3603> of gold <2091> with the precious <3368> stones <68>: and
it was [set] on <5921> David's <1732> head < 7218>. And he
brought <3318> forth <3318> the spoil <7998> of the city <5892>
in great <3966> abundance <7235>.



31 And he brought <3318> forth <3318> the people < 5971> that
[were] therein, and put <7760> [them] under saws < 4050>, and
under harrows <2757> of iron <1270>, and under axes <4037> of
iron <1270>, and made them pass <5674> through the brickkiln
<4404>: and thus <3651> did <6213> he unto all <3605> the cities
<5892> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>. So David <1732>
and all <3605> the people <5971> returned <7725> unto Jerusalem
<3389>.



2Samuel 13



1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this < 3651>, that
Absalom <53> the son <1121> of David <1732> had a fair <3303>
sister <0269>, whose name <8034> [was] Tamar < 8559>; and Amnon
<0550> the son <1121> of David <1732> loved < 0157> her.



2 And Amnon <0550> was so vexed <3334>, that he fell sick
<2470> for his sister <0269> Tamar <8559>; for she [was] a
virgin <1330>; and Amnon <0550> thought <5869> it hard <6381>
for him to do <6213> any <3972> thing to her.



3 But Amnon <0550> had a friend <7453>, whose name <8034> [was]
Jonadab <3122>, the son <1121> of Shimeah <8093> David's <1732>
brother <0251>: and Jonadab <3122> [was] a very < 3966> subtil
<2450> man <0376>.



4 And he said <0559> unto him, Why <4069> [art] thou, [being]
the king's <4428> son <1121>, lean <1800> from day <1242> to day
<1242>? wilt thou not tell <5046> me? And Amnon < 0550> said
<0559> unto him, I love <0157> Tamar <8559>, my brother <0251>
Absalom's <53> sister <0269>.



5 And Jonadab <3122> said <0559> unto him, Lay < 7901> thee down
<7901> on <5921> thy bed <4904>, and make thyself sick <2470>:
and when thy father <1> cometh <0935> to see < 7200> thee, say
<0559> unto him, I pray <4994> thee, let my sister <0269> Tamar
<8559> come <0935>, and give <1262> me meat < 3899>, and dress
<6213> the meat <1279> in my sight <5869>, that I may see <7200>
[it], and eat <0398> [it] at her hand <3027>.



6 So Amnon <0550> lay <7901> down <7901>, and made himself sick
<2470>: and when the king <4428> was come <0935> to see <7200>
him, Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto the king < 4428>, I pray
<4994> thee, let Tamar <8559> my sister <0269> come <0935>, and
make <3823> me a couple <8147> of cakes <3834> in my sight
<5869>, that I may eat <1262> at her hand <3027> .



7 Then David <1732> sent <7971> home <1004> to Tamar <8559>,
saying <0559>, Go <3212> now <4994> to thy brother <0251>
Amnon's <0550> house <1004>, and dress <6213> him meat <1279>.



8 So Tamar <8559> went <3212> to her brother < 0251> Amnon's
<0550> house <1004>; and he was laid <7901> down <7901>. And she
took <3947> flour <1217>, and kneaded <3888> [it], and made
<3835> cakes <3823> in his sight <5869>, and did bake <1310> the
cakes <3834>.



9 And she took <3947> a pan <4958>, and poured < 3332> [them]
out before <6440> him; but he refused <3985> to eat <0398>. And
Amnon <0550> said <0559>, Have <3318> out all <3605> men <0376>
from me. And they went <3318> out every man <0376> from him.



10 And Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto Tamar < 8559>, Bring <0935>
the meat <1279> into the chamber <2315>, that I may eat <1262>
of thine hand <3027>. And Tamar <8559> took < 3947> the cakes
<3834> which <0834> she had made <6213>, and brought <0935>
[them] into the chamber <2315> to Amnon <0550> her brother
<0251>.



11 And when she had brought <5066> [them] unto him to eat
<0398>, he took hold <2388> of her, and said < 0559> unto her,
Come <0935> lie <7901> with me, my sister <0269> .



12 And she answered <0559> him, Nay <0408>, my brother <0251>,
do <6213> not force <6031> me; for no <3808> such <3651> thing
<3651> ought to be done <6213> in Israel <3478>: do <6213> not
thou this <2063> folly <5039>.



13 And I, whither <0575> shall I cause my shame < 2781> to go
<3212>? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one <0259> of the
fools <5036> in Israel <3478>. Now <6258> therefore, I pray
<4994> thee, speak <1696> unto the king <4428>; for he will not
withhold <4513> me from thee.



14 Howbeit he would <14> not hearken <8085> unto her voice
<6963>: but, being stronger <2388> than she, forced <6031> her,
and lay <7901> with her.



15 Then Amnon <0550> hated <8130> her exceedingly; so that the
hatred <8135> wherewith <0834> he hated <8130> her [was] greater
<1419> than the love <0160> wherewith <0834> he had loved <0157>
her. And Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto her, Arise < 6965>, be
gone <3212>.



16 And she said <0559> unto him, [There is] no <0408> cause:
this <2063> evil <7451> in sending <7971> me away [is] greater
<1419> than the other <0312> that thou didst < 6213> unto me. But
he would <14> not hearken <8085> unto her.



17 Then he called <7121> his servant <5288> that ministered
<8334> unto him, and said <0559>, Put <7971> now <4994> this
<2063> [woman] out from me, and bolt <5274> the door <1817>
after <0310> her.



18 And [she had] a garment <3801> of divers <6446> colours
<6446> upon her: for with such <3651> robes < 4598> were the
king's <4428> daughters <1121> [that were] virgins <1330>
apparelled <3847>. Then his servant <8334> brought <3318> her
out, and bolted <5274> the door <1817> after < 0310> her.



19 And Tamar <8559> put <3947> ashes <0665> on <5921> her head
<7218>, and rent <7167> her garment <3801> of divers <6446>
colours <6446> that [was] on <5921> her, and laid < 7760> her
hand <3027> on <5921> her head <7218>, and went <3212> on crying
<2201>.



20 And Absalom <53> her brother <0251> said < 0559> unto her,
Hath Amnon <0550> thy brother <0251> been <1961> with thee? but
hold <2790> now <6258> thy peace <2790>, my sister <0269>: he
[is] thy brother <0251>; regard <3820> not this < 2063> thing
<1697>. So Tamar <8559> remained <3427> desolate <8076> in her
brother <0251> Absalom's <53> house <1004>.



21. But when king <4428> David <1732> heard < 8085> of all
<3605> these <0428> things <1697>, he was very <3966> wroth
<2734>.



22 And Absalom <53> spake <1696> unto his brother Amnon <0550>
neither <3808> good <2896> nor bad <7451>: for Absalom <53>
hated <8130> Amnon <0550>, because he had forced < 6031> his
sister <0269> Tamar <8559>.



23 And it came <1961> to pass after two full <3117> years
<8141>, that Absalom <53> had sheepshearers < 1494> in Baalhazor
<1178>, which <0834> [is] beside <5973> Ephraim <0669>: and
Absalom <53> invited <7121> all <3605> the king's <4428> sons
<1121>.



24 And Absalom <53> came <0935> to the king < 4428>, and said
<0559>, Behold <2009> now <4994>, thy servant <5650> hath
sheepshearers <1494>; let <3381> the king <4428> , I beseech
<4994> thee, and his servants <5650> go <3212> with thy servant
<5650>.



25 And the king <4428> said <0559> to Absalom < 53>, Nay <0408>,
my son <1121>, let us not all <3605> now <4994> go <3212>, lest
<3808> we be chargeable <3513> unto thee. And he pressed <6555>
him: howbeit he would <14> not go <3212>, but blessed <1288> him.



26 Then said <0559> Absalom <53>, If <3808> not, I pray <4994>
thee, let my brother <0251> Amnon <0550> go < 3212> with us. And
the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Why <4100> should he go
<3212> with thee?



27 But Absalom <53> pressed <6555> him, that he let Amnon
<0550> and all <3605> the king's <4428> sons <1121> go <7971>
with him.



28 Now Absalom <53> had commanded <6680> his servants <5288>,
saying <0559>, Mark <7200> ye now <4994> when Amnon's <0550>
heart <3820> is merry <2896> with wine <3196>, and when I say
<0559> unto you, Smite <5221> Amnon <0550>; then kill <4191> him,
fear <3372> not: have not I commanded <6680> you? be courageous
<2388>, and be valiant.



29 And the servants <5288> of Absalom <53> did < 6213> unto
Amnon <0550> as Absalom <53> had commanded < 6680>. Then all
<3605> the king's <4428> sons <1121> arose < 6965>, and every man
<0376> gat <7392> him up upon his mule <6505>, and fled <5127>.



30. And it came <1961> to pass, while they were in the way
<1870>, that tidings <8052> came <0935> to David <1732>, saying
<0559>, Absalom <53> hath slain <5221> all < 3605> the king's
<4428> sons <1121>, and there is not one <0259> of them left
<3498>.



31 Then the king <4428> arose <6965>, and tare < 7167> his
garments <0899>, and lay <7901> on the earth < 0776>; and all
<3605> his servants <5650> stood <5324> by with their clothes
<0899> rent <7167>.



32 And Jonadab <3122>, the son <1121> of Shimeah < 8093> David's
<1732> brother <0251>, answered <6030> and said <0559>, Let not
my lord <0113> suppose <0559> [that] they have slain <4191> all
<3605> the young <5288> men the king's <4428> sons <1121>; for
Amnon <0550> only <0905> is dead <4191>: for by the appointment
<6310> of Absalom <53> this hath been <1961> determined <7760>
from the day <3117> that he forced <6031> his sister <0269>
Tamar <8559>.



33 Now <6258> therefore let not my lord <0113> the king <4428>
take <7760> the thing <1697> to his heart <3820> , to think
<0559> that all <3605> the king's <4428> sons <1121> are dead
<4191>: for Amnon <0550> only <0905> is dead <4191>.



34 But Absalom <53> fled <1272>. And the young < 5288> man that
kept the watch <6822> lifted <5375> up his eyes < 5869>, and
looked <7200>, and, behold <2009>, there came < 1980> much <7227>
people <5971> by the way <1870> of the hill < 2022> side <6654>
behind <0310> him.



35 And Jonadab <3122> said <0559> unto the king < 4428>, Behold
<2009>, the king's <4428> sons <1121> come < 0935>: as thy
servant <5650> said <1697>, so <3651> it is.



36 And it came <1961> to pass, as soon as he had made an end
<3615> of speaking <1696>, that, behold <2009>, the king's
<4428> sons <1121> came <0935>, and lifted < 5375> up their voice
<6963> and wept <1058>: and the king <4428> also <1571> and all
<3605> his servants <5650> wept <1058> very < 3966> sore <1419>.



37 But Absalom <53> fled <1272>, and went < 3212> to Talmai
<8526>, the son <1121> of Ammihud <5989>, king <4428> of Geshur
<1650>. And [David] mourned <56> for his son < 1121> every <3605>
day <3117>.



38 So Absalom <53> fled <1272>, and went <3212> to Geshur
<1650>, and was there <8033> three <7969> years <8141>.



39 And [the soul of] king <4428> David <1732> longed <3615> to
go <3318> forth <3318> unto Absalom <53>: for he was comforted
<5162> concerning <5921> Amnon <0550>, seeing he was dead <4191>.



2Samuel 14



1. Now Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah < 6870> perceived
<3045> that the king's <4428> heart <3820> [was] toward <5921>
Absalom <53>.



2 And Joab <3097> sent <7971> to Tekoah <8620>, and fetched
<3947> thence <8033> a wise <2450> woman < 0802>, and said <0559>
unto her, I pray <4994> thee, feign thyself to be a mourner <56>,
and put <3847> on now <4994> mourning <60> apparel <0899>, and
anoint <5480> not thyself with oil <8081>, but be as a woman
<0802> that had a long <7227> time <3117> mourned <56> for the
dead <4191>:



3 And come <0935> to the king <4428>, and speak < 1696> on this
<2088> manner <1697> unto him. So Joab <3097> put <7760> the
words <1697> in her mouth <6310>.



4 And when the woman <0802> of Tekoah <8621> spake <0559> to
the king <4428>, she fell <5307> on <5921> her face <0639> to
the ground <0776>, and did obeisance <7812>, and said <0559>,
Help <3467>, O king <4428>.



5 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto her, What < 4100> aileth
thee? And she answered <0559>, I [am] indeed <61> a widow <0490>
woman <0802>, and mine husband <0376> is dead < 4191>.



6 And thy handmaid <8198> had two <8147> sons < 1121>, and they
two <8147> strove <5327> together in the field < 7704>, and
[there was] none <0369> to part <5337> them, but the one <0259>
smote <5221> the other <0259>, and slew <4191> him.



7 And, behold <2009>, the whole <3605> family < 4940> is risen
<6965> against <5921> thine handmaid <8198>, and they said
<0559>, Deliver <5414> him that smote <5221> his brother <0251>,
that we may kill <4191> him, for the life <5315> of his brother
<0251> whom <0834> he slew <2026>; and we will destroy <8045>
the heir <3423> also <1571>: and so they shall quench <3518> my
coal <1513> which <0834> is left <7604>, and shall not leave
<7604> to my husband <0376> [neither <1115>] name <8034> nor
remainder <7611> upon the earth <0127>.



8 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto the woman < 0802>, Go
<3212> to thine house <1004>, and I will give charge <6680>
concerning <5921> thee.



