#### 2Sa 1

1 Now it came to pass after 0310 the death 04194 of Saul 07586, when David 01732 was returned 07725 08804 from the slaughter 05221 08687 of the Amalekites 06002, and David 01732 had abode 03427 08799 two 08147 days 03117 in Ziklag 06860;
2 It came even to pass on the third 07992 day 03117, that, behold, a man 0376 came 0935 08802 out of the camp 04264 from Saul 07586 with his clothes 0899 rent 07167 08803, and earth 0127 upon his head 07218: and [so] it was, when he came 0935 08800 to David 01732, that he fell 05307 08799 to the earth 0776, and did obeisance 07812 08691.
3 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto him, From whence comest 0935 08799 thou? And he said 0559 08799 unto him, Out of the camp 04264 of Israel 03478 am I escaped 04422 08738.
4 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto him, How 04100 went the matter 01697? I pray thee, tell 05046 08685 me. And he answered 0559 08799, That the people 05971 are fled 05127 08804 from the battle 04421, and many 07235 08687 of the people 05971 also are fallen 05307 08804 and dead 04191 08799; and Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 his son 01121 are dead 04191 08804 also.
5 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto the young man 05288 that told 05046 08688 him, How knowest 03045 08804 thou that Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 his son 01121 be dead 04191 08804?
6 And the young man 05288 that told 05046 08688 him said 0559 08799, As I happened 07136 08738 by chance 07122 08736 upon mount 02022 Gilboa 01533, behold, Saul 07586 leaned 08172 08737 upon his spear 02595; and, lo, the chariots 07393 and horsemen 01167 06571 followed hard 01692 08689 after him.
7 And when he looked 06437 08799 behind 0310 him, he saw 07200 08799 me, and called 07121 08799 unto me. And I answered 0559 08799, Here [am] I.
8 And he said 0559 08799 unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered 0559 08799 him, I [am] an Amalekite 06003.
9 He said 0559 08799 unto me again, Stand 05975 08798, I pray thee, upon me, and slay 04191 08786 me: for anguish 07661 is come 0270 08804 upon me, because my life 05315 [is] yet whole in me.
10 So I stood 05975 08799 upon him, and slew 04191 08787 him, because I was sure 03045 08804 that he could not live 02421 08799 after 0310 that he was fallen 05307 08800: and I took 03947 08799 the crown 05145 that [was] upon his head 07218, and the bracelet 0685 that [was] on his arm 02220, and have brought 0935 08686 them hither unto my lord 0113.
11 Then David 01732 took hold 02388 08686 on his clothes 0899, and rent 07167 08799 them; and likewise all the men 0582 that [were] with him:
12 And they mourned 05594 08799, and wept 01058 08799, and fasted 06684 08799 until even 06153, for Saul 07586, and for Jonathan 03083 his son 01121, and for the people 05971 of the LORD 03068, and for the house 01004 of Israel 03478; because they were fallen 05307 08804 by the sword 02719.
13 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto the young man 05288 that told 05046 08688 him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered 0559 08799, I [am] the son 01121 of a stranger 0376 01616, an Amalekite 06003.
14 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto him, How wast thou not afraid 03372 08804 to stretch forth 07971 08800 thine hand 03027 to destroy 07843 08763 the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899?
15 And David 01732 called 07121 08799 one 0259 of the young men 05288, and said 0559 08799, Go near 05066 08798, [and] fall 06293 08798 upon him. And he smote 05221 08686 him that he died 04191 08799.
16 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto him, Thy blood 01818 [be] upon thy head 07218; for thy mouth 06310 hath testified 06030 08804 against thee, saying 0559 08800, I have slain 04191 08790 the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899.
17 And David 01732 lamented 06969 08787 with this lamentation 07015 over Saul 07586 and over Jonathan 03083 his son 01121:
18 (Also he bade 0559 08799 them teach 03925 08763 the children 01121 of Judah 03063 [the use of] the bow 07198: behold, [it is] written 03789 08803 in the book 05612 of Jasher 03477.)
19 The beauty 06643 of Israel 03478 is slain 02491 upon thy high places 01116: how are the mighty 01368 fallen 05307 08804!
20 Tell 05046 08686 [it] not in Gath 01661, publish 01319 08762 [it] not in the streets 02351 of Askelon 0831; lest the daughters 01323 of the Philistines 06430 rejoice 08055 08799, lest the daughters 01323 of the uncircumcised 06189 triumph 05937 08799.
21 Ye mountains 02022 of Gilboa 01533, [let there be] no dew 02919, neither [let there be] rain 04306, upon you, nor fields 07704 of offerings 08641: for there the shield 04043 of the mighty 01368 is vilely cast away 01602 08738, the shield 04043 of Saul 07586, [as though he had] not [been] anointed 04899 with oil 08081.
22 From the blood 01818 of the slain 02491, from the fat 02459 of the mighty 01368, the bow 07198 of Jonathan 03083 turned 07734 08738 not back 0268, and the sword 02719 of Saul 07586 returned 07725 08799 not empty 07387.
23 Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 [were] lovely 0157 08737 and pleasant 05273 in their lives 02416, and in their death 04194 they were not divided 06504 08738: they were swifter 07043 08804 than eagles 05404, they were stronger 01396 08804 than lions 0738.
24 Ye daughters 01323 of Israel 03478, weep over 01058 08798 Saul 07586, who clothed 03847 08688 you in scarlet 08144, with [other] delights 05730, who put 05927 08688 on ornaments 05716 of gold 02091 upon your apparel 03830.
25 How are the mighty 01368 fallen 05307 08804 in the midst 08432 of the battle 04421! O Jonathan 03083, [thou wast] slain 02491 in thine high places 01116.
26 I am distressed 06887 08804 for thee, my brother 0251 Jonathan 03083: very 03966 pleasant 05276 08804 hast thou been unto me: thy love 0160 to me was wonderful 06381 08738, passing the love 0160 of women 0802.
27 How are the mighty 01368 fallen 05307 08804, and the weapons 03627 of war 04421 perished 06 08799!

#### 2Sa 2

1 And it came to pass after this 0310, that David 01732 enquired 07592 08799 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, Shall I go up 05927 08799 into any 0259 of the cities 05892 of Judah 03063? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto him, Go up 05927 08798. And David 01732 said 0559 08799, Whither shall I go up 05927 08799? And he said 0559 08799, Unto Hebron 02275.
2 So David 01732 went up 05927 08799 thither, and his two 08147 wives 0802 also, Ahinoam 0293 the Jezreelitess 03159, and Abigail 026 Nabal's 05037 wife 0802 the Carmelite 03761.
3 And his men 0582 that [were] with him did David 01732 bring up 05927 08689, every man 0376 with his household 01004: and they dwelt 03427 08799 in the cities 05892 of Hebron 02275.
4 And the men 0582 of Judah 03063 came 0935 08799, and there they anointed 04886 08799 David 01732 king 04428 over the house 01004 of Judah 03063. And they told 05046 08686 David 01732, saying 0559 08800, [That] the men 0582 of Jabeshgilead 03003 01568 [were they] that buried 06912 08804 Saul 07586.
5 And David 01732 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 unto the men 0582 of Jabeshgilead 03003 01568, and said 0559 08799 unto them, Blessed 01288 08803 [be] ye of the LORD 03068, that ye have shewed 06213 08804 this kindness 02617 unto your lord 0113, [even] unto Saul 07586, and have buried 06912 08799 him.
6 And now the LORD 03068 shew 06213 08799 kindness 02617 and truth 0571 unto you: and I also will requite 06213 08799 you this kindness 02896, because ye have done 06213 08804 this thing 01697.
7 Therefore now let your hands 03027 be strengthened 02388 08799, and be ye valiant 01121 02428: for your master 0113 Saul 07586 is dead 04191 08804, and also the house 01004 of Judah 03063 have anointed 04886 08804 me king 04428 over them.
8 But Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369, captain 08269 of Saul's 07586 host 06635, took 03947 08804 Ishbosheth 0378 the son 01121 of Saul 07586, and brought him over 05674 08686 to Mahanaim 04266;
9 And made him king 04427 08686 over Gilead 01568, and over the Ashurites 0805, and over Jezreel 03157, and over Ephraim 0669, and over Benjamin 01144, and over all Israel 03478.
10 Ishbosheth 0378 Saul's 07586 son 01121 [was] forty 0705 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800 over Israel 03478, and reigned 04427 08804 two 08147 years 08141. But the house 01004 of Judah 03063 followed 0310 David 01732.
11 And the time 04557 03117 that David 01732 was king 04428 in Hebron 02275 over the house 01004 of Judah 03063 was seven 07651 years 08141 and six 08337 months 02320.
12 And Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369, and the servants 05650 of Ishbosheth 0378 the son 01121 of Saul 07586, went out 03318 08799 from Mahanaim 04266 to Gibeon 01391.
13 And Joab 03097 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870, and the servants 05650 of David 01732, went out 03318 08804, and met 06298 08799 together 03162 by the pool 01295 of Gibeon 01391: and they sat down 03427 08799, the one on the one side of the pool 01295, and the other on the other side of the pool 01295.
14 And Abner 074 said 0559 08799 to Joab 03097, Let the young men 05288 now arise 06965 08799, and play 07832 08762 before 06440 us. And Joab 03097 said 0559 08799, Let them arise 06965 08799.
15 Then there arose 06965 08799 and went over 05674 08799 by number 04557 twelve 08147 06240 of Benjamin 01144, which [pertained] to Ishbosheth 0378 the son 01121 of Saul 07586, and twelve 08147 06240 of the servants 05650 of David 01732.
16 And they caught 02388 08686 every one 0376 his fellow 07453 by the head 07218, and [thrust] his sword 02719 in his fellow's 07453 side 06654; so they fell down 05307 08799 together 03162: wherefore that place 04725 was called 07121 08799 Helkathhazzurim 02521, which [is] in Gibeon 01391.
17 And there was a very 03966 sore 07186 battle 04421 that day 03117; and Abner 074 was beaten 05062 08735, and the men 0582 of Israel 03478, before 06440 the servants 05650 of David 01732.
18 And there were three 07969 sons 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 there, Joab 03097, and Abishai 052, and Asahel 06214: and Asahel 06214 [was as] light 07031 of foot 07272 as a 0259 wild 07704 roe 06643.
19 And Asahel 06214 pursued 07291 08799 after 0310 Abner 074; and in going 03212 08800 he turned 05186 08804 not to the right hand 03225 nor to the left 08040 from following 0310 Abner 074.
20 Then Abner 074 looked 06437 08799 behind 0310 him, and said 0559 08799, [Art] thou Asahel 06214? And he answered 0559 08799, I [am].
21 And Abner 074 said 0559 08799 to him, Turn thee aside 05186 08798 to thy right hand 03225 or to thy left 08040, and lay thee hold 0270 08798 on one 0259 of the young men 05288, and take 03947 08798 thee his armour 02488. But Asahel 06214 would 014 08804 not turn aside 05493 08800 from following 0310 of him.
22 And Abner 074 said 0559 08800 again 03254 08686 to Asahel 06214, Turn thee aside 05493 08798 from following 0310 me: wherefore should I smite 05221 08686 thee to the ground 0776? how then should I hold up 05375 08799 my face 06440 to Joab 03097 thy brother 0251?
23 Howbeit he refused 03985 08762 to turn aside 05493 08800: wherefore Abner 074 with the hinder end 0310 of the spear 02595 smote 05221 08686 him under 0413 the fifth 02570 [rib], that the spear 02595 came out 03318 08799 behind 0310 him; and he fell down 05307 08799 there, and died 04191 08799 in the same place 08478: and it came to pass, [that] as many as came 0935 08802 to the place 04725 where Asahel 06214 fell down 05307 08804 and died 04191 08799 stood still 05975 08799.
24 Joab 03097 also and Abishai 052 pursued 07291 08799 after 0310 Abner 074: and the sun 08121 went down 0935 08804 when they were come 0935 08804 to the hill 01389 of Ammah 0522, that [lieth] before 06440 Giah 01520 by the way 01870 of the wilderness 04057 of Gibeon 01391.
25 And the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144 gathered themselves together 06908 08691 after 0310 Abner 074, and became one 0259 troop 092, and stood 05975 08799 on the top 07218 of an hill 01389.
26 Then Abner 074 called 07121 08799 to Joab 03097, and said 0559 08799, Shall the sword 02719 devour 0398 08799 for ever 05331? knowest 03045 08804 thou not that it will be bitterness 04751 in the latter end 0314? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid 0559 08799 the people 05971 return 07725 08800 from following 0310 their brethren 0251?
27 And Joab 03097 said 0559 08799, [As] God 0430 liveth 02416, unless 03884 thou hadst spoken 01696 08765, surely then in the morning 01242 the people 05971 had gone up 05927 08738 every one 0376 from following 0310 his brother 0251.
28 So Joab 03097 blew 08628 08799 a trumpet 07782, and all the people 05971 stood still 05975 08799, and pursued 07291 08799 after 0310 Israel 03478 no more, neither fought 03898 08736 they any more 03254 08804.
29 And Abner 074 and his men 0582 walked 01980 08804 all that night 03915 through the plain 06160, and passed over 05674 08799 Jordan 03383, and went through 03212 08799 all Bithron 01338, and they came 0935 08799 to Mahanaim 04266.
30 And Joab 03097 returned 07725 08804 from following 0310 Abner 074: and when he had gathered 06908 00 all the people 05971 together 06908 08799, there lacked 06485 08735 of David's 01732 servants 05650 nineteen 08672 06240 men 0376 and Asahel 06214.
31 But the servants 05650 of David 01732 had smitten 05221 08689 of Benjamin 01144, and of Abner's 074 men 0582, [so that] three 07969 hundred 03967 and threescore 08346 men 0376 died 04191 08804.
32 And they took up 05375 08799 Asahel 06214, and buried 06912 08799 him in the sepulchre 06913 of his father 01, which [was in] Bethlehem 01035. And Joab 03097 and his men 0582 went 03212 08799 all night 03915, and they came to Hebron 02275 at break of day 0215 08735.

