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1:1	AndAfter it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David washad returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abodestayed two days in Ziklag;,
1:2	it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent,torn and earth uponon his head:. andWhen so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and didshowed obeisancerespect.
1:3	And David said untoto him, FromWhere whencedo comestyou thoucome from? AndHe he said untoto him, OutI have escaped out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
1:4	And David said untoto him, How wentdid theit mattergo? IPlease pray thee, tell me. AndHe he answered, The people arehave fled from the battle, and many of the people also arehave fallen and are dead;. and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
1:5	And David said untoto the young man thatwho told him, How knowestdo thouyou know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
1:6	AndThe the young man thatwho told him said, As I happened by chance uponon mountMount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning uponon his spear; and, lobehold, the chariots and the horsemen followed hardclose afterbehind him.
1:7	AndWhen when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called untoto me. And I answered, Here I am I.
1:8	AndHe he said untoto me, Who artare thouyou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
1:9	AndHe he said untoto me, Stand,Please Istand pray thee, beside me, and slaykill me;, for anguish hathhas taken hold of me, because my life islingers yet whole in me.
1:10	So I stood beside him, and slewkilled him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he washad fallen:. and I took the crown that was uponon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hitherhere untoto my Lord.
1:11	Then David took hold on his clothes, and renttore them; and likewise all the men thatwho were with him: did likewise.
1:12	andThey they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even,evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of JehovahYahweh, and for the house of Israel;, because they werehad fallen by the sword.
1:13	And David said untoto the young man thatwho told him, WhenceWhere artare thouyou from? AndHe he answered, I am the son of a sojournerforeigner, an Amalekite.
1:14	And David said untoto him, HowWhy wastwere thouyou not afraid to putstretch forthout thyyour hand to destroy JehovahsYahwehs anointed?
1:15	And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fallcut upon him. Anddown! heHe smotestruck him, so that he died.
1:16	And David said untoto him, ThyYour blood be uponon thyyour head;, for thyyour mouth hathhas testified against theeyou, saying, I have slain JehovahsYahwehs anointed.
1:17	And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
1:18	and he badecommanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow:; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar:
1:19	ThyYour glory, O Israel, iswas slain uponon thyyour high places! How are the mighty have fallen!
1:20	TellDont tell it not in Gath,. PublishDont publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon;, Lestlest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lestlest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
1:21	YeYou mountains of Gilboa, Letlet there be no dew noror rain uponon you, neitherand no fields of offerings:; Forfor there the shield of the mighty was vilelydefiled and cast away, Thethe shield of Saul, was not anointed with oil.
1:22	From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, TheJonathans bow ofdidnt Jonathanturn turned not back,. AndSauls the sword ofdidnt Saulreturn returned not empty.
1:23	Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives,. AndIn in their death, they were not divided:. They were swifter than eagles,. They were stronger than lions.
1:24	YeYou daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Whowho clothed you delicately in scarlet delicately, Whowho put ornaments of gold uponon your apparelclothing.
1:25	How are the mighty have fallen in the midstmiddle of the battle! Jonathan iswas slain uponon thyyour high places.
1:26	I am distressed for theeyou, my brother Jonathan:. VeryYou pleasanthave hastbeen thouvery beenpleasant untoto me:. ThyYour love to me was wonderful, Passingsurpassing the love of women.
1:27	How are the mighty have fallen, Andand the weapons of war have perished!
2:1	AndAfter it came to pass after this, that David inquired of JehovahYahweh, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? AndYahweh Jehovah said untoto him, Go up. And David said, WhitherWhere shall I go up? AndHe he said, UntoTo Hebron.
2:2	So David went up thither,there andwith his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
2:3	AndDavid brought up his men thatwho were with him did David bring up, every man with his household:. andThey theylived dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
2:4	AndThe the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. AndThey they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh gileadGilead were theythose thatwho buried Saul.
2:5	And David sent messengers untoto the men of Jabesh gileadGilead, and said untoto them, Blessed beare yeyou ofby JehovahYahweh, that yeyou have showedshown this kindness untoto your Lord, even untoto Saul, and have buried him.
2:6	AndNow nowmay JehovahYahweh show lovingkindnessloving kindness and truth untoto you:. and I also will requitereward you for this kindness, because yeyou have done this thing.
2:7	Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant; for Saul your Lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
2:8	Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Sauls hostarmy, had taken IshIshbosheth bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;.
2:9	andHe he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
2:10	Ish boshethIshbosheth, Sauls son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
2:11	AndThe the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
2:12	And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of IshIshbosheth bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2:13	And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and theDavids servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
2:14	And Abner said to Joab, LetPlease let the young men, I pray thee, arise and playcompete before us.! And Joab said, Let them arise.!
2:15	Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for IshIshbosheth bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of theDavids servants of David.
2:16	AndThey theyeach caught every one his fellowopponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellows side; so they fell down together:. whereforeTherefore that place in Gibeon was called Helkath hazzurim, which is in GibeonHazzurim.
2:17	AndThe the battle was very soresevere that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before theDavids servants of David.
2:18	AndThe the three sons of Zeruiah were there,: Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel:. and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roegazelle.
2:19	And Asahel pursued after Abner;. andHe indidnt goingturn he turned not to the right hand noror to the left from following Abner.
2:20	Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is itthat thouyou, Asahel? AndHe he answered, It is I.
2:21	And Abner said to him, Turn theeaway aside to thyyour right hand or to thyyour left, and laygrab thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn asideaway from following him.
2:22	And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn theeaway aside from following me:. whereforeWhy should I smitestrike theeyou to the ground? howHow then shouldcould I holdlook upJoab myyour facebrother toin Joabthe thy brotherface?
2:23	HowbeitHowever, he refused to turn aside:away. whereforeTherefore Abner with the hinderback end of the spear smotestruck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place:. andAs it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
2:24	But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner:. andThe the sun went down when they werehad come to the hill of Ammah, that liethlies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
2:25	AndThe the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
2:26	Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for everforever? knowestDont thouyou notknow that it will be bitterness in the latter end? howHow long shallwill it be then, erebefore thouyou bidask the people to return from following their brethrenbrothers?
2:27	And Joab said, As God livethlives, if thouyou hadsthad not spoken, surely then in the morning the people hadwould have gone away, norand followednot everyeach onefollowed his brother.
2:28	So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neitherand they fought theyno any more.
2:29	And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
2:30	And Joab returned from following Abner:; and when he had gathered all the people together, therenineteen lackedmen of Davids servantsand nineteenAsahel menwere and Asahelmissing.
2:31	But theDavids servants of David had smittenstruck of Benjamin, and of Abners men, so that three hundred andsixty threescore men died.
2:32	AndThey they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchretomb of his father, which was in Beth lehemBethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brakebroke uponon them at Hebron.
3:1	Now there was long war between theSauls house of Saul and theDavids house. of David: andgrew David waxed stronger and stronger, but theSauls house ofgrew Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
3:2	AndSons untowere Davidborn wereto sonsDavid born in Hebron:. andHis hisfirstborn first born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3:6	AndWhile it came to pass, while there was war between theSauls house of Saul and theDavids house of David, that Abner made himself strong in theSauls house of Saul.
3:7	Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah:; and IshIshbosheth bosheth said to Abner, WhereforeWhy hasthave thouyou gone in untoto my fathers concubine?
3:8	Then Abner was Abner very wrothangry forabout theIshbosheths words of Ish bosheth, and said, Am I a dogs head that belongethbelongs to Judah? ThisToday day do I show kindness untoto theyour housefather ofSauls Saul thy fatherhouse, to his brethrenbrothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered theeyou into the hand of David; and yet thouyou chargestcharge me thistoday day with a fault concerning this woman.!
3:9	God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as JehovahYahweh hathhas sworn to David, I dont do not even so to him;:
3:10	to transfer the kingdom from theSauls house of Saul, and to set up theDavids throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer shebaBeersheba.
3:11	AndHe he could not answer Abner another word, because he fearedwas afraid of him.
3:12	And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? and saying also, Make thyyour leaguealliance with me, and, behold, my hand shallwill be with thee,you to bring about all Israel untoaround theeto you.
3:13	AndDavid he said, Well;Good. I will make a leaguetreaty with thee;you, but one thing I require of thee:you. thatThat is, thouyou shaltwill not see my face, exceptunless thouyou first bring Michal, Sauls daughter, when thouyou comestcome to see my face.
3:14	And David sent messengers to Ish boshethIshbosheth, Sauls son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothedwas given to memarry for aone hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
3:15	AndIshbosheth Ish bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.
3:16	AndHer her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then Abner said Abnerto unto him, Go,! return:Return! and he returned.
3:17	And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past, yeyou sought for David to be king over you:.
3:18	nowNow then do it;! forFor JehovahYahweh hathhas spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
3:19	And Abner also spakespoke in the ears of Benjamin:; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.
3:20	So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men thatwho were with him a feast.
3:21	And Abner said untoto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel untoto my Lord the king, that they may make a covenant with theeyou, and that thouyou mayestmay reign over all that thyyour soul desirethdesires. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
3:22	AndBehold, behold,Davids the servants of David and Joab came from a foray,raid and brought in a great spoilplunder with them:; but Abner was not with David in Hebron;, for he had sent him away, and he washad gone in peace.
3:23	When Joab and all the hostarmy thatwho was with him werehad come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hathhas sent him away, and he ishas gone in peace.
3:24	Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hasthave thouyou done? beholdBehold, Abner came untoto thee;you. whyWhy is it that thouyou hasthave sent him away, and he is quitealready gone?
3:25	ThouYou knowestknow Abner the son of Ner,. thatHe he came to deceive theeyou, and to know thyyour going out and thyyour coming in, and to know all that thouyou doestdo.
3:26	AndWhen when Joab washad come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah:; but David knewdidnt know it not.
3:27	AndWhen when Abner washad returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midstmiddle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smotestruck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
3:28	And afterwardAfterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before JehovahYahweh forforever ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:.
3:29	letLet it fall uponon the head of Joab, and uponon all his fathers house;. andLet let there not fail from the house of Joab one thatwho hathhas ana issuedischarge, or thatwho is a leper, or thatwho leanethleans on a staff, or thatwho fallethfalls by the sword, or thatwho lackethlacks bread.
3:30	So Joab and Abishai his brother slewkilled Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
3:31	And David said to Joab, and to all the people thatwho were with him, RendTear your clothes, and girdclothe youyourselves with sackcloth, and mourn beforein front of Abner. AndKing king David followed the bier.
