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2 Samuel 13:1--20:26

13:1
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.
13:2
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}
13:3
But Amnon
<0550>
had a friend
<07453>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Jonadab
<03122>_,
the son
<01121>
of Shimeah
<08093>
David's
<01732>
brother
<0251>_:
and Jonadab
<03122>
[was] a very
<03966>
subtil
<02450>
man
<0376>_.
13:4
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}
13:5
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>_.
13:6
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>_.
13:7
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>_.
13:8
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}
13:9
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.
13:10
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>_.
13:11
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>_.
13:12
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}
13:13
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.
13:14
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.
13:15
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}
13:16
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.
13:17
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.
13:18
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.
13:19
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)_.
13:20
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}
13:21
But when king
<04428>
David
<01732>
heard
<08085> (8804)
of all these things
<01697>_,
he was very
<03966>
wroth
<02734> (8799)_.
13:22
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>_.
13:23
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>_.
13:24
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>_.
13:25
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.
13:26
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?
13:27
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.
13:28
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}
13:29
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}
13:30
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)_.
13:31
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)_.
13:32
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}
13:33
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)_.
13:34
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.
13:35
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}
13:36
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}
13:37
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}
13:38
So Absalom
<053>
fled
<01272> (8804)_,
and went
<03212> (8799)
to Geshur
<01650>_,
and was there three
<07969>
years
<08141>_.
13:39
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}
14:1
Now Joab
<03097>
the son
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>
perceived
<03045> (8799)
that the king's
<04428>
heart
<03820>
[was] toward Absalom
<053>_.
14:2
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)_:
14:3
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>_.
14:4
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}
14:5
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)_.
14:6
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}
14:7
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}
14:8
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.
14:9
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>_.
14:10
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)_.
14:11
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}
14:12
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)_.
14:13
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)_.
14:14
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}
14:15
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>_.
14:16
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>_.
14:17
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}
14:18
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)_.
14:19
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>_:
14:20
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>_.
14:21
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)_.
14:22
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}
14:23
So Joab
<03097>
arose
<06965> (8799)
and went
<03212> (8799)
to Geshur
<01650>_,
and brought
<0935> (8686)
Absalom
<053>
to Jerusalem
<03389>_.
14:24
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>_.
14:25
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}
14:26
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>_.
14:27
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>_.
14:28
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>_.
14:29
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)_.
14:30
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}
14:31
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>_?
14:32
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.
14:33
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>_.
15:1
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.
15:2
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}
15:3
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}
15:4
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)_!
15:5
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.
15:6
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>_.
15:7
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>_.
15:8
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>_.
15:9
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>_.
15:10
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>_.
15:11
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>_.
15:12
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>_.
15:13
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>_.
15:14
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}
15:15
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}
15:16
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}
15:17
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>_.
15:18
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>_.
15:19
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)_.
15:20
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}
15:21
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.
15:22
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.
15:23
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}
15:24
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>_.
15:25
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>_:
15:26
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.
15:27
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>_.
15:28
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.
15:29
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.
15:30
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}
15:31
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)_.
15:32
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>_:
15:33
Unto whom David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)_,
If thou passest on
<05674> (8804)
with me, then thou shalt be a burden
<04853>
unto me:
15:34
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>_.
15:35
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>_.
15:36
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)_.
15:37
So Hushai
<02365>
David's
<01732>
friend
<07463>
came
<0935> (8799)
into the city
<05892>_,
and Absalom
<053>
came
<0935> (8799)
into Jerusalem
<03389>_.
16:1
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>_.
16:2
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)_.
16:3
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>_.
16:4
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}
16:5
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}
16:6
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>_.
16:7
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}
16:8
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}
16:9
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>_.
16:10
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)_?
16:11
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.
16:12
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}
16:13
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}
16:14
And the king
<04428>_,
and all the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, came
<0935> (8799)
weary
<05889>_,
and refreshed
<05314> (8735)
themselves there.
16:15
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.
16:16
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}
16:17
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>_?
16:18
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)_.
16:19
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>_.
