| 1:2 |
it came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. |
| 1:5 |
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son beare dead? |
| 1:6 |
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leanedwas leaning upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him. |
| 1:9 |
And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me,; for anguish hath taken hold of me;, because my life is yet whole in me. |
| 1:12 |
and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LordJehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. |
| 1:13 |
And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a strangersojourner, an Amalekite. |
| 1:14 |
And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thinethy hand to destroy theJehovahs LordS anointed? |
| 1:15 |
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him, so that he died. |
| 1:16 |
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain theJehovahs LordS anointed. |
| 1:17 |
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: |
| 1:18 |
Andand he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar.: |
| 1:19 |
Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! howHow are the mighty fallen! |
| 1:20 |
Tell it not in Gath, publishPublish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lestLest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lestLest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. |
| 1:21 |
Ye mountains of Gilboa, letLet there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings: forFor there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, theThe shield of Saul, not anointed with oil. |
| 1:22 |
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, theThe bow of Jonathan turned not back, andAnd the sword of Saul returned not empty. |
| 1:23 |
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, andAnd in their death they were not divided;: theyThey were swifter than eagles, theyThey were stronger than lions. |
| 1:24 |
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, whoWho clothed you in scarlet delicately, whoWho put ornaments of gold upon your apparel. |
| 1:26 |
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: veryVery pleasant hast thou been unto me: thyThy love to me was wonderful, passingPassing the love of women. |
| 1:27 |
How are the mighty fallen, andAnd the weapons of war perished! |
| 2:1 |
And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LordJehovah, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And theJehovah Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. |
| 2:5 |
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LordJehovah, that ye have shewedshowed this kindness unto your Lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. |
| 2:6 |
And now theJehovah Lordshow shewlovingkindness kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye 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. |
| 2:10 |
Ish bosheth, 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. |
| 2:15 |
Then they arose and went over by number;: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. |
| 2:21 |
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armourarmor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. |
| 2:23 |
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the bellybody, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. |
| 2:25 |
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of ana hill. |
| 2:28 |
So Joab blew the trumpet,; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they 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. |
| 3:2 |
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstbornfirst born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; |
| 3:5 |
and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, Davids wife. These were born to David in Hebron. |
| 3:6 |
And it comecame to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul. |
| 3:8 |
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish bosheth, and said, Am I a dogs head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I shewshow kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David,; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman. |
| 3:9 |
God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as theJehovah Lord hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him; |
| 3:10 |
to translatetransfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer sheba. |
| 3:13 |
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee:; but one thing I require of thee,: that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Sauls daughter, when thou comest to see my face. |
| 3:14 |
And David sent messengers to Ish bosheth, Sauls son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for ana hundred foreskins of the Philistines. |
| 3:18 |
now then do it:; for theJehovah Lord hath 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. |
| 3:27 |
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the bellybody, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. |
| 3:28 |
And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before theJehovah Lord for ever fromof the blood of Abner the son of Ner: |
| 3:34 |
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: asAs a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him. |
| 3:36 |
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them:; as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. |
| 3:39 |
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah beare too hard for me: theJehovah Lord reward the wickedevil doer according to his wickedness. |
| 4:2 |
And Ish bosheth, Sauls son, had two men that were captains of bands: the 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 reckoned to Benjamin: |
| 4:4 |
Now Jonathan, Sauls son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel,; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. |
| 4:6 |
And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him in the bellybody: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. |
| 4:8 |
And they brought the head of Ish bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish bosheth, the son of Saul, thine enemy, whichwho sought thy life; and theJehovah Lord hath avenged my Lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. |
| 4:9 |
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As theJehovah Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, |
| 5:2 |
In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and theJehovah Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feedbe shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel. |
| 5:3 |
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LordJehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel. |
| 5:5 |
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six mouths:months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. |
| 5:6 |
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land:, whichwho spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither:; thinking, David cannot come in hither. |
