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11 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul when David was


returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and David had
abode two days in Ziklag .

12 It came even to pass on the third day that behold a man came
out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent and earth upon
his head and so it was when he came to David that he fell to the
earth and did obeisance .

13 And David said unto him From whence comest thou And he said
unto him Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped .

14 And David said unto him How went the matter I pray thee tell
me And he answered That the people are fled from the battle and
many of the people also are fallen and dead and Saul and
Jonathan his son are dead also .

15 And David said unto the young man that told him How knowest
thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead .

16 And the young man that told him said As I happened by chance
upon mount Gilboa behold Saul leaned upon his spear and lo the
chariots and horsemen followed hard after him .

17 And when he looked behind him he saw me and called unto me
And I answered Here am I .

18 And he said unto me Who art thou And I answered him I am an
Amalekite .

19 He said unto me again Stand I pray thee upon me and slay me
for anguish is come upon me because my life is yet whole in me .

110 So I stood upon him and slew him because I was sure that he
could not live after that he was fallen and I took the crown
that was upon his head and the bracelet that was on his arm and
have brought them hither unto my lord .

111 Then David took hold on his clothes and rent them and
likewise all the men that were with him .

112 And they mourned and wept and fasted until even for Saul
and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the LORD and for
the house of Israel because they were fallen by the sword .

113 And David said unto the young man that told him Whence art
thou And he answered I am the son of a stranger an Amalekite .

114 And David said unto him How wast thou not afraid to stretch
forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed .

115 And David called one of the young men and said Go near and
fall upon him And he smote him that he died .

116 And David said unto him Thy blood be upon thy head for thy
mouth hath testified against thee saying I have slain the LORD'S
anointed .

117 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over
Jonathan his son .

118 Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of
the bow behold it is written in the book of Jasher .

119 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places how are
the mighty fallen .

120 Tell it not in Gath publish it not in the streets of
Askelon lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice lest the
daughters of the uncircumcised triumph .

121 Ye mountains of Gilboa let there be no dew neither let
there be rain upon you nor fields of offerings for there the
shield of the mighty is vilely cast away the shield of Saul as
though he had not been anointed with oil .

122 From the blood of the slain from the fat of the mighty the
bow of Jonathan turned not back and the sword of Saul returned
not empty .

123 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives
and in their death they were not divided they were swifter than
eagles they were stronger than lions .

124 Ye daughters of Israel weep over Saul who clothed you in
scarlet with other delights who put on ornaments of gold upon
your apparel .

125 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle O
Jonathan thou wast slain in thine high places .

126 I am distressed for thee my brother Jonathan very pleasant
hast thou been unto me thy love to me was wonderful passing the
love of women .

127 How are the mighty fallen and the weapons of war perished .

* 21 And it came to pass after this that David inquired of the
LORD saying Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah And
the LORD said unto him Go up And David said Whither shall I go
up And he said Unto Hebron .

22 So David went up thither and his two wives also Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite .

23 And his men that were with him did David bring up every man
with his household and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron .

24 And the men of Judah came and there they anointed David king
over the house of Judah And they told David saying That the men
of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul .

25 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead and
said unto them Blessed be ye of the LORD that ye have showed
this kindness unto your lord even unto Saul and have buried him
.

26 And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you and I also
will requite you this kindness because ye have done this thing .

27 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened and be ye
valiant for your master Saul is dead and also the house of Judah
have anointed me king over them .

28 But Abner the son of Ner captain of Saul's host took
Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim .

29 And made him king over Gilead and over the Ashurites and
over Jezreel and over Ephraim and over Benjamin and over all
Israel .

210 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to
reign over Israel and reigned two years But the house of Judah
followed David .

211 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house
of Judah was seven years and six months .

212 And Abner the son of Ner and the servants of Ishbosheth the
son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon .

213 And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went
out and met together by the pool of Gibeon and they sat down the
one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side
of the pool .

214 And Abner said to Joab Let the young men now arise and play
before us And Joab said Let them arise .

215 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin
which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul and twelve of the
servants of David .

216 And they caught every one his fellow by the head and thrust
his sword in his fellow's side so they fell down together
wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim which is in
Gibeon .

217 And there was a very sore battle that day and Abner was
beaten and the men of Israel before the servants of David .

218 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there Joab and Abishai
and Asahel and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe .

219 And Asahel pursued after Abner and in going he turned not
to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner .

220 Then Abner looked behind him and said Art thou Asahel And
he answered I am .

221 And Abner said to him Turn thee aside to thy right hand or
to thy left and lay thee hold on one of the young men and take
thee his armour But Asahel would not turn aside from following
of him .

222 And Abner said again to Asahel Turn thee aside from
following me wherefore should I smite thee to the ground how
then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother .

223 Howbeit he refused to turn aside wherefore Abner with the
hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib that the
spear came out behind him and he fell down there and died in the
same place and it came to pass that as many as came to the place
where Asahel fell down and died stood still .

224 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner and the sun went
down when they were come to the hill of Ammah that lieth before
Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon .

225 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together
after Abner and became one troop and stood on the top of an hill
.

226 Then Abner called to Joab and said Shall the sword devour
for ever knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the
latter end how long shall it be then ere thou bid the people
return from following their brethren .

227 And Joab said As God liveth unless thou hadst spoken surely
then in the morning the people had gone up every one from
following his brother .

228 So Joab blew a trumpet and all the people stood still and
pursued after Israel no more neither fought they any more .

229 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the
plain and passed over Jordan and went through all Bithron and
they came to Mahanaim .

230 And Joab returned from following Abner and when he had
gathered all the people together there lacked of David's
servants nineteen men and Asahel .

231 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin and of
Abner's men so that three hundred and threescore men died .

232 And they took up Asahel and buried him in the sepulchre of
his father which was in Bethlehem And Joab and his men went all
night and they came to Hebron at break of day .

* 31 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the
house of David but David waxed stronger and stronger and the
house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker .

32 And unto David were sons born in Hebron and his firstborn
was Amnon of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess .

33 And his second Chileab of Abigail the wife of Nabal the
Carmelite and the third Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter
of Talmai king of Geshur .

34 And the fourth Adonijah the son of Haggith and the fifth
Shephatiah the son of Abital .

35 And the sixth Ithream by Eglah David's wife These were born
to David in Hebron .

36 And it came to pass while there was war between the house of
Saul and the house of David that Abner made himself strong for
the house of Saul .

37 And Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah the daughter
of Aiah and Ishbosheth said to Abner Wherefore hast thou gone in
unto my father's concubine .

38 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth and
said Am I a dog's head which against Judah do show kindness this
day unto the house of Saul thy father to his brethren and to his
friends and have not delivered thee into the hand of David that
thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman .

39 So do God to Abner and more also except as the LORD hath
sworn to David even so I do to him .

310 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul and to set
up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah from Dan even
to Beersheba .

311 And he could not answer Abner a word again because he
feared him .

312 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf saying
Whose is the land saying also Make thy league with me and behold
my hand shall be with thee to bring about all Israel unto thee .

313 And he said Well I will make a league with thee but one
thing I require of thee that is Thou shalt not see my face
except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter when thou comest
to see my face .

314 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son saying
Deliver me my wife Michal which I espoused to me for an hundred
foreskins of the Philistines .

315 And Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband even from
Phaltiel the son of Laish .

316 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to
Bahurim Then said Abner unto him Go return And he returned .

317 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel
saying Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you .

318 Now then do it for the LORD hath spoken of David saying By
the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of
the hand of the Philistines and out of the hand of all their
enemies .

319 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin and Abner went
also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed
good to Israel and that seemed good to the whole house of
Benjamin .

320 So Abner came to David to Hebron and twenty men with him
And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast .

321 And Abner said unto David I will arise and go and will
gather all Israel unto my lord the king that they may make a
league with thee and that thou mayest reign over all that thine
heart desireth And David sent Abner away and he went in peace .

322 And behold the servants of David and Joab came from
pursuing a troop and brought in a great spoil with them but
Abner was not with David in Hebron for he had sent him away and
he was gone in peace .

323 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come they
told Joab saying Abner the son of Ner came to the king and he
hath sent him away and he is gone in peace .

324 Then Joab came to the king and said What hast thou done
behold Abner came unto thee why is it that thou hast sent him
away and he is quite gone .

325 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner that he came to deceive
thee and to know thy going out and thy coming in and to know all
that thou doest .

326 And when Joab was come out from David he sent messengers
after Abner which brought him again from the well of Sirah but
David knew it not .

327 And when Abner was returned to Hebron Joab took him aside
in the gate to speak with him quietly and smote him there under
the fifth rib that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother .

328 And afterward when David heard it he said I and my kingdom
are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner
the son of Ner .

329 Let it rest on the head of Joab and on all his father's
house and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that
hath an issue or that is a leper or that leaneth on a staff or
that falleth on the sword or that lacketh bread .

330 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because he had
slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle .

331 And David said to Joab and to all the people that were with
him Rend your clothes and gird you with sackcloth and mourn
before Abner And king David himself followed the bier .