9 And the woman <0802> of Tekoah <8621> said < 0559> unto the
king <4428>, My lord <0113>, O king <4428>, the iniquity <5771>
[be] on <5921> me, and on <5921> my father's <1> house <1004>:
and the king <4428> and his throne <3678> [be] guiltless <5355>.



10 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Whosoever saith <1696>
[ought] unto thee, bring <0935> him to me, and he shall not
touch <5060> thee any more.



11 Then said <0559> she, I pray <4994> thee, let the king
<4428> remember <2142> the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>, that thou
wouldest not suffer the revengers <1350> of blood < 1818> to
destroy <7843> any more <7235>, lest they destroy < 8045> my son
<1121>. And he said <0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>,
there shall not one hair <8185> of thy son <1121> fall <5307> to
the earth <0776>.



12 Then the woman <0802> said <0559>, Let thine handmaid <8198>,
I pray <4994> thee, speak <1696> [one] word < 1697> unto my lord
<0113> the king <4428>. And he said <0559>, Say <1696> on.



13 And the woman <0802> said <0559>, Wherefore < 4100> then hast
thou thought <2803> such <2063> a thing against < 5921> the
people <5971> of God <0430>? for the king <4428> doth speak
<1696> this <2088> thing <1697> as one which is faulty <0818>,
in that the king <4428> doth not fetch <7725> home <7725> again
<7725> his banished <5080>.



14 For we must needs die <4191>, and [are] as water < 4325>
spilt <5064> on the ground <0776>, which <0834> cannot <3808> be
gathered <0622> up again; neither <3808> doth God < 0430> respect
<5375> [any] person <5315>: yet doth he devise < 2803> means
<4284>, that his banished <5080> be not expelled < 5080> from him.



15 Now <6258> therefore that I am come <0935> to speak <1696>
of this <2088> thing <1697> unto my lord <0113> the king <4428>,
[it is] because <3588> the people <5971> have made me afraid
<3372>: and thy handmaid <8198> said <0559>, I will now <4994>
speak <1696> unto the king <4428>; it may be that the king
<4428> will perform <6213> the request <1697> of his handmaid
<0519>.



16 For the king <4428> will hear <8085>, to deliver <5337> his
handmaid <0519> out of the hand <3709> of the man < 0376> [that
would] destroy <8045> me and my son <1121> together <3162> out
of the inheritance <5159> of God <0430>.



17 Then thine handmaid <8198> said <0559>, The word <1697> of
my lord <0113> the king <4428> shall now <4994> be comfortable
<4496>: for as an angel <4397> of God <0430>, so <3651> [is] my
lord <0113> the king <4428> to discern <8085> good <2896> and
bad <7451>: therefore the LORD <3068> thy God < 0430> will be
with thee.



18 Then the king <4428> answered <6030> and said < 0559> unto
the woman <0802>, Hide <3582> not from me, I pray < 4994> thee,
the thing <1697> that I shall ask <7592> thee. And the woman
<0802> said <0559>, Let my lord <0113> the king <4428> now
<4994> speak <1696>.



19 And the king <4428> said <0559>, [Is not] the hand <3027> of
Joab <3097> with thee in all <3605> this <2063> ? And the woman
<0802> answered <6030> and said <0559>, [As] thy soul <5315>
liveth <2416>, my lord <0113> the king <4428>, none <0376> can
turn to the right <3231> hand or to the left <8041> from ought
that my lord <0113> the king <4428> hath spoken < 1696>: for thy
servant <5650> Joab <3097>, he bade <6680> me, and he put <7760>
all <3605> these <0428> words <1697> in the mouth <6310> of
thine handmaid <8198>:



20 To fetch <5437> about <5437> this form < 6440> of speech
<1697> hath thy servant <5650> Joab <3097> done <6213> this
<2088> thing <1697>: and my lord <0113> [is] wise <2450>,
according to the wisdom <2451> of an angel <4397> of God <0430>,
to know <3045> all <3605> [things] that [are] in the earth
<0776>.



21. And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Joab < 3097>, Behold
<2009> now <4994>, I have done <6213> this < 2088> thing <1697>:
go <3212> therefore, bring <7725> the young < 5288> man Absalom
<53> again <7725>.



22 And Joab <3097> fell <5307> to the ground < 0776> on <0413>
his face <6440>, and bowed <7812> himself, and thanked <1288>
the king <4428>: and Joab <3097> said <0559>, To day thy servant
<5650> knoweth <3045> that I have found <4672> grace <2580> in
thy sight <5869>, my lord <0113>, O king <4428>, in that the
king <4428> hath fulfilled <6213> the request < 1697> of his
servant <5650>.



23 So Joab <3097> arose <6965> and went <3212> to Geshur <1650>,
and brought <0935> Absalom <53> to Jerusalem < 3389>.



24 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Let him turn < 5437> to his
own house <1004>, and let him not see <7200> my face <6440>. So
<3651> Absalom <53> returned <5437> to his own house <1004>, and
saw <7200> not the king's <4428> face <6440>.



25 But in all <3605> Israel <3478> there was none to be so much
<3966> praised <1984> as Absalom <53> for his beauty <3308>:
from the sole <3709> of his foot <7272> even to the crown <6936>
of his head <6936> there was no <3808> blemish < 3971> in him.



26 And when he polled <1548> his head <7218>, (for it was at
every year's <3117> end <7093> that he polled < 1548> [it]:
because <3588> [the hair] was heavy <3513> on < 5921> him,
therefore he polled <1548> it:) he weighed <8254> the hair
<8181> of his head <7218> at two <8147> hundred <3967> shekels
<8255> after the king's <4428> weight <68>.



27 And unto Absalom <53> there were born <3205> three <7969>
sons <1121>, and one <0259> daughter <1323>, whose name <8034>
[was] Tamar <8559>: she was a woman <0802> of a fair <3303>
countenance <4758>.



28. So Absalom <53> dwelt <3427> two full < 3117> years <8141>
in Jerusalem <3389>, and saw <7200> not the king's <4428> face
<6440>.



29 Therefore Absalom <53> sent <7971> for Joab < 3097>, to have
sent him to the king <4428>; but he would <14> not come <0935>
to him: and when he sent <7971> again <5750> the second <8145>
time, he would <14> not come <0935>.



30 Therefore he said <0559> unto his servants <5650>, See
<7200>, Joab's <3097> field <2513> is near < 0413> mine <3027>,
and he hath barley <8184> there <8033>; go < 3212> and set it on
fire <0784>. And Absalom's <53> servants <5650> set the field
<2513> on fire <0784>.



31 Then Joab <3097> arose <6965>, and came < 0935> to Absalom
<53> unto [his] house <1004>, and said <0559> unto him,
Wherefore <4100> have thy servants <5650> set my field <2513> on
fire <0784>?



32 And Absalom <53> answered <0559> Joab <3097> , Behold <2009>,
I sent <7971> unto thee, saying <0559>, Come < 0935> hither, that
I may send <7971> thee to the king <4428>, to say < 0559>,
Wherefore <4100> am I come <0935> from Geshur < 1650>? [it had
been] good <2896> for me [to have been] there <8033> still: now
<6258> therefore let me see <7200> the king's < 4428> face <6440>;
and if <0518> there be [any] iniquity <5771> in me, let him
kill <4191> me.



33 So Joab <3097> came <0935> to the king < 4428>, and told
<5046> him: and when he had called <7121> for Absalom <53>, he
came <0935> to the king <4428>, and bowed <7812> himself on
<5921> his face <0639> to the ground <0776> before <6440> the
king <4428>: and the king <4428> kissed <5401> Absalom <53>.



2Samuel 15



1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this < 3651>, that
Absalom <53> prepared <6213> him chariots <4818> and horses
<5483>, and fifty <2572> men <0376> to run < 7323> before <6440>
him.



2 And Absalom <53> rose <7925> up early <7925>, and stood
beside the way <1870> of the gate <8179>: and it was [so], that
when any <3605> man <0376> that had <1961> a controversy <7379>
came <0935> to the king <4428> for judgment < 4941>, then Absalom
<53> called <7121> unto him, and said <0559>, Of what <4310>
city <5892> [art] thou? And he said <0559>, Thy servant <5650>
[is] of one <0259> of the tribes <7626> of Israel < 3478>.



3 And Absalom <53> said <0559> unto him, See < 7200>, thy
matters <1697> [are] good <2896> and right < 5228>; but [there
is] no <0369> man [deputed] of the king <4428> to hear <8085>
thee.



4 Absalom <53> said <0559> moreover, Oh that I were made <7760>
judge <8199> in the land <0776>, that every < 3605> man <0376>
which <0834> hath any suit <7379> or cause < 4941> might come
<0935> unto me, and I would do him justice <6663>!



5 And it was [so], that when any man <0376> came < 7126> nigh
<7126> [to him] to do him obeisance <7812>, he put <7971> forth
<7971> his hand <3027>, and took <2388> him, and kissed <5401>
him.



6 And on this <2088> manner <1697> did <6213> Absalom <53> to
all <3605> Israel <3478> that came <0935> to the king <4428> for
judgment <4941>: so Absalom <53> stole <1589> the hearts <3820>
of the men <0582> of Israel <3478>.



7. And it came <1961> to pass after <7093> forty < 0705> years
<8141>, that Absalom <53> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, I
pray <4994> thee, let me go <3212> and pay < 7999> my vow <5088>,
which <0834> I have vowed <5087> unto the LORD < 3068>, in Hebron
<2275>.



8 For thy servant <5650> vowed <5087> a vow < 5088> while I
abode <3427> at Geshur <1650> in Syria <0758>, saying <0559>, If
<0518> the LORD <3068> shall bring <7725> me again <7725> indeed
to Jerusalem <3389>, then I will serve <5647> the LORD <3068>.



9 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Go < 3212> in peace
<7965>. So he arose <6965>, and went <3212> to Hebron <2275>.



10 But Absalom <53> sent <7971> spies <7270> throughout all
<3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, As
soon as ye hear <8085> the sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>,
then ye shall say <0559>, Absalom <53> reigneth < 4427> in Hebron
<2275>.



11 And with Absalom <53> went <1980> two hundred < 3967> men
<0376> out of Jerusalem <3389>, [that were] called <7121>; and
they went <1980> in their simplicity <8537>, and they knew
<3045> not any <3605> thing <1697>.



12 And Absalom <53> sent <7971> for Ahithophel < 0302> the
Gilonite <1526>, David's <1732> counsellor < 3289>, from his city
<5892>, [even] from Giloh <1542>, while he offered <2076>
sacrifices <2077>. And the conspiracy <7195> was strong <0533>;
for the people <5971> increased <7227> continually <1980> with
Absalom <53>.



13. And there came <0935> a messenger <5046> to David <1732>,
saying <0559>, The hearts <3820> of the men < 0376> of Israel
<3478> are after <0310> Absalom <53>.



14 And David <1732> said <0559> unto all <3605> his servants
<5650> that [were] with him at Jerusalem <3389>, Arise <6965>,
and let us flee <1227>; for we shall not [else] escape < 6413>
from Absalom <53>: make speed <4116> to depart < 3212>, lest
<6435> he overtake <5381> us suddenly <4116>, and bring <5080>
evil <7451> upon us, and smite <5221> the city < 5892> with the
edge <6310> of the sword <2719>.



15 And the king's <4428> servants <5650> said < 0559> unto the
king <4428>, Behold <2009>, thy servants <5650> [are ready to
do] whatsoever my lord <0113> the king <4428> shall appoint
<0977>.



16 And the king <4428> went <3318> forth <3318> , and all <3605>
his household <1004> after <7272> him. And the king <4428> left
<5800> ten <6235> women <0802>, [which were] concubines <6370>,
to keep <8104> the house <1004>.



17 And the king <4428> went <3318> forth <3318> , and all <3605>
the people <5971> after <7272> him, and tarried < 5975> in a
place <1004> that was far <4801> off.



18 And all <3605> his servants <5650> passed < 5674> on beside
him; and all <3605> the Cherethites <3774>, and all <3605> the
Pelethites <6432>, and all <3605> the Gittites < 1663>, six
<8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> which < 0834> came <0935> after
<7272> him from Gath <1661>, passed <5674> on before the king
<4428>.



19 Then said <0559> the king <4428> to Ittai < 0863> the Gittite
<1663>, Wherefore <4100> goest <3212> thou also <1571> with us?
return <7725> to thy place <4725>, and abide < 3427> with the
king <4428>: for thou [art] a stranger <5237>, and also <1571>
an exile <1540>.



20 Whereas thou camest <0935> [but] yesterday <8543>, should I
this day <3117> make thee go <3212> up and down < 5128> with us?
seeing I go <1980> whither I may, return <7725> thou, and take
back <7725> thy brethren <0251>: mercy <2617> and truth <0571>
[be] with thee.



21 And Ittai <0863> answered <6030> the king < 4428>, and said
<0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, and [as] my lord
<0113> the king <4428> liveth <2416>, surely <3588> in what
<0834> place <4725> my lord <0113> the king < 4428> shall be,
whether <0518> in death <4194> or life <2416>, even <3588> there
<8033> also will thy servant <5650> be.



22 And David <1732> said <0559> to Ittai <0863> , Go <3212> and
pass <5674> over <5674>. And Ittai <0863> the Gittite <1663>
passed <5674> over <5674>, and all <3605> his men <0582>, and
all <3605> the little <2945> ones that [were] with him.



23 And all <3605> the country <0776> wept < 1058> with a loud
<1419> voice <6963>, and all <3605> the people <5971> passed
<5674> over <5674>: the king <4428> also himself passed <5674>
over <5674> the brook <5158> Kidron <6939>, and all <3605> the
people <5971> passed <5674> over <5674>, toward the way <1870>
of the wilderness <4057>.