| 5:7 |
Nevertheless David took the strongstronghold hold of Zion; the same is the city of David. |
| 5:9 |
And David dwelt in the strong holdstronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. |
| 5:10 |
And David waxed greater and greater; for the LordJehovah, the God of hosts, was with him. |
| 5:11 |
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons:; and they built David ana house. |
| 5:12 |
And David perceived that theJehovah Lord 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 out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron:; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. |
| 5:14 |
And these beare the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem;: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, |
| 5:15 |
and Ibhar, and Elishua;, and Nepheg, and Japhia;, |
| 5:17 |
And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the holdstronghold. |
| 5:19 |
And David inquired of the LordJehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into minemy hand? And theJehovah Lord said unto David, Go up:; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thinethy hand. |
| 5:20 |
And David came to Baal perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, TheJehovah Lord hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal perazim. |
| 5:21 |
And they left their images there,; and David and his men took them away. |
| 5:23 |
And when David inquired of the LordJehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. |
| 5:24 |
And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself:; for then is theJehovah Lord gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. |
| 5:25 |
And David did so, as theJehovah Lord commanded him;, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer. |
| 6:2 |
And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale Judahjudah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of theJehovah Lord of hosts that sitteth uponabove the cherubim. |
| 6:3 |
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, dravedrove the new cart. |
| 6:5 |
And David and all the house of Israel played before theJehovah Lord with all manner of instruments made of fir wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals. |
| 6:7 |
And the anger of theJehovah Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. |
| 6:8 |
And David was displeased, because theJehovah Lord had broken forth upon Uzzah:; and he called that place Perez uzzah, unto this day. |
| 6:9 |
And David was afraid of theJehovah Lord that day; and he said, How shall the ark of theJehovah Lord come unto me? |
| 6:10 |
So David would not remove the ark of theJehovah Lord unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed edom the Gittite. |
| 6:11 |
And the ark of theJehovah Lord remained in the house of Obed edom the Gittite three months: and theJehovah Lord blessed Obed edom, and all his house. |
| 6:12 |
And it was told king David, saying, TheJehovah Lord hath blessed the house of Obed edom, and all that pertaineth tounto him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed edom into the city of David with joy. |
| 6:13 |
And it was so, that, when they that bare the ark of theJehovah Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. |
| 6:14 |
And David danced before theJehovah Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. |
| 6:15 |
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of theJehovah Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. |
| 6:16 |
And it was so, as the ark of theJehovah Lord came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LordJehovah; and she despised him in her heart. |
| 6:17 |
And they brought in the ark of the LordJehovah, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it:; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LordJehovah. |
| 6:18 |
And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of theJehovah Lord of hosts. |
| 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 todayto day, who uncovered himself todayto day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! |
| 6:21 |
And David said unto Michal, It was before the LordJehovah, whichwho chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the LordJehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LordJehovah. |
| 6:22 |
And I will be yet more vile than thusthis, and will be base in mine own sight: but of the handmaids whichof whom thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honourhonor. |
| 7:1 |
And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and theJehovah Lord had given him rest from all his enemies round about, |
| 7:2 |
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in ana house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. |
| 7:3 |
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thinethy heart; for theJehovah Lord is with thee. |
| 7:4 |
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of theJehovah Lord came unto Nathan, saying, |
| 7:5 |
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LordJehovah, Shalt thou build me ana house for me to dwell in? |
| 7:6 |
for I have not dwelt in ana house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. |
| 7:7 |
In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feedbe shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me ana house of cedar? |
| 7:8 |
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith theJehovah Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel:; |
| 7:11 |
and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover theJehovah Lord telleth thee that theJehovah Lord will make thee ana house. |
| 7:12 |
When thy days beare fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, whichthat shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. |
| 7:13 |
He shall build ana house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. |
| 7:15 |
but my mercylovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. |
| 7:16 |
And thinethy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. |
| 7:18 |
Then David the king went in, and sat before the LordJehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord GODJehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? |
| 7:19 |
And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord GODJehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servants house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of men, O Lord GODJehovah! |
| 7:20 |
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord GODJehovah. |
| 7:22 |
Wherefore thou art great, O LordJehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besidebesides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |
| 7:23 |
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whichwhom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods? |
| 7:24 |
And thou didst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, LordJehovah, becamest their God. |
| 7:25 |
And now, O LordJehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. |
| 7:26 |