#### 2Sa 3

1 Now there was long 0752 war 04421 between the house 01004 of Saul 07586 and the house 01004 of David 01732: but David 01732 waxed 01980 08802 stronger 02390 and stronger 02390, and the house 01004 of Saul 07586 waxed 01980 08802 weaker 01800 and weaker 01800.
2 And unto David 01732 were sons 01121 born 03205 08735 08675 03205 08795 in Hebron 02275: and his firstborn 01060 was Amnon 0550, of Ahinoam 0293 the Jezreelitess 03159;
3 And his second 04932, Chileab 03609, of Abigail 026 the wife 0802 of Nabal 05037 the Carmelite 03761; and the third 07992, Absalom 053 the son 01121 of Maacah 04601 the daughter 01323 of Talmai 08526 king 04428 of Geshur 01650;
4 And the fourth 07243, Adonijah 0138 the son 01121 of Haggith 02294; and the fifth 02549, Shephatiah 08203 the son 01121 of Abital 037;
5 And the sixth 08345, Ithream 03507, by Eglah 05698 David's 01732 wife 0802. These were born 03205 08795 to David 01732 in Hebron 02275.
6 And it came to pass, while there was war 04421 between the house 01004 of Saul 07586 and the house 01004 of David 01732, that Abner 074 made himself strong 02388 08693 for the house 01004 of Saul 07586.
7 And Saul 07586 had a concubine 06370, whose name 08034 [was] Rizpah 07532, the daughter 01323 of Aiah 0345: and [Ishbosheth] said 0559 08799 to Abner 074, Wherefore hast thou gone in 0935 08804 unto my father's 01 concubine 06370?
8 Then was Abner 074 very 03966 wroth 02734 08799 for the words 01697 of Ishbosheth 0378, and said 0559 08799, [Am] I a dog's 03611 head 07218, which against Judah 03063 do shew 06213 08799 kindness 02617 this day 03117 unto the house 01004 of Saul 07586 thy father 01, to his brethren 0251, and to his friends 04828, and have not delivered 04672 08689 thee into the hand 03027 of David 01732, that thou chargest 06485 08799 me to day 03117 with a fault 05771 concerning this woman 0802?
9 So do 06213 08799 God 0430 to Abner 074, and more also 03254 08686, except, as the LORD 03068 hath sworn 07650 08738 to David 01732, even so I do 06213 08799 to him;
10 To translate 05674 08687 the kingdom 04467 from the house 01004 of Saul 07586, and to set up 06965 08687 the throne 03678 of David 01732 over Israel 03478 and over Judah 03063, from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884.
11 And he could 03201 08804 not answer 07725 08687 Abner 074 a word 01697 again, because he feared 03372 08800 him.
12 And Abner 074 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 to David 01732 on his behalf, saying 0559 08800, Whose [is] the land 0776? saying 0559 08800 [also], Make 03772 08798 thy league 01285 with me, and, behold, my hand 03027 [shall be] with thee, to bring about 05437 08687 all Israel 03478 unto thee.
13 And he said 0559 08799, Well 02896; I will make 03772 08799 a league 01285 with thee: but one 0259 thing 01697 I require 07592 08802 of thee, that is 0559 08800, Thou shalt not see 07200 08799 my face 06440, except thou first 06440 bring 0935 08687 Michal 04324 Saul's 07586 daughter 01323, when thou comest 0935 08800 to see 07200 08800 my face 06440.
14 And David 01732 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 to Ishbosheth 0378 Saul's 07586 son 01121, saying 0559 08800, Deliver 05414 08798 [me] my wife 0802 Michal 04324, which I espoused 0781 08765 to me for an hundred 03967 foreskins 06190 of the Philistines 06430.
15 And Ishbosheth 0378 sent 07971 08799, and took 03947 08799 her from [her] husband 0376, [even] from Phaltiel 06409 the son 01121 of Laish 03889 08675 03919.
16 And her husband 0376 went 03212 08799 with her along weeping 01980 08800 01058 08800 behind 0310 her to Bahurim 0980. Then said 0559 08799 Abner 074 unto him, Go 03212 08798, return 07725 08798. And he returned 07725 08799.
17 And Abner 074 had communication 01961 08804 01697 with the elders 02205 of Israel 03478, saying 0559 08800, Ye sought 01245 08764 for David 01732 in times 08543 past 08032 [to be] king 04428 over you:
18 Now then do 06213 08798 [it]: for the LORD 03068 hath spoken 0559 08804 of David 01732, saying 0559 08800, By the hand 03027 of my servant 05650 David 01732 I will save 03467 08687 my people 05971 Israel 03478 out of the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430, and out of the hand 03027 of all their enemies 0341 08802.
19 And Abner 074 also spake 01696 08762 in the ears 0241 of Benjamin 01144: and Abner 074 went 03212 08799 also to speak 01696 08763 in the ears 0241 of David 01732 in Hebron 02275 all that seemed 05869 good 02896 to Israel 03478, and that seemed good 05869 to the whole house 01004 of Benjamin 01144.
20 So Abner 074 came 0935 08799 to David 01732 to Hebron 02275, and twenty 06242 men 0582 with him. And David 01732 made 06213 08799 Abner 074 and the men 0582 that [were] with him a feast 04960.
21 And Abner 074 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, I will arise 06965 08799 and go 03212 08799, and will gather 06908 08799 all Israel 03478 unto my lord 0113 the king 04428, that they may make 03772 08799 a league 01285 with thee, and that thou mayest reign 04427 08804 over all that thine heart 05315 desireth 0183 08762. And David 01732 sent 07971 00 Abner 074 away 07971 08762; and he went 03212 08799 in peace 07965.
22 And, behold, the servants 05650 of David 01732 and Joab 03097 came 0935 08802 from [pursuing] a troop 01416, and brought in 0935 08689 a great 07227 spoil 07998 with them: but Abner 074 [was] not with David 01732 in Hebron 02275; for he had sent him away 07971 08765, and he was gone 03212 08799 in peace 07965.
23 When Joab 03097 and all the host 06635 that [was] with him were come 0935 08804, they told 05046 08686 Joab 03097, saying 0559 08800, Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369 came 0935 08804 to the king 04428, and he hath sent him away 07971 08762, and he is gone 03212 08799 in peace 07965.
24 Then Joab 03097 came 0935 08799 to the king 04428, and said 0559 08799, What hast thou done 06213 08804? behold, Abner 074 came 0935 08802 unto thee; why [is] it [that] thou hast sent him away 07971 08765, and he is quite 01980 08800 gone 03212 08799?
25 Thou knowest 03045 08804 Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369, that he came 0935 08804 to deceive 06601 08763 thee, and to know 03045 08800 thy going out 04161 and thy coming in 04126 08675 03996, and to know 03045 08800 all that thou doest 06213 08802.
26 And when Joab 03097 was come out 03318 08799 from David 01732, he sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 after 0310 Abner 074, which brought him again 07725 08686 from the well 0953 of Sirah 05626: but David 01732 knew 03045 08804 [it] not.
27 And when Abner 074 was returned 07725 08799 to Hebron 02275, Joab 03097 took him aside 05186 08686 in 0413 08432 the gate 08179 to speak 01696 08763 with him quietly 07987, and smote 05221 08686 him there under the fifth 02570 [rib], that he died 04191 08799, for the blood 01818 of Asahel 06214 his brother 0251.
28 And afterward 0310 when David 01732 heard 08085 08799 [it], he said 0559 08799, I and my kingdom 04467 [are] guiltless 05355 before the LORD 03068 for 05704 ever 05769 from the blood 01818 of Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369:
29 Let it rest 02342 08799 on the head 07218 of Joab 03097, and on all his father's 01 house 01004; and let there not fail 03772 08735 from the house 01004 of Joab 03097 one that hath an issue 02100 08802, or that is a leper 06879 08794, or that leaneth 02388 08688 on a staff 06418, or that falleth 05307 08802 on the sword 02719, or that lacketh 02638 bread 03899.
30 So Joab 03097 and Abishai 052 his brother 0251 slew 02026 08804 Abner 074, because he had slain 04191 08689 their brother 0251 Asahel 06214 at Gibeon 01391 in the battle 04421.
31 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Joab 03097, and to all the people 05971 that [were] with him, Rend 07167 08798 your clothes 0899, and gird 02296 08798 you with sackcloth 08242, and mourn 05594 08798 before 06440 Abner 074. And king 04428 David 01732 [himself] followed 01980 08802 0310 the bier 04296.
32 And they buried 06912 08799 Abner 074 in Hebron 02275: and the king 04428 lifted up 05375 08799 his voice 06963, and wept 01058 08799 at the grave 06913 of Abner 074; and all the people 05971 wept 01058 08799.
33 And the king 04428 lamented 06969 08787 over Abner 074, and said 0559 08799, Died 04191 08799 Abner 074 as a fool 05036 dieth 04194?
34 Thy hands 03027 [were] not bound 0631 08803, nor thy feet 07272 put 05066 08717 into fetters 05178: as a man falleth 05307 08800 before 06440 wicked 05766 men 01121, [so] fellest 05307 08804 thou. And all the people 05971 wept 01058 08800 again 03254 08686 over him.
35 And when all 03605 the people 05971 came 0935 08799 to cause 01262 00 David 01732 to eat 01262 08687 meat 03899 while it was yet 05750 day 03117, David 01732 sware 07650 08735, saying 0559 08800, So do 06213 08799 God 0430 to me, and more also 03254 08686, if I taste 02938 08799 bread 03899, or ought 03972 else, till 06440 the sun 08121 be down 0935 08800.
36 And all the people 05971 took notice 05234 08689 [of it], and it pleased 03190 08799 05869 them: as whatsoever the king 04428 did 06213 08804 pleased 05869 02896 all the people 05971.
37 For all the people 05971 and all Israel 03478 understood 03045 08799 that day 03117 that it was not of the king 04428 to slay 04191 08687 Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369.
38 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto his servants 05650, Know 03045 08799 ye not that there is a prince 08269 and a great man 01419 fallen 05307 08804 this day 03117 in Israel 03478?
39 And I [am] this day 03117 weak 07390, though anointed 04886 08803 king 04428; and these men 0582 the sons 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 [be] too hard 07186 for me: the LORD 03068 shall reward 07999 08762 the doer of evil 06213 08802 according to his wickedness 07451.