332 And they buried Abner in Hebron and the king lifted up his
voice and wept at the grave of Abner and all the people wept .

333 And the king lamented over Abner and said Died Abner as a
fool dieth .

334 Thy hands were not bound nor thy feet put into fetters as a
man falleth before wicked men so fellest thou And all the people
wept again over him .

335 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat
while it was yet day David sware saying So do God to me and more
also if I taste bread or ought else till the sun be down .

336 And all the people took notice of it and it pleased them as
whatsoever the king did pleased all the people .

337 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that
it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner .

338 And the king said unto his servants Know ye not that there
is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel .

339 And I am this day weak though anointed king and these men
the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me the LORD shall reward the
doer of evil according to his wickedness .

* 41 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron
his hands were feeble and all the Israelites were troubled .

42 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands the
name of the one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab the
sons of Rimmon a Beerothite of the children of Benjamin for
Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin .

43 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and were sojourners
there until this day .

44 And Jonathan Saul's son had a son that was lame of his feet
He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan
out of Jezreel and his nurse took him up and fled and it came to
pass as she made haste to flee that he fell and became lame And
his name was Mephibosheth .

45 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite Rechab and Baanah went
and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth
who lay on a bed at noon .

46 And they came thither into the midst of the house as though
they would have fetched wheat and they smote him under the fifth
rib and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped .

47 For when they came into the house he lay on his bed in his
bedchamber and they smote him and slew him and beheaded him and
took his head and gat them away through the plain all night .

48 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron
and said to the king Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of
Saul thine enemy which sought thy life and the LORD hath avenged
my lord the king this day of Saul and of his seed .

49 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother the sons of
Rimmon the Beerothite and said unto them As the LORD liveth who
hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity .

410 When one told me saying Behold Saul is dead thinking to
have brought good tidings I took hold of him and slew him in
Ziklag who thought that I would have given him a reward for his
tidings .

411 How much more when wicked men have slain a righteous person
in his own house upon his bed shall I not therefore now require
his blood of your hand and take you away from the earth .

412 And David commanded his young men and they slew them and
cut off their hands and their feet and hanged them up over the
pool in Hebron But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried
it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron .

* 51 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron
and spake saying Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh .

52 Also in time past when Saul was king over us thou wast he
that leddest out and broughtest in Israel and the LORD said to
thee Thou shalt feed my people Israel and thou shalt be a
captain over Israel .

53 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron and
king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD and
they anointed David king over Israel .

54 David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he
reigned forty years .

55 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months
and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all
Israel and Judah .

56 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the
Jebusites the inhabitants of the land which spake unto David
saying Except thou take away the blind and the lame thou shalt
not come in hither thinking David cannot come in hither .

57 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion the same is
the city of David .

58 And David said on that day Whosoever getteth up to the
gutter and smiteth the Jebusites and the lame and the blind that
are hated of David's soul he shall be chief and captain
Wherefore they said The blind and the lame shall not come into
the house .

59 So David dwelt in the fort and called it the city of David
And David built round about from Millo and inward .

510 And David went on and grew great and the LORD God of hosts
was with him .

511 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David and cedar
trees and carpenters and masons and they built David an house .

512 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king
over Israel and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people
Israel's sake .

513 And David took him more concubines and wives out of
Jerusalem after he was come from Hebron and there were yet sons
and daughters born to David .

514 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in
Jerusalem Shammuah and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon .

515 Ibhar also and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia .

516 And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphalet .

517 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David
king over Israel all the Philistines came up to seek David and
David heard of it and went down to the hold .

518 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the
valley of Rephaim .

519 And David inquired of the LORD saying Shall I go up to the
Philistines wilt thou deliver them into mine hand And the LORD
said unto David Go up for I will doubtless deliver the
Philistines into thine hand .

520 And David came to Baalperazim and David smote them there
and said The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me
as the breach of waters Therefore he called the name of that
place Baalperazim .

521 And there they left their images and David and his men
burned them .

522 And the Philistines came up yet again and spread themselves
in the valley of Rephaim .

523 And when David inquired of the LORD he said Thou shalt not
go up but fetch a compass behind them and come upon them over
against the mulberry trees .

524 And let it be when thou hearest the sound of a going in the
tops of the mulberry trees that then thou shalt bestir thyself
for then shall the LORD go out before thee to smite the host of
the Philistines .

525 And David did so as the LORD had commanded him and smote
the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer .

* 61 Again David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel
thirty thousand .

62 And David arose and went with all the people that were with
him from Baale of Judah to bring up from thence the ark of God
whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that
dwelleth between the cherubims .

63 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart and brought it
out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah and Uzzah and
Ahio the sons of Abinadab drave the new cart .

64 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was
at Gibeah accompanying the ark of God and Ahio went before the
ark .

65 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD
on all manner of instruments made of fir wood even on harps and
on psalteries and on timbrels and on cornets and on cymbals .

66 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor Uzzah put
forth his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it for the
oxen shook it .

67 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah and God
smote him there for his error and there he died by the ark of
God .

68 And David was displeased because the LORD had made a breach
upon Uzzah and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to
this day .

69 And David was afraid of the LORD that day and said How shall
the ark of the LORD come to me .

610 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into
the city of David but David carried it aside into the house of
Obededom the Gittite .

611 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom
the Gittite three months and the LORD blessed Obededom and all
his household .

612 And it was told king David saying The LORD hath blessed the
house of Obededom and all that pertaineth unto him because of
the ark of God So David went and brought up the ark of God from
the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness .

613 And it was so that when they that bare the ark of the LORD
had gone six paces he sacrificed oxen and fatlings .

614 And David danced before the LORD with all his might and
David was girded with a linen ephod .

615 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of
the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet .

616 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David
Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window and saw king
David leaping and dancing before the LORD and she despised him
in her heart .

617 And they brought in the ark of the LORD and set it in his
place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for
it and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before
the LORD .

618 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt
offerings and peace offerings he blessed the people in the name
of the LORD of hosts .

619 And he dealt among all the people even among the whole
multitude of Israel as well to the women as men to every one a
cake of bread and a good piece of flesh and a flagon of wine So
all the people departed every one to his house .

620 Then David returned to bless his household And Michal the
daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said How glorious
was the king of Israel to day who uncovered himself to day in
the eyes of the handmaids of his servants as one of the vain
fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself .

621 And David said unto Michal It was before the LORD which
chose me before thy father and before all his house to appoint
me ruler over the people of the LORD over Israel therefore will
I play before the LORD .

622 And I will yet be more vile than thus and will be base in
mine own sight and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of
of them shall I be had in honour .

623 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the
day of her death .

* 71 And it came to pass when the king sat in his house and the
LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies .

72 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet See now I dwell
in an house of cedar but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains
.

73 And Nathan said to the king Go do all that is in thine heart
for the LORD is with thee .

74 And it came to pass that night that the word of the LORD
came unto Nathan saying .

75 Go and tell my servant David Thus saith the LORD Shalt thou
build me an house for me to dwell in .

76 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I
brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt even to this day
but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle .

77 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the
children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of
Israel whom I commanded to feed my people Israel saying Why
build ye not me an house of cedar .

78 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David Thus
saith the LORD of hosts I took thee from the sheepcote from
following the sheep to be ruler over my people over Israel .

79 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest and have cut
off all thine enemies out of thy sight and have made thee a
great name like unto the name of the great men that are in the
earth .

710 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel and
will plant them that they may dwell in a place of their own and
move no more neither shall the children of wickedness afflict
them any more as beforetime .

711 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel and have caused thee to rest from all thine
enemies Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an
house .

712 And when thy days be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with
thy fathers I will set up thy seed after thee which shall
proceed out of thy bowels and I will establish his kingdom .

713 He shall build an house for my name and I will stablish the
throne of his kingdom for ever .

714 I will be his father and he shall be my son If he commit
iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the
stripes of the children of men .

715 But my mercy shall not depart away from him as I took it
from Saul whom I put away before thee .

716 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for
ever before thee thy throne shall be established for ever .

717 According to all these words and according to all this
vision so did Nathan speak unto David .

718 Then went king David in and sat before the LORD and he said
Who am I O Lord GOD and what is my house that thou hast brought
me hitherto .

719 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lord GOD but
thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while
to come And is this the manner of man O Lord GOD .

720 And what can David say more unto thee for thou Lord GOD
knowest thy servant .

721 For thy word's sake and according to thine own heart hast
thou done all these great things to make thy servant know them .

722 Wherefore thou art great O LORD God for there is none like
thee neither is there any God beside thee according to all that
we have heard with our ears .

723 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people even
like Israel whom God went to redeem for a people to himself and
to make him a name and to do for you great things and terrible
for thy land before thy people which thou redeemedst to thee
from Egypt from the nations and their gods .

724 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be
a people unto thee for ever and thou LORD art become their God .

725 And now O LORD God the word that thou hast spoken
concerning thy servant and concerning his house establish it for
ever and do as thou hast said .

726 And let thy name be magnified for ever saying The LORD of
hosts is the God over Israel and let the house of thy servant
David be established before thee .