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, TheJehovah Lord of hosts is God over Israel:; and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee. |
| 7:27 |
For thou, O LordJehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee ana house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. |
| 7:28 |
And now, O Lord GODJehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant: |
| 7:29 |
now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee:; for thou, O Lord GODJehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. |
| 8:2 |
And he 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 fineline to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought presentstribute. |
| 8:4 |
And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghedhocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for ana hundred chariots. |
| 8:5 |
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succoursuccor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. |
| 8:6 |
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus:; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought presentstribute. And theJehovah Lord gave victory to David whithersoever he went. |
| 8:11 |
Thesethese also did king David dedicate unto the LordJehovah, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued; |
| 8:13 |
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men. |
| 8:14 |
And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And theJehovah Lord gave victory to David whithersoever he went. |
| 8:15 |
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgementjustice and justicerighteousness unto all his people. |
| 8:16 |
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:; |
| 8:18 |
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and Davids sons were priestschief ministers. |
| 9:1 |
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shewshow him kindness for Jonathans sake? |
| 9:3 |
And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shewshow the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, whichwho is lame onof his feet. |
| 9:6 |
And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold, thy servant! |
| 9:7 |
And David said unto him, Fear not:; for I will surely shewshow thee kindness for Jonathan thy fathers sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. |
| 9:13 |
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem:; for he did eat continually at the kings table;. andAnd he was lame onin both his feet. |
| 10:2 |
And David said, I will shewshow kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewedshowed kindness unto me. So David sent by the hand of 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 unto Hanun their Lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honourhonor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? |
| 10:8 |
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the enteringentrance in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah, and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. |
| 10:10 |
Andand 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 |
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me:; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. |
| 10:12 |
Be of good courage, and let us play the menman for our people, and for the cities of our God: and theJehovah Lord do that which seemeth him good. |
| 10:17 |
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. |
| 10:18 |
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there. |
| 11:4 |
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness; and she returned unto her house. |
| 11:8 |
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the kings house, and there followed him a mess of meatfood from the king. |
| 11:10 |
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thinethy house? |
| 11:11 |
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths; and my Lord Joab, and the servants of my Lord, are encamped in the open field; shall I then go into minemy house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. |
| 11:12 |
And David said to Uriah, Tarry here todayto day also, and tomorrowto morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. |
| 11:21 |
who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. |
| 11:22 |
So the messenger went, and came and shewedshowed David all that Joab had sent him for. |
| 11:23 |
And the messenger said unto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the enteringentrance of the gate. |
| 11:24 |
And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall; and some of the kings servants beare dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. |
| 11:25 |
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another:; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. |
| 11:27 |
And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LordJehovah. |
| 12:1 |
And theJehovah Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. |
| 12:2 |
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:; |
| 12:5 |
And Davids anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As theJehovah Lord liveth, the man that hath done this is worthy to die: |
| 12:7 |
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LordJehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; |
| 12:9 |
Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the LordJehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. |
| 12:10 |
Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from thinethy house;, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. |
| 12:11 |
Thus saith the LordJehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house,; and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbourneighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. |
| 12:13 |
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LordJehovah. And Nathan said unto David, TheJehovah Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. |
| 12:14 |
Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of theJehovah Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. |
| 12:15 |
And Nathan departed unto his house. And theJehovah Lord struck the child that Uriahs wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. |
| 12:18 |
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead:; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he hearkened not unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?! |
| 12:19 |
But when David saw that his servants whisperedwere whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead:; and David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. |
| 12:20 |
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel; and he came into the house of the LordJehovah, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. |
| 12:22 |
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether theJehovah Lord will not be gracious to me, that the child may live? |
| 12:23 |
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shallwill not return to me. |
| 12:24 |
And David comforted Bath sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And theJehovah Lord loved him; |