#### 2Sa 4

1 And when Saul's 07586 son 01121 heard 08085 08799 that Abner 074 was dead 04191 08804 in Hebron 02275, his hands 03027 were feeble 07503 08799, and all the Israelites 03478 were troubled 0926 08738.
2 And Saul's 07586 son 01121 had 01961 08804 two 08147 men 0582 [that were] captains 08269 of bands 01416: the name 08034 of the one 0259 [was] Baanah 01196, and the name 08034 of the other 08145 Rechab 07394, the sons 01121 of Rimmon 07417 a Beerothite 0886, of the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144: (for Beeroth 0881 also was reckoned 02803 08735 to Benjamin 01144:
3 And the Beerothites 0886 fled 01272 08799 to Gittaim 01664, and were sojourners 01481 08802 there until this day 03117.)
4 And Jonathan 03083, Saul's 07586 son 01121, had a son 01121 [that was] lame 05223 of [his] feet 07272. He was five 02568 years 08141 old 01121 when the tidings 08052 came 0935 08800 of Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 out of Jezreel 03157, and his nurse 0539 08802 took him up 05375 08799, and fled 05127 08799: and it came to pass, as she made haste 02648 08800 to flee 05127 08800, that he fell 05307 08799, and became lame 06452 08735. And his name 08034 [was] Mephibosheth 04648.
5 And the sons 01121 of Rimmon 07417 the Beerothite 0886, Rechab 07394 and Baanah 01196, went 03212 08799, and came 0935 08799 about the heat 02527 of the day 03117 to the house 01004 of Ishbosheth 0378, who lay 07901 08802 on a bed 04904 at noon 06672.
6 And they came thither 0935 08804 into the midst 08432 of the house 01004, [as though] they would have fetched 03947 08802 wheat 02406; and they smote 05221 08686 him under the fifth 02570 [rib]: and Rechab 07394 and Baanah 01196 his brother 0251 escaped 04422 08738.
7 For when they came 0935 08799 into the house 01004, he lay 07901 08802 on his bed 04296 in his bedchamber 02315 04904, and they smote 05221 08686 him, and slew 04191 08686 him, and beheaded 05493 08686 him, and took 03947 08799 his head 07218, and gat them away 03212 08799 through 01870 the plain 06160 all night 03915.
8 And they brought 0935 08686 the head 07218 of Ishbosheth 0378 unto David 01732 to Hebron 02275, and said 0559 08799 to the king 04428, Behold the head 07218 of Ishbosheth 0378 the son 01121 of Saul 07586 thine enemy 0341 08802, which sought 01245 08765 thy life 05315; and the LORD 03068 hath 05414 08799 avenged 05360 my lord 0113 the king 04428 this day 03117 of Saul 07586, and of his seed 02233.
9 And David 01732 answered 06030 08799 Rechab 07394 and Baanah 01196 his brother 0251, the sons 01121 of Rimmon 07417 the Beerothite 0886, and said 0559 08799 unto them, [As] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, who hath redeemed 06299 08804 my soul 05315 out of all adversity 06869,
10 When one told 05046 08688 me, saying 0559 08800, Behold, Saul 07586 is dead 04191 08804, thinking to have brought 05869 good tidings 01319 08764, I took hold 0270 08799 of him, and slew 02026 08799 him in Ziklag 06860, who [thought] that I would have given 05414 08800 him a reward for his tidings 01309:
11 How much more, when wicked 07563 men 0582 have slain 02026 08804 a righteous 06662 person 0376 in his own house 01004 upon his bed 04904? shall I not therefore now require 01245 08762 his blood 01818 of your hand 03027, and take you away 01197 08765 from the earth 0776?
12 And David 01732 commanded 06680 08762 his young men 05288, and they slew 02026 08799 them, and cut off 07112 08762 their hands 03027 and their feet 07272, and hanged [them] up 08518 08799 over the pool 01295 in Hebron 02275. But they took 03947 08804 the head 07218 of Ishbosheth 0378, and buried 06912 08799 [it] in the sepulchre 06913 of Abner 074 in Hebron 02275.

#### 2Sa 5

1 Then came 0935 08799 all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 to David 01732 unto Hebron 02275, and spake 0559 08799, saying 0559 08800, Behold, we [are] thy bone 06106 and thy flesh 01320.
2 Also in time past 0865 08032, when Saul 07586 was king 04428 over us, thou wast he that leddest out 03318 08688 and broughtest in 0935 08688 Israel 03478: and the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 to thee, Thou shalt feed 07462 08799 my people 05971 Israel 03478, and thou shalt be a captain 05057 over Israel 03478.
3 So all the elders 02205 of Israel 03478 came 0935 08799 to the king 04428 to Hebron 02275; and king 04428 David 01732 made 03772 08799 a league 01285 with them in Hebron 02275 before 06440 the LORD 03068: and they anointed 04886 08799 David 01732 king 04428 over Israel 03478.
4 David 01732 [was] thirty 07970 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427 08800, [and] he reigned 04427 08804 forty 0705 years 08141.
5 In Hebron 02275 he reigned 04427 08804 over Judah 03063 seven 07651 years 08141 and six 08337 months 02320: and in Jerusalem 03389 he reigned 04427 08804 thirty 07970 and three 07969 years 08141 over all Israel 03478 and Judah 03063.
6 And the king 04428 and his men 0582 went 03212 08799 to Jerusalem 03389 unto the Jebusites 02983, the inhabitants 03427 08802 of the land 0776: which spake 0559 08799 unto David 01732, saying 0559 08800, Except thou take away 05493 08687 the blind 05787 and the lame 06455, thou shalt not come in 0935 08799 hither: thinking 0559 08800, David 01732 cannot come in 0935 08799 hither.
7 Nevertheless David 01732 took 03920 08799 the strong hold 04686 of Zion 06726: the same [is] the city 05892 of David 01732.
8 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 on that day 03117, Whosoever getteth up 05060 08799 to the gutter 06794, and smiteth 05221 08688 the Jebusites 02983, and the lame 06455 and the blind 05787, [that are] hated 08130 08803 of David's 01732 soul 05315, [he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore they said 0559 08799, The blind 05787 and the lame 06455 shall not come 0935 08799 into the house 01004.
9 So David 01732 dwelt 03427 08799 in the fort 04686, and called 07121 08799 it the city 05892 of David 01732. And David 01732 built 01129 08799 round about 05439 from Millo 04407 and inward 01004.
10 And David 01732 went 03212 08799 on 01980 08800, and grew great 01419, and the LORD 03068 God 0430 of hosts 06635 [was] with him.
11 And Hiram 02438 king 04428 of Tyre 06865 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 to David 01732, and cedar 0730 trees 06086, and carpenters 02796, and masons 07023 068: and they built 01129 08799 David 01732 an house 01004.
12 And David 01732 perceived 03045 08799 that the LORD 03068 had established 03559 08689 him king 04428 over Israel 03478, and that he had exalted 05375 08765 his kingdom 04467 for his people 05971 Israel's 03478 sake.
13 And David 01732 took 03947 08799 [him] more concubines 06370 and wives 0802 out of Jerusalem 03389, after 0310 he was come 0935 08800 from Hebron 02275: and there were yet sons 01121 and daughters 01323 born 03205 08735 to David 01732.
14 And these [be] the names 08034 of those that were born 03209 unto him in Jerusalem 03389; Shammua 08051, and Shobab 07727, and Nathan 05416, and Solomon 08010,
15 Ibhar 02984 also, and Elishua 0474, and Nepheg 05298, and Japhia 03309,
16 And Elishama 0476, and Eliada 0450, and Eliphalet 0467.
17 But when the Philistines 06430 heard 08085 08799 that they had anointed 04886 08804 David 01732 king 04428 over Israel 03478, all the Philistines 06430 came up 05927 08799 to seek 01245 08763 David 01732; and David 01732 heard 08085 08799 [of it], and went down 03381 08799 to the hold 04686.
18 The Philistines 06430 also came 0935 08804 and spread 05203 08735 themselves in the valley 06010 of Rephaim 07497.
19 And David 01732 enquired 07592 08799 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559 08800, Shall I go up 05927 08799 to the Philistines 06430? wilt thou deliver 05414 08799 them into mine hand 03027? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, Go up 05927 08798: for I will doubtless 05414 08800 deliver 05414 08799 the Philistines 06430 into thine hand 03027.
20 And David 01732 came 0935 08799 to Baalperazim 01188, and David 01732 smote 05221 08686 them there, and said 0559 08799, The LORD 03068 hath broken forth 06555 08804 upon mine enemies 0341 08802 before 06440 me, as the breach 06556 of waters 04325. Therefore he called 07121 08804 the name 08034 of that place 04725 Baalperazim 01188.
21 And there they left 05800 08799 their images 06091, and David 01732 and his men 0582 burned 05375 08799 them.
22 And the Philistines 06430 came up 05927 08800 yet again 03254 08686, and spread 05203 08735 themselves in the valley 06010 of Rephaim 07497.
23 And when David 01732 enquired 07592 08799 of the LORD 03068, he said 0559 08799, Thou shalt not go up 05927 08799; [but] fetch a compass 05437 08685 behind 0310 them, and come 0935 08804 upon them over against 04136 the mulberry trees 01057.
24 And let it be, when thou hearest 08085 08800 the sound 06963 of a going 06807 in the tops 07218 of the mulberry trees 01057, that then thou shalt bestir 02782 08799 thyself: for then shall the LORD 03068 go out 03318 08804 before 06440 thee, to smite 05221 08687 the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430.
25 And David 01732 did so 06213 08799, as the LORD 03068 had commanded 06680 08765 him; and smote 05221 08686 the Philistines 06430 from Geba 01387 until thou come 0935 08800 to Gazer 01507.

#### 2Sa 6

1 Again, David 01732 gathered together 0622 08799 08676 03254 08686 all [the] chosen 0977 08803 [men] of Israel 03478, thirty 07970 thousand 0505.
2 And David 01732 arose 06965 08799, and went 03212 08799 with all the people 05971 that [were] with him from Baale of Judah 01184, to bring up 05927 08687 from thence the ark 0727 of God 0430, whose name 08034 is called 07121 08738 by the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 that dwelleth 03427 08802 [between] the cherubims 03742.
3 And they set 07392 08686 the ark 0727 of God 0430 upon a new 02319 cart 05699, and brought 05375 08799 it out of the house 01004 of Abinadab 041 that [was] in Gibeah 01390: and Uzzah 05798 and Ahio 0283, the sons 01121 of Abinadab 041, drave 05090 08802 the new 02319 cart 05699.
4 And they brought 05375 08799 it out of the house 01004 of Abinadab 041 which [was] at Gibeah 01390, accompanying 05973 the ark 0727 of God 0430: and Ahio 0283 went 01980 08802 before 06440 the ark 0727.
5 And David 01732 and all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 played 07832 08764 before 06440 the LORD 03068 on all manner of [instruments made of] fir 01265 wood 06086, even on harps 03658, and on psalteries 05035, and on timbrels 08596, and on cornets 04517, and on cymbals 06767.
6 And when they came 0935 08799 to Nachon's 05225 threshingfloor 01637, Uzzah 05798 put forth 07971 08799 [his hand] to the ark 0727 of God 0430, and took hold 0270 08799 of it; for the oxen 01241 shook 08058 08804 [it].
7 And the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was kindled 02734 08799 against Uzzah 05798; and God 0430 smote 05221 08686 him there for [his] error 07944; and there he died 04191 08799 by the ark 0727 of God 0430.
8 And David 01732 was displeased 02734 08799, because the LORD 03068 had made 06555 08804 a breach 06556 upon Uzzah 05798: and he called 07121 08799 the name of the place 04725 Perezuzzah 06560 to this day 03117.
9 And David 01732 was afraid 03372 08799 of the LORD 03068 that day 03117, and said 0559 08799, How shall the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 come 0935 08799 to me?
10 So David 01732 would 014 08804 not remove 05493 08687 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 unto him into the city 05892 of David 01732: but David 01732 carried it aside 05186 08686 into the house 01004 of Obededom 05654 the Gittite 01663.
11 And the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 continued 03427 08799 in the house 01004 of Obededom 05654 the Gittite 01663 three 07969 months 02320: and the LORD 03068 blessed 01288 08762 Obededom 05654, and all his household 01004.
12 And it was told 05046 08714 king 04428 David 01732, saying 0559 08800, The LORD 03068 hath blessed 01288 08765 the house 01004 of Obededom 05654, and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark 0727 of God 0430. So David 01732 went 03212 08799 and brought up 05927 08686 the ark 0727 of God 0430 from the house 01004 of Obededom 05654 into the city 05892 of David 01732 with gladness 08057.
13 And it was [so], that when they that bare 05375 08802 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 had gone 06805 08804 six 08337 paces 06806, he sacrificed 02076 08799 oxen 07794 and fatlings 04806.
14 And David 01732 danced 03769 08772 before 06440 the LORD 03068 with all [his] might 05797; and David 01732 [was] girded 02296 08803 with a linen 0906 ephod 0646.
15 So David 01732 and all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 brought up 05927 08688 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 with shouting 08643, and with the sound 06963 of the trumpet 07782.
16 And as the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 came 0935 08802 into the city 05892 of David 01732, Michal 04324 Saul's 07586 daughter 01323 looked 08259 08738 through a window 02474, and saw 07200 08799 king 04428 David 01732 leaping 06339 08764 and dancing 03769 08772 before 06440 the LORD 03068; and she despised 0959 08799 him in her heart 03820.
17 And they brought 0935 08686 in the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, and set 03322 08686 it in his place 04725, in the midst 08432 of the tabernacle 0168 that David 01732 had pitched 05186 08804 for it: and David 01732 offered 05927 08686 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002 before 06440 the LORD 03068.
18 And as soon as David 01732 had made an end 03615 08762 of offering 05927 08687 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002, he blessed 01288 08762 the people 05971 in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.
19 And he dealt 02505 08762 among all the people 05971, [even] among the whole multitude 01995 of Israel 03478, as well to the women 0802 as men 0376, to every one 0376 a 0259 cake 02471 of bread 03899, and a good piece 0829 [of flesh], and a flagon 0809 [of wine]. So all the people 05971 departed 03212 08799 every one 0376 to his house 01004.
20 Then David 01732 returned 07725 08799 to bless 01288 08763 his household 01004. And Michal 04324 the daughter 01323 of Saul 07586 came out 03318 08799 to meet 07125 08800 David 01732, and said 0559 08799, How glorious 03513 08738 was the king 04428 of Israel 03478 to day 03117, who uncovered 01540 08738 himself to day 03117 in the eyes 05869 of the handmaids 0519 of his servants 05650, as one 0259 of the vain fellows 07386 shamelessly 01540 08736 uncovereth 01540 08736 himself!
21 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Michal 04324, [It was] before 06440 the LORD 03068, which chose 0977 08804 me before thy father 01, and before all his house 01004, to appoint 06680 08763 me ruler 05057 over the people 05971 of the LORD 03068, over Israel 03478: therefore will I play 07832 08765 before 06440 the LORD 03068.
22 And I will yet be more vile 07043 08738 than thus 02063, and will be base 08217 in mine own sight 05869: and of the maidservants 0519 which thou hast spoken 0559 08804 of, of them shall I be had in honour 03513 08735.
23 Therefore Michal 04324 the daughter 01323 of Saul 07586 had no child 02056 08675 03206 unto the day 03117 of her death 04194.