727 For thou O LORD of hosts God of Israel hast revealed to thy
servant saying I will build thee an house therefore hath thy
servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee .

728 And now O Lord GOD thou art that God and thy words be true
and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant .

729 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy
servant that it may continue for ever before thee for thou O
Lord GOD hast spoken it and with thy blessing let the house of
thy servant be blessed for ever .

* 81 And after this it came to pass that David smote the
Philistines and subdued them and David took Methegammah out of
the hand of the Philistines .

82 And he smote Moab and measured them with a line casting them
down to the ground even with two lines measured he to put to
death and with one full line to keep alive And so the Moabites
became David's servants and brought gifts .

83 David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob king of Zobah as
he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates .

84 And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven
hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen and David hocked
all the chariot horses but reserved of them for an hundred
chariots .

85 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer
king of Zobah David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand
men .

86 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus and the
Syrians became servants to David and brought gifts And the LORD
preserved David whithersoever he went .

87 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants
of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem .

88 And from Betah and from Berothai cities of Hadadezer king
David took exceeding much brass .

89 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the
host of Hadadezer .

810 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David to salute him
and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and
smitten him for Hadadezer had wars with Toi And Joram brought
with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of
brass .

811 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD with the
silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he
subdued .

812 Of Syria and of Moab and of the children of Ammon and of
the Philistines and of Amalek and of the spoil of Hadadezer son
of Rehob king of Zobah .

813 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of
the Syrians in the valley of salt being eighteen thousand men .

814 And he put garrisons in Edom throughout all Edom put he
garrisons and all they of Edom became David's servants And the
LORD preserved David whithersoever he went .

815 And David reigned over all Israel and David executed
judgment and justice unto all his people .

816 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host and
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder .

817 And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of
Abiathar were the priests and Seraiah was the scribe .

818 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the
Cherethites and the Pelethites and David's sons were chief
rulers .

* 91 And David said Is there yet any that is left of the house
of Saul that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake .

92 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was
Ziba And when they had called him unto David the king said unto
him Art thou Ziba And he said Thy servant is he .

93 And the king said Is there not yet any of the house of Saul
that I may show the kindness of God unto him And Ziba said unto
the king Jonathan hath yet a son which is lame on his feet .

94 And the king said unto him Where is he And Ziba said unto
the king Behold he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel
in Lodebar .

95 Then king David sent and fetched him out of the house of
Machir the son of Ammiel from Lodebar .

96 Now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul
was come unto David he fell on his face and did reverence And
David said Mephibosheth And he answered Behold thy servant .

97 And David said unto him Fear not for I will surely show thee
kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake and will restore thee
all the land of Saul thy father and thou shalt eat bread at my
table continually .

98 And he bowed himself and said What is thy servant that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am .

99 Then the king called to Ziba Saul's servant and said unto
him I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to
Saul and to all his house .

910 Thou therefore and thy sons and thy servants shall till the
land for him and thou shalt bring in the fruits that thy
master's son may have food to eat but Mephibosheth thy master's
son shall eat bread alway at my table Now Ziba had fifteen sons
and twenty servants .

911 Then said Ziba unto the king According to all that my lord
the king hath commanded his servant so shall thy servant do As
for Mephibosheth said the king he shall eat at my table as one
of the king's sons .

912 And Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micha And
all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto
Mephibosheth .

913 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem for he did eat
continually at the king's table and was lame on both his feet .

* 101 And it came to pass after this that the king of the
children of Ammon died and Hanun his son reigned in his stead .

102 Then said David I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of
Nahash as his father showed kindness unto me And David sent to
comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father And
David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon .

103 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun
their lord Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father that
he hath sent comforters unto thee hath not David rather sent his
servants unto thee to search the city and to spy it out and to
overthrow it .

104 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants and shaved off the
one half of their beards and cut off their garments in the
middle even to their buttocks and sent them away .

105 When they told it unto David he sent to meet them because
the men were greatly ashamed and the king said Tarry at Jericho
until your beards be grown and then return .

106 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before
David the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of
Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba twenty thousand footmen and of
king Maacah a thousand men and of Ishtob twelve thousand men .

107 And when David heard of it he sent Joab and all the host of
the mighty men .

108 And the children of Ammon came out and put the battle in
array at the entering in of the gate and the Syrians of Zoba and
of Rehob and Ishtob and Maacah were by themselves in the field .

109 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him
before and behind he chose of all the choice men of Israel and
put them in array against the Syrians .

1010 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of
Abishai his brother that he might put them in array against the
children of Ammon .

1011 And he said If the Syrians be too strong for me then thou
shalt help me but if the children of Ammon be too strong for
thee then I will come and help thee .

1012 Be of good courage and let us play the men for our people
and for the cities of our God and the LORD do that which seemeth
him good .

1013 And Joab drew nigh and the people that were with him unto
the battle against the Syrians and they fled before him .

1014 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were
fled then fled they also before Abishai and entered into the
city So Joab returned from the children of Ammon and came to
Jerusalem .

1015 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before
Israel they gathered themselves together .

1016 And Hadarezer sent and brought out the Syrians that were
beyond the river and they came to Helam and Shobach the captain
of the host of Hadarezer went before them .

1017 And when it was told David he gathered all Israel together
and passed over Jordan and came to Helam And the Syrians set
themselves in array against David and fought with him .

1018 And the Syrians fled before Israel and David slew the men
of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians and forty thousand
horsemen and smote Shobach the captain of their host who died
there .

1019 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw
that they were smitten before Israel they made peace with Israel
and served them So the Syrians feared to help the children of
Ammon any more .

* 111 And it came to pass after the year was expired at the
time when kings go forth to battle that David sent Joab and his
servants with him and all Israel and they destroyed the children
of Ammon and besieged Rabbah But David tarried still at
Jerusalem .

112 And it came to pass in an eveningtide that David arose from
off his bed and walked upon the roof of the king's house and
from the roof he saw a woman washing herself and the woman was
very beautiful to look upon .

113 And David sent and inquired after the woman And one said Is
not this Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam the wife of Uriah the
Hittite .

114 And David sent messengers and took her and she came in unto
him and he lay with her for she was purified from her
uncleanness and she returned unto her house .

115 And the woman conceived and sent and told David and said I
am with child .

116 And David sent to Joab saying Send me Uriah the Hittite And
Joab sent Uriah to David .

117 And when Uriah was come unto him David demanded of him how
Joab did and how the people did and how the war prospered .

118 And David said to Uriah Go down to thy house and wash thy
feet And Uriah departed out of the king's house and there
followed him a mess of meat from the king .

119 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all
the servants of his lord and went not down to his house .

1110 And when they had told David saying Uriah went not down
unto his house David said unto Uriah Camest thou not from thy
journey why then didst thou not go down unto thine house .

1111 And Uriah said unto David The ark and Israel and Judah
abide in tents and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are
encamped in the open fields shall I then go into mine house to
eat and to drink and to lie with my wife as thou livest and as
thy soul liveth I will not do this thing .

1112 And David said to Uriah Tarry here to day also and to
morrow I will let thee depart So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that
day and the morrow .

1113 And when David had called him he did eat and drink before
him and he made him drunk and at even he went out to lie on his
bed with the servants of his lord but went not down to his house
.

1114 And it came to pass in the morning that David wrote a
letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah .

1115 And he wrote in the letter saying Set ye Uriah in the
forefront of the hottest battle and retire ye from him that he
may be smitten and die .

1116 And it came to pass when Joab observed the city that he
assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were
.

1117 And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab and
there fell some of the people of the servants of David and Uriah
the Hittite died also .

1118 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning
the war .

1119 And charged the messenger saying When thou hast made an
end of telling the matters of the war unto the king .

1120 And if so be that the king's wrath arise and he say unto
thee Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did
fight knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall .

1121 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth did not a
woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall that he
died in Thebez why went ye nigh the wall then say thou Thy
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also .

1122 So the messenger went and came and showed David all that
Joab had sent him for .

1123 And the messenger said unto David Surely the men prevailed
against us and came out unto us into the field and we were upon
them even unto the entering of the gate .

1124 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants
and some of the king's servants be dead and thy servant Uriah
the Hittite is dead also .

1125 Then David said unto the messenger Thus shalt thou say
unto Joab Let not this thing displease thee for the sword
devoureth one as well as another make thy battle more strong
against the city and overthrow it and encourage thou him .

1126 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband
was dead she mourned for her husband .

1127 And when the mourning was past David sent and fetched her
to his house and she became his wife and bare him a son But the
thing that David had done displeased the LORD .

* 121 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David And he came unto him
and said unto him There were two men in one city the one rich
and the other poor .

122 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds .

123 But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe lamb which
he had bought and nourished up and it grew up together with him
and with his children it did eat of his own meat and drank of
his own cup and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter
.

124 And there came a traveller unto the rich man and he spared
to take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress for the
wayfaring man that was come unto him but took the poor man's
lamb and dressed it for the man that was come to him .

125 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man and
he said to Nathan As the LORD liveth the man that hath done this
thing shall surely die .

126 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold because he did this
thing and because he had no pity .