24. And lo <2009> Zadok <6659> also <1571>, and all <3605> the
Levites <3881> [were] with him, bearing <5375> the ark <0727> of
the covenant <1285> of God <0430>: and they set < 3332> down
<3332> the ark <0727> of God <0430>; and Abiathar <54> went
<5927> up, until <5704> all <3605> the people <5971> had done
<6213> passing <5674> out of the city <5892>.



25 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Zadok < 6659>, Carry
<7725> back <7725> the ark <0727> of God < 0430> into the city
<5892>: if I shall find <4672> favour <2580> in the eyes <5869>
of the LORD <3068>, he will bring <7725> me again < 7725>, and
shew <7200> me [both] it, and his habitation <5116>:



26 But if <0518> he thus <3541> say <0559>, I have no <3808>
delight <2654> in thee; behold <2005>, [here am] I, let him do
<6213> to me as seemeth <5869> good <2896> unto him.



27 The king <4428> said <0559> also unto Zadok < 6659> the
priest <3548>, [Art not] thou a seer <7200>? return <7725> into
the city <5892> in peace <7965>, and your two < 8147> sons <1121>
with you, Ahimaaz <0290> thy son <1121>, and Jonathan <3083> the
son <1121> of Abiathar <54>.



28 See <7200>, I will tarry <4102> in the plain < 6160> of the
wilderness <4057>, until <5704> there come < 0935> word <1697>
from you to certify <5046> me.



29 Zadok <6659> therefore and Abiathar <54> carried <7725> the
ark <0727> of God <0430> again <7725> to Jerusalem <3389>: and
they tarried <3427> there <8033>.



30 And David <1732> went <5927> up by the ascent < 4608> of
[mount] Olivet <2132>, and wept <1058> as he went < 5927> up, and
had his head <7218> covered <2645>, and he went < 1980> barefoot
<3182>: and all <3605> the people <5971> that [was] with him
covered <2645> every man <0376> his head <7218>, and they went
<5927> up, weeping <1058> as they went <5927> up.



31. And [one] told <5046> David <1732>, saying < 0559>,
Ahithophel <0302> [is] among the conspirators <7194> with
Absalom <53>. And David <1732> said <0559>, O LORD <3068>, I
pray <4994> thee, turn the counsel <6098> of Ahithophel <0302>
into foolishness <5528>.



32 And it came <1961> to pass, that [when] David < 1732> was
come <0935> to the top <7218> [of the mount], where he
worshipped <7812> God <0430>, behold <2009>, Hushai <2365> the
Archite <0757> came to meet <7125> him with his coat <3801> rent
<7167>, and earth <0127> upon his head <7218>:



33 Unto whom David <1732> said <0559>, If < 0518> thou passest
<5674> on with me, then thou shalt be a burden <4853> unto me:



34 But if <0518> thou return <7725> to the city < 5892>, and say
<0559> unto Absalom <53>, I will be thy servant < 5650>, O king
<4428>; [as] I [have been <1961>] thy father's < 1> servant
<5650> hitherto <0227>, so [will] I now <6258> also [be] thy
servant <5650>: then mayest thou for me defeat <6565> the
counsel <6098> of Ahithophel <0302>.



35 And [hast thou] not there <8033> with thee Zadok < 6659> and
Abiathar <54> the priests <3548>? therefore it shall be, [that]
what <3605> thing <1697> soever <0834> thou shalt hear <8085>
out of the king's <4428> house <1004>, thou shalt tell <5046>
[it] to Zadok <6659> and Abiathar <54> the priests <3548>.



36 Behold <2009>, [they have] there <8033> with them their two
<8147> sons <1121>, Ahimaaz <0290> Zadok's [son], and Jonathan
<3083> Abiathar's <54> [son]; and by them ye shall send <7971>
unto me every <3605> thing <1697> that ye can hear <8085>.



37 So Hushai <2365> David's <1732> friend < 7463> came <0935>
into the city <5892>, and Absalom <53> came < 0935> into
Jerusalem <3389>.



2Samuel 16



1. And when David <1732> was a little <4592> past <5674> the
top <7218> [of the hill], behold <2009>, Ziba < 6717> the servant
<5288> of Mephibosheth <4648> met <7135> him, with a couple
<6776> of asses <2543> saddled <2280>, and upon them two hundred
<3967> [loaves] of bread <3899>, and an hundred < 3967> bunches
<6778> of raisins <6778>, and an hundred <3967> of summer <7019>
fruits, and a bottle <5035> of wine <3196>.



2 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Ziba < 6717>, What <4100>
meanest thou by these <0428>? And Ziba <6717> said <0559>, The
asses <2543> [be] for the king's <4428> household < 1004> to ride
<7392> on; and the bread <3899> and summer < 7019> fruit for the
young <5288> men to eat <0398>; and the wine < 3196>, that such
as be faint <3287> in the wilderness <4057> may drink <8354>.



3 And the king <4428> said <0559>, And where < 0346> [is] thy
master's <0113> son <1121>? And Ziba <6717> said <0559> unto the
king <4428>, Behold <2009>, he abideth <3427> at Jerusalem
<3389>: for he said <0559>, To day shall the house <1004> of
Israel <3478> restore <7725> me the kingdom < 4468> of my father
<1>.



4 Then said <0559> the king <4428> to Ziba < 6717>, Behold
<2009>, thine [are] all <3605> that [pertained] unto
Mephibosheth <4648>. And Ziba <6717> said <0559> , I humbly
<7812> beseech thee [that] I may find <4672> grace <2580> in thy
sight <5869>, my lord <0113>, O king <4428>.



5. And when king <4428> David <1732> came < 0935> to Bahurim
<0980>, behold <2009>, thence <8033> came < 3318> out a man
<0376> of the family <4940> of the house <1004> of Saul <7586>,
whose name <8034> [was] Shimei <8096>, the son < 1121> of Gera
<1617>: he came <3318> forth <3318>, and cursed <7043> still as
he came <3318>.



6 And he cast <5619> stones <68> at David < 1732>, and at all
<3605> the servants <5650> of king <4428> David <1732>: and all
<3605> the people <5971> and all <3605> the mighty <1368> men
[were] on his right <3225> hand and on his left <8040> .



7 And thus <3541> said <0559> Shimei <8096> when he cursed
<7043>, Come <3318> out, come <3318> out, thou bloody <1818> man
<0376>, and thou man <0376> of Belial <1100>:



8 The LORD <3068> hath returned <7725> upon thee all <3605> the
blood <1818> of the house <1004> of Saul <7586>, in whose <0834>
stead <8478> thou hast reigned <4427>; and the LORD <3068> hath
delivered <5414> the kingdom <4410> into the hand < 3027> of
Absalom <53> thy son <1121>: and, behold <2009>, thou [art
taken] in thy mischief <7451>, because <3588> thou [art] a
bloody <1818> man <0376>.



9 Then said <0559> Abishai <52> the son <1121> of Zeruiah
<6870> unto the king <4428>, Why <4100> should this <2088> dead
<4191> dog <3611> curse <7043> my lord < 0113> the king <4428>?
let me go <5674> over <5674>, I pray <4994> thee, and take
<5493> off his head <7218>.



10 And the king <4428> said <0559>, What <4100> have I to do
with you, ye sons <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>? so < 3588> let him
curse <7043>, because <3588> the LORD <3068> hath said <0559>
unto him, Curse <7043> David <1732>. Who <4310> shall then say
<0559>, Wherefore <4069> hast thou done <6213> so <3651>?



11 And David <1732> said <0559> to Abishai <52> , and to all
<3605> his servants <5650>, Behold <2009>, my son <1121>, which
<0834> came <3318> forth <3318> of my bowels <4578>, seeketh
<1245> my life <5315>: how <0637> much < 0637> more now <6258>
[may this] Benjamite <1145> [do it]? let <3240> him alone, and
let <3240> him curse <7043>; for the LORD <3068> hath bidden
<0559> him.



12 It may be that the LORD <3068> will look <7200> on mine
affliction <6040>, and that the LORD <3068> will requite <7725>
me good <2896> for his cursing <7045> this < 2088> day <3117>.



13 And as David <1732> and his men <0582> went < 3212> by the
way <1870>, Shimei <8096> went <3212> along on the hill's <2022>
side <6763> over <5980> against <5980> him, and cursed <7043> as
he went <1980>, and threw <5619> stones <68> at <5980> him, and
cast <6080> dust <6083>.



14 And the king <4428>, and all <3605> the people <5971> that
[were] with him, came <0935> weary <5889>, and refreshed <5314>
themselves there <8033>.



15. And Absalom <53>, and all <3605> the people < 5971> the men
<0376> of Israel <3478>, came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>, and
Ahithophel <0302> with him.



16 And it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> Hushai <2365> the
Archite <0757>, David's <1732> friend <7463>, was come <0935>
unto Absalom <53>, that Hushai <2365> said < 0559> unto Absalom
<53>, God save <2421> the king <4428>, God save <2421> the king
<4428>.



17 And Absalom <53> said <0559> to Hushai < 2365>, [Is] this
<2088> thy kindness <2617> to thy friend <7453> ? why <4100>
wentest <1980> thou not with thy friend <7453>?



18 And Hushai <2365> said <0559> unto Absalom < 53>, Nay <3808>;
but whom <0834> the LORD <3068>, and this <2088> people <5971>,
and all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel <3478>, choose <0977>,
his will I be, and with him will I abide <3427>.



19 And again <8145>, whom <4310> should I serve < 5647>? [should
I] not [serve <5647>] in the presence <6440> of his son <1121>?
as I have served <5647> in thy father's <1> presence <6440>, so
<3651> will I be in thy presence <6440>.



20 Then said <0559> Absalom <53> to Ahithophel < 0302>, Give
<3051> counsel <6098> among you what <4100> we shall do <6213>.



21 And Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> unto Absalom <53>, Go
<0935> in unto thy father's <1> concubines < 6370>, which <0834>
he hath left <3240> to keep <8104> the house < 1004>; and all
<3605> Israel <3478> shall hear <8085> that thou art abhorred
<0887> of thy father <1>: then shall the hands < 3027> of all
<3605> that [are] with thee be strong <2388>.



22 So they spread <5186> Absalom <53> a tent < 0168> upon the
top <1406> of the house <1004>; and Absalom <53> went <0935> in
unto his father's <1> concubines <6370> in the sight <5869> of
all <3605> Israel <3478>.



23 And the counsel <6098> of Ahithophel <0302>, which <0834> he
counselled <3289> in those <1992> days <3117>, [was] as if a man
<0376> had enquired <7592> at the oracle <1697> of God <0430>:
so <3651> [was] all <3605> the counsel <6098> of Ahithophel
<0302> both <1571> with David <1732> and with Absalom <53>.



2Samuel 17



1. Moreover Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> unto Absalom <53>,
Let me now <4994> choose <0977> out twelve thousand <0505> men
<0376>, and I will arise <6965> and pursue < 7291> after <0310>
David <1732> this night <3915>:



2 And I will come <0935> upon him while he [is] weary < 3023>
and weak <7504> handed <3027>, and will make him afraid <2729>:
and all <3605> the people <5971> that [are] with him shall flee
<5127>; and I will smite <5221> the king <4428> only <0905>:



3 And I will bring <7725> back <7725> all < 3605> the people
<5971> unto thee: the man <0376> whom <0834> thou seekest <1245>
[is] as if all <3605> returned <7725>: [so] all < 3605> the
people <5971> shall be in peace <7965>.



4 And the saying <1697> pleased Absalom <53> well, and all
<3605> the elders <2205> of Israel <3478>.



5 Then said <0559> Absalom <53>, Call <7121> now <4994> Hushai
<2365> the Archite <0757> also <1571>, and let us hear <8085>
likewise <1571> what <4100> he saith <6310>.



6 And when Hushai <2365> was come <0935> to Absalom <53>,
Absalom <53> spake <0559> unto him, saying < 0559>, Ahithophel
<0302> hath spoken <1696> after this <2088> manner <1697>: shall
we do <6213> [after] his saying <1697>? if < 0518> not; speak
<1696> thou.



7 And Hushai <2365> said <0559> unto Absalom < 53>, The counsel
<6098> that Ahithophel <0302> hath given <3289> [is] not good
<2896> at this <2063> time <6471>.



8 For, said <0559> Hushai <2365>, thou knowest < 3045> thy
father <1> and his men <0582>, that they [be] mighty <1368> men,
and they [be] chafed <4751> in their minds <5315>, as a bear
<1677> robbed <7909> of her whelps in the field < 7704>: and thy
father <1> [is] a man <0376> of war <4421>, and will not lodge
<3885> with the people <5971>.



9 Behold <2009>, he is hid <2244> now <6258> in some <0259> pit
<6354>, or <0176> in some <0259> [other] place <4725>: and it
will come <1961> to pass, when some <0259> of them be overthrown
<5307> at the first <8462>, that whosoever heareth <8085> it
will say <0559>, There is a slaughter <4046> among the people
<5971> that follow <0310> Absalom <53>.



10 And he also <1571> [that is] valiant, whose <0834> heart
<3820> [is] as the heart <3820> of a lion <0738> , shall utterly
melt <4549>: for all <3605> Israel <3478> knoweth <3045> that
thy father <1> [is] a mighty <1368> man, and [they] which <0834>
[be] with him [are] valiant <2428> men <1121>.



11 Therefore I counsel <3289> that all <3605> Israel <3478> be
generally gathered <0622> unto thee, from Dan <1835> even to
Beersheba <0884>, as the sand <2344> that [is] by the sea <3220>
for multitude <7230>; and that thou go <1980> to battle <7128>
in thine own person <6440>.



