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2 Samuel 1:1--24:25

Now it came to pass after
<0310>
the death
<04194>
of Saul
<07586>_,
when David
<01732>
was returned
<07725> (8804)
from the slaughter
<05221> (8687)
of the Amalekites
<06002>_,
and David
<01732>
had abode
<03427> (8799)
two
<08147>
days
<03117>
in Ziklag
<06860>_;
It came even to pass on the third
<07992>
day
<03117>_,
that, behold, a man
<0376>
came
<0935> (8802)
out of the camp
<04264>
from Saul
<07586>
with his clothes
<0899>
rent
<07167> (8803)_,
and earth
<0127>
upon his head
<07218>_:
and [so] it was, when he came
<0935> (8800)
to David
<01732>_,
that he fell
<05307> (8799)
to the earth
<0776>_,
and did obeisance
<07812> (8691)_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, From whence comest
<0935> (8799)
thou? And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Out of the camp
<04264>
of Israel
<03478>
am I escaped
<04422> (8738)_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, How
<04100>
went the matter
<01697>_?
I pray thee, tell
<05046> (8685)
me. And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
That the people
<05971>
are fled
<05127> (8804)
from the battle
<04421>_,
and many
<07235> (8687)
of the people
<05971>
also are fallen
<05307> (8804)
and dead
<04191> (8799)_;
and Saul
<07586>
and Jonathan
<03083>
his son
<01121>
are dead
<04191> (8804)
also. {How...: Heb. What was, etc}
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the young man
<05288>
that told
<05046> (8688)
him, How knowest
<03045> (8804)
thou that Saul
<07586>
and Jonathan
<03083>
his son
<01121>
be dead
<04191> (8804)_?
And the young man
<05288>
that told
<05046> (8688)
him said
<0559> (8799)_,
As I happened
<07136> (8738)
by chance
<07122> (8736)
upon mount
<02022>
Gilboa
<01533>_,
behold, Saul
<07586>
leaned
<08172> (8737)
upon his spear
<02595>_;
and, lo, the chariots
<07393>
and horsemen
<01167> <06571>
followed hard
<01692> (8689)
after him.
And when he looked
<06437> (8799)
behind
<0310>
him, he saw
<07200> (8799)
me, and called
<07121> (8799)
unto me. And I answered
<0559> (8799)_,
Here [am] I. {Here...: Heb. Behold me}
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered
<0559> (8799)
him, I [am] an Amalekite
<06003>_.
He said
<0559> (8799)
unto me again, Stand
<05975> (8798)_,
I pray thee, upon me, and slay
<04191> (8786)
me: for anguish
<07661>
is come
<0270> (8804)
upon me, because my life
<05315>
[is] yet whole in me. {anguish...: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc}
So I stood
<05975> (8799)
upon him, and slew
<04191> (8787)
him, because I was sure
<03045> (8804)
that he could not live
<02421> (8799)
after
<0310>
that he was fallen
<05307> (8800)_:
and I took
<03947> (8799)
the crown
<05145>
that [was] upon his head
<07218>_,
and the bracelet
<0685>
that [was] on his arm
<02220>_,
and have brought
<0935> (8686)
them hither unto my lord
<0113>_.
Then David
<01732>
took hold
<02388> (8686)
on his clothes
<0899>_,
and rent
<07167> (8799)
them; and likewise all the men
<0582>
that [were] with him:
And they mourned
<05594> (8799)_,
and wept
<01058> (8799)_,
and fasted
<06684> (8799)
until even
<06153>_,
for Saul
<07586>_,
and for Jonathan
<03083>
his son
<01121>_,
and for the people
<05971>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
and for the house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>_;
because they were fallen
<05307> (8804)
by the sword
<02719>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the young man
<05288>
that told
<05046> (8688)
him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
I [am] the son
<01121>
of a stranger
<0376> <01616>_,
an Amalekite
<06003>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, How wast thou not afraid
<03372> (8804)
to stretch forth
<07971> (8800)
thine hand
<03027>
to destroy
<07843> (8763)
the LORD'S
<03068>
anointed
<04899>_?
And David
<01732>
called
<07121> (8799)
one
<0259>
of the young men
<05288>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Go near
<05066> (8798)_,
[and] fall
<06293> (8798)
upon him. And he smote
<05221> (8686)
him that he died
<04191> (8799)_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Thy blood
<01818>
[be] upon thy head
<07218>_;
for thy mouth
<06310>
hath testified
<06030> (8804)
against thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
I have slain
<04191> (8790)
the LORD'S
<03068>
anointed
<04899>_.
And David
<01732>
lamented
<06969> (8787)
with this lamentation
<07015>
over Saul
<07586>
and over Jonathan
<03083>
his son
<01121>_:
(Also he bade
<0559> (8799)
them teach
<03925> (8763)
the children
<01121>
of Judah
<03063>
[the use of] the bow
<07198>_:
behold, [it is] written
<03789> (8803)
in the book
<05612>
of Jasher
<03477>.)
{of Jasher: or, of the upright}
The beauty
<06643>
of Israel
<03478>
is slain
<02491>
upon thy high places
<01116>_:
how are the mighty
<01368>
fallen
<05307> (8804)_!
Tell
<05046> (8686)
[it] not in Gath
<01661>_,
publish
<01319> (8762)
[it] not in the streets
<02351>
of Askelon
<0831>_;
lest the daughters
<01323>
of the Philistines
<06430>
rejoice
<08055> (8799)_,
lest the daughters
<01323>
of the uncircumcised
<06189>
triumph
<05937> (8799)_.
Ye mountains
<02022>
of Gilboa
<01533>_,
[let there be] no dew
<02919>_,
neither [let there be] rain
<04306>_,
upon you, nor fields
<07704>
of offerings
<08641>_:
for there the shield
<04043>
of the mighty
<01368>
is vilely cast away
<01602> (8738)_,
the shield
<04043>
of Saul
<07586>_,
[as though he had] not [been] anointed
<04899>
with oil
<08081>_.
From the blood
<01818>
of the slain
<02491>_,
from the fat
<02459>
of the mighty
<01368>_,
the bow
<07198>
of Jonathan
<03083>
turned
<07734> (8738)
not back
<0268>_,
and the sword
<02719>
of Saul
<07586>
returned
<07725> (8799)
not empty
<07387>_.
Saul
<07586>
and Jonathan
<03083>
[were] lovely
<0157> (8737)
and pleasant
<05273>
in their lives
<02416>_,
and in their death
<04194>
they were not divided
<06504> (8738)_:
they were swifter
<07043> (8804)
than eagles
<05404>_,
they were stronger
<01396> (8804)
than lions
<0738>_.
{pleasant: or, sweet}
Ye daughters
<01323>
of Israel
<03478>_,
weep over
<01058> (8798)
Saul
<07586>_,
who clothed
<03847> (8688)
you in scarlet
<08144>_,
with [other] delights
<05730>_,
who put
<05927> (8688)
on ornaments
<05716>
of gold
<02091>
upon your apparel
<03830>_.
How are the mighty
<01368>
fallen
<05307> (8804)
in the midst
<08432>
of the battle
<04421>_!
O Jonathan
<03083>_,
[thou wast] slain
<02491>
in thine high places
<01116>_.
I am distressed
<06887> (8804)
for thee, my brother
<0251>
Jonathan
<03083>_:
very
<03966>
pleasant
<05276> (8804)
hast thou been unto me: thy love
<0160>
to me was wonderful
<06381> (8738)_,
passing the love
<0160>
of women
<0802>_.
How are the mighty
<01368>
fallen
<05307> (8804)_,
and the weapons
<03627>
of war
<04421>
perished
<06> (8799)_!
And it came to pass after this
<0310>_,
that David
<01732>
enquired
<07592> (8799)
of the LORD
<03068>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Shall I go up
<05927> (8799)
into any
<0259>
of the cities
<05892>
of Judah
<03063>_?
And the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Go up
<05927> (8798)_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Whither shall I go up
<05927> (8799)_?
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Unto Hebron
<02275>_.
So David
<01732>
went up
<05927> (8799)
thither, and his two
<08147>
wives
<0802>
also, Ahinoam
<0293>
the Jezreelitess
<03159>_,
and Abigail
<026>
Nabal's
<05037>
wife
<0802>
the Carmelite
<03761>_.
And his men
<0582>
that [were] with him did David
<01732>
bring up
<05927> (8689)_,
every man
<0376>
with his household
<01004>_:
and they dwelt
<03427> (8799)
in the cities
<05892>
of Hebron
<02275>_.
And the men
<0582>
of Judah
<03063>
came
<0935> (8799)_,
and there they anointed
<04886> (8799)
David
<01732>
king
<04428>
over the house
<01004>
of Judah
<03063>_.
And they told
<05046> (8686)
David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
[That] the men
<0582>
of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>
[were they] that buried
<06912> (8804)
Saul
<07586>_.
And David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>
unto the men
<0582>
of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, Blessed
<01288> (8803)
[be] ye of the LORD
<03068>_,
that ye have shewed
<06213> (8804)
this kindness
<02617>
unto your lord
<0113>_,
[even] unto Saul
<07586>_,
and have buried
<06912> (8799)
him.
And now the LORD
<03068>
shew
<06213> (8799)
kindness
<02617>
and truth
<0571>
unto you: and I also will requite
<06213> (8799)
you this kindness
<02896>_,
because ye have done
<06213> (8804)
this thing
<01697>_.
Therefore now let your hands
<03027>
be strengthened
<02388> (8799)_,
and be ye valiant
<01121> <02428>_:
for your master
<0113>
Saul
<07586>
is dead
<04191> (8804)_,
and also the house
<01004>
of Judah
<03063>
have anointed
<04886> (8804)
me king
<04428>
over them. {be ye...: Heb. be ye the sons of valour}
But Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>_,
captain
<08269>
of Saul's
<07586>
host
<06635>_,
took
<03947> (8804)
Ishbosheth
<0378>
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>_,
and brought him over
<05674> (8686)
to Mahanaim
<04266>_;
{Saul's host: Heb. the host which was Saul's} {Ishbosheth: or, Eshbaal}
And made him king
<04427> (8686)
over Gilead
<01568>_,
and over the Ashurites
<0805>_,
and over Jezreel
<03157>_,
and over Ephraim
<0669>_,
and over Benjamin
<01144>_,
and over all Israel
<03478>_.
Ishbosheth
<0378>
Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>
[was] forty
<0705>
years
<08141>
old
<01121>
when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)
over Israel
<03478>_,
and reigned
<04427> (8804)
two
<08147>
years
<08141>_.
But the house
<01004>
of Judah
<03063>
followed
<0310>
David
<01732>_.
And the time
<04557> <03117>
that David
<01732>
was king
<04428>
in Hebron
<02275>
over the house
<01004>
of Judah
<03063>
was seven
<07651>
years
<08141>
and six
<08337>
months
<02320>_.
{time: Heb. number of days}
And Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>_,
and the servants
<05650>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>_,
went out
<03318> (8799)
from Mahanaim
<04266>
to Gibeon
<01391>_.
And Joab
<03097>
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>_,
and the servants
<05650>
of David
<01732>_,
went out
<03318> (8804)_,
and met
<06298> (8799)
together
<03162>
by the pool
<01295>
of Gibeon
<01391>_:
and they sat down
<03427> (8799)_,
the one on the one side of the pool
<01295>_,
and the other on the other side of the pool
<01295>_.
{together: Heb. them together}
And Abner
<074>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Joab
<03097>_,
Let the young men
<05288>
now arise
<06965> (8799)_,
and play
<07832> (8762)
before
<06440>
us. And Joab
<03097>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Let them arise
<06965> (8799)_.
Then there arose
<06965> (8799)
and went over
<05674> (8799)
by number
<04557>
twelve
<08147> <06240>
of Benjamin
<01144>_,
which [pertained] to Ishbosheth
<0378>
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>_,
and twelve
<08147> <06240>
of the servants
<05650>
of David
<01732>_.
And they caught
<02388> (8686)
every one
<0376>
his fellow
<07453>
by the head
<07218>_,
and [thrust] his sword
<02719>
in his fellow's
<07453>
side
<06654>_;
so they fell down
<05307> (8799)
together
<03162>_:
wherefore that place
<04725>
was called
<07121> (8799)
Helkathhazzurim
<02521>_,
which [is] in Gibeon
<01391>_.
{Helkathhazzurim: that is, The field of strong men}
And there was a very
<03966>
sore
<07186>
battle
<04421>
that day
<03117>_;
and Abner
<074>
was beaten
<05062> (8735)_,
and the men
<0582>
of Israel
<03478>_,
before
<06440>
the servants
<05650>
of David
<01732>_.
And there were three
<07969>
sons
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>
there, Joab
<03097>_,
and Abishai
<052>_,
and Asahel
<06214>_:
and Asahel
<06214>
[was as] light
<07031>
of foot
<07272>
as a
<0259>
wild
<07704>
roe
<06643>_.
{of foot: Heb. of his feet} {as a wild...: Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field}
And Asahel
<06214>
pursued
<07291> (8799)
after
<0310>
Abner
<074>_;
and in going
<03212> (8800)
he turned
<05186> (8804)
not to the right hand
<03225>
nor to the left
<08040>
from following
<0310>
Abner
<074>_.
{from...: Heb. from after Abner}
Then Abner
<074>
looked
<06437> (8799)
behind
<0310>
him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Art] thou Asahel
<06214>_?
And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
I [am].
And Abner
<074>
said
<0559> (8799)
to him, Turn thee aside
<05186> (8798)
to thy right hand
<03225>
or to thy left
<08040>_,
and lay thee hold
<0270> (8798)
on one
<0259>
of the young men
<05288>_,
and take
<03947> (8798)
thee his armour
<02488>_.
But Asahel
<06214>
would
<014> (8804)
not turn aside
<05493> (8800)
from following
<0310>
of him. {armour: or, spoil}
And Abner
<074>
said
<0559> (8800)
again
<03254> (8686)
to Asahel
<06214>_,
Turn thee aside
<05493> (8798)
from following
<0310>
me: wherefore should I smite
<05221> (8686)
thee to the ground
<0776>_?
how then should I hold up
<05375> (8799)
my face
<06440>
to Joab
<03097>
thy brother
<0251>_?
Howbeit he refused
<03985> (8762)
to turn aside
<05493> (8800)_:
wherefore Abner
<074>
with the hinder end
<0310>
of the spear
<02595>
smote
<05221> (8686)
him under
<0413>
the fifth
<02570>
[rib], that the spear
<02595>
came out
<03318> (8799)
behind
<0310>
him; and he fell down
<05307> (8799)
there, and died
<04191> (8799)
in the same place
<08478>_:
and it came to pass, [that] as many as came
<0935> (8802)
to the place
<04725>
where Asahel
<06214>
fell down
<05307> (8804)
and died
<04191> (8799)
stood still
<05975> (8799)_.
Joab
<03097>
also and Abishai
<052>
pursued
<07291> (8799)
after
<0310>
Abner
<074>_:
and the sun
<08121>
went down
<0935> (8804)
when they were come
<0935> (8804)
to the hill
<01389>
of Ammah
<0522>_,
that [lieth] before
<06440>
Giah
<01520>
by the way
<01870>
of the wilderness
<04057>
of Gibeon
<01391>_.
And the children
<01121>
of Benjamin
<01144>
gathered themselves together
<06908> (8691)
after
<0310>
Abner
<074>_,
and became one
<0259>
troop
<092>_,
and stood
<05975> (8799)
on the top
<07218>
of an hill
<01389>_.
Then Abner
<074>
called
<07121> (8799)
to Joab
<03097>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Shall the sword
<02719>
devour
<0398> (8799)
for ever
<05331>_?
knowest
<03045> (8804)
thou not that it will be bitterness
<04751>
in the latter end
<0314>_?
how long shall it be then, ere thou bid
<0559> (8799)
the people
<05971>
return
<07725> (8800)
from following
<0310>
their brethren
<0251>_?
And Joab
<03097>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
[As] God
<0430>
liveth
<02416>_,
unless
<03884>
thou hadst spoken
<01696> (8765)_,
surely then in the morning
<01242>
the people
<05971>
had gone up
<05927> (8738)
every one
<0376>
from following
<0310>
his brother
<0251>_.
{in the...: Heb. from the morning} {gone...: or, gone away}
So Joab
<03097>
blew
<08628> (8799)
a trumpet
<07782>_,
and all the people
<05971>
stood still
<05975> (8799)_,
and pursued
<07291> (8799)
after
<0310>
Israel
<03478>
no more, neither fought
<03898> (8736)
they any more
<03254> (8804)_.
And Abner
<074>
and his men
<0582>
walked
<01980> (8804)
all that night
<03915>
through the plain
<06160>_,
and passed over
<05674> (8799)
Jordan
<03383>_,
and went through
<03212> (8799)
all Bithron
<01338>_,
and they came
<0935> (8799)
to Mahanaim
<04266>_.
And Joab
<03097>
returned
<07725> (8804)
from following
<0310>
Abner
<074>_:
and when he had gathered
<06908> (0)
all the people
<05971>
together
<06908> (8799)_,
there lacked
<06485> (8735)
of David's
<01732>
servants
<05650>
nineteen
<08672> <06240>
men
<0376>
and Asahel
<06214>_.
But the servants
<05650>
of David
<01732>
had smitten
<05221> (8689)
of Benjamin
<01144>_,
and of Abner's
<074>
men
<0582>_,
[so that] three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
and threescore
<08346>
men
<0376>
died
<04191> (8804)_.
And they took up
<05375> (8799)
Asahel
<06214>_,
and buried
<06912> (8799)
him in the sepulchre
<06913>
of his father
<01>_,
which [was in] Bethlehem
<01035>_.
And Joab
<03097>
and his men
<0582>
went
<03212> (8799)
all night
<03915>_,
and they came to Hebron
<02275>
at break of day
<0215> (8735)_.
Now there was long
<0752>
war
<04421>
between the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>
and the house
<01004>
of David
<01732>_:
but David
<01732>
waxed
<01980> (8802)
stronger
<02390>
and stronger
<02390>_,
and the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>
waxed
<01980> (8802)
weaker
<01800>
and weaker
<01800>_.
And unto David
<01732>
were sons
<01121>
born
<03205> (8735) (8675) <03205> (8795)
in Hebron
<02275>_:
and his firstborn
<01060>
was Amnon
<0550>_,
of Ahinoam
<0293>
the Jezreelitess
<03159>_;
And his second
<04932>_,
Chileab
<03609>_,
of Abigail
<026>
the wife
<0802>
of Nabal
<05037>
the Carmelite
<03761>_;
and the third
<07992>_,
Absalom
<053>
the son
<01121>
of Maacah
<04601>
the daughter
<01323>
of Talmai
<08526>
king
<04428>
of Geshur
<01650>_;
{Chileab: or, Daniel}
And the fourth
<07243>_,
Adonijah
<0138>
the son
<01121>
of Haggith
<02294>_;
and the fifth
<02549>_,
Shephatiah
<08203>
the son
<01121>
of Abital
<037>_;
And the sixth
<08345>_,
Ithream
<03507>_,
by Eglah
<05698>
David's
<01732>
wife
<0802>_.
These were born
<03205> (8795)
to David
<01732>
in Hebron
<02275>_.
And it came to pass, while there was war
<04421>
between the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>
and the house
<01004>
of David
<01732>_,
that Abner
<074>
made himself strong
<02388> (8693)
for the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>_.
And Saul
<07586>
had a concubine
<06370>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Rizpah
<07532>_,
the daughter
<01323>
of Aiah
<0345>_:
and [Ishbosheth] said
<0559> (8799)
to Abner
<074>_,
Wherefore hast thou gone in
<0935> (8804)
unto my father's
<01>
concubine
<06370>_?
Then was Abner
<074>
very
<03966>
wroth
<02734> (8799)
for the words
<01697>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Am] I a dog's
<03611>
head
<07218>_,
which against Judah
<03063>
do shew
<06213> (8799)
kindness
<02617>
this day
<03117>
unto the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>
thy father
<01>_,
to his brethren
<0251>_,
and to his friends
<04828>_,
and have not delivered
<04672> (8689)
thee into the hand
<03027>
of David
<01732>_,
that thou chargest
<06485> (8799)
me to day
<03117>
with a fault
<05771>
concerning this woman
<0802>_?
So do
<06213> (8799)
God
<0430>
to Abner
<074>_,
and more also
<03254> (8686)_,
except, as the LORD
<03068>
hath sworn
<07650> (8738)
to David
<01732>_,
even so I do
<06213> (8799)
to him;
To translate
<05674> (8687)
the kingdom
<04467>
from the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>_,
and to set up
<06965> (8687)
the throne
<03678>
of David
<01732>
over Israel
<03478>
and over Judah
<03063>_,
from Dan
<01835>
even to Beersheba
<0884>_.
And he could
<03201> (8804)
not answer
<07725> (8687)
Abner
<074>
a word
<01697>
again, because he feared
<03372> (8800)
him.
And Abner
<074>
sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>
to David
<01732>
on his behalf, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Whose [is] the land
<0776>_?
saying
<0559> (8800)
[also], Make
<03772> (8798)
thy league
<01285>
with me, and, behold, my hand
<03027>
[shall be] with thee, to bring about
<05437> (8687)
all Israel
<03478>
unto thee.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Well
<02896>_;
I will make
<03772> (8799)
a league
<01285>
with thee: but one
<0259>
thing
<01697>
I require
<07592> (8802)
of thee, that is
<0559> (8800)_,
Thou shalt not see
<07200> (8799)
my face
<06440>_,
except thou first
<06440>
bring
<0935> (8687)
Michal
<04324>
Saul's
<07586>
daughter
<01323>_,
when thou comest
<0935> (8800)
to see
<07200> (8800)
my face
<06440>_.
{that is: Heb. saying}
And David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>
to Ishbosheth
<0378>
Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Deliver
<05414> (8798)
[me] my wife
<0802>
Michal
<04324>_,
which I espoused
<0781> (8765)
to me for an hundred
<03967>
foreskins
<06190>
of the Philistines
<06430>_.
And Ishbosheth
<0378>
sent
<07971> (8799)_,
and took
<03947> (8799)
her from [her] husband
<0376>_,
[even] from Phaltiel
<06409>
the son
<01121>
of Laish
<03889> (8675) <03919>_.
{Phaltiel: also called, Phalti}
And her husband
<0376>
went
<03212> (8799)
with her along weeping
<01980> (8800) <01058> (8800)
behind
<0310>
her to Bahurim
<0980>_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Abner
<074>
unto him, Go
<03212> (8798)_,
return
<07725> (8798)_.
And he returned
<07725> (8799)_.
{along...: Heb. going and weeping}
And Abner
<074>
had communication
<01961> (8804) <01697>
with the elders
<02205>
of Israel
<03478>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Ye sought
<01245> (8764)
for David
<01732>
in times
<08543>
past
<08032>
[to be] king
<04428>
over you: {in times...: Heb. both yesterday and the third day}
Now then do
<06213> (8798)
[it]: for the LORD
<03068>
hath spoken
<0559> (8804)
of David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
By the hand
<03027>
of my servant
<05650>
David
<01732>
I will save
<03467> (8687)
my people
<05971>
Israel
<03478>
out of the hand
<03027>
of the Philistines
<06430>_,
and out of the hand
<03027>
of all their enemies
<0341> (8802)_.
And Abner
<074>
also spake
<01696> (8762)
in the ears
<0241>
of Benjamin
<01144>_:
and Abner
<074>
went
<03212> (8799)
also to speak
<01696> (8763)
in the ears
<0241>
of David
<01732>
in Hebron
<02275>
all that seemed
<05869>
good
<02896>
to Israel
<03478>_,
and that seemed good
<05869>
to the whole house
<01004>
of Benjamin
<01144>_.
So Abner
<074>
came
<0935> (8799)
to David
<01732>
to Hebron
<02275>_,
and twenty
<06242>
men
<0582>
with him. And David
<01732>
made
<06213> (8799)
Abner
<074>
and the men
<0582>
that [were] with him a feast
<04960>_.
And Abner
<074>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
I will arise
<06965> (8799)
and go
<03212> (8799)_,
and will gather
<06908> (8799)
all Israel
<03478>
unto my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_,
that they may make
<03772> (8799)
a league
<01285>
with thee, and that thou mayest reign
<04427> (8804)
over all that thine heart
<05315>
desireth
<0183> (8762)_.
And David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (0)
Abner
<074>
away
<07971> (8762)_;
and he went
<03212> (8799)
in peace
<07965>_.
And, behold, the servants
<05650>
of David
<01732>
and Joab
<03097>
came
<0935> (8802)
from [pursuing] a troop
<01416>_,
and brought in
<0935> (8689)
a great
<07227>
spoil
<07998>
with them: but Abner
<074>
[was] not with David
<01732>
in Hebron
<02275>_;
for he had sent him away
<07971> (8765)_,
and he was gone
<03212> (8799)
in peace
<07965>_.
When Joab
<03097>
and all the host
<06635>
that [was] with him were come
<0935> (8804)_,
they told
<05046> (8686)
Joab
<03097>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>
came
<0935> (8804)
to the king
<04428>_,
and he hath sent him away
<07971> (8762)_,
and he is gone
<03212> (8799)
in peace
<07965>_.
Then Joab
<03097>
came
<0935> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
What hast thou done
<06213> (8804)_?
behold, Abner
<074>
came
<0935> (8802)
unto thee; why [is] it [that] thou hast sent him away
<07971> (8765)_,
and he is quite
<01980> (8800)
gone
<03212> (8799)_?
Thou knowest
<03045> (8804)
Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>_,
that he came
<0935> (8804)
to deceive
<06601> (8763)
thee, and to know
<03045> (8800)
thy going out
<04161>
and thy coming in
<04126> (8675) <03996>_,
and to know
<03045> (8800)
all that thou doest
<06213> (8802)_.
And when Joab
<03097>
was come out
<03318> (8799)
from David
<01732>_,
he sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>
after
<0310>
Abner
<074>_,
which brought him again
<07725> (8686)
from the well
<0953>
of Sirah
<05626>_:
but David
<01732>
knew
<03045> (8804)
[it] not.
And when Abner
<074>
was returned
<07725> (8799)
to Hebron
<02275>_,
Joab
<03097>
took him aside
<05186> (8686)
in
<0413> <08432>
the gate
<08179>
to speak
<01696> (8763)
with him quietly
<07987>_,
and smote
<05221> (8686)
him there under the fifth
<02570>
[rib], that he died
<04191> (8799)_,
for the blood
<01818>
of Asahel
<06214>
his brother
<0251>_.
{quietly: or, peaceably}
And afterward
<0310>
when David
<01732>
heard
<08085> (8799)
[it], he said
<0559> (8799)_,
I and my kingdom
<04467>
[are] guiltless
<05355>
before the LORD
<03068>
for
<05704>
ever
<05769>
from the blood
<01818>
of Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>_:
{blood: Heb. bloods}
Let it rest
<02342> (8799)
on the head
<07218>
of Joab
<03097>_,
and on all his father's
<01>
house
<01004>_;
and let there not fail
<03772> (8735)
from the house
<01004>
of Joab
<03097>
one that hath an issue
<02100> (8802)_,
or that is a leper
<06879> (8794)_,
or that leaneth
<02388> (8688)
on a staff
<06418>_,
or that falleth
<05307> (8802)
on the sword
<02719>_,
or that lacketh
<02638>
bread
<03899>_.
{fail: Heb. be cut off}
So Joab
<03097>
and Abishai
<052>
his brother
<0251>
slew
<02026> (8804)
Abner
<074>_,
because he had slain
<04191> (8689)
their brother
<0251>
Asahel
<06214>
at Gibeon
<01391>
in the battle
<04421>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Joab
<03097>_,
and to all the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, Rend
<07167> (8798)
your clothes
<0899>_,
and gird
<02296> (8798)
you with sackcloth
<08242>_,
and mourn
<05594> (8798)
before
<06440>
Abner
<074>_.
And king
<04428>
David
<01732>
[himself] followed
<01980> (8802) <0310>
the bier
<04296>_.
{bier: Heb. bed}
And they buried
<06912> (8799)
Abner
<074>
in Hebron
<02275>_:
and the king
<04428>
lifted up
<05375> (8799)
his voice
<06963>_,
and wept
<01058> (8799)
at the grave
<06913>
of Abner
<074>_;
and all the people
<05971>
wept
<01058> (8799)_.