3:32	AndThey they buried Abner in Hebron:; and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at theAbners grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
3:33	AndThe the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool diethdies?
3:34	ThyYour hands werewerent not bound, norand thyyour feet werent put into fetters:. As a man fallethfalls before the children of iniquity, so didstyou thou fallfell. AndAll all the people wept again over him.
3:35	AndAll all the people came to causeurge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swareswore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aughtanything else, tilluntil the sun begoes down.
3:36	AndAll all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them;, as whatsoeverwhatever the king did pleased all the people.
3:37	So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slaykill Abner the son of Ner.
3:38	AndThe the king said untoto his servants, KnowDont yeyou notknow that there is a prince and a great man has fallen thistoday day in Israel?
3:39	And I am thisweak day weaktoday, though anointed king;. andThese these men, the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me:. JehovahMay Yahweh reward the evilevildoer doer according to his wickedness.
4:1	AndWhen when Ish bosheth, Sauls son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
4:2	And Ish bosheth, Sauls son, had two men thatwho were captains of raiding bands:. theThe name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin for Beeroth also is reckonedconsidered toa part of Benjamin:;
4:3	and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have beenlived sojournersas foreigners there until this daytoday.
4:4	Now Jonathan, Sauls son, had a son thatwho was lame ofin his feet. He was five years old when the tidingsnews came ofabout Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse tookpicked him up, and fled:. andAs it came to pass, as she madehurried haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. AndHis his name was Mephibosheth.
4:5	AndThe the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of IshIshbosheth bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.
4:6	AndThey they came thitherthere into the midstmiddle of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat;, and they smotestruck him in the body:; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
4:7	Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamberbedroom, they smotestruck him, andkilled slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
4:8	AndThey they brought the head of IshIshbosheth boshethto unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish boshethIshbosheth, the son of Saul, thineyour enemy, who sought thyyour life;! andYahweh Jehovahhas hath avenged my Lord the king thistoday day of Saul, and of his seedoffspring.
4:9	And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said untoto them, As JehovahYahweh livethlives, who hathhas redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
4:10	when onesomeone told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking tothat havehe brought good tidingsnews, I tookseized hold of him, and slewkilled him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidingsnews.
4:11	How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house uponon his bed, shallshould I not now require his blood offrom your hand, and takerid youthe awayearth fromof the earthyou?
4:12	And David commanded his young men, and they slewkilled them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of IshIshbosheth bosheth, and buried it in theAbners grave of Abner in Hebron.
5:1	Then came all the tribes of Israel came to David untoat Hebron, and spakespoke, saying, Behold, we are thyyour bone and thyyour flesh.
5:2	In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thouyou thatwho leddestled Israel out and broughtest in. Israel:Yahweh and Jehovah said to theeyou, ThouYou shaltwill be shepherd of my people Israel, and thouyou shaltwill be prince over Israel.
5:3	So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron;, and kingKing David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah:Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel.
5:5	In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months;, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
5:6	AndThe the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spakespoke untoto David, saying, ExceptThe thou take away the blind and the lame, thouwill shaltkeep notyou comeout inof hither;here, thinking, David cannotcant come in hitherhere.
5:7	Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion;. theThis same is theDavids city of David.
5:8	And David said on that day, WhosoeverWhoever smitethstrikes the Jebusites, let him getgo up to the watercourse, and smitestrike thethose lame and the blind, thatwho are hated ofby Davids soul. WhereforeTherefore they say, ThereThe are the blind and the lame; hecant cannot come into the house.
5:9	And David dweltlived in the stronghold, and called it theDavids city of David. And David built roundaround about from Millo and inward.
5:10	And David waxedgrew greater and greater;, for JehovahYahweh, the God of hostsArmies, was with him.
5:11	And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, andwith cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.
5:12	And David perceived that JehovahYahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israels sake.
5:13	And David took him more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he washad come from Hebron; and theremore were yet sons and daughters were born to David.
5:14	AndThese these are the names of those thatwho were born untoto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
5:15	and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
5:16	and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.
5:17	AndWhen when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David;, andbut David heard ofabout it, and went down to the stronghold.
5:19	And David inquired of JehovahYahweh, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wiltWill thouyou deliver them into my hand? AndYahweh Jehovah said untoto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thyyour hand.
5:20	And David came to Baal perazimPerazim, and David smotestruck them there;. andThen he said, JehovahYahweh hathhas broken minemy enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal perazimPerazim.
5:21	AndThey they left their images there;, and David and his men took them away.
5:22	AndThe the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
5:23	AndWhen when David inquired of JehovahYahweh, he said, ThouYou shaltshall not go up:. makeCircle aaround circuit behind them, and comeattack upon them overin againstfront of the mulberry trees.
5:24	AndWhen ityou shallhear be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thoustir shaltyourself bestir thyselfup; for then isYahweh Jehovahhas gone out before theeyou to smitestrike the hostarmy of the Philistines.
5:25	And David did so, as JehovahYahweh commanded him, and smotestruck the Philistines fromall Gebathe untilway thoufrom comeGeba to Gezer.
6:1	And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
6:2	And David arose, and went with all the people thatwho were with him, from Baale judahJudah, to bring up from thencethere theGods ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of JehovahYahweh of hostsArmies thatwho sittethsits above the cherubim.
6:3	AndThey they set theGods ark ofon God upon a new cart, and brought it out of theAbinadabs house of Abinadab that was inon the hill:; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
6:4	AndThey they brought it out of theAbinadabs house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with theGods ark; of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
6:5	And David and all the house of Israel played before JehovahYahweh with all mannerkinds of instruments made of fircypress wood, and with harps, and with psalteriesstringed instruments, and with timbrelstambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
6:6	AndWhen when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah putreached forthfor hisGods hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it;, for the oxencattle stumbled.
6:7	AndYahwehs the anger ofburned Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah;, and God smotestruck him there for his error; and there he died there by theGods ark of God.
6:8	And David was displeased, because JehovahYahweh had broken forthout uponagainst Uzzah; and he called that place Perez uzzah,Uzzah untoto this day.
6:9	And David was afraid of JehovahYahweh that day; and he said, How shallcould theYahwehs ark of Jehovah come untoto me?
6:10	So David would not removemove theYahwehs ark ofto Jehovahbe untowith him intoin theDavids city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed edomEdom the GittiteGittites house.
6:11	AndYahwehs the ark of Jehovah remained in the house of Obed edomEdom the GittiteGittites house three months:; and JehovahYahweh blessed Obed edom,Edom and all his house.
6:12	AndKing itDavid was told king David, saying,Yahweh Jehovahhas hath blessed the house of Obed edomEdom, and all that pertainethbelongs untoto him, because of theGods ark of God. AndSo David went and brought up theGods ark of God from the house of Obed edomEdom into theDavids city of David with joy.
6:13	AndWhen itthose waswho so,bore that,Yahwehs when they that bare the ark of Jehovah had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatlingfattened calf.
6:14	And David danced before JehovahYahweh with all his might; and David was girdedclothed within a linen ephod.
6:15	So David and all the house of Israel brought up theYahwehs ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
6:16	AndAs itYahwehs was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into theDavids city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out atthrough the window, and saw kingKing David leaping and dancing before JehovahYahweh; and she despised him in her heart.
6:17	AndThey they brought in theYahwehs ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place, in the midstmiddle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before JehovahYahweh.
6:18	AndWhen when David had madefinished an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of JehovahYahweh of hostsArmies.
6:19	AndHe hegave dealtto among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyeveryone one a cakeportion of bread, and a portion of fleshdates, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyeach one to his own house.
6:20	Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel towas daytoday, who uncovered himself totoday day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants maids, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncoverethuncovers himself!
6:21	And David said untoto Michal, It was before JehovahYahweh, who chose me above thyyour father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of JehovahYahweh, over Israel:. thereforeTherefore I will Icelebrate play before JehovahYahweh.
6:22	And I will be yet more vileundignified than this, and will be baseworthless in minemy own sight:. butBut of the handmaidsmaids of whom thouyou hasthave spoken, ofwill themhonor shall I be had in honorme.
6:23	And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child untoto the day of her death.
7:1	AndWhen it came to pass, when the king dweltlived in his house, and JehovahYahweh had given him rest from all his enemies roundall aboutaround,
7:2	that the king said untoto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but theGods ark ofdwells God dwelleth within curtains.
7:3	And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thyyour heart;, for JehovahYahweh is with theeyou.
7:4	AndThat it came to pass the same night, thatYahwehs the word of Jehovah came untoto Nathan, saying,
7:5	Go and tell my servant David, ThusYahweh saith Jehovahsays, ShaltShould thouyou build me a house for me to dwell in?
7:6	forFor I have not dweltlived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walkedmoved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7:7	In all places whereinin which I have walked with all the children of Israel, spakedid I say a word withto anyanyone offrom the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have yeyou not built me a house of cedar?
7:8	Now therefore thustell shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thusthis: saithYahweh Jehovah of hostsArmies says, I took theeyou from the sheepcotesheep pen, from following the sheep, thatto thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;.
7:9	and I have been with theeyou whithersoeverwherever thouyou wentestwent, and have cut off all thineyour enemies from before thee;you. and I will make theeyou a great name, like unto the name of the great ones thatwho are in the earth.
7:10	And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more;. neitherThe shall the children of wickedness will not afflict them any more, as at the first,
7:11	and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel;. and I will cause theeyou to rest from all thineyour enemies. Moreover JehovahYahweh tellethtells theeyou that JehovahYahweh will make theeyou a house.
7:12	When thyyour days are fulfilled, and thouyou shalt sleep with thyyour fathers, I will set up thyyour seedoffspring after theeyou, thatwho shallwill proceed out of thyyour bowelsbody, and I will establish his kingdom.
7:13	He shallwill build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for everforever.
7:14	I will be his father, and he shallwill be my son:. ifIf he commitcommits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
7:15	but my lovingkindnessloving shallkindness will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before theeyou.
7:16	AndYour thy house and thyyour kingdom shallwill be made sure forforever ever before thee:you. thyYour throne shallwill be established for everforever.
7:17	AccordingNathan spoke to David all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
7:18	Then David the king went in, and sat before JehovahYahweh; and he said, Who am I, O Lord JehovahYahweh, and what is my house, that thouyou hasthave brought me thusthis far?
7:19	AndThis this was yet a small thing in thineyour eyes, O Lord Jehovah;Yahweh, but thouyou hasthave spoken also of thyyour servants house for a great while to come; and this tooamong after the manner of men, O Lord JehovahYahweh!