12 So shall we come <0935> upon him in some <0259> place <4725>
where he shall be found <4672>, and we will light < 5117> upon
him as the dew <2919> falleth <5307> on <5921> the ground <0127>:
and of him and of all <3605> the men <0582> that [are] with him
there shall not be left <3498> so <1571> much < 1571> as one
<0259>.



13 Moreover <0518>, if <0518> he be gotten < 0622> into <0413> a
city <5892>, then shall all <3605> Israel <3478> bring <5375>
ropes <2256> to that city <5892>, and we will draw <5498> it
into <5704> the river <5158>, until there be not one <1571>
small <1571> stone <6872> found there <8033>.



14 And Absalom <53> and all <3605> the men < 0376> of Israel
<3478> said <0559>, The counsel <6098> of Hushai <2365> the
Archite <0757> [is] better <2896> than the counsel <6098> of
Ahithophel <0302>. For the LORD <3068> had appointed <6680> to
defeat <6565> the good <2896> counsel <6098> of Ahithophel
<0302>, to the intent <5668> that the LORD < 3068> might bring
<0935> evil <7451> upon Absalom <53>.



15. Then said <0559> Hushai <2365> unto Zadok < 6659> and to
Abiathar <54> the priests <3548>, Thus <2063> and thus <2063>
did Ahithophel <0302> counsel <3289> Absalom < 53> and the elders
<2205> of Israel <3478>; and thus <2063> and thus <2063> have I
counselled <3289>.



16 Now <6258> therefore send <7971> quickly < 4120>, and tell
<5046> David <1732>, saying <0559>, Lodge < 3885> not this night
<3915> in the plains <6160> of the wilderness < 4057>, but
speedily <5674> pass <5674> over <5674>; lest <6435> the king
<4428> be swallowed <1104> up, and all <3605> the people <5971>
that [are] with him.



17 Now Jonathan <3083> and Ahimaaz <0290> stayed < 5975> by
Enrogel <5883>; for they might <3201> not be seen < 7200> to come
<0935> into the city <5892>: and a wench <8198> went <0980> and
told <5046> them; and they went <3212> and told < 5046> king
<4428> David <1732>.



18 Nevertheless a lad <5288> saw <7200> them, and told <5046>
Absalom <53>: but they went <3212> both <8147> of them away
quickly <4120>, and came <0935> to a man's < 0376> house <1004>
in Bahurim <0980>, which had a well <0375> in his court <2691>;
whither <8033> they went <3381> down <3381>.



19 And the woman <0802> took <3947> and spread < 6566> a
covering <4539> over <5921> the well's <0875> mouth <6310>, and
spread <7849> ground <7383> corn <7383> thereon <5921>; and the
thing <1697> was not known <3045>.



20 And when Absalom's <53> servants <5650> came < 0935> to the
woman <0802> to the house <1004>, they said < 0559>, Where <0346>
[is] Ahimaaz <0290> and Jonathan <3083>? And the woman <0802>
said <0559> unto them, They be gone <5674> over < 5674> the brook
<4323> of water <4325>. And when they had sought < 1245> and
could not find <4672> [them], they returned <7725> to Jerusalem
<3389>.



21 And it came <1961> to pass, after <0310> they were departed
<3212>, that they came <5927> up out of the well < 0375>, and
went <3212> and told <5046> king <4428> David <1732>, and said
<0559> unto David <1732>, Arise <6965>, and pass <5674> quickly
<4120> over <5674> the water <4325>: for thus <3602> hath
Ahithophel <0302> counselled <3289> against < 5921> you.



22. Then David <1732> arose <6965>, and all < 3605> the people
<5971> that [were] with him, and they passed <5674> over <5674>
Jordan <3383>: by the morning <1242> light < 0216> there lacked
<5737> not one <0259> of them that was not gone < 5674> over
<5674> Jordan <3383>.



23 And when Ahithophel <0302> saw <7200> that his counsel
<6098> was not followed <6213>, he saddled < 2280> [his] ass
<2543>, and arose <6965>, and gat <3212> him home <1004> to his
house <1004>, to his city <5892>, and put his household <1004>
in order <6680>, and hanged <2614> himself, and died <4191>, and
was buried <6912> in the sepulchre <6913> of his father <1>.



24 Then David <1732> came <0935> to Mahanaim < 4266>. And
Absalom <53> passed <5674> over <5674> Jordan <3383>, he and all
<3605> the men <0376> of Israel <3478> with him.



25 And Absalom <53> made <7760> Amasa <6021> captain <5921> of
the host <6635> instead <8478> of Joab <3097>: which Amasa
<6021> [was] a man's <0376> son <1121>, whose name <8034> [was]
Ithra <3501> an Israelite <3481>, that went < 0935> in to Abigail
<26> the daughter <1323> of Nahash <5176>, sister <0269> to
Zeruiah <6870> Joab's <3097> mother <0517>.



26 So Israel <3478> and Absalom <53> pitched < 2583> in the land
<0776> of Gilead <1568>.



27 And it came <1961> to pass, when David <1732> was come
<0935> to Mahanaim <4266>, that Shobi <7629> the son <1121> of
Nahash <5176> of Rabbah <7237> of the children < 1121> of Ammon
<5983>, and Machir <4353> the son <1121> of Ammiel <5988> of
Lodebar <3810>, and Barzillai <1271> the Gileadite <1569> of
Rogelim <7274>,



28 Brought <5066> beds <4904>, and basons < 5592>, and earthen
<3335> vessels <3627>, and wheat <2406>, and barley <8184>, and
flour <7058>, and parched <7039> [corn], and beans <6321>, and
lentiles <5742>, and parched <7039> [pulse],



29 And honey <1706>, and butter <2529>, and sheep <6629>, and
cheese <8194> of kine <1241>, for David <1732>, and for the
people <5971> that [were] with him, to eat <0398>: for they said
<0559>, The people <5971> [is] hungry <7456>, and weary <5889>,
and thirsty <6771>, in the wilderness <4057>.



2Samuel 18



1. And David <1732> numbered <6485> the people < 5971> that
[were] with him, and set <7760> captains <8269> of thousands
<0505> and captains <8269> of hundreds <3967> over <5921> them.



2 And David <1732> sent <7971> forth a third < 7992> part of the
people <5971> under the hand <3027> of Joab < 3097>, and a third
<7992> part under the hand <3027> of Abishai < 52> the son <1121>
of Zeruiah <6870>, Joab's <3097> brother <0251>, and a third
<7992> part under the hand <3027> of Ittai < 0863> the Gittite
<1663>. And the king <4428> said <0559> unto the people <5971>,
I will surely go <3318> forth <3318> with you myself <0589> also
<1571>.



3 But the people <5971> answered <0559>, Thou shalt not go
<3318> forth <3318>: for if <0518> we flee < 5127> away, they
will not care for us; neither <0518> if <0518> half <2677> of us
die <4191>, will they care for us: but now <6258> [thou art]
worth <3644> ten <6235> thousand <0505> of us: therefore now
<6258> [it is] better <2896> that thou succour < 5826> us out of
the city <5892>.



4 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto them, What <0834>
seemeth <5869> you best <3190> I will do <6213>. And the king
<4428> stood <5975> by the gate <8179> side < 3027>, and all
<3605> the people <5971> came <3318> out by hundreds <3967> and
by thousands <0505>.



5 And the king <4428> commanded <6680> Joab < 3097> and Abishai
<52> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559>, [Deal] gently <3814> for
my sake with the young <5288> man, [even] with Absalom < 53>. And
all <3605> the people <5971> heard <8085> when the king <4428>
gave all <3605> the captains <8269> charge < 6680> concerning
Absalom <53>.



6 So the people <5971> went <3318> out into the field <7704>
against <7125> Israel <3478>: and the battle < 4421> was in the
wood <3293> of Ephraim <0669>;



7 Where <8033> the people <5971> of Israel < 3478> were slain
<5062> before <6440> the servants <5650> of David <1732>, and
there <8033> was there <8033> a great <1419> slaughter <4046>
that day <3117> of twenty <6242> thousand <0505> [men].



8 For the battle <4421> was there <8033> scattered <6327> over
<5921> the face <6440> of all <3605> the country <0776>: and the
wood <3293> devoured <0398> more <7235> people <5971> that day
<3117> than the sword <2719> devoured <0398>.



9. And Absalom <53> met <7122> the servants < 5650> of David
<1732>. And Absalom <53> rode <7392> upon a mule <6505>, and the
mule <6505> went <0935> under <8478> the thick boughs <7730> of
a great <1419> oak <0424>, and his head <7218> caught <2388>
hold <2388> of the oak <0424>, and he was taken < 5414> up
between <0996> the heaven <8064> and the earth < 0776>; and the
mule <6505> that [was] under <8478> him went < 5674> away.



10 And a certain <0259> man <0376> saw <7200> [it], and told
<5046> Joab <3097>, and said <0559>, Behold < 2009>, I saw <7200>
Absalom <53> hanged <8518> in an oak <0424>.



11 And Joab <3097> said <0559> unto the man < 0376> that told
<5046> him, And, behold <2009>, thou sawest < 7200> [him], and
why <4069> didst thou not smite <5221> him there < 8033> to the
ground <0776>? and I would have given <5414> thee ten <6235>
[shekels] of silver <3701>, and a girdle <2290>.



12 And the man <0376> said <0559> unto Joab < 3097>, Though
<3863> I should receive <8254> a thousand <0505> [shekels] of
silver <3701> in mine hand <3709>, [yet] would I not put <7971>
forth <7971> mine hand <3027> against <0413> the king's <4428>
son <1121>: for in our hearing <0241> the king < 4428> charged
<6680> thee and Abishai <52> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559>,
Beware <8104> that none [touch] the young <5288> man Absalom
<53>.



13 Otherwise <0176> I should have wrought <6213> falsehood
<8267> against mine own life <5315>: for there is no <3808>
matter <1697> hid <3582> from the king <4428>, and thou thyself
<0859> wouldest have set <3320> thyself against < 5048> [me].



14 Then said <0559> Joab <3097>, I may not tarry < 3176> thus
<3651> with thee. And he took <3947> three < 7969> darts <7626>
in his hand <3027>, and thrust <8628> them through the heart
<3820> of Absalom <53>, while <5750> he [was] yet alive <2416>
in the midst <3820> of the oak <0424>.



15 And ten <6235> young <5288> men that bare < 5375> Joab's
<3097> armour <3627> compassed <5437> about < 5437> and smote
<5221> Absalom <53>, and slew <4191> him.



16 And Joab <3097> blew <8628> the trumpet < 7782>, and the
people <5971> returned <7725> from pursuing < 7291> after <0310>
Israel <3478>: for Joab <3097> held <2820> back <2820> the
people <5971>.



17 And they took <3947> Absalom <53>, and cast < 7993> him into
<0413> a great <1419> pit <6354> in the wood <3293>, and laid
<5324> a very <3966> great <1419> heap < 1530> of stones <68>
upon him: and all <3605> Israel <3478> fled < 5127> every <0376>
one <0376> to his tent <0168>.



18 Now Absalom <53> in his lifetime <2416> had taken <3947> and
reared <5324> up for himself a pillar <4678>, which <0834> [is]
in the king's <4428> dale <6010>: for he said < 0559>, I have no
<0369> son <1121> to keep my name <8034> in remembrance <2142>:
and he called <7121> the pillar <4678> after < 5921> his own name
<8034>: and it is called <7121> unto this <2088> day <3117>,
Absalom's <53> place <3027>.



19. Then said <0559> Ahimaaz <0290> the son < 1121> of Zadok
<6659>, Let me now <4994> run <7323>, and bear <1319> the king
<4428> tidings <1319>, how that the LORD <3068> hath avenged
<8199> him of his enemies <0341>.



20 And Joab <3097> said <0559> unto him, Thou shalt not bear
<1319> tidings <1309> this <2088> day < 3117>, but thou shalt
bear <1319> tidings <1319> another <0312> day <3117>: but this
<2088> day <3117> thou shalt bear <1319> no < 3808> tidings
<1319>, because the king's <4428> son <1121> is dead <4191>.



21 Then said <0559> Joab <3097> to Cushi <3569> , Go <3212> tell
<5046> the king <4428> what <0834> thou hast seen <7200>. And
Cushi <3569> bowed <7812> himself unto Joab < 3097>, and ran
<7323>.



22 Then said <0559> Ahimaaz <0290> the son < 1121> of Zadok
<6659> yet <5750> again <3254> to Joab < 3097>, But howsoever,
let me, I pray <4994> thee, also <1571> run < 7323> after <0310>
Cushi <3569>. And Joab <3097> said <0559>, Wherefore wilt thou
run <7323>, my son <1121>, seeing that thou hast no <0369>
tidings <1309> ready <4672>?



23 But howsoever, [said he], let me run <7323>. And he said
<0559> unto him, Run <7323>. Then Ahimaaz <0290> ran <7323> by
the way <1870> of the plain <3603>, and overran < 5674> Cushi
<3569>.



24 And David <1732> sat <3427> between <0996> the two <8147>
gates <8179>: and the watchman <6822> went < 3212> up to the roof
<1406> over <0413> the gate <8179> unto the wall <2346>, and
lifted <5375> up his eyes <5869>, and looked < 7200>, and behold
<2009> a man <0376> running <7323> alone < 0905>.



25 And the watchman <6822> cried <7121>, and told <5046> the
king <4428>. And the king <4428> said <0559>, If <0518> he [be]
alone <0905>, [there is] tidings <1309> in his mouth <6310>. And
he came <3212> apace, and drew near <7126>.