And the king
<04428>
lamented
<06969> (8787)
over Abner
<074>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Died
<04191> (8799)
Abner
<074>
as a fool
<05036>
dieth
<04194>_?
Thy hands
<03027>
[were] not bound
<0631> (8803)_,
nor thy feet
<07272>
put
<05066> (8717)
into fetters
<05178>_:
as a man falleth
<05307> (8800)
before
<06440>
wicked
<05766>
men
<01121>_,
[so] fellest
<05307> (8804)
thou. And all the people
<05971>
wept
<01058> (8800)
again
<03254> (8686)
over him. {wicked...: Heb. children of iniquity}
And when all
<03605>
the people
<05971>
came
<0935> (8799)
to cause
<01262> (0)
David
<01732>
to eat
<01262> (8687)
meat
<03899>
while it was yet
<05750>
day
<03117>_,
David
<01732>
sware
<07650> (8735)_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
So do
<06213> (8799)
God
<0430>
to me, and more also
<03254> (8686)_,
if I taste
<02938> (8799)
bread
<03899>_,
or ought
<03972>
else, till
<06440>
the sun
<08121>
be down
<0935> (8800)_.
And all the people
<05971>
took notice
<05234> (8689)
[of it], and it pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>
them: as whatsoever the king
<04428>
did
<06213> (8804)
pleased
<05869> <02896>
all the people
<05971>_.
{pleased them: Heb. was good in their eyes}
For all the people
<05971>
and all Israel
<03478>
understood
<03045> (8799)
that day
<03117>
that it was not of the king
<04428>
to slay
<04191> (8687)
Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto his servants
<05650>_,
Know
<03045> (8799)
ye not that there is a prince
<08269>
and a great man
<01419>
fallen
<05307> (8804)
this day
<03117>
in Israel
<03478>_?
And I [am] this day
<03117>
weak
<07390>_,
though anointed
<04886> (8803)
king
<04428>_;
and these men
<0582>
the sons
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>
[be] too hard
<07186>
for me: the LORD
<03068>
shall reward
<07999> (8762)
the doer of evil
<06213> (8802)
according to his wickedness
<07451>_.
{weak: Heb. tender}
And when Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>
heard
<08085> (8799)
that Abner
<074>
was dead
<04191> (8804)
in Hebron
<02275>_,
his hands
<03027>
were feeble
<07503> (8799)_,
and all the Israelites
<03478>
were troubled
<0926> (8738)_.
And Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>
had
<01961> (8804)
two
<08147>
men
<0582>
[that were] captains
<08269>
of bands
<01416>_:
the name
<08034>
of the one
<0259>
[was] Baanah
<01196>_,
and the name
<08034>
of the other
<08145>
Rechab
<07394>_,
the sons
<01121>
of Rimmon
<07417>
a Beerothite
<0886>_,
of the children
<01121>
of Benjamin
<01144>_:
(for Beeroth
<0881>
also was reckoned
<02803> (8735)
to Benjamin
<01144>_:
{other: Heb. second}
And the Beerothites
<0886>
fled
<01272> (8799)
to Gittaim
<01664>_,
and were sojourners
<01481> (8802)
there until this day
<03117>.)
And Jonathan
<03083>_,
Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>_,
had a son
<01121>
[that was] lame
<05223>
of [his] feet
<07272>_.
He was five
<02568>
years
<08141>
old
<01121>
when the tidings
<08052>
came
<0935> (8800)
of Saul
<07586>
and Jonathan
<03083>
out of Jezreel
<03157>_,
and his nurse
<0539> (8802)
took him up
<05375> (8799)_,
and fled
<05127> (8799)_:
and it came to pass, as she made haste
<02648> (8800)
to flee
<05127> (8800)_,
that he fell
<05307> (8799)_,
and became lame
<06452> (8735)_.
And his name
<08034>
[was] Mephibosheth
<04648>_.
{Mephibosheth: or, Meribbaal}
And the sons
<01121>
of Rimmon
<07417>
the Beerothite
<0886>_,
Rechab
<07394>
and Baanah
<01196>_,
went
<03212> (8799)_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
about the heat
<02527>
of the day
<03117>
to the house
<01004>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>_,
who lay
<07901> (8802)
on a bed
<04904>
at noon
<06672>_.
And they came thither
<0935> (8804)
into the midst
<08432>
of the house
<01004>_,
[as though] they would have fetched
<03947> (8802)
wheat
<02406>_;
and they smote
<05221> (8686)
him under the fifth
<02570>
[rib]: and Rechab
<07394>
and Baanah
<01196>
his brother
<0251>
escaped
<04422> (8738)_.
For when they came
<0935> (8799)
into the house
<01004>_,
he lay
<07901> (8802)
on his bed
<04296>
in his bedchamber
<02315> <04904>_,
and they smote
<05221> (8686)
him, and slew
<04191> (8686)
him, and beheaded
<05493> (8686)
him, and took
<03947> (8799)
his head
<07218>_,
and gat them away
<03212> (8799)
through
<01870>
the plain
<06160>
all night
<03915>_.
And they brought
<0935> (8686)
the head
<07218>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>
unto David
<01732>
to Hebron
<02275>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
Behold the head
<07218>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>
thine enemy
<0341> (8802)_,
which sought
<01245> (8765)
thy life
<05315>_;
and the LORD
<03068>
hath
<05414> (8799)
avenged
<05360>
my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
this day
<03117>
of Saul
<07586>_,
and of his seed
<02233>_.
And David
<01732>
answered
<06030> (8799)
Rechab
<07394>
and Baanah
<01196>
his brother
<0251>_,
the sons
<01121>
of Rimmon
<07417>
the Beerothite
<0886>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, [As] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_,
who hath redeemed
<06299> (8804)
my soul
<05315>
out of all adversity
<06869>_,
When one told
<05046> (8688)
me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Behold, Saul
<07586>
is dead
<04191> (8804)_,
thinking to have brought
<05869>
good tidings
<01319> (8764)_,
I took hold
<0270> (8799)
of him, and slew
<02026> (8799)
him in Ziklag
<06860>_,
who [thought] that I would have given
<05414> (8800)
him a reward for his tidings
<01309>_:
{thinking...: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc} {who...: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings}
How much more, when wicked
<07563>
men
<0582>
have slain
<02026> (8804)
a righteous
<06662>
person
<0376>
in his own house
<01004>
upon his bed
<04904>_?
shall I not therefore now require
<01245> (8762)
his blood
<01818>
of your hand
<03027>_,
and take you away
<01197> (8765)
from the earth
<0776>_?
And David
<01732>
commanded
<06680> (8762)
his young men
<05288>_,
and they slew
<02026> (8799)
them, and cut off
<07112> (8762)
their hands
<03027>
and their feet
<07272>_,
and hanged [them] up
<08518> (8799)
over the pool
<01295>
in Hebron
<02275>_.
But they took
<03947> (8804)
the head
<07218>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>_,
and buried
<06912> (8799)
[it] in the sepulchre
<06913>
of Abner
<074>
in Hebron
<02275>_.
Then came
<0935> (8799)
all the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>
to David
<01732>
unto Hebron
<02275>_,
and spake
<0559> (8799)_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Behold, we [are] thy bone
<06106>
and thy flesh
<01320>_.
Also in time past
<0865> <08032>_,
when Saul
<07586>
was king
<04428>
over us, thou wast he that leddest out
<03318> (8688)
and broughtest in
<0935> (8688)
Israel
<03478>_:
and the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)
to thee, Thou shalt feed
<07462> (8799)
my people
<05971>
Israel
<03478>_,
and thou shalt be a captain
<05057>
over Israel
<03478>_.
So all the elders
<02205>
of Israel
<03478>
came
<0935> (8799)
to the king
<04428>
to Hebron
<02275>_;
and king
<04428>
David
<01732>
made
<03772> (8799)
a league
<01285>
with them in Hebron
<02275>
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_:
and they anointed
<04886> (8799)
David
<01732>
king
<04428>
over Israel
<03478>_.
David
<01732>
[was] thirty
<07970>
years
<08141>
old
<01121>
when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,
[and] he reigned
<04427> (8804)
forty
<0705>
years
<08141>_.
In Hebron
<02275>
he reigned
<04427> (8804)
over Judah
<03063>
seven
<07651>
years
<08141>
and six
<08337>
months
<02320>_:
and in Jerusalem
<03389>
he reigned
<04427> (8804)
thirty
<07970>
and three
<07969>
years
<08141>
over all Israel
<03478>
and Judah
<03063>_.
And the king
<04428>
and his men
<0582>
went
<03212> (8799)
to Jerusalem
<03389>
unto the Jebusites
<02983>_,
the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)
of the land
<0776>_:
which spake
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Except thou take away
<05493> (8687)
the blind
<05787>
and the lame
<06455>_,
thou shalt not come in
<0935> (8799)
hither: thinking
<0559> (8800)_,
David
<01732>
cannot come in
<0935> (8799)
hither. {thinking...: or, saying David shall not, etc}
Nevertheless David
<01732>
took
<03920> (8799)
the strong hold
<04686>
of Zion
<06726>_:
the same [is] the city
<05892>
of David
<01732>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
on that day
<03117>_,
Whosoever getteth up
<05060> (8799)
to the gutter
<06794>_,
and smiteth
<05221> (8688)
the Jebusites
<02983>_,
and the lame
<06455>
and the blind
<05787>_,
[that are] hated
<08130> (8803)
of David's
<01732>
soul
<05315>_,
[he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore they said
<0559> (8799)_,
The blind
<05787>
and the lame
<06455>
shall not come
<0935> (8799)
into the house
<01004>_.
{Wherefore...: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not}
So David
<01732>
dwelt
<03427> (8799)
in the fort
<04686>_,
and called
<07121> (8799)
it the city
<05892>
of David
<01732>_.
And David
<01732>
built
<01129> (8799)
round about
<05439>
from Millo
<04407>
and inward
<01004>_.
And David
<01732>
went
<03212> (8799)
on
<01980> (8800)_,
and grew great
<01419>_,
and the LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of hosts
<06635>
[was] with him. {went...: Heb. went, going and growing}
And Hiram
<02438>
king
<04428>
of Tyre
<06865>
sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>
to David
<01732>_,
and cedar
<0730>
trees
<06086>_,
and carpenters
<02796>_,
and masons
<07023> <068>_:
and they built
<01129> (8799)
David
<01732>
an house
<01004>_.
{masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall}
And David
<01732>
perceived
<03045> (8799)
that the LORD
<03068>
had established
<03559> (8689)
him king
<04428>
over Israel
<03478>_,
and that he had exalted
<05375> (8765)
his kingdom
<04467>
for his people
<05971>
Israel's
<03478>
sake.
And David
<01732>
took
<03947> (8799)
[him] more concubines
<06370>
and wives
<0802>
out of Jerusalem
<03389>_,
after
<0310>
he was come
<0935> (8800)
from Hebron
<02275>_:
and there were yet sons
<01121>
and daughters
<01323>
born
<03205> (8735)
to David
<01732>_.
And these [be] the names
<08034>
of those that were born
<03209>
unto him in Jerusalem
<03389>_;
Shammua
<08051>_,
and Shobab
<07727>_,
and Nathan
<05416>_,
and Solomon
<08010>_,
Ibhar
<02984>
also, and Elishua
<0474>_,
and Nepheg
<05298>_,
and Japhia
<03309>_,
And Elishama
<0476>_,
and Eliada
<0450>_,
and Eliphalet
<0467>_.
But when the Philistines
<06430>
heard
<08085> (8799)
that they had anointed
<04886> (8804)
David
<01732>
king
<04428>
over Israel
<03478>_,
all the Philistines
<06430>
came up
<05927> (8799)
to seek
<01245> (8763)
David
<01732>_;
and David
<01732>
heard
<08085> (8799)
[of it], and went down
<03381> (8799)
to the hold
<04686>_.
The Philistines
<06430>
also came
<0935> (8804)
and spread
<05203> (8735)
themselves in the valley
<06010>
of Rephaim
<07497>_.
And David
<01732>
enquired
<07592> (8799)
of the LORD
<03068>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Shall I go up
<05927> (8799)
to the Philistines
<06430>_?
wilt thou deliver
<05414> (8799)
them into mine hand
<03027>_?
And the LORD
<03068>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
Go up
<05927> (8798)_:
for I will doubtless
<05414> (8800)
deliver
<05414> (8799)
the Philistines
<06430>
into thine hand
<03027>_.
And David
<01732>
came
<0935> (8799)
to Baalperazim
<01188>_,
and David
<01732>
smote
<05221> (8686)
them there, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
The LORD
<03068>
hath broken forth
<06555> (8804)
upon mine enemies
<0341> (8802)
before
<06440>
me, as the breach
<06556>
of waters
<04325>_.
Therefore he called
<07121> (8804)
the name
<08034>
of that place
<04725>
Baalperazim
<01188>_.
{Baalperazim: that is, the plain of breaches}
And there they left
<05800> (8799)
their images
<06091>_,
and David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>
burned
<05375> (8799)
them. {burned...: or, took them away}
And the Philistines
<06430>
came up
<05927> (8800)
yet again
<03254> (8686)_,
and spread
<05203> (8735)
themselves in the valley
<06010>
of Rephaim
<07497>_.
And when David
<01732>
enquired
<07592> (8799)
of the LORD
<03068>_,
he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thou shalt not go up
<05927> (8799)_;
[but] fetch a compass
<05437> (8685)
behind
<0310>
them, and come
<0935> (8804)
upon them over against
<04136>
the mulberry trees
<01057>_.
And let it be, when thou hearest
<08085> (8800)
the sound
<06963>
of a going
<06807>
in the tops
<07218>
of the mulberry trees
<01057>_,
that then thou shalt bestir
<02782> (8799)
thyself: for then shall the LORD
<03068>
go out
<03318> (8804)
before
<06440>
thee, to smite
<05221> (8687)
the host
<04264>
of the Philistines
<06430>_.
And David
<01732>
did so
<06213> (8799)_,
as the LORD
<03068>
had commanded
<06680> (8765)
him; and smote
<05221> (8686)
the Philistines
<06430>
from Geba
<01387>
until thou come
<0935> (8800)
to Gazer
<01507>_.
{Geba: also called, Gibeon}
Again, David
<01732>
gathered together
<0622> (8799) (8676) <03254> (8686)
all [the] chosen
<0977> (8803)
[men] of Israel
<03478>_,
thirty
<07970>
thousand
<0505>_.
And David
<01732>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
with all the people
<05971>
that [were] with him from Baale of Judah
<01184>_,
to bring up
<05927> (8687)
from thence the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>_,
whose name
<08034>
is called
<07121> (8738)
by the name
<08034>
of the LORD
<03068>
of hosts
<06635>
that dwelleth
<03427> (8802)
[between] the cherubims
<03742>_.
{Baale: or, Baalah, that is, Kirjathjearim} {whose name...: or, at which the name, even the name of the LORD of hosts, was called upon}
And they set
<07392> (8686)
the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>
upon a new
<02319>
cart
<05699>_,
and brought
<05375> (8799)
it out of the house
<01004>
of Abinadab
<041>
that [was] in Gibeah
<01390>_:
and Uzzah
<05798>
and Ahio
<0283>_,
the sons
<01121>
of Abinadab
<041>_,
drave
<05090> (8802)
the new
<02319>
cart
<05699>_.
{set: Heb. made to ride} {Gibeah: or, the hill}
And they brought
<05375> (8799)
it out of the house
<01004>
of Abinadab
<041>
which [was] at Gibeah
<01390>_,
accompanying
<05973>
the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>_:
and Ahio
<0283>
went
<01980> (8802)
before
<06440>
the ark
<0727>_.
{accompanying: Heb. with}
And David
<01732>
and all the house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>
played
<07832> (8764)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>
on all manner of [instruments made of] fir
<01265>
wood
<06086>_,
even on harps
<03658>_,
and on psalteries
<05035>_,
and on timbrels
<08596>_,
and on cornets
<04517>_,
and on cymbals
<06767>_.
And when they came
<0935> (8799)
to Nachon's
<05225>
threshingfloor
<01637>_,
Uzzah
<05798>
put forth
<07971> (8799)
[his hand] to the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>_,
and took hold
<0270> (8799)
of it; for the oxen
<01241>
shook
<08058> (8804)
[it]. {Nachon: also called Chidon} {shook it: or, stumbled}
And the anger
<0639>
of the LORD
<03068>
was kindled
<02734> (8799)
against Uzzah
<05798>_;
and God
<0430>
smote
<05221> (8686)
him there for [his] error
<07944>_;
and there he died
<04191> (8799)
by the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>_.
{error: or, rashness}
And David
<01732>
was displeased
<02734> (8799)_,
because the LORD
<03068>
had made
<06555> (8804)
a breach
<06556>
upon Uzzah
<05798>_:
and he called
<07121> (8799)
the name of the place
<04725>
Perezuzzah
<06560>
to this day
<03117>_.
{made: Heb. broken} {Perezuzzah: that is, the breach of Uzzah}
And David
<01732>
was afraid
<03372> (8799)
of the LORD
<03068>
that day
<03117>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
How shall the ark
<0727>
of the LORD
<03068>
come
<0935> (8799)
to me?
So David
<01732>
would
<014> (8804)
not remove
<05493> (8687)
the ark
<0727>
of the LORD
<03068>
unto him into the city
<05892>
of David
<01732>_:
but David
<01732>
carried it aside
<05186> (8686)
into the house
<01004>
of Obededom
<05654>
the Gittite
<01663>_.
And the ark
<0727>
of the LORD
<03068>
continued
<03427> (8799)
in the house
<01004>
of Obededom
<05654>
the Gittite
<01663>
three
<07969>
months
<02320>_:
and the LORD
<03068>
blessed
<01288> (8762)
Obededom
<05654>_,
and all his household
<01004>_.
And it was told
<05046> (8714)
king
<04428>
David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
The LORD
<03068>
hath blessed
<01288> (8765)
the house
<01004>
of Obededom
<05654>_,
and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>_.
So David
<01732>
went
<03212> (8799)
and brought up
<05927> (8686)
the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>
from the house
<01004>
of Obededom
<05654>
into the city
<05892>
of David
<01732>
with gladness
<08057>_.
And it was [so], that when they that bare
<05375> (8802)
the ark
<0727>
of the LORD
<03068>
had gone
<06805> (8804)
six
<08337>
paces
<06806>_,
he sacrificed
<02076> (8799)
oxen
<07794>
and fatlings
<04806>_.
And David
<01732>
danced
<03769> (8772)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>
with all [his] might
<05797>_;
and David
<01732>
[was] girded
<02296> (8803)
with a linen
<0906>
ephod
<0646>_.
So David
<01732>
and all the house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>
brought up
<05927> (8688)
the ark
<0727>
of the LORD
<03068>
with shouting
<08643>_,
and with the sound
<06963>
of the trumpet
<07782>_.
And as the ark
<0727>
of the LORD
<03068>
came
<0935> (8802)
into the city
<05892>
of David
<01732>_,
Michal
<04324>
Saul's
<07586>
daughter
<01323>
looked
<08259> (8738)
through a window
<02474>_,
and saw
<07200> (8799)
king
<04428>
David
<01732>
leaping
<06339> (8764)
and dancing
<03769> (8772)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_;
and she despised
<0959> (8799)
him in her heart
<03820>_.
And they brought
<0935> (8686)
in the ark
<0727>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
and set
<03322> (8686)
it in his place
<04725>_,
in the midst
<08432>
of the tabernacle
<0168>
that David
<01732>
had pitched
<05186> (8804)
for it: and David
<01732>
offered
<05927> (8686)
burnt offerings
<05930>
and peace offerings
<08002>
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_.
{pitched: Heb. stretched}
And as soon as David
<01732>
had made an end
<03615> (8762)
of offering
<05927> (8687)
burnt offerings
<05930>
and peace offerings
<08002>_,
he blessed
<01288> (8762)
the people
<05971>
in the name
<08034>
of the LORD
<03068>
of hosts
<06635>_.
And he dealt
<02505> (8762)
among all the people
<05971>_,
[even] among the whole multitude
<01995>
of Israel
<03478>_,
as well to the women
<0802>
as men
<0376>_,
to every one
<0376>
a
<0259>
cake
<02471>
of bread
<03899>_,
and a good piece
<0829>
[of flesh], and a flagon
<0809>
[of wine]. So all the people
<05971>
departed
<03212> (8799)
every one
<0376>
to his house
<01004>_.
Then David
<01732>
returned
<07725> (8799)
to bless
<01288> (8763)
his household
<01004>_.
And Michal
<04324>
the daughter
<01323>
of Saul
<07586>
came out
<03318> (8799)
to meet
<07125> (8800)
David
<01732>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
How glorious
<03513> (8738)
was the king
<04428>
of Israel
<03478>
to day
<03117>_,
who uncovered
<01540> (8738)
himself to day
<03117>
in the eyes
<05869>
of the handmaids
<0519>
of his servants
<05650>_,
as one
<0259>
of the vain fellows
<07386>
shamelessly
<01540> (8736)
uncovereth
<01540> (8736)
himself! {shamelessly: or, openly}
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Michal
<04324>_,
[It was] before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_,
which chose
<0977> (8804)
me before thy father
<01>_,
and before all his house
<01004>_,
to appoint
<06680> (8763)
me ruler
<05057>
over the people
<05971>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
over Israel
<03478>_:
therefore will I play
<07832> (8765)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_.
And I will yet be more vile
<07043> (8738)
than thus
<02063>_,
and will be base
<08217>
in mine own sight
<05869>_:
and of the maidservants
<0519>
which thou hast spoken
<0559> (8804)
of, of them shall I be had in honour
<03513> (8735)_.
{of the...: or, of the handmaids of my servants}
Therefore Michal
<04324>
the daughter
<01323>
of Saul
<07586>
had no child
<02056> (8675) <03206>
unto the day
<03117>
of her death
<04194>_.
And it came to pass, when the king
<04428>
sat
<03427> (8804)
in his house
<01004>_,
and the LORD
<03068>
had given him rest
<05117> (8689)
round about
<05439>
from all his enemies
<0341> (8802)_;
That the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Nathan
<05416>
the prophet
<05030>_,
See
<07200> (8798)
now, I dwell
<03427> (8802)
in an house
<01004>
of cedar
<0730>_,
but the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>
dwelleth
<03427> (8802)
within
<08432>
curtains
<03407>_.
And Nathan
<05416>
said
<0559> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
Go
<03212> (8798)_,
do
<06213> (8798)
all that [is] in thine heart
<03824>_;
for the LORD
<03068>
[is] with thee.
And it came to pass that night
<03915>_,
that the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>
came unto Nathan
<05416>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
and tell
<0559> (8804)
my servant
<05650>
David
<01732>_,
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>_,
Shalt thou build
<01129> (8799)
me an house
<01004>
for me to dwell in
<03427> (8800)_?
{my servant...: Heb. to my servant, to David}
Whereas I have not dwelt
<03427> (8804)
in [any] house
<01004>
since the time
<03117>
that I brought up
<05927> (8687)
the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>
out of Egypt
<04714>_,
even to this day
<03117>_,
but have walked
<01980> (8693)
in a tent
<0168>
and in a tabernacle
<04908>_.
In all [the places] wherein I have walked
<01980> (8694)
with all the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>
spake
<01696> (8765)
I a word
<01697>
with any
<0259>
of the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>_,
whom I commanded
<06680> (8765)
to feed
<07462> (8800)
my people
<05971>
Israel
<03478>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Why build
<01129> (8804)
ye not me an house
<01004>
of cedar
<0730>_?
{any of...: any of the judges}
Now therefore so shalt thou say
<0559> (8799)
unto my servant
<05650>
David
<01732>_,
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>
of hosts
<06635>_,
I took
<03947> (8804)
thee from the sheepcote
<05116>_,
from following
<0310>
the sheep
<06629>_,
to be ruler
<05057>
over my people
<05971>_,
over Israel
<03478>_:
{from following: Heb. from after}
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest
<01980> (8804)_,
and have cut off
<03772> (8686)
all thine enemies
<0341> (8802)
out of thy sight
<06440>_,
and have made
<06213> (8804)
thee a great
<01419>
name
<08034>_,
like unto the name
<08034>
of the great
<01419>
[men] that [are] in the earth
<0776>_.
{out of...: Heb. from thy face}
Moreover I will appoint
<07760> (8804)
a place
<04725>
for my people
<05971>
Israel
<03478>_,
and will plant
<05193> (8804)
them, that they may dwell
<07931> (8804)
in a place of their own, and move
<07264> (8799)
no more; neither shall the children
<01121>
of wickedness
<05766>
afflict
<06031> (8763)
them any more
<03254> (8686)_,
as beforetime
<07223>_,
And as since the time
<03117>
that I commanded
<06680> (8765)
judges
<08199> (8802)
[to be] over my people
<05971>
Israel
<03478>_,
and have caused thee to rest
<05117> (8689)
from all thine enemies
<0341> (8802)_.
Also the LORD
<03068>
telleth
<05046> (8689)
thee that he will make
<06213> (8799)
thee an house
<01004>_.
And when thy days
<03117>
be fulfilled
<04390> (8799)_,
and thou shalt sleep
<07901> (8804)
with thy fathers
<01>_,
I will set up
<06965> (8689)
thy seed
<02233>
after
<0310>
thee, which shall proceed
<03318> (8799)
out of thy bowels
<04578>_,
and I will establish
<03559> (8689)
his kingdom
<04467>_.
He shall build
<01129> (8799)
an house
<01004>
for my name
<08034>_,
and I will stablish
<03559> (8790)
the throne
<03678>
of his kingdom
<04467>
for
<05704>
ever
<05769>_.
I will be his father
<01>_,
and he shall be my son
<01121>_.
If he commit iniquity
<05753> (8687)_,
I will chasten
<03198> (8689)
him with the rod
<07626>
of men
<0582>_,
and with the stripes
<05061>
of the children
<01121>
of men
<0120>_:
But my mercy
<02617>
shall not depart away
<05493> (8799)
from him, as I took
<05493> (8689)
[it] from Saul
<07586>_,
whom I put away
<05493> (8689)
before
<06440>
thee.
And thine house
<01004>
and thy kingdom
<04467>
shall be established
<0539> (8738)
for
<05704>
ever
<05769>
before
<06440>
thee: thy throne
<03678>
shall be established
<03559> (8737)
for
<05704>
ever
<05769>_.
According to all these words
<01697>_,
and according to all this vision
<02384>_,
so did Nathan
<05416>
speak
<01696> (8765)
unto David
<01732>_.
Then went
<0935> (8799)
king
<04428>
David
<01732>
in, and sat
<03427> (8799)
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_,
and he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Who [am] I, O Lord
<0136>
GOD
<03069>_?
and what [is] my house
<01004>_,
that thou hast brought
<0935> (8689)
me hitherto
<01988>_?
And this was yet a small thing
<06994> (8799)
in thy sight
<05869>_,
O Lord
<0136>
GOD
<03069>_;
but thou hast spoken
<01696> (8762)
also of thy servant's
<05650>
house
<01004>
for a great while to come
<07350>_.
And [is] this the manner
<08452>
of man
<0120>_,
O Lord
<0136>
GOD
<03069>_?
{manner: Heb. law}
And what can
<03254> (0)
David
<01732>
say
<01696> (8763)
more
<03254> (8686)
unto thee? for thou, Lord
<0136>
GOD
<03069>_,
knowest
<03045> (8804)
thy servant
<05650>_.
For thy word's
<01697>
sake, and according to thine own heart
<03820>_,
hast thou done
<06213> (8804)
all these great things
<01420>_,
to make thy servant
<05650>
know
<03045> (8687)
[them].
Wherefore thou art great
<01431> (8804)_,
O LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>_:
for [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any] God
<0430>
beside
<02108>
thee, according to all that we have heard
<08085> (8804)
with our ears
<0241>_.
And what one
<0259>
nation
<01471>
in the earth
<0776>
[is] like thy people
<05971>_,
[even] like Israel
<03478>_,
whom God
<0430>
went
<01980> (8804)
to redeem
<06299> (8800)
for a people
<05971>
to himself, and to make
<07760> (8800)
him a name
<08034>_,
and to do
<06213> (8800)
for you great things
<01420>
and terrible
<03372> (8737)_,
for thy land
<0776>_,
before
<06440>
thy people
<05971>_,
which thou redeemedst
<06299> (8804)
to thee from Egypt
<04714>_,
[from] the nations
<01471>
and their gods
<0430>_?