7:20	AndWhat whatmore can David say moreto unto theeyou? forFor thouyou knowestknow thyyour servant, O Lord JehovahYahweh.
7:21	For thyyour words sake, and according to thineyour own heart, hastyou thouhave wroughtworked all this greatness, to make thyyour servant know it.
7:22	WhereforeTherefore thouyou artare great, OYahweh Jehovah God:. forFor there is noneno one like theeyou, neither is there any God besides theeyou, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
7:23	AndWhat what one nation in the earth is like thyyour people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem untoto himself for a people, and to make himhimself a name, and to do great things for you, and terribleawesome things for thyyour land, before thyyour people, whom thouyou redeemedstredeemed to theeyourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
7:24	AndYou thouestablished didstfor establishyourself toyour thyself thy people Israel to be ayour people unto thee for everforever; and thouyou, JehovahYahweh, becamestbecame their God.
7:25	And nowNow, OYahweh Jehovah God, the word that thouyou hasthave spoken concerning thyyour servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for everforever, and do as thouyou hasthave spoken.
7:26	AndLet letyour thy name be magnified for everforever, saying, JehovahYahweh of hostsArmies is God over Israel; and the house of thyyour servant David shallwill be established before theeyou.
7:27	For thouyou, OYahweh Jehovah of hostsArmies, the God of Israel, hasthave revealed to thyyour servant, saying, I will build theeyou a house:. thereforeTherefore hathyour thy servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer untoto theeyou.
7:28	And nowNow, O Lord JehovahYahweh, thouyou artare God, and thyyour words are truth, and thouyou hasthave promised this good thing untoto thyyour servant:.
7:29	nowNow therefore, let it please theeyou to bless the house of thyyour servant, that it may continue forforever ever before theeyou; for thouyou, O Lord JehovahYahweh, hasthave spoken it:. andLet with thy blessing let the house of thyyour servant be blessed forforever everwith your blessing.
8:1	AndAfter after this it came to pass, that David smotestruck the Philistines, and subdued them:; and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
8:2	AndHe hedefeated smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. AndThe the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
8:3	David smote also struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
8:4	And David took from him aone thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen:. and David hockedhamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for aone hundred chariots.
8:5	AndWhen when the Syrians of Damascus came to succorhelp Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smotestruck oftwenty thetwo Syriansthousand twomen andof twentythe thousand menSyrians.
8:6	Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. AndYahweh Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoeverwherever he went.
8:7	And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8:8	AndFrom from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, kingKing David took exceedinga muchgreat brassquantity of bronze.
8:9	AndWhen when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smittenstruck all the hostarmy of Hadadezer,
8:10	then Toi sent Joram his son untoto kingKing David, to salutegreet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smittenstruck him:; for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:bronze.
8:11	theseKing David also diddedicated kingthese Davidto dedicate unto JehovahYahweh, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;—
8:12	of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoilplunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
8:13	And David gatearned him a namereputation when he returned from smitingstriking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
8:14	AndHe he put garrisons in Edom;. throughoutThroughout all Edom, he put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. AndYahweh Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoeverwherever he went.
8:15	And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness untofor all his people.
8:16	And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host;army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;,
8:17	and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests;, and Seraiah was scribe;,
8:18	and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and Davids sons were chief ministers.
9:1	And David said, Is there yet any thatwho is left of theSauls house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathans sake?
9:2	AndThere there was of theSauls house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him untoto David; and the king said untoto him, ArtAre thouyou Ziba? AndHe he said, ThyI servantam isyour heservant.
9:3	AndThe the king said, Is there not yet any of theSauls house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God untoto him? And Ziba said untoto the king, Jonathan hathstill yethas a son, who is lame ofin his feet.
9:4	AndThe the king said untoto him, Where is he? And Ziba said untoto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo debarDebar.
9:5	Then kingKing David sent, and fetchedbrought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo debarDebar.
9:6	And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came untoto David, and fell on his face, and didshowed obeisancerespect. And David said, Mephibosheth.? AndHe he answered, Behold, thyyour servant!
9:7	And David said untoto him, FearDont not;be afraid, for I will surely show theeyou kindness for Jonathan thyyour fathers sake, and will restore theeto you all the land of Saul thyyour father;. andYou thouwill shalt eat bread at my table continually.
9:8	AndHe hebowed did obeisancedown, and said, What is thyyour servant, that thouyou shouldestshould look uponat such a dead dog as I am?
9:9	Then the king called to Ziba, Sauls servant, and said untoto him, All that pertainedbelonged to Saul and to all his house I have I given untoto thyyour masters son.
9:10	AndTill thou shalt till the land for him—you, thou,your and thy sons, and thyyour servants;. andBring thou shalt bring in the fruitsharvest, that thyyour masters son may have bread to eat:; but Mephibosheth thyyour masters son shallwill always eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
9:11	Then Ziba said Zibato unto the king, According to all that my Lord the king commandethcommands his servant, so shallyour thy servant will do. AsSo for Mephibosheth, saidate at the king,kings he shall eat at my table, aslike one of the kings sons.
9:12	And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. AndAll allwho thatlived dwelt in theZibas house of Ziba were servants untoto Mephibosheth.
9:13	So Mephibosheth dweltlived in Jerusalem;, for he didate eat continually at the kings table. AndHe he was lame in both his feet.
10:1	AndAfter it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his steadplace.
10:2	And David said, I will show kindness untoto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness untoto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And Davids servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
10:3	But the princes of the children of Ammon said untoto Hanun their Lord, ThinkestDo thouyou think that David dothhonors honoryour thy father, in that he hathhas sent comforters untoto theeyou? hathHasnt not David sent his servants untoto theeyou to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
10:4	So Hanun took Davids servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
10:5	When they told itDavid unto Davidthis, he sent to meet them;, for the men were greatly ashamed. AndThe the king said, TarryWait at Jericho until your beards behave grown, and then return.
10:6	AndWhen when the children of Ammon saw that they werehad become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth rehob,Rehob and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with aone thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
10:7	AndWhen when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the hostarmy of the mighty men.
10:8	AndThe the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate:. andThe the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
10:9	Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:.
10:10	andThe the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
10:11	AndHe he said, If the Syrians beare too strong for me, then thouyou shaltshall help me; but if the children of Ammon beare too strong for theeyou, then I will come and help theeyou.
10:12	Be of good couragecourageous, and letlets usbe playstrong the man for our people, and for the cities of our God:; and Jehovahmay Yahweh do thatwhat whichseems seemethgood to him good.
10:13	So Joab and the people thatwho were with him drewcame nighnear untoto the battle against the Syrians:, and they fled before him.
10:14	AndWhen when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians werehad fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
10:15	AndWhen when the Syrians saw that they were putdefeated toby the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
10:16	AndHadadezer Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians thatwho were beyond the River:; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the hostarmy of HadarezerHadadezer at their head.
10:17	AndDavid it was told Davidthat; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. AndThe the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
10:18	AndThe the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slewkilled ofseven thehundred Syrianscharioteers the men of seventhe hundredSyrians chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smotestruck Shobach the captain of their hostarmy, so that he died there.
10:19	AndWhen when all the kings thatwho were servants to HadarezerHadadezer saw that they were putdefeated to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians fearedwere afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.
11:1	AndAt it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarriedstayed at Jerusalem.
11:2	AndAt it came to pass at eventideevening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked uponon the roof of the kings house:. andFrom from the roof, he saw a woman bathing;, and the woman was very beautiful to look uponat.
11:3	And David sent and inquired after the woman. AndOne one said, IsIsnt not this Bath shebaBathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the HittiteHittites wife?
11:4	And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in untoto him, and he lay with her for she was purified from her uncleanness; and she returned untoto her house.
11:5	AndThe the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
11:6	And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
11:7	AndWhen when Uriah washad come untoto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered.
11:8	And David said to Uriah, Go down to thyyour house, and wash thyyour feet. And Uriah departed out of the kings house, and therea followedgift himfrom athe messking ofwas foodsent fromafter the kinghim.
11:9	But Uriah slept at the door of the kings house with all the servants of his Lord, and wentdidnt notgo down to his house.
11:10	AndWhen when they had told David, saying, Uriah wentdidnt notgo down untoto his house, David said untoto Uriah, ArtHavent thouyou not come from a journey? whereforeWhy didstdidnt thouyou not go down untoto thyyour house?
11:11	And Uriah said untoto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abideare staying in boothstents; and my Lord Joab, and the servants of my Lord, are encamped in the open field;. shallShall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? asAs thouyou livestlive, and as thyyour soul livethlives, I will not do this thing.!
11:12	And David said to Uriah, TarryStay here totoday day also, and totomorrow morrow I will let theeyou depart. So Uriah abodestayed in Jerusalem that day, and the morrownext day.
11:13	AndWhen when David had called him, he didate eat and drinkdrank before him; and he made him drunk:. andAt atevening, even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his Lord, but wentdidnt notgo down to his house.
11:14	AndIn it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
11:15	AndHe he wrote in the letter, saying, SetSend ye Uriah into the forefront of the hottest battle, and retireretreat ye from him, that he may be smitten,struck and die.
11:16	AndWhen it came to pass, when Joab kept watch uponon the city, that he assigned Uriah untoto the place where he knew that valiant men were.
11:17	AndThe the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab:. andSome there fell some of the people fell, even of theDavids servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
11:19	and he chargedcommanded the messenger, saying, When thouyou hasthave madefinished an end of telling all the things concerning the war untoto the king,
11:20	it shall be that, if the kings wrath arise, and he sayasks unto theeyou, WhereforeWhy wentdid yeyou go so nighnear untoto the city to fight? knewDidnt yeyou notknow that they would shoot from the wall?
11:21	whoWho smotestruck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? didDidnt not a woman cast an upper millstone uponon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? whyWhy wentdid yeyou go so nighnear the wall? then shaltyou thoushall say, ThyYour servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead also.
11:23	AndThe the messenger said untoto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out untoto us into the field,; and we were uponon them even untoto the entrance of the gate.
11:24	AndThe the shooters shot at thyyour servants from off the wall; and some of the kings servants are dead, and thyyour servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead also.
11:25	Then David said untoto the messenger, ThusTell shalt thou say unto Joab, LetDont notlet this thing displease theeyou, for the sword devourethdevours one as well as another;. makeMake thyyour battle morestronger strong against the city, and overthrow it:. andEncourage encourage thou him.
11:26	AndWhen whenUriahs the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mademourned lamentation for her husband.
11:27	AndWhen when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and barebore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased JehovahYahweh.