26 And the watchman <6822> saw <7200> another < 0312> man <0376>
running <7323>: and the watchman <6822> called < 7121> unto the
porter <7778>, and said <0559>, Behold <2009> [another] man
<0376> running <7323> alone <0905>. And the king <4428> said
<0559>, He also <1571> bringeth <1319> tidings <1319>.



27 And the watchman <6822> said <0559>, Me thinketh <7200> the
running <4794> of the foremost <7223> is like the running <4794>
of Ahimaaz <0290> the son <1121> of Zadok <6659> . And the king
<4428> said <0559>, He [is] a good <2896> man <0376>, and cometh
<0935> with good <2896> tidings <1309>.



28 And Ahimaaz <0290> called <7121>, and said < 0559> unto the
king <4428>, All is well <7965>. And he fell < 7812> down <7821>
to the earth <0776> upon his face <0639> before the king <4428>,
and said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD < 3068> thy God
<0430>, which <0834> hath delivered <5462> up the men <0582>
that lifted <5375> up their hand <3027> against my lord <0113>
the king <4428>.



29 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Is the young < 5288> man
Absalom <53> safe <7965>? And Ahimaaz <0290> answered <0559>,
When Joab <3097> sent <7971> the king's <4428> servant <5650>,
and [me] thy servant <5650>, I saw <7200> a great < 1419> tumult
<1995>, but I knew <3045> not what <4100> [it was].



30 And the king <4428> said <0559> [unto him], Turn <5437>
aside <5437>, [and] stand <3320> here <3541>. And he turned
<5437> aside <5437>, and stood <5975> still.



31 And, behold <2009>, Cushi <3569> came <0935> ; and Cushi
<3569> said <0559>, Tidings <1319>, my lord < 0113> the king
<4428>: for the LORD <3068> hath avenged <8199> thee this day
<3117> of all <3605> them that rose <6965> up against <5921>
thee.



32 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Cushi < 3569>, Is the
young <5288> man Absalom <53> safe <7965>? And Cushi <3569>
answered <0559>, The enemies <0341> of my lord < 0113> the king
<4428>, and all <3605> that rise <6965> against <5921> thee to
do [thee] hurt <7451>, be as [that] young <5288> man [is].



33 And the king <4428> was much moved <7264>, and went <5927>
up to the chamber <5944> over <5921> the gate < 8179>, and wept
<1058>: and as he went <3212>, thus <3541> he said <0559>, O my
son <1121> Absalom <53>, my son <1121>, my son <1121> Absalom
<53>! would God I had died <4191> for thee, O Absalom <53>, my
son <1121>, my son <1121>!



2Samuel 19



1. And it was told <5046> Joab <3097>, Behold < 2009>, the king
<4428> weepeth <1058> and mourneth <56> for Absalom <53>.



2 And the victory <8668> that day <3117> was [turned] into
mourning <60> unto all <3605> the people <5971>: for the people
<5971> heard <8085> say <0559> that day < 3117> how the king
<4428> was grieved <6087> for his son <1121>.



3 And the people <5971> gat <0935> them by stealth <1589> that
day <3117> into the city <5892>, as people < 5971> being ashamed
<3637> steal <1589> away when they flee <5127> in battle <4421>.



4 But the king <4428> covered <3813> his face < 6440>, and the
king <4428> cried <2199> with a loud <1419> voice <6963>, O my
son <1121> Absalom <53>, O Absalom <53>, my son <1121>, my son
<1121>!



5 And Joab <3097> came <0935> into the house < 1004> to the king
<4428>, and said <0559>, Thou hast shamed <3001> this day <3117>
the faces <6440> of all <3605> thy servants < 5650>, which this
day <3117> have saved <4422> thy life <5315>, and the lives
<5315> of thy sons <1121> and of thy daughters < 1121>, and the
lives <5315> of thy wives <0802>, and the lives < 5315> of thy
concubines <6370>;



6 In that thou lovest <0157> thine enemies <8130>, and hatest
<8130> thy friends <0157>. For thou hast declared < 5046> this
day <3117>, that thou regardest neither <0369> princes <8269>
nor servants <5650>: for this day <3117> I perceive <3045>, that
if <3863> Absalom <53> had lived <2416>, and all <3605> we had
died <4191> this day <3117>, then <0227> it had pleased thee
well.



7 Now <6258> therefore arise <6965>, go <3318> forth <3318>,
and speak <1696> comfortably unto thy servants <5650>: for I
swear <7650> by the LORD <3068>, if <3588> thou go <3318> not
forth <3318>, there will not tarry <3885> one < 0376> with thee
this night <3915>: and that will be worse <7489> unto thee than
all <3605> the evil <7451> that befell <0935> thee from thy
youth <5271> until <5704> now <6258>.



8 Then the king <4428> arose <6965>, and sat < 3427> in the gate
<8179>. And they told <5046> unto all <3605> the people <5971>,
saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, the king <4428> doth sit <3427> in
the gate <8179>. And all <3605> the people < 5971> came <0935>
before <6440> the king <4428>: for Israel <3478> had fled <5127>
every man <0376> to his tent <0168>.



9. And all <3605> the people <5971> were at strife <1777>
throughout all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel < 3478>, saying
<0559>, The king <4428> saved <5337> us out of the hand <3709>
of our enemies <0341>, and he delivered <4422> us out of the
hand <3709> of the Philistines <6430>; and now < 6258> he is fled
<1272> out of the land <0776> for Absalom <53>.



10 And Absalom <53>, whom <0834> we anointed < 4886> over <5921>
us, is dead <4191> in battle <4421>. Now <6258> therefore why
<4100> speak <2790> ye not a word of bringing < 7725> the king
<4428> back <7725>?



11 And king <4428> David <1732> sent <7971> to Zadok <6659> and
to Abiathar <54> the priests <3548>, saying < 0559>, Speak <1696>
unto the elders <2205> of Judah <3063>, saying < 0559>, Why
<4100> are ye the last <0314> to bring <7725> the king <4428>
back <7725> to his house <1004>? seeing the speech <1697> of all
<3605> Israel <3478> is come <0935> to the king <4428>, [even]
to his house <1004>.



12 Ye [are] my brethren <0251>, ye [are] my bones < 6106> and my
flesh <1320>: wherefore <4100> then are ye the last <0314> to
bring <7725> back <7725> the king <4428>?



13 And say <0559> ye to Amasa <6021>, [Art] thou not of my bone
<6106>, and of my flesh <1320>? God <0430> do <6213> so <3541>
to me, and more <3254> also <3541>, if <0518> thou be not
captain <8269> of the host <6635> before <6440> me continually
in the room <8478> of Joab <3097>.



14 And he bowed <5186> the heart <3824> of all < 3605> the men
<0376> of Judah <3063>, even as [the heart of] one <0259> man
<0376>; so that they sent <7971> [this word] unto the king
<4428>, Return <7725> thou, and all <3605> thy servants <5650>.



15 So the king <4428> returned <7725>, and came < 0935> to
Jordan <3383>. And Judah <3063> came <0935> to Gilgal <1537>, to
go <3212> to meet <7125> the king <4428>, to conduct <5674> the
king <4428> over <5674> Jordan <3383>.



16. And Shimei <8096> the son <1121> of Gera < 1617>, a
Benjamite <1145>, which <0834> [was] of Bahurim < 0980>, hasted
<4116> and came <3381> down <3381> with the men <0376> of Judah
<3063> to meet <7125> king <4428> David < 1732>.



17 And [there were] a thousand <0505> men <0376> of Benjamin
<1144> with him, and Ziba <6717> the servant < 5288> of the house
<1004> of Saul <7586>, and his fifteen <6240> sons <1121> and
his twenty <6242> servants <5650> with him; and they went <6743>
over <6743> Jordan <3383> before <6440> the king <4428>.



18 And there went <5674> over <5674> a ferry < 5679> boat <5679>
to carry <5674> over <5674> the king's <4428> household <1004>,
and to do <6213> what he thought <5869> good < 2896>. And Shimei
<8096> the son <1121> of Gera <1617> fell < 5307> down before
<6440> the king <4428>, as he was come <5674> over <5674> Jordan
<3383>;



19 And said <0559> unto the king <4428>, Let not my lord <0113>
impute <2803> iniquity <5771> unto me, neither < 0408> do thou
remember <2142> that which <0834> thy servant < 5650> did
perversely <5753> the day <3117> that my lord < 0113> the king
<4428> went <3318> out of Jerusalem <3389>, that the king <4428>
should take <7760> it to his heart <3820>.



20 For thy servant <5650> doth know <3045> that I have sinned
<2398>: therefore, behold <2009>, I am come < 0935> the first
<7223> this day <3117> of all <3605> the house <1004> of Joseph
<3130> to go <3381> down <3381> to meet < 7125> my lord <0113>
the king <4428>.



21 But Abishai <52> the son <1121> of Zeruiah < 6870> answered
<6030> and said <0559>, Shall not Shimei <8096> be put to death
<4191> for this <2063>, because <3588> he cursed <7043> the
LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>?



22 And David <1732> said <0559>, What <4100> have I to do with
you, ye sons <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>, that ye should this day
<3117> be adversaries <7854> unto me? shall there any man <0376>
be put to death <4191> this day <3117> in Israel < 3478>? for do
not I know <3045> that I [am] this day <3117> king <4428> over
<5921> Israel <3478>?



23 Therefore the king <4428> said <0559> unto Shimei <8096>,
Thou shalt not die <4191>. And the king <4428> sware <7650> unto
him.



24. And Mephibosheth <4648> the son <1121> of Saul <7586> came
<3381> down <3381> to meet <7125> the king < 4428>, and had
neither <3808> dressed <6213> his feet <7272>, nor <3808>
trimmed <6213> his beard <8222>, nor <3808> washed <3526> his
clothes <0899>, from the day <3117> the king < 4428> departed
<3212> until <5704> the day <3117> he came < 0935> [again] in
peace <7965>.



25 And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> he was come <0935>
to Jerusalem <3389> to meet <7125> the king < 4428>, that the
king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Wherefore < 4100> wentest
<1980> not thou with me, Mephibosheth <4648>?



26 And he answered <0559>, My lord <0113>, O king <4428>, my
servant <5650> deceived <7411> me: for thy servant <5650> said
<0559>, I will saddle <2280> me an ass <2543>, that I may ride
<7392> thereon <5921>, and go <3212> to the king <4428>; because
<3588> thy servant <5650> [is] lame <6455>.



27 And he hath slandered <7270> thy servant <5650> unto my lord
<0113> the king <4428>; but my lord <0113> the king <4428> [is]
as an angel <4397> of God <0430>: do <6213> therefore [what is]
good <2896> in thine eyes <5869>.



28 For all <3605> [of] my father's <1> house < 1004> were but
dead <4194> men <0582> before <6440> my lord <0113> the king
<4428>: yet didst thou set <7896> thy servant < 5650> among them
that did eat <0398> at thine own table <7979>. What <4100> right
<6666> therefore have <3426> I yet to cry <2199> any more <5750>
unto the king <4428>?



29 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Why < 4100>
speakest <1696> thou any more <5750> of thy matters <1697>? I
have said <0559>, Thou and Ziba <6717> divide < 2505> the land
<7704>.



30 And Mephibosheth <4648> said <0559> unto the king <4428>,
Yea <0637>, let him take <3947> all <3605>, forasmuch as my lord
<0113> the king <4428> is come <0935> again < 7725> in peace
<7965> unto his own house <1004>.



31. And Barzillai <1271> the Gileadite <1569> came <3381> down
<3381> from Rogelim <7274>, and went <5674> over <5674> Jordan
<3383> with the king <4428>, to conduct <7971> him over <5674>
Jordan <3383>.



32 Now Barzillai <1271> was a very <3966> aged < 2204> man,
[even] fourscore <8084> years <8141> old <1121>: and he had
provided the king <4428> of sustenance <3557> while he lay
<7871> at Mahanaim <4266>; for he [was] a very < 3966> great
<1419> man <0376>.



33 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Barzillai <1271>, Come
<5674> thou over <5674> with me, and I will feed < 3557> thee
with me in Jerusalem <3389>.



34 And Barzillai <1271> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, How
<4100> long <3117> have I to live <2416>, that I should go
<5927> up with the king <4428> unto Jerusalem < 3389>?



35 I [am] this day <3117> fourscore <8084> years < 8141> old
<1121>: [and] can I discern <3045> between < 0996> good <2896>
and evil <7451>? can thy servant <5650> taste < 2938> what I eat
<0398> or <0854> what I drink <8354>? can I hear <8085> any more
<5750> the voice <6963> of singing <7891> men <0582> and singing
<7891> women? wherefore <4100> then should thy servant <5650> be
yet <5750> a burden <4853> unto my lord <0113> the king <4428>?



36 Thy servant <5650> will go <5674> a little < 4592> way over
<5674> Jordan <3383> with the king <4428>: and why <4100> should
the king <4428> recompense <1580> it me with such < 2063> a
reward <1578>?



37 Let thy servant <5650>, I pray <4994> thee, turn <7725> back
<7725> again <7725>, that I may die <4191> in mine own city
<5892>, [and be buried] by the grave <6913> of my father <1> and
of my mother <0517>. But behold <2009> thy servant <5650>
Chimham <3643>; let him go <5674> over <5674> with my lord
<3068> the king <4428>; and do <6213> to him what shall seem
good <2896> unto thee.



38 And the king <4428> answered <0559>, Chimham < 3643> shall go
<5674> over with me, and I will do <6213> to him that which
shall seem good <2896> unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt
require <0977> of me, [that] will I do <6213> for thee.