For thou hast confirmed
<03559> (8787)
to thyself thy people
<05971>
Israel
<03478>
[to be] a people
<05971>
unto thee for
<05704>
ever
<05769>_:
and thou, LORD
<03068>_,
art become
<01961> (8804)
their God
<0430>_.
And now, O LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>_,
the word
<01697>
that thou hast spoken
<01696> (8765)
concerning thy servant
<05650>_,
and concerning his house
<01004>_,
establish
<06965> (8685)
[it] for
<05704>
ever
<05769>_,
and do
<06213> (8798)
as thou hast said
<01696> (8765)_.
And let thy name
<08034>
be magnified
<01431> (8799)
for
<05704>
ever
<05769>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
The LORD
<03068>
of hosts
<06635>
[is] the God
<0430>
over Israel
<03478>_:
and let the house
<01004>
of thy servant
<05650>
David
<01732>
be established
<03559> (8737)
before
<06440>
thee.
For thou, O LORD
<03068>
of hosts
<06635>_,
God
<0430>
of Israel
<03478>_,
hast revealed
<01540> (8804) <0241>
to thy servant
<05650>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
I will build
<01129> (8799)
thee an house
<01004>_:
therefore hath thy servant
<05650>
found
<04672> (8804)
in his heart
<03820>
to pray
<06419> (8692)
this prayer
<08605>
unto thee. {revealed: Heb. opened the ear}
And now, O Lord
<0136>
GOD
<03069>_,
thou [art] that God
<0430>_,
and thy words
<01697>
be true
<0571>_,
and thou hast promised
<01696> (8762)
this goodness
<02896>
unto thy servant
<05650>_:
Therefore now let it please
<02974> (8685)
thee to bless
<01288> (8761)
the house
<01004>
of thy servant
<05650>_,
that it may continue for ever
<05769>
before
<06440>
thee: for thou, O Lord
<0136>
GOD
<03069>_,
hast spoken
<01696> (8765)
[it]: and with thy blessing
<01293>
let the house
<01004>
of thy servant
<05650>
be blessed
<01288> (8792)
for ever
<05769>_.
{let it...: Heb. be thou pleased and bless}
And after
<0310>
this it came to pass, that David
<01732>
smote
<05221> (8686)
the Philistines
<06430>_,
and subdued
<03665> (8686)
them: and David
<01732>
took
<03947> (8799)
Methegammah
<04965>
out of the hand
<03027>
of the Philistines
<06430>_.
{Methegammah: or, the bridle of Ammah}
And he smote
<05221> (8686)
Moab
<04124>_,
and measured
<04058> (8762)
them with a line
<02256>_,
casting them down
<07901> (8687)
to the ground
<0776>_;
even with two
<08147>
lines
<02256>
measured
<04058> (8762)
he to put to death
<04191> (8687)_,
and with one full
<04393>
line
<02256>
to keep alive
<02421> (8687)_.
And [so] the Moabites
<04124>
became David's
<01732>
servants
<05650>_,
[and] brought
<05375> (8802)
gifts
<04503>_.
David
<01732>
smote
<05221> (8686)
also Hadadezer
<01909>_,
the son
<01121>
of Rehob
<07340>_,
king
<04428>
of Zobah
<06678>_,
as he went
<03212> (8800)
to recover
<07725> (8687)
his border
<03027>
at the river
<05104>
Euphrates
<06578>_.
{Hadadezer: or, Hadarezer}
And David
<01732>
took
<03920> (8799)
from him a thousand
<0505>
[chariots], and seven
<07651>
hundred
<03967>
horsemen
<06571>_,
and twenty
<06242>
thousand
<0505>
footmen
<0376> <07273>_:
and David
<01732>
houghed
<06131> (8762)
all the chariot
<07393>
[horses], but reserved
<03498> (8686)
of them [for] an hundred
<03967>
chariots
<07393>_.
{from...: or, of his chariots}
And when the Syrians
<0758>
of Damascus
<01834>
came
<0935> (8799)
to succour
<05826> (8800)
Hadadezer
<01909>
king
<04428>
of Zobah
<06678>_,
David
<01732>
slew
<05221> (8686)
of the Syrians
<0758>
two
<08147>
and twenty
<06242>
thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>_.
Then David
<01732>
put
<07760> (8799)
garrisons
<05333>
in Syria
<0758>
of Damascus
<01834>_:
and the Syrians
<0758>
became servants
<05650>
to David
<01732>_,
[and] brought
<05375> (8802)
gifts
<04503>_.
And the LORD
<03068>
preserved
<03467> (8686)
David
<01732>
whithersoever he went
<01980> (8804)_.
And David
<01732>
took
<03947> (8799)
the shields
<07982>
of gold
<02091>
that were on the servants
<05650>
of Hadadezer
<01909>_,
and brought
<0935> (8686)
them to Jerusalem
<03389>_.
And from Betah
<0984>_,
and from Berothai
<01268>_,
cities
<05892>
of Hadadezer
<01909>_,
king
<04428>
David
<01732>
took
<03947> (8804)
exceeding
<03966>
much
<07235> (8687)
brass
<05178>_.
When Toi
<08583>
king
<04428>
of Hamath
<02574>
heard
<08085> (8799)
that David
<01732>
had smitten
<05221> (8689)
all the host
<02428>
of Hadadezer
<01909>_,
Then Toi
<08583>
sent
<07971> (8799)
Joram
<03141>
his son
<01121>
unto king
<04428>
David
<01732>_,
to salute
<07592> (8800) <07965>
him, and to bless
<01288> (8763)
him, because he had fought
<03898> (8738)
against Hadadezer
<01909>_,
and smitten
<05221> (8686)
him: for Hadadezer
<01909>
had wars
<0376> <04421>
with Toi
<08583>_.
And [Joram] brought with him
<03027>
vessels
<03627>
of silver
<03701>_,
and vessels
<03627>
of gold
<02091>_,
and vessels
<03627>
of brass
<05178>_:
{Joram: also called, Hadoram} {salute...: Heb. ask him of peace} {had wars...: Heb. was a man of wars with} {brought...: Heb. in his hand were}
Which also king
<04428>
David
<01732>
did dedicate
<06942> (8689)
unto the LORD
<03068>_,
with the silver
<03701>
and gold
<02091>
that he had dedicated
<06942> (8689)
of all nations
<01471>
which he subdued
<03533> (8765)_;
Of Syria
<0758>_,
and of Moab
<04124>_,
and of the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_,
and of the Philistines
<06430>_,
and of Amalek
<06002>_,
and of the spoil
<07998>
of Hadadezer
<01909>_,
son
<01121>
of Rehob
<07340>_,
king
<04428>
of Zobah
<06678>_.
And David
<01732>
gat
<06213> (8799)
[him] a name
<08034>
when he returned
<07725> (8800)
from smiting
<05221> (8687)
of the Syrians
<0758>
in the valley
<01516>
of salt
<04417>_,
[being] eighteen
<08083> <06240>
thousand
<0505>
[men]. {smiting: Heb. his smiting}
And he put
<07760> (8799)
garrisons
<05333>
in Edom
<0123>_;
throughout all Edom
<0123>
put
<07760> (8804)
he garrisons
<05333>_,
and all they of Edom
<0123>
became David's
<01732>
servants
<05650>_.
And the LORD
<03068>
preserved
<03467> (8686)
David
<01732>
whithersoever he went
<01980> (8804)_.
And David
<01732>
reigned
<04427> (8799)
over all Israel
<03478>_;
and David
<01732>
executed
<06213> (8802)
judgment
<04941>
and justice
<06666>
unto all his people
<05971>_.
And Joab
<03097>
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>
[was] over the host
<06635>_;
and Jehoshaphat
<03092>
the son
<01121>
of Ahilud
<0286>
[was] recorder
<02142> (8688)_;
{recorder: or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles}
And Zadok
<06659>
the son
<01121>
of Ahitub
<0285>_,
and Ahimelech
<0288>
the son
<01121>
of Abiathar
<054>_,
[were] the priests
<03548>_;
and Seraiah
<08304>
[was] the scribe
<05608> (8802)_;
{scribe: or, secretary}
And Benaiah
<01141>
the son
<01121>
of Jehoiada
<03077>
[was over] both the Cherethites
<03774>
and the Pelethites
<06432>_;
and David's
<01732>
sons
<01121>
were chief rulers
<03548>_.
{chief rulers: or, princes}
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Is there yet
<03426>
any that is left
<03498> (8738)
of the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>_,
that I may shew
<06213> (8799)
him kindness
<02617>
for Jonathan's
<03083>
sake?
And [there was] of the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>
a servant
<05650>
whose name
<08034>
[was] Ziba
<06717>_.
And when they had called
<07121> (8799)
him unto David
<01732>_,
the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, [Art] thou Ziba
<06717>_?
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thy servant
<05650>
[is he].
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Is] there not
<0657>
yet any
<0376>
of the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>_,
that I may shew
<06213> (8799)
the kindness
<02617>
of God
<0430>
unto him? And Ziba
<06717>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
Jonathan
<03083>
hath yet a son
<01121>_,
[which is] lame
<05223>
on [his] feet
<07272>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Where
<0375>
[is] he? And Ziba
<06717>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
Behold, he [is] in the house
<01004>
of Machir
<04353>_,
the son
<01121>
of Ammiel
<05988>_,
in Lodebar
<03810>_.
Then king
<04428>
David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)_,
and fetched
<03947> (8799)
him out of the house
<01004>
of Machir
<04353>_,
the son
<01121>
of Ammiel
<05988>_,
from Lodebar
<03810>_.
Now when Mephibosheth
<04648>_,
the son
<01121>
of Jonathan
<03083>_,
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>_,
was come
<0935> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
he fell
<05307> (8799)
on his face
<06440>_,
and did reverence
<07812> (8691)_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Mephibosheth
<04648>_.
And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
Behold thy servant
<05650>_!
{Mephibosheth: also called Meribbaal}
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Fear
<03372> (8799)
not: for I will surely
<06213> (8800)
shew
<06213> (8799)
thee kindness
<02617>
for Jonathan
<03083>
thy father's
<01>
sake, and will restore
<07725> (8689)
thee all the land
<07704>
of Saul
<07586>
thy father
<01>_;
and thou shalt eat
<0398> (8799)
bread
<03899>
at my table
<07979>
continually
<08548>_.
And he bowed
<07812> (8691)
himself, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
What [is] thy servant
<05650>_,
that thou shouldest look
<06437> (8804)
upon such a dead
<04191> (8801)
dog
<03611>
as I [am]?
Then the king
<04428>
called
<07121> (8799)
to Ziba
<06717>_,
Saul's
<07586>
servant
<05288>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, I have given
<05414> (8804)
unto thy master's
<0113>
son
<01121>
all that pertained
<01961> (8804)
to Saul
<07586>
and to all his house
<01004>_.
Thou therefore, and thy sons
<01121>_,
and thy servants
<05650>_,
shall till
<05647> (8804)
the land
<0127>
for him, and thou shalt bring
<0935> (8689)
in [the fruits], that thy master's
<0113>
son
<01121>
may have food
<03899>
to eat
<0398> (8804)_:
but Mephibosheth
<04648>
thy master's
<0113>
son
<01121>
shall eat
<0398> (8799)
bread
<03899>
alway
<08548>
at my table
<07979>_.
Now Ziba
<06717>
had fifteen
<02568> <06240>
sons
<01121>
and twenty
<06242>
servants
<05650>_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Ziba
<06717>
unto the king
<04428>_,
According to all that my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
hath commanded
<06680> (8762)
his servant
<05650>_,
so shall thy servant
<05650>
do
<06213> (8799)_.
As for Mephibosheth
<04648>_,
[said the king], he shall eat
<0398> (8802)
at my table
<07979>_,
as one
<0259>
of the king's
<04428>
sons
<01121>_.
And Mephibosheth
<04648>
had a young
<06996>
son
<01121>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Micha
<04316>_.
And all that dwelt
<04186>
in the house
<01004>
of Ziba
<06717>
[were] servants
<05650>
unto Mephibosheth
<04648>_.
So Mephibosheth
<04648>
dwelt
<03427> (8802)
in Jerusalem
<03389>_:
for he did eat
<0398> (8802)
continually
<08548>
at the king's
<04428>
table
<07979>_;
and was lame
<06455>
on both
<08147>
his feet
<07272>_.
And it came to pass after this
<0310>_,
that the king
<04428>
of the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
died
<04191> (8799)_,
and Hanun
<02586>
his son
<01121>
reigned
<04427> (8799)
in his stead.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
David
<01732>_,
I will shew
<06213> (8799)
kindness
<02617>
unto Hanun
<02586>
the son
<01121>
of Nahash
<05176>_,
as his father
<01>
shewed
<06213> (8804)
kindness
<02617>
unto me. And David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
to comfort
<05162> (8763)
him by the hand
<03027>
of his servants
<05650>
for his father
<01>_.
And David's
<01732>
servants
<05650>
came
<0935> (8799)
into the land
<0776>
of the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_.
And the princes
<08269>
of the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Hanun
<02586>
their lord
<0113>_,
Thinkest
<05869>
thou that David
<01732>
doth honour
<03513> (8764)
thy father
<01>_,
that he hath sent
<07971> (8804)
comforters
<05162> (8764)
unto thee? hath not David
<01732>
[rather] sent
<07971> (8804)
his servants
<05650>
unto thee, to
<05668>
search
<02713> (8800)
the city
<05892>_,
and to spy it out
<07270> (8763)_,
and to overthrow
<02015> (8800)
it? {Thinkest...: Heb. In thy eyes doth David}
Wherefore Hanun
<02586>
took
<03947> (8799)
David's
<01732>
servants
<05650>_,
and shaved off
<01548> (8762)
the one half
<02677>
of their beards
<02206>_,
and cut off
<03772> (8799)
their garments
<04063>
in the middle
<02677>_,
[even] to their buttocks
<08357>_,
and sent them away
<07971> (8762)_.
When they told
<05046> (8686)
[it] unto David
<01732>_,
he sent
<07971> (8799)
to meet
<07125> (8800)
them, because the men
<0582>
were greatly
<03966>
ashamed
<03637> (8737)_:
and the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Tarry
<03427> (8798)
at Jericho
<03405>
until your beards
<02206>
be grown
<06779> (8762)_,
and [then] return
<07725> (8804)_.
And when the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
saw
<07200> (8799)
that they stank
<0887> (8738)
before David
<01732>_,
the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
sent
<07971> (8799)
and hired
<07936> (8799)
the Syrians
<0758>
of Bethrehob
<01050>_,
and the Syrians
<0758>
of Zoba
<06678>_,
twenty
<06242>
thousand
<0505>
footmen
<07273>_,
and of king
<04428>
Maacah
<04601>
a thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>_,
and of Ishtob
<0382>
twelve
<06240> <08147>
thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>_.
{Ishtob: or, the men of Tob}
And when David
<01732>
heard
<08085> (8799)
of [it], he sent
<07971> (8799)
Joab
<03097>_,
and all the host
<06635>
of the mighty men
<01368>_.
And the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
came out
<03318> (8799)_,
and put the battle
<04421>
in array
<06186> (8799)
at the entering in
<06607>
of the gate
<08179>_:
and the Syrians
<0758>
of Zoba
<06678>_,
and of Rehob
<07340>_,
and Ishtob
<0382>_,
and Maacah
<04601>_,
[were] by themselves
<0905>
in the field
<07704>_.
When Joab
<03097>
saw
<07200> (8799)
that the front
<06440>
of the battle
<04421>
was against him before
<06440>
and behind
<0268>_,
he chose
<0977> (8799)
of all the choice
<0977> (8803)
[men] of Israel
<03478>_,
and put [them] in array
<06186> (8799)
against
<07125> (8800)
the Syrians
<0758>_:
And the rest
<03499>
of the people
<05971>
he delivered
<05414> (8804)
into the hand
<03027>
of Abishai
<052>
his brother
<0251>_,
that he might put [them] in array
<06186> (8799)
against
<07125> (8800)
the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
If the Syrians
<0758>
be too strong
<02388> (8799)
for me, then thou shalt help
<03444>
me: but if the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
be too strong
<02388> (8799)
for thee, then I will come
<01980> (8804)
and help
<03467> (8687)
thee.
Be of good courage
<02388> (8798)_,
and let us play the men
<02388> (8691)
for our people
<05971>_,
and for the cities
<05892>
of our God
<0430>_:
and the LORD
<03068>
do
<06213> (8799)
that which seemeth
<05869>
him good
<02896>_.
And Joab
<03097>
drew nigh
<05066> (8799)_,
and the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, unto the battle
<04421>
against the Syrians
<0758>_:
and they fled
<05127> (8799)
before
<06440>
him.
And when the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
saw
<07200> (8804)
that the Syrians
<0758>
were fled
<05127> (8804)_,
then fled
<05127> (8799)
they also before
<06440>
Abishai
<052>_,
and entered
<0935> (8799)
into the city
<05892>_.
So Joab
<03097>
returned
<07725> (8799)
from the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
to Jerusalem
<03389>_.
And when the Syrians
<0758>
saw
<07200> (8799)
that they were smitten
<05062> (8738)
before
<06440>
Israel
<03478>_,
they gathered
<0622> (8735)
themselves together
<03162>_.
And Hadarezer
<01928>
sent
<07971> (8799)_,
and brought out
<03318> (8686)
the Syrians
<0758>
that [were] beyond
<05676>
the river
<05104>_:
and they came
<0935> (8799)
to Helam
<02431>_;
and Shobach
<07731>
the captain
<08269>
of the host
<06635>
of Hadarezer
<01928>
[went] before
<06440>
them. {the river: that is, Euphrates} {Shobach: or, Shophach}
And when it was told
<05046> (8714)
David
<01732>_,
he gathered
<0622> (0)
all Israel
<03478>
together
<0622> (8799)_,
and passed over
<05674> (8799)
Jordan
<03383>_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
to Helam
<02431>_.
And the Syrians
<0758>
set themselves in array
<06186> (8799)
against
<07125> (8800)
David
<01732>_,
and fought
<03898> (8735)
with him.
And the Syrians
<0758>
fled
<05127> (8799)
before
<06440>
Israel
<03478>_;
and David
<01732>
slew
<02026> (8799)
[the men of] seven
<07651>
hundred
<03967>
chariots
<07393>
of the Syrians
<0758>_,
and forty
<0705>
thousand
<0505>
horsemen
<06571>_,
and smote
<05221> (8689)
Shobach
<07731>
the captain
<08269>
of their host
<06635>_,
who died
<04191> (8799)
there. {horsemen: also called, footmen}
And when all the kings
<04428>
[that were] servants
<05650>
to Hadarezer
<01928>
saw
<07200> (8799)
that they were smitten
<05062> (8738)
before
<06440>
Israel
<03478>_,
they made peace
<07999> (8686)
with Israel
<03478>_,
and served
<05647> (8799)
them. So the Syrians
<0758>
feared
<03372> (8799)
to help
<03467> (8687)
the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>
any more.
And it came to pass, after the year
<08141>
was expired
<08666>_,
at the time
<06256>
when kings
<04428> (8675) <04397>
go forth
<03318> (8800)
[to battle], that David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
Joab
<03097>_,
and his servants
<05650>
with him, and all Israel
<03478>_;
and they destroyed
<07843> (8686)
the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_,
and besieged
<06696> (8799)
Rabbah
<07237>_.
But David
<01732>
tarried still
<03427> (8802)
at Jerusalem
<03389>_.
{after...: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the spring}
And it came to pass in an eveningtide
<06153> <06256>_,
that David
<01732>
arose
<06965> (8799)
from off his bed
<04904>_,
and walked
<01980> (8691)
upon the roof
<01406>
of the king's
<04428>
house
<01004>_:
and from the roof
<01406>
he saw
<07200> (8799)
a woman
<0802>
washing
<07364> (8801)
herself; and the woman
<0802>
[was] very
<03966>
beautiful
<02896>
to look upon
<04758>_.
And David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
and enquired
<01875> (8799)
after the woman
<0802>_.
And [one] said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Is] not this Bathsheba
<01339>_,
the daughter
<01323>
of Eliam
<0463>_,
the wife
<0802>
of Uriah
<0223>
the Hittite
<02850>_?
{Bathsheba: or, Bathshuah} {Eliam: or Ammiel}
And David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>_,
and took
<03947> (8799)
her; and she came in
<0935> (8799)
unto him, and he lay
<07901> (8799)
with her; for she was purified
<06942> (8693)
from her uncleanness
<02932>_:
and she returned
<07725> (8799)
unto her house
<01004>_.
{for she...: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned}
And the woman
<0802>
conceived
<02029> (8799)_,
and sent
<07971> (8799)
and told
<05046> (8686)
David
<01732>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
I [am] with child
<02030>_.
And David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
to Joab
<03097>_,
[saying], Send
<07971> (8798)
me Uriah
<0223>
the Hittite
<02850>_.
And Joab
<03097>
sent
<07971> (8799)
Uriah
<0223>
to David
<01732>_.
And when Uriah
<0223>
was come
<0935> (8799)
unto him, David
<01732>
demanded
<07592> (8799)
[of him] how Joab
<03097>
did
<07965>_,
and how the people
<05971>
did
<07965>_,
and how the war
<04421>
prospered
<07965>_.
{how Joab...: Heb. of the peace of, etc}
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Uriah
<0223>_,
Go down
<03381> (8798)
to thy house
<01004>_,
and wash
<07364> (8798)
thy feet
<07272>_.
And Uriah
<0223>
departed out
<03318> (8799)
of the king's
<04428>
house
<01004>_,
and there followed
<0310>
him a mess
<04864>
[of meat] from the king
<04428>_.
{followed...: Heb. went out after him}
But Uriah
<0223>
slept
<07901> (8799)
at the door
<06607>
of the king's
<04428>
house
<01004>
with all the servants
<05650>
of his lord
<0113>_,
and went not down
<03381> (8804)
to his house
<01004>_.
And when they had told
<05046> (8686)
David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Uriah
<0223>
went not down
<03381> (8804)
unto his house
<01004>_,
David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Uriah
<0223>_,
Camest
<0935> (8802)
thou not from [thy] journey
<01870>_?
why [then] didst thou not go down
<03381> (8804)
unto thine house
<01004>_?
And Uriah
<0223>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
The ark
<0727>_,
and Israel
<03478>_,
and Judah
<03063>_,
abide
<03427> (8802)
in tents
<05521>_;
and my lord
<0113>
Joab
<03097>_,
and the servants
<05650>
of my lord
<0113>_,
are encamped
<02583> (8802)
in the open
<06440>
fields
<07704>_;
shall I
<0589>
then go
<0935> (8799)
into mine house
<01004>_,
to eat
<0398> (8800)
and to drink
<08354> (8800)_,
and to lie
<07901> (8800)
with my wife
<0802>_?
[as] thou livest
<02416>_,
and [as] thy soul
<05315>
liveth
<02416>_,
I will not do
<06213> (8799)
this thing
<01697>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Uriah
<0223>_,
Tarry
<03427> (8798)
here to day
<03117>
also, and to morrow
<04279>
I will let thee depart
<07971> (8762)_.
So Uriah
<0223>
abode
<03427> (8799)
in Jerusalem
<03389>
that day
<03117>_,
and the morrow
<04283>_.
And when David
<01732>
had called
<07121> (8799)
him, he did eat
<0398> (8799)
and drink
<08354> (8799)
before
<06440>
him; and he made him drunk
<07937> (8762)_:
and at even
<06153>
he went out
<03318> (8799)
to lie
<07901> (8800)
on his bed
<04904>
with the servants
<05650>
of his lord
<0113>_,
but went not down
<03381> (8804)
to his house
<01004>_.
And it came to pass in the morning
<01242>_,
that David
<01732>
wrote
<03789> (8799)
a letter
<05612>
to Joab
<03097>_,
and sent
<07971> (8799)
[it] by the hand
<03027>
of Uriah
<0223>_.
And he wrote
<03789> (8799)
in the letter
<05612>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Set
<03051> (8798)
ye Uriah
<0223>
in the forefront
<06440> <04136>
of the hottest
<02389>
battle
<04421>_,
and retire
<07725> (8804)
ye from him
<0310>_,
that he may be smitten
<05221> (8738)_,
and die
<04191> (8804)_.
{hottest: Heb. strong} {from him: Heb. from after him}
And it came to pass, when Joab
<03097>
observed
<08104> (8800)
the city
<05892>_,
that he assigned
<05414> (8799)
Uriah
<0223>
unto a place
<04725>
where he knew
<03045> (8804)
that valiant
<02428>
men
<0582>
[were].
And the men
<0582>
of the city
<05892>
went out
<03318> (8799)_,
and fought
<03898> (8735)
with Joab
<03097>_:
and there fell
<05307> (8799)
[some] of the people
<05971>
of the servants
<05650>
of David
<01732>_;
and Uriah
<0223>
the Hittite
<02850>
died
<04191> (8799)
also.
Then Joab
<03097>
sent
<07971> (8799)
and told
<05046> (8686)
David
<01732>
all the things
<01697>
concerning the war
<04421>_;
And charged
<06680> (8762)
the messenger
<04397>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
When thou hast made an end
<03615> (8763)
of telling
<01696> (8763)
the matters
<01697>
of the war
<04421>
unto the king
<04428>_,
And if so be that the king's
<04428>
wrath
<02534>
arise
<05927> (8799)_,
and he say
<0559> (8804)
unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh
<05066> (8738)
unto the city
<05892>
when ye did fight
<03898> (8736)_?
knew
<03045> (8804)
ye not that they would shoot
<03384> (8686)
from the wall
<02346>_?
Who smote
<05221> (8689)
Abimelech
<040>
the son
<01121>
of Jerubbesheth
<03380>_?
did not a woman
<0802>
cast
<07993> (8689)
a piece
<06400>
of a millstone
<07393>
upon him from the wall
<02346>_,
that he died
<04191> (8799)
in Thebez
<08405>_?
why went ye nigh
<05066> (8738)
the wall
<02346>_?
then say
<0559> (8804)
thou, Thy servant
<05650>
Uriah
<0223>
the Hittite
<02850>
is dead
<04191> (8804)
also. {Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal}
So the messenger
<04397>
went
<03212> (8799)_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
and shewed
<05046> (8686)
David
<01732>
all that Joab
<03097>
had sent
<07971> (8804)
him for.
And the messenger
<04397>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
Surely the men
<0582>
prevailed
<01396> (8804)
against us, and came out
<03318> (8799)
unto us into the field
<07704>_,
and we were upon them even unto the entering
<06607>
of the gate
<08179>_.
And the shooters
<03384> (8688)
shot
<03384> (8686)
from off the wall
<02346>
upon thy servants
<05650>_;
and [some] of the king's
<04428>
servants
<05650>
be dead
<04191> (8799)_,
and thy servant
<05650>
Uriah
<0223>
the Hittite
<02850>
is dead
<04191> (8804)
also.
Then David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the messenger
<04397>_,
Thus shalt thou say
<0559> (8799)
unto Joab
<03097>_,
Let not this thing
<01697>
displease
<03415> (8799) <05869>
thee, for the sword
<02719>
devoureth
<0398> (8799)
one as well as another
<02090>_:
make thy battle
<04421>
more strong
<02388> (8685)
against the city
<05892>_,
and overthrow
<02040> (8798)
it: and encourage
<02388> (8761)
thou him. {displease...: Heb. be evil in thine eyes} {one...: Heb. so and such}
And when the wife
<0802>
of Uriah
<0223>
heard
<08085> (8799)
that Uriah
<0223>
her husband
<0376>
was dead
<04191> (8804)_,
she mourned
<05594> (8799)
for her husband
<01167>_.
And when the mourning
<060>
was past
<05674> (8799)_,
David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
and fetched
<0622> (8799)
her to his house
<01004>_,
and she became his wife
<0802>_,
and bare
<03205> (8799)
him a son
<01121>_.
But the thing
<01697>
that David
<01732>
had done
<06213> (8804)
displeased
<03415> (8799) <05869>
the LORD
<03068>_.
{displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of}
And the LORD
<03068>
sent
<07971> (8799)
Nathan
<05416>
unto David
<01732>_.
And he came
<0935> (8799)
unto him, and said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, There were two
<08147>
men
<0582>
in one
<0259>
city
<05892>_;
the one
<0259>
rich
<06223>_,
and the other
<0259>
poor
<07326> (8802)_.