12:1	AndYahweh Jehovah sent Nathan untoto David. AndHe he came untoto him, and said untoto him, There were two men in one city;: the one rich, and the other poor.
12:2	The rich man had exceedingvery many flocks and herds;,
12:3	but the poor man had nothing, saveexcept one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourishedraised. up:It and it grew up together with him, and with his children;. itIt didate eat of his own morselfood, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was untolike hima asdaughter ato daughterhim.
12:4	AndA theretraveler came ato traveller unto the rich man, and he spareddidnt want to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dressprepare for the wayfaring man thatwho washad come untoto him, but took the poor mans lamb, and dressedprepared it for the man thatwho washad come to him.
12:5	And Davids anger wasburned greatlyhot kindled against the man;, and he said to Nathan, As JehovahYahweh livethlives, the man thatwho hathhas done this isdeserves worthy to die:!
12:6	andHe hemust shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.!
12:7	And Nathan said to David, ThouYou artare the man.! ThusThis saithis Jehovahwhat Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: I anointed theeyou king over Israel, and I delivered theeyou out of the hand of Saul;.
12:8	and I gave theeyou thyyour masters house, and thyyour masters wives into thyyour bosom, and gave theeyou the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that hadwould have been too little, I would have added untoto theeyou suchmany andmore such things.
12:9	WhereforeWhy hasthave thouyou despised theYahwehs word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thouYou hasthave smittenstruck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, andhave hast taken his wife to be thyyour wife, and hasthave slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
12:10	Now therefore the sword shallwill never depart from thyyour house, because thouyou hasthave despised me, and hasthave taken the wife of Uriah the HittiteHittites wife to be thyyour wife.
12:11	ThusThis saithis Jehovah,what Yahweh says: Behold, I will raise up evil against theeyou out of thineyour own house; and I will take thyyour wives before thineyour eyes, and give them untoto thyyour neighbor, and he shallwill lie with thyyour wives in the sight of this sun.
12:12	For thouyou didstdid itthis secretly:, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
12:13	And David said untoto Nathan, I have sinned against JehovahYahweh. And Nathan said untoto David, JehovahYahweh also hathhas put away thyyour sin;. thouYou shaltwill not die.
12:14	HowbeitHowever, because by this deed thouyou hasthave given great occasion to theYahwehs enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also thatwho is born untoto theeyou shallwill surely die.
12:15	AndThen Nathan departed untoto his house. AndYahweh Jehovah struck the child that Uriahs wife barebore untoto David, and ithe was very sick.
12:16	David therefore besoughtbegged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night uponon the earthground.
12:17	AndThe the elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth:; but he would not, neitherand did he didnt eat bread with them.
12:18	AndOn it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. AndDavids the servants ofwere Davidafraid feared to tell him that the child was dead;, for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spakespoke untoto him, and he hearkeneddidnt notlisten untoto our voice:. howHow will he then vexharm himself, if we tell him that the child is dead!?
12:19	But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said untoto his servants, Is the child dead? AndThey they said, He is dead.
12:20	Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparelclothing; and he came into theYahwehs house of Jehovah, and worshipped:worshiped. thenThen he came to his own house; and when he requiredrequested, they set bread before him, and he did eatate.
12:21	Then said his servants untosaid to him, What thing is this that thouyou hasthave done? thouYou didstfasted fast and weepwept for the child, while ithe was alive;, but when the child was dead, thouyou didstrose riseup and eatate bread.
12:22	AndHe he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept:; for I said, Who knowethknows whether JehovahYahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
12:23	But now he is dead,. whereforeWhy should I fast? canCan I bring him back again? I shallwill go to him, but he will not return to me.
12:24	And David comforted BathBathsheba sheba his wife, and went in untoto her, and lay with her:. andShe shebore bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. AndYahweh Jehovah loved him;
12:25	and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet;, and he callednamed hishim name Jedidiah, for JehovahsYahwehs sake.
12:27	And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah;. yeaYes, I have taken the city of waters.
12:28	Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called afterby my name.
12:29	And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
12:30	AndHe he took the crown of their king from off his head; and theits weight thereof was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on Davids head. AndHe he brought fortha thegreat spoilquantity of plunder out of the city, exceeding much.
12:31	AndHe he brought forthout the people thatwho were thereinin it, and put them to work under saws, and under harrowsiron of ironpicks, and under axes of iron, and made them passgo throughto the brickkiln:brick kiln; and thushe did heso untoto all the cities of the children of Ammon. AndThen David and all the people returned untoto Jerusalem.
13:1	AndAfter it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fairbeautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
13:2	And Amnon was so vexedtroubled that he fellbecame sick because of his sister Tamar;, for she was a virgin;, and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything untoto her.
13:3	But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, Davids brother:; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
13:4	AndHe he said untoto him, Why, O son of the king, artare thouyou thusso leansad from day to day? wiltWont thouyou not tell me? And Amnon said untoto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absaloms sister.
13:5	And Jonadab said untoto him, Lay thee down on thyyour bed, and feignpretend thyselfto be sick:. andWhen whenyour thy father comethcomes to see theeyou, saytell unto him, LetPlease let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dressprepare the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.
13:6	So Amnon lay down, and feignedfaked himselfbeing sick:. andWhen when the king wascame come to see him, Amnon said untoto the king, LetPlease let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.
13:7	Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thyyour brother Amnons house, and dressprepare food for him food.
13:8	So Tamar went to her brother Amnons house; and he was laidlying down. AndShe she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and didbaked bake the cakes.
13:9	AndShe she took the pan, and poured them out before him;, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men fromleave me. AndThen theyevery man went out every man from him.
13:10	And Amnon said untoto Tamar, Bring the food into the chamberroom, that I may eat from thyyour hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamberroom to Amnon her brother.
13:11	AndWhen when she had brought them near untoto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said untoto her, Come, lie with me, my sister.!
13:12	AndShe she answered him, NayNo, my brother, do not force me;! forFor no such thing ought to be done in Israel:. doDont notyou thoudo this folly.!
13:13	AndAs Ifor me, whitherwhere shallwould I carry my shame? andAnd as for theeyou, thouyou wiltwill be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, Iplease pray thee, speak untoto the king; for he will not withhold me from theeyou.
13:14	HowbeitHowever, he would not hearkenlisten untoto her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her.
13:15	Then Amnon hated her with exceedingexceedingly great hatred; for the hatred wherewithwith which he hated her was greater than the love wherewithwith which he had loved her. And Amnon said untoto her, Arise, be gone.!
13:16	AndShe she said untoto him, Not so, because this great wrong in puttingsending me forthaway is worse than the other that thouyou didstdid untoto me.! But he would not hearkenlisten untoto her.
13:17	Then he called his servant thatwho ministered untoto him, and said, PutNow nowput this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
13:18	AndShe she had a garment of diversvarious colors uponon her;, for with such robes were the kings daughters thatwho were virgins apparelleddressed in such robes. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
13:19	And Tamar put ashes on her head, and renttore her garment of diversvarious colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
13:20	And Absalom her brother said untoto her, HathHas Amnon thyyour brother been with theeyou? butBut now hold thyyour peace, my sister:. heHe is thyyour brother;. Dont take not this thing to heart. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absaloms house.
13:21	But when kingKing David heard of all these things, he was very wrothangry.
13:22	And Absalom spakespoke untoto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
13:23	AndAfter it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal hazorHazor, which is beside Ephraim:; and Absalom invited all the kings sons.
13:24	And Absalom came to the king, and said, BeholdSee now, thyyour servant hathhas sheep shearers;. Please let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thyyour servant.
13:25	AndThe the king said to Absalom, NayNo, my son, letlets us not all go, lest we be burdensome untoto theeyou. AndHe he pressed him:; howbeithowever he would not go, but blessed him.
13:26	Then Absalom said Absalom, If not, Iplease pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. AndThe the king said untoto him, Why should he go with theeyou?
13:28	And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnons heart is merry with wine; and when I saytell unto you, SmiteStrike Amnon, then kill him;. fearDont not;be haveafraid. notHavent I commanded you? beBe courageous, and be valiant.!
13:29	AndThe the servants of Absalom did untoto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the kings sons arose, and every man gatgot him up uponon his mule, and fled.
13:30	AndWhile it came to pass, while they were inon the way, that the tidingsnews came to David, saying, Absalom hathhas slain all the kings sons, and there is not one of them left.!
13:31	Then the king arose, and renttore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes renttorn.
13:32	And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, Davids brother, answered and said, LetDont notlet my Lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the kings sons;, for Amnon only is dead:; for by the appointment of Absalom this hathhas been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
13:33	Now therefore dont let not my Lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the kings sons are dead; for only Amnon only is dead.
13:34	But Absalom fled. AndThe the young man thatwho kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, theremany camepeople muchwere peoplecoming by the way of the hillhillside side behind him.
13:35	And Jonadab said untoto the king, Behold, the kings sons are come:coming! It is as thyyour servant said, so it is.
13:36	AndAs it came to pass, as soon as he had madefinished an end of speaking, that, behold, the kings sons came, and lifted up their voice,voices and wept:. andThe the king also and all his servants wept very sorebitterly.
13:37	But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
13:38	So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
13:39	AndKing the soul of king David longed to go forthout untoto Absalom:, for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeingsince he was dead.
14:2	And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetchedbrought thence a wise woman from there, and said untoto her, IPlease prayact thee,like feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparelclothing, I pray theeplease, and dont anoint notyourself thyself with oil,; but be as a woman thatwho hathhas mourned a long time mourned for the dead:.
14:3	andGo go in to the king, and speak onlike this mannerto unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
14:4	AndWhen when the woman of Tekoa spakespoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, andshowed did obeisancerespect, and said, Help, O king.!
14:5	AndThe the king said untoto her, What ailethails theeyou? AndShe she answered, OfTruly a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
14:6	AndYour thyservant handmaid had two sons,; and they twoboth strovefought together in the field, and there was noneno one to part them, but the one smotestruck the other, and killed him.
14:7	AndBehold, behold, the whole family ishas risen against thyyour handmaidservant, and they say, Deliver him thatwho smotestruck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slewkilled, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they would quench my coal which is left, and willwould leave to my husband neither name nor remainder uponon the facesurface of the earth.
14:8	AndThe the king said untoto the woman, Go to thyyour house, and I will give chargea command concerning theeyou.
14:9	AndThe the woman of Tekoa said untoto the king, My Lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my fathers house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.
14:10	AndThe the king said, WhosoeverWhoever saithsays aughtanything untoto theeyou, bring him to me, and he shallwill not touchbother theeyou any more.