39 And all <3605> the people <5971> went <5674> over Jordan
<3383>. And when the king <4428> was come <5674> over, the king
<4428> kissed <5401> Barzillai <1271>, and blessed <1288> him;
and he returned <7725> unto his own place <4725>.



40. Then the king <4428> went <5674> on to Gilgal <1537>, and
Chimham <3643> went <5674> on with him: and all < 3605> the
people <5971> of Judah <3063> conducted <5674> the king <4428>,
and also <1571> half <2677> the people <5971> of Israel <3478>.



41 And, behold <2009>, all <3605> the men < 0376> of Israel
<3478> came <0935> to the king <4428>, and said <0559> unto the
king <4428>, Why <4069> have our brethren <0251> the men <0376>
of Judah <3063> stolen <1589> thee away, and have brought <5674>
the king <4428>, and his household <1004>, and all <3605>
David's <1732> men <0582> with him, over Jordan < 3383>?



42 And all <3605> the men <0376> of Judah < 3063> answered
<6030> the men <0376> of Israel <3478>, Because <3588> the king
<4428> [is] near <7138> of kin to us: wherefore < 4100> then be
ye angry <2734> for this <2088> matter <1697>? have we eaten
<0398> at all of the king's <4428> [cost]? or hath he given
<5375> us any gift <5379>?



43 And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> answered < 6030> the men
<0376> of Judah <3063>, and said <0559>, We have ten <6235>
parts in the king <4428>, and we have also <1571> more [right
<3225>] in David <1732> than ye: why <4069> then did ye despise
<7043> us, that our advice <1697> should not be first <7223> had
in bringing <7725> back <7725> our king <4428>? And the words
<1697> of the men <0376> of Judah <3063> were fiercer <7185>
than the words <1697> of the men <0376> of Israel < 3478>.



2Samuel 20



1. And there <8033> happened <7122> to be there a man <0376> of
Belial <1100>, whose name <8034> [was] Sheba < 7652>, the son
<1121> of Bichri <1075>, a Benjamite <1145>: and he blew <8628>
a trumpet <7782>, and said <0559>, We have no < 0369> part <2506>
in David <1732>, neither <3808> have we inheritance <5159> in
the son <1121> of Jesse <3448>: every <0376> man <0376> to his
tents <0168>, O Israel <3478>.



2 So every <0376> man <0376> of Israel <3478> went <5927> up
from after <0310> David <1732>, [and] followed < 0310> Sheba
<7652> the son <1121> of Bichri <1075>: but the men <0376> of
Judah <3063> clave <1692> unto their king <4428> , from Jordan
<3383> even to Jerusalem <3389>.



3 And David <1732> came <0935> to his house < 1004> at Jerusalem
<3389>; and the king <4428> took <3947> the ten <6235> women
<0802> [his] concubines <6370>, whom <0834> he had left <3240>
to keep <8104> the house <1004>, and put <5414> them in ward
<4931>, and fed <3557> them, but went <0935> not in unto them.
So they were shut <6887> up unto the day <3117> of their death
<4191>, living <2424> in widowhood <0491>.



4. Then said <0559> the king <4428> to Amasa < 6021>, Assemble
<2199> me the men <0376> of Judah <3063> within three <7969>
days <3117>, and be thou here <6311> present < 5975>.



5 So Amasa <6021> went <3212> to assemble < 2199> [the men of]
Judah <3063>: but he tarried <3186> longer than < 4480> the set
<4150> time which <0834> he had appointed <3259> him.



6 And David <1732> said <0559> to Abishai <52>, Now <6258>
shall Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of Bichri < 1075> do us more
harm <3415> than <4480> [did] Absalom <53>: take <3947> thou thy
lord's <0113> servants <5650>, and pursue <7291> after <0310>
him, lest <6435> he get <4672> him fenced <1211> cities <5892>,
and escape <5337> us.



7 And there went <3318> out after <0310> him Joab's <3097> men
<0582>, and the Cherethites <3774>, and the Pelethites <6432>,
and all <3605> the mighty <1368> men: and they went <3318> out
of Jerusalem <3389>, to pursue <7291> after < 0310> Sheba <7652>
the son <1121> of Bichri <1075>.



8 When they [were] at <5973> the great <1419> stone <68> which
<0834> [is] in Gibeon <1391>, Amasa <6021> went <0935> before
<6440> them. And Joab's <3097> garment <4055> that he had put
<5414> on was girded <2296> unto him, and upon it a girdle
<2290> [with] a sword <2719> fastened <6775> upon his loins
<4975> in the sheath <8593> thereof; and as he went <3318> forth
<3318> it fell <5307> out.



9 And Joab <3097> said <0559> to Amasa <6021>, [Art] thou in
health <7965>, my brother <0251>? And Joab < 3097> took <0270>
Amasa <6021> by the beard <2206> with the right < 3225> hand
<3027> to kiss <5401> him.



10 But Amasa <6021> took no <3808> heed <8104> to the sword
<2719> that [was] in Joab's <3097> hand <3027>: so he smote
<5221> him therewith in the fifth <2570> [rib], and shed <8210>
out his bowels <4578> to the ground <0776>, and struck <8138>
him not again <8138>; and he died <4191>. So Joab < 3097> and
Abishai <52> his brother <0251> pursued <7291> after <0310>
Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of Bichri <1075>.



11 And one <0376> of Joab's <3097> men <0376> stood <5975> by
him, and said <0559>, He that favoureth <2654> Joab <3097>, and
he that [is] for David <1732>, [let him go] after < 0310> Joab
<3097>.



12 And Amasa <6021> wallowed <1556> in blood < 1818> in the
midst <8432> of the highway <4546>. And when the man <0376> saw
<7200> that all <3605> the people <5971> stood <5975> still, he
removed <5437> Amasa <6021> out of the highway < 4546> into the
field <7704>, and cast <7993> a cloth <0899> upon him, when he
saw <7200> that every <3605> one that came < 0935> by him stood
<5975> still.



13 When he was removed <3014> out of the highway < 4546>, all
<3605> the people <0376> went <5674> on after <0310> Joab <3097>,
to pursue <7291> after <0310> Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of
Bichri <1075>.



14. And he went <5674> through all <3605> the tribes <7626> of
Israel <3478> unto Abel <62>, and to Bethmaachah < 1038>, and all
<3605> the Berites <1276>: and they were gathered < 7035>
together, and went <0935> also <0637> after < 0310> him.



15 And they came <0935> and besieged <6696> him in Abel <62> of
Bethmaachah <1038>, and they cast <8210> up a bank <5550>
against <0413> the city <5892>, and it stood < 5975> in the
trench <2426>: and all <3605> the people <5971> that [were] with
Joab <3097> battered <7843> the wall <2346>, to throw <5307> it
down <5307>.



16 Then cried <7121> a wise <2450> woman <0802> out of the city
<5892>, Hear <8085>, hear <8085>; say < 0559>, I pray <4994> you,
unto Joab <3097>, Come <7126> near <7126> hither, that I may
speak <1696> with thee.



17 And when he was come <7126> near <7126> unto her, the woman
<0802> said <0559>, [Art] thou Joab <3097>? And he answered
<0559>, I [am he]. Then she said <0559> unto him, Hear <8085>
the words <1697> of thine handmaid <0519>. And he answered
<0559>, I do hear <8085>.



18 Then she spake <0559>, saying <0559>, They were wont <1696>
to speak <1696> in old <7223> time, saying < 0559>, They shall
surely ask <7592> [counsel] at Abel <59>: and so < 3651> they
ended <8552> [the matter].



19 I [am one of them that are] peaceable <7999> [and] faithful
<0539> in Israel <3478>: thou seekest <1245> to destroy <4191> a
city <5892> and a mother <0517> in Israel <3478> : why <4100>
wilt thou swallow <1104> up the inheritance <5159> of the LORD
<3068>?



20 And Joab <3097> answered <6030> and said < 0559>, Far <2486>
be it, far <2486> be it from me, that I should swallow < 1104> up
or destroy <7843>.



21 The matter <1697> [is] not so <3651>: but a man <0376> of
mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of
Bichri <1075> by name <8034>, hath lifted <5375> up his hand
<3027> against the king <4428>, [even] against David <1732>:
deliver <5414> him only, and I will depart <3212> from the city
<5892>. And the woman <0802> said <0559> unto Joab <3097>,
Behold <2009>, his head <7218> shall be thrown < 7993> to thee
over <1157> the wall <2346>.



22 Then the woman <0802> went <0935> unto all < 3605> the people
<5971> in her wisdom <2451>. And they cut <3772> off the head
<7218> of Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of Bichri <1075>, and cast
<7993> [it] out to Joab <3097>. And he blew < 8628> a trumpet
<7782>, and they retired <6327> from the city < 5892>, every man
<0376> to his tent <0168>. And Joab <3097> returned <7725> to
Jerusalem <3389> unto the king <4428>.



23. Now Joab <3097> [was] over <0413> all < 3605> the host
<6635> of Israel <3478>: and Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of
Jehoiada <3111> [was] over <5921> the Cherethites < 3774> and
over <5921> the Pelethites <6432>:



24 And Adoram <0151> [was] over <5921> the tribute <4522>: and
Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of Ahilud < 0286> [was]
recorder <2142>:



25 And Sheva <7724> [was] scribe <5608>: and Zadok <6659> and
Abiathar <54> [were] the priests <3548>:



26 And Ira <5896> also <1571> the Jairite < 2972> was a chief
<3548> ruler about David <1732>.



2Samuel 21



1. Then there was a famine <7458> in the days <3117> of David
<1732> three <7969> years <8141>, year < 8141> after <0310> year
<8141>; and David <1732> enquired <1245> of the LORD <3068>. And
the LORD <3068> answered <0559>, [It is] for Saul < 7586>, and
for [his] bloody <1818> house <1004>, because he slew <4191> the
Gibeonites <1393>.



2 And the king <4428> called <7121> the Gibeonites <1393>, and
said <0559> unto them; (now the Gibeonites <1393> [were] not of
the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, but of the remnant <3499>
of the Amorites <0567>; and the children <1121> of Israel <3478>
had sworn <7650> unto them: and Saul <7586> sought <1245> to
slay <5221> them in his zeal <7065> to the children <1121> of
Israel <3478> and Judah <3063>.)



3 Wherefore David <1732> said <0559> unto the Gibeonites <1393>,
What <4100> shall I do <6213> for you? and wherewith <4100>
shall I make the atonement <3722>, that ye may bless < 1288> the
inheritance <5159> of the LORD <3068>?



4 And the Gibeonites <1393> said <0559> unto him, We will have
no <0369> silver <3701> nor gold <2091> of Saul <7586>, nor of
his house <1004>; neither <0369> for us shalt thou kill <4191>
any man <0376> in Israel <3478>. And he said < 0559>, What <4100>
ye shall say <0559>, [that] will I do <6213> for you.



5 And they answered <0559> the king <4428>, The man <0376> that
consumed <3615> us, and that devised <1819> against us [that] we
should be destroyed <8045> from remaining <3320> in any <3605>
of the coasts <1366> of Israel <3478>,



6 Let seven <7651> men <0582> of his sons < 1121> be delivered
<5414> unto us, and we will hang <3363> them up unto the LORD
<3068> in Gibeah <1390> of Saul <7586>, [whom] the LORD <3068>
did choose <0972>. And the king <4428> said < 0559>, I will give
<5414> [them].



7 But the king <4428> spared <2550> Mephibosheth < 4648>, the
son <1121> of Jonathan <3083> the son <1121> of Saul <7586>,
because <5921> of the LORD'S <3068> oath <7621> that [was]
between <0996> them, between <0996> David <1732> and Jonathan
<3083> the son <1121> of Saul <7586>.



8 But the king <4428> took <3947> the two < 8147> sons <1121> of
Rizpah <7532> the daughter <1323> of Aiah <0345> , whom <0834>
she bare <3205> unto Saul <7586>, Armoni <0764> and Mephibosheth
<4648>; and the five <2568> sons <1121> of Michal <4324> the
daughter <1323> of Saul <7586>, whom she brought < 3205> up for
Adriel <5741> the son <1121> of Barzillai <1271> the Meholathite
<4259>:



9 And he delivered <5414> them into the hands <3027> of the
Gibeonites <1393>, and they hanged <3363> them in the hill
<2022> before <6440> the LORD <3068>: and they fell <5307> [all]
seven <7651> together <3162>, and were put to death <4191> in
the days of harvest <7105>, in the first <7223> [days], in the
beginning <8462> of barley <8184> harvest <7105> .



10. And Rizpah <7532> the daughter <1323> of Aiah <0345> took
<3947> sackcloth <8242>, and spread <5186> it for her upon the
rock <6697>, from the beginning <8462> of harvest < 7105> until
<5704> water <4325> dropped <5413> upon them out of heaven
<8064>, and suffered <5414> neither <3808> the birds <5775> of
the air <8064> to rest <5117> on <5921> them by day <3119>, nor
the beasts <2416> of the field <7704> by night < 3915>.



11 And it was told <5046> David <1732> what Rizpah <7532> the
daughter <1323> of Aiah <0345>, the concubine < 6370> of Saul
<7586>, had done <6213>.



12 And David <1732> went <3212> and took <3947> the bones
<6106> of Saul <7586> and the bones <6106> of Jonathan <3083>
his son <1121> from the men <1167> of Jabeshgilead, which <0834>
had stolen <1589> them from the street <7339> of Bethshan <1052>,
where the Philistines <6430> had hanged <8511> them, when
<3117> the Philistines <6430> had <1961> slain <5221> Saul
<7586> in Gilboa <1533>:



13 And he brought <5927> up from thence <8033> the bones <6106>
of Saul <7586> and the bones <6106> of Jonathan < 3083> his son
<1121>; and they gathered <0622> the bones < 6106> of them that
were hanged <3363>.