127 And Nathan said to David Thou art the man Thus saith the
LORD God of Israel I anointed thee king over Israel and I
delivered thee out of the hand of Saul .

128 And I gave thee thy master's house and thy master's wives
into thy bosom and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah
and if that had been too little I would moreover have given unto
thee such and such things .

129 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD to
do evil in his sight thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the
sword and hast taken his wife to be thy wife and hast slain him
with the sword of the children of Ammon .

1210 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine
house because thou hast despised me and hast taken the wife of
Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife .

1211 Thus saith the LORD Behold I will raise up evil against
thee out of thine own house and I will take thy wives before
thine eyes and give them unto thy neighbour and he shall lie
with thy wives in the sight of this sun .

1212 For thou didst it secretly but I will do this thing before
all Israel and before the sun .

1213 And David said unto Nathan I have sinned against the LORD
And Nathan said unto David The LORD also hath put away thy sin
thou shalt not die .

1214 Howbeit because by this deed thou hast given great
occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme the child also
that is born unto thee shall surely die .

1215 And Nathan departed unto his house And the LORD struck the
child that Uriah's wife bare unto David and it was very sick .

1216 David therefore besought God for the child and David
fasted and went in and lay all night upon the earth .

1217 And the elders of his house arose and went to him to raise
him up from the earth but he would not neither did he eat bread
with them .

1218 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died
And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was
dead for they said Behold while the child was yet alive we spake
unto him and he would not hearken unto our voice how will he
then vex himself if we tell him that the child is dead .

1219 But when David saw that his servants whispered David
perceived that the child was dead therefore David said unto his
servants Is the child dead And they said He is dead .

1220 Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed
himself and changed his apparel and came into the house of the
LORD and worshipped then he came to his own house and when he
required they set bread before him and he did eat .

1221 Then said his servants unto him What thing is this that
thou hast done thou didst fast and weep for the child while it
was alive but when the child was dead thou didst rise and eat
bread .

1222 And he said While the child was yet alive I fasted and
wept for I said Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me
that the child may live .

1223 But now he is dead wherefore should I fast can I bring him
back again I shall go to him but he shall not return to me .

1224 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife and went in unto
her and lay with her and she bare a son and he called his name
Solomon and the LORD loved him .

1225 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet and he
called his name Jedidiah because of the LORD .

1226 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon
and took the royal city .

1227 And Joab sent messengers to David and said I have fought
against Rabbah and have taken the city of waters .

1228 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together and
encamp against the city and take it lest I take the city and it
be called after my name .

1229 And David gathered all the people together and went to
Rabbah and fought against it and took it .

1230 And he took their king's crown from off his head the
weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones and
it was set on David's head And he brought forth the spoil of the
city in great abundance .

1231 And he brought forth the people that were therein and put
them under saws and under harrows of iron and under axes of iron
and made them pass through the brickkiln and thus did he unto
all the cities of the children of Ammon So David and all the
people returned unto Jerusalem .

* 131 And it came to pass after this that Absalom the son of
David had a fair sister whose name was Tamar and Amnon the son
of David loved her .

132 And Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick for his sister
Tamar for she was a virgin and Amnon thought it hard for him to
do any thing to her .

133 But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of
Shimeah David's brother and Jonadab was a very subtle man .

134 And he said unto him Why art thou being the king's son lean
from day to day wilt thou not tell me And Amnon said unto him I
love Tamar my brother Absalom's sister .

135 And Jonadab said unto him Lay thee down on thy bed and make
thyself sick and when thy father cometh to see thee say unto him
I pray thee let my sister Tamar come and give me meat and dress
the meat in my sight that I may see it and eat it at her hand .

136 So Amnon lay down and made himself sick and when the king
was come to see him Amnon said unto the king I pray thee let
Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight
that I may eat at her hand .

137 Then David sent home to Tamar saying Go now to thy brother
Amnon's house and dress him meat .

138 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house and he was laid
down And she took flour and kneaded it and made cakes in his
sight and did bake the cakes .

139 And she took a pan and poured them out before him but he
refused to eat And Amnon said Have out all men from me And they
went out every man from him .

1310 And Amnon said unto Tamar Bring the meat into the chamber
that I may eat of thine hand And Tamar took the cakes which she
had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother
.

1311 And when she had brought them unto him to eat he took hold
of her and said unto her Come lie with me my sister .

1312 And she answered him Nay my brother do not force me for no
such thing ought to be done in Israel do not thou this folly .

1313 And I whither shall I cause my shame to go and as for thee
thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel Now therefore I pray
thee speak unto the king for he will not withhold me from thee .

1314 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice but being
stronger than she forced her and lay with her .

1315 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly so that the hatred
wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he
had loved her And Amnon said unto her Arise be gone .

1316 And she said unto him There is no cause this evil in
sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto
me But he would not hearken unto her .

1317 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him and
said Put now this woman out from me and bolt the door after her
.

1318 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her for with
such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins
apparelled Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door
after her .

1319 And Tamar put ashes on her head and rent her garment of
divers colours that was on her and laid her hand on her head and
went on crying .

1320 And Absalom her brother said unto her Hath Amnon thy
brother been with thee but hold now thy peace my sister he is
thy brother regard not this thing So Tamar remained desolate in
her brother Absalom's house .

1321 But when king David heard of all these things he was very
wroth .

1322 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor
bad for Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister
Tamar .

1323 And it came to pass after two full years that Absalom had
sheepshearers in Baalhazor which is beside Ephraim and Absalom
invited all the king's sons .

1324 And Absalom came to the king and said Behold now thy
servant hath sheepshearers let the king I beseech thee and his
servants go with thy servant .

1325 And the king said to Absalom Nay my son let us not all now
go lest we be chargeable unto thee And he pressed him howbeit he
would not go but blessed him .

1326 Then said Absalom If not I pray thee let my brother Amnon
go with us And the king said unto him Why should he go with thee
.

1327 But Absalom pressed him that he let Amnon and all the
king's sons go with him .

1328 Now Absalom had commanded his servants saying Mark ye now
when Amnon's heart is merry with wine and when I say unto you
Smite Amnon then kill him fear not have not I commanded you be
courageous and be valiant .

1329 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had
commanded Then all the king's sons arose and every man gat him
up upon his mule and fled .

1330 And it came to pass while they were in the way that
tidings came to David saying Absalom hath slain all the king's
sons and there is not one of them left .

1331 Then the king arose and tare his garments and lay on the
earth and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent .

1332 And Jonadab the son of Shimeah David's brother answered
and said Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the
young men the king's sons for Amnon only is dead for by the
appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day
that he forced his sister Tamar .

1333 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to
his heart to think that all the king's sons are dead for Amnon
only is dead .

1334 But Absalom fled And the young man that kept the watch
lifted up his eyes and looked and behold there came much people
by the way of the hill side behind him .

1335 And Jonadab said unto the king Behold the king's sons come
as thy servant said so it is .

1336 And it came to pass as soon as he had made an end of
speaking that behold the king's sons came and lifted up their
voice and wept and the king also and all his servants wept very
sore .

1337 But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud
king of Geshur And David mourned for his son every day .

1338 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur and was there three
years .

1339 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom
for he was comforted concerning Amnon seeing he was dead .

* 141 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's
heart was toward Absalom .

142 And Joab sent to Tekoah and fetched thence a wise woman and
said unto her I pray thee feign thyself to be a mourner and put
on now mourning apparel and anoint not thyself with oil but be
as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead .

143 And come to the king and speak on this manner unto him So
Joab put the words in her mouth .

144 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king she fell on
her face to the ground and did obeisance and said Help O king .

145 And the king said unto her What aileth thee And she
answered I am indeed a widow woman and mine husband is dead .

146 And thy handmaid had two sons and they two strove together
in the field and there was none to part them but the one smote
the other and slew him .

147 And behold the whole family is risen against thine handmaid
and they said Deliver him that smote his brother that we may
kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew and we will
destroy the heir also and so they shall quench my coal which is
left and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor
remainder upon the earth .

148 And the king said unto the woman Go to thine house and I
will give charge concerning thee .

149 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king My lord O king
the iniquity be on me and on my father's house and the king and
his throne be guiltless .

1410 And the king said Whosoever saith ought unto thee bring
him to me and he shall not touch thee any more .

1411 Then said she I pray thee let the king remember the LORD
thy God that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to
destroy any more lest they destroy my son And he said As the
LORD liveth there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the
earth .

1412 Then the woman said Let thine handmaid I pray thee speak
one word unto my lord the king And he said Say on .

1413 And the woman said Wherefore then hast thou thought such a
thing against the people of God for the king doth speak this
thing as one which is faulty in that the king doth not fetch
home again his banished .

1414 For we must needs die and are as water spilled on the
ground which cannot be gathered up again neither doth God
respect any person yet doth he devise means that his banished be
not expelled from him .

1415 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto
my lord the king it is because the people have made me afraid
and thy handmaid said I will now speak unto the king it may be
that the king will perform the request of his handmaid .

1416 For the king will hear to deliver his handmaid out of the
hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of
the inheritance of God .