14:11	Then she said she, IPlease pray thee, let the king remember JehovahYahweh thyyour God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. AndHe he said, As JehovahYahweh livethlives, there shall not one hair of thyyour son shall fall to the earth.
14:12	Then the woman said, LetPlease thylet handmaid,your Iservant pray thee, speak a word untoto my Lord the king. AndHe he said, Say on.
14:13	AndThe the woman said, WhereforeWhy then hasthave thouyou devised such a thing against the people of God? forFor in speaking this word the king is as one thatwho is guilty, in that the king dothdoes not fetchbring home again his banished one.
14:14	For we must needs die, and are aslike water spiltspilled on the ground, which cannotcant be gathered up again; neither dothdoes God take away life, but devisethdevises means, that he thatwho is banished not be not an outcast from him.
14:15	Now therefore, seeing that I amhave come to speak this word untoto my Lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid:. andYour thyservant handmaid said, I will now speak untoto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
14:16	For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man thatwho would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
14:17	Then thyyour handmaidservant said, Let,Please Ilet pray thee, the word of my Lord the king bebring comfortablerest; for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king to discern good and bad:. andMay JehovahYahweh, thyyour God, be with theeyou.
14:18	Then the king answered and said unto the woman, HidePlease notdont hide anything from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask theeyou. AndThe the woman said, Let my Lord the king now speak.
14:19	AndThe the king said, Is the hand of Joab with theeyou in all this? AndThe the woman answered and said, As thyyour soul livethlives, my Lord the king, noneno one can turn to the right hand or to the left from aughtanything that my Lord the king hathhas spoken; for thyyour servant Joab, heurged bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thyyour handmaid;servant.
14:20	Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. hathMy thy servant Joab done this thing: and my Lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
14:21	AndThe the king said untoto Joab, Behold now, I have donegranted this thing:. goGo therefore, and bring the young man Absalom back.
14:22	And Joab fell to the ground on his face, andshowed did obeisancerespect, and blessed the king;. and Joab said, ToToday dayyour thy servant knowethknows that I have found favor in thyyour sight, my Lord, O king, in that the king hathhas performed the request of his servant.
14:24	AndThe the king said, Let him turnreturn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turnedreturned to his own house, and sawdidnt notsee the kings face.
14:25	Now in all Israel there was noneno one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty:. fromFrom the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemishdefect in him.
14:26	AndWhen when he cut the hair of his head now it was at every years end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it;, he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the kings weight.
14:27	AndThree untosons Absalom there were born threeto sonsAbsalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar:. sheShe was a woman ofwith a fairbeautiful countenanceface.
14:28	And Absalom dweltlived two full years in Jerusalem;, and he sawdidnt notsee the kings face.
14:29	Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king;, but he would not come to him:. andThen he sent again a second time, but he would not come.
14:30	Therefore he said untoto his servants, SeeBehold, Joabs field is near mine, and he hathhas barley there;. goGo and set it on fire. AndSo Absaloms servants set the field on fire.
14:31	Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom untoto his house, and said untoto him, WhereforeWhy have thyyour servants set my field on fire?
14:32	And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent untoto theeyou, saying, Come hitherhere, that I may send theeyou to the king, to say, WhereforeWhy amhave I come from Geshur? itIt werewould be better for me to be there still. Now therefore, let me see the kings face; and if there beis iniquity in me, let him kill me.
14:33	So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king:; and the king kissed Absalom.
15:1	AndAfter it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses for himself, and fifty men to run before him.
15:2	And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate:. andWhen it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called untoto him, and said, OfWhat what city artare thouyou from? AndHe he said, ThyYour servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
15:3	And Absalom said untoto him, SeeBehold, thyyour matters are good and right; but there is no man deputeddeputized ofby the king to hear theeyou.
15:4	Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hathhas any suit or cause might come untoto me, and I would do him justice!
15:5	AndIt it was so, that, when any man came nighnear to dobow down to him obeisance, he putstretched forthout his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
15:6	AndAbsalom ondid this mannersort didof Absalomthing to all Israel thatwho came to the king for judgment:. soSo Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
15:7	AndAt it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said untoto the king, IPlease pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed untoto JehovahYahweh, in Hebron.
15:8	For thyyour servant vowed a vow while I abodestayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, If JehovahYahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve JehovahYahweh.
15:9	AndThe the king said untoto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
15:10	But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as yeyou hear the sound of the trumpet, then yeyou shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.!
15:11	AndTwo withhundred Absalommen went twowith hundredAbsalom men out of Jerusalem, thatwho were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knewdidnt notknow anything.
15:12	And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, Davids counsellorcounselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. AndThe the conspiracy was strong;, for the people increased continually with Absalom.
15:13	AndA theremessenger came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
15:14	And David said untoto all his servants thatwho were with him at Jerusalem, Arise,! andLets let us flee;, foror else none of us shallwill escape from Absalom:. makeHurry speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil uponon us, and smitestrike the city with the edge of the sword.
15:15	AndThe the kings servants said untoto the king, Behold, thyyour servants are ready to do whatsoeverwhatever my Lord the king shall choosechooses.
15:16	AndThe the king went forthout, and all his household after him. AndThe the king left ten women, thatwho were concubines, to keep the house.
15:17	AndThe the king went forthout, and all the people after him; and they tarriedstayed in Beth merhakMerhak.
15:18	AndAll all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men thatwho came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
15:19	Then said the king said to Ittai the Gittite, WhereforeWhy goestdo thouyou also go with us? returnReturn, and abidestay with the king:; for thouyou artare a foreigner, and also an exile;. returnReturn to thineyour own place.
15:20	Whereas thouyou camestcame but yesterday, should I thistoday day make theeyou go up and down with us, seeingsince I go whitherwhere I may? return thouReturn, and take back thyyour brethren;brothers. mercyMercy and truth be with theeyou.
15:21	And Ittai answered the king, and said, As JehovahYahweh livethlives, and as my Lord the king livethlives, surely in what place my Lord the king shall beis, whether for death or for life, evenyour thereservant also will thybe servantthere bealso.
15:22	And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones thatwho were with him.
15:23	AndAll all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over:. theThe king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
15:24	AndBehold, lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down theGods ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people hadfinished done passing out of the city.
15:25	AndThe the king said untoto Zadok, Carry backGods the ark ofback God into the city:. ifIf I shall find favor in theYahwehs eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:;
15:26	but if he say thussays, I have no delight in thee;you, behold, here I am. I,Let let him do to me as seemethseems good untoto him.
15:27	The king said also untoto Zadok the priest, ArtArent thouyou not a seer? returnReturn into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thyyour son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
15:28	SeeBehold, I will tarrystay at the fords of the wilderness, until thereword comecomes word from you to certifyinform me.
15:29	Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried theGods ark ofto GodJerusalem again; to Jerusalem: and they abodestayed there.
15:30	And David went up by the ascent of the mountMount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot:. andAll all the people thatwho were with him each covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
15:31	AndSomeone one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O JehovahYahweh, Iplease pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
15:32	AndWhen it came to pass, that, when David washad come to the top of the ascent, where God was worshippedworshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coattunic rent,torn and earth uponon his head.
15:33	And David said untoto him, If thouyou passestpass on with me, then thouyou wiltwill be a burden untoto me:;
15:34	but if thouyou return to the city, and saytell unto Absalom, I will be thyyour servant, O king;. asAs I have been thyyour fathers servant in time past, so I will I now be thyyour servant; then wiltyou thouwill defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
15:35	AndDont hastyou thouhave not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? thereforethere itwith shallyou? be,Therefore thatwhatever whatyou thing soever thou shalt hear out of the kings house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
15:36	Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadoks son, and Jonathan, Abiathars son;. andSend byto them ye shall send unto me everything that yeyou shall hear by them.
16:1	AndWhen when David was a little past the top of the ascent, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of assesdonkeys saddled, and uponon them two hundred loaves of bread, and aone hundred clusters of raisins, and aone hundred of summer fruits, and a bottlecontainer of wine.
16:2	AndThe the king said untoto Ziba, What meanestdo thouyou mean by these? And Ziba said, The assesdonkeys are for the kings household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that suchthose aswho are faint in the wilderness may drink.
16:3	AndThe the king said, AndWhere where is thyyour masters son? And Ziba said untoto the king, Behold, he abidethis atstaying in Jerusalem; for he said, ToToday day will the house of Israel will restore me the kingdom of my father.
16:4	Then said the king said to Ziba, Behold, thine is all that pertainethbelongs untoto Mephibosheth is yours. And Ziba said, I dobow obeisance;down. letLet me find favor in thyyour sight, my Lord, O king.
16:5	AndWhen whenKing king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of theSauls house ofcame Saulout, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera;. heHe came out, and cursed still as he came.
16:6	AndHe he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of kingKing David:, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
16:7	AndShimei thus said Shimei when he cursed, BegoneBe gone, begonebe gone, thouyou man of blood, and basewicked fellow:!
16:8	JehovahYahweh hathhas returned uponon theeyou all the blood of theSauls house of Saul, in whose steadplace thouyou hasthave reigned;! andYahweh Jehovahhas hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thyyour son;! andBehold, behold,you thouare artcaught takenby inyour thine own mischief, because thouyou artare a man of blood.!
16:9	Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah untosaid to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my Lord the king? Please let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
16:10	AndThe the king said, What have I to do with you, yeyou sons of Zeruiah? Because he cursethcurses, and because JehovahYahweh hathhas said untoto him, Curse David;, who then shall say, WhereforeWhy hasthave thouyou done so?
16:11	And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forthout fromof my bowels, seekethseeks my life:. howHow much more may this Benjamite, now do it? letLeave him alone, and let him curse; for JehovahYahweh hathhas biddeninvited him.
16:12	It may be that JehovahYahweh will look on the wrong done untoto me, and that JehovahYahweh will requiterepay me good for histhe cursing of me this daytoday.
16:13	So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillhillside sideopposite over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and castthrew dust.
16:14	AndThe the king, and all the people thatwho were with him, camearrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.
16:15	And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
16:16	AndWhen it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, Davids friend, washad come untoto Absalom, that Hushai said untoto Absalom, Long live the king,! Long live the king.!
16:17	And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thyyour kindness to thyyour friend? whyWhy wentestdidnt thouyou notgo with thyyour friend?
16:18	And Hushai said untoto Absalom, NayNo; but whomwhomever Jehovah,Yahweh and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, hisI will Ibe behis, and withI him will Istay abidewith him.
16:19	And againAgain, whom should I serve? shouldShouldnt I not serve in the presence of his son? asAs I have served in thyyour fathers presence, so I will I be in thyyour presence.