The rich
<06223>
[man] had exceeding
<03966>
many
<07235> (8687)
flocks
<06629>
and herds
<01241>_:
But the poor
<07326> (8802)
[man] had nothing, save one
<0259>
little
<06996>
ewe lamb
<03535>_,
which he had bought
<07069> (8804)
and nourished up
<02421> (8762)_:
and it grew up
<01431> (8799)
together
<03162>
with him, and with his children
<01121>_;
it did eat
<0398> (8799)
of his own meat
<06595>_,
and drank
<08354> (8799)
of his own cup
<03563>_,
and lay
<07901> (8799)
in his bosom
<02436>_,
and was unto him as a daughter
<01323>_.
{meat: Heb. morsel}
And there came
<0935> (8799)
a traveller
<01982>
unto the rich
<06223>
man
<0376>_,
and he spared
<02550> (8799)
to take
<03947> (8800)
of his own flock
<06629>
and of his own herd
<01241>_,
to dress
<06213> (8800)
for the wayfaring man
<0732> (8802)
that was come
<0935> (8802)
unto him; but took
<03947> (8799)
the poor
<07326> (8802)
man's
<0376>
lamb
<03535>_,
and dressed
<06213> (8799)
it for the man
<0376>
that was come
<0935> (8802)
to him.
And David's
<01732>
anger
<0639>
was greatly
<03966>
kindled
<02734> (8799)
against the man
<0376>_;
and he said
<0559> (8799)
to Nathan
<05416>_,
[As] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_,
the man
<0376>
that hath done
<06213> (8802)
this [thing] shall surely
<01121>
die
<04194>_:
{shall...: or, is worthy to die, or, is a son of death}
And he shall restore
<07999> (8762)
the lamb
<03535>
fourfold
<0706>_,
because
<06118>
he did
<06213> (8804)
this thing
<01697>_,
and because
<0834>
he had no pity
<02550> (8804)_.
And Nathan
<05416>
said
<0559> (8799)
to David
<01732>_,
Thou [art] the man
<0376>_.
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>
God
<0430>
of Israel
<03478>_,
I anointed
<04886> (8804)
thee king
<04428>
over Israel
<03478>_,
and I delivered
<05337> (8689)
thee out of the hand
<03027>
of Saul
<07586>_;
And I gave
<05414> (8799)
thee thy master's
<0113>
house
<01004>_,
and thy master's
<0113>
wives
<0802>
into thy bosom
<02436>_,
and gave
<05414> (8799)
thee the house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>
and of Judah
<03063>_;
and if [that had been] too little
<04592>_,
I would moreover have given
<03254> (8686)
unto thee such
<02007>
and such things
<02007>_.
Wherefore hast thou despised
<0959> (8804)
the commandment
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
to do
<06213> (8800)
evil
<07451>
in his sight
<05869>_?
thou hast killed
<05221> (8689)
Uriah
<0223>
the Hittite
<02850>
with the sword
<02719>_,
and hast taken
<03947> (8804)
his wife
<0802>
[to be] thy wife
<0802>_,
and hast slain
<02026> (8804)
him with the sword
<02719>
of the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_.
Now therefore the sword
<02719>
shall never
<05704> <05769>
depart
<05493> (8799)
from thine house
<01004>_;
because
<06118>
thou hast despised
<0959> (8804)
me, and hast taken
<03947> (8799)
the wife
<0802>
of Uriah
<0223>
the Hittite
<02850>
to be thy wife
<0802>_.
Thus saith
<0559> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>_,
Behold, I will raise up
<06965> (8688)
evil
<07451>
against thee out of thine own house
<01004>_,
and I will take
<03947> (8804)
thy wives
<0802>
before thine eyes
<05869>_,
and give
<05414> (8804)
[them] unto thy neighbour
<07453>_,
and he shall lie
<07901> (8804)
with thy wives
<0802>
in the sight
<05869>
of this sun
<08121>_.
For thou didst
<06213> (8804)
[it] secretly
<05643>_:
but I will do
<06213> (8799)
this thing
<01697>
before all Israel
<03478>_,
and before the sun
<08121>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Nathan
<05416>_,
I have sinned
<02398> (8804)
against the LORD
<03068>_.
And Nathan
<05416>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
The LORD
<03068>
also hath put away
<05674> (8689)
thy sin
<02403>_;
thou shalt not die
<04191> (8799)_.
Howbeit
<0657>_,
because by this deed
<01697>
thou hast given
<05006> (0)
great occasion
<05006> (8763)
to the enemies
<0341> (8802)
of the LORD
<03068>
to blaspheme
<05006> (8765)_,
the child
<01121>
also [that is] born
<03209>
unto thee shall surely
<04191> (8800)
die
<04191> (8799)_.
And Nathan
<05416>
departed
<03212> (8799)
unto his house
<01004>_.
And the LORD
<03068>
struck
<05062> (8799)
the child
<03206>
that Uriah's
<0223>
wife
<0802>
bare
<03205> (8804)
unto David
<01732>_,
and it was very sick
<0605> (8735)_.
David
<01732>
therefore besought
<01245> (8762)
God
<0430>
for the child
<05288>_;
and David
<01732>
fasted
<06684> (8799) <06685>_,
and went in
<0935> (8804)_,
and lay
<07901> (8804)
all night
<03885> (8804)
upon the earth
<0776>_.
{fasted: Heb. fasted a fast}
And the elders
<02205>
of his house
<01004>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
[and went] to him, to raise him up
<06965> (8687)
from the earth
<0776>_:
but he would
<014> (8804)
not, neither did he eat
<01262> (8804)
bread
<03899>
with them.
And it came to pass on the seventh
<07637>
day
<03117>_,
that the child
<03206>
died
<04191> (8799)_.
And the servants
<05650>
of David
<01732>
feared
<03372> (8799)
to tell
<05046> (8687)
him that the child
<03206>
was dead
<04191> (8804)_:
for they said
<0559> (8804)_,
Behold, while the child
<03206>
was yet alive
<02416>_,
we spake
<01696> (8765)
unto him, and he would not hearken
<08085> (8804)
unto our voice
<06963>_:
how will he then
<06213> (0)
vex
<07451>
himself
<06213> (8804)_,
if we tell
<0559> (8799)
him that the child
<03206>
is dead
<04191> (8804)_?
{vex: Heb. do hurt}
But when David
<01732>
saw
<07200> (8799)
that his servants
<05650>
whispered
<03907> (8693)_,
David
<01732>
perceived
<0995> (8799)
that the child
<03206>
was dead
<04191> (8804)_:
therefore David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto his servants
<05650>_,
Is the child
<03206>
dead
<04191> (8804)_?
And they said
<0559> (8799)_,
He is dead
<04191> (8804)_.
Then David
<01732>
arose
<06965> (8799)
from the earth
<0776>_,
and washed
<07364> (8799)_,
and anointed
<05480> (8686)
[himself], and changed
<02498> (8762)
his apparel
<08071>_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
into the house
<01004>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
and worshipped
<07812> (8691)_:
then he came
<0935> (8799)
to his own house
<01004>_;
and when he required
<07592> (8799)_,
they set
<07760> (8799)
bread
<03899>
before him, and he did eat
<0398> (8799)_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
his servants
<05650>
unto him, What thing
<01697>
[is] this that thou hast done
<06213> (8804)_?
thou didst fast
<06684> (8804)
and weep
<01058> (8799)
for the child
<03206>_,
[while it was] alive
<02416>_;
but when the child
<03206>
was dead
<04191> (8804)_,
thou didst rise
<06965> (8804)
and eat
<0398> (8799)
bread
<03899>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
While the child
<03206>
was yet alive
<02416>_,
I fasted
<06684> (8804)
and wept
<01058> (8799)_:
for I said
<0559> (8804)_,
Who can tell
<03045> (8802)
[whether] GOD
<03068>
will be gracious
<02603> (8804) (8675) <02603> (8762)
to me, that the child
<03206>
may live
<02416>_?
But now he is dead
<04191> (8804)_,
wherefore should I fast
<06684> (8802)_?
can
<03201> (8799)
I bring him back again
<07725> (8687)_?
I shall go
<01980> (8802)
to him, but he shall not return
<07725> (8799)
to me.
And David
<01732>
comforted
<05162> (8762)
Bathsheba
<01339>
his wife
<0802>_,
and went in
<0935> (8799)
unto her, and lay
<07901> (8799)
with her: and she bare
<03205> (8799)
a son
<01121>_,
and he called
<07121> (8799)
his name
<08034>
Solomon
<08010>_:
and the LORD
<03068>
loved
<0157> (8804)
him.
And he sent
<07971> (8799)
by the hand
<03027>
of Nathan
<05416>
the prophet
<05030>_;
and he called
<07121> (8799)
his name
<08034>
Jedidiah
<03041>_,
because of the LORD
<03068>_.
{Jedidiah: that is, Beloved of the LORD}
And Joab
<03097>
fought
<03898> (8735)
against Rabbah
<07237>
of the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_,
and took
<03920> (8799)
the royal
<04410>
city
<05892>_.
And Joab
<03097>
sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>
to David
<01732>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
I have fought
<03898> (8738)
against Rabbah
<07237>_,
and have taken
<03920> (8804)
the city
<05892>
of waters
<04325>_.
Now therefore gather
<0622> (0)
the rest
<03499>
of the people
<05971>
together
<0622> (8798)_,
and encamp
<02583> (8798)
against the city
<05892>_,
and take
<03920> (8798)
it: lest I take
<03920> (8799)
the city
<05892>_,
and it be called
<07121> (8738)
after my name
<08034>_.
{it be called...: Heb. my name be called upon it}
And David
<01732>
gathered
<0622> (0)
all the people
<05971>
together
<0622> (8799)_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
to Rabbah
<07237>_,
and fought
<03898> (8735)
against it, and took
<03920> (8799)
it.
And he took
<03947> (8799)
their king's
<04428>
crown
<05850>
from off his head
<07218>_,
the weight
<04948>
whereof [was] a talent
<03603>
of gold
<02091>
with the precious
<03368>
stones
<068>_:
and it was [set] on David's
<01732>
head
<07218>_.
And he brought forth
<03318> (8689)
the spoil
<07998>
of the city
<05892>
in great
<03966>
abundance
<07235> (8687)_.
{in great...: Heb. very great}
And he brought forth
<03318> (8689)
the people
<05971>
that [were] therein, and put
<07760> (8799)
[them] under saws
<04050>_,
and under harrows
<02757>
of iron
<01270>_,
and under axes
<04037>
of iron
<01270>_,
and made them pass
<05674> (8689)
through the brickkiln
<04404>_:
and thus did
<06213> (8799)
he unto all the cities
<05892>
of the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_.
So David
<01732>
and all the people
<05971>
returned
<07725> (8799)
unto Jerusalem
<03389>_.
And it came to pass after
<0310>
this, that Absalom
<053>
the son
<01121>
of David
<01732>
had a fair
<03303>
sister
<0269>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Tamar
<08559>_;
and Amnon
<0550>
the son
<01121>
of David
<01732>
loved
<0157> (8799)
her.
And Amnon
<0550>
was so vexed
<03334> (8799)_,
that he fell sick
<02470> (8692)
for his sister
<0269>
Tamar
<08559>_;
for she [was] a virgin
<01330>_;
and Amnon
<0550>
thought
<05869>
it hard
<06381> (8735)
for him to do
<06213> (8800)
any thing
<03972>
to her. {Amnon thought...: Heb. it was marvellous, or, hidden in the eyes of Amnon}
But Amnon
<0550>
had a friend
<07453>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Jonadab
<03122>_,
the son
<01121>
of Shimeah
<08093>
David's
<01732>
brother
<0251>_:
and Jonadab
<03122>
[was] a very
<03966>
subtil
<02450>
man
<0376>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Why [art] thou, [being] the king's
<04428>
son
<01121>_,
lean
<01800>
from day
<01242>
to day
<01242>_?
wilt thou not tell
<05046> (8686)
me? And Amnon
<0550>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, I love
<0157> (8802)
Tamar
<08559>_,
my brother
<0251>
Absalom's
<053>
sister
<0269>_.
{lean: Heb. thin} {from day...: Heb. morning by morning}
And Jonadab
<03082>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Lay thee down
<07901> (8798)
on thy bed
<04904>_,
and make thyself sick
<02470> (8690)_:
and when thy father
<01>
cometh
<0935> (8804)
to see
<07200> (8800)
thee, say
<0559> (8804)
unto him, I pray thee, let my sister
<0269>
Tamar
<08559>
come
<0935> (8799)_,
and give
<01262> (8686)
me meat
<03899>_,
and dress
<06213> (8804)
the meat
<01279>
in my sight
<05869>_,
that I may see
<07200> (8799)
[it], and eat
<0398> (8804)
[it] at her hand
<03027>_.
So Amnon
<0550>
lay down
<07901> (8799)_,
and made himself sick
<02470> (8691)_:
and when the king
<04428>
was come
<0935> (8799)
to see
<07200> (8800)
him, Amnon
<0550>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
I pray thee, let Tamar
<08559>
my sister
<0269>
come
<0935> (8799)_,
and make
<03823> (8762)
me a couple
<08147>
of cakes
<03834>
in my sight
<05869>_,
that I may eat
<01262> (8799)
at her hand
<03027>_.
Then David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
home
<01004>
to Tamar
<08559>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
now to thy brother
<0251>
Amnon's
<0550>
house
<01004>_,
and dress
<06213> (8798)
him meat
<01279>_.
So Tamar
<08559>
went
<03212> (8799)
to her brother
<0251>
Amnon's
<0550>
house
<01004>_;
and he was laid down
<07901> (8802)_.
And she took
<03947> (8799)
flour
<01217>_,
and kneaded
<03888> (8799)
[it], and made cakes
<03823> (8762)
in his sight
<05869>_,
and did bake
<01310> (8762)
the cakes
<03834>_.
{flour: or, paste}
And she took
<03947> (8799)
a pan
<04958>_,
and poured [them] out
<03332> (8799)
before
<06440>
him; but he refused
<03985> (8762)
to eat
<0398> (8800)_.
And Amnon
<0550>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Have out
<03318> (8685)
all men
<0376>
from me. And they went out
<03318> (8799)
every man
<0376>
from him.
And Amnon
<0550>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Tamar
<08559>_,
Bring
<0935> (8685)
the meat
<01279>
into the chamber
<02315>_,
that I may eat
<01262> (8799)
of thine hand
<03027>_.
And Tamar
<08559>
took
<03947> (8799)
the cakes
<03834>
which she had made
<06213> (8804)_,
and brought
<0935> (8686)
[them] into the chamber
<02315>
to Amnon
<0550>
her brother
<0251>_.
And when she had brought
<05066> (8686)
[them] unto him to eat
<0398> (8800)_,
he took hold
<02388> (8686)
of her, and said
<0559> (8799)
unto her, Come
<0935> (8798)
lie
<07901> (8798)
with me, my sister
<0269>_.
And she answered
<0559> (8799)
him, Nay, my brother
<0251>_,
do not force
<06031> (8762)
me; for no such thing ought
<03651>
to be done
<06213> (8735)
in Israel
<03478>_:
do
<06213> (8799)
not thou this folly
<05039>_.
{force...: Heb. humble me} {no such...: Heb. it ought not so to be done}
And I, whither shall I cause my shame
<02781>
to go
<03212> (8686)_?
and as for thee, thou shalt be as one
<0259>
of the fools
<05036>
in Israel
<03478>_.
Now therefore, I pray thee, speak
<01696> (8761)
unto the king
<04428>_;
for he will not withhold
<04513> (8799)
me from thee.
Howbeit he would
<014> (8804)
not hearken
<08085> (8800)
unto her voice
<06963>_:
but, being stronger
<02388> (8799)
than she, forced
<06031> (8762)
her, and lay
<07901> (8799)
with her.
Then Amnon
<0550>
hated
<08130> (8799)
her exceedingly
<03966> <01419>_;
so that the hatred
<08135>
wherewith he hated
<08130> (8804)
her [was] greater
<01419>
than the love
<0160>
wherewith he had loved
<0157> (8804)
her. And Amnon
<0550>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto her, Arise
<06965> (8798)_,
be gone
<03212> (8798)_.
{exceedingly: Heb. with great hatred greatly}
And she said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, [There is] no cause
<0182>_:
this evil
<07451>
in sending me away
<07971> (8763)
[is] greater
<01419>
than the other
<0312>
that thou didst
<06213> (8804)
unto me. But he would
<014> (8804)
not hearken
<08085> (8800)
unto her.
Then he called
<07121> (8799)
his servant
<05288>
that ministered
<08334> (8764)
unto him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Put
<07971> (8798)
now this [woman] out
<02351>
from me, and bolt
<05274> (8798)
the door
<01817>
after
<0310>
her.
And [she had] a garment
<03801>
of divers colours
<06446>
upon her: for with such robes
<04598>
were the king's
<04428>
daughters
<01323>
[that were] virgins
<01330>
apparelled
<03847> (8799)_.
Then his servant
<08334> (8764)
brought
<03318> (8686)
her out
<02351>_,
and bolted
<05274> (8804)
the door
<01817>
after
<0310>
her.
And Tamar
<08559>
put
<03947> (8799)
ashes
<0665>
on her head
<07218>_,
and rent
<07167> (8804)
her garment
<03801>
of divers colours
<06446>
that [was] on her, and laid
<07760> (8799)
her hand
<03027>
on her head
<07218>_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
on
<01980> (8800)
crying
<02199> (8804)_.
And Absalom
<053>
her brother
<0251>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto her, Hath Amnon
<0550>
thy brother
<0251>
been with thee? but hold now thy peace
<02790> (8685)_,
my sister
<0269>_:
he [is] thy brother
<0251>_;
regard
<07896> (8799) <03820>
not this thing
<01697>_.
So Tamar
<08559>
remained
<03427> (8799)
desolate
<08074> (8802)
in her brother
<0251>
Absalom's
<053>
house
<01004>_.
{Amnon: Heb. Aminon} {regard...: Heb. set not thy heart} {desolate: Heb. and desolate}
But when king
<04428>
David
<01732>
heard
<08085> (8804)
of all these things
<01697>_,
he was very
<03966>
wroth
<02734> (8799)_.
And Absalom
<053>
spake
<01696> (8765)
unto his brother Amnon
<0550>
neither good
<02896>
nor bad
<07451>_:
for Absalom
<053>
hated
<08130> (8804)
Amnon
<0550>_,
because
<01697>
he had forced
<06031> (8765)
his sister
<0269>
Tamar
<08559>_.
And it came to pass after two full
<03117>
years
<08141>_,
that Absalom
<053>
had sheepshearers
<01494> (8802)
in Baalhazor
<01178>_,
which [is] beside Ephraim
<0669>_:
and Absalom
<053>
invited
<07121> (8799)
all the king's
<04428>
sons
<01121>_.
And Absalom
<053>
came
<0935> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Behold now, thy servant
<05650>
hath sheepshearers
<01494> (8802)_;
let
<03212> (0)
the king
<04428>_,
I beseech thee, and his servants
<05650>
go
<03212> (8799)
with thy servant
<05650>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Absalom
<053>_,
Nay, my son
<01121>_,
let us not all now go
<03212> (8799)_,
lest we be chargeable
<03513> (8799)
unto thee. And he pressed
<06555> (8799)
him: howbeit he would
<014> (8804)
not go
<03212> (8800)_,
but blessed
<01288> (8762)
him.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Absalom
<053>_,
If not, I pray thee, let my brother
<0251>
Amnon
<0550>
go
<03212> (8799)
with us. And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Why should he go
<03212> (8799)
with thee?
But Absalom
<053>
pressed
<06555> (8799)
him, that he let Amnon
<0550>
and all the king's
<04428>
sons
<01121>
go
<07971> (8799)
with him.
Now Absalom
<053>
had commanded
<06680> (8762)
his servants
<05288>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Mark
<07200> (8798)
ye now when Amnon's
<0550>
heart
<03820>
is merry
<02896>
with wine
<03196>_,
and when I say
<0559> (8804)
unto you, Smite
<05221> (8685)
Amnon
<0550>_;
then kill
<04191> (8689)
him, fear
<03372> (8799)
not: have not I commanded
<06680> (8765)
you? be courageous
<02388> (8798)_,
and be valiant
<01121> <02428>_.
{have...: or, will you not, since I have commanded you?} {valiant: Heb. sons of valour}
And the servants
<05288>
of Absalom
<053>
did
<06213> (8799)
unto Amnon
<0550>
as Absalom
<053>
had commanded
<06680> (8765)_.
Then all the king's
<04428>
sons
<01121>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and every man
<0376>
gat him up
<07392> (8799)
upon his mule
<06505>_,
and fled
<05127> (8799)_.
{gat...: Heb. rode}
And it came to pass, while they were in the way
<01870>_,
that tidings
<08052>
came
<0935> (8804)
to David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Absalom
<053>
hath slain
<05221> (8689)
all the king's
<04428>
sons
<01121>_,
and there is not one
<0259>
of them left
<03498> (8738)_.
Then the king
<04428>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and tare
<07167> (8799)
his garments
<0899>_,
and lay
<07901> (8799)
on the earth
<0776>_;
and all his servants
<05650>
stood
<05324> (8737)
by with their clothes
<0899>
rent
<07167> (8803)_.
And Jonadab
<03122>_,
the son
<01121>
of Shimeah
<08093>
David's
<01732>
brother
<0251>_,
answered
<06030> (8799)
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Let not my lord
<0113>
suppose
<0559> (8799)
[that] they have slain
<04191> (8689)
all the young men
<05288>
the king's
<04428>
sons
<01121>_;
for Amnon
<0550>
only is dead
<04191> (8804)_:
for by the appointment
<06310>
of Absalom
<053>
this hath been determined
<07760> (8803)
from the day
<03117>
that he forced
<06031> (8763)
his sister
<0269>
Tamar
<08559>_.
{appointment: Heb. mouth} {determined: or, settled}
Now therefore let not my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
take
<07760> (8799)
the thing
<01697>
to his heart
<03820>_,
to think
<0559> (8800)
that all the king's
<04428>
sons
<01121>
are dead
<04191> (8804)_:
for Amnon
<0550>
only is dead
<04191> (8804)_.
But Absalom
<053>
fled
<01272> (8799)_.
And the young man
<05288>
that kept the watch
<06822> (8802)
lifted up
<05375> (8799)
his eyes
<05869>_,
and looked
<07200> (8799)_,
and, behold, there came
<01980> (8802)
much
<07227>
people
<05971>
by the way
<01870>
of the hill
<02022>
side
<06654>
behind
<0310>
him.
And Jonadab
<03122>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
Behold, the king's
<04428>
sons
<01121>
come
<0935> (8804)_:
as thy servant
<05650>
said
<01697>_,
so it is. {as thy...: Heb. according to the word of thy servant}
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end
<03615> (8763)
of speaking
<01696> (8763)_,
that, behold, the king's
<04428>
sons
<01121>
came
<0935> (8804)_,
and lifted up
<05375> (8799)
their voice
<06963>
and wept
<01058> (8799)_:
and the king
<04428>
also and all his servants
<05650>
wept
<01058> (8804)
very
<03966>
sore
<01065> <01419>_.
{very...: Heb. with a great weeping greatly}
But Absalom
<053>
fled
<01272> (8804)_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
to Talmai
<08526>_,
the son
<01121>
of Ammihud
<05991> (8675) <05989>_,
king
<04428>
of Geshur
<01650>_.
And [David] mourned
<056> (8691)
for his son
<01121>
every day
<03117>_.
{Ammihud: or, Ammihur}
So Absalom
<053>
fled
<01272> (8804)_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
to Geshur
<01650>_,
and was there three
<07969>
years
<08141>_.
And [the soul of] king
<04428>
David
<01732>
longed
<03615> (8762)
to go forth
<03318> (8800)
unto Absalom
<053>_:
for he was comforted
<05162> (8738)
concerning Amnon
<0550>_,
seeing he was dead
<04191> (8804)_.
{longed: or, was consumed}
Now Joab
<03097>
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>
perceived
<03045> (8799)
that the king's
<04428>
heart
<03820>
[was] toward Absalom
<053>_.
And Joab
<03097>
sent
<07971> (8799)
to Tekoah
<08620>_,
and fetched
<03947> (8799)
thence a wise
<02450>
woman
<0802>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner
<056> (8693)_,
and put on
<03847> (8798)
now mourning
<060>
apparel
<0899>_,
and anoint
<05480> (8799)
not thyself with oil
<08081>_,
but be as a woman
<0802>
that had a long
<07227>
time
<03117>
mourned
<056> (8690)
for the dead
<04191> (8801)_:
And come
<0935> (8804)
to the king
<04428>_,
and speak
<01696> (8765)
on this manner
<01697>
unto him. So Joab
<03097>
put
<07760> (8799)
the words
<01697>
in her mouth
<06310>_.
And when the woman
<0802>
of Tekoah
<08621>
spake
<0559> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
she fell
<05307> (8799)
on her face
<0639>
to the ground
<0776>_,
and did obeisance
<07812> (8691)_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Help
<03467> (8685)_,
O king
<04428>_.
{Help: Heb. Save}
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered
<0559> (8799)_,
I [am] indeed
<061>
a widow
<0490>
woman
<0802>_,
and mine husband
<0376>
is dead
<04191> (8799)_.
And thy handmaid
<08198>
had two
<08147>
sons
<01121>_,
and they two
<08147>
strove together
<05327> (8735)
in the field
<07704>_,
and [there was] none to part
<05337> (8688)
them, but the one
<0259>
smote
<05221> (8686)
the other
<0259>_,
and slew
<04191> (8686)
him. {none...: Heb. no deliverer between them}
And, behold, the whole family
<04940>
is risen
<06965> (8804)
against thine handmaid
<08198>_,
and they said
<0559> (8799)_,
Deliver
<05414> (8798)
him that smote
<05221> (8688)
his brother
<0251>_,
that we may kill
<04191> (8686)
him, for the life
<05315>
of his brother
<0251>
whom he slew
<02026> (8804)_;
and we will destroy
<08045> (8686)
the heir
<03423> (8802)
also: and so they shall quench
<03518> (8765)
my coal
<01513>
which is left
<07760> (8800)_,
and shall not leave
<07604> (8738)
to my husband
<0376>
[neither] name
<08034>
nor remainder
<07611>
upon
<06440>
the earth
<0127>_.
{upon...: Heb. upon the face of the earth}
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the woman
<0802>_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
to thine house
<01004>_,
and I will give charge
<06680> (8762)
concerning thee.
And the woman
<0802>
of Tekoah
<08621>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
My lord
<0113>_,
O king
<04428>_,
the iniquity
<05771>
[be] on me, and on my father's
<01>
house
<01004>_:
and the king
<04428>
and his throne
<03678>
[be] guiltless
<05355>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Whosoever saith
<01696> (8764)
[ought] unto thee, bring
<0935> (8689)
him to me, and he shall not touch
<05060> (8800)
thee any more
<03254> (8686)_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
she, I pray thee, let the king
<04428>
remember
<02142> (8799)
the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>_,
that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers
<01350> (8802)
of blood
<01818>
to destroy
<07843> (8763)
any more
<07235> (8687)_,
lest they destroy
<08045> (8686)
my son
<01121>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
[As] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_,
there shall not one hair
<08185>
of thy son
<01121>
fall
<05307> (8799)
to the earth
<0776>_.
{that...: Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy}
Then the woman
<0802>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Let thine handmaid
<08198>_,
I pray thee, speak
<01696> (8762)
[one] word
<01697>
unto my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Say on
<01696> (8761)_.
And the woman
<0802>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Wherefore then hast thou thought
<02803> (8804)
such a thing against the people
<05971>
of God
<0430>_?
for the king
<04428>
doth speak
<01696> (8693)
this thing
<01697>
as one which is faulty
<0818>_,
in that the king
<04428>
doth not fetch home again
<07725> (8687)
his banished
<05080> (8737)_.