1417 Then thine handmaid said The word of my lord the king
shall now be comfortable for as an angel of God so is my lord
the king to discern good and bad therefore the LORD thy God will
be with thee .

1418 Then the king answered and said unto the woman Hide not
from me I pray thee the thing that I shall ask thee And the
woman said Let my lord the king now speak .

1419 And the king said Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all
this And the woman answered and said As thy soul liveth my lord
the king none can turn to the right hand or to the left from
ought that my lord the king hath spoken for thy servant Joab he
bade me and he put all these words in the mouth of thine
handmaid .

1420 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab
done this thing and my lord is wise according to the wisdom of
an angel of God to know all things that are in the earth .

1421 And the king said unto Joab Behold now I have done this
thing go therefore bring the young man Absalom again .

1422 And Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself
and thanked the king and Joab said To day thy servant knoweth
that I have found grace in thy sight my lord O king in that the
king hath fulfilled the request of his servant .

1423 So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to
Jerusalem .

1424 And the king said Let him turn to his own house and let
him not see my face So Absalom returned to his own house and saw
not the king's face .

1425 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as
Absalom for his beauty from the sole of his foot even to the
crown of his head there was no blemish in him .

1426 And when he polled his head for it was at every year's end
that he polled it because the hair was heavy on him therefore he
polled it he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels
after the king's weight .

1427 And unto Absalom there were born three sons and one
daughter whose name was Tamar she was a woman of a fair
countenance .

1428 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem and saw not
the king's face .

1429 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab to have sent him to the
king but he would not come to him and when he sent again the
second time he would not come .

1430 Therefore he said unto his servants See Joab's field is
near mine and he hath barley there go and set it on fire And
Absalom's servants set the field on fire .

1431 Then Joab arose and came to Absalom unto his house and
said unto him Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire .

1432 And Absalom answered Joab Behold I sent unto thee saying
Come hither that I may send thee to the king to say Wherefore am
I come from Geshur it had been good for me to have been there
still now therefore let me see the king's face and if there be
any iniquity in me let him kill me .

1433 So Joab came to the king and told him and when he had
called for Absalom he came to the king and bowed himself on his
face to the ground before the king and the king kissed Absalom .

* 151 And it came to pass after this that Absalom prepared him
chariots and horses and fifty men to run before him .

152 And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the
gate and it was so that when any man that had a controversy came
to the king for judgment then Absalom called unto him and said
Of what city art thou And he said Thy servant is of one of the
tribes of Israel .

153 And Absalom said unto him See thy matters are good and
right but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee .

154 Absalom said moreover Oh that I were made judge in the land
that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me
and I would do him justice .

155 And it was so that when any man came night to him to do him
obeisance he put forth his hand and took him and kissed him .

156 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to
the king for judgment so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of
Israel .

157 And it came to pass after forty years that Absalom said
unto the king I pray thee let me go and pay my vow which I have
vowed unto the LORD in Hebron .

158 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in
Syria saying If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to
Jerusalem then I will serve the LORD .

159 And the king said unto him Go in peace So he arose and went
to Hebron .

1510 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel
saying As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet then ye shall
say Absalom reigneth in Hebron .

1511 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem
that were called and they went in their simplicity and they knew
not any thing .

1512 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite David's
counsellor from his city even from Giloh while he offered
sacrifices And the conspiracy was strong for the people
increased continually with Absalom .

1513 And there came a messenger to David saying The hearts of
the men of Israel are after Absalom .

1514 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at
Jerusalem Arise and let us flee for we shall not else escape
from Absalom make speed to depart lest he overtake us suddenly
and bring evil upon us and smite the city with the edge of the
sword .

1515 And the king's servants said unto the king Behold thy
servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall
appoint .

1516 And the king went forth and all his household after him
And the king left ten women which were concubines to keep the
house .

1517 And the king went forth and all the people after him and
tarried in a place that was far off .

1518 And all his servants passed on beside him and all the
Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites six
hundred men which came after him from Gath passed on before the
king .

1519 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite Wherefore goest
thou also with us return to thy place and abide with the king
for thou art a stranger and also an exile .

1520 Whereas thou camest but yesterday should I this day make
thee go up and down with us seeing I go whither I may return
thou and take back thy brethren mercy and truth be with thee .

1521 And Ittai answered the king and said As the LORD liveth
and as my lord the king liveth surely in what place my lord the
king shall be whether in death or life even there also will thy
servant be .

1522 And David said to Ittai Go and pass over And Ittai the
Gittite passed over and all his men and all the little ones that
were with him .

1523 And all the country wept with a loud voice and all the
people passed over the king also himself passed over the brook
Kidron and all the people passed over toward the way of the
wilderness .

1524 And lo Zadok also and all the Levites were with him
bearing the ark of the covenant of God and they set down the ark
of God and Abiathar went up until all the people had done
passing out of the city .

1525 And the king said unto Zadok Carry back the ark of God
into the city if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD he
will bring me again and show me both it and his habitation .

1526 But if he thus say I have no delight in thee behold here
am I let him do to me as seemeth good unto him .

1527 The king said also unto Zadok the priest Art not thou a
seer return into the city in peace and your two sons with you
Ahimaaz thy son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar .

1528 See I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness until
there come word from you to certify me .

1529 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again
to Jerusalem and they tarried there .

1530 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet and wept
as he went up and had his head covered and he went barefoot and
all the people that was with him covered every man his head and
they went up weeping as they went up .

1531 And one told David saying Ahithophel is among the
conspirators with Absalom And David said O LORD I pray thee turn
the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness .

1532 And it came to pass that when David was come to the top of
the mount where he worshipped God behold Hushai the Archite came
to meet him with his coat rent and earth upon his head .

1533 Unto whom David said If thou passest on with me then thou
shalt be a burden unto me .

1534 But if thou return to the city and say unto Absalom I will
be thy servant O king as I have been thy father's servant
hitherto so will I now also be thy servant then mayest thou for
me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel .

1535 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the
priests therefore it shall be that what thing soever thou shalt
hear out of the king's house thou shalt tell it to Zadok and
Abiathar the priests .

1536 Behold they have there with them their two sons Ahimaaz
Zadok's son and Jonathan Abiathar's son and by them ye shall
send unto me every thing that ye can hear .

1537 So Hushai David's friend came into the city and Absalom
came into Jerusalem .

* 161 And when David was a little past the top of the hill
behold Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of
asses saddled and upon them two hundred loaves of bread and an
hundred bunches of raisins and an hundred of summer fruits and a
bottle of wine .

162 And the king said unto Ziba What meanest thou by these And
Ziba said The asses be for the king's household to ride on and
the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat and the wine
that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink .

163 And the king said And where is thy master's son And Ziba
said unto the king Behold he abideth at Jerusalem for he said To
day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my
father .

164 Then said the king to Ziba Behold thine are all that
pertained unto Mephibosheth And Ziba said I humbly beseech thee
that I may find grace in thy sight my lord O king .

165 And when king David came to Bahurim behold thence came out
a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei
the son of Gera he came forth and cursed still as he came .

166 And he cast stones at David and at all the servants of king
David and all the people and all the mighty men were on his
right hand and on his left .

167 And thus said Shimei when he cursed Come out come out thou
bloody man and thou man of Belial .

168 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house
of Saul in whose stead thou hast reigned and the LORD hath
delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son and
behold thou art taken in thy mischief because thou art a bloody
man .

169 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king Why
should this dead dog curse my lord the king let me go over I
pray thee and take off his head .

1610 And the king said What have I to do with you ye sons of
Zeruiah so let him curse because the LORD hath said unto him
Curse David Who shall then say Wherefore hast thou done so .

1611 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants Behold
my son which came forth of my bowels seeketh my life how much
more now may this Benjamite do it let him alone and let him
curse for the LORD hath bidden him .

1612 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction and
that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day .

1613 And as David and his men went by the way Shimei went along
on the hill's side over against him and cursed as he went and
threw stones at him and cast dust .

1614 And the king and all the people that were with him came
weary and refreshed themselves there .

1615 And Absalom and all the people the men of Israel came to
Jerusalem and Ahithophel with him .

1616 And it came to pass when Hushai the Archite David's friend
was come unto Absalom that Hushai said unto Absalom God save the
king God save the king .

1617 And Absalom said to Hushai Is this thy kindness to thy
friend why wentest thou not with thy friend .

1618 And Hushai said unto Absalom Nay but whom the LORD and
this people and all the men of Israel choose his will I be and
with him will I abide .

1619 And again whom should I serve should I not serve in the
presence of his son as I have served in thy father's presence so
will I be in thy presence .

1620 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel Give counsel among you
what we shall do .

1621 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom Go in unto thy father's
concubines which he hath left to keep the house and all Israel
shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father then shall the
hands of all that are with thee be strong .

1622 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house
and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of
all Israel .

1623 And the counsel of Ahithophel which he counselled in those
days was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God so was
all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom .

* 171 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom Let me now choose
out twelve thousand men and I will arise and pursue after David
this night .

172 And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed
and will make him afraid and all the people that are with him
shall flee and I will smite the king only .

173 And I will bring back all the people unto thee the man whom
thou seekest is as if all returned so all the people shall be in
peace .