16:20	Then Absalom said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do.
16:21	And Ahithophel said untoto Absalom, Go in untoto thyyour fathers concubines, that he hathhas left to keep the house;. andThen all Israel will hear that thouyou artare abhorred ofby thyyour father:. thenThen will the hands of all thatwho are with theeyou will be strong.
16:22	So they spread Absalom a tent uponfor Absalom on the top of the house;, and Absalom went in untoto his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel.
16:23	AndThe the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracleinner sanctuary of God:. soAll was all the counsel of Ahithophel was like this both with David and with Absalom.
17:1	Moreover Ahithophel said untoto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:tonight.
17:2	and I will come uponon him while he is weary and weak handedexhausted, and will make him afraid;. andAll all the people thatwho are with him shallwill flee;. and I will smitestrike the king only;,
17:3	and I will bring back all the people untoto thee:you. theThe man whom thouyou seekestseek is as if all returned:. soAll all the people shall be in peace.
17:4	AndThe the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
17:5	Then Absalom said Absalom, CallNow nowcall Hushai the Archite also, and letlets us hear likewise what he saithsays.
17:6	AndWhen when Hushai washad come to Absalom, Absalom spakespoke untoto him, saying, Ahithophel hathhas spoken afterlike this. manner:Shall shall we do afterwhat hishe sayingsays? ifIf not, speak thouup.
17:7	And Hushai said untoto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hathhas given this time is not good.
17:8	Hushai said moreover, ThouYou knowestknow thyyour father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafedfierce in their minds, aslike a bear robbed of her whelpscubs in the field;. andYour thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
17:9	Behold, he is hid now hidden in some pit, or in some other place:. andIt it will come to passhappen, when some of them arehave fallen at the first, that whosoeverwhoever hearethhears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people thatwho follow Absalom.!
17:10	AndEven even he thatwho is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knowethknows that thyyour father is a mighty man, and theythose thatwho are with him are valiant men.
17:11	But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together untoto theeyou, from Dan even to Beer shebaBeersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thouyou go to battle in thineyour own person.
17:12	So shall we will come uponon him in some place where he shallwill be found, and we will light uponon him as the dew fallethfalls on the ground;, andthen we will not leave so much as one of him and of all the men thatwho are with him we will not leave so much as one.
17:13	Moreover, if he behas gottengone into a city, then shall all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there beisnt not one small stone found there.
17:14	And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For JehovahYahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that JehovahYahweh might bring evil uponon Absalom.
17:15	Then Hushai said Hushaito unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counselcounseled Absalom and the elders of Israel; andthat thusway; and thusI have Icounseled counselledthis way.
17:16	Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, LodgeDont notlodge thistonight night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over;, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people thatwho are with him.
17:17	Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En rogelRogel; and a maidfemale servant used to go and tellreport to them;, and they went and told kingKing David:; for they mightcouldnt notrisk bebeing seen tocoming come into the city.
17:18	But a ladboy saw them, and told Absalom:. andThen they went both ofwent them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thitherthere.
17:19	AndThe the woman took and spread the covering over the wells mouth, and strewedspread bruisedout crushed grain thereonon it; and nothing was known.
17:20	And Absaloms servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? AndThe the woman said untoto them, They arehave gone over the brook of water. AndWhen when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
17:21	AndAfter it came to pass, after they werehad departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told kingKing David; and they said untoto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hathhas Ahithophel counselledcounseled against you.
17:22	Then David arose, and all the people thatwho were with him, and they passed over the Jordan:. byBy the morning light there lacked not one of them thatwho washad not gone over the Jordan.
17:23	AndWhen when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his assdonkey, and arose, and gatwent him home, untoto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchretomb of his father.
17:24	Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
17:25	And Absalom set Amasa over the hostarmy instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, thatwho went in to AbigalAbigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joabs mother.
17:26	And Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
17:27	AndWhen it came to pass, when David washad come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo debarLodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
17:28	brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils, androasted parched pulsegrain,
17:29	and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people thatwho were with him, to eat:; for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
18:1	And David numberedcounted the people thatwho were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
18:2	And David sent forth the people out, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joabs brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. AndThe the king said untoto the people, I will also surely go forthout with you myself also.
18:3	But the people said, ThouYou shaltshall not go forth:out, for if we flee away, they will not care for us;, neither if half of us die, will they care for us:. butBut thouyou artare worth ten thousand of us;. thereforeTherefore now it is better that thouyou beare ready to succorhelp us out of the city.
18:4	AndThe the king said untoto them, WhatI seemethwill youdo what seems best Ito will doyou. AndThe the king stood bybeside the gate side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
18:5	AndThe the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. AndAll all the people heard when the king gavecommanded all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
18:6	So the people went out into the field against Israel:; and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
18:7	AndThe the people of Israel were smittenstruck there before theDavids servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men.
18:8	For the battle was there spread over the facesurface of all the country;, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
18:9	And Absalom chancedhappened to meet theDavids servants of David. And Absalom was riding uponon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak,; and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was takenhanging up between heaventhe sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
18:10	AndA a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.
18:11	And Joab said untoto the man thatwho told him, AndBehold, behold,you thousaw sawest it, and why didstdidnt thouyou notstrike smite him there to the ground? and I would have given theeyou ten pieces of silver, and a girdlesash.
18:12	AndThe the man said untoto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yetI wouldstill Iwouldnt notstretch putout forth my hand against the kings son:; for in our hearing the king chargedcommanded theeyou and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that noneno one touch the young man Absalom.
18:13	Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life and there is no matter hidhidden from the king, then thouyou thyselfyourself wouldestwould have set thyselfyourself against me.
18:14	Then Joab said Joab, IIm may not tarrygoing thusto wait like this with theeyou. AndHe he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through theAbsaloms heart of Absalom, while he was yetstill alive in the midstmiddle of the oak.
18:15	AndTen ten young men thatwho barebore Joabs armor compassedsurrounded about and smotestruck Absalom, and slewkilled him.
18:16	And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people back.
18:17	AndThey they took Absalom, and cast him into thea great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones:. andThen all Israel fled, everyeach one to his own tent.
18:18	Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the kings dale;valley, for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance:memory. andHe he called the pillar after his own name;. andIt it is called Absaloms monument, untoto this day.
18:19	Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me now run, and bearcarry the king tidingsnews, how thatYahweh Jehovahhas hath avenged him of his enemies.
18:20	And Joab said untoto him, ThouYou shaltmust not be the bearer of tidingsnews this daytoday, but thouyou shaltmust bearcarry tidingsnews another day;. butBut thistoday dayyou thoumust shaltcarry bear no tidingsnews, because the kings son is dead.
18:21	Then Joab said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what thouyou hasthave seen.! AndThe the Cushite bowed himself untoto Joab, and ran.
18:22	Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, But come what may, please let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, WhereforeWhy wiltdo thouyou want to run, my son, seeingsince thatyou thouwill wilt have no reward for the tidingsnews?
18:23	But come what may, he said he, I will run. AndHe he said untoto him, Run.! Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
18:24	Now David was sitting between the two gates:; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate untoto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone.
18:25	AndThe the watchman cried,shouted and told the king. AndThe the king said, If he beis alone, there is tidingsnews in his mouth. AndHe he came apace,closer and drew nearcloser.
18:26	AndThe the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called untoto the porter,gatekeeper and said, Behold, anothera man running alone.! AndThe the king said, He also bringethbrings tidingsnews.
18:27	AndThe the watchman said, I think the running of the foremostfirst one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. AndThe the king said, He is a good man, and comethcomes with good tidingsnews.
18:28	And Ahimaaz called, and said untoto the king, All is well. AndHe he bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed beis JehovahYahweh thyyour God, who hathhas delivered up the men thatwho lifted up their hand against my Lord the king.!
18:29	AndThe the king said, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the kings servant, even me thyyour servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knewdont notknow what it was.
18:30	AndThe the king said, TurnCome aside, and stand here. AndHe hecame turned aside, and stood still.
18:31	AndBehold, behold, the Cushite came;. andThe the Cushite said, TidingsGood news for my Lord the king;, for JehovahYahweh hathhas avenged theeyou thistoday day of all themthose thatwho rose up against theeyou.
18:32	AndThe the king said untoto the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? AndThe the Cushite answered, TheMay the enemies of my Lord the king, and all thatwho rise up against theeyou to do theeyou hurtharm, be as that young man is.
18:33	AndThe the king was much moved, and went up to the chamberroom over the gate, and wept:. andAs as he went, thus he said, OMy my son Absalom,! myMy son, my son Absalom! wouldI wish I had died forinstead theeof you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
19:1	AndJoab it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepethweeps and mournethmourns for Absalom.
19:2	AndThe the victory that day was turned into mourning untoamong all the people;, for the people heard sayit said that day, The king grievethgrieves for his son.
19:3	AndThe the people gatsneaked theminto bythe stealthcity that day into the city, as people thatwho are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
19:4	AndThe the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, OMy my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
19:5	And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, ThouToday hastyou have shamed this day the faces of all thyyour servants, who thistoday day have saved thyyour life, and the lives of thyyour sons and of thyyour daughters, and the lives of thyyour wives, and the lives of thyyour concubines;
19:6	in that thouyou lovestlove themthose thatwho hate thee,you and hatesthate themthose thatwho love theeyou. For thouyou hasthave declared thistoday day, that princes and servants are noughtnothing untoto thee:you. forFor thistoday day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had all died this daytoday, then it hadwould have pleased theeyou well.
19:7	Now therefore arise, go forth,out and speak comfortablyto untocomfort thyyour servants; for I swear by JehovahYahweh, if thouyou dont go not forthout, there will not tarry a man will stay with theeyou this night:. andThat thatwould will be worse untoto theeyou than all the evil that hathhas befallenhappened theeto you from thyyour youth until now.
19:8	Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. AndThe theypeople toldwere unto all the peopletold, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate:. andAll all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
19:9	AndAll all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he ishas fled out of the land from Absalom.
19:10	And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speakdont yeyou notspeak a word of bringing the king back?
19:11	AndKing king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak untoto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are yeyou the last to bring the king back to his house?, seeingsince the speech of all Israel ishas come to the king, to bringreturn him to his house.?
19:12	YeYou are my brethren,brothers. yeYou are my bone and my flesh:. whereforeWhy then are yeyou the last to bring back the king?
19:13	AndSay say ye to Amasa, ArtArent thouyou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thouyou bearent not captain of the hostarmy before me continually ininstead the room of Joab.