For we must needs
<04191> (8800)
die
<04191> (8799)_,
and [are] as water
<04325>
spilt
<05064> (8737)
on the ground
<0776>_,
which cannot be gathered up again
<0622> (8735)_;
neither doth God
<0430>
respect
<05375> (8799)
[any] person
<05315>_:
yet doth he devise
<02803> (8804)
means
<04284>_,
that his banished
<05080> (8737)
be not expelled
<05080> (8799)
from him. {neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc}
Now therefore that I am come
<0935> (8804)
to speak
<01696> (8763)
of this thing
<01697>
unto my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_,
[it is] because the people
<05971>
have made me afraid
<03372> (8765)_:
and thy handmaid
<08198>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
I will now speak
<01696> (8762)
unto the king
<04428>_;
it may be that the king
<04428>
will perform
<06213> (8799)
the request
<01697>
of his handmaid
<0519>_.
For the king
<04428>
will hear
<08085> (8799)_,
to deliver
<05337> (8687)
his handmaid
<0519>
out of the hand
<03709>
of the man
<0376>
[that would] destroy
<08045> (8687)
me and my son
<01121>
together
<03162>
out of the inheritance
<05159>
of God
<0430>_.
Then thine handmaid
<08198>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
The word
<01697>
of my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
shall now be comfortable
<04496>_:
for as an angel
<04397>
of God
<0430>_,
so [is] my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
to discern
<08085> (8800)
good
<02896>
and bad
<07451>_:
therefore the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>
will be with thee. {comfortable: Heb. for rest} {to discern: Heb. to hear}
Then the king
<04428>
answered
<06030> (8799)
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto the woman
<0802>_,
Hide
<03582> (8762)
not from me, I pray thee, the thing
<01697>
that I shall ask
<07592> (8802)
thee. And the woman
<0802>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Let my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
now speak
<01696> (8762)_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Is not] the hand
<03027>
of Joab
<03097>
with thee in all this? And the woman
<0802>
answered
<06030> (8799)
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[As] thy soul
<05315>
liveth
<02416>_,
my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_,
none
<0376>
can
<0786>
turn to the right hand
<03231> (8687)
or to the left
<08041> (8687)
from ought that my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
hath spoken
<01696> (8765)_:
for thy servant
<05650>
Joab
<03097>_,
he bade
<06680> (8765)
me, and he put
<07760> (8804)
all these words
<01697>
in the mouth
<06310>
of thine handmaid
<08198>_:
To
<05668>
fetch about
<05437> (8763)
this form
<06440>
of speech
<01697>
hath thy servant
<05650>
Joab
<03097>
done
<06213> (8804)
this thing
<01697>_:
and my lord
<0113>
[is] wise
<02450>_,
according to the wisdom
<02451>
of an angel
<04397>
of God
<0430>_,
to know
<03045> (8800)
all [things] that [are] in the earth
<0776>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Joab
<03097>_,
Behold now, I have done
<06213> (8804)
this thing
<01697>_:
go
<03212> (8798)
therefore, bring
<07725> (0)
the young man
<05288>
Absalom
<053>
again
<07725> (8685)_.
And Joab
<03097>
fell
<05307> (8799)
to the ground
<0776>
on his face
<06440>_,
and bowed
<07812> (8691)
himself, and thanked
<01288> (8762)
the king
<04428>_:
and Joab
<03097>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
To day
<03117>
thy servant
<05650>
knoweth
<03045> (8804)
that I have found
<04672> (8804)
grace
<02580>
in thy sight
<05869>_,
my lord
<0113>_,
O king
<04428>_,
in that the king
<04428>
hath fulfilled
<06213> (8804)
the request
<01697>
of his servant
<05650>_.
{thanked: Heb. blessed} {his servant: or, thy servant}
So Joab
<03097>
arose
<06965> (8799)
and went
<03212> (8799)
to Geshur
<01650>_,
and brought
<0935> (8686)
Absalom
<053>
to Jerusalem
<03389>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Let him turn
<05437> (8735)
to his own house
<01004>_,
and let him not see
<07200> (8799)
my face
<06440>_.
So Absalom
<053>
returned
<05437> (8735)
to his own house
<01004>_,
and saw
<07200> (8804)
not the king's
<04428>
face
<06440>_.
But in all Israel
<03478>
there was none
<0376>
to be so much
<03966>
praised
<01984> (8763)
as Absalom
<053>
for his beauty
<03303>_:
from the sole
<03709>
of his foot
<07272>
even to the crown of his head
<06936>
there was no blemish
<03971>
in him. {But...: Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly}
And when he polled
<01548> (8763)
his head
<07218>_,
(for it was at every year's
<03117> <03117>
end
<07093>
that he polled
<01548> (8762)
[it]: because [the hair] was heavy
<03513> (8804)
on him, therefore he polled
<01548> (8765)
it:) he weighed
<08254> (8804)
the hair
<08181>
of his head
<07218>
at two hundred
<03967>
shekels
<08255>
after the king's
<04428>
weight
<068>_.
And unto Absalom
<053>
there were born
<03205> (8735)
three
<07969>
sons
<01121>_,
and one
<0259>
daughter
<01323>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Tamar
<08559>_:
she was a woman
<0802>
of a fair
<03303>
countenance
<04758>_.
So Absalom
<053>
dwelt
<03427> (8799)
two full
<03117>
years
<08141>
in Jerusalem
<03389>_,
and saw
<07200> (8804)
not the king's
<04428>
face
<06440>_.
Therefore Absalom
<053>
sent
<07971> (8799)
for Joab
<03097>_,
to have sent
<07971> (8800)
him to the king
<04428>_;
but he would
<014> (8804)
not come
<0935> (8800)
to him: and when he sent again
<07971> (8799)
the second time
<08145>_,
he would
<014> (8804)
not come
<0935> (8800)_.
Therefore he said
<0559> (8799)
unto his servants
<05650>_,
See
<07200> (8798)_,
Joab's
<03097>
field
<02513>
is near
<0413>
mine
<03027>_,
and he hath barley
<08184>
there; go
<03212> (8798)
and set
<03341> (8685)
it on fire
<0784>_.
And Absalom's
<053>
servants
<05650>
set
<03341> (8686)
the field
<02513>
on fire
<0784>_.
{near...: Heb. near my place}
Then Joab
<03097>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
to Absalom
<053>
unto [his] house
<01004>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Wherefore have thy servants
<05650>
set
<03341> (8689)
my field
<02513>
on fire
<0784>_?
And Absalom
<053>
answered
<0559> (8799)
Joab
<03097>_,
Behold, I sent
<07971> (8804)
unto thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Come
<0935> (8798)
hither, that I may send
<07971> (8799)
thee to the king
<04428>_,
to say
<0559> (8800)_,
Wherefore am I come
<0935> (8804)
from Geshur
<01650>_?
[it had been] good
<02896>
for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see
<07200> (8799)
the king's
<04428>
face
<06440>_;
and if there be
<03426>
[any] iniquity
<05771>
in me, let him kill
<04191> (8689)
me.
So Joab
<03097>
came
<0935> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
and told
<05046> (8686)
him: and when he had called
<07121> (8799)
for Absalom
<053>_,
he came
<0935> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
and bowed
<07812> (8691)
himself on his face
<0639>
to the ground
<0776>
before
<06440>
the king
<04428>_:
and the king
<04428>
kissed
<05401> (8799)
Absalom
<053>_.
And it came to pass after this
<0310>_,
that Absalom
<053>
prepared
<06213> (8799)
him chariots
<04818>
and horses
<05483>_,
and fifty
<02572>
men
<0376>
to run
<07323> (8801)
before
<06440>
him.
And Absalom
<053>
rose up early
<07925> (8689)_,
and stood
<05975> (8804)
beside
<03027>
the way
<01870>
of the gate
<08179>_:
and it was [so], that when any man
<0376>
that had a controversy
<07379>
came
<0935> (8800)
to the king
<04428>
for judgment
<04941>_,
then Absalom
<053>
called
<07121> (8799)
unto him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Of what
<0335>
city
<05892>
[art] thou? And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thy servant
<05650>
[is] of one
<0259>
of the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>_.
{came: Heb. to come}
And Absalom
<053>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, See
<07200> (8798)_,
thy matters
<01697>
[are] good
<02896>
and right
<05228>_;
but [there is] no man [deputed] of the king
<04428>
to hear
<08085> (8802)
thee. {there...: or, none will hear thee from the king downward}
Absalom
<053>
said
<0559> (8799)
moreover, Oh that I were made
<07760> (8799)
judge
<08199> (8802)
in the land
<0776>_,
that every man
<0376>
which hath any suit
<07379>
or cause
<04941>
might come
<0935> (8799)
unto me, and I would do him justice
<06663> (8689)_!
And it was [so], that when any man
<0376>
came nigh
<07126> (8800)
[to him] to do him obeisance
<07812> (8692)_,
he put forth
<07971> (8804)
his hand
<03027>_,
and took
<02388> (8689)
him, and kissed
<05401> (8804)
him.
And on this manner
<01697>
did
<06213> (8799)
Absalom
<053>
to all Israel
<03478>
that came
<0935> (8799)
to the king
<04428>
for judgment
<04941>_:
so Absalom
<053>
stole
<01589> (8762)
the hearts
<03820>
of the men
<0582>
of Israel
<03478>_.
And it came to pass after
<07093>
forty
<0705>
years
<08141>_,
that Absalom
<053>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
I pray thee, let me go
<03212> (8799)
and pay
<07999> (8762)
my vow
<05088>_,
which I have vowed
<05087> (8804)
unto the LORD
<03068>_,
in Hebron
<02275>_.
For thy servant
<05650>
vowed
<05087> (8804)
a vow
<05088>
while I abode
<03427> (8800)
at Geshur
<01650>
in Syria
<0758>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
If the LORD
<03068>
shall bring me again
<07725> (8799) (8676) <07725> (8686)
indeed to Jerusalem
<03389>_,
then I will serve
<05647> (8804)
the LORD
<03068>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Go
<03212> (8798)
in peace
<07965>_.
So he arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
to Hebron
<02275>_.
But Absalom
<053>
sent
<07971> (8799)
spies
<07270> (8764)
throughout all the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
As soon as ye hear
<08085> (8800)
the sound
<06963>
of the trumpet
<07782>_,
then ye shall say
<0559> (8804)_,
Absalom
<053>
reigneth
<04427> (8804)
in Hebron
<02275>_.
And with Absalom
<053>
went
<01980> (8804)
two hundred
<03967>
men
<0376>
out of Jerusalem
<03389>_,
[that were] called
<07121> (8803)_;
and they went
<01980> (8802)
in their simplicity
<08537>_,
and they knew
<03045> (8804)
not any thing
<01697>_.
And Absalom
<053>
sent
<07971> (8799)
for Ahithophel
<0302>
the Gilonite
<01526>_,
David's
<01732>
counsellor
<03289> (8802)_,
from his city
<05892>_,
[even] from Giloh
<01542>_,
while he offered
<02076> (8800)
sacrifices
<02077>_.
And the conspiracy
<07195>
was strong
<0533>_;
for the people
<05971>
increased
<07227>
continually
<01980> (8802)
with Absalom
<053>_.
And there came
<0935> (8799)
a messenger
<05046> (8688)
to David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
The hearts
<03820>
of the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
are after
<0310>
Absalom
<053>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto all his servants
<05650>
that [were] with him at Jerusalem
<03389>_,
Arise
<06965> (8798)_,
and let us flee
<01272> (8799)_;
for we shall not [else] escape
<06413>
from
<06440>
Absalom
<053>_:
make speed
<04116> (8761)
to depart
<03212> (8800)_,
lest he overtake
<05381> (8689)
us suddenly
<04116> (8762)_,
and bring
<05080> (8689)
evil
<07451>
upon us, and smite
<05221> (8689)
the city
<05892>
with the edge
<06310>
of the sword
<02719>_.
{bring: Heb. thrust}
And the king's
<04428>
servants
<05650>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
Behold, thy servants
<05650>
[are ready to do] whatsoever my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
shall appoint
<0977> (8799)_.
{appoint: Heb. choose}
And the king
<04428>
went forth
<03318> (8799)_,
and all his household
<01004>
after
<07272>
him. And the king
<04428>
left
<05800> (8799)
ten
<06235>
women
<0802>_,
[which were] concubines
<06370>_,
to keep
<08104> (8800)
the house
<01004>_.
{after...: Heb. at his feet}
And the king
<04428>
went forth
<03318> (8799)_,
and all the people
<05971>
after
<07272>
him, and tarried
<05975> (8799)
in a place
<01004>
that was far off
<04801> (8677) <01023>_.
And all his servants
<05650>
passed on
<05674> (8802)
beside
<03027>
him; and all the Cherethites
<03774>_,
and all the Pelethites
<06432>_,
and all the Gittites
<01663>_,
six
<08337>
hundred
<03967>
men
<0376>
which came
<0935> (8804)
after
<07272>
him from Gath
<01661>_,
passed on
<05674> (8802)
before
<06440>
the king
<04428>_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
the king
<04428>
to Ittai
<0863>
the Gittite
<01663>_,
Wherefore goest
<03212> (8799)
thou also with us? return
<07725> (8798)
to thy place
<04725>_,
and abide
<03427> (8798)
with the king
<04428>_:
for thou [art] a stranger
<05237>_,
and also an exile
<01540> (8802)_.
Whereas thou camest
<0935> (8800)
[but] yesterday
<08543>_,
should I this day
<03117>
make thee go
<03212> (8800)
up and down
<05128> (8686) (8675) <05128> (8799)
with us? seeing I go
<01980> (8802)
whither I may, return
<07725> (8798)
thou, and take back
<07725> (8685)
thy brethren
<0251>_:
mercy
<02617>
and truth
<0571>
[be] with thee. {go up...: Heb. wander in going}
And Ittai
<0863>
answered
<06030> (8799)
the king
<04428>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[As] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_,
and [as] my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
liveth
<02416>_,
surely in what place
<04725>
my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
shall be, whether in death
<04194>
or life
<02416>_,
even there also will thy servant
<05650>
be.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Ittai
<0863>_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
and pass over
<05674> (8798)_.
And Ittai
<0863>
the Gittite
<01663>
passed over
<05674> (8799)_,
and all his men
<0582>_,
and all the little ones
<02945>
that [were] with him.
And all the country
<0776>
wept
<01058> (8802)
with a loud
<01419>
voice
<06963>_,
and all the people
<05971>
passed over
<05674> (8802)_:
the king
<04428>
also himself passed over
<05674> (8802)
the brook
<05158>
Kidron
<06939>_,
and all the people
<05971>
passed over
<05674> (8802)_,
toward
<06440>
the way
<01870>
of the wilderness
<04057>_.
{Kidron: Gr. Cedron}
And lo Zadok
<06659>
also, and all the Levites
<03881>
[were] with him, bearing
<05375> (8802)
the ark
<0727>
of the covenant
<01285>
of God
<0430>_:
and they set down
<03332> (8686)
the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>_;
and Abiathar
<054>
went up
<05927> (8799)_,
until all the people
<05971>
had done
<08552> (8800)
passing
<05674> (8800)
out of the city
<05892>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Zadok
<06659>_,
Carry back
<07725> (8685)
the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>
into the city
<05892>_:
if I shall find
<04672> (8799)
favour
<02580>
in the eyes
<05869>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
he will bring me again
<07725> (8689)_,
and shew
<07200> (8689)
me [both] it, and his habitation
<05116>_:
But if he thus say
<0559> (8799)_,
I have no delight
<02654> (8804)
in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do
<06213> (8799)
to me as seemeth
<05869>
good
<02896>
unto him.
The king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
also unto Zadok
<06659>
the priest
<03548>_,
[Art not] thou a seer
<07200> (8802)_?
return
<07725> (8798)
into the city
<05892>
in peace
<07965>_,
and your two
<08147>
sons
<01121>
with you, Ahimaaz
<0290>
thy son
<01121>_,
and Jonathan
<03083>
the son
<01121>
of Abiathar
<054>_.
See
<07200> (8798)_,
I will tarry
<04102> (8700)
in the plain
<06160> (8675) <05679>
of the wilderness
<04057>_,
until there come
<0935> (8800)
word
<01697>
from you to certify
<05046> (8687)
me.
Zadok
<06659>
therefore and Abiathar
<054>
carried
<07725> (0)
the ark
<0727>
of God
<0430>
again
<07725> (8686)
to Jerusalem
<03389>_:
and they tarried
<03427> (8799)
there.
And David
<01732>
went up
<05927> (8802)
by the ascent
<04608>
of [mount] Olivet
<02132>_,
and wept
<01058> (8802)
as he went up
<05927> (8802)_,
and had his head
<07218>
covered
<02645> (8802)_,
and he went
<01980> (8802)
barefoot
<03182>_:
and all the people
<05971>
that [was] with him covered
<02645> (8804)
every man
<0376>
his head
<07218>_,
and they went up
<05927> (8804)_,
weeping
<01058> (8800)
as they went up
<05927> (8800)_.
{and wept...: Heb. going up and weeping}
And [one] told
<05046> (8689)
David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Ahithophel
<0302>
[is] among the conspirators
<07194> (8802)
with Absalom
<053>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
O LORD
<03068>_,
I pray thee, turn the counsel
<06098>
of Ahithophel
<0302>
into foolishness
<05528> (8761)_.
And it came to pass, that [when] David
<01732>
was come
<0935> (8804)
to the top
<07218>
[of the mount], where he worshipped
<07812> (8691)
God
<0430>_,
behold, Hushai
<02365>
the Archite
<0757>
came to meet
<07125> (8800)
him with his coat
<03801>
rent
<07167> (8803)_,
and earth
<0127>
upon his head
<07218>_:
Unto whom David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
If thou passest on
<05674> (8804)
with me, then thou shalt be a burden
<04853>
unto me:
But if thou return
<07725> (8799)
to the city
<05892>_,
and say
<0559> (8804)
unto Absalom
<053>_,
I will be thy servant
<05650>_,
O king
<04428>_;
[as] I [have been] thy father's
<01>
servant
<05650>
hitherto
<0227>_,
so [will] I now also [be] thy servant
<05650>_:
then mayest thou for me defeat
<06565> (8689)
the counsel
<06098>
of Ahithophel
<0302>_.
And [hast thou] not there with thee Zadok
<06659>
and Abiathar
<054>
the priests
<03548>_?
therefore it shall be, [that] what thing
<01697>
soever thou shalt hear
<08085> (8799)
out of the king's
<04428>
house
<01004>_,
thou shalt tell
<05046> (8686)
[it] to Zadok
<06659>
and Abiathar
<054>
the priests
<03548>_.
Behold, [they have] there with them their two
<08147>
sons
<01121>_,
Ahimaaz
<0290>
Zadok's
<06659>
[son], and Jonathan
<03083>
Abiathar's
<054>
[son]; and by them
<03027>
ye shall send
<07971> (8804)
unto me every thing
<01697>
that ye can hear
<08085> (8799)_.
So Hushai
<02365>
David's
<01732>
friend
<07463>
came
<0935> (8799)
into the city
<05892>_,
and Absalom
<053>
came
<0935> (8799)
into Jerusalem
<03389>_.
And when David
<01732>
was a little
<04592>
past
<05674> (8804)
the top
<07218>
[of the hill], behold, Ziba
<06717>
the servant
<05288>
of Mephibosheth
<04648>
met
<07125> (8800)
him, with a couple
<06776>
of asses
<02543>
saddled
<02280> (8803)_,
and upon them two hundred
<03967>
[loaves] of bread
<03899>_,
and an hundred
<03967>
bunches of raisins
<06778>_,
and an hundred
<03967>
of summer fruits
<07019>_,
and a bottle
<05035>
of wine
<03196>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Ziba
<06717>_,
What meanest thou by these? And Ziba
<06717>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
The asses
<02543>
[be] for the king's
<04428>
household
<01004>
to ride on
<07392> (8800)_;
and the bread
<03899>
and summer fruit
<07019>
for the young men
<05288>
to eat
<0398> (8800)_;
and the wine
<03196>_,
that such as be faint
<03287>
in the wilderness
<04057>
may drink
<08354> (8800)_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
And where [is] thy master's
<0113>
son
<01121>_?
And Ziba
<06717>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
Behold, he abideth
<03427> (8802)
at Jerusalem
<03389>_:
for he said
<0559> (8804)_,
To day
<03117>
shall the house
<01004>
of Israel
<03478>
restore
<07725> (8686)
me the kingdom
<04468>
of my father
<01>_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
the king
<04428>
to Ziba
<06717>_,
Behold, thine [are] all that [pertained] unto Mephibosheth
<04648>_.
And Ziba
<06717>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
I humbly
<07812> (8694)
beseech thee [that] I may find
<04672> (8799)
grace
<02580>
in thy sight
<05869>_,
my lord
<0113>_,
O king
<04428>_.
{I humbly...: Heb. I do obeisance}
And when king
<04428>
David
<01732>
came
<0935> (8804)
to Bahurim
<0980>_,
behold, thence came out
<03318> (8802)
a man
<0376>
of the family
<04940>
of the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Shimei
<08096>_,
the son
<01121>
of Gera
<01617>_:
he came forth
<03318> (8802)_,
and cursed
<07043> (8764)
still as he came
<03318> (8800)_.
{he came forth...: or, he still came forth and cursed}
And he cast
<05619> (8762)
stones
<068>
at David
<01732>_,
and at all the servants
<05650>
of king
<04428>
David
<01732>_:
and all the people
<05971>
and all the mighty men
<01368>
[were] on his right hand
<03225>
and on his left
<08040>_.
And thus said
<0559> (8804)
Shimei
<08096>
when he cursed
<07043> (8763)_,
Come out
<03318> (8798)_,
come out
<03318> (8798)_,
thou bloody
<01818>
man
<0376>_,
and thou man
<0376>
of Belial
<01100>_:
{bloody...: Heb. man of blood}
The LORD
<03068>
hath returned
<07725> (8689)
upon thee all the blood
<01818>
of the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>_,
in whose stead thou hast reigned
<04427> (8804)_;
and the LORD
<03068>
hath delivered
<05414> (8799)
the kingdom
<04410>
into the hand
<03027>
of Absalom
<053>
thy son
<01121>_:
and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief
<07451>_,
because thou [art] a bloody
<01818>
man
<0376>_.
{behold...: Heb. behold thee in thy evil}
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Abishai
<052>
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>
unto the king
<04428>_,
Why should this dead
<04191> (8801)
dog
<03611>
curse
<07043> (8762)
my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_?
let me go over
<05674> (8799)_,
I pray thee, and take off
<05493> (8686)
his head
<07218>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
What have I to do with you, ye sons
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>_?
so let him curse
<07043> (8762)_,
because the LORD
<03068>
hath said
<0559> (8804)
unto him, Curse
<07043> (8761)
David
<01732>_.
Who shall then say
<0559> (8799)_,
Wherefore hast thou done so
<06213> (8804)_?
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Abishai
<052>_,
and to all his servants
<05650>_,
Behold, my son
<01121>_,
which came forth
<03318> (8804)
of my bowels
<04578>_,
seeketh
<01245> (8764)
my life
<05315>_:
how much more now [may this] Benjamite
<01145>
[do it]? let him alone
<03240> (8685)_,
and let him curse
<07043> (8762)_;
for the LORD
<03068>
hath bidden
<0559> (8804)
him.
It may be that the LORD
<03068>
will look
<07200> (8799)
on mine affliction
<05869> (8675) <06040>_,
and that the LORD
<03068>
will requite
<07725> (8689)
me good
<02896>
for his cursing
<07045>
this day
<03117>_.
{affliction: or, tears: Heb. eye}
And as David
<01732>
and his men
<0582>
went
<03212> (8799)
by the way
<01870>_,
Shimei
<08096>
went along
<01980> (8802)
on the hill's
<02022>
side
<06763>
over against
<05980>
him, and cursed
<07043> (8762)
as he went
<01980> (8800)_,
and threw
<05619> (8762)
stones
<068>
at
<05980>
him, and cast
<06080> (8765)
dust
<06083>_.
{cast...: Heb. dusted him with dust}
And the king
<04428>_,
and all the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, came
<0935> (8799)
weary
<05889>_,
and refreshed
<05314> (8735)
themselves there.
And Absalom
<053>_,
and all the people
<05971>
the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>_,
came
<0935> (8804)
to Jerusalem
<03389>_,
and Ahithophel
<0302>
with him.
And it came to pass, when Hushai
<02365>
the Archite
<0757>_,
David's
<01732>
friend
<07463>_,
was come
<0935> (8804)
unto Absalom
<053>_,
that Hushai
<02365>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Absalom
<053>_,
God save
<02421> (8799)
the king
<04428>_,
God save
<02421> (8799)
the king
<04428>_.
{God...: Heb. Let the king live}
And Absalom
<053>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Hushai
<02365>_,
[Is] this thy kindness
<02617>
to thy friend
<07453>_?
why wentest
<01980> (8804)
thou not with thy friend
<07453>_?
And Hushai
<02365>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Absalom
<053>_,
Nay; but whom the LORD
<03068>_,
and this people
<05971>_,
and all the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>_,
choose
<0977> (8804)_,
his will I be, and with him will I abide
<03427> (8799)_.
And again
<08145>_,
whom should I serve
<05647> (8799)_?
[should I] not [serve] in the presence
<06440>
of his son
<01121>_?
as I have served
<05647> (8804)
in thy father's
<01>
presence
<06440>_,
so will I be in thy presence
<06440>_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Absalom
<053>
to Ahithophel
<0302>_,
Give
<03051> (8798)
counsel
<06098>
among you what we shall do
<06213> (8799)_.
And Ahithophel
<0302>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Absalom
<053>_,
Go in
<0935> (8798)
unto thy father's
<01>
concubines
<06370>_,
which he hath left
<03240> (8689)
to keep
<08104> (8800)
the house
<01004>_;
and all Israel
<03478>
shall hear
<08085> (8804)
that thou art abhorred
<0887> (8738)
of thy father
<01>_:
then shall the hands
<03027>
of all that [are] with thee be strong
<02388> (8804)_.
So they spread
<05186> (8686)
Absalom
<053>
a tent
<0168>
upon the top of the house
<01406>_;
and Absalom
<053>
went in
<0935> (8799)
unto his father's
<01>
concubines
<06370>
in the sight
<05869>
of all Israel
<03478>_.
And the counsel
<06098>
of Ahithophel
<0302>_,
which he counselled
<03289> (8804)
in those days
<03117>_,
[was] as if a man
<0376>
had enquired
<07592> (8799)
at the oracle
<01697>
of God
<0430>_:
so [was] all the counsel
<06098>
of Ahithophel
<0302>
both with David
<01732>
and with Absalom
<053>_.
{oracle: Heb. word}
Moreover Ahithophel
<0302>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Absalom
<053>_,
Let me now choose out
<0977> (8799)
twelve
<08147> <06240>
thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>_,
and I will arise
<06965> (8799)
and pursue
<07291> (8799)
after
<0310>
David
<01732>
this night
<03915>_:
And I will come
<0935> (8799)
upon him while he [is] weary
<03023>
and weak
<07504>
handed
<03027>_,
and will make him afraid
<02729> (8689)_:
and all the people
<05971>
that [are] with him shall flee
<05127> (8804)_;
and I will smite
<05221> (8689)
the king
<04428>
only:
And I will bring back
<07725> (8686)
all the people
<05971>
unto thee: the man
<0376>
whom thou seekest
<01245> (8764)
[is] as if all returned
<07725> (8800)_:
[so] all the people
<05971>
shall be in peace
<07965>_.
And the saying
<01697>
pleased
<03474> (8799)
Absalom
<053>
well
<05869>_,
and all the elders
<02205>
of Israel
<03478>_.
{pleased...: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc}
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Absalom
<053>_,
Call
<07121> (8798)
now Hushai
<02365>
the Archite
<0757>
also, and let us hear
<08085> (8799)
likewise what he saith
<06310>_.
{what...: Heb. what is in his mouth}
And when Hushai
<02365>
was come
<0935> (8799)
to Absalom
<053>_,
Absalom
<053>
spake
<0559> (8799)
unto him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Ahithophel
<0302>
hath spoken
<01696> (8765)
after this manner
<01697>_:
shall we do
<06213> (8799)
[after] his saying
<01697>_?
if not; speak
<01696> (8761)
thou. {his saying: Heb. his word}
And Hushai
<02365>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Absalom
<053>_,
The counsel
<06098>
that Ahithophel
<0302>
hath given
<03289> (8804)
[is] not good
<02896>
at this time
<06471>_.