174 And the saying pleased Absalom well and all the elders of
Israel .

175 Then said Absalom Call now Hushai the Archite also and let
us hear likewise what he saith .

176 And when Hushai was come to Absalom Absalom spake unto him
saying Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner shall we do
after his saying if not speak thou .

177 And Hushai said unto Absalom The counsel that Ahithophel
hath given is not good at this time .

178 For said Hushai thou knowest thy father and his men that
they be mighty men and they be chafed in their minds as a bear
robbed of her whelps in the field and thy father is a man of war
and will not lodge with the people .

179 Behold he is hid now in some pit or in some other place and
it will come to pass when some of them be overthrown at the
first that whosoever heareth it will say There is a slaughter
among the people that follow Absalom .

1710 And he also that is valiant whose heart is as the heart of
a lion shall utterly melt for all Israel knoweth that thy father
is a mighty man and they which be with him are valiant men .

1711 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered
unto thee from Dan even to Beersheba as the sand that is by the
sea for multitude and that thou go to battle in thine own person
.

1712 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be
found and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the
ground and of him and of all the men that are with him there
shall not be left so much as one .

1713 Moreover if he be gotten into a city then shall all Israel
bring ropes to that city and we will draw it into the river
until there be not one small stone found there .

1714 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said The counsel of
Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel For
the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel
to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom .

1715 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests
Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of
Israel and thus and thus have I counselled .

1716 Now therefore send quickly and tell David saying Lodge not
this night in the plains of the wilderness but speedily pass
over lest the king be swallowed up and all the people that are
with him .

1717 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel for they might
not be seen to come into the city and a wench went and told them
and they went and told king David .

1718 Nevertheless a lad saw them and told Absalom but they went
both of them away quickly and came to a man's house in Bahurim
which had a well in his court whither they went down .

1719 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's
mouth and spread ground corn thereon and the thing was not known
.

1720 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house
they said Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan And the woman said unto
them They be gone over the brook of water And when they had
sought and could not find them they returned to Jerusalem .

1721 And it came to pass after they were departed that they
came up out of the well and went and told king David and said
unto David Arise and pass quickly over the water for thus hath
Ahithophel counselled against you .

1722 Then David arose and all the people that were with him and
they passed over Jordan by the morning light there lacked not
one of them that was not gone over Jordan .

1723 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed
he saddled his ass and arose and gat him home to his house to
his city and put his household in order and hanged himself and
died and was buried in the sepulchre of his father .

1724 Then David came to Mahanaim And Absalom passed over Jordan
he and all the men of Israel with him .

1725 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab
which Amasa was a man's son whose name was Ithra an Israelite
that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash sister to Zeruiah
Joab's mother .

1726 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead .

1727 And it came to pass when David was come to Mahanaim that
Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon and
Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar and Barzillai the Gileadite
of Rogelim .

1728 Brought beds and basins and earthen vessels and wheat and
barley and flour and parched corn and beans and lentiles and
parched pulse .

1729 And honey and butter and sheep and cheese of kine for
David and for the people that were with him to eat for they said
The people is hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness .

* 181 And David numbered the people that were with him and set
captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them .

182 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the
hand of Joab and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son
of Zeruiah Joab's brother and a third part under the hand of
Ittai the Gittite And the king said unto the people I will
surely go forth with you myself also .

183 But the people answered Thou shalt not go forth for if we
flee away they will not care for us neither if half of us die
will they care for us but now thou art worth ten thousand of us
therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city
.

184 And the king said unto them What seemeth you best I will do
And the king stood by the gate side and all the people came out
by hundreds and by thousands .

185 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai saying
Deal gently for my sake with the young man even with Absalom And
all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge
concerning Absalom .

186 So the people went out into the field against Israel and
the battle was in the wood of Ephraim .

187 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants
of David and there was there a great slaughter that day of
twenty thousand men .

188 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the
country and the wood devoured more people that day than the
sword devoured .

189 And Absalom met the servants of David And Absalom rode upon
a mule and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak
and his head caught hold of the oak and he was taken up between
the heaven and the earth and the mule that was under him went
away .

1810 And a certain man saw it and told Joab and said Behold I
saw Absalom hanged in an oak .

1811 And Joab said unto the man that told him And behold thou
sawest him and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground
And I would have given thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle .

1812 And the man said unto Joab Though I should receive a
thousand shekels of silver in mine hand yet would I not put
forth mine hand against the king's son for in our hearing the
king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai saying Beware that none
touch the young man Absalom .

1813 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own
life for there is no matter hid from the king and thou thyself
wouldest have set thyself against me .

1814 Then said Joab I may not tarry thus with thee And he took
three darts in his hand and thrust them through the heart of
Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak .

1815 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about
and smote Absalom and slew him .

1816 And Joab blew the trumpet and the people returned from
pursuing after Israel for Joab held back the people .

1817 And they took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the
wood and laid a very great heap of stones upon him and all
Israel fled every one to his tent .

1818 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for
himself a pillar which is in the king's dale for he said I have
no son to keep my name in remembrance and he called the pillar
after his own name and it is called unto this day Absalom's
place .

1819 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok Let me now run and bear
the king tidings how that the LORD hath avenged him of his
enemies .

1820 And Joab said unto him Thou shalt not bear tidings this
day but thou shalt bear tidings another day but this day thou
shalt bear no tidings because the king's son is dead .

1821 Then said Joab to Cushi Go tell the king what thou hast
seen And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab and ran .

1822 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab But
howsoever let me I pray thee also run after Cushi And Joab said
Wherefore wilt thou run my son seeing that thou hast no tidings
ready .

1823 But howsoever said he let me run And he said unto him Run
Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain and overran Cushi .

1824 And David sat between the two gates and the watchman went
up to the roof over the gate unto the wall and lifted up his
eyes and looked and behold a man running alone .

1825 And the watchman cried and told the king And the king said
If he be alone there is tidings in his mouth And he came apace
and drew near .

1826 And the watchman saw another man running and the watchman
called unto the porter and said Behold another man running alone
And the king said He also bringeth tidings .

1827 And the watchman said Me thinketh the running of the
foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok And the
king said He is a good man and cometh with good tidings .

1828 And Ahimaaz called and said unto the king All is well And
he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king and said
Blessed be the LORD thy God which hath delivered up the men that
lifted up their hand against my lord the king .

1829 And the king said Is the young man Absalom safe And
Ahimaaz answered When Joab sent the king's servant and me thy
servant I saw a great tumult but I knew not what it was .

1830 And the king said unto him Turn aside and stand here And
he turned aside and stood still .

1831 And behold Cushi came and Cushi said Tidings my lord the
king for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that
rose up against thee .

1832 And the king said unto Cushi Is the young man Absalom safe
And Cushi answered The enemies of my lord the king and all that
rise against thee to do thee hurt be as that young man is .

1833 And the king was much moved and went up to the chamber
over the gate and wept and as he went thus he said O my son
Absalom my son my son Absalom would God I had died for thee O
Absalom my son my son .

* 191 And it was told Joab Behold the king weepeth and mourneth
for Absalom .

192 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all
the people for the people heard say that day how the king was
grieved for his son .

193 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city
as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle .

194 But the king covered his face and the king cried with a
loud voice O my son Absalom O Absalom my son my son .

195 And Joab came into the house to the king and said Thou hast
shamed this day the faces of all thy servants which this day
have saved thy life and the lives of thy sons and of thy
daughters and the lives of thy wives and the lives of thy
concubines .

196 In that thou lovest thine enemies and hatest thy friends
For thou hast declared this day that thou regardest neither
princes nor servants for this day I perceive that if Absalom had
lived and all we had died this day then it had pleased thee well
.

197 Now therefore arise go forth and speak comfortably unto thy
servants for I swear by the LORD if thou go not forth there will
not tarry one with thee this night and that will be worse unto
thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now
.

198 Then the king arose and sat in the gate And they told unto
all the people saying Behold the king doth sit in the gate And
all the people came before the king for Israel had fled every
man to his tent .

199 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes
of Israel saying The king saved us out of the hand of our
enemies and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines
and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom .

1910 And Absalom whom we anointed over us is dead in battle Now
therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back .

1911 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests
saying Speak unto the elders of Judah saying Why are ye the last
to bring the king back to his house seeing the speech of all
Israel is come to the king even to his house .

1912 Ye are my brethren ye are my bones and my flesh wherefore
then are ye the last to bring back the king .

1913 And say ye to Amasa Art thou not of my bone and of my
flesh God do so to me and more also if thou be not captain of
the host before me continually in the room of Joab .

1914 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah even as the
heart of one man so that they sent this word unto the king
Return thou and all thy servants .

1915 So the king returned and came to Jordan And Judah came to
Gilgal to go to meet the king to conduct the king over Jordan .

1916 And Shimei the son of Gera a Benjamite which was of
Bahurim hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king
David .

1917 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him and
Ziba the servant of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and
his twenty servants with him and they went over Jordan before
the king .

1918 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's
household and to do what he thought good And Shimei the son of
Gera fell down before the king as he was come over Jordan .