19:14	AndHe he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man;, so that they sent untoto the king, saying, Return thou, you and all thyyour servants.
19:15	So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
19:16	And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahurim, hastedhurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet kingKing David.
19:17	AndThere there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of theSauls house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.
19:18	AndA there went over a ferry boat went to bring over the kings household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he washad come over the Jordan.
19:19	AndHe he said untoto the king, LetDont notlet my Lord impute iniquity untoto me, neitheror do thou remember that which thyyour servant did perversely the day that my Lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
19:20	For thyyour servant dothknows know that I have sinned:. therefore,Therefore behold, I amhave come thistoday dayas the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my Lord the king.
19:21	But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, ShallShouldnt not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed JehovahsYahwehs anointed?
19:22	And David said, What have I to do with you, yeyou sons of Zeruiah, that yeyou should this day be adversaries untoto me today? shallShall there any man be put to death thistoday day in Israel? forFor dodont not I know that I am this day king over Israel today?
19:23	AndThe the king said untoto Shimei, ThouYou shaltwill not die. AndThe the king swareswore untoto him.
19:24	And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressedgroomed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
19:25	AndWhen it came to pass, when he washad come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said untoto him, WhereforeWhy wentestdidnt notyou thougo with me, Mephibosheth?
19:26	AndHe he answered, My Lord, O king, my servant deceived me:. forFor thyyour servant said, I will saddle mea andonkey assfor myself, that I may ride thereon,on it and go with the king;, because thyyour servant is lame.
19:27	AndHe hehas hath slandered thyyour servant untoto my Lord the king;, but my Lord the king is as an angel of God:. Therefore do therefore what is good in thineyour eyes.
19:28	For all my fathers house were but dead men before my Lord the king; yet didstyou thou set thyyour servant among themthose thatwho didate eat at thineyour own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cryappeal any more untoto the king?
19:29	AndThe the king said untoto him, Why speakestdo thouyou speak any more of thyyour matters? I say, Thouyou and Ziba divide the land.
19:30	And Mephibosheth said untoto the king, yeaYes, let him take all, forasmuchbecause as my Lord the king ishas come in peace untoto his own house.
19:31	And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan.
19:32	Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscoreeighty years old:. andHe he had provided the king with sustenance while he laystayed at Mahanaim;, for he was a very great man.
19:33	AndThe the king said untoto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain theeyou with me in Jerusalem.
19:34	And Barzillai said untoto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king untoto Jerusalem?
19:35	I am thiseighty day fourscore years old:, cantoday. Can I discern between good and bad? canCan thyyour servant taste what I eat or what I drink? canCan I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women any more? whereforeWhy then should thyyour servant be yet a burden untoto my Lord the king?
19:36	ThyYour servant wouldwill but just go over the Jordan with the king:. andWhy why should the king recompenserepay it me with such a reward?
19:37	LetPlease thylet your servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in minemy own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, thyyour servant Chimham; let him go over with my Lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good untoto theeyou.
19:38	AndThe the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good untoto thee:you. andWhatever whatsoeveryou thourequest shalt require of me, that I will I do for theeyou.
19:39	AndAll all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over:. andThen the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned untoto his own place.
19:40	So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him:. andAll all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
19:41	AndBehold, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said untoto the king, Why have our brethrenbrothers the men of Judah stolen theeyou away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all Davids men with him?
19:42	AndAll all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is neara ofclose kinrelative to us:. whereforeWhy then are yeyou angry forabout this matter? haveHave we eaten at all at the kings cost? orOr hathhas he given us any gift?
19:43	AndThe the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more rightclaim into David than ye:you. whyWhy then did yeyou despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? AndThe the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
20:1	AndThere there happened to be there a basewicked fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite:; and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse:. everyEvery man to his tents, O Israel.!
20:2	So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah clavejoined untowith their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
20:3	And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward,custody and provided them with sustenance, but wentdidnt notgo in untoto them. So they were shut up untoto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
20:4	Then said the king said to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present.
20:5	So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together;, but he tarriedstayed longer than the set time which he had been appointed to him.
20:6	And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than did Absalom: takedid. thouTake thyyour Lords servants, and pursue after him, lest he get himhimself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.
20:7	AndJoabs theremen went out after him Joabswith men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
20:8	When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girdedclothed within his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereonon it was a girdlesash with a sword fastened uponon his loinswaist in theits sheath thereof; and as he went forthalong it fell out.
20:9	And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with theeyou, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
20:10	But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joabs hand:. soSo he smotestruck him therewithwith it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struckdidnt strike him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
20:11	AndOne there stood by him one of Joabs young men stood by him, and said, He thatwho favorethfavors Joab, and he thatwho is for David, let him follow Joab.!
20:12	And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midstmiddle of the highway. AndWhen when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that everyeveryone onewho that came by him stood still.
20:13	When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
20:14	AndHe he went through all the tribes of Israel untoto Abel, and to Beth maacahMaacah, and all the Berites:. andThey they were gathered together, and went also after him.
20:15	AndThey they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth maacahMaacah, and they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the people thatwho were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
20:16	Then cried a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear;! Please say, Ito pray you, unto Joab, Come near hitherhere, that I may speak with theeyou.
20:17	AndHe he came near untoto her; and the woman said, ArtAre thouyou Joab? AndHe he answered, I am. Then she said untoto him, Hear the words of thyyour handmaidservant. AndHe he answered, IIm do hearlistening.
20:18	Then she spakespoke, saying, They wereused wont to speaksay in old timetimes, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel:, and so they endedsettled thea matter.
20:19	I am ofamong themthose thatwho are peaceable and faithful in Israel:. thouYou seekestseek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel:. whyWhy wiltwill thouyou swallow up theYahwehs inheritance of Jehovah?
20:20	And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
20:21	The matter is not so:. butBut a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hathhas lifted up his hand against the king, even against David;. Just deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. AndThe the woman said untoto Joab, Behold, his head shallwill be thrown to theeyou over the wall.
20:22	Then the woman went untoto all the people in her wisdom. AndThey they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. AndHe he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. AndThen Joab returned to Jerusalem untoto the king.
20:23	Now Joab was over all the hostarmy of Israel;, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites;,
20:24	and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork;forced andlabor, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;,
20:25	and Sheva was scribe;, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;,
20:26	and also Ira the Jairite was chief minister untoto David.
21:1	AndThere there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the face of JehovahYahweh. AndYahweh Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death the Gibeonites.
21:2	AndThe the king called the Gibeonites, and said untoto them now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites;, and the children of Israel had sworn untoto them:; and Saul sought to slaykill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah;
21:3	and David said untoto the Gibeonites, What shallshould I do for you? andAnd wherewithwith shallwhat should I make atonement, that yeyou may bless theYahwehs inheritance of Jehovah?
21:4	AndThe the Gibeonites said untoto him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. AndHe he said, WhatI ye shall say, that will I do for you whatever you say.
21:5	AndThey they said untoto the king, The man thatwho consumed us, and thatwho devisedplotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
21:6	let seven men of his sons be delivered untoto us, and we will hang them up untoto JehovahYahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of JehovahYahweh. AndThe the king said, I will give them.
21:7	But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of JehovahsYahwehs oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
21:8	But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she barebore untoto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of MichalMerab the daughter of Saul, whom she barebore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:.
21:9	andHe he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites,; and they hanged them inon the mountain before JehovahYahweh, and they fell all seven of them fell together. AndThey they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
21:10	And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for herherself uponon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured uponon them from heaven;the andsky. sheShe sufferedallowed neither the birds of the heavenssky to rest on them by day, nor the beastsanimals of the field by night.
21:11	AndDavid it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
21:12	AndSo David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh gileadGilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth shanShan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slewkilled Saul in Gilboa;
21:13	and he brought up from thencethere the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son:. andThey theyalso gathered the bones of themthose thatwho were hanged.
21:14	AndThey they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchretomb of Kish his father:; and they performed all that the king commanded. AndAfter after that, God wasanswered entreatedprayer for the land.
21:15	AndThe the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxedgrew faint;
21:16	and Ishbi benobIshbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brassbronze in weight, he being girdedarmed with a new sword, thought tohe havewould slainkill David.
21:17	But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoredhelped him, and smotestruck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swareswore untoto him, saying, ThouDont shalt go no more out with us to battle any more, so that thouyou dont quench not the lamp of Israel.
21:18	AndAfter it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob:. thenThen Sibbecai the Hushathite slewkilled Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
21:19	AndThere there was again war with the Philistines at Gob;, and Elhanan the son of Jaare oregimOregim the BethBethlehemite lehemitekilled slew Goliath the GittiteGittites brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weavers beam.
21:20	AndThere there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, thatwho had six fingers on every hand and six fingers,toes and on every foot, sixtwenty toes, four and twenty in number;, and he also was born to the giant.
21:21	AndWhen when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, Davids brother, slewkilled him.
21:22	These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
22:1	And David spakespoke untoto JehovahYahweh the words of this song in the day that JehovahYahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:,
22:2	and he said,: JehovahYahweh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
22:3	God, is my rock, in himwhom will I take refuge; Mymy shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge;. My savioursavior, thouyou savestsave me from violence.
22:4	I will call uponon JehovahYahweh, who is worthy to be praised:; So shall I be saved from minemy enemies.
22:5	For the waves of death compassedsurrounded me;. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:.
22:6	The cords of Sheol were roundaround about me;. The snares of death camecaught upon me.
22:7	In my distress, I called uponon Jehovah;Yahweh. YeaYes, I called untoto my God:. AndHe he heard my voice out of his temple,. AndMy my cry came into his ears.
22:8	Then the earth shook and trembled,. The foundations of heaven quaked Andand were shaken, because he was wrothangry.
22:9	ThereSmoke went up a smoke out of his nostrils,. AndConsuming fire came out of his mouth. devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
22:10	He bowed the heavens also, and came down;. AndThick thick darkness was under his feet.
22:11	AndHe he rode uponon a cherub, and didflew. fly; YeaYes, he was seen uponon the wings of the wind.
22:12	AndHe he made darkness pavilionsa roundshelter aboutaround himhimself, Gatheringgathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
22:13	At the brightness before him, Coalscoals of fire were kindled.
22:14	JehovahYahweh thundered from heaven,. AndThe the Most High uttered his voice.
22:15	AndHe he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, lightning and discomfitedconfused them.
22:16	Then the channels of the sea appeared,. The foundations of the world were laid bare, Byby theYahwehs rebuke of Jehovah, Atat the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
22:17	He sent from on high, and he took me;. He drew me out of many waters;.