{given: Heb. counselled}
For, said
<0559> (8799)
Hushai
<02365>_,
thou knowest
<03045> (8804)
thy father
<01>
and his men
<0582>_,
that they [be] mighty men
<01368>_,
and they [be] chafed
<04751>
in their minds
<05315>_,
as a bear
<01677>
robbed
<07909>
of her whelps in the field
<07704>_:
and thy father
<01>
[is] a man
<0376>
of war
<04421>_,
and will not lodge
<03885> (8799)
with the people
<05971>_.
{chafed...: Heb. bitter of soul}
Behold, he is hid
<02244> (8737)
now in some
<0259>
pit
<06354>_,
or in some
<0259>
[other] place
<04725>_:
and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown
<05307> (8800)
at the first
<08462>_,
that whosoever
<08085> (8802)
heareth
<08085> (8804)
it will say
<0559> (8804)_,
There is a slaughter
<04046>
among the people
<05971>
that follow
<0310>
Absalom
<053>_.
{overthrown: Heb. fallen}
And he also [that is] valiant
<01121> <02428>_,
whose heart
<03820>
[is] as the heart
<03820>
of a lion
<0738>_,
shall utterly
<04549> (8736)
melt
<04549> (8735)_:
for all Israel
<03478>
knoweth
<03045> (8802)
that thy father
<01>
[is] a mighty man
<01368>_,
and [they] which [be] with him [are] valiant
<02428>
men
<01121>_.
Therefore I counsel
<03289> (8804)
that all Israel
<03478>
be generally
<0622> (8736)
gathered
<0622> (8735)
unto thee, from Dan
<01835>
even to Beersheba
<0884>_,
as the sand
<02344>
that [is] by the sea
<03220>
for multitude
<07230>_;
and that thou go
<01980> (8802)
to battle
<07128>
in thine own person
<06440>_.
{that thou...: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc}
So shall we come
<0935> (8804)
upon him in some
<0259>
place
<04725>
where he shall be found
<04672> (8738)_,
and we will light
<05168>
upon him as the dew
<02919>
falleth
<05307> (8799)
on the ground
<0127>_:
and of him and of all the men
<0582>
that [are] with him there shall not be left
<03498> (8738)
so much as
<01571>
one
<0259>_.
Moreover, if
<0518>
he be gotten
<0622> (8735)
into a city
<05892>_,
then shall all Israel
<03478>
bring
<05375> (8689)
ropes
<02256>
to that city
<05892>_,
and we will draw
<05498> (8804)
it into the river
<05158>_,
until there be not one
<01571>
small stone
<06872>
found
<04672> (8738)
there.
And Absalom
<053>
and all the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
The counsel
<06098>
of Hushai
<02365>
the Archite
<0757>
[is] better
<02896>
than the counsel
<06098>
of Ahithophel
<0302>_.
For the LORD
<03068>
had appointed
<06680> (8765)
to defeat
<06565> (8687)
the good
<02896>
counsel
<06098>
of Ahithophel
<0302>_,
to the intent
<05668>
that the LORD
<03068>
might bring
<0935> (8687)
evil
<07451>
upon Absalom
<053>_.
{appointed: Heb. commanded}
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Hushai
<02365>
unto Zadok
<06659>
and to Abiathar
<054>
the priests
<03548>_,
Thus and thus did Ahithophel
<0302>
counsel
<03289> (8804)
Absalom
<053>
and the elders
<02205>
of Israel
<03478>_;
and thus and thus have I counselled
<03289> (8804)_.
Now therefore send
<07971> (8798)
quickly
<04120>_,
and tell
<05046> (8685)
David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Lodge
<03885> (8799)
not this night
<03915>
in the plains
<06160> (8675) <05679>
of the wilderness
<04057>_,
but speedily
<05674> (8800)
pass over
<05674> (8799)_;
lest the king
<04428>
be swallowed up
<01104> (8792)_,
and all the people
<05971>
that [are] with him.
Now Jonathan
<03083>
and Ahimaaz
<0290>
stayed
<05975> (8802)
by Enrogel
<05883>_;
for they might
<03201> (8799)
not be seen
<07200> (8736)
to come
<0935> (8800)
into the city
<05892>_:
and a wench
<08198>
went
<01980> (8804)
and told
<05046> (8689)
them; and they went
<03212> (8799)
and told
<05046> (8689)
king
<04428>
David
<01732>_.
Nevertheless a lad
<05288>
saw
<07200> (8799)
them, and told
<05046> (8686)
Absalom
<053>_:
but they went
<03212> (8799)
both
<08147>
of them away quickly
<04120>_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
to a man's
<0376>
house
<01004>
in Bahurim
<0980>_,
which had a well
<0875>
in his court
<02691>_;
whither
<08033>
they went down
<03381> (8799)_.
And the woman
<0802>
took
<03947> (8799)
and spread
<06566> (8799)
a covering
<04539>
over the well's
<0875>
mouth
<06440>_,
and spread
<07849> (8799)
ground corn
<07383>
thereon; and the thing
<01697>
was not known
<03045> (8738)_.
And when Absalom's
<053>
servants
<05650>
came
<0935> (8799)
to the woman
<0802>
to the house
<01004>_,
they said
<0559> (8799)_,
Where [is] Ahimaaz
<0290>
and Jonathan
<03083>_?
And the woman
<0802>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, They be gone over
<05674> (8804)
the brook
<04323>
of water
<04325>_.
And when they had sought
<01245> (8762)
and could not find
<04672> (8804)
[them], they returned
<07725> (8799)
to Jerusalem
<03389>_.
And it came to pass, after
<0310>
they were departed
<03212> (8800)_,
that they came up
<05927> (8799)
out of the well
<0875>_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
and told
<05046> (8686)
king
<04428>
David
<01732>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
Arise
<06965> (8798)_,
and pass quickly
<04120>
over
<05674> (8798)
the water
<04325>_:
for thus hath Ahithophel
<0302>
counselled
<03289> (8804)
against you.
Then David
<01732>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and all the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, and they passed over
<05674> (8799)
Jordan
<03383>_:
by the morning
<01242>
light
<0216>
there lacked
<05737> (8738)
not one
<0259>
of them that was not gone over
<05674> (8804)
Jordan
<03383>_.
And when Ahithophel
<0302>
saw
<07200> (8804)
that his counsel
<06098>
was not followed
<06213> (8738)_,
he saddled
<02280> (8799)
[his] ass
<02543>_,
and arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and gat him home
<03212> (8799)
to his house
<01004>_,
to his city
<05892>_,
and put his household
<01004>
in order
<06680> (8762)_,
and hanged
<02614> (8735)
himself, and died
<04191> (8799)_,
and was buried
<06912> (8735)
in the sepulchre
<06913>
of his father
<01>_.
{followed: Heb. done} {put his...: Heb. gave charge concerning his house}
Then David
<01732>
came
<0935> (8804)
to Mahanaim
<04266>_.
And Absalom
<053>
passed over
<05674> (8804)
Jordan
<03383>_,
he and all the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
with him.
And Absalom
<053>
made
<07760> (8804)
Amasa
<06021>
captain of the host
<06635>
instead of Joab
<03097>_:
which Amasa
<06021>
[was] a man's
<0376>
son
<01121>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Ithra
<03501>
an Israelite
<03481>_,
that went in
<0935> (8804)
to Abigail
<026>
the daughter
<01323>
of Nahash
<05176>_,
sister
<0269>
to Zeruiah
<06870>
Joab's
<03097>
mother
<0517>_.
{Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an Ishmaelite} {Abigail: Heb. Abigal} {Nahash: or, Jesse}
So Israel
<03478>
and Absalom
<053>
pitched
<02583> (8799)
in the land
<0776>
of Gilead
<01568>_.
And it came to pass, when David
<01732>
was come
<0935> (8800)
to Mahanaim
<04266>_,
that Shobi
<07629>
the son
<01121>
of Nahash
<05176>
of Rabbah
<07237>
of the children
<01121>
of Ammon
<05983>_,
and Machir
<04353>
the son
<01121>
of Ammiel
<05988>
of Lodebar
<03810>_,
and Barzillai
<01271>
the Gileadite
<01569>
of Rogelim
<07274>_,
Brought
<05066> (8689)
beds
<04904>_,
and basons
<05592>_,
and earthen
<03335> (8802)
vessels
<03627>_,
and wheat
<02406>_,
and barley
<08184>_,
and flour
<07058>_,
and parched
<07039>
[corn], and beans
<06321>_,
and lentiles
<05742>_,
and parched
<07039>
[pulse], {basons: or, cups}
And honey
<01706>_,
and butter
<02529>_,
and sheep
<06629>_,
and cheese
<08194>
of kine
<01241>_,
for David
<01732>_,
and for the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, to eat
<0398> (8800)_:
for they said
<0559> (8804)_,
The people
<05971>
[is] hungry
<07457>_,
and weary
<05889>_,
and thirsty
<06771>_,
in the wilderness
<04057>_.
And David
<01732>
numbered
<06485> (8799)
the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, and set
<07760> (8799)
captains
<08269>
of thousands
<0505>
and captains
<08269>
of hundreds
<03967>
over them.
And David
<01732>
sent forth
<07971> (8762)
a third part
<07992>
of the people
<05971>
under the hand
<03027>
of Joab
<03097>_,
and a third part
<07992>
under the hand
<03027>
of Abishai
<052>
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>_,
Joab's
<03097>
brother
<0251>_,
and a third part
<07992>
under the hand
<03027>
of Ittai
<0863>
the Gittite
<01663>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the people
<05971>_,
I will surely
<03318> (8800)
go forth
<03318> (8799)
with you myself
<0589>
also.
But the people
<05971>
answered
<0559> (8799)_,
Thou shalt not go forth
<03318> (8799)_:
for if we flee
<05127> (8799)
away
<05127> (8800)_,
they will not care
<07760> (8799) <03820>
for us; neither if half
<02677>
of us die
<04191> (8799)_,
will they care
<07760> (8799) <03820>
for us: but now [thou art] worth
<03644>
ten
<06235>
thousand
<0505>
of us: therefore now [it is] better
<02896>
that thou succour
<05826> (8800) (8675) <05826> (8687)
us out of the city
<05892>_.
{care...: Heb. set their heart on us} {worth...: Heb. as ten thousand of us} {succour: Heb. be to succour or help}
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, What seemeth
<05869>
you best
<03190> (8799)
I will do
<06213> (8799)_.
And the king
<04428>
stood
<05975> (8799)
by the gate
<08179>
side
<03027>_,
and all the people
<05971>
came out
<03318> (8804)
by hundreds
<03967>
and by thousands
<0505>_.
And the king
<04428>
commanded
<06680> (8762)
Joab
<03097>
and Abishai
<052>
and Ittai
<0863>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
[Deal] gently
<0328>
for my sake with the young man
<05288>_,
[even] with Absalom
<053>_.
And all the people
<05971>
heard
<08085> (8804)
when the king
<04428>
gave all the captains
<08269>
charge
<06680> (8763)
concerning
<01697>
Absalom
<053>_.
So the people
<05971>
went out
<03318> (8799)
into the field
<07704>
against
<07125> (8800)
Israel
<03478>_:
and the battle
<04421>
was in the wood
<03293>
of Ephraim
<0669>_;
Where the people
<05971>
of Israel
<03478>
were slain
<05062> (8735)
before
<06440>
the servants
<05650>
of David
<01732>_,
and there was there a great
<01419>
slaughter
<04046>
that day
<03117>
of twenty
<06242>
thousand
<0505>
[men].
For the battle
<04421>
was there scattered
<06327> (8737)
over the face
<06440>
of all the country
<0776>_:
and the wood
<03293>
devoured
<0398> (8800)
more
<07235> (8686)
people
<05971>
that day
<03117>
than the sword
<02719>
devoured
<0398> (8804)_.
{devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour}
And Absalom
<053>
met
<07122> (8735)
the servants
<06440> <05650>
of David
<01732>_.
And Absalom
<053>
rode
<07392> (8802)
upon a mule
<06505>_,
and the mule
<06505>
went
<0935> (8799)
under the thick boughs
<07730>
of a great
<01419>
oak
<0424>_,
and his head
<07218>
caught hold
<02388> (8799)
of the oak
<0424>_,
and he was taken up
<05414> (8714)
between the heaven
<08064>
and the earth
<0776>_;
and the mule
<06505>
that [was] under him went away
<05674> (8804)_.
And a certain
<0259>
man
<0376>
saw
<07200> (8799)
[it], and told
<05046> (8686)
Joab
<03097>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Behold, I saw
<07200> (8804)
Absalom
<053>
hanged
<08518> (8803)
in an oak
<0424>_.
And Joab
<03097>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the man
<0376>
that told
<05046> (8688)
him, And, behold, thou sawest
<07200> (8804)
[him], and why didst thou not smite
<05221> (8689)
him there to the ground
<0776>_?
and I would have given
<05414> (8800)
thee ten
<06235>
[shekels] of silver
<03701>_,
and a
<0259>
girdle
<02290>_.
And the man
<0376>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Joab
<03097>_,
Though
<03863>
I should receive
<08254> (8802)
a thousand
<0505>
[shekels] of silver
<03701>
in mine hand
<03709>_,
[yet] would I not put forth
<07971> (8799)
mine hand
<03027>
against the king's
<04428>
son
<01121>_:
for in our hearing
<0241>
the king
<04428>
charged
<06680> (8765)
thee and Abishai
<052>
and Ittai
<0863>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Beware
<08104> (8798)
that none [touch] the young man
<05288>
Absalom
<053>_.
{receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand} {Beware...: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc}
Otherwise
<0176>
I should have wrought
<06213> (8804)
falsehood
<08267>
against mine own life
<05315>_:
for there is no matter
<01697>
hid
<03582> (8735)
from the king
<04428>_,
and thou thyself wouldest have set
<03320> (8691)
thyself against [me].
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Joab
<03097>_,
I may not tarry
<03176> (8686)
thus with thee
<06440>_.
And he took
<03947> (8799)
three
<07969>
darts
<07626>
in his hand
<03709>_,
and thrust
<08628> (8799)
them through the heart
<03820>
of Absalom
<053>_,
while he [was] yet alive
<02416>
in the midst of the oak
<0424>_.
{with...: Heb. before thee} {midst: Heb. heart}
And ten
<06235>
young men
<05288>
that bare
<05375> (8802)
Joab's
<03097>
armour
<03627>
compassed about
<05437> (8799)
and smote
<05221> (8686)
Absalom
<053>_,
and slew
<04191> (8686)
him.
And Joab
<03097>
blew
<08628> (8799)
the trumpet
<07782>_,
and the people
<05971>
returned
<07725> (8799)
from pursuing
<07291> (8800)
after
<0310>
Israel
<03478>_:
for Joab
<03097>
held back
<02820> (8804)
the people
<05971>_.
And they took
<03947> (8799)
Absalom
<053>_,
and cast
<07993> (8686)
him into a great
<01419>
pit
<06354>
in the wood
<03293>_,
and laid
<05324> (8686)
a very
<03966>
great
<01419>
heap
<01530>
of stones
<068>
upon him: and all Israel
<03478>
fled
<05127> (8804)
every one
<0376>
to his tent
<0168>_.
Now Absalom
<053>
in his lifetime
<02416>
had taken
<03947> (8804)
and reared up
<05324> (8686)
for himself a pillar
<04678>_,
which [is] in the king's
<04428>
dale
<06010>_:
for he said
<0559> (8804)_,
I have no son
<01121>
to keep my name
<08034>
in remembrance
<02142> (8687)_:
and he called
<07121> (8799)
the pillar
<04678>
after his own name
<08034>_:
and it is called
<07121> (8735)
unto this day
<03117>_,
Absalom's
<053>
place
<03027>_.
Then said
<0559> (8804)
Ahimaaz
<0290>
the son
<01121>
of Zadok
<06659>_,
Let me now run
<07323> (8799)_,
and bear
<01319> (0)
the king
<04428>
tidings
<01319> (8762)_,
how that the LORD
<03068>
hath avenged
<08199> (8804)
him of his enemies
<03027> <0341> (8802)_.
{avenged...: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc}
And Joab
<03097>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Thou
<0376>
shalt not bear tidings
<01309>
this day
<03117>_,
but thou shalt bear tidings
<01319> (8765)
another
<0312>
day
<03117>_:
but this day
<03117>
thou shalt bear no tidings
<01319> (8762)_,
because the king's
<04428>
son
<01121>
is dead
<04191> (8804)_.
{bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc}
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Joab
<03097>
to Cushi
<03569>_,
Go
<03212> (8798)
tell
<05046> (8685)
the king
<04428>
what thou hast seen
<07200> (8804)_.
And Cushi
<03569>
bowed
<07812> (8691)
himself unto Joab
<03097>_,
and ran
<07323> (8799)_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Ahimaaz
<0290>
the son
<01121>
of Zadok
<06659>
yet again
<03254> (8686)
to Joab
<03097>_,
But howsoever
<04100>_,
let me, I pray thee, also run
<07323> (8799)
after
<0310>
Cushi
<03569>_.
And Joab
<03097>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Wherefore wilt thou run
<07323> (8801)_,
my son
<01121>_,
seeing that thou hast no tidings
<01309>
ready
<04672> (8802)_?
{howsoever: Heb. be what may} {ready: or, convenient}
But howsoever, [said he], let me run
<07323> (8799)_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Run
<07323> (8798)_.
Then Ahimaaz
<0290>
ran
<07323> (8799)
by the way
<01870>
of the plain
<03603>_,
and overran
<05674> (8799)
Cushi
<03569>_.
And David
<01732>
sat
<03427> (8802)
between the two
<08147>
gates
<08179>_:
and the watchman
<06822> (8802)
went up
<03212> (8799)
to the roof
<01406>
over the gate
<08179>
unto the wall
<02346>_,
and lifted up
<05375> (8799)
his eyes
<05869>_,
and looked
<07200> (8799)_,
and behold a man
<0376>
running
<07323> (8801)
alone.
And the watchman
<06822> (8802)
cried
<07121> (8799)_,
and told
<05046> (8686)
the king
<04428>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
If he [be] alone, [there is] tidings
<01309>
in his mouth
<06310>_.
And he came
<03212> (8799)
apace
<01980> (8800)_,
and drew near
<07131>_.
And the watchman
<06822> (8802)
saw
<07200> (8799)
another
<0312>
man
<0376>
running
<07323> (8801)_:
and the watchman
<06822> (8802)
called
<07121> (8799)
unto the porter
<07778>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Behold [another] man
<0376>
running
<07323> (8801)
alone. And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
He also bringeth tidings
<01319> (8764)_.
And the watchman
<06822> (8802)
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Me thinketh
<07200> (8802)
the running
<04794>
of the foremost
<07223>
is like the running
<04794>
of Ahimaaz
<0290>
the son
<01121>
of Zadok
<06659>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
He [is] a good
<02896>
man
<0376>_,
and cometh
<0935> (8799)
with good
<02896>
tidings
<01309>_.
{Me...: Heb. I see the running}
And Ahimaaz
<0290>
called
<07121> (8799)_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
All is well
<07965>_.
And he fell down
<07812> (8691)
to the earth
<0776>
upon his face
<0639>
before the king
<04428>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Blessed
<01288> (8803)
[be] the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>_,
which hath delivered up
<05462> (8765)
the men
<0582>
that lifted up
<05375> (8804)
their hand
<03027>
against my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_.
{All...: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace} {delivered...: Heb. shut up}
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Is the young man
<05288>
Absalom
<053>
safe
<07965>_?
And Ahimaaz
<0290>
answered
<0559> (8799)_,
When Joab
<03097>
sent
<07971> (8800)
the king's
<04428>
servant
<05650>_,
and [me] thy servant
<05650>_,
I saw
<07200> (8804)
a great
<01419>
tumult
<01995>_,
but I knew
<03045> (8804)
not what [it was]. {Is...: Heb. Is there peace?}
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
[unto him], Turn aside
<05437> (8798)_,
[and] stand
<03320> (8690)
here
<03541>_.
And he turned aside
<05437> (8735)_,
and stood still
<05975> (8799)_.
And, behold, Cushi
<03569>
came
<0935> (8802)_;
and Cushi
<03569>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Tidings
<01319> (8691)_,
my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_:
for the LORD
<03068>
hath avenged
<08199> (8804)
thee this day
<03117>
of all them
<03027>
that rose up
<06965> (8801)
against thee. {Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought}
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Cushi
<03569>_,
Is the young man
<05288>
Absalom
<053>
safe
<07965>_?
And Cushi
<03569>
answered
<0559> (8799)_,
The enemies
<0341> (8802)
of my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_,
and all that rise
<06965> (8804)
against thee to do [thee] hurt
<07451>_,
be as [that] young man
<05288>
[is].
And the king
<04428>
was much moved
<07264> (8799)_,
and went up
<05927> (8799)
to the chamber
<05944>
over the gate
<08179>_,
and wept
<01058> (8799)_:
and as he went
<03212> (8800)_,
thus he said
<0559> (8804)_,
O my son
<01121>
Absalom
<053>_,
my son
<01121>_,
my son
<01121>
Absalom
<053>_!
would God I had died
<04191> (8800)
for thee
<05414> (8799)_,
O Absalom
<053>_,
my son
<01121>_,
my son
<01121>_!
And it was told
<05046> (8714)
Joab
<03097>_,
Behold, the king
<04428>
weepeth
<01058> (8802)
and mourneth
<056> (8691)
for Absalom
<053>_.
And the victory
<08668>
that day
<03117>
was [turned] into mourning
<060>
unto all the people
<05971>_:
for the people
<05971>
heard
<08085> (8804)
say
<0559> (8800)
that day
<03117>
how the king
<04428>
was grieved
<06087> (8738)
for his son
<01121>_.
{victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance}
And the people
<05971>
gat
<0935> (8800)
them by stealth
<01589> (8691)
that day
<03117>
into the city
<05892>_,
as people
<05971>
being ashamed
<03637> (8737)
steal away
<01589> (8691)
when they flee
<05127> (8800)
in battle
<04421>_.
But the king
<04428>
covered
<03813> (8804)
his face
<06440>_,
and the king
<04428>
cried
<02199> (8799)
with a loud
<01419>
voice
<06963>_,
O my son
<01121>
Absalom
<053>_,
O Absalom
<053>_,
my son
<01121>_,
my son
<01121>_!
And Joab
<03097>
came
<0935> (8799)
into the house
<01004>
to the king
<04428>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Thou hast shamed
<03001> (8689)
this day
<03117>
the faces
<06440>
of all thy servants
<05650>_,
which this day
<03117>
have saved
<04422> (8764)
thy life
<05315>_,
and the lives
<05315>
of thy sons
<01121>
and of thy daughters
<01323>_,
and the lives
<05315>
of thy wives
<0802>_,
and the lives
<05315>
of thy concubines
<06370>_;
In that thou lovest
<0157> (8800)
thine enemies
<08130> (8802)_,
and hatest
<08130> (8800)
thy friends
<0157> (8802)_.
For thou hast declared
<05046> (8689)
this day
<03117>_,
that thou regardest neither princes
<08269>
nor servants
<05650>_:
for this day
<03117>
I perceive
<03045> (8804)_,
that if
<03863>
Absalom
<053>
had lived
<02416>_,
and all we had died
<04191> (8801)
this day
<03117>_,
then it had pleased thee well
<03477> <05869>_.
{in...: Heb. By loving, etc} {that thou regardest...: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee}
Now therefore arise
<06965> (8798)_,
go forth
<03318> (8798)_,
and speak
<01696> (8761)
comfortably
<03820>
unto thy servants
<05650>_:
for I swear
<07650> (8738)
by the LORD
<03068>_,
if thou go not forth
<03318> (8802)_,
there will not tarry
<03885> (8799)
one
<0376>
with thee this night
<03915>_:
and that will be worse
<07489> (8804)
unto thee than all the evil
<07451>
that befell
<0935> (8804)
thee from thy youth
<05271>
until now. {comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of thy servants}
Then the king
<04428>
arose
<06965> (8799)_,
and sat
<03427> (8799)
in the gate
<08179>_.
And they told
<05046> (8689)
unto all the people
<05971>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Behold, the king
<04428>
doth sit
<03427> (8802)
in the gate
<08179>_.
And all the people
<05971>
came
<0935> (8799)
before
<06440>
the king
<04428>_:
for Israel
<03478>
had fled
<05127> (8804)
every man
<0376>
to his tent
<0168>_.
And all the people
<05971>
were at strife
<01777> (8737)
throughout all the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
The king
<04428>
saved
<05337> (8689)
us out of the hand
<03709>
of our enemies
<0341> (8802)_,
and he delivered
<04422> (8765)
us out of the hand
<03709>
of the Philistines
<06430>_;
and now he is fled
<01272> (8804)
out of the land
<0776>
for Absalom
<053>_.
And Absalom
<053>_,
whom we anointed
<04886> (8804)
over us, is dead
<04191> (8804)
in battle
<04421>_.
Now therefore why speak
<02790> (8688)
ye not a word of bringing
<07725> (0)
the king
<04428>
back
<07725> (8687)_?
{speak...: Heb. are ye silent?}
And king
<04428>
David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8804)
to Zadok
<06659>
and to Abiathar
<054>
the priests
<03548>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Speak
<01696> (8761)
unto the elders
<02205>
of Judah
<03063>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Why are ye the last
<0314>
to bring
<07725> (0)
the king
<04428>
back
<07725> (8687)
to his house
<01004>_?
seeing the speech
<01697>
of all Israel
<03478>
is come
<0935> (8804)
to the king
<04428>_,
[even] to his house
<01004>_.
Ye [are] my brethren
<0251>_,
ye [are] my bones
<06106>
and my flesh
<01320>_:
wherefore then are ye the last
<0314>
to bring back
<07725> (8687)
the king
<04428>_?
And say
<0559> (8799)
ye to Amasa
<06021>_,
[Art] thou not of my bone
<06106>_,
and of my flesh
<01320>_?
God
<0430>
do
<06213> (8799)
so to me, and more
<03254> (8686)
also, if thou be not captain
<08269>
of the host
<06635>
before
<06440>
me continually
<03117>
in the room
<08478>
of Joab
<03097>_.
And he bowed
<05186> (8686)
the heart
<03824>
of all the men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>_,
even as [the heart of] one
<0259>
man
<0376>_;
so that they sent
<07971> (8799)
[this word] unto the king
<04428>_,
Return
<07725> (8798)
thou, and all thy servants
<05650>_.
So the king
<04428>
returned
<07725> (8799)_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
to Jordan
<03383>_.
And Judah
<03063>
came
<0935> (8804)
to Gilgal
<01537>_,
to go
<03212> (8800)
to meet
<07125> (8800)
the king
<04428>_,
to conduct
<05674> (0)
the king
<04428>
over
<05674> (8687)
Jordan
<03383>_.
And Shimei
<08096>
the son
<01121>
of Gera
<01617>_,
a Benjamite
<01145>_,
which [was] of Bahurim
<0980>_,
hasted
<04116> (8762)
and came down
<03381> (8799)
with the men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>
to meet
<07125> (8800)
king
<04428>
David
<01732>_.
And [there were] a thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>
of Benjamin
<01145>
with him, and Ziba
<06717>
the servant
<05288>
of the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>_,
and his fifteen
<02568> <06240>
sons
<01121>
and his twenty
<06242>
servants
<05650>
with him; and they went over
<06743> (8804)
Jordan
<03383>
before
<06440>
the king
<04428>_.
And there went over
<05674> (8804)
a ferry boat
<05679>
to carry over
<05674> (8687)
the king's
<04428>
household
<01004>_,
and to do
<06213> (8800)
what he thought
<05869>
good
<02896>_.
And Shimei
<08096>
the son
<01121>
of Gera
<01617>
fell down
<05307> (8804)
before
<06440>
the king
<04428>_,
as he was come over
<05674> (8800)
Jordan
<03383>_;
{what...: Heb. the good in his eyes}
And said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
Let not my lord
<0113>
impute
<02803> (8799)
iniquity
<05771>
unto me, neither do thou remember
<02142> (8799)
that which thy servant
<05650>
did perversely
<05753> (8689)
the day
<03117>
that my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
went out
<03318> (8804)
of Jerusalem
<03389>_,
that the king
<04428>
should take
<07760> (8800)
it to his heart
<03820>_.
For thy servant
<05650>
doth know
<03045> (8804)
that I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_:
therefore, behold, I am come
<0935> (8804)
the first
<07223>
this day
<03117>
of all the house
<01004>
of Joseph
<03130>
to go down
<03381> (8800)
to meet
<07125> (8800)
my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_.