| 12:25 |
and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet,; and he called his name Jedidiah, for theJehovahs LordS sake. |
| 12:27 |
And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah,; yea, 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 after my name. |
| 13:2 |
And Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anyanything thing unto her. |
| 13:3 |
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, Davids brother: and Jonadab was a very subtilsubtle man. |
| 13:5 |
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it atfrom her hand. |
| 13:6 |
So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat atfrom her hand. |
| 13:10 |
And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat offrom thinethy hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. |
| 13:11 |
And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister. |
| 13:13 |
And I, whither shall I carry my shame? and as for thee, thou shaltwilt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. |
| 13:14 |
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice:; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her. |
| 13:18 |
And she had a garment of divers colourscolors upon her:; for with such robes were the kings daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. |
| 13:19 |
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colourscolors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went. |
| 13:22 |
And Absalom spake unto Amnon neither good nor bad:; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. |
| 13:23 |
And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearerssheep shearers in Baal hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the kings sons. |
| 13:24 |
And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearerssheep shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant. |
| 13:27 |
But Absalom pressed him, thatand he let Amnon and all the kings sons go with him. |
| 13:28 |
And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Amnons heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you, smiteSmite Amnon, then kill him,; fear not:; have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. |
| 13:30 |
And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the kings sons, and there is not one of them left. |
| 13:32 |
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, Davids brother, answered and said, Let not 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 hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. |
| 13:33 |
Now therefore let not my Lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the kings sons are dead:; for Amnon only is dead. |
| 14:2 |
And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hadhath a long time mourned for the dead: |
| 14:5 |
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered;, Of a truth I am a widow woman, and minemy husband is dead. |
| 14:7 |
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thinethy handmaid, and they saidsay, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also:. thusThus shallwill they quench my coal which is left, and shallwill leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth. |
| 14:8 |
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thinethy house, and I will give charge concerning thee. |
| 14:9 |
And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My Lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my fathers house:; and the king and his throne be guiltless. |
| 14:11 |
Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember theJehovah Lord thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As theJehovah Lord liveth, there shaltshall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. |
| 14:12 |
Then the woman said, Let thinethy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my Lord the king. And he said, Say on. |
| 14:13 |
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one whichthat is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one. |
| 14:16 |
For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. |
| 14:17 |
Then thinethy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my Lord the king be comfortable:; for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king to discern good and bad: and theJehovah Lord thy God be with thee. |
| 14:19 |
And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my Lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my Lord the king hath spoken:; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thinethy handmaid; |
| 14:21 |
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom againback. |
| 14:22 |
And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king:; endand Joab said, TodayTo day thy servant knoweth that I have found gracefavor in thy sight, my Lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of his servant. |
| 14:26 |
And when he polledcut the hair of his head, now it was at every years end that he polledcut it:; because theit hair was heavy on him, therefore he polledcut it:; he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the kings weight. |
| 14:32 |
And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still:. nowNow therefore let me see the kings face; and if there be 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. |
| 15:2 |
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgementjudgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. |
| 15:4 |
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man whichwho hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! |
| 15:5 |
And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. |
| 15:6 |
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgementjudgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. |
| 15:7 |
And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LordJehovah, in Hebron. |
| 15:8 |
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If theJehovah Lord shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LordJehovah. |
| 15:11 |
And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knew not any thinganything. |
| 15:12 |
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, Davids counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offeredwas offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. |
| 15:15 |
And the kings servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my Lord the king shall choose. |
| 15:16 |
And the king went forth, and all his household after him,. And the king left ten women, whichthat were concubines, to keep the house. |
| 15:18 |
And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men whichthat came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. |
| 15:19 |
Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the king: for thou art a strangerforeigner, and also an exile; return to thine own place. |
| 15:21 |
And Ittai answered the king, and said, As theJehovah Lord liveth, and as my Lord the king liveth, surely in what place my Lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be. |
