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2 Samuel 2:1--8:18

2:1

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>_.

2:2

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>_.

2:3

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>_.

2:4

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>_.

2:5

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.

2:6

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>_.

2:7

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}

2:8

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}

2:9

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>_.

2:10

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>_.

2:11

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}

2:12

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>_.

2:13

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}

2:14

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)_.

2:15

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>_.

2:16

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}

2:17

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>_.

2:18

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}

2:19

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}

2:20

Then Abner
<074>

looked
<06437> (8799)

behind
<0310>

him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

[Art] thou Asahel
<06214>_?

And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

I [am].

2:21

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}

2:22

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>_?

2:23

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)_.

2:24

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>_.

2:25

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>_.

2:26

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>_?

2:27

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}

2:28

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)_.

2:29

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>_.

2:30

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>_.

2:31

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)_.

2:32

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)_.

3:1

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>_.

3:2

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>_;

3:3

And his second
<04932>_,

Chileab
<03609>_,

of Abigail
<026>

the wife
<0802>

of Nabal
<05037>

the Carmelite
<03761>_;

and the third
<07992>_,

Absalom
<053>

the son
<01121>

of Maacah
<04601>

the daughter
<01323>

of Talmai
<08526>

king
<04428>

of Geshur
<01650>_;

{Chileab: or, Daniel}

3:4

And the fourth
<07243>_,

Adonijah
<0138>

the son
<01121>

of Haggith
<02294>_;

and the fifth
<02549>_,

Shephatiah
<08203>

the son
<01121>

of Abital
<037>_;

3:5

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>_.

3:6

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>_.

3:7

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>_?

3:8

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>_?

3:9

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;

3:10

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>_.

3:11

And he could
<03201> (8804)

not answer
<07725> (8687)

Abner
<074>

a word
<01697>

again, because he feared
<03372> (8800)

him.

3:12

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.

3:13

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}

3:14

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>_.

3:15

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}

3:16

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}

3:17

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}

3:18

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)_.

3:19

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>_.

3:20

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>_.

3:21

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>_.

3:22

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>_.

3:23

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>_.

3:24

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)_?

3:25

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)_.

3:26

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.

3:27

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}

3:28

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}

3:29

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}

3:30

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>_.

3:31

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}

3:32

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)_.

3:33

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>_?

3:34

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}

3:35

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)_.

3:36

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}

3:37

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>_.

3:38

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>_?

3:39

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}

4:1

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)_.

4:2

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}

4:3

And the Beerothites
<0886>

fled
<01272> (8799)

to Gittaim
<01664>_,

and were sojourners
<01481> (8802)

there until this day
<03117>.)

4:4

And Jonathan
<03083>_,

Saul's
<07586>

son
<01121>_,

had a son
<01121>

[that was] lame
<05223>

of [his] feet
<07272>_.

He was five
<02568>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when the tidings
<08052>

came
<0935> (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}

4:5

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>_.

4:6

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)_.

4:7

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>_.

4:8

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>_.

4:9

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>_,

4:10

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}

4:11

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>_?

4:12

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>_.

5:1

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>_.

5:2

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>_.

5:3

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>_.

5:4

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>_.

5:5

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>_.

5:6

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}

5:7

Nevertheless David
<01732>

took
<03920> (8799)

the strong hold
<04686>

of Zion
<06726>_:

the same [is] the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>_.

5:8

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}

5:9

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>_.

5:10

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}

5:11

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}

5:12

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.

5:13

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>_.

5:14

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>_,

5:15

Ibhar
<02984>

also, and Elishua
<0474>_,

and Nepheg
<05298>_,

and Japhia
<03309>_,

5:16

And Elishama
<0476>_,

and Eliada
<0450>_,

and Eliphalet
<0467>_.

5:17

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>_.

5:18

The Philistines
<06430>

also came
<0935> (8804)

and spread
<05203> (8735)

themselves in the valley
<06010>

of Rephaim
<07497>_.

5:19

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>_.

5:20

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}

5:21

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}

5:22

And the Philistines
<06430>

came up
<05927> (8800)

yet again
<03254> (8686)_,

and spread
<05203> (8735)

themselves in the valley
<06010>

of Rephaim
<07497>_.

5:23

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>_.

5:24

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>_.

5:25

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}

6:1

Again, David
<01732>

gathered together
<0622> (8799) (8676) <03254> (8686)

all [the] chosen
<0977> (8803)

[men] of Israel
<03478>_,

thirty
<07970>

thousand
<0505>_.

6:2

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}

6:3

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}

6:4

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}

6:5

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>_.

6:6

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}

6:7

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}

6:8

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}

6:9

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?

6:10

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>_.

6:11

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>_.

6:12

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>_.

6:13

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>_.

6:14

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>_.

6:15

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>_.

6:16

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>_.

6:17

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}

6:18

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>_.

6:19

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>_.

6:20

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}

6:21

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>_.

6:22

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}

6:23

Therefore Michal
<04324>

the daughter
<01323>

of Saul
<07586>

had no child
<02056> (8675) <03206>

unto the day
<03117>

of her death
<04194>_.

7:1

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)_;

7:2

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>_.

7:3

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.

7:4

And it came to pass that night
<03915>_,

that the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

came unto Nathan
<05416>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

7:5

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}

7:6

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>_.

7:7

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}

7:8

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}

7:9

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}

7:10

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>_,

7:11

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>_.

7:12

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>_.

7:13

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>_.

7:14

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>_:

7:15

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.

7:16

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>_.

7:17

According to all these words
<01697>_,

and according to all this vision
<02384>_,

so did Nathan
<05416>

speak
<01696> (8765)

unto David
<01732>_.

7:18

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>_?

7:19

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}

7:20

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>_.

7:21

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].

7:22

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>_.

7:23

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>_?

7:24

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>_.

7:25

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)_.

7:26

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.

7:27

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}

7:28

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>_:

7:29

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}

8:1

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}

8:2

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>_.

8:3

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}

8:4

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}

8:5

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>_.

8:6

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)_.

8:7

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>_.

8:8

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>_.

8:9

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>_,

8:10

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}

8:11

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)_;

8:12

Of Syria
<0758>_,

and of Moab
<04124>_,

and of the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>_,

and of the Philistines
<06430>_,

and of Amalek
<06002>_,

and of the spoil
<07998>

of Hadadezer
<01909>_,

son
<01121>

of Rehob
<07340>_,

king
<04428>

of Zobah
<06678>_.

8:13

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}

8:14

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)_.

8:15

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>_.

8:16

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}

8:17

And Zadok
<06659>

the son
<01121>

of Ahitub
<0285>_,

and Ahimelech
<0288>

the son
<01121>

of Abiathar
<054>_,

[were] the priests
<03548>_;

and Seraiah
<08304>

[was] the scribe
<05608> (8802)_;

{scribe: or, secretary}

8:18

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}