#### 2Sa 7

1 And it came to pass, when the king 04428 sat 03427 08804 in his house 01004, and the LORD 03068 had given him rest 05117 08689 round about 05439 from all his enemies 0341 08802;
2 That the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto Nathan 05416 the prophet 05030, See 07200 08798 now, I dwell 03427 08802 in an house 01004 of cedar 0730, but the ark 0727 of God 0430 dwelleth 03427 08802 within 08432 curtains 03407.
3 And Nathan 05416 said 0559 08799 to the king 04428, Go 03212 08798, do 06213 08798 all that [is] in thine heart 03824; for the LORD 03068 [is] with thee.
4 And it came to pass that night 03915, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came unto Nathan 05416, saying 0559 08800,
5 Go 03212 08798 and tell 0559 08804 my servant 05650 David 01732, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068, Shalt thou build 01129 08799 me an house 01004 for me to dwell in 03427 08800?
6 Whereas I have not dwelt 03427 08804 in [any] house 01004 since the time 03117 that I brought up 05927 08687 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 out of Egypt 04714, even to this day 03117, but have walked 01980 08693 in a tent 0168 and in a tabernacle 04908.
7 In all [the places] wherein I have walked 01980 08694 with all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 spake 01696 08765 I a word 01697 with any 0259 of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, whom I commanded 06680 08765 to feed 07462 08800 my people 05971 Israel 03478, saying 0559 08800, Why build 01129 08804 ye not me an house 01004 of cedar 0730?
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say 0559 08799 unto my servant 05650 David 01732, Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, I took 03947 08804 thee from the sheepcote 05116, from following 0310 the sheep 06629, to be ruler 05057 over my people 05971, over Israel 03478:
9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest 01980 08804, and have cut off 03772 08686 all thine enemies 0341 08802 out of thy sight 06440, and have made 06213 08804 thee a great 01419 name 08034, like unto the name 08034 of the great 01419 [men] that [are] in the earth 0776.
10 Moreover I will appoint 07760 08804 a place 04725 for my people 05971 Israel 03478, and will plant 05193 08804 them, that they may dwell 07931 08804 in a place of their own, and move 07264 08799 no more; neither shall the children 01121 of wickedness 05766 afflict 06031 08763 them any more 03254 08686, as beforetime 07223,
11 And as since the time 03117 that I commanded 06680 08765 judges 08199 08802 [to be] over my people 05971 Israel 03478, and have caused thee to rest 05117 08689 from all thine enemies 0341 08802. Also the LORD 03068 telleth 05046 08689 thee that he will make 06213 08799 thee an house 01004.
12 And when thy days 03117 be fulfilled 04390 08799, and thou shalt sleep 07901 08804 with thy fathers 01, I will set up 06965 08689 thy seed 02233 after 0310 thee, which shall proceed 03318 08799 out of thy bowels 04578, and I will establish 03559 08689 his kingdom 04467.
13 He shall build 01129 08799 an house 01004 for my name 08034, and I will stablish 03559 08790 the throne 03678 of his kingdom 04467 for 05704 ever 05769.
14 I will be his father 01, and he shall be my son 01121. If he commit iniquity 05753 08687, I will chasten 03198 08689 him with the rod 07626 of men 0582, and with the stripes 05061 of the children 01121 of men 0120:
15 But my mercy 02617 shall not depart away 05493 08799 from him, as I took 05493 08689 [it] from Saul 07586, whom I put away 05493 08689 before 06440 thee.
16 And thine house 01004 and thy kingdom 04467 shall be established 0539 08738 for 05704 ever 05769 before 06440 thee: thy throne 03678 shall be established 03559 08737 for 05704 ever 05769.
17 According to all these words 01697, and according to all this vision 02384, so did Nathan 05416 speak 01696 08765 unto David 01732.
18 Then went 0935 08799 king 04428 David 01732 in, and sat 03427 08799 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and he said 0559 08799, Who [am] I, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069? and what [is] my house 01004, that thou hast brought 0935 08689 me hitherto 01988?
19 And this was yet a small thing 06994 08799 in thy sight 05869, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069; but thou hast spoken 01696 08762 also of thy servant's 05650 house 01004 for a great while to come 07350. And [is] this the manner 08452 of man 0120, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069?
20 And what can 03254 00 David 01732 say 01696 08763 more 03254 08686 unto thee? for thou, Lord 0136 GOD 03069, knowest 03045 08804 thy servant 05650.
21 For thy word's 01697 sake, and according to thine own heart 03820, hast thou done 06213 08804 all these great things 01420, to make thy servant 05650 know 03045 08687 [them].
22 Wherefore thou art great 01431 08804, O LORD 03068 God 0430: for [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any] God 0430 beside 02108 thee, according to all that we have heard 08085 08804 with our ears 0241.
23 And what one 0259 nation 01471 in the earth 0776 [is] like thy people 05971, [even] like Israel 03478, whom God 0430 went 01980 08804 to redeem 06299 08800 for a people 05971 to himself, and to make 07760 08800 him a name 08034, and to do 06213 08800 for you great things 01420 and terrible 03372 08737, for thy land 0776, before 06440 thy people 05971, which thou redeemedst 06299 08804 to thee from Egypt 04714, [from] the nations 01471 and their gods 0430?
24 For thou hast confirmed 03559 08787 to thyself thy people 05971 Israel 03478 [to be] a people 05971 unto thee for 05704 ever 05769: and thou, LORD 03068, art become 01961 08804 their God 0430.
25 And now, O LORD 03068 God 0430, the word 01697 that thou hast spoken 01696 08765 concerning thy servant 05650, and concerning his house 01004, establish 06965 08685 [it] for 05704 ever 05769, and do 06213 08798 as thou hast said 01696 08765.
26 And let thy name 08034 be magnified 01431 08799 for 05704 ever 05769, saying 0559 08800, The LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 [is] the God 0430 over Israel 03478: and let the house 01004 of thy servant 05650 David 01732 be established 03559 08737 before 06440 thee.
27 For thou, O LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, God 0430 of Israel 03478, hast revealed 01540 08804 0241 to thy servant 05650, saying 0559 08800, I will build 01129 08799 thee an house 01004: therefore hath thy servant 05650 found 04672 08804 in his heart 03820 to pray 06419 08692 this prayer 08605 unto thee.
28 And now, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069, thou [art] that God 0430, and thy words 01697 be true 0571, and thou hast promised 01696 08762 this goodness 02896 unto thy servant 05650:
29 Therefore now let it please 02974 08685 thee to bless 01288 08761 the house 01004 of thy servant 05650, that it may continue for ever 05769 before 06440 thee: for thou, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069, hast spoken 01696 08765 [it]: and with thy blessing 01293 let the house 01004 of thy servant 05650 be blessed 01288 08792 for ever 05769.

#### 2Sa 8

1 And after 0310 this it came to pass, that David 01732 smote 05221 08686 the Philistines 06430, and subdued 03665 08686 them: and David 01732 took 03947 08799 Methegammah 04965 out of the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430.
2 And he smote 05221 08686 Moab 04124, and measured 04058 08762 them with a line 02256, casting them down 07901 08687 to the ground 0776; even with two 08147 lines 02256 measured 04058 08762 he to put to death 04191 08687, and with one full 04393 line 02256 to keep alive 02421 08687. And [so] the Moabites 04124 became David's 01732 servants 05650, [and] brought 05375 08802 gifts 04503.
3 David 01732 smote 05221 08686 also Hadadezer 01909, the son 01121 of Rehob 07340, king 04428 of Zobah 06678, as he went 03212 08800 to recover 07725 08687 his border 03027 at the river 05104 Euphrates 06578.
4 And David 01732 took 03920 08799 from him a thousand 0505 [chariots], and seven 07651 hundred 03967 horsemen 06571, and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 footmen 0376 07273: and David 01732 houghed 06131 08762 all the chariot 07393 [horses], but reserved 03498 08686 of them [for] an hundred 03967 chariots 07393.
5 And when the Syrians 0758 of Damascus 01834 came 0935 08799 to succour 05826 08800 Hadadezer 01909 king 04428 of Zobah 06678, David 01732 slew 05221 08686 of the Syrians 0758 two 08147 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 men 0376.
6 Then David 01732 put 07760 08799 garrisons 05333 in Syria 0758 of Damascus 01834: and the Syrians 0758 became servants 05650 to David 01732, [and] brought 05375 08802 gifts 04503. And the LORD 03068 preserved 03467 08686 David 01732 whithersoever he went 01980 08804.
7 And David 01732 took 03947 08799 the shields 07982 of gold 02091 that were on the servants 05650 of Hadadezer 01909, and brought 0935 08686 them to Jerusalem 03389.
8 And from Betah 0984, and from Berothai 01268, cities 05892 of Hadadezer 01909, king 04428 David 01732 took 03947 08804 exceeding 03966 much 07235 08687 brass 05178.
9 When Toi 08583 king 04428 of Hamath 02574 heard 08085 08799 that David 01732 had smitten 05221 08689 all the host 02428 of Hadadezer 01909,
10 Then Toi 08583 sent 07971 08799 Joram 03141 his son 01121 unto king 04428 David 01732, to salute 07592 08800 07965 him, and to bless 01288 08763 him, because he had fought 03898 08738 against Hadadezer 01909, and smitten 05221 08686 him: for Hadadezer 01909 had wars 0376 04421 with Toi 08583. And [Joram] brought with him 03027 vessels 03627 of silver 03701, and vessels 03627 of gold 02091, and vessels 03627 of brass 05178:
11 Which also king 04428 David 01732 did dedicate 06942 08689 unto the LORD 03068, with the silver 03701 and gold 02091 that he had dedicated 06942 08689 of all nations 01471 which he subdued 03533 08765;
12 Of Syria 0758, and of Moab 04124, and of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and of the Philistines 06430, and of Amalek 06002, and of the spoil 07998 of Hadadezer 01909, son 01121 of Rehob 07340, king 04428 of Zobah 06678.
13 And David 01732 gat 06213 08799 [him] a name 08034 when he returned 07725 08800 from smiting 05221 08687 of the Syrians 0758 in the valley 01516 of salt 04417, [being] eighteen 08083 06240 thousand 0505 [men].
14 And he put 07760 08799 garrisons 05333 in Edom 0123; throughout all Edom 0123 put 07760 08804 he garrisons 05333, and all they of Edom 0123 became David's 01732 servants 05650. And the LORD 03068 preserved 03467 08686 David 01732 whithersoever he went 01980 08804.
15 And David 01732 reigned 04427 08799 over all Israel 03478; and David 01732 executed 06213 08802 judgment 04941 and justice 06666 unto all his people 05971.
16 And Joab 03097 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 [was] over the host 06635; and Jehoshaphat 03092 the son 01121 of Ahilud 0286 [was] recorder 02142 08688;
17 And Zadok 06659 the son 01121 of Ahitub 0285, and Ahimelech 0288 the son 01121 of Abiathar 054, [were] the priests 03548; and Seraiah 08304 [was] the scribe 05608 08802;
18 And Benaiah 01141 the son 01121 of Jehoiada 03077 [was over] both the Cherethites 03774 and the Pelethites 06432; and David's 01732 sons 01121 were chief rulers 03548.