| 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 that were with him. |
| 15:24 |
And, lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God,; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city. |
| 15:25 |
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favourfavor in the eyes of the LordJehovah, he will bring me again, and shewshow me both it, and his habitation: |
| 15:31 |
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LordJehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. |
| 15:32 |
And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top of the ascent, where God was worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:. |
| 15:33 |
And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou shaltwilt be a burden unto me: |
| 15:34 |
but if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy fathers servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant:; then shaltwilt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel. |
| 15:36 |
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadoks son, and Jonathan, Abiathars son; and by them ye shall send unto me everyeverything thing that ye shall hear. |
| 15:37 |
So Hushai, Davids friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem. |
| 16:1 |
And when David was a little past the top of the ascent, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and ana hundred clusters of raisins, and ana hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. |
| 16:2 |
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses beare for the kings household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as beare faint in the wilderness may drink. |
| 16:3 |
And the king said, And where is thy masters son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem:; for he said, TodayTo shallday will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. |
| 16:4 |
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favourfavor in thy sight, my Lord, O king. |
| 16:5 |
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera:; he came out, and cursed still as he came. |
| 16:7 |
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and manbase of Belialfellow: |
| 16:8 |
TheJehovah Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and theJehovah Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son:; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood. |
| 16:10 |
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curseth, and because theJehovah Lord hath said unto him, Curse David; who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so? |
| 16:11 |
And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, whichwho came forth offrom my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more may this Benjamite now do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for theJehovah Lord hath bidden him. |
| 16:12 |
It may be that theJehovah Lord will look on the wrong done unto me, and that theJehovah Lord will requite me good for his cursing of me this day. |
| 16:13 |
So David and his men went by the way:; and Shimei went along on the hill side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. |
| 16:15 |
And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. |
| 16:16 |
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, Davids friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, GodLong savelive the king, GodLong savelive the king. |
| 16:18 |
And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LordJehovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide. |
| 16:21 |
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy fathers concubines, whichthat he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shallwill hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shallwill the hands of all that are with thee be strong. |
| 16:23 |
And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselledgave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. |
| 17:2 |
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid:; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:; |
| 17:8 |
Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they beare mighty men, and they beare chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field:; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. |
| 17:9 |
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them beare fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. |
| 17:10 |
And even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shallwill utterly melt:; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they whichthat beare with him are valiant men. |
| 17:12 |
So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground:; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one. |
| 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 theJehovah Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that theJehovah Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. |
| 17:15 |
Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests., Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. |
| 17:16 |
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night at the fords of the wilderness, but inby anyall wisemeans pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. |
| 17:17 |
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayedwere staying by En rogel; and a maidservantmaid servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David: for they might not be seen to come into the city. |
| 17:19 |
And the woman took and spread the covering over the wells mouth, and strewed bruised corngrain thereon; and nothing was known. |
| 17:20 |
And Absaloms servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They beare gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. |
| 17:21 |
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water:; for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you. |
| 17:22 |
Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan. |
| 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 host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joabs mother. |
| 17:26 |
And Israel and Absalom pitchedencamped in the land of Gilead. |
| 17:28 |
brought beds, and basonsbasins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corngrain, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, |
| 17:29 |
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kinethe herd, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people isare hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. |
| 18:3 |
But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but thou art worth ten thousand of us:; therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succoursuccor us out of the city. |
| 18:8 |
For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country:; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. |
| 18:9 |
And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom rodewas riding upon 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 taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on. |
| 18:11 |