16:20
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Absalom
<053>
to Ahithophel
<0302>_,
Give
<03051> (8798)
counsel
<06098>
among you what we shall do
<06213> (8799)_.
16:21
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)_.
16:22
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>_.
16:23
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}
17:1
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>_:
17:2
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:
17:3
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>_.
17:4
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}
17:5
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}
17:6
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}
17:7
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}
17:8
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}
17:9
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}
17:10
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>_.
17:11
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}
17:12
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>_.
17:13
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.
17:14
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}
17:15
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)_.
17:16
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.
17:17
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>_.
17:18
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)_.
17:19
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)_.
17:20
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>_.
17:21
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.
17:22
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>_.
17:23
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}
17:24
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.
17:25
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}
17:26
So Israel
<03478>
and Absalom
<053>
pitched
<02583> (8799)
in the land
<0776>
of Gilead
<01568>_.
17:27
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>_,
17:28
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}
17:29
And honey
<01706>_,
and butter
<02529>_,
and sheep
<06629>_,
and cheese
<08194>
of kine
<01241>_,
for David
<01732>_,
and for the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, to eat
<0398> (8800)_:
for they said
<0559> (8804)_,
The people
<05971>
[is] hungry
<07457>_,
and weary
<05889>_,
and thirsty
<06771>_,
in the wilderness
<04057>_.
18:1
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.
18:2
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.
18:3
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}
18:4
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>_.
18:5
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>_.
18:6
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>_;
18:7
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].
18:8
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}
18:9
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)_.
18:10
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>_.
18:11
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>_.
18:12
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}
18:13
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].
18:14
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}
18:15
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.
18:16
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>_.
18:17
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>_.
18:18
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>_.
18:19
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}
18:20
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}
18:21
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)_.
18:22
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}
18:23
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>_.
18:24
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.
18:25
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>_.
18:26
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)_.
18:27
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}
18:28
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}
18:29
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?}
18:30
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)_.
18:31
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}
18:32
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].
18:33
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>_!
19:1
And it was told
<05046> (8714)
Joab
<03097>_,
Behold, the king
<04428>
weepeth
<01058> (8802)
and mourneth
<056> (8691)
for Absalom
<053>_.
19:2
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}
19:3
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>_.
19:4
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>_!
19:5
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>_;
19:6
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}
19:7
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}
19:8
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>_.
19:9
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>_.
19:10
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?}
19:11
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>_.
19:12
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>_?
19:13
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>_.
19:14
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>_.
19:15
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>_.
19:16
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>_.
19:17
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>_.
19:18
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}
19:19
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>_.
19:20
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>_.
19:21
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>_?
19:22
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>_?
19:23
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.
19:24
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>_.
19:25
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>_?
19:26
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>_.
19:27
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>_.
19:28
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}
19:29
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>_.
19:30
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>_.
19:31
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>_.
19:32
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>_.
19:33
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>_.
19:34
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}
19:35
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>_?
19:36
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>_?
19:37
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.
19:38
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}
19:39
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>_.
19:40
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}
19:41
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>_?
19:42
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>_?
19:43
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}
20:1
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>_.
20:2
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>_.
20:3
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}
20:4
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}
20:5
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}
20:6
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}
20:7
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>_.
20:8
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)_.
20:9
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.
20:10
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}
20:11
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>_.
20:12
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)_.
20:13
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>_.
20:14
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.
20:15
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}
20:16
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.
20:17
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)_.
20:18
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}
20:19
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>_?
20:20
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)_.
20:21
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}
20:22
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}
20:23
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>_:
20:24
And Adoram
<0151>
[was] over the tribute
<04522>_:
and Jehoshaphat
<03092>
the son
<01121>
of Ahilud
<0286>
[was] recorder
<02142> (8688)_:
{recorder: or, remembrancer}
20:25
And Sheva
<07864> (8675) <07724>
[was] scribe
<05608> (8802)_:
and Zadok
<06659>
and Abiathar
<054>
[were] the priests
<03548>_:
20:26
And Ira
<05896>
also the Jairite
<02972>
was a chief ruler
<03548>
about David
<01732>_.
{a chief...: or, a prince}
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