14 And the bones <6106> of Saul <7586> and Jonathan <3083> his
son <1121> buried <6912> they in the country < 0776> of Benjamin
<1144> in Zelah <6762>, in the sepulchre <6913> of Kish <7027>
his father <1>: and they performed <6213> all < 3605> that the
king <4428> commanded <6680>. And after <0310> that God <0430>
was intreated <6279> for the land <0776>.



15. Moreover the Philistines <6430> had <1961> yet <5750> war
<4421> again <5750> with Israel <3478>; and David <1732> went
<3381> down <3381>, and his servants <5650> with him, and fought
<3898> against the Philistines <6430>: and David < 1732> waxed
faint <5774>.



16 And Ishbibenob <3430>, which <0834> [was] of the sons <3211>
of the giant <7497>, the weight <4948> of whose spear <7013>
[weighed] three <7969> hundred <3967> [shekels] of brass <5178>
in weight <4948>, he being girded <2296> with a new <2319>
[sword], thought <0559> to have slain <5221> David <1732>.



17 But Abishai <52> the son <1121> of Zeruiah < 6870> succoured
<5826> him, and smote <5221> the Philistine < 6430>, and killed
<4191> him. Then <0227> the men <0582> of David <1732> sware
<7650> unto him, saying <0559>, Thou shalt go < 3318> no <3808>
more <5750> out with us to battle <4421>, that thou quench
<3518> not the light <5216> of Israel <3478>.



18 And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this < 3651>, that
there was again <5750> a battle <4421> with the Philistines
<6430> at Gob <1359>: then <0227> Sibbechai < 5444> the
Hushathite <2843> slew <5221> Saph <5593>, which <0834> [was] of
the sons <3211> of the giant <7497>.



19 And there was again <5750> a battle <4421> in Gob <1359>
with the Philistines <6430>, where Elhanan <0445> the son <1121>
of Jaareoregim <3296>, a Bethlehemite <1022>, slew <5221> [the
brother of] Goliath <1555> the Gittite <1663>, the staff <6086>
of whose spear <2595> [was] like a weaver's <0707> beam <4500>.



20 And there was yet <5750> a battle <4421> in Gath <1661>,
where was a man <0376> of [great] stature <4055>, that had on
every hand <3027> six <8337> fingers <0676>, and on every foot
<7272> six <8337> toes <0676>, four <0702> and twenty <6242> in
number <4557>; and he also <1571> was born < 3205> to the giant
<7497>.



21 And when he defied <2778> Israel <3478>, Jonathan <3083> the
son <1121> of Shimea <8096> the brother <0251> of David <1732>
slew <5221> him.



22 These <0428> four <0702> were born <3205> to the giant
<7497> in Gath <1661>, and fell <5307> by the hand <3027> of
David <1732>, and by the hand <3027> of his servants <5650>.



2Samuel 22



1. And David <1732> spake <1696> unto the LORD < 3068> the words
<1697> of this <2063> song <7892> in the day <3117> [that] the
LORD <3068> had delivered <5337> him out of the hand <3709> of
all <3605> his enemies <0341>, and out of the hand <3709> of
Saul <7586>:



2. And he said <0559>, The LORD <3068> [is] my rock <5553>, and
my fortress <4686>, and my deliverer <6403>;



3 The God <0430> of my rock <6697>; in him will I trust <2620>:
[he is] my shield <4043>, and the horn <7161> of my salvation
<3468>, my high <4869> tower <4869>, and my refuge <4498>, my
saviour <3467>; thou savest <3467> me from violence <2555>.



4 I will call <7121> on the LORD <3068>, [who is] worthy to be
praised <1984>: so shall I be saved <3467> from mine enemies
<0341>.



5 When <3588> the waves <4867> of death <4194> compassed <0661>
me, the floods <5158> of ungodly <1100> men made < 7760> me
afraid <1204>;



6 The sorrows <2256> of hell <7585> compassed < 5437> me about
<5437>; the snares <4170> of death <4194> prevented <6923> me;



7 In my distress <6362> I called <7121> upon the LORD <3068>,
and cried <7121> to my God <0430>: and he did hear <8085> my
voice <6963> out of his temple <1964>, and my cry < 7775> [did
enter] into his ears <0241>.



8 Then the earth <0776> shook <1607> and trembled <7493>; the
foundations <4146> of heaven <8064> moved <7264> and shook
<1607>, because <3588> he was wroth <2734>.



9 There went <5927> up a smoke <6227> out of his nostrils
<0639>, and fire <0784> out of his mouth <6310> devoured <0398>:
coals <1513> were kindled <1197> by it.



10 He bowed <5186> the heavens <8064> also, and came <3381>
down <3381>; and darkness <6205> [was] under < 8478> his feet
<7272>.



11 And he rode <7392> upon a cherub <3742>, and did fly <5774>:
and he was seen <7200> upon the wings <3671> of the wind <7307>.



12 And he made <7896> darkness <2822> pavilions < 5521> round
<5439> about him, dark <2841> waters <4325>, [and] thick clouds
<5645> of the skies <7834>.



13 Through the brightness <5051> before <5048> him were coals
<1513> of fire <0784> kindled <1197>.



14 The LORD <3068> thundered <7481> from heaven < 8064>, and the
most <6944> High <5945> uttered <5414> his voice <6963>.



15 And he sent <7971> out arrows <2671>, and scattered <6327>
them; lightning <1300>, and discomfited <2000> them.



16 And the channels <0650> of the sea <3220> appeared <7200>,
the foundations <4146> of the world <8398> were discovered
<1540>, at the rebuking <1606> of the LORD < 3068>, at the blast
<5397> of the breath <7307> of his nostrils < 0639>.



17 He sent <7971> from above <4791>, he took < 3947> me; he drew
<4871> me out of many <7227> waters <4325>;



18 He delivered <5337> me from my strong <5794> enemy <0341>,
[and] from them that hated <8130> me: for they were too strong
<0553> for me.



19 They prevented <6923> me in the day <3117> of my calamity
<0343>: but the LORD <3068> was my stay <4937>.



20 He brought <3318> me forth <3318> also into a large <4800>
place: he delivered <2502> me, because <3588> he delighted
<2654> in me.



21 The LORD <3068> rewarded <1580> me according to my
righteousness <6666>: according to the cleanness < 1252> of my
hands <3027> hath he recompensed <7725> me.



22 For I have kept <8104> the ways <1870> of the LORD <3068>,
and have not wickedly <7561> departed from my God < 0430>.



23 For all <3605> his judgments <4941> [were] before <5048> me:
and [as for] his statutes <2708>, I did not depart < 5493> from
them.



24 I was also upright <8549> before him, and have kept < 8104>
myself from mine iniquity <5771>.



25 Therefore the LORD <3068> hath recompensed <7725> me
according to my righteousness <6666>; according to my cleanness
<1252> in his eye <5869> sight <5869>.



26 With the merciful <2623> thou wilt shew thyself merciful
<2616>, [and] with the upright <8549> man thou wilt shew thyself
upright <8552>.



27 With the pure <2889> thou wilt shew thyself pure < 1305>; and
with the froward <6141> thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury <6617>.



28 And the afflicted <6041> people <5971> thou wilt save <3467>:
but thine eyes <5869> [are] upon the haughty <7311>, [that]
thou mayest bring <8213> [them] down <3381>.



29 For thou [art] my lamp <5216>, O LORD <3068>: and the LORD
<3068> will lighten <5050> my darkness <2822>.



30 For by thee I have run <7323> through a troop < 1416>: by my
God <0430> have I leaped <1801> over a wall < 7791>.



31 [As for] God <0410>, his way <1870> [is] perfect <8549>; the
word <0565> of the LORD <3068> [is] tried <6884> : he [is] a
buckler <4043> to all <3605> them that trust < 2620> in him.



32 For who <4310> [is] God <0410>, save <1107> the LORD <3068>?
and who [is] a rock <6697>, save <1107> our God < 0430>?



33 God <0410> [is] my strength <4581> [and] power <2428>: and
he maketh my way <1870> perfect <8549>.



34 He maketh <7737> my feet <7272> like <7737> hinds <0355>'
[feet <7272>]: and setteth <5975> me upon my high < 1116> places.



35 He teacheth <3925> my hands <3027> to war < 4421>; so that a
bow <7198> of steel <5154> is broken <5181> by mine arms <2220>.



36 Thou hast also given <5414> me the shield <4043> of thy
salvation <3468>: and thy gentleness <6031> hath made me great
<7235>.



37 Thou hast enlarged <7337> my steps <6806> under <8478> me;
so that my feet <7166> did not slip <4571>.



38 I have pursued <7291> mine enemies <0341>, and destroyed
<8045> them; and turned <7725> not again <7725> until <5704> I
had consumed <3615> them.



39 And I have consumed <3615> them, and wounded < 4272> them,
that they could not arise <6965>: yea, they are fallen < 5307>
under <8478> my feet <7272>.



40 For thou hast girded <0247> me with strength < 2428> to
battle <4421>: them that rose <6965> up against me hast thou
subdued <3766> under <8478> me.



41 Thou hast also given <5414> me the necks <6203> of mine
enemies <0341>, that I might destroy <6789> them that hate
<8130> me.



42 They looked <8159>, but [there was] none <0369> to save
<3467>; [even] unto the LORD <3068>, but he answered <6030> them
not.



43 Then did I beat <7833> them as small as the dust < 6083> of
the earth <0776>, I did stamp <1854> them as the mire <2916> of
the street <2351>, [and] did spread <7554> them abroad <7554>.



44 Thou also hast delivered <6403> me from the strivings <7379>
of my people <5971>, thou hast kept <8104> me [to be] head
<7218> of the heathen <1471>: a people <5971> [which] I knew
<3045> not shall serve <5647> me.



45 Strangers shall submit <3584> themselves unto me: as soon as
they hear <8085>, they shall be obedient <8085> unto me.



46 Strangers shall fade <5034> away, and they shall be afraid
<2296> out of their close <4526> places.



47 The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>; and blessed < 1288> [be] my
rock <6697>; and exalted <7311> be the God < 0430> of the rock
<6697> of my salvation <3468>.



48 It [is] God <0410> that avengeth me, and that bringeth
<3381> down <8213> the people <5971> under < 8478> me,



49 And that bringeth <3318> me forth <4161> from mine enemies
<0341>: thou also hast lifted <7311> me up on high <7311> above
them that rose <6965> up against me: thou hast delivered <5337>
me from the violent <2555> man <0376>.



50 Therefore I will give thanks <3034> unto thee, O LORD <3068>,
among the heathen <1471>, and I will sing praises unto thy name
<8034>.



51 [He is] the tower <1431> of salvation <3444> for his king
<4428>: and sheweth <6213> mercy <2617> to his anointed <4899>,
unto David <1732>, and to his seed <2233> for evermore <5769>.



2Samuel 23



1. Now these <0428> [be] the last <0314> words < 1697> of David
<1732>. David <1732> the son <1121> of Jesse <3448> said <5002>,
and the man <1397> [who was] raised <6965> up on high <5920>,
the anointed <4899> of the God <0430> of Jacob < 3290>, and the
sweet <5273> psalmist <2158> of Israel <3478>, said <5002>,



2 The Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> spake < 1696> by me, and
his word <4405> [was] in my tongue <3956>.



3 The God <0430> of Israel <3478> said <0559>, the Rock <6697>
of Israel <3478> spake <1696> to me, He that ruleth <4910> over
men <0120> [must be] just <6662>, ruling <4910> in the fear
<3374> of God <0430>.



4 And [he shall be] as the light <0216> of the morning < 1242>,
[when] the sun <8121> riseth <2224>, [even] a morning <1242>
without <3808> clouds <5645>; [as] the tender grass <1877>
[springing] out of the earth <0776> by clear shining < 5051>
after rain <4306>.



5 Although <3588> my house <1004> [be] not so < 3651> with God
<0410>; yet <3588> he hath made <7760> with me an everlasting
<5769> covenant <1285>, ordered <6186> in all <3605> [things],
and sure <8104>: for [this is] all <3605> my salvation <3468>,
and all <3605> [my] desire <2656>, although < 3588> he make [it]
not to grow <6779>.



6 But [the sons] of Belial <1100> [shall be] all < 3605> of them
as thorns <6975> thrust <5074> away <5074>, because <3588> they
cannot <3808> be taken <3947> with hands <3027>:



7 But the man <0376> [that] shall touch <5060> them must be
fenced <4390> with iron <1270> and the staff < 6086> of a spear
<2595>; and they shall be utterly burned <8313> with fire <0784>
in the [same] place <7675>.



8. These <0428> [be] the names <8034> of the mighty <1368> men
whom <0834> David <1732> had: The Tachmonite < 8461> that sat
<3427> in the seat <7674>, chief <7218> among the captains
<7991>; the same <1931> [was] Adino <5722> the Eznite <6112>:
[he lift up his spear] against <5921> eight <8083> hundred
<3967>, whom he slew <2491> at one <0259> time <6471>.



9 And after <0310> him [was] Eleazar <0499> the son <1121> of
Dodo <1734> the Ahohite, [one] of the three <7969> mighty <1368>
men with David <1732>, when they defied <2778> the Philistines
<6430> [that] were there <8033> gathered <0622> together to
battle <4421>, and the men <0376> of Israel < 3478> were gone
<5927> away:



10 He arose <6965>, and smote <5221> the Philistines <6430>
until his hand <3027> was weary <3021>, and his hand <3027>
clave <1692> unto the sword <2719>: and the LORD < 3068> wrought
<6213> a great <1419> victory <8668> that day <3117>; and the
people <5971> returned <7725> after <0310> him only <0389> to
spoil <6584>.