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle. |
| 18:12 |
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in minemy hand, yet would I not put forth minemy hand against the kings son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. |
| 18:13 |
Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life, and there is no matter hid from the king, then thou thyself wouldest have stoodset aloofthyself against me. |
| 18:15 |
And ten young men that bare Joabs armourarmor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. |
| 18:16 |
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel:; for Joab held back the people. |
| 18:18 |
Now Absalom in his lifelifetime time had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the kings dale:; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name:; and it is called Absaloms monument, unto this day. |
| 18:19 |
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that theJehovah Lord hath avenged him of his enemies. |
| 18:20 |
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not be the bearer of tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day:; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the kings son is dead. |
| 18:21 |
Then said Joab to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what thou hast seen. And the Cushite bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. |
| 18:23 |
But come what may, said he, I will run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and overranoutran the Cushite. |
| 18:24 |
Now David satwas sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone. |
| 18:26 |
And the watchman saw another man running:; and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold, another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. |
| 18:27 |
And the watchman said, MeI thinkeththink the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. |
| 18:28 |
And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be theJehovah Lord thy God, whichwho hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my Lord the king. |
| 18:31 |
And, behold, the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Tidings for my Lord the king:; for theJehovah Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. |
| 18:33 |
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! |
| 19:2 |
And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people:; for the people heard say that day, The king grieveth for his son. |
| 19:5 |
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, whichwho this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; |
| 19:7 |
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants:; for I swear by the LordJehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now. |
| 19:8 |
Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king dothis sitsitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent. |
| 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, whichwho was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. |
| 19:17 |
And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the 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 |
And there went over a ferry boat 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 was come over the Jordan. |
| 19:21 |
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed theJehovahs LordS anointed? |
| 19:28 |
For all my fathers house were but dead men before my Lord the king:; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king? |
| 19:30 |
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yeayea, let him take all, forasmuch as my Lord the king is come in peace unto 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. |
| 19:36 |
Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? |
| 19:39 |
And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over: and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place. |
| 19:41 |
And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king;, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all Davids men with him? |
| 19:42 |
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then beare ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all ofat the kings cost? or hath he given us any gift? |
| 19:43 |
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king;, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. |
| 20:1 |
And there happened to be there a manbase of Belialfellow, 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: every 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 clave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem. |
| 20:5 |
So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together:; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. |
| 20:6 |
And David said to Abishai, Now shallwill Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy Lords servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fencedfortified cities, and escape out of our sight. |
| 20:7 |
And there went out after him Joabs 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. |
| 20:10 |
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joabs hand: so he smote him therewith in the bellybody, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. |
| 20:11 |
And there stood by him one of Joabs young men, and said, He that favourethfavoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab. |
| 20:15 |
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth maacah, and they cast up a mountmound against the city, and it stood against the rampart:; and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. |
| 20:17 |
And he came near unto her,; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thinethy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. |
| 20:18 |
Then she spake, saying, theyThey were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. |
| 20:19 |
I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LordJehovah? |
| 20:21 |
The matter is not so: but a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David:; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. |
| 20:23 |
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel:; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:; |
| 20:24 |
and Adoram was over the tribute:men subject to taskwork; and 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 also the Jairite was priestchief minister unto David. |
| 21:1 |
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LordJehovah. And theJehovah Lord said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites. |
| 21:2 |
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto 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 unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah:; |
| 21:3 |
and David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LordJehovah? |
| 21:6 |
let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto theJehovah Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of theJehovah. Lord; And the king said, I will give them. |
| 21:7 |
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of theJehovahs LordS oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. |
