The king asked him, “Where is he?” Ziba told the king, “He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.p>

Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> for he was a regular guest at the king&#8217;s table. But both his feet were crippled.p>

So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, &#8220;The king is grieved over his son.&#8221;

But Barzillai was very old &#8211; eighty years old, in fact &#8211; and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich<n id="1" /> man.

<p class="bodytext">But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David).

David was afraid of the <sc>Lordsc> that day and said, &#8220;How will the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> ever come to me?&#8221;

That night the <sc>Lordsc> told Nathan,<n id="1" />

He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent.<n id="1" />

But Absalom said, &#8220;Call for<n id="1" /> Hushai the Arkite, and let&#8217;s hear what he has to say.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

<p class="poetry">The one true God acts in a faithful manner;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s promise is reliable;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.p>

he stood his ground<n id="1" /> and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it<n id="2" /> seemed stuck to his sword. The <sc>Lordsc> gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.p>

<p class="bodytext">Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three.<n id="1" /> He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame among the three.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior<n id="1" /> from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab.<n id="2" /> He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.

As they grappled with one another, each one stabbed his opponent with his sword and they fell dead together.<n id="1" /> So that place is called the Field of Flints;<n id="2" /> it is in Gibeon.p>

<p class="bodytext">Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David&#8217;s soldiers.<n id="1" />

Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan River<n id="1" /> and went through the whole region of Bitron<n id="2" /> and came to Mahanaim.p>

All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king&#8217;s instigation.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite &#8211; Recab and Baanah &#8211; went at the hottest part of the day to the home of Ish-bosheth, as he was enjoying his midday rest.

<p class="bodytext">David was angry because the <sc>Lordsc> attacked<n id="1" /> Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah,<n id="2" /> which remains its name to this very day.