But Abishai
<052>
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>
answered
<06030> (8799)
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Shall not Shimei
<08096>
be put to death
<04191> (8714)
for this, because he cursed
<07043> (8765)
the LORD'S
<03068>
anointed
<04899>_?
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
What have I to do with you, ye sons
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>_,
that ye should this day
<03117>
be adversaries
<07854>
unto me? shall there any man
<0376>
be put to death
<04191> (8714)
this day
<03117>
in Israel
<03478>_?
for do not I know
<03045> (8804)
that I [am] this day
<03117>
king
<04428>
over Israel
<03478>_?
Therefore the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Shimei
<08096>_,
Thou shalt not die
<04191> (8799)_.
And the king
<04428>
sware
<07650> (8735)
unto him.
And Mephibosheth
<04648>
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>
came down
<03381> (8804)
to meet
<07125> (8800)
the king
<04428>_,
and had neither
<03808>
dressed
<06213> (8804)
his feet
<07272>_,
nor trimmed
<06213> (8804)
his beard
<08222>_,
nor washed
<03526> (8765)
his clothes
<0899>_,
from the day
<03117>
the king
<04428>
departed
<03212> (8800)
until the day
<03117>
he came
<0935> (8804)
[again] in peace
<07965>_.
And it came to pass, when he was come
<0935> (8804)
to Jerusalem
<03389>
to meet
<07125> (8800)
the king
<04428>_,
that the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Wherefore wentest
<01980> (8804)
not thou with me, Mephibosheth
<04648>_?
And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
My lord
<0113>_,
O king
<04428>_,
my servant
<05650>
deceived
<07411> (8765)
me: for thy servant
<05650>
said
<0559> (8804)_,
I will saddle
<02280> (8799)
me an ass
<02543>_,
that I may ride
<07392> (8799)
thereon, and go
<03212> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_;
because thy servant
<05650>
[is] lame
<06455>_.
And he hath slandered
<07270> (8762)
thy servant
<05650>
unto my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_;
but my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
[is] as an angel
<04397>
of God
<0430>_:
do
<06213> (8798)
therefore [what is] good
<02896>
in thine eyes
<05869>_.
For all [of] my father's
<01>
house
<01004>
were but
<03808>
dead
<04194>
men
<0582>
before my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_:
yet didst thou set
<07896> (8799)
thy servant
<05650>
among them that did eat
<0398> (8802)
at thine own table
<07979>_.
What right
<06666>
therefore have
<03426>
I yet to cry
<02199> (8800)
any more unto the king
<04428>_?
{dead...: Heb. men of death}
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Why speakest
<01696> (8762)
thou any more of thy matters
<01697>_?
I have said
<0559> (8804)_,
Thou and Ziba
<06717>
divide
<02505> (8799)
the land
<07704>_.
And Mephibosheth
<04648>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
Yea, let him take
<03947> (8799)
all, forasmuch
<0310>
as
<0834>
my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
is come again
<0935> (8804)
in peace
<07965>
unto his own house
<01004>_.
And Barzillai
<01271>
the Gileadite
<01569>
came down
<03381> (8804)
from Rogelim
<07274>_,
and went over
<05674> (8799)
Jordan
<03383>
with the king
<04428>_,
to conduct
<07971> (8763)
him over Jordan
<03383>_.
Now Barzillai
<01271>
was a very
<03966>
aged
<02204> (8804)
man, [even] fourscore
<08084>
years
<08141>
old
<01121>_:
and he had provided the king
<04428>
of sustenance
<03557> (8773)
while he lay
<07871>
at Mahanaim
<04266>_;
for he [was] a very
<03966>
great
<01419>
man
<0376>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Barzillai
<01271>_,
Come thou over
<05674> (8798)
with me, and I will feed
<03557> (8773)
thee with me in Jerusalem
<03389>_.
And Barzillai
<01271>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
How long
<03117>
have I to live
<08141> <02416>_,
that I should go up
<05927> (8799)
with the king
<04428>
unto Jerusalem
<03389>_?
{How...: Heb. How many days are the years of my life}
I [am] this day
<03117>
fourscore
<08084>
years
<08141>
old
<01121>_:
[and] can I discern
<03045> (8799)
between good
<02896>
and evil
<07451>_?
can thy servant
<05650>
taste
<02938> (8799)
what
<0834>
I eat
<0398> (8799)
or what
<0834>
I drink
<08354> (8799)_?
can I hear
<08085> (8799)
any more the voice
<06963>
of singing men
<07891> (8802)
and singing women
<07891> (8802)_?
wherefore then should thy servant
<05650>
be yet a burden
<04853>
unto my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_?
Thy servant
<05650>
will go
<05674> (0)
a little way
<04592>
over
<05674> (8799)
Jordan
<03383>
with the king
<04428>_:
and why should the king
<04428>
recompense
<01580> (8799)
it me with such a reward
<01578>_?
Let thy servant
<05650>_,
I pray thee, turn back again
<07725> (8799)_,
that I may die
<04191> (8799)
in mine own city
<05892>_,
[and be buried] by the grave
<06913>
of my father
<01>
and of my mother
<0517>_.
But behold thy servant
<05650>
Chimham
<03643>_;
let him go over
<05674> (8799)
with my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_;
and do
<06213> (8798)
to him what shall seem good
<02896> <05869>
unto thee.
And the king
<04428>
answered
<0559> (8799)_,
Chimham
<03643>
shall go
<05674> (8799)
over with me, and I will do
<06213> (8799)
to him that which shall seem good
<02896> <05869>
unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require
<0977> (8799)
of me, [that] will I do
<06213> (8799)
for thee. {require: Heb. choose}
And all the people
<05971>
went over
<05674> (8799)
Jordan
<03383>_.
And when the king
<04428>
was come over
<05674> (8804)_,
the king
<04428>
kissed
<05401> (8799)
Barzillai
<01271>_,
and blessed
<01288> (8762)
him; and he returned
<07725> (8799)
unto his own place
<04725>_.
Then the king
<04428>
went on
<05674> (8799)
to Gilgal
<01537>_,
and Chimham
<03643>
went on
<05674> (8804)
with him: and all the people
<05971>
of Judah
<03063>
conducted
<05674> (8689) (8675) <05674> (8686)
the king
<04428>_,
and also half
<02677>
the people
<05971>
of Israel
<03478>_.
{Chimham: Heb. Chimhan}
And, behold, all the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
came
<0935> (8802)
to the king
<04428>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
Why have our brethren
<0251>
the men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>
stolen thee away
<01589> (8804)_,
and have brought
<05674> (8686)
the king
<04428>_,
and his household
<01004>_,
and all David's
<01732>
men
<0582>
with him, over Jordan
<03383>_?
And all the men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>
answered
<06030> (8799)
the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>_,
Because the king
<04428>
[is] near of kin
<07138>
to us: wherefore then be ye angry
<02734> (8804)
for this matter
<01697>_?
have we eaten
<0398> (8804)
at all
<0398> (8800)
of the king's
<04428>
[cost]? or hath he given
<05375> (8765)
us any gift
<05379>_?
And the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
answered
<06030> (8799)
the men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
We have ten
<06235>
parts
<03027>
in the king
<04428>_,
and we
<0589>
have also more [right] in David
<01732>
than ye: why then did ye despise
<07043> (8689)
us, that our advice
<01697>
should not be first
<07223>
had in bringing back
<07725> (8687)
our king
<04428>_?
And the words
<01697>
of the men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>
were fiercer
<07185> (8799)
than the words
<01697>
of the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>_.
{despise...: Heb. set us at light}
And there happened
<07122> (8738)
to be there a man
<0376>
of Belial
<01100>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Sheba
<07652>_,
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_,
a Benjamite
<01145>_:
and he blew
<08628> (8799)
a trumpet
<07782>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
We have no part
<02506>
in David
<01732>_,
neither have we inheritance
<05159>
in the son
<01121>
of Jesse
<03448>_:
every
<0376>
man
<0376>
to his tents
<0168>_,
O Israel
<03478>_.
So every man
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
went up
<05927> (8799)
from after
<0310>
David
<01732>_,
[and] followed
<0310>
Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_:
but the men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>
clave
<01692> (8804)
unto their king
<04428>_,
from Jordan
<03383>
even to Jerusalem
<03389>_.
And David
<01732>
came
<0935> (8799)
to his house
<01004>
at Jerusalem
<03389>_;
and the king
<04428>
took
<03947> (8799)
the ten
<06235>
women
<0802>
[his] concubines
<06370>_,
whom he had left
<03240> (8689)
to keep
<08104> (8800)
the house
<01004>_,
and put
<05414> (8799)
them in ward
<04931>_,
and fed
<03557> (8770)
them, but went not in
<0935> (8804)
unto them. So they were shut up
<06887> (8803)
unto the day
<03117>
of their death
<04191> (8800)_,
living
<02424>
in widowhood
<0491>_.
{ward: Heb. an house of ward} {shut...: Heb. bound} {living...: Heb. in widowhood of life}
Then said
<0559> (8799)
the king
<04428>
to Amasa
<06021>_,
Assemble
<02199> (8685)
me the men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>
within three
<07969>
days
<03117>_,
and be thou here present
<05975> (8798)_.
{Assemble: Heb. Call}
So Amasa
<06021>
went
<03212> (8799)
to assemble
<02199> (8687)
[the men of] Judah
<03063>_:
but he tarried longer
<0309> (8799) (8675) <03186> (8799)
than the set time
<04150>
which he had appointed
<03259> (8804)
him. {Assemble: Heb. Call}
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Abishai
<052>_,
Now shall Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>
do us more harm
<03415> (8799)
than [did] Absalom
<053>_:
take
<03947> (8798)
thou thy lord's
<0113>
servants
<05650>_,
and pursue
<07291> (8798)
after
<0310>
him, lest he get
<04672> (8804)
him fenced
<01219> (8803)
cities
<05892>_,
and escape
<05337> (8689)
us
<05869>_.
{escape...: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes}
And there went out
<03318> (8799)
after
<0310>
him Joab's
<03097>
men
<0582>_,
and the Cherethites
<03774>_,
and the Pelethites
<06432>_,
and all the mighty men
<01368>_:
and they went out
<03318> (8799)
of Jerusalem
<03389>_,
to pursue
<07291> (8800)
after
<0310>
Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_.
When they [were] at the great
<01419>
stone
<068>
which [is] in Gibeon
<01391>_,
Amasa
<06021>
went
<0935> (8804)
before
<06440>
them. And Joab's
<03097>
garment
<04055>
that he had put on
<03830>
was girded
<02296> (8803)
unto him, and upon it a girdle
<02289>
[with] a sword
<02719>
fastened
<06775> (8794)
upon his loins
<04975>
in the sheath
<08593>
thereof; and as he went forth
<03318> (8804)
it fell out
<05307> (8799)_.
And Joab
<03097>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Amasa
<06021>_,
[Art] thou in health
<07965>_,
my brother
<0251>_?
And Joab
<03097>
took
<0270> (8799)
Amasa
<06021>
by the beard
<02206>
with the right
<03225>
hand
<03027>
to kiss
<05401> (8800)
him.
But Amasa
<06021>
took no heed
<08104> (8738)
to the sword
<02719>
that [was] in Joab's
<03097>
hand
<03027>_:
so he smote
<05221> (8686)
him therewith in the fifth
<02570>
[rib], and shed out
<08210> (8799)
his bowels
<04578>
to the ground
<0776>_,
and struck him not again
<08138> (8804)_;
and he died
<04191> (8799)_.
So Joab
<03097>
and Abishai
<052>
his brother
<0251>
pursued
<07291> (8804)
after
<0310>
Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_.
{struck...: Heb. doubled not his stroke}
And one
<0376>
of Joab's
<03097>
men
<05288>
stood
<05975> (8804)
by him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
He
<04310>
that favoureth
<02654> (8804)
Joab
<03097>_,
and he that [is] for David
<01732>_,
[let him go] after
<0310>
Joab
<03097>_.
And Amasa
<06021>
wallowed
<01556> (8706)
in blood
<01818>
in the midst
<08432>
of the highway
<04546>_.
And when the man
<0376>
saw
<07200> (8799)
that all the people
<05971>
stood still
<05975> (8804)_,
he removed
<05437> (8686)
Amasa
<06021>
out of the highway
<04546>
into the field
<07704>_,
and cast
<07993> (8686)
a cloth
<0899>
upon him, when he saw
<07200> (8804)
that every one that came
<0935> (8802)
by him stood still
<05975> (8804)_.
When he was removed
<03014> (8689)
out of the highway
<04546>_,
all the people
<0376>
went on
<05674> (8804)
after
<0310>
Joab
<03097>_,
to pursue
<07291> (8800)
after
<0310>
Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_.
And he went
<05674> (8799)
through all the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>
unto Abel
<059>_,
and to Bethmaachah
<01038>_,
and all the Berites
<01276>_:
and they were gathered together
<06950> (8735) (8675) <07035> (8735)_,
and went
<0935> (8799)
also after
<0310>
him.
And they came
<0935> (8799)
and besieged
<06696> (8799)
him in Abel
<059>
of Bethmaachah
<01038>_,
and they cast up
<08210> (8799)
a bank
<05550>
against the city
<05892>_,
and it stood
<05975> (8799)
in the trench
<02426>_:
and all the people
<05971>
that [were] with Joab
<03097>
battered
<07843> (8688)
the wall
<02346>_,
to throw it down
<05307> (8687)_.
{in the trench: or, against the outmost wall} {battered: Heb. marred to throw down}
Then cried
<07121> (8799)
a wise
<02450>
woman
<0802>
out of the city
<05892>_,
Hear
<08085> (8798)_,
hear
<08085> (8798)_;
say
<0559> (8798)_,
I pray you, unto Joab
<03097>_,
Come near
<07126> (8798)
hither, that I may speak
<01696> (8762)
with thee.
And when he was come near
<07126> (8799)
unto her, the woman
<0802>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Art] thou Joab
<03097>_?
And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
I [am he]. Then she said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Hear
<08085> (8798)
the words
<01697>
of thine handmaid
<0519>_.
And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
I do hear
<08085> (8802)_.
Then she spake
<0559> (8799)_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
They were wont
<01696> (8763)
to speak
<01696> (8762)
in old time
<07223>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
They shall surely
<07592> (8800)
ask
<07592> (8762)
[counsel] at Abel
<059>_:
and so they ended
<08552> (8689)
[the matter]. {They were...: or, They plainly spoke in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make and end}
I [am one of them that are] peaceable
<07999> (8803)
[and] faithful
<0539> (8803)
in Israel
<03478>_:
thou seekest
<01245> (8764)
to destroy
<04191> (8687)
a city
<05892>
and a mother
<0517>
in Israel
<03478>_:
why wilt thou swallow up
<01104> (8762)
the inheritance
<05159>
of the LORD
<03068>_?
And Joab
<03097>
answered
<06030> (8799)
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Far be it
<02486>_,
far be it
<02486>
from me, that I should swallow up
<01104> (8762)
or destroy
<07843> (8686)_.
The matter
<01697>
[is] not so: but a man
<0376>
of mount
<02022>
Ephraim
<0669>_,
Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>
by name
<08034>_,
hath lifted up
<05375> (8804)
his hand
<03027>
against the king
<04428>_,
[even] against David
<01732>_:
deliver
<05414> (8798)
him only, and I will depart
<03212> (8799)
from the city
<05892>_.
And the woman
<0802>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Joab
<03097>_,
Behold, his head
<07218>
shall be thrown
<07993> (8716)
to thee over
<01157>
the wall
<02346>_.
{by name: Heb. by his name}
Then the woman
<0802>
went
<0935> (8799)
unto all the people
<05971>
in her wisdom
<02451>_.
And they cut off
<03772> (8799)
the head
<07218>
of Sheba
<07652>
the son
<01121>
of Bichri
<01075>_,
and cast
<07993> (8686)
[it] out to Joab
<03097>_.
And he blew
<08628> (8799)
a trumpet
<07782>_,
and they retired
<06327> (8799)
from the city
<05892>_,
every man
<0376>
to his tent
<0168>_.
And Joab
<03097>
returned
<07725> (8804)
to Jerusalem
<03389>
unto the king
<04428>_.
{retired: Heb. were scattered}
Now Joab
<03097>
[was] over all the host
<06635>
of Israel
<03478>_:
and Benaiah
<01141>
the son
<01121>
of Jehoiada
<03077>
[was] over the Cherethites
<03774> (8675) <03746>
and over the Pelethites
<06432>_:
And Adoram
<0151>
[was] over the tribute
<04522>_:
and Jehoshaphat
<03092>
the son
<01121>
of Ahilud
<0286>
[was] recorder
<02142> (8688)_:
{recorder: or, remembrancer}
And Sheva
<07864> (8675) <07724>
[was] scribe
<05608> (8802)_:
and Zadok
<06659>
and Abiathar
<054>
[were] the priests
<03548>_:
And Ira
<05896>
also the Jairite
<02972>
was a chief ruler
<03548>
about David
<01732>_.
{a chief...: or, a prince}
Then there was a famine
<07458>
in the days
<03117>
of David
<01732>
three
<07969>
years
<08141>_,
year
<08141>
after
<0310>
year
<08141>_;
and David
<01732>
enquired
<01245> (8762)
of
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_.
And the LORD
<03068>
answered
<0559> (8799)_,
[It is] for Saul
<07586>_,
and for [his] bloody
<01818>
house
<01004>_,
because he slew
<04191> (8689)
the Gibeonites
<01393>_.
{enquired...: Heb. sought the face, etc}
And the king
<04428>
called
<07121> (8799)
the Gibeonites
<01393>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto them; (now the Gibeonites
<01393>
[were] not of the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>_,
but of the remnant
<03499>
of the Amorites
<0567>_;
and the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>
had sworn
<07650> (8738)
unto them: and Saul
<07586>
sought
<01245> (8762)
to slay
<05221> (8687)
them in his zeal
<07065> (8763)
to the children
<01121>
of Israel
<03478>
and Judah
<03063>.)
Wherefore David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the Gibeonites
<01393>_,
What shall I do
<06213> (8799)
for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement
<03722> (8762)_,
that ye may bless
<01288> (8761)
the inheritance
<05159>
of the LORD
<03068>_?
And the Gibeonites
<01393>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, We will have no silver
<03701>
nor gold
<02091>
of
<05973>
Saul
<07586>_,
nor of his house
<01004>_;
neither for us shalt thou kill
<04191> (8687)
any man
<0376>
in Israel
<03478>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
What ye shall say
<0559> (8802)_,
[that] will I do
<06213> (8799)
for you. {We will...: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc}
And they answered
<0559> (8799)
the king
<04428>_,
The man
<0376>
that consumed
<03615> (8765)
us, and that devised
<01819> (8765)
against us [that] we should be destroyed
<08045> (8738)
from remaining
<03320> (8692)
in any of the coasts
<01366>
of Israel
<03478>_,
{devised...: or, cut us off}
Let seven
<07651>
men
<0582>
of his sons
<01121>
be delivered
<05414> (8714)
unto us, and we will hang them up
<03363> (8689)
unto the LORD
<03068>
in Gibeah
<01390>
of Saul
<07586>_,
[whom] the LORD
<03068>
did choose
<0972>_.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
I will give
<05414> (8799)
[them]. {whom...: or, chosen of the LORD}
But the king
<04428>
spared
<02550> (8799)
Mephibosheth
<04648>_,
the son
<01121>
of Jonathan
<03083>
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>_,
because of the LORD'S
<03068>
oath
<07621>
that [was] between them, between David
<01732>
and Jonathan
<03083>
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>_.
But the king
<04428>
took
<03947> (8799)
the two
<08147>
sons
<01121>
of Rizpah
<07532>
the daughter
<01323>
of Aiah
<0345>_,
whom she bare
<03205> (8804)
unto Saul
<07586>_,
Armoni
<0764>
and Mephibosheth
<04648>_;
and the five
<02568>
sons
<01121>
of Michal
<04324>
the daughter
<01323>
of Saul
<07586>_,
whom she brought up
<03205> (8804)
for Adriel
<05741>
the son
<01121>
of Barzillai
<01271>
the Meholathite
<04259>_:
{Michal: or, Michal's sister} {brought...: Heb. bear to Adriel}
And he delivered
<05414> (8799)
them into the hands
<03027>
of the Gibeonites
<01393>_,
and they hanged
<03363> (8686)
them in the hill
<02022>
before
<06440>
the LORD
<03068>_:
and they fell
<05307> (8799)
[all] seven
<07651> (8675) <07659>
together
<03162>_,
and were put to death
<04191> (8717)
in the days
<03117>
of harvest
<07105>_,
in the first
<07223>
[days], in the beginning
<08462>
of barley
<08184>
harvest
<07105>_.
And Rizpah
<07532>
the daughter
<01323>
of Aiah
<0345>
took
<03947> (8799)
sackcloth
<08242>_,
and spread
<05186> (8686)
it for her upon the rock
<06697>_,
from the beginning
<08462>
of harvest
<07105>
until water
<04325>
dropped
<05413> (8738)
upon them out of heaven
<08064>_,
and suffered
<05414> (8804)
neither the birds
<05775>
of the air
<08064>
to rest
<05117> (8800)
on them by day
<03119>_,
nor the beasts
<02416>
of the field
<07704>
by night
<03915>_.
And it was told
<05046> (8714)
David
<01732>
what Rizpah
<07532>
the daughter
<01323>
of Aiah
<0345>_,
the concubine
<06370>
of Saul
<07586>_,
had done
<06213> (8804)_.
And David
<01732>
went
<03212> (8799)
and took
<03947> (8799)
the bones
<06106>
of Saul
<07586>
and the bones
<06106>
of Jonathan
<03083>
his son
<01121>
from the men
<01167>
of Jabeshgilead
<03003> <01568>_,
which had stolen
<01589> (8804)
them from the street
<07339>
of Bethshan
<01052>_,
where the Philistines
<06430>
had hanged
<08511> (8804) (8675) <08518> (8804)
them, when
<03117>
the Philistines
<06430>
had slain
<05221> (8687)
Saul
<07586>
in Gilboa
<01533>_:
And he brought up
<05927> (8686)
from thence the bones
<06106>
of Saul
<07586>
and the bones
<06106>
of Jonathan
<03083>
his son
<01121>_;
and they gathered
<0622> (8799)
the bones
<06106>
of them that were hanged
<03363> (8716)_.
And the bones
<06106>
of Saul
<07586>
and Jonathan
<03083>
his son
<01121>
buried
<06912> (8799)
they in the country
<0776>
of Benjamin
<01144>
in Zelah
<06762>_,
in the sepulchre
<06913>
of Kish
<07027>
his father
<01>_:
and they performed
<06213> (8799)
all that the king
<04428>
commanded
<06680> (8765)_.
And after
<0310>
that God
<0430>
was intreated
<06279> (8735)
for the land
<0776>_.
Moreover the Philistines
<06430>
had yet war
<04421>
again with Israel
<03478>_;
and David
<01732>
went down
<03381> (8799)_,
and his servants
<05650>
with him, and fought
<03898> (8735)
against the Philistines
<06430>_:
and David
<01732>
waxed faint
<05774> (8799)_.
And Ishbibenob
<03430>_,
which [was] of the sons
<03211>
of the giant
<07497>_,
the weight
<04948>
of whose spear
<07013>
[weighed] three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>
[shekels] of brass
<05178>
in weight
<04948>_,
he being girded
<02296> (8803)
with a new
<02319>
[sword], thought
<0559> (8799)
to have slain
<05221> (8687)
David
<01732>_.
{the giant: or, Rapha} {spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head}
But Abishai
<052>
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>
succoured
<05826> (8799)
him, and smote
<05221> (8686)
the Philistine
<06430>_,
and killed
<04191> (8686)
him. Then the men
<0582>
of David
<01732>
sware
<07650> (8738)
unto him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Thou shalt go
<03318> (8799)
no more out with us to battle
<04421>_,
that thou quench
<03518> (8762)
not the light
<05216>
of Israel
<03478>_.
{light: Heb. candle, or, lamp}
And it came to pass after this
<0310>_,
that there was again a battle
<04421>
with the Philistines
<06430>
at Gob
<01359>_:
then Sibbechai
<05444>
the Hushathite
<02843>
slew
<05221> (8689)
Saph
<05593>_,
which [was] of the sons
<03211>
of the giant
<07497>_.
{the giant: or, Rapha} {Saph: or, Sippai}
And there was again a battle
<04421>
in Gob
<01359>
with the Philistines
<06430>_,
where Elhanan
<0445>
the son
<01121>
of Jaareoregim
<03296>_,
a Bethlehemite
<01022>_,
slew
<05221> (8686)
[the brother of] Goliath
<01555>
the Gittite
<01663>_,
the staff
<06086>
of whose spear
<02595>
[was] like a weaver's
<0707> (8802)
beam
<04500>_.
{Jaareoregim: or, Jair}
And there was yet a battle
<04421>
in Gath
<01661>_,
where was a man
<0376>
of [great] stature
<04067> (8675) <04055>_,
that had on every hand
<03027>
six
<08337>
fingers
<0676>_,
and on every foot
<07272>
six
<08337>
toes
<0676>_,
four
<0702>
and twenty
<06242>
in number
<04557>_;
and he also was born
<03205> (8795)
to the giant
<07497>_.
{the giant: or, Rapha}
And when he defied
<02778> (8762)
Israel
<03478>_,
Jonathan
<03083>
the son
<01121>
of Shimea
<08092>
the brother
<0251>
of David
<01732>
slew
<05221> (8686)
him. {defied: or, reproached} {Shimea: also called, Shammah}
These four
<0702>
were born
<03205> (8795)
to the giant
<07497>
in Gath
<01661>_,
and fell
<05307> (8799)
by the hand
<03027>
of David
<01732>_,
and by the hand
<03027>
of his servants
<05650>_.
And David
<01732>
spake
<01696> (8762)
unto the LORD
<03068>
the words
<01697>
of this song
<07892>
in the day
<03117>
[that] the LORD
<03068>
had delivered
<05337> (8689)
him out of the hand
<03709>
of all his enemies
<0341> (8802)_,
and out of the hand
<03709>
of Saul
<07586>_:
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
The LORD
<03068>
[is] my rock
<05553>_,
and my fortress
<04686>_,
and my deliverer
<06403> (8764)_;
The God
<0430>
of my rock
<06697>_;
in him will I trust
<02620> (8799)_:
[he is] my shield
<04043>_,
and the horn
<07161>
of my salvation
<03468>_,
my high tower
<04869>_,
and my refuge
<04498>_,
my saviour
<03467> (8688)_;
thou savest
<03467> (8686)
me from violence
<02555>_.
I will call
<07121> (8799)
on the LORD
<03068>_,
[who is] worthy to be praised
<01984> (8794)_:
so shall I be saved
<03467> (8735)
from mine enemies
<0341> (8802)_.
When the waves
<04867>
of death
<04194>
compassed
<0661> (8804)
me, the floods
<05158>
of ungodly men
<01100>
made me afraid
<01204> (8762)_;
{waves: or, pangs} {ungodly...: Heb. Belial}
The sorrows
<02256>
of hell
<07585>
compassed me about
<05437> (8804)_;
the snares
<04170>
of death
<04194>
prevented
<06923> (8765)
me; {sorrows: or, cords}
In my distress
<06862>
I called
<07121> (8799)
upon the LORD
<03068>_,
and cried
<07121> (8799)
to my God
<0430>_:
and he did hear
<08085> (8799)
my voice
<06963>
out of his temple
<01964>_,
and my cry
<07775>
[did enter] into his ears
<0241>_.
Then the earth
<0776>
shook
<01607> (8691) (8675) <01607> (8799)
and trembled
<07493> (8799)_;
the foundations
<04146>
of heaven
<08064>
moved
<07264> (8799)
and shook
<01607> (8691)_,
because he was wroth
<02734> (8804)_.
There went up
<05927> (8804)
a smoke
<06227>
out of his nostrils
<0639>_,
and fire
<0784>
out of his mouth
<06310>
devoured
<0398> (8799)_:
coals
<01513>
were kindled
<01197> (8804)
by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc}
He bowed
<05186> (8799)
the heavens
<08064>
also, and came down
<03381> (8799)_;
and darkness
<06205>
[was] under his feet
<07272>_.