22:18	He delivered me from my strong enemy, Fromfrom themthose thatwho hated me;, for they were too mighty for me.
22:19	They came uponon me in the day of my calamity;, Butbut JehovahYahweh was my staysupport.
22:20	He also brought me forthout also into a large place;. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
22:21	JehovahYahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness;. AccordingHe rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
22:22	For I have kept theYahwehs ways of Jehovah, Andand have not wickedly departed from my God.
22:23	For all his ordinances were before me;. AndAs as for his statutes, I diddidnt not depart from them.
22:24	I was also perfect toward him;. And I kept myself from minemy iniquity.
22:25	Therefore hathYahweh Jehovahhas recompensedrewarded me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
22:26	With the merciful thouyou wiltwill show thyselfyourself merciful;. With the perfect man thouyou wiltwill show thyselfyourself perfect;.
22:27	With the pure thouyou wiltwill show thyselfyourself pure;. AndWith with the perversecrooked thouyou wiltwill show thyselfyourself frowardshrewd.
22:28	AndYou will save the afflicted people, thoubut wiltyour save; But thine eyes are uponon the haughtyarrogant, that thouyou mayestmay bring them down.
22:29	For thouyou artare my lamp, OYahweh. Jehovah;Yahweh Andwill Jehovahlight willup lighten my darkness.
22:30	For by theeyou, I run uponagainst a troop;. By my God, do I leap over a wall.
22:31	As for God, his way is perfect:. TheYahwehs word of Jehovah is tried;tested. He is a shield untoto all themthose thatwho take refuge in him.
22:32	For who is God, savebesides JehovahYahweh? AndWho who is a rock, savebesides our God?
22:33	God is my strong fortress;. AndHe hemakes guidethmy theway perfect in his way.
22:34	He makethmakes his feet like hinds feet, Andand settethsets me uponon my high places.
22:35	He teachethteaches my hands to war, Soso that minemy arms do bend a bow of brassbronze.
22:36	ThouYou hasthave also given me the shield of thyyour salvation;. AndYour thy gentleness hathhas made me great.
22:37	ThouYou hasthave enlarged my steps under me;. AndMy my feet have not slipped.
22:38	I have pursued minemy enemies, and destroyed them;. NeitherI diddidnt I turn again tilluntil they were consumed.
22:39	And I have consumed them, and smittenstruck them through, so that they cannotcant arise:. YeaYes, they arehave fallen under my feet.
22:40	For thouyou hasthave girdedarmed me with strength untofor the battle;. ThouYou hasthave subdued under me those thatwho rose up against me.
22:41	ThouYou hasthave also made minemy enemies turn their backs untoto me, Thatthat I might cut off themthose thatwho hate me.
22:42	They looked, but there was noneno one to save; Eveneven untoto JehovahYahweh, but he answereddidnt answer them not.
22:43	Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth,. I didcrushed crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
22:44	ThouYou also hasthave delivered me from the strivings of my people;. ThouYou hasthave kept me to be the head of the nations:. A people whom I have not known shallwill serve me.
22:45	The foreigners shallwill submit themselves untoto me:. As soon as they hear of me, they shallwill obey me.
22:46	The foreigners shallwill fade away, Andand shallwill come trembling out of their close places.
22:47	JehovahYahweh liveth;lives! AndBlessed blessed be my rock;! AndExalted exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
22:48	Eveneven the God thatwho executethexecutes vengeance for me, Andwho thatbrings bringeth down peoples under me,
22:49	Andwho thatbrings bringeth me forthaway from minemy enemies:. YeaYes, thouyou liftestlift me up above themthose thatwho rise up against me;. ThouYou deliverestdeliver me from the violent man.
22:50	Therefore I will give thanks untoto theeyou, O JehovahYahweh, among the nations, Andand will sing praises untoto thyyour name.
22:51	GreatHe deliverancegives givethgreat hedeliverance to his king, Andand showethshows lovingkindnessloving kindness to his anointed, Toto David and to his seedoffspring, forforever evermoremore.
23:1	Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse saithsays, And the man who was raised on high saithsays, Thethe anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel:
23:2	TheYahwehs Spirit ofspoke Jehovah spake by me,. AndHis his word was uponon my tongue.
23:3	The God of Israel said, Thethe Rock of Israel spakespoke to me:, One thatwho rulethrules over men righteously, Thatwho rulethrules in the fear of God,
23:4	He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun risethrises, Aa morning without clouds, Whenwhen the tender grass springethsprings out of the earth, Throughthrough clear shining after rain.
23:5	VerilyIsnt my house is not so with God;? Yet he hathhas made with me an everlasting covenant, Orderedordered in all things, and sure:, Forfor it is all my salvation, and all my desire,. AlthoughWont he makethmake it not to grow.?
23:6	But all the ungodly shallwill be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Becausebecause they cannotcant be taken with the hand;.
23:7	ButThe the man thatwho touchethtouches them Mustmust be armed with iron and the staff of a spear:. AndThey theywill shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.
23:8	These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb basshebethBasshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; thehe same was called Adino the Eznite, againstwho killed eight hundred slain at one time.
23:9	AndAfter after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines thatwho were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel werehad gone away.
23:10	He arose, and smotestruck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clavefroze untoto the sword; and JehovahYahweh wroughtworked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoilplunder.
23:11	AndAfter after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. AndThe the Philistines werehad gathered together into a troop, where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
23:12	But he stood in the midstmiddle of the plot, and defended it, and slewkilled the Philistines; and JehovahYahweh wroughtworked a great victory.
23:13	AndThree three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time untoto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
23:14	And David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth lehemBethlehem.
23:15	And David longed,said and saidlongingly, Oh that onesomeone would give me water to drink offrom the well of Beth lehemBethlehem, which is by the gate!
23:16	AndThe the three mighty men brakebroke through the hostarmy of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of BethBethlehem lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David:; but he would not drink thereofof it, but poured it out untoto JehovahYahweh.
23:17	AndHe he said, Be it far from me, O JehovahYahweh, that I should do this:! shallIsnt Ithis drink the blood of the men thatwho wentrisked intheir jeopardylives ofto their livesgo? thereforeTherefore he would not drink it. TheseThe thingsthree didmighty themen threedid mightythese menthings.
23:18	And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. AndHe he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slewkilled them, and had a name among the three.
23:19	WasWasnt he not most honorable of the three? thereforeTherefore he was made their captain:. howbeitHowever he attainedwasnt notincluded untoas one of the first three.
23:20	And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, hekilled slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab:. heHe also went down also and slewkilled a lion in the midstmiddle of a pit in a time of snow.
23:21	AndHe hekilled slewa anhuge Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptians hand, and slewkilled him with his own spear.
23:22	These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men.
23:23	He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attaineddidnt notattain to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
23:24	Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty;: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth lehemBethlehem,
23:31	AbiAbialbon albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
23:37	Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearersarmor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
23:39	and Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
24:1	AndAgain againYahwehs the anger ofburned Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, numbercount Israel and Judah.
24:2	AndThe the king said to Joab the captain of the hostarmy, who was with him, GoNow nowgo toback and froforth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer shebaBeersheba, and numbercount ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.
24:3	And Joab said untoto the king, Now Jehovahmay thyYahweh your God add untoto the people, howhowever many soever they may be, aone hundredfoldhundred times; and may the eyes of my Lord the king see it:. butBut why dothdoes my Lord the king delight in this thing?
24:4	Notwithstanding, the kings word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the hostarmy. And Joab and the captains of the hostarmy went out from the presence of the king, to numbercount the people of Israel.
24:5	AndThey they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and untoto Jazer:;
24:6	then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim hodshiHodshi; and they came to Dan jaan,Jaan and roundaround about to Sidon,
24:7	and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer shebaBeersheba.
24:8	So when they had gone toback and froforth through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
24:9	And Joab gave up the sum of the numberingcounting of the people untoto the king:; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men thatwho drew the sword;, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
24:10	And Davids heart smotestruck him after that he had numberedcounted the people. And David said untoto JehovahYahweh, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done:. butBut now, O JehovahYahweh, put away, I beseechbeg theeyou, the iniquity of thyyour servant; for I have done very foolishly.
24:11	AndWhen when David rose up in the morning, theYahwehs word of Jehovah came untoto the prophet Gad, Davids seer, saying,
24:12	Go and speak untoto David, ThusYahweh saith Jehovahsays, I offer theeyou three things:. chooseChoose thee one of them, that I may do it untoto theeyou.
24:13	So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto himsaying, Shall seven years of famine come untoto theeyou in thyyour land? orOr wiltwill thouyou flee three months before thyyour foes while they pursue theeyou? orOr shall there be three days pestilence in thyyour land? nowNow advise theeanswer, and consider what answer I shall return to him thatwho sent me.
24:14	And David said untoto Gad, I am in adistress. greatLet strait: let us fall now into theYahwehs hand, of Jehovah; for his mercies are great;. andLet let me not fall into themans hand of man.
24:15	So JehovahYahweh sent a pestilence uponon Israel from the morning even to the appointed time appointed; and thereseventy thousand men died of the people from Dan even to Beer sheba seventy thousand menBeersheba.
24:16	AndWhen when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, JehovahYahweh repentedrelented him of the evildisaster, and said to the angel thatwho destroyed the people, It is enough;. nowNow staywithdraw thyyour hand. AndYahwehs the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
24:17	And David spakespoke untoto JehovahYahweh when he saw the angel thatwho smotestruck the people, and said, LoBehold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let thyyour hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my fathers house.
24:18	And Gad came that day to David, and said untoto him, Go up, rearbuild an altar untoto JehovahYahweh inon the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
24:19	And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as JehovahYahweh commanded.
24:20	And Araunah looked forthout, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him:. andThen Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
24:21	And Araunah said, WhereforeWhy ishas my Lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy theyour threshing floor of thee, to build an altar untoto JehovahYahweh, that the plague may be stayedstopped from afflicting the people.
24:22	And Araunah said untoto David, Let my Lord the king take and offer up what seemethseems good untoto him:. beholdBehold, the oxencattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing instrumentssledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:.
24:23	allAll this, O king, dothdoes Araunah give untoto the king. And Araunah said untoto the king, JehovahMay thyYahweh your God accept theeyou.
24:24	AndThe the king said untoto Araunah, Nay;No, but I will verilymost certainly buy it offrom theeyou atfor a price;. neitherI will Inot offer burnt offerings untoto JehovahYahweh my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
24:25	And David built there an altar untoto JehovahYahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So JehovahYahweh was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayedremoved from Israel.