#### 2Sa 9

1 And David 01732 said 0559 08799, Is there yet 03426 any that is left 03498 08738 of the house 01004 of Saul 07586, that I may shew 06213 08799 him kindness 02617 for Jonathan's 03083 sake?
2 And [there was] of the house 01004 of Saul 07586 a servant 05650 whose name 08034 [was] Ziba 06717. And when they had called 07121 08799 him unto David 01732, the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto him, [Art] thou Ziba 06717? And he said 0559 08799, Thy servant 05650 [is he].
3 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, [Is] there not 0657 yet any 0376 of the house 01004 of Saul 07586, that I may shew 06213 08799 the kindness 02617 of God 0430 unto him? And Ziba 06717 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, Jonathan 03083 hath yet a son 01121, [which is] lame 05223 on [his] feet 07272.
4 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto him, Where 0375 [is] he? And Ziba 06717 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, Behold, he [is] in the house 01004 of Machir 04353, the son 01121 of Ammiel 05988, in Lodebar 03810.
5 Then king 04428 David 01732 sent 07971 08799, and fetched 03947 08799 him out of the house 01004 of Machir 04353, the son 01121 of Ammiel 05988, from Lodebar 03810.
6 Now when Mephibosheth 04648, the son 01121 of Jonathan 03083, the son 01121 of Saul 07586, was come 0935 08799 unto David 01732, he fell 05307 08799 on his face 06440, and did reverence 07812 08691. And David 01732 said 0559 08799, Mephibosheth 04648. And he answered 0559 08799, Behold thy servant 05650!
7 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto him, Fear 03372 08799 not: for I will surely 06213 08800 shew 06213 08799 thee kindness 02617 for Jonathan 03083 thy father's 01 sake, and will restore 07725 08689 thee all the land 07704 of Saul 07586 thy father 01; and thou shalt eat 0398 08799 bread 03899 at my table 07979 continually 08548.
8 And he bowed 07812 08691 himself, and said 0559 08799, What [is] thy servant 05650, that thou shouldest look 06437 08804 upon such a dead 04191 08801 dog 03611 as I [am]?
9 Then the king 04428 called 07121 08799 to Ziba 06717, Saul's 07586 servant 05288, and said 0559 08799 unto him, I have given 05414 08804 unto thy master's 0113 son 01121 all that pertained 01961 08804 to Saul 07586 and to all his house 01004.
10 Thou therefore, and thy sons 01121, and thy servants 05650, shall till 05647 08804 the land 0127 for him, and thou shalt bring 0935 08689 in [the fruits], that thy master's 0113 son 01121 may have food 03899 to eat 0398 08804: but Mephibosheth 04648 thy master's 0113 son 01121 shall eat 0398 08799 bread 03899 alway 08548 at my table 07979. Now Ziba 06717 had fifteen 02568 06240 sons 01121 and twenty 06242 servants 05650.
11 Then said 0559 08799 Ziba 06717 unto the king 04428, According to all that my lord 0113 the king 04428 hath commanded 06680 08762 his servant 05650, so shall thy servant 05650 do 06213 08799. As for Mephibosheth 04648, [said the king], he shall eat 0398 08802 at my table 07979, as one 0259 of the king's 04428 sons 01121.
12 And Mephibosheth 04648 had a young 06996 son 01121, whose name 08034 [was] Micha 04316. And all that dwelt 04186 in the house 01004 of Ziba 06717 [were] servants 05650 unto Mephibosheth 04648.
13 So Mephibosheth 04648 dwelt 03427 08802 in Jerusalem 03389: for he did eat 0398 08802 continually 08548 at the king's 04428 table 07979; and was lame 06455 on both 08147 his feet 07272.

#### 2Sa 10

1 And it came to pass after this 0310, that the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 died 04191 08799, and Hanun 02586 his son 01121 reigned 04427 08799 in his stead.
2 Then said 0559 08799 David 01732, I will shew 06213 08799 kindness 02617 unto Hanun 02586 the son 01121 of Nahash 05176, as his father 01 shewed 06213 08804 kindness 02617 unto me. And David 01732 sent 07971 08799 to comfort 05162 08763 him by the hand 03027 of his servants 05650 for his father 01. And David's 01732 servants 05650 came 0935 08799 into the land 0776 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
3 And the princes 08269 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 said 0559 08799 unto Hanun 02586 their lord 0113, Thinkest 05869 thou that David 01732 doth honour 03513 08764 thy father 01, that he hath sent 07971 08804 comforters 05162 08764 unto thee? hath not David 01732 [rather] sent 07971 08804 his servants 05650 unto thee, to 05668 search 02713 08800 the city 05892, and to spy it out 07270 08763, and to overthrow 02015 08800 it?
4 Wherefore Hanun 02586 took 03947 08799 David's 01732 servants 05650, and shaved off 01548 08762 the one half 02677 of their beards 02206, and cut off 03772 08799 their garments 04063 in the middle 02677, [even] to their buttocks 08357, and sent them away 07971 08762.
5 When they told 05046 08686 [it] unto David 01732, he sent 07971 08799 to meet 07125 08800 them, because the men 0582 were greatly 03966 ashamed 03637 08737: and the king 04428 said 0559 08799, Tarry 03427 08798 at Jericho 03405 until your beards 02206 be grown 06779 08762, and [then] return 07725 08804.
6 And when the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 saw 07200 08799 that they stank 0887 08738 before David 01732, the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 sent 07971 08799 and hired 07936 08799 the Syrians 0758 of Bethrehob 01050, and the Syrians 0758 of Zoba 06678, twenty 06242 thousand 0505 footmen 07273, and of king 04428 Maacah 04601 a thousand 0505 men 0376, and of Ishtob 0382 twelve 06240 08147 thousand 0505 men 0376.
7 And when David 01732 heard 08085 08799 of [it], he sent 07971 08799 Joab 03097, and all the host 06635 of the mighty men 01368.
8 And the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 came out 03318 08799, and put the battle 04421 in array 06186 08799 at the entering in 06607 of the gate 08179: and the Syrians 0758 of Zoba 06678, and of Rehob 07340, and Ishtob 0382, and Maacah 04601, [were] by themselves 0905 in the field 07704.
9 When Joab 03097 saw 07200 08799 that the front 06440 of the battle 04421 was against him before 06440 and behind 0268, he chose 0977 08799 of all the choice 0977 08803 [men] of Israel 03478, and put [them] in array 06186 08799 against 07125 08800 the Syrians 0758:
10 And the rest 03499 of the people 05971 he delivered 05414 08804 into the hand 03027 of Abishai 052 his brother 0251, that he might put [them] in array 06186 08799 against 07125 08800 the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
11 And he said 0559 08799, If the Syrians 0758 be too strong 02388 08799 for me, then thou shalt help 03444 me: but if the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 be too strong 02388 08799 for thee, then I will come 01980 08804 and help 03467 08687 thee.
12 Be of good courage 02388 08798, and let us play the men 02388 08691 for our people 05971, and for the cities 05892 of our God 0430: and the LORD 03068 do 06213 08799 that which seemeth 05869 him good 02896.
13 And Joab 03097 drew nigh 05066 08799, and the people 05971 that [were] with him, unto the battle 04421 against the Syrians 0758: and they fled 05127 08799 before 06440 him.
14 And when the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 saw 07200 08804 that the Syrians 0758 were fled 05127 08804, then fled 05127 08799 they also before 06440 Abishai 052, and entered 0935 08799 into the city 05892. So Joab 03097 returned 07725 08799 from the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and came 0935 08799 to Jerusalem 03389.
15 And when the Syrians 0758 saw 07200 08799 that they were smitten 05062 08738 before 06440 Israel 03478, they gathered 0622 08735 themselves together 03162.
16 And Hadarezer 01928 sent 07971 08799, and brought out 03318 08686 the Syrians 0758 that [were] beyond 05676 the river 05104: and they came 0935 08799 to Helam 02431; and Shobach 07731 the captain 08269 of the host 06635 of Hadarezer 01928 [went] before 06440 them.
17 And when it was told 05046 08714 David 01732, he gathered 0622 00 all Israel 03478 together 0622 08799, and passed over 05674 08799 Jordan 03383, and came 0935 08799 to Helam 02431. And the Syrians 0758 set themselves in array 06186 08799 against 07125 08800 David 01732, and fought 03898 08735 with him.
18 And the Syrians 0758 fled 05127 08799 before 06440 Israel 03478; and David 01732 slew 02026 08799 [the men of] seven 07651 hundred 03967 chariots 07393 of the Syrians 0758, and forty 0705 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571, and smote 05221 08689 Shobach 07731 the captain 08269 of their host 06635, who died 04191 08799 there.
19 And when all the kings 04428 [that were] servants 05650 to Hadarezer 01928 saw 07200 08799 that they were smitten 05062 08738 before 06440 Israel 03478, they made peace 07999 08686 with Israel 03478, and served 05647 08799 them. So the Syrians 0758 feared 03372 08799 to help 03467 08687 the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 any more.

#### 2Sa 11

1 And it came to pass, after the year 08141 was expired 08666, at the time 06256 when kings 04428 08675 04397 go forth 03318 08800 [to battle], that David 01732 sent 07971 08799 Joab 03097, and his servants 05650 with him, and all Israel 03478; and they destroyed 07843 08686 the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and besieged 06696 08799 Rabbah 07237. But David 01732 tarried still 03427 08802 at Jerusalem 03389.
2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide 06153 06256, that David 01732 arose 06965 08799 from off his bed 04904, and walked 01980 08691 upon the roof 01406 of the king's 04428 house 01004: and from the roof 01406 he saw 07200 08799 a woman 0802 washing 07364 08801 herself; and the woman 0802 [was] very 03966 beautiful 02896 to look upon 04758.
3 And David 01732 sent 07971 08799 and enquired 01875 08799 after the woman 0802. And [one] said 0559 08799, [Is] not this Bathsheba 01339, the daughter 01323 of Eliam 0463, the wife 0802 of Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850?
4 And David 01732 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397, and took 03947 08799 her; and she came in 0935 08799 unto him, and he lay 07901 08799 with her; for she was purified 06942 08693 from her uncleanness 02932: and she returned 07725 08799 unto her house 01004.
5 And the woman 0802 conceived 02029 08799, and sent 07971 08799 and told 05046 08686 David 01732, and said 0559 08799, I [am] with child 02030.
6 And David 01732 sent 07971 08799 to Joab 03097, [saying], Send 07971 08798 me Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850. And Joab 03097 sent 07971 08799 Uriah 0223 to David 01732.
7 And when Uriah 0223 was come 0935 08799 unto him, David 01732 demanded 07592 08799 [of him] how Joab 03097 did 07965, and how the people 05971 did 07965, and how the war 04421 prospered 07965.
8 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Uriah 0223, Go down 03381 08798 to thy house 01004, and wash 07364 08798 thy feet 07272. And Uriah 0223 departed out 03318 08799 of the king's 04428 house 01004, and there followed 0310 him a mess 04864 [of meat] from the king 04428.
9 But Uriah 0223 slept 07901 08799 at the door 06607 of the king's 04428 house 01004 with all the servants 05650 of his lord 0113, and went not down 03381 08804 to his house 01004.
10 And when they had told 05046 08686 David 01732, saying 0559 08800, Uriah 0223 went not down 03381 08804 unto his house 01004, David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Uriah 0223, Camest 0935 08802 thou not from [thy] journey 01870? why [then] didst thou not go down 03381 08804 unto thine house 01004?
11 And Uriah 0223 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, The ark 0727, and Israel 03478, and Judah 03063, abide 03427 08802 in tents 05521; and my lord 0113 Joab 03097, and the servants 05650 of my lord 0113, are encamped 02583 08802 in the open 06440 fields 07704; shall I 0589 then go 0935 08799 into mine house 01004, to eat 0398 08800 and to drink 08354 08800, and to lie 07901 08800 with my wife 0802? [as] thou livest 02416, and [as] thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, I will not do 06213 08799 this thing 01697.
12 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Uriah 0223, Tarry 03427 08798 here to day 03117 also, and to morrow 04279 I will let thee depart 07971 08762. So Uriah 0223 abode 03427 08799 in Jerusalem 03389 that day 03117, and the morrow 04283.
13 And when David 01732 had called 07121 08799 him, he did eat 0398 08799 and drink 08354 08799 before 06440 him; and he made him drunk 07937 08762: and at even 06153 he went out 03318 08799 to lie 07901 08800 on his bed 04904 with the servants 05650 of his lord 0113, but went not down 03381 08804 to his house 01004.
14 And it came to pass in the morning 01242, that David 01732 wrote 03789 08799 a letter 05612 to Joab 03097, and sent 07971 08799 [it] by the hand 03027 of Uriah 0223.
15 And he wrote 03789 08799 in the letter 05612, saying 0559 08800, Set 03051 08798 ye Uriah 0223 in the forefront 06440 04136 of the hottest 02389 battle 04421, and retire 07725 08804 ye from him 0310, that he may be smitten 05221 08738, and die 04191 08804.
16 And it came to pass, when Joab 03097 observed 08104 08800 the city 05892, that he assigned 05414 08799 Uriah 0223 unto a place 04725 where he knew 03045 08804 that valiant 02428 men 0582 [were].
17 And the men 0582 of the city 05892 went out 03318 08799, and fought 03898 08735 with Joab 03097: and there fell 05307 08799 [some] of the people 05971 of the servants 05650 of David 01732; and Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 died 04191 08799 also.
18 Then Joab 03097 sent 07971 08799 and told 05046 08686 David 01732 all the things 01697 concerning the war 04421;
19 And charged 06680 08762 the messenger 04397, saying 0559 08800, When thou hast made an end 03615 08763 of telling 01696 08763 the matters 01697 of the war 04421 unto the king 04428,
20 And if so be that the king's 04428 wrath 02534 arise 05927 08799, and he say 0559 08804 unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh 05066 08738 unto the city 05892 when ye did fight 03898 08736? knew 03045 08804 ye not that they would shoot 03384 08686 from the wall 02346?
21 Who smote 05221 08689 Abimelech 040 the son 01121 of Jerubbesheth 03380? did not a woman 0802 cast 07993 08689 a piece 06400 of a millstone 07393 upon him from the wall 02346, that he died 04191 08799 in Thebez 08405? why went ye nigh 05066 08738 the wall 02346? then say 0559 08804 thou, Thy servant 05650 Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 is dead 04191 08804 also.
22 So the messenger 04397 went 03212 08799, and came 0935 08799 and shewed 05046 08686 David 01732 all that Joab 03097 had sent 07971 08804 him for.
23 And the messenger 04397 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, Surely the men 0582 prevailed 01396 08804 against us, and came out 03318 08799 unto us into the field 07704, and we were upon them even unto the entering 06607 of the gate 08179.
24 And the shooters 03384 08688 shot 03384 08686 from off the wall 02346 upon thy servants 05650; and [some] of the king's 04428 servants 05650 be dead 04191 08799, and thy servant 05650 Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 is dead 04191 08804 also.
25 Then David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto the messenger 04397, Thus shalt thou say 0559 08799 unto Joab 03097, Let not this thing 01697 displease 03415 08799 05869 thee, for the sword 02719 devoureth 0398 08799 one as well as another 02090: make thy battle 04421 more strong 02388 08685 against the city 05892, and overthrow 02040 08798 it: and encourage 02388 08761 thou him.
26 And when the wife 0802 of Uriah 0223 heard 08085 08799 that Uriah 0223 her husband 0376 was dead 04191 08804, she mourned 05594 08799 for her husband 01167.
27 And when the mourning 060 was past 05674 08799, David 01732 sent 07971 08799 and fetched 0622 08799 her to his house 01004, and she became his wife 0802, and bare 03205 08799 him a son 01121. But the thing 01697 that David 01732 had done 06213 08804 displeased 03415 08799 05869 the LORD 03068.