11 And after <0310> him [was] Shammah <8048> the son <1121> of
Agee <89> the Hararite <2043>. And the Philistines <6430> were
gathered <0622> together into a troop <2416>, where <8033> was a
piece <2513> of ground <7704> full <4392> of lentiles <5742>:
and the people <5971> fled <1272> from the Philistines <6430>.



12 But he stood <3320> in the midst <8432> of the ground <2513>,
and defended <5337> it, and slew <5221> the Philistines <6430>:
and the LORD <3068> wrought <6213> a great < 1419> victory <8668>.



13 And three <7991> of the thirty <7970> chief < 7218> went
<3381> down <3381>, and came <0935> to David <1732> in the
harvest <7105> time unto the cave <4631> of Adullam <5725>: and
the troop <2416> of the Philistines <6430> pitched <2583> in the
valley <6010> of Rephaim <7497>.



14 And David <1732> [was] then <0227> in an hold < 4686>, and
the garrison <4673> of the Philistines <6430> [was] then [in]
Bethlehem <1035>.



15 And David <1732> longed <0183>, and said < 0559>, Oh that one
would give me drink <8248> of the water <4325> of the well
<0953> of Bethlehem <1035>, which <0834> [is] by the gate <8179>!



16 And the three <7969> mighty <1368> men brake < 1234> through
<1234> the host <4264> of the Philistines <6430> , and drew
<7579> water <4325> out of the well <0953> of Bethlehem <1035>,
that [was] by the gate <8179>, and took <5375> [it], and brought
<0935> [it] to David <1732>: nevertheless he would <14> not
drink <8354> thereof, but poured <5258> it out unto the LORD
<3068>.



17 And he said <0559>, Be it far <2486> from me, O LORD <3068>,
that I should do <6213> this <2063>: [is not this] the blood
<1818> of the men <0582> that went <1980> in jeopardy of their
lives <5315>? therefore he would <14> not drink < 8354> it. These
<0428> things did <6213> these <0428> three < 7969> mighty <1368>
men.



18 And Abishai <52>, the brother <0251> of Joab < 3097>, the son
<1121> of Zeruiah <6870>, was chief <7218> among three <7992>.
And he lifted <5782> up his spear <2595> against < 5921> three
<7969> hundred <3967>, [and] slew <2491> [them], and had the
name <8034> among three <7969>.



19 Was he not most honourable <3513> of three <7969> ? therefore
he was their captain <8269>: howbeit he attained < 0935> not unto
the [first] three <7969>.



20 And Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada < 3111>, the
son <1121> of a valiant <2428> man <0376>, of Kabzeel <6909>,
who had done <6213> many <7227> acts <6467>, he slew <5221> two
<8147> lionlike <0739> men of Moab <4124>: he went <3381> down
<3381> also and slew <5221> a lion <0738> in the midst <8432> of
a pit <0953> in time <3117> of snow <7950>:



21 And he slew <2026> an Egyptian <4713>, a goodly <4758> man
<0376>: and the Egyptian <4713> had a spear < 2595> in his hand
<3027>; but he went <3381> down <3381> to him with a staff
<7626>, and plucked <1497> the spear <2595> out of the
Egyptian's <4713> hand <3027>, and slew <5221> him with his own
spear <2595>.



22 These <0428> [things] did <6213> Benaiah < 1141> the son
<1121> of Jehoiada <3111>, and had the name < 8034> among three
<7969> mighty <1368> men.



23 He was more honourable <3513> than <4480> the thirty <7970>,
but he attained <0935> not to the [first] three <7969> . And
David <1732> set <7760> him over <0413> his guard <4928>.



24 Asahel <6214> the brother <0251> of Joab < 3097> [was] one of
the thirty <7970>; Elhanan <0445> the son <1121> of Dodo <1734>
of Bethlehem <1035>,



25 Shammah <8048> the Harodite <2733>, Elika < 0470> the
Harodite <2733>,



26 Helez <2503> the Paltite <6407>, Ira <5896> the son <1121>
of Ikkesh <6142> the Tekoite <8621>,



27 Abiezer <44> the Anethothite <6069>, Mebunnai < 4012> the
Hushathite <2843>,



28 Zalmon <6756> the Ahohite <0266>, Maharai < 4121> the
Netophathite <5200>,



29 Heleb <2460> the son <1121> of Baanah <1195> , a Netophathite
<5200>, Ittai <0863> the son <1121> of Ribai <7380> out of
Gibeah <1390> of the children <1121> of Benjamin < 1144>,



30 Benaiah <1141> the Pirathonite <6553>, Hiddai < 1914> of the
brooks <5158> of Gaash <1608>,



31 Abialbon <45> the Arbathite <6164>, Azmaveth < 5820> the
Barhumite <1273>,



32 Eliahba <0455> the Shaalbonite <8170>, of the sons <1121> of
Jashen <3464>, Jonathan <3083>,



33 Shammah <8048> the Hararite <2043>, Ahiam < 0279> the son
<1121> of Sharar <8325> the Hararite <2043>,



34 Eliphelet <0467> the son <1121> of Ahasbai < 0308>, the son
<1121> of the Maachathite <4602>, Eliam <0463> the son <1121> of
Ahithophel <0302> the Gilonite <1526>,



35 Hezrai <2695> the Carmelite <3761>, Paarai < 6474> the Arbite
<0701>,



36 Igal <3008> the son <1121> of Nathan <5416> of Zobah <6678>,
Bani <1137> the Gadite <1425>,



37 Zelek <6768> the Ammonite <5984>, Naharai < 5171> the
Beerothite <0886>, armourbearer <3627> to Joab < 3097> the son
<1121> of Zeruiah <6870>,



38 Ira <5896> an Ithrite <3505>, Gareb <1619> an Ithrite <3505>,



39 Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850>: thirty < 7970> and seven
<7651> in all <3605>.



2Samuel 24



1. And again <3254> the anger <0639> of the LORD < 3068> was
kindled <2734> against Israel <3478>, and he moved <5493> David
<1732> against them to say <0559>, Go <3212>, number <4487>
Israel <3478> and Judah <3063>.



2 For the king <4428> said <0559> to Joab < 3097> the captain
<8269> of the host <2428>, which <0834> [was] with him, Go
<7751> now <4994> through <7751> all < 3605> the tribes <7626> of
Israel <3478>, from Dan <1835> even to Beersheba < 0884>, and
number <6485> ye the people <5971>, that I may know <3045> the
number <4557> of the people <5971>.



3 And Joab <3097> said <0559> unto the king < 4428>, Now the
LORD <3068> thy God <0430> add <3254> unto the people <5971>,
how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes
<5869> of my lord <0113> the king <4428> may see <7200> [it]:
but why <4100> doth my lord <0113> the king < 4428> delight
<2654> in this <2088> thing <1697>?



4 Notwithstanding the king's <4428> word <1697> prevailed
<2388> against <0413> Joab <3097>, and against <5921> the
captains <8269> of the host <2428>. And Joab < 3097> and the
captains <8269> of the host <2428> went <3318> out from the
presence <6440> of the king <4428>, to number < 6485> the people
<5971> of Israel <3478>.



5 And they passed <5674> over <5674> Jordan < 3383>, and pitched
<2583> in Aroer <6177>, on the right <3225> side <3225> of the
city <5892> that [lieth] in the midst <8432> of the river <5158>
of Gad <1410>, and toward Jazer <3270>:



6 Then they came <0935> to Gilead <1568>, and to the land
<0776> of Tahtimhodshi <8483>; and they came < 0935> to Danjaan
<1842>, and about <5439> to Zidon <6721>,



7 And came <0935> to the strong <4013> hold < 4013> of Tyre
<6865>, and to all <3605> the cities <5892> of the Hivites
<2340>, and of the Canaanites <3669>: and they went <3318> out
to the south <5045> of Judah <3063>, [even] to Beersheba <0884>.



8 So when they had gone <7751> through all <3605> the land
<0776>, they came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389> at the end <7097>
of nine <8672> months <2320> and twenty <6242> days <3117>.



9 And Joab <3097> gave <5414> up the sum <4557> of the number
<4662> of the people <5971> unto the king <4428> : and there were
in Israel <3478> eight <8083> hundred <3967> thousand <0505>
valiant <2428> men <0376> that drew <8025> the sword <2719>; and
the men <0376> of Judah <3063> [were] five < 2568> hundred <3967>
thousand <0505> men <0376>.



10. And David's <1732> heart <3820> smote < 5221> him after
<0310> that he had numbered <5608> the people < 5971>. And David
<1732> said <0559> unto the LORD <3068>, I have sinned <2398>
greatly <3966> in that I have done <6213>: and now <6258>, I
beseech <4994> thee, O LORD <3068>, take <5674> away <5674> the
iniquity <5771> of thy servant <5650>; for I have done very
<3966> foolishly <5528>.



11 For when David <1732> was up in the morning <1242> , the word
<1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto the prophet <5030>
Gad <1410>, David's <1732> seer <2374>, saying <0559>,



12 Go <1980> and say <0559> unto David <1732>, Thus <3541>
saith <1696> the LORD <3068>, I offer <5190> thee three <7969>
[things]; choose <0977> thee one <0259> of them, that I may [do
<6213> it] unto thee.



13 So Gad <1410> came <0935> to David <1732>, and told <5046>
him, and said <0559> unto him, Shall seven <7651> years <8141>
of famine <7458> come <0935> unto thee in thy land <0776>? or
wilt thou flee <5127> three <7969> months <2320> before <6440>
thine enemies <6862>, while they pursue <7291> thee? or that
there be three <7969> days <3117>' pestilence < 1698> in thy land
<0776>? now <6258> advise <3045>, and see < 7200> what <4100>
answer <1697> I shall return <7725> to him that sent <7971> me.



14 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Gad <1410> , I am in a
great <3966> strait <6887>: let us fall <5307> now <4994> into
the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068>; for his mercies <7356> [are]
great <7227>: and let me not fall <5307> into the hand <3027> of
man <0120>.



15 So the LORD <3068> sent <5414> a pestilence < 1698> upon
Israel <3478> from the morning <1242> even to the time <6256>
appointed <4150>: and there died <4191> of the people <5971>
from Dan <1835> even to Beersheba <0884> seventy < 7657> thousand
<0505> men <0376>.



16 And when the angel <4397> stretched <7971> out his hand
<3027> upon Jerusalem <3389> to destroy <7843> it, the LORD
<3068> repented <5162> him of the evil <7451>, and said <0559>
to the angel <4397> that destroyed <7843> the people <5971>, It
is enough <7227>: stay <7503> now <6258> thine hand <3027>. And
the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> was by the threshingplace
<1637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <2983>.



17 And David <1732> spake <0559> unto the LORD < 3068> when he
saw <7200> the angel <4397> that smote <5221> the people <5971>,
and said <0559>, Lo <2009>, I have sinned <2398> , and I have
done wickedly <5753>: but these <0428> sheep < 6629>, what <4100>
have they done <6213>? let thine hand <3027>, I pray <4994> thee,
be against me, and against my father's <1> house < 1004>.



18. And Gad <1410> came <0935> that day <3117> to David <1732>,
and said <0559> unto him, Go <5927> up, rear < 6965> an altar
<4196> unto the LORD <3068> in the threshingfloor < 1637> of
Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <2983>.



19 And David <1732>, according to the saying <1697> of Gad
<1410>, went <5927> up as the LORD <3068> commanded <6680>.



20 And Araunah <0728> looked <8259>, and saw < 7200> the king
<4428> and his servants <5650> coming <5674> on toward <5921>
him: and Araunah <0728> went <3318> out, and bowed <7812>
himself before the king <4428> on his face <0639> upon the
ground <0776>.



21 And Araunah <0728> said <0559>, Wherefore < 4069> is my lord
<0113> the king <4428> come <0935> to his servant <5650>? And
David <1732> said <0559>, To buy <7069> the threshingfloor
<1637> of thee, to build <1129> an altar <4196> unto the LORD
<3068>, that the plague <4046> may be stayed < 6113> from the
people <5971>.



22 And Araunah <0728> said <0559> unto David < 1732>, Let my
lord <0113> the king <4428> take <3947> and offer <5927> up what
[seemeth <5869>] good <2896> unto him: behold < 7200>, [here be]
oxen <1241> for burnt <5930> sacrifice, and threshing <4173>
instruments and [other] instruments <3627> of the oxen < 1241>
for wood <6086>.



23 All <3605> these [things] did Araunah <0728>, [as] a king
<4428>, give <5414> unto the king <4428>. And Araunah <0728>
said <0559> unto the king <4428>, The LORD < 3068> thy God <0430>
accept <7521> thee.



24 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Araunah < 0728>, Nay
<3808>; but I will surely buy <7069> [it] of thee at a price
<4242>: neither <3808> will I offer <5927> burnt <5930>
offerings unto the LORD <3068> my God <0430> of that which
<0834> doth cost <2600> me nothing <2600>. So David <1732>
bought <7069> the threshingfloor <1637> and the oxen <1241> for
fifty <2572> shekels <8255> of silver <3701>.



25 And David <1732> built <1129> there <8033> an altar <4196>
unto the LORD <3068>, and offered <5927> burnt < 5930> offerings
and peace <8002> offerings. So the LORD <3068> was intreated
<6279> for the land <0776>, and the plague < 4046> was stayed
<6113> from Israel <3478>.













  
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