1919 And said unto the king Let not my lord impute iniquity
unto me neither do thou remember that which thy servant did
perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem
that the king should take it to his heart .

1920 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned therefore
behold I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph
to go down to meet my lord the king .

1921 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said Shall not
Shimei be put to death for this because he cursed the LORD'S
anointed .

1922 And David said What have I to do with you ye sons of
Zeruiah that ye should this day be adversaries unto me shall
there any man be put to death this day in Israel for do not I
know that I am this day king over Israel .

1923 Therefore the king said unto Shimei Thou shalt not die And
the king sware unto him .

1924 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the
king and had neither dressed his feet nor trimmed his beard nor
washed his clothes from the day the king departed until the day
he came again in peace .

1925 And it came to pass when he was come to Jerusalem to meet
the king that the king said unto him Wherefore wentest not thou
with me Mephibosheth .

1926 And he answered My lord O king my servant deceived me for
thy servant said I will saddle me an ass that I may ride thereon
and go to the king because thy servant is lame .

1927 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king
but my lord the king is as an angel of God do therefore what is
good in thine eyes .

1928 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my
lord the king yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did
eat at thine own table What right therefore have I yet to cry
any more unto the king .

1929 And the king said unto him Why speakest thou any more of
thy matters I have said Thou and Ziba divide the land .

1930 And Mephibosheth said unto the king Yea let him take all
forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his
own house .

1931 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and
went over Jordan with the king to conduct him over Jordan .

1932 Now Barzillai was a very aged man even fourscore years old
and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at
Mahanaim for he was a very great man .

1933 And the king said unto Barzillai Come thou over with me
and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem .

1934 And Barzillai said unto the king How long have I to live
that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem .

1935 I am this day fourscore years old and can I discern
between good and evil can thy servant taste what I eat or what I
drink can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing
women wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my
lord the king .

1936 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king
and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward .

1937 Let thy servant I pray thee turn back again that I may die
in mine own city and be buried by the grave of my father and of
my mother But behold thy servant Chimham let him go over with my
lord the king and do to him what shall seem good unto thee .

1938 And the king answered Chimham shall go over with me and I
will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee and
whatsoever thou shalt require of me that will I do for thee .

1939 And all the people went over Jordan And when the king was
come over the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him and he
returned unto his own place .

1940 Then the king went on to Gilgal and Chimham went on with
him and all the people of Judah conducted the king and also half
the people of Israel .

1941 And behold all the men of Israel came to the king and said
unto the king Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee
away and have brought the king and his household and all David's
men with him over Jordan .

1942 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel
Because the king is near of kin to us wherefore then be ye angry
for this matter have we eaten at all of the king's cost or hath
he given us any gift .

1943 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said
We have ten parts in the king and we have also more right in
David than ye why then did ye despise us that our advice should
not be first had in bringing back our king And the words of the
men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel .

* 201 And there happened to be there a man of Belial whose name
was Sheba the son of Bichri a Benjamite and he blew a trumpet
and said We have no part in David neither have we inheritance in
the son of Jesse every man to his tents O Israel .

202 So every man of Israel went up from after David and
followed Sheba the son of Bichri but the men of Judah clave unto
their king from Jordan even to Jerusalem .

203 And David came to his house at Jerusalem and the king took
the ten women his concubines whom he had left to keep the house
and put them in ward and fed them but went not in unto them So
they were shut up unto the day of their death living in
widowhood .

204 Then said the king to Amasa Assemble me the men of Judah
within three days and be thou here present .

205 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah but he tarried
longer than the set time which he had appointed him .

206 And David said to Abishai Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri
do us more harm than did Absalom take thou thy lord's servants
and pursue after him lest he get him fenced cities and escape us
.

207 And there went out after him Joab's men and the Cherethites
and the Pelethites and all the mighty men and they went out of
Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri .

208 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon Amasa
went before them And Joab's garment that he had put on was
girded unto him and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon
his loins in the sheath thereof and as he went forth it fell out
.

209 And Joab said to Amasa Art thou in health my brother And
Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him .

2010 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's
hand so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib and shed out his
bowels to the ground and struck him not again and he died So
Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of
Bichri .

2011 And one of Joab's men stood by him and said He that
favoureth Joab and he that is for David let him go after Joab .

2012 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway
And when the man saw that all the people stood still he removed
Amasa out of the highway into the field and cast a cloth upon
him when he saw that every one that came by him stood still .

2013 When he was removed out of the highway all the people went
on after Joab to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri .

2014 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel and
to Bethmaachah and all the Berites and they were gathered
together and went also after him .

2015 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah and
they cast up a bank against the city and it stood in the trench
and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall to
throw it down .

2016 Then cried a wise woman out of the city Hear hear say I
pray you unto Joab Come near hither that I may speak with thee .

2017 And when he was come near unto her the woman said Art thou
Joab And he answered I am he Then she said unto him Hear the
words of thine handmaid And he answered I do hear .

2018 Then she spake saying They were wont to speak in old time
saying They shall surely ask counsel at Abel and so they ended
the matter .

2019 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel
thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel why wilt
thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD .

2020 And Joab answered and said Far be it far be it from me
that I should swallow up or destroy .

2021 The matter is not so but a man of mount Ephraim Sheba the
son of Bichri by name hath lifted up his hand against the king
even against David deliver him only and I will depart from the
city And the woman said unto Joab Behold his head shall be
thrown to thee over the wall .

2022 Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom And
they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and cast it out
to Joab And he blew a trumpet and they retired from the city
every man to his tent And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the
king .

2023 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel and Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites
.

2024 And Adoram was over the tribute and Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud was recorder .

2025 And Sheva was scribe and Zadok and Abiathar were the
priests .

2026 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David .

* 211 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years
year after year and David inquired of the LORD And the LORD
answered It is for Saul and for his bloody house because he slew
the Gibeonites .

212 And the king called the Gibeonites and said unto them now
the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel but of the
remnant of the Amorites and the children of Israel had sworn
unto them and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the
children of Israel and Judah .

213 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites What shall I do
for you and wherewith shall I make the atonement that ye may
bless the inheritance of the LORD .

214 And the Gibeonites said unto him We will have no silver nor
gold of Saul nor of his house neither for us shalt thou kill any
man in Israel And he said What ye shall say that will I do for
you .

215 And they answered the king The man that consumed us and
that devised against us that we should be destroyed from
remaining in any of the coasts of Israel .

216 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us and we will
hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul whom the LORD did
choose And the king said I will give them .

217 But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the
son of Saul because of the LORD'S oath that was between them
between David and Jonathan the son of Saul .

218 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of
Aiah whom she bare unto Saul Armoni and Mephibosheth and the
five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul whom she brought up for
Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite .

219 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites and
they hanged them in the hill before the LORD and they fell all
seven together and were put to death in the days of harvest in
the first days in the beginning of barley harvest .

2110 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread
it for her upon the rock from the beginning of harvest until
water dropped upon them out of heaven and suffered neither the
birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the
field by night .

2111 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the
concubine of Saul had done .

2112 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of
Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead which had stolen
them from the street of Bethshan where the Philistines had
hanged them when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa .

2113 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the
bones of Jonathan his son and they gathered the bones of them
that were hanged .

2114 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in
the country of Benjamin in Zelah in the sepulchre of Kish his
father and they performed all that the king commanded And after
that God was entreated for the land .

2115 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel and
David went down and his servants with him and fought against the
Philistines and David waxed faint .

2116 And Ishbibenob which was of the sons of the giant the
weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in
weight he being girded with a new sword thought to have slain
David .

2117 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him and smote the
Philistine and killed him Then the men of David sware unto him
saying Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle that thou
quench not the light of Israel .

2118 And it came to pass after this that there was again a
battle with the Philistines at Gob then Sibbechai the Hushathite
slew Saph which was of the sons of the giant .

2119 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines
where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim a Bethlehemite slew the
brother of Goliath the Gittite the staff of whose spear was like
a weaver's beam .

2120 And there was yet a battle in Gath where was a man of
great stature that had on every hand six fingers and on every
foot six toes four and twenty in number and he also was born to
the giant .

2121 And when he defied Israel Jonathan the son of Shimeah the
brother of David slew him .

2122 These four were born to the giant in Gath and fell by the
hand of David and by the hand of his servants .

* 221 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in
the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all
his enemies and out of the hand of Saul .

222 And he said The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my
deliverer .

223 The God of my rock in him will I trust he is my shield and
the horn of my salvation my high tower and my refuge my saviour
thou savest me from violence .

224 I will call on the LORD who is worthy to be praised so
shall I be saved from mine enemies .

225 When the waves of death compassed me the floods of ungodly
men made me afraid .

226 The sorrows of hell compassed me about the snares of death
prevented me .

227 In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried to my God
and he did hear my voice out of his temple and my cry did enter
into his ears .

228 Then the earth shook and trembled the foundations of heaven
moved and shook because he was wroth .

229 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils and fire out of
his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it .