#### 2Sa 12

1 And the LORD 03068 sent 07971 08799 Nathan 05416 unto David 01732. And he came 0935 08799 unto him, and said 0559 08799 unto him, There were two 08147 men 0582 in one 0259 city 05892; the one 0259 rich 06223, and the other 0259 poor 07326 08802.
2 The rich 06223 [man] had exceeding 03966 many 07235 08687 flocks 06629 and herds 01241:
3 But the poor 07326 08802 [man] had nothing, save one 0259 little 06996 ewe lamb 03535, which he had bought 07069 08804 and nourished up 02421 08762: and it grew up 01431 08799 together 03162 with him, and with his children 01121; it did eat 0398 08799 of his own meat 06595, and drank 08354 08799 of his own cup 03563, and lay 07901 08799 in his bosom 02436, and was unto him as a daughter 01323.
4 And there came 0935 08799 a traveller 01982 unto the rich 06223 man 0376, and he spared 02550 08799 to take 03947 08800 of his own flock 06629 and of his own herd 01241, to dress 06213 08800 for the wayfaring man 0732 08802 that was come 0935 08802 unto him; but took 03947 08799 the poor 07326 08802 man's 0376 lamb 03535, and dressed 06213 08799 it for the man 0376 that was come 0935 08802 to him.
5 And David's 01732 anger 0639 was greatly 03966 kindled 02734 08799 against the man 0376; and he said 0559 08799 to Nathan 05416, [As] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, the man 0376 that hath done 06213 08802 this [thing] shall surely 01121 die 04194:
6 And he shall restore 07999 08762 the lamb 03535 fourfold 0706, because 06118 he did 06213 08804 this thing 01697, and because 0834 he had no pity 02550 08804.
7 And Nathan 05416 said 0559 08799 to David 01732, Thou [art] the man 0376. Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, I anointed 04886 08804 thee king 04428 over Israel 03478, and I delivered 05337 08689 thee out of the hand 03027 of Saul 07586;
8 And I gave 05414 08799 thee thy master's 0113 house 01004, and thy master's 0113 wives 0802 into thy bosom 02436, and gave 05414 08799 thee the house 01004 of Israel 03478 and of Judah 03063; and if [that had been] too little 04592, I would moreover have given 03254 08686 unto thee such 02007 and such things 02007.
9 Wherefore hast thou despised 0959 08804 the commandment 01697 of the LORD 03068, to do 06213 08800 evil 07451 in his sight 05869? thou hast killed 05221 08689 Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 with the sword 02719, and hast taken 03947 08804 his wife 0802 [to be] thy wife 0802, and hast slain 02026 08804 him with the sword 02719 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
10 Now therefore the sword 02719 shall never 05704 05769 depart 05493 08799 from thine house 01004; because 06118 thou hast despised 0959 08804 me, and hast taken 03947 08799 the wife 0802 of Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 to be thy wife 0802.
11 Thus saith 0559 08804 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will raise up 06965 08688 evil 07451 against thee out of thine own house 01004, and I will take 03947 08804 thy wives 0802 before thine eyes 05869, and give 05414 08804 [them] unto thy neighbour 07453, and he shall lie 07901 08804 with thy wives 0802 in the sight 05869 of this sun 08121.
12 For thou didst 06213 08804 [it] secretly 05643: but I will do 06213 08799 this thing 01697 before all Israel 03478, and before the sun 08121.
13 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Nathan 05416, I have sinned 02398 08804 against the LORD 03068. And Nathan 05416 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, The LORD 03068 also hath put away 05674 08689 thy sin 02403; thou shalt not die 04191 08799.
14 Howbeit 0657, because by this deed 01697 thou hast given 05006 00 great occasion 05006 08763 to the enemies 0341 08802 of the LORD 03068 to blaspheme 05006 08765, the child 01121 also [that is] born 03209 unto thee shall surely 04191 08800 die 04191 08799.
15 And Nathan 05416 departed 03212 08799 unto his house 01004. And the LORD 03068 struck 05062 08799 the child 03206 that Uriah's 0223 wife 0802 bare 03205 08804 unto David 01732, and it was very sick 0605 08735.
16 David 01732 therefore besought 01245 08762 God 0430 for the child 05288; and David 01732 fasted 06684 08799 06685, and went in 0935 08804, and lay 07901 08804 all night 03885 08804 upon the earth 0776.
17 And the elders 02205 of his house 01004 arose 06965 08799, [and went] to him, to raise him up 06965 08687 from the earth 0776: but he would 014 08804 not, neither did he eat 01262 08804 bread 03899 with them.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh 07637 day 03117, that the child 03206 died 04191 08799. And the servants 05650 of David 01732 feared 03372 08799 to tell 05046 08687 him that the child 03206 was dead 04191 08804: for they said 0559 08804, Behold, while the child 03206 was yet alive 02416, we spake 01696 08765 unto him, and he would not hearken 08085 08804 unto our voice 06963: how will he then 06213 00 vex 07451 himself 06213 08804, if we tell 0559 08799 him that the child 03206 is dead 04191 08804?
19 But when David 01732 saw 07200 08799 that his servants 05650 whispered 03907 08693, David 01732 perceived 0995 08799 that the child 03206 was dead 04191 08804: therefore David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto his servants 05650, Is the child 03206 dead 04191 08804? And they said 0559 08799, He is dead 04191 08804.
20 Then David 01732 arose 06965 08799 from the earth 0776, and washed 07364 08799, and anointed 05480 08686 [himself], and changed 02498 08762 his apparel 08071, and came 0935 08799 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and worshipped 07812 08691: then he came 0935 08799 to his own house 01004; and when he required 07592 08799, they set 07760 08799 bread 03899 before him, and he did eat 0398 08799.
21 Then said 0559 08799 his servants 05650 unto him, What thing 01697 [is] this that thou hast done 06213 08804? thou didst fast 06684 08804 and weep 01058 08799 for the child 03206, [while it was] alive 02416; but when the child 03206 was dead 04191 08804, thou didst rise 06965 08804 and eat 0398 08799 bread 03899.
22 And he said 0559 08799, While the child 03206 was yet alive 02416, I fasted 06684 08804 and wept 01058 08799: for I said 0559 08804, Who can tell 03045 08802 [whether] GOD 03068 will be gracious 02603 08804 08675 02603 08762 to me, that the child 03206 may live 02416?
23 But now he is dead 04191 08804, wherefore should I fast 06684 08802? can 03201 08799 I bring him back again 07725 08687? I shall go 01980 08802 to him, but he shall not return 07725 08799 to me.
24 And David 01732 comforted 05162 08762 Bathsheba 01339 his wife 0802, and went in 0935 08799 unto her, and lay 07901 08799 with her: and she bare 03205 08799 a son 01121, and he called 07121 08799 his name 08034 Solomon 08010: and the LORD 03068 loved 0157 08804 him.
25 And he sent 07971 08799 by the hand 03027 of Nathan 05416 the prophet 05030; and he called 07121 08799 his name 08034 Jedidiah 03041, because of the LORD 03068.
26 And Joab 03097 fought 03898 08735 against Rabbah 07237 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and took 03920 08799 the royal 04410 city 05892.
27 And Joab 03097 sent 07971 08799 messengers 04397 to David 01732, and said 0559 08799, I have fought 03898 08738 against Rabbah 07237, and have taken 03920 08804 the city 05892 of waters 04325.
28 Now therefore gather 0622 00 the rest 03499 of the people 05971 together 0622 08798, and encamp 02583 08798 against the city 05892, and take 03920 08798 it: lest I take 03920 08799 the city 05892, and it be called 07121 08738 after my name 08034.
29 And David 01732 gathered 0622 00 all the people 05971 together 0622 08799, and went 03212 08799 to Rabbah 07237, and fought 03898 08735 against it, and took 03920 08799 it.
30 And he took 03947 08799 their king's 04428 crown 05850 from off his head 07218, the weight 04948 whereof [was] a talent 03603 of gold 02091 with the precious 03368 stones 068: and it was [set] on David's 01732 head 07218. And he brought forth 03318 08689 the spoil 07998 of the city 05892 in great 03966 abundance 07235 08687.
31 And he brought forth 03318 08689 the people 05971 that [were] therein, and put 07760 08799 [them] under saws 04050, and under harrows 02757 of iron 01270, and under axes 04037 of iron 01270, and made them pass 05674 08689 through the brickkiln 04404: and thus did 06213 08799 he unto all the cities 05892 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983. So David 01732 and all the people 05971 returned 07725 08799 unto Jerusalem 03389.