| 21:9 |
Andand he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the LordJehovah, and they fell all seven together:. andAnd 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 her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the airheavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. |
| 21:12 |
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh gilead, whichwho had stolen them from the street of Beth shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa:; |
| 21:13 |
and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son;: and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. |
| 21:15 |
And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines:. andAnd David waxed faint,; |
| 21:16 |
and Ishbi benob, whichwho was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. |
| 21:17 |
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succouredsuccored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel. |
| 21:18 |
And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, whichwho was of the sons of the giant. |
| 21:21 |
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, Davids brother, slew him. |
| 22:1 |
And David spake unto theJehovah Lord the words of this song in the day that theJehovah Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: |
| 22:2 |
and he said, TheJehovah Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; |
| 22:3 |
The God, of my rock, in him will I trusttake refuge; myMy shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; myMy saviour, thou savest me from violence. |
| 22:4 |
I will call upon the LordJehovah, who is worthy to be praised: soSo shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
| 22:5 |
For the waves of death compassed me,; theThe floods of ungodliness made me afraid.: |
| 22:6 |
The cords of Sheol were round about me:; theThe snares of death came upon me. |
| 22:7 |
In my distress I called upon theJehovah; LordYea, yea, I called unto my God: andAnd he heard my voice out of his temple, andAnd my cry came into his ears. |
| 22:8 |
Then the earth shook and trembled, theThe foundations of heaven movedquaked andAnd were shaken, because he was wroth. |
| 22:9 |
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, andAnd fire out of his mouth devoured: coalsCoals were kindled by it. |
| 22:10 |
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; andAnd thick darkness was under his feet. |
| 22:11 |
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:; yeaYea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind. |
| 22:12 |
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, gatheringGathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. |
| 22:13 |
At the brightness before him coalsCoals of fire were kindled. |
| 22:14 |
TheJehovah Lord thundered from heaven, andAnd the Most High uttered his voice. |
| 22:15 |
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightningLightning, and discomfited them. |
| 22:16 |
Then the channels of the sea appeared, theThe foundations of the world were laid bare, byBy the rebuke of the LordJehovah, atAt the blast of the breath of his nostrils. |
| 22:17 |
He sent from on high, he took me; heHe drew me out of many waters; |
| 22:18 |
He delivered me from my strong enemy, fromFrom them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me. |
| 22:19 |
They came upon me in the day of my calamity:; butBut theJehovah Lord was my stay. |
| 22:20 |
He brought me forth also into a large place:; heHe delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
| 22:21 |
TheJehovah Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness:; accordingAccording to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
| 22:22 |
For I have kept the ways of the LordJehovah, andAnd have not wickedly departed from my God. |
| 22:23 |
For all his judgementsordinances were before me:; andAnd as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. |
| 22:24 |
I was also perfect toward him,; andAnd I kept myself from mine iniquity. |
| 22:25 |
Therefore hath theJehovah Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness;, accordingAccording to my cleanness in his eyesight. |
| 22:26 |
With the merciful thou wilt shewshow thyself merciful,; withWith the perfect man thou wilt shewshow thyself perfect; |
| 22:27 |
With the pure thou wilt shewshow thyself pure; andAnd with the perverse thou wilt shewshow thyself froward. |
| 22:28 |
And the afflicted people thou wilt save:; butBut thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. |
| 22:29 |
For thou art my lamp, O Lord:Jehovah; andAnd theJehovah Lord will lighten my darkness. |
| 22:30 |
For by thee I run upon a troop:; byBy my God do I leap over a wall. |
| 22:31 |
As for God, his way is perfect: theThe word of theJehovah Lord is tried; heHe is a shield unto all them that trusttake refuge in him. |
| 22:32 |
For who is God, save the LordJehovah? andAnd who is a rock, save our God? |
| 22:33 |
God is my strong fortress:; andAnd he guideth the perfect in his way. |
| 22:34 |
He maketh his feet like hinds feet:, andAnd setteth me upon my high places. |
| 22:35 |
He teacheth my hands to war;, soSo that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. |
| 22:36 |
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:; andAnd thy gentleness hath made me great. |
| 22:37 |
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,; andAnd my feet have not slipped. |
| 22:38 |
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; neitherNeither did I turn again till they were consumed. |
| 22:39 |
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise;: yeaYea, they are fallen under my feet. |
| 22:40 |
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:; thouThou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. |
| 22:41 |
Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, thatThat I might cut off them that hate me. |
| 22:42 |
They looked, but there was none to save; evenEven unto the LordJehovah, but he answered them not. |
| 22:43 |
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stampcrush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad. |
| 22:44 |
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; thouThou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: aA people whom I have not known shall serve me. |
| 22:45 |
The strangersforeigners shall submit themselves unto me: asAs soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. |
| 22:46 |
The strangersforeigners shall fade away, andAnd shall come trembling out of their close places. |
| 22:47 |
TheJehovah Lord liveth; andAnd blessed be my rock; andAnd exalted be the God, of the rock of my salvation:, |
| 22:48 |
Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, andAnd that bringeth down peoples under me, |
| 22:49 |
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: yeaYea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me:; thouThou deliverest me from the violent man. |
| 22:50 |
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LordJehovah, among the nations, andAnd will sing praises unto thy name. |