2210 He bowed the heavens also and came down and darkness was
under his feet .

2211 And he rode upon a cherub and did fly and he was seen upon
the wings of the wind .

2212 And he made darkness pavilions round about him dark waters
and thick clouds of the skies .

2213 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire
kindled .

2214 The LORD thundered from heaven and the most High uttered
his voice .

2215 And he sent out arrows and scattered them lightning and
discomfited them .

2216 And the channels of the sea appeared the foundations of
the world were discovered at the rebuking of the LORD at the
blast of the breath of his nostrils .

2217 He sent from above he took me he drew me out of many
waters .

2218 He delivered me from my strong enemy and from them that
hated me for they were too strong for me .

2219 They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the LORD
was my stay .

2220 He brought me forth also into a large place he delivered
me because he delighted in me .

2221 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me .

2222 For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly
departed from my God .

2223 For all his judgments were before me and as for his
statutes I did not depart from them .

2224 I was also upright before him and have kept myself from
mine iniquity .

2225 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my
righteousness according to my cleanness in his eye sight .

2226 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful and with
the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright .

2227 With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure and with the
froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury .

2228 And the afflicted people thou wilt save but thine eyes are
upon the haughty that thou mayest bring them down .

2229 For thou art my lamp O LORD and the LORD will lighten my
darkness .

2230 For by thee I have run through a troop by my God have I
leaped over a wall .

2231 As for God his way is perfect the word of the LORD is
tried he is a buckler to all them that trust in him .

2232 For who is God save the LORD and who is a rock save our
God .

2233 God is my strength and power And he maketh my way perfect
.

2234 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet and setteth me upon my
high places .

2235 He teacheth my hands to war so that a bow of steel is
broken by mine arms .

2236 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation and
thy gentleness hath made me great .

2237 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me so that my feet did
not slip .

2238 I have pursued mine enemies and destroyed them and turned
not again until I had consumed them .

2239 And I have consumed them and wounded them that they could
not arise yea they are fallen under my feet .

2240 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle them that
rose up against me hast thou subdued under me .

2241 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies that I
might destroy them that hate me .

2242 They looked but there was none to save even unto the LORD
but he answered them not .

2243 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth I
did stamp them as the mire of the street and did spread them
abroad .

2244 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my
people thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen a people
which I knew not shall serve me .

2245 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me as soon as they
hear they shall be obedient unto me .

2246 Strangers shall fade away and they shall be afraid out of
their close places .

2247 The LORD liveth and blessed be my rock and exalted be the
God of the rock of my salvation .

2248 It is God that avengeth me and that bringeth down the
people under me .

2249 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies thou also
hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me
thou hast delivered me from the violent man .

2250 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee O LORD among the
heathen and I will sing praises unto thy name .

2251 He is the tower of salvation for his king and showeth
mercy to his anointed unto David and to his seed for evermore .

* 231 Now these be the last words of David David the son of
Jesse said and the man who was raised up on high the anointed of
the God of Jacob and the sweet psalmist of Israel said .

232 The spirit of the LORD spake by me and his word was in my
tongue .

233 The God of Israel said the Rock of Israel spake to me He
that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God .

234 And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun
riseth even a morning without clouds as the tender grass
springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain .

235 Although my house be not so with God yet he hath made with
me an everlasting covenant ordered in all things and sure for
this is all my salvation and all my desire although he make it
not to grow .

236 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns
thrust away because they cannot be taken with hands .

237 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron
and the staff of a spear and they shall be utterly burned with
fire in the same place .

238 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had The
Tachmonite that sat in the seat chief among the captains the
same was Adino the Eznite he lift up his spear against eight
hundred whom he slew at one time .

239 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite one
of the three mighty men with David when they defied the
Philistines that were there gathered together to battle and the
men of Israel were gone away .

2310 He arose and smote the Philistines until his hand was
weary and his hand clave unto the sword and the LORD wrought a
great victory that day and the people returned after him only to
spoil .

2311 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite And
the Philistines were gathered together into a troop where was a
piece of ground full of lentiles and the people fled from the
Philistines .

2312 But he stood in the midst of the ground and defended it
and slew the Philistines and the LORD wrought a great victory .

2313 And three of the thirty chief went down and came to David
in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam and the troop of
the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim .

2314 And David was then in an hold and the garrison of the
Philistines was then in Bethlehem .

2315 And David longed and said Oh that one would give me drink
of the water of the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate .

2316 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the
Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was
by the gate and took it and brought it to David nevertheless he
would not drink thereof but poured it out unto the LORD .

2317 And he said Be it far from me O LORD that I should do this
is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their
lives therefore he would not drink it These things did these
three mighty men .

2318 And Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah was
chief among three And he lifted up his spear against three
hundred and slew them and had the name among three .

2319 Was he not most honourable of three therefore he was their
captain howbeit he attained not unto the first three .

2320 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of a valiant man
of Kabzeel who had done many acts he slew two lionlike men of
Moab he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in
time of snow .

2321 And he slew an Egyptian a goodly man and the Egyptian had
a spear in his hand but he went down to him with a staff and
plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and slew him with
his own spear .

2322 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had the
name among three mighty men .

2323 He was more honourable than the thirty but he attained not
to the first three And David set him over his guard .

2324 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty Elhanan
the son of Dodo of Bethlehem .

2325 Shammah the Harodite Elika the Harodite .

2326 Helez the Paltite Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite .

2327 Abiezer the Anethothite Mebunnai the Hushathite .

2328 Zalmon the Ahohite Maharai the Netophathite .

2329 Heleb the son of Baanah a Netophathite Ittai the son of
Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin .

2330 Benaiah the Pirathonite Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash .

2331 Abialbon the Arbathite Azmaveth the Barhumite .

2332 Eliahba the Shaalbonite of the sons of Jashen Jonathan .

2333 Shammah the Hararite Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite
.

2334 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai the son of the Maachathite
Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite .

2335 Hezrai the Carmelite Paarai the Arbite .

2336 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah Bani the Gadite .

2337 Zelek the Ammonite Nahari the Beerothite armourbearer to
Joab the son of Zeruiah .

2338 Ira an Ithrite Gareb an Ithrite .

2339 Uriah the Hittite thirty and seven in all .

* 241 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Israel and he moved David against them to say Go number Israel
and Judah .

242 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host which was
with him Go now through all the tribes of Israel from Dan even
to Beersheba and number ye the people that I may know the number
of the people .

243 And Joab said unto the king Now the LORD thy God add unto
the people how many soever they be an hundredfold and that the
eyes of my lord the king may see it but why doth my lord the
king delight in this thing .

244 Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab and
against the captains of the host And Joab and the captains of
the host went out from the presence of the king to number the
people of Israel .

245 And they passed over Jordan and pitched in Aroer on the
right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of
Gad and toward Jazer .

246 Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtimhodshi
and they came to Danjaan and about to Zidon .

247 And came to the strong hold of Tyre and to all the cities
of the Hivites and of the Canaanites and they went out to the
south of Judah even to Beersheba .

248 So when they had gone through all the land they came to
Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days .

249 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto
the king and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant
men that drew the sword and the men of Judah were five hundred
thousand men .

2410 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the
people And David said unto the LORD I have sinned greatly in
that I have done and now I beseech thee O LORD take away the
iniquity of thy servant for I have done very foolishly .

2411 For when David was up in the morning the word of the LORD
came unto the prophet Gad David's seer saying .

2412 Go and say unto David Thus saith the LORD I offer thee
three things choose thee one of them that I may do it unto thee
.

2413 So Gad came to David and told him and said unto him Shall
seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land or wilt thou
flee three months before thine enemies while they pursue thee or
that there be three days' pestilence in thy land now advise and
see what answer I shall return to him that sent me .

2414 And David said unto Gad I am in a great strait let us fall
now into the hand of the LORD for his mercies are great and let
me not fall into the hand of man .

2415 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning
even to the time appointed and there died of the people from Dan
even to Beersheba seventy thousand men .

2416 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem
to destroy it the LORD repented him of the evil and said to the
angel that destroyed the people It is enough stay now thine hand
And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah
the Jebusite .

2417 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that
smote the people and said Lo I have sinned and I have done
wickedly but these sheep what have they done let thine hand I
pray thee be against me and against my father's house .

2418 And Gad came that day to David and said unto him Go up
rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the
Jebusite .

2419 And David according to the saying of Gad went up as the
LORD commanded .

2420 And Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants
coming on toward him and Araunah went out and bowed himself
before the king on his face upon the ground .

2421 And Araunah said Wherefore is my lord the king come to his
servant And David said To buy the threshingfloor of thee to
build an altar unto the LORD that the plague may be stayed from
the people .

2422 And Araunah said unto David Let my lord the king take and
offer up what seemeth good unto him behold here be oxen for
burnt sacrifice and threshing instruments and other instruments
of the oxen for wood .

2423 All these things did Araunah as a king give unto the king
And Araunah said unto the king The LORD thy God accept thee .

2424 And the king said unto Araunah Nay but I will surely buy
it of thee at a price neither will I offer burnt offerings unto
the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing So David
bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of
silver .

2425 And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings So the LORD was entreated
for the land and the plague was stayed from Israel







  
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