#### 2Sa 13

1 And it came to pass after 0310 this, that Absalom 053 the son 01121 of David 01732 had a fair 03303 sister 0269, whose name 08034 [was] Tamar 08559; and Amnon 0550 the son 01121 of David 01732 loved 0157 08799 her.
2 And Amnon 0550 was so vexed 03334 08799, that he fell sick 02470 08692 for his sister 0269 Tamar 08559; for she [was] a virgin 01330; and Amnon 0550 thought 05869 it hard 06381 08735 for him to do 06213 08800 any thing 03972 to her.
3 But Amnon 0550 had a friend 07453, whose name 08034 [was] Jonadab 03122, the son 01121 of Shimeah 08093 David's 01732 brother 0251: and Jonadab 03122 [was] a very 03966 subtil 02450 man 0376.
4 And he said 0559 08799 unto him, Why [art] thou, [being] the king's 04428 son 01121, lean 01800 from day 01242 to day 01242? wilt thou not tell 05046 08686 me? And Amnon 0550 said 0559 08799 unto him, I love 0157 08802 Tamar 08559, my brother 0251 Absalom's 053 sister 0269.
5 And Jonadab 03082 said 0559 08799 unto him, Lay thee down 07901 08798 on thy bed 04904, and make thyself sick 02470 08690: and when thy father 01 cometh 0935 08804 to see 07200 08800 thee, say 0559 08804 unto him, I pray thee, let my sister 0269 Tamar 08559 come 0935 08799, and give 01262 08686 me meat 03899, and dress 06213 08804 the meat 01279 in my sight 05869, that I may see 07200 08799 [it], and eat 0398 08804 [it] at her hand 03027.
6 So Amnon 0550 lay down 07901 08799, and made himself sick 02470 08691: and when the king 04428 was come 0935 08799 to see 07200 08800 him, Amnon 0550 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, I pray thee, let Tamar 08559 my sister 0269 come 0935 08799, and make 03823 08762 me a couple 08147 of cakes 03834 in my sight 05869, that I may eat 01262 08799 at her hand 03027.
7 Then David 01732 sent 07971 08799 home 01004 to Tamar 08559, saying 0559 08800, Go 03212 08798 now to thy brother 0251 Amnon's 0550 house 01004, and dress 06213 08798 him meat 01279.
8 So Tamar 08559 went 03212 08799 to her brother 0251 Amnon's 0550 house 01004; and he was laid down 07901 08802. And she took 03947 08799 flour 01217, and kneaded 03888 08799 [it], and made cakes 03823 08762 in his sight 05869, and did bake 01310 08762 the cakes 03834.
9 And she took 03947 08799 a pan 04958, and poured [them] out 03332 08799 before 06440 him; but he refused 03985 08762 to eat 0398 08800. And Amnon 0550 said 0559 08799, Have out 03318 08685 all men 0376 from me. And they went out 03318 08799 every man 0376 from him.
10 And Amnon 0550 said 0559 08799 unto Tamar 08559, Bring 0935 08685 the meat 01279 into the chamber 02315, that I may eat 01262 08799 of thine hand 03027. And Tamar 08559 took 03947 08799 the cakes 03834 which she had made 06213 08804, and brought 0935 08686 [them] into the chamber 02315 to Amnon 0550 her brother 0251.
11 And when she had brought 05066 08686 [them] unto him to eat 0398 08800, he took hold 02388 08686 of her, and said 0559 08799 unto her, Come 0935 08798 lie 07901 08798 with me, my sister 0269.
12 And she answered 0559 08799 him, Nay, my brother 0251, do not force 06031 08762 me; for no such thing ought 03651 to be done 06213 08735 in Israel 03478: do 06213 08799 not thou this folly 05039.
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame 02781 to go 03212 08686? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one 0259 of the fools 05036 in Israel 03478. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak 01696 08761 unto the king 04428; for he will not withhold 04513 08799 me from thee.
14 Howbeit he would 014 08804 not hearken 08085 08800 unto her voice 06963: but, being stronger 02388 08799 than she, forced 06031 08762 her, and lay 07901 08799 with her.
15 Then Amnon 0550 hated 08130 08799 her exceedingly 03966 01419; so that the hatred 08135 wherewith he hated 08130 08804 her [was] greater 01419 than the love 0160 wherewith he had loved 0157 08804 her. And Amnon 0550 said 0559 08799 unto her, Arise 06965 08798, be gone 03212 08798.
16 And she said 0559 08799 unto him, [There is] no cause 0182: this evil 07451 in sending me away 07971 08763 [is] greater 01419 than the other 0312 that thou didst 06213 08804 unto me. But he would 014 08804 not hearken 08085 08800 unto her.
17 Then he called 07121 08799 his servant 05288 that ministered 08334 08764 unto him, and said 0559 08799, Put 07971 08798 now this [woman] out 02351 from me, and bolt 05274 08798 the door 01817 after 0310 her.
18 And [she had] a garment 03801 of divers colours 06446 upon her: for with such robes 04598 were the king's 04428 daughters 01323 [that were] virgins 01330 apparelled 03847 08799. Then his servant 08334 08764 brought 03318 08686 her out 02351, and bolted 05274 08804 the door 01817 after 0310 her.
19 And Tamar 08559 put 03947 08799 ashes 0665 on her head 07218, and rent 07167 08804 her garment 03801 of divers colours 06446 that [was] on her, and laid 07760 08799 her hand 03027 on her head 07218, and went 03212 08799 on 01980 08800 crying 02199 08804.
20 And Absalom 053 her brother 0251 said 0559 08799 unto her, Hath Amnon 0550 thy brother 0251 been with thee? but hold now thy peace 02790 08685, my sister 0269: he [is] thy brother 0251; regard 07896 08799 03820 not this thing 01697. So Tamar 08559 remained 03427 08799 desolate 08074 08802 in her brother 0251 Absalom's 053 house 01004.
21 But when king 04428 David 01732 heard 08085 08804 of all these things 01697, he was very 03966 wroth 02734 08799.
22 And Absalom 053 spake 01696 08765 unto his brother Amnon 0550 neither good 02896 nor bad 07451: for Absalom 053 hated 08130 08804 Amnon 0550, because 01697 he had forced 06031 08765 his sister 0269 Tamar 08559.
23 And it came to pass after two full 03117 years 08141, that Absalom 053 had sheepshearers 01494 08802 in Baalhazor 01178, which [is] beside Ephraim 0669: and Absalom 053 invited 07121 08799 all the king's 04428 sons 01121.
24 And Absalom 053 came 0935 08799 to the king 04428, and said 0559 08799, Behold now, thy servant 05650 hath sheepshearers 01494 08802; let 03212 00 the king 04428, I beseech thee, and his servants 05650 go 03212 08799 with thy servant 05650.
25 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 to Absalom 053, Nay, my son 01121, let us not all now go 03212 08799, lest we be chargeable 03513 08799 unto thee. And he pressed 06555 08799 him: howbeit he would 014 08804 not go 03212 08800, but blessed 01288 08762 him.
26 Then said 0559 08799 Absalom 053, If not, I pray thee, let my brother 0251 Amnon 0550 go 03212 08799 with us. And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto him, Why should he go 03212 08799 with thee?
27 But Absalom 053 pressed 06555 08799 him, that he let Amnon 0550 and all the king's 04428 sons 01121 go 07971 08799 with him.
28 Now Absalom 053 had commanded 06680 08762 his servants 05288, saying 0559 08800, Mark 07200 08798 ye now when Amnon's 0550 heart 03820 is merry 02896 with wine 03196, and when I say 0559 08804 unto you, Smite 05221 08685 Amnon 0550; then kill 04191 08689 him, fear 03372 08799 not: have not I commanded 06680 08765 you? be courageous 02388 08798, and be valiant 01121 02428.
29 And the servants 05288 of Absalom 053 did 06213 08799 unto Amnon 0550 as Absalom 053 had commanded 06680 08765. Then all the king's 04428 sons 01121 arose 06965 08799, and every man 0376 gat him up 07392 08799 upon his mule 06505, and fled 05127 08799.
30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way 01870, that tidings 08052 came 0935 08804 to David 01732, saying 0559 08800, Absalom 053 hath slain 05221 08689 all the king's 04428 sons 01121, and there is not one 0259 of them left 03498 08738.
31 Then the king 04428 arose 06965 08799, and tare 07167 08799 his garments 0899, and lay 07901 08799 on the earth 0776; and all his servants 05650 stood 05324 08737 by with their clothes 0899 rent 07167 08803.
32 And Jonadab 03122, the son 01121 of Shimeah 08093 David's 01732 brother 0251, answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, Let not my lord 0113 suppose 0559 08799 [that] they have slain 04191 08689 all the young men 05288 the king's 04428 sons 01121; for Amnon 0550 only is dead 04191 08804: for by the appointment 06310 of Absalom 053 this hath been determined 07760 08803 from the day 03117 that he forced 06031 08763 his sister 0269 Tamar 08559.
33 Now therefore let not my lord 0113 the king 04428 take 07760 08799 the thing 01697 to his heart 03820, to think 0559 08800 that all the king's 04428 sons 01121 are dead 04191 08804: for Amnon 0550 only is dead 04191 08804.
34 But Absalom 053 fled 01272 08799. And the young man 05288 that kept the watch 06822 08802 lifted up 05375 08799 his eyes 05869, and looked 07200 08799, and, behold, there came 01980 08802 much 07227 people 05971 by the way 01870 of the hill 02022 side 06654 behind 0310 him.
35 And Jonadab 03122 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, Behold, the king's 04428 sons 01121 come 0935 08804: as thy servant 05650 said 01697, so it is.
36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end 03615 08763 of speaking 01696 08763, that, behold, the king's 04428 sons 01121 came 0935 08804, and lifted up 05375 08799 their voice 06963 and wept 01058 08799: and the king 04428 also and all his servants 05650 wept 01058 08804 very 03966 sore 01065 01419.
37 But Absalom 053 fled 01272 08804, and went 03212 08799 to Talmai 08526, the son 01121 of Ammihud 05991 08675 05989, king 04428 of Geshur 01650. And [David] mourned 056 08691 for his son 01121 every day 03117.
38 So Absalom 053 fled 01272 08804, and went 03212 08799 to Geshur 01650, and was there three 07969 years 08141.
39 And [the soul of] king 04428 David 01732 longed 03615 08762 to go forth 03318 08800 unto Absalom 053: for he was comforted 05162 08738 concerning Amnon 0550, seeing he was dead 04191 08804.