| 22:51 |
Great deliverance giveth he to his king:, andAnd shewethshoweth lovingkindness to his anointed, toTo David and to his seed, for evermore. |
| 23:1 |
Now these beare the last words of David. David the son of Jesse saith, andAnd the man who was raised on high saith, theThe anointed of the God of Jacob, andAnd the sweet psalmist of Israel: |
| 23:2 |
The spiritSpirit of theJehovah Lord spake by me, andAnd his word was upon my tongue. |
| 23:3 |
The God of Israel said, theThe Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, thatThat ruleth in the fear of God, |
| 23:4 |
He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, aA morning without clouds;, whenWhen the tender grass springeth out of the earth, throughThrough clear shining after rain. |
| 23:5 |
Verily my house is not so with God; yetYet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, orderedOrdered in all things, and sure: forFor it is all my salvation, and all my desire, althoughAlthough he maketh it not to grow. |
| 23:6 |
But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, forBecause they cannot be taken with the hand:; |
| 23:7 |
But the man that toucheth them mustMust be armed with iron and the staff of a spear;: andAnd they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place. |
| 23:8 |
These beare the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time. |
| 23:9 |
And 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 that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:. |
| 23:10 |
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword:; and theJehovah Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoil. |
| 23:11 |
And after him was Shammah the son of AgceAgee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines. |
| 23:12 |
But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines:; and theJehovah Lord wrought a great victory. |
| 23:13 |
And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines werewas encamped in the valley of Rephaim. |
| 23:14 |
And David was then in the hold,stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth lehem. |
| 23:15 |
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth lehem, which is by the gate! |
| 23:16 |
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LordJehovah. |
| 23:17 |
And he said, Be it far from me, O LordJehovah, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men. |
| 23:19 |
Was he not most honourablehonorable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. |
| 23:20 |
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:. |
| 23:23 |
He was more honourablehonorable than the thirty, but he attained not 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 lehem;, |
| 23:25 |
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite;, |
| 23:26 |
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;, |
| 23:27 |
Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite;, |
| 23:28 |
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite;, |
| 23:29 |
Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin;, |
| 23:30 |
Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash;. |
| 23:31 |
Abi albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite;, |
| 23:32 |
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan;, |
| 23:33 |
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite;, |
| 23:34 |
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;, |
| 23:35 |
Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite;, |
| 23:36 |
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite;, |
| 23:37 |
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearersarmorbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah;, |
| 23:38 |
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite;, |
| 24:1 |
And again the anger of theJehovah Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. |
| 24:2 |
And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, whichwho was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people. |
| 24:3 |
And Joab said unto the king, Now theJehovah Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they may be, ana hundredfold,; and may the eyes of my Lord the king see it: but why doth my Lord the king delight in this thing? |
| 24:4 |
Notwithstanding, the kings word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. |
| 24:5 |
And they passed over the Jordan, and pitchedencamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and unto Jazer,: |
| 24:6 |
then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim hodshi; and they came to Dan jaan, and round about to ZidonSidon, |
| 24:7 |
and came to the strongstronghold hold 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 sheba. |
| 24:10 |
And Davids heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LordJehovah, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, O LordJehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. |
| 24:11 |
And when David rose up in the morning, the word of theJehovah Lord came unto the prophet Gad, Davids seer, saying, |
| 24:12 |
Go and speak unto David, Thus saith the LordJehovah, I offer thee three things;: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. |
| 24:14 |
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LordJehovah; for his mercies are great:; and let me not fall into the hand of man. |
| 24:15 |
So theJehovah Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed:; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer sheba seventy thousand men. |
| 24:16 |
And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, theJehovah Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thinethy hand. And the angel of theJehovah Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. |
| 24:17 |
And David spake unto theJehovah Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely:; but these sheep, what have they done? let thinethy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my fathers house. |
| 24:18 |
And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto theJehovah Lord in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. |
| 24:19 |
And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as theJehovah Lord commanded. |
| 24:21 |
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my Lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor of thee, to build an altar unto the LordJehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people. |
| 24:22 |
And Araunah said unto David, Let my Lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the furnitureyokes of the oxen for the wood: |
| 24:23 |
all this, O king, doth Araunah give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, TheJehovah Lord thy God accept thee. |
| 24:24 |
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price:; neither will I offer burnt offerings unto theJehovah Lord 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 unto the LordJehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So theJehovah Lord was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. |