And he rode
<07392> (8799)
upon a cherub
<03742>_,
and did fly
<05774> (8799)_:
and he was seen
<07200> (8735)
upon the wings
<03671>
of the wind
<07307>_.
And he made
<07896> (8799)
darkness
<02822>
pavilions
<05521>
round about
<05439>
him, dark
<02841>
waters
<04325>_,
[and] thick clouds
<05645>
of the skies
<07834>_.
{dark...: Heb. binding of waters}
Through the brightness
<05051>
before him were coals
<01513>
of fire
<0784>
kindled
<01197> (8804)_.
The LORD
<03068>
thundered
<07481> (8686)
from heaven
<08064>_,
and the most High
<05945>
uttered
<05414> (8799)
his voice
<06963>_.
And he sent out
<07971> (8799)
arrows
<02671>_,
and scattered
<06327> (8686)
them; lightning
<01300>_,
and discomfited
<02000> (8799)
them.
And the channels
<0650>
of the sea
<03220>
appeared
<07200> (8735)_,
the foundations
<04146>
of the world
<08398>
were discovered
<01540> (8735)_,
at the rebuking
<01606>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
at the blast
<05397>
of the breath
<07307>
of his nostrils
<0639>_.
He sent
<07971> (8799)
from above
<04791>_,
he took
<03947> (8799)
me; he drew
<04871> (8686)
me out of many
<07227>
waters
<04325>_;
{many: or, great}
He delivered
<05337> (8686)
me from my strong
<05794>
enemy
<0341> (8802)_,
[and] from them that hated
<08130> (8802)
me: for they were too strong
<0553> (8804)
for me.
They prevented
<06923> (8762)
me in the day
<03117>
of my calamity
<0343>_:
but the LORD
<03068>
was my stay
<04937>_.
He brought me forth
<03318> (8686)
also into a large place
<04800>_:
he delivered
<02502> (8762)
me, because he delighted
<02654> (8804)
in me.
The LORD
<03068>
rewarded
<01580> (8799)
me according to my righteousness
<06666>_:
according to the cleanness
<01252>
of my hands
<03027>
hath he recompensed
<07725> (8686)
me.
For I have kept
<08104> (8804)
the ways
<01870>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
and have not wickedly departed
<07561> (8804)
from my God
<0430>_.
For all his judgments
<04941>
[were] before me: and [as for] his statutes
<02708>_,
I did not depart
<05493> (8799)
from them.
I was also upright
<08549>
before him, and have kept
<08104> (8691)
myself from mine iniquity
<05771>_.
{before: Heb. to}
Therefore the LORD
<03068>
hath recompensed
<07725> (8686)
me according to my righteousness
<06666>_;
according to my cleanness
<01252>
in his eye sight
<05048> <05869>_.
{in...: Heb. before his eyes}
With the merciful
<02623>
thou wilt shew thyself merciful
<02616> (8691)_,
[and] with the upright
<08549>
man
<01368>
thou wilt shew thyself upright
<08552> (8691)_.
With the pure
<01305> (8737)
thou wilt shew thyself pure
<01305> (8691)_;
and with the froward
<06141>
thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury
<06617> (8691)_.
{shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle}
And the afflicted
<06041>
people
<05971>
thou wilt save
<03467> (8686)_:
but thine eyes
<05869>
[are] upon the haughty
<07311> (8802)_,
[that] thou mayest bring [them] down
<08213> (8686)_.
For thou [art] my lamp
<05216>_,
O LORD
<03068>_:
and the LORD
<03068>
will lighten
<05050> (8686)
my darkness
<02822>_.
{lamp: or, candle}
For by thee I have run
<07323> (8799)
through a troop
<01416>_:
by my God
<0430>
have I leaped over
<01801> (8762)
a wall
<07791>_.
{run: or, broken}
[As for] God
<0410>_,
his way
<01870>
[is] perfect
<08549>_;
the word
<0565>
of the LORD
<03068>
[is] tried
<06884> (8803)_:
he [is] a buckler
<04043>
to all them that trust
<02620> (8802)
in him. {tried: or, refined}
For who [is] God
<0410>_,
save
<01107>
the LORD
<03068>_?
and who [is] a rock
<06697>_,
save
<01107>
our God
<0430>_?
God
<0410>
[is] my strength
<04581>
[and] power
<02428>_:
and he maketh
<05425> (8686)
my way
<01870>
perfect
<08549>_.
{maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth}
He maketh
<07737> (0)
my feet
<07272>
like
<07737> (8764)
hinds
<0355>_'
[feet]: and setteth
<05975> (8686)
me upon my high places
<01116>_.
{maketh: Heb. equalleth}
He teacheth
<03925> (8764)
my hands
<03027>
to war
<04421>_;
so that a bow
<07198>
of steel
<05154>
is broken
<05181> (8765)
by mine arms
<02220>_.
{to war: Heb. for the war}
Thou hast also given
<05414> (8799)
me the shield
<04043>
of thy salvation
<03468>_:
and thy gentleness
<06031> (8800) (8676) <06038>
hath made me great
<07235> (8686)_.
{made...: Heb. multiplied me}
Thou hast enlarged
<07337> (8686)
my steps
<06806>
under me; so that my feet
<07166>
did not slip
<04571> (8804)_.
{feet: Heb. ankles}
I have pursued
<07291> (8799)
mine enemies
<0341> (8802)_,
and destroyed
<08045> (8686)
them; and turned not again
<07725> (8799)
until I had consumed
<03615> (8763)
them.
And I have consumed
<03615> (8762)
them, and wounded
<04272> (8799)
them, that they could not arise
<06965> (8799)_:
yea, they are fallen
<05307> (8799)
under my feet
<07272>_.
For thou hast girded
<0247> (8762)
me with strength
<02428>
to battle
<04421>_:
them that rose up
<06965> (8801)
against me hast thou subdued
<03766> (8686)
under me. {subdued: Heb. caused to bow}
Thou hast also given
<05414> (8804)
me the necks
<06203>
of mine enemies
<0341> (8802)_,
that I might destroy
<06789> (8686)
them that hate
<08130> (8764)
me.
They looked
<08159> (8799)_,
but [there was] none to save
<03467> (8688)_;
[even] unto the LORD
<03068>_,
but he answered
<06030> (8804)
them not.
Then did I beat
<07833> (8799)
them as small as the dust
<06083>
of the earth
<0776>_,
I did stamp
<01854> (8686)
them as the mire
<02916>
of the street
<02351>_,
[and] did spread them abroad
<07554> (8799)_.
Thou also hast delivered
<06403> (8762)
me from the strivings
<07379>
of my people
<05971>_,
thou hast kept
<08104> (8799)
me [to be] head
<07218>
of the heathen
<01471>_:
a people
<05971>
[which] I knew
<03045> (8804)
not shall serve
<05647> (8799)
me.
Strangers
<01121> <05236>
shall submit
<03584> (8691)
themselves unto me: as soon as they hear
<08085> (8800) <0241>_,
they shall be obedient
<08085> (8735)
unto me. {Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger} {submit...: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie}
Strangers
<01121> <05236>
shall fade away
<05034> (8799)_,
and they shall be afraid
<02296> (8799)
out of their close places
<04526>_.
The LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_;
and blessed
<01288> (8803)
[be] my rock
<06697>_;
and exalted
<07311> (8799)
be the God
<0430>
of the rock
<06697>
of my salvation
<03468>_.
It [is] God
<0410>
that avengeth
<05414> (8802) <05360>
me, and that bringeth down
<03381> (8688)
the people
<05971>
under me, {avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for}
And that bringeth me forth
<03318> (8688)
from mine enemies
<0341> (8802)_:
thou also hast lifted me up on high
<07311> (8787)
above them that rose up
<06965> (8801)
against me: thou hast delivered
<05337> (8686)
me from the violent
<02555>
man
<0376>_.
Therefore I will give thanks
<03034> (8686)
unto thee, O LORD
<03068>_,
among the heathen
<01471>_,
and I will sing praises
<02167> (8762)
unto thy name
<08034>_.
[He is] the tower
<04024> (8675) <01431> (8688)
of salvation
<03444>
for his king
<04428>_:
and sheweth
<06213> (8802)
mercy
<02617>
to his anointed
<04899>_,
unto David
<01732>_,
and to his seed
<02233>
for
<05704>
evermore
<05769>_.
Now these [be] the last
<0314>
words
<01697>
of David
<01732>_.
David
<01732>
the son
<01121>
of Jesse
<03448>
said
<05002> (8803)_,
and the man
<01397>
[who was] raised up
<06965> (8717)
on high
<05920>_,
the anointed
<04899>
of the God
<0430>
of Jacob
<03290>_,
and the sweet
<05273>
psalmist
<02158>
of Israel
<03478>_,
said
<05002> (8803)_,
The Spirit
<07307>
of the LORD
<03068>
spake
<01696> (8765)
by me, and his word
<04405>
[was] in my tongue
<03956>_.
The God
<0430>
of Israel
<03478>
said
<0559> (8804)_,
the Rock
<06697>
of Israel
<03478>
spake
<01696> (8765)
to me, He that ruleth
<04910> (8802)
over men
<0120>
[must be] just
<06662>_,
ruling
<04910> (8802)
in the fear
<03374>
of God
<0430>_.
{He...: or, Be thou ruler, etc}
And [he shall be] as the light
<0216>
of the morning
<01242>_,
[when] the sun
<08121>
riseth
<02224> (8799)_,
[even] a morning
<01242>
without
<03808>
clouds
<05645>_;
[as] the tender grass
<01877>
[springing] out of the earth
<0776>
by clear shining
<05051>
after rain
<04306>_.
Although my house
<01004>
[be] not so with God
<0410>_;
yet he hath made
<07760> (8804)
with me an everlasting
<05769>
covenant
<01285>_,
ordered
<06186> (8803)
in all [things], and sure
<08104> (8803)_:
for [this is] all my salvation
<03468>_,
and all [my] desire
<02656>_,
although he make [it] not to grow
<06779> (8686)_.
But [the sons] of Belial
<01100>
[shall be] all of them as thorns
<06975>
thrust away
<05074> (8716)_,
because they cannot be taken
<03947> (8799)
with hands
<03027>_:
But the man
<0376>
[that] shall touch
<05060> (8799)
them must be fenced
<04390> (8735)
with iron
<01270>
and the staff
<06086>
of a spear
<02595>_;
and they shall be utterly
<08313> (8800)
burned
<08313> (8735)
with fire
<0784>
in the [same] place
<07675> (8800)_.
{fenced: Heb. filled}
These [be] the names
<08034>
of the mighty men
<01368>
whom David
<01732>
had: The Tachmonite
<08461>
that sat
<03427> (8802)
in the seat
<07675> (8800) (8677) <03429>_,
chief
<07218>
among the captains
<07991>_;
the same [was] Adino
<05722>
the Eznite
<06112>_:
[he lift up his spear] against eight
<08083>
hundred
<03967>_,
whom he slew
<02491>
at one
<0259>
time
<06471>_.
{The Tachmonite...: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three} {whom he...: Heb. slain} {he lift...: from 1ch 11:11 whom he...: Heb. slain}
And after
<0310>
him [was] Eleazar
<0499>
the son
<01121>
of Dodo
<01734>
the Ahohite
<0266>_,
[one] of the three
<07969>
mighty men
<01368>
with David
<01732>_,
when they defied
<02778> (8763)
the Philistines
<06430>
[that] were there gathered together
<0622> (8738)
to battle
<04421>_,
and the men
<0376>
of Israel
<03478>
were gone away
<05927> (8799)_:
He arose
<06965> (8804)_,
and smote
<05221> (8686)
the Philistines
<06430>
until
<03588>
his hand
<03027>
was weary
<03021> (8804)_,
and his hand
<03027>
clave
<01692> (8799)
unto the sword
<02719>_:
and the LORD
<03068>
wrought
<06213> (8799)
a great
<01419>
victory
<08668>
that day
<03117>_;
and the people
<05971>
returned
<07725> (8799)
after
<0310>
him only to spoil
<06584> (8763)_.
And after
<0310>
him [was] Shammah
<08048>
the son
<01121>
of Agee
<089>
the Hararite
<02043>_.
And the Philistines
<06430>
were gathered together
<0622> (8735)
into a troop
<02416>_,
where was a piece
<02513>
of ground
<07704>
full
<04392>
of lentiles
<05742>_:
and the people
<05971>
fled
<05127> (8804)
from
<06440>
the Philistines
<06430>_.
{into...: or, for foraging}
But he stood
<03320> (8691)
in the midst
<08432>
of the ground
<02513>_,
and defended
<05337> (8686)
it, and slew
<05221> (8686)
the Philistines
<06430>_:
and the LORD
<03068>
wrought
<06213> (8799)
a great
<01419>
victory
<08668>_.
And three
<07969> (8675) <07970>
of the thirty
<07970>
chief
<07218>
went down
<03381> (8799)_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
to David
<01732>
in the harvest time
<07105>
unto the cave
<04631>
of Adullam
<05725>_:
and the troop
<02416>
of the Philistines
<06430>
pitched
<02583> (8802)
in the valley
<06010>
of Rephaim
<07497>_.
{three...: or, the three captains over the thirty}
And David
<01732>
[was] then in an hold
<04686>_,
and the garrison
<04673>
of the Philistines
<06430>
[was] then [in] Bethlehem
<01035>_.
And David
<01732>
longed
<0183> (8691)_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Oh that one would give me drink
<08248> (8686)
of the water
<04325>
of the well
<0953>
of Bethlehem
<01035>_,
which [is] by the gate
<08179>_!
And the three
<07969>
mighty men
<01368>
brake through
<01234> (8799)
the host
<04264>
of the Philistines
<06430>_,
and drew
<07579> (8799)
water
<04325>
out of the well
<0953>
of Bethlehem
<01035>_,
that [was] by the gate
<08179>_,
and took
<05375> (8799)
[it], and brought
<0935> (8686)
[it] to David
<01732>_:
nevertheless he would
<014> (8804)
not drink
<08354> (8800)
thereof, but poured it out
<05258> (8686)
unto the LORD
<03068>_.
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Be it far
<02486>
from me, O LORD
<03068>_,
that I should do
<06213> (8800)
this: [is not this] the blood
<01818>
of the men
<0582>
that went
<01980> (8802)
in jeopardy of their lives
<05315>_?
therefore he would
<014> (8804)
not drink
<08354> (8800)
it. These things did
<06213> (8804)
these three
<07969>
mighty men
<01368>_.
And Abishai
<052>_,
the brother
<0251>
of Joab
<03097>_,
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>_,
was chief
<07218>
among three
<07992>_.
And he lifted up
<05782> (8790)
his spear
<02595>
against three
<07969>
hundred
<03967>_,
[and] slew
<02491>
[them], and had the name
<08034>
among three
<07969>_.
{and slew them: Heb. slain}
Was he not most honourable
<03513> (8737)
of three
<07969>_?
therefore he was their captain
<08269>_:
howbeit he attained
<0935> (8804)
not unto the [first] three
<07969>_.
And Benaiah
<01141>
the son
<01121>
of Jehoiada
<03077>_,
the son
<01121>
of a valiant
<02428>
man
<0376> (8677) <0381>_,
of Kabzeel
<06909>_,
who had done many
<07227>
acts
<06467>_,
he slew
<05221> (8689)
two
<08147>
lionlike men
<0739>
of Moab
<04124>_:
he went down
<03381> (8804)
also and slew
<05221> (8689)
a lion
<0738>
in the midst
<08432>
of a pit
<0953>
in time
<03117>
of snow
<07950>_:
{who...: Heb. great of acts} {lionlike...: Heb. lion of God}
And he slew
<02026> (8799)
an Egyptian
<04713>_,
a goodly
<04758>
man
<0376>_:
and the Egyptian
<04713>
had a spear
<02595>
in his hand
<03027>_;
but he went down
<03381> (8799)
to him with a staff
<07626>_,
and plucked
<01497> (8799)
the spear
<02595>
out of the Egyptian's
<04713>
hand
<03027>_,
and slew
<05221> (8689)
him with his own spear
<02595>_.
{a goodly...: Heb. a man of countenance, or, sight: also called, a man of great stature}
These [things] did
<06213> (8804)
Benaiah
<01141>
the son
<01121>
of Jehoiada
<03077>_,
and had the name
<08034>
among three
<07969>
mighty men
<01368>_.
He was more honourable
<03513> (8737)
than the thirty
<07970>_,
but he attained
<0935> (8804)
not to the [first] three
<07969>_.
And David
<01732>
set
<07760> (8799)
him over his guard
<04928>_.
{more...: or, honourable among the thirty} {guard: or, council: Heb. at his command}
Asahel
<06214>
the brother
<0251>
of Joab
<03097>
[was] one of the thirty
<07970>_;
Elhanan
<0445>
the son
<01121>
of Dodo
<01734>
of Bethlehem
<01035>_,
Shammah
<08048>
the Harodite
<02733>_,
Elika
<0470>
the Harodite
<02733>_,
Helez
<02503>
the Paltite
<06407>_,
Ira
<05896>
the son
<01121>
of Ikkesh
<06142>
the Tekoite
<08621>_,
Abiezer
<044>
the Anethothite
<06069>_,
Mebunnai
<04012>
the Hushathite
<02843>_,
Zalmon
<06756>
the Ahohite
<0266>_,
Maharai
<04121>
the Netophathite
<05200>_,
Heleb
<02460>
the son
<01121>
of Baanah
<01196>_,
a Netophathite
<05200>_,
Ittai
<0863>
the son
<01121>
of Ribai
<07380>
out of Gibeah
<01390>
of the children
<01121>
of Benjamin
<01144>_,
Benaiah
<01141>
the Pirathonite
<06553>_,
Hiddai
<01914>
of the brooks
<05158>
of Gaash
<01608>_,
{brooks: or, valleys}
Abialbon
<045>
the Arbathite
<06164>_,
Azmaveth
<05820>
the Barhumite
<01273>_,
Eliahba
<0455>
the Shaalbonite
<08170>_,
of the sons
<01121>
of Jashen
<03464>_,
Jonathan
<03083>_,
Shammah
<08048>
the Hararite
<02043>_,
Ahiam
<0279>
the son
<01121>
of Sharar
<08325>
the Hararite
<02043>_,
Eliphelet
<0467>
the son
<01121>
of Ahasbai
<0308>_,
the son
<01121>
of the Maachathite
<04602>_,
Eliam
<0463>
the son
<01121>
of Ahithophel
<0302>
the Gilonite
<01526>_,
Hezrai
<02695>
the Carmelite
<03761>_,
Paarai
<06474>
the Arbite
<0701>_,
Igal
<03008>
the son
<01121>
of Nathan
<05416>
of Zobah
<06678>_,
Bani
<01137>
the Gadite
<01425>_,
Zelek
<06768>
the Ammonite
<05984>_,
Naharai
<05171>
the Beerothite
<0886>_,
armourbearer
<05375> (8802) <03627>
to Joab
<03097>
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>_,
Ira
<05896>
an Ithrite
<03505>_,
Gareb
<01619>
an Ithrite
<03505>_,
Uriah
<0223>
the Hittite
<02850>_:
thirty
<07970>
and seven
<07651>
in all.
And again
<03254> (8686)
the anger
<0639>
of the LORD
<03068>
was kindled
<02734> (8800)
against Israel
<03478>_,
and he moved
<05496> (8686)
David
<01732>
against them to say
<0559> (8800)_,
Go
<03212> (8798)_,
number
<04487> (8798)
Israel
<03478>
and Judah
<03063>_.
For the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Joab
<03097>
the captain
<08269>
of the host
<02428>_,
which [was] with him, Go now through
<07751> (8798)
all the tribes
<07626>
of Israel
<03478>_,
from Dan
<01835>
even to Beersheba
<0884>_,
and number
<06485> (8798)
ye the people
<05971>_,
that I may know
<03045> (8804)
the number
<04557>
of the people
<05971>_.
{Go: or, Compass}
And Joab
<03097>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
Now the LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>
add
<03254> (8686)
unto the people
<05971>_,
how many soever
<01992>
they be, an hundredfold
<03967> <06471>_,
and that the eyes
<05869>
of my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
may see
<07200> (8802)
[it]: but why doth my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
delight
<02654> (8804)
in this thing
<01697>_?
Notwithstanding the king's
<04428>
word
<01697>
prevailed
<02388> (8799)
against Joab
<03097>_,
and against the captains
<08269>
of the host
<02428>_.
And Joab
<03097>
and the captains
<08269>
of the host
<02428>
went out
<03318> (8799)
from the presence
<06440>
of the king
<04428>_,
to number
<06485> (8800)
the people
<05971>
of Israel
<03478>_.
And they passed over
<05674> (8799)
Jordan
<03383>_,
and pitched
<02583> (8799)
in Aroer
<06177>_,
on the right side
<03225>
of the city
<05892>
that [lieth] in the midst
<08432>
of the river
<05158>
of Gad
<01410>_,
and toward Jazer
<03270>_:
{river: or, valley}
Then they came
<0935> (8799)
to Gilead
<01568>_,
and to the land
<0776>
of Tahtimhodshi
<08483>_;
and they came
<0935> (8799)
to Danjaan
<01842>_,
and about
<05439>
to Zidon
<06721>_,
{land of Tahtimhodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited}
And came
<0935> (8799)
to the strong hold
<04013>
of Tyre
<06865>_,
and to all the cities
<05892>
of the Hivites
<02340>_,
and of the Canaanites
<03669>_:
and they went out
<03318> (8799)
to the south
<05045>
of Judah
<03063>_,
[even] to Beersheba
<0884>_.
So when they had gone
<07751> (8799)
through all the land
<0776>_,
they came
<0935> (8799)
to Jerusalem
<03389>
at the end
<07097>
of nine
<08672>
months
<02320>
and twenty
<06242>
days
<03117>_.
And Joab
<03097>
gave up
<05414> (8799)
the sum
<04557>
of the number
<04662>
of the people
<05971>
unto the king
<04428>_:
and there were in Israel
<03478>
eight
<08083>
hundred
<03967>
thousand
<0505>
valiant
<02428>
men
<0376> (8677) <0381>
that drew
<08025> (8802)
the sword
<02719>_;
and the men
<0376>
of Judah
<03063>
[were] five
<02568>
hundred
<03967>
thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>_.
And David's
<01732>
heart
<03820>
smote
<05221> (8686)
him after
<0310>
that he had numbered
<05608> (8804)
the people
<05971>_.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the LORD
<03068>_,
I have sinned
<02398> (8804)
greatly
<03966>
in that I have done
<06213> (8804)_:
and now, I beseech thee, O LORD
<03068>_,
take away
<05674> (8685)
the iniquity
<05771>
of thy servant
<05650>_;
for I have done very
<03966>
foolishly
<05528> (8738)_.
For when David
<01732>
was up
<06965> (8799)
in the morning
<01242>_,
the word
<01697>
of the LORD
<03068>
came unto the prophet
<05030>
Gad
<01410>_,
David's
<01732>
seer
<02374>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Go
<01980> (8800)
and say
<0559> (8804)
unto David
<01732>_,
Thus saith
<01696> (8765)
the LORD
<03068>_,
I offer
<05190> (8802)
thee three
<07969>
[things]; choose
<0977> (8798)
thee one
<0259>
of them, that I may [do it] unto thee
<06213> (8799)_.
So Gad
<01410>
came
<0935> (8799)
to David
<01732>_,
and told
<05046> (8686)
him, and said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Shall seven
<07651>
years
<08141>
of famine
<07458>
come
<0935> (8799)
unto thee in thy land
<0776>_?
or wilt thou flee
<05127> (8800)
three
<07969>
months
<02320>
before
<06440>
thine enemies
<06862>_,
while they pursue
<07291> (8802)
thee? or that there be three
<07969>
days
<03117>_'
pestilence
<01698>
in thy land
<0776>_?
now advise
<03045> (8798)_,
and see
<07200> (8798)
what answer
<01697>
I shall return
<07725> (8686)
to him that sent
<07971> (8802)
me.
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Gad
<01410>_,
I am in a great
<03966>
strait
<06887> (8804)_:
let us fall
<05307> (8799)
now into the hand
<03027>
of the LORD
<03068>_;
for his mercies
<07356>
[are] great
<07227>_:
and let me not fall
<05307> (8799)
into the hand
<03027>
of man
<0120>_.
{are great: or, are many}
So the LORD
<03068>
sent
<05414> (8799)
a pestilence
<01698>
upon Israel
<03478>
from the morning
<01242>
even to the time
<06256>
appointed
<04150>_:
and there died
<04191> (8799)
of the people
<05971>
from Dan
<01835>
even to Beersheba
<0884>
seventy
<07657>
thousand
<0505>
men
<0376>_.
And when the angel
<04397>
stretched out
<07971> (8799)
his hand
<03027>
upon Jerusalem
<03389>
to destroy
<07843> (8763)
it, the LORD
<03068>
repented
<05162> (8735)
him of the evil
<07451>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
to the angel
<04397>
that destroyed
<07843> (8688)
the people
<05971>_,
It is enough
<07227>_:
stay
<07503> (8685)
now thine hand
<03027>_.
And the angel
<04397>
of the LORD
<03068>
was by the threshingplace
<01637>
of Araunah
<0728>
the Jebusite
<02983>_.
{Araunah: also called, Ornan}
And David
<01732>
spake
<0559> (8799)
unto the LORD
<03068>
when he saw
<07200> (8800)
the angel
<04397>
that smote
<05221> (8688)
the people
<05971>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Lo, I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_,
and I have done wickedly
<05753> (8689)_:
but these sheep
<06629>_,
what have they done
<06213> (8804)_?
let thine hand
<03027>_,
I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's
<01>
house
<01004>_.
And Gad
<01410>
came
<0935> (8799)
that day
<03117>
to David
<01732>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto him, Go up
<05927> (8798)_,
rear
<06965> (8685)
an altar
<04196>
unto the LORD
<03068>
in the threshingfloor
<01637>
of Araunah
<0728>
the Jebusite
<02983>_.
{Araunah: Heb. Araniah}
And David
<01732>_,
according to the saying
<01697>
of Gad
<01410>_,
went up
<05927> (8799)
as the LORD
<03068>
commanded
<06680> (8765)_.
And Araunah
<0728>
looked
<08259> (8686)_,
and saw
<07200> (8799)
the king
<04428>
and his servants
<05650>
coming on
<05674> (8802)
toward him: and Araunah
<0728>
went out
<03318> (8799)_,
and bowed
<07812> (8691)
himself before the king
<04428>
on his face
<0639>
upon the ground
<0776>_.
And Araunah
<0728>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
Wherefore is my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
come
<0935> (8804)
to his servant
<05650>_?
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
To buy
<07069> (8800)
the threshingfloor
<01637>
of thee, to build
<01129> (8800)
an altar
<04196>
unto the LORD
<03068>_,
that the plague
<04046>
may be stayed
<06113> (8735)
from the people
<05971>_.
And Araunah
<0728>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
Let my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
take
<03947> (8799)
and offer up
<05927> (8686)
what [seemeth] good
<02896>
unto him
<05869>_:
behold
<07200> (8798)_,
[here be] oxen
<01241>
for burnt sacrifice
<05930>_,
and threshing instruments
<04173>
and [other] instruments
<03627>
of the oxen
<01241>
for wood
<06086>_.
All these [things] did Araunah
<0728>_,
[as] a king
<04428>_,
give
<05414> (8804)
unto the king
<04428>_.
And Araunah
<0728>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto the king
<04428>_,
The LORD
<03068>
thy God
<0430>
accept
<07521> (8799)
thee.
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto Araunah
<0728>_,
Nay; but I will surely
<07069> (8800)
buy
<07069> (8799)
[it] of thee at a price
<04242>_:
neither will I offer
<05927> (8686)
burnt offerings
<05930>
unto the LORD
<03068>
my God
<0430>
of that which doth cost me nothing
<02600>_.
So David
<01732>
bought
<07069> (8799)
the threshingfloor
<01637>
and the oxen
<01241>
for fifty
<02572>
shekels
<08255>
of silver
<03701>_.
And David
<01732>
built
<01129> (8799)
there an altar
<04196>
unto the LORD
<03068>_,
and offered
<05927> (8686)
burnt offerings
<05930>
and peace offerings
<08002>_.
So the LORD
<03068>
was intreated
<06279> (8735)
for the land
<0776>_,
and the plague
<04046>
was stayed
<06113> (8735)
from Israel
<03478>_.


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