#### 2Sa 14

1 Now Joab 03097 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 perceived 03045 08799 that the king's 04428 heart 03820 [was] toward Absalom 053.
2 And Joab 03097 sent 07971 08799 to Tekoah 08620, and fetched 03947 08799 thence a wise 02450 woman 0802, and said 0559 08799 unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner 056 08693, and put on 03847 08798 now mourning 060 apparel 0899, and anoint 05480 08799 not thyself with oil 08081, but be as a woman 0802 that had a long 07227 time 03117 mourned 056 08690 for the dead 04191 08801:
3 And come 0935 08804 to the king 04428, and speak 01696 08765 on this manner 01697 unto him. So Joab 03097 put 07760 08799 the words 01697 in her mouth 06310.
4 And when the woman 0802 of Tekoah 08621 spake 0559 08799 to the king 04428, she fell 05307 08799 on her face 0639 to the ground 0776, and did obeisance 07812 08691, and said 0559 08799, Help 03467 08685, O king 04428.
5 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered 0559 08799, I [am] indeed 061 a widow 0490 woman 0802, and mine husband 0376 is dead 04191 08799.
6 And thy handmaid 08198 had two 08147 sons 01121, and they two 08147 strove together 05327 08735 in the field 07704, and [there was] none to part 05337 08688 them, but the one 0259 smote 05221 08686 the other 0259, and slew 04191 08686 him.
7 And, behold, the whole family 04940 is risen 06965 08804 against thine handmaid 08198, and they said 0559 08799, Deliver 05414 08798 him that smote 05221 08688 his brother 0251, that we may kill 04191 08686 him, for the life 05315 of his brother 0251 whom he slew 02026 08804; and we will destroy 08045 08686 the heir 03423 08802 also: and so they shall quench 03518 08765 my coal 01513 which is left 07760 08800, and shall not leave 07604 08738 to my husband 0376 [neither] name 08034 nor remainder 07611 upon 06440 the earth 0127.
8 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto the woman 0802, Go 03212 08798 to thine house 01004, and I will give charge 06680 08762 concerning thee.
9 And the woman 0802 of Tekoah 08621 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, My lord 0113, O king 04428, the iniquity 05771 [be] on me, and on my father's 01 house 01004: and the king 04428 and his throne 03678 [be] guiltless 05355.
10 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, Whosoever saith 01696 08764 [ought] unto thee, bring 0935 08689 him to me, and he shall not touch 05060 08800 thee any more 03254 08686.
11 Then said 0559 08799 she, I pray thee, let the king 04428 remember 02142 08799 the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers 01350 08802 of blood 01818 to destroy 07843 08763 any more 07235 08687, lest they destroy 08045 08686 my son 01121. And he said 0559 08799, [As] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, there shall not one hair 08185 of thy son 01121 fall 05307 08799 to the earth 0776.
12 Then the woman 0802 said 0559 08799, Let thine handmaid 08198, I pray thee, speak 01696 08762 [one] word 01697 unto my lord 0113 the king 04428. And he said 0559 08799, Say on 01696 08761.
13 And the woman 0802 said 0559 08799, Wherefore then hast thou thought 02803 08804 such a thing against the people 05971 of God 0430? for the king 04428 doth speak 01696 08693 this thing 01697 as one which is faulty 0818, in that the king 04428 doth not fetch home again 07725 08687 his banished 05080 08737.
14 For we must needs 04191 08800 die 04191 08799, and [are] as water 04325 spilt 05064 08737 on the ground 0776, which cannot be gathered up again 0622 08735; neither doth God 0430 respect 05375 08799 [any] person 05315: yet doth he devise 02803 08804 means 04284, that his banished 05080 08737 be not expelled 05080 08799 from him.
15 Now therefore that I am come 0935 08804 to speak 01696 08763 of this thing 01697 unto my lord 0113 the king 04428, [it is] because the people 05971 have made me afraid 03372 08765: and thy handmaid 08198 said 0559 08799, I will now speak 01696 08762 unto the king 04428; it may be that the king 04428 will perform 06213 08799 the request 01697 of his handmaid 0519.
16 For the king 04428 will hear 08085 08799, to deliver 05337 08687 his handmaid 0519 out of the hand 03709 of the man 0376 [that would] destroy 08045 08687 me and my son 01121 together 03162 out of the inheritance 05159 of God 0430.
17 Then thine handmaid 08198 said 0559 08799, The word 01697 of my lord 0113 the king 04428 shall now be comfortable 04496: for as an angel 04397 of God 0430, so [is] my lord 0113 the king 04428 to discern 08085 08800 good 02896 and bad 07451: therefore the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 will be with thee.
18 Then the king 04428 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799 unto the woman 0802, Hide 03582 08762 not from me, I pray thee, the thing 01697 that I shall ask 07592 08802 thee. And the woman 0802 said 0559 08799, Let my lord 0113 the king 04428 now speak 01696 08762.
19 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, [Is not] the hand 03027 of Joab 03097 with thee in all this? And the woman 0802 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, [As] thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, my lord 0113 the king 04428, none 0376 can 0786 turn to the right hand 03231 08687 or to the left 08041 08687 from ought that my lord 0113 the king 04428 hath spoken 01696 08765: for thy servant 05650 Joab 03097, he bade 06680 08765 me, and he put 07760 08804 all these words 01697 in the mouth 06310 of thine handmaid 08198:
20 To 05668 fetch about 05437 08763 this form 06440 of speech 01697 hath thy servant 05650 Joab 03097 done 06213 08804 this thing 01697: and my lord 0113 [is] wise 02450, according to the wisdom 02451 of an angel 04397 of God 0430, to know 03045 08800 all [things] that [are] in the earth 0776.
21 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto Joab 03097, Behold now, I have done 06213 08804 this thing 01697: go 03212 08798 therefore, bring 07725 00 the young man 05288 Absalom 053 again 07725 08685.
22 And Joab 03097 fell 05307 08799 to the ground 0776 on his face 06440, and bowed 07812 08691 himself, and thanked 01288 08762 the king 04428: and Joab 03097 said 0559 08799, To day 03117 thy servant 05650 knoweth 03045 08804 that I have found 04672 08804 grace 02580 in thy sight 05869, my lord 0113, O king 04428, in that the king 04428 hath fulfilled 06213 08804 the request 01697 of his servant 05650.
23 So Joab 03097 arose 06965 08799 and went 03212 08799 to Geshur 01650, and brought 0935 08686 Absalom 053 to Jerusalem 03389.
24 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, Let him turn 05437 08735 to his own house 01004, and let him not see 07200 08799 my face 06440. So Absalom 053 returned 05437 08735 to his own house 01004, and saw 07200 08804 not the king's 04428 face 06440.
25 But in all Israel 03478 there was none 0376 to be so much 03966 praised 01984 08763 as Absalom 053 for his beauty 03303: from the sole 03709 of his foot 07272 even to the crown of his head 06936 there was no blemish 03971 in him.
26 And when he polled 01548 08763 his head 07218, (for it was at every year's 03117 03117 end 07093 that he polled 01548 08762 [it]: because [the hair] was heavy 03513 08804 on him, therefore he polled 01548 08765 it:) he weighed 08254 08804 the hair 08181 of his head 07218 at two hundred 03967 shekels 08255 after the king's 04428 weight 068.
27 And unto Absalom 053 there were born 03205 08735 three 07969 sons 01121, and one 0259 daughter 01323, whose name 08034 [was] Tamar 08559: she was a woman 0802 of a fair 03303 countenance 04758.
28 So Absalom 053 dwelt 03427 08799 two full 03117 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389, and saw 07200 08804 not the king's 04428 face 06440.
29 Therefore Absalom 053 sent 07971 08799 for Joab 03097, to have sent 07971 08800 him to the king 04428; but he would 014 08804 not come 0935 08800 to him: and when he sent again 07971 08799 the second time 08145, he would 014 08804 not come 0935 08800.
30 Therefore he said 0559 08799 unto his servants 05650, See 07200 08798, Joab's 03097 field 02513 is near 0413 mine 03027, and he hath barley 08184 there; go 03212 08798 and set 03341 08685 it on fire 0784. And Absalom's 053 servants 05650 set 03341 08686 the field 02513 on fire 0784.
31 Then Joab 03097 arose 06965 08799, and came 0935 08799 to Absalom 053 unto [his] house 01004, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Wherefore have thy servants 05650 set 03341 08689 my field 02513 on fire 0784?
32 And Absalom 053 answered 0559 08799 Joab 03097, Behold, I sent 07971 08804 unto thee, saying 0559 08800, Come 0935 08798 hither, that I may send 07971 08799 thee to the king 04428, to say 0559 08800, Wherefore am I come 0935 08804 from Geshur 01650? [it had been] good 02896 for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see 07200 08799 the king's 04428 face 06440; and if there be 03426 [any] iniquity 05771 in me, let him kill 04191 08689 me.
33 So Joab 03097 came 0935 08799 to the king 04428, and told 05046 08686 him: and when he had called 07121 08799 for Absalom 053, he came 0935 08799 to the king 04428, and bowed 07812 08691 himself on his face 0639 to the ground 0776 before 06440 the king 04428: and the king 04428 kissed 05401 08799 Absalom 053.

#### 2Sa 15

1 And it came to pass after this 0310, that Absalom 053 prepared 06213 08799 him chariots 04818 and horses 05483, and fifty 02572 men 0376 to run 07323 08801 before 06440 him.
2 And Absalom 053 rose up early 07925 08689, and stood 05975 08804 beside 03027 the way 01870 of the gate 08179: and it was [so], that when any man 0376 that had a controversy 07379 came 0935 08800 to the king 04428 for judgment 04941, then Absalom 053 called 07121 08799 unto him, and said 0559 08799, Of what 0335 city 05892 [art] thou? And he said 0559 08799, Thy servant 05650 [is] of one 0259 of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478.
3 And Absalom 053 said 0559 08799 unto him, See 07200 08798, thy matters 01697 [are] good 02896 and right 05228; but [there is] no man [deputed] of the king 04428 to hear 08085 08802 thee.
4 Absalom 053 said 0559 08799 moreover, Oh that I were made 07760 08799 judge 08199 08802 in the land 0776, that every man 0376 which hath any suit 07379 or cause 04941 might come 0935 08799 unto me, and I would do him justice 06663 08689!
5 And it was [so], that when any man 0376 came nigh 07126 08800 [to him] to do him obeisance 07812 08692, he put forth 07971 08804 his hand 03027, and took 02388 08689 him, and kissed 05401 08804 him.
6 And on this manner 01697 did 06213 08799 Absalom 053 to all Israel 03478 that came 0935 08799 to the king 04428 for judgment 04941: so Absalom 053 stole 01589 08762 the hearts 03820 of the men 0582 of Israel 03478.
7 And it came to pass after 07093 forty 0705 years 08141, that Absalom 053 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, I pray thee, let me go 03212 08799 and pay 07999 08762 my vow 05088, which I have vowed 05087 08804 unto the LORD 03068, in Hebron 02275.
8 For thy servant 05650 vowed 05087 08804 a vow 05088 while I abode 03427 08800 at Geshur 01650 in Syria 0758, saying 0559 08800, If the LORD 03068 shall bring me again 07725 08799 08676 07725 08686 indeed to Jerusalem 03389, then I will serve 05647 08804 the LORD 03068.
9 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto him, Go 03212 08798 in peace 07965. So he arose 06965 08799, and went 03212 08799 to Hebron 02275.
10 But Absalom 053 sent 07971 08799 spies 07270 08764 throughout all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, saying 0559 08800, As soon as ye hear 08085 08800 the sound 06963 of the trumpet 07782, then ye shall say 0559 08804, Absalom 053 reigneth 04427 08804 in Hebron 02275.
11 And with Absalom 053 went 01980 08804 two hundred 03967 men 0376 out of Jerusalem 03389, [that were] called 07121 08803; and they went 01980 08802 in their simplicity 08537, and they knew 03045 08804 not any thing 01697.
12 And Absalom 053 sent 07971 08799 for Ahithophel 0302 the Gilonite 01526, David's 01732 counsellor 03289 08802, from his city 05892, [even] from Giloh 01542, while he offered 02076 08800 sacrifices 02077. And the conspiracy 07195 was strong 0533; for the people 05971 increased 07227 continually 01980 08802 with Absalom 053.
13 And there came 0935 08799 a messenger 05046 08688 to David 01732, saying 0559 08800, The hearts 03820 of the men 0376 of Israel 03478 are after 0310 Absalom 053.
14 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto all his servants 05650 that [were] with him at Jerusalem 03389, Arise 06965 08798, and let us flee 01272 08799; for we shall not [else] escape 06413 from 06440 Absalom 053: make speed 04116 08761 to depart 03212 08800, lest he overtake 05381 08689 us suddenly 04116 08762, and bring 05080 08689 evil 07451 upon us, and smite 05221 08689 the city 05892 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719.
15 And the king's 04428 servants 05650 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, Behold, thy servants 05650 [are ready to do] whatsoever my lord 0113 the king 04428 shall appoint 0977 08799.
16 And the king 04428 went forth 03318 08799, and all his household 01004 after 07272 him. And the king 04428 left 05800 08799 ten 06235 women 0802, [which were] concubines 06370, to keep 08104 08800 the house 01004.
17 And the king 04428 went forth 03318 08799, and all the people 05971 after 07272 him, and tarried 05975 08799 in a place 01004 that was far off 04801 08677 01023.
18 And all his servants 05650 passed on 05674 08802 beside 03027 him; and all the Cherethites 03774, and all the Pelethites 06432, and all the Gittites 01663, six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 which came 0935 08804 after 07272 him from Gath 01661, passed on 05674 08802 before 06440 the king 04428.
19 Then said 0559 08799 the king 04428 to Ittai 0863 the Gittite 01663, Wherefore goest 03212 08799 thou also with us? return 07725 08798 to thy place 04725, and abide 03427 08798 with the king 04428: for thou [art] a stranger 05237, and also an exile 01540 08802.
20 Whereas thou camest 0935 08800 [but] yesterday 08543, should I this day 03117 make thee go 03212 08800 up and down 05128 08686 08675 05128 08799 with us? seeing I go 01980 08802 whither I may, return 07725 08798 thou, and take back 07725 08685 thy brethren 0251: mercy 02617 and truth 0571 [be] with thee.
21 And Ittai 0863 answered 06030 08799 the king 04428, and said 0559 08799, [As] the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, and [as] my lord 0113 the king 04428 liveth 02416, surely in what place 04725 my lord 0113 the king 04428 shall be, whether in death 04194 or life 02416, even there also will thy servant 05650 be.
22 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Ittai 0863, Go 03212 08798 and pass over 05674 08798. And Ittai 0863 the Gittite 01663 passed over 05674 08799, and all his men 0582, and all the little ones 02945 that [were] with him.
23 And all the country 0776 wept 01058 08802 with a loud 01419 voice 06963, and all the people 05971 passed over 05674 08802: the king 04428 also himself passed over 05674 08802 the brook 05158 Kidron 06939, and all the people 05971 passed over 05674 08802, toward 06440 the way 01870 of the wilderness 04057.
24 And lo Zadok 06659 also, and all the Levites 03881 [were] with him, bearing 05375 08802 the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of God 0430: and they set down 03332 08686 the ark 0727 of God 0430; and Abiathar 054 went up 05927 08799, until all the people 05971 had done 08552 08800 passing 05674 08800 out of the city 05892.
25 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto Zadok 06659, Carry back 07725 08685 the ark 0727 of God 0430 into the city 05892: if I shall find 04672 08799 favour 02580 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068, he will bring me again 07725 08689, and shew 07200 08689 me [both] it, and his habitation 05116:
26 But if he thus say 0559 08799, I have no delight 02654 08804 in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do 06213 08799 to me as seemeth 05869 good 02896 unto him.
27 The king 04428 said 0559 08799 also unto Zadok 06659 the priest 03548, [Art not] thou a seer 07200 08802? return 07725 08798 into the city 05892 in peace 07965, and your two 08147 sons 01121 with you, Ahimaaz 0290 thy son 01121, and Jonathan 03083 the son 01121 of Abiathar 054.
28 See 07200 08798, I will tarry 04102 08700 in the plain 06160 08675 05679 of the wilderness 04057, until there come 0935 08800 word 01697 from you to certify 05046 08687 me.
29 Zadok 06659 therefore and Abiathar 054 carried 07725 00 the ark 0727 of God 0430 again 07725 08686 to Jerusalem 03389: and they tarried 03427 08799 there.
30 And David 01732 went up 05927 08802 by the ascent 04608 of [mount] Olivet 02132, and wept 01058 08802 as he went up 05927 08802, and had his head 07218 covered 02645 08802, and he went 01980 08802 barefoot 03182: and all the people 05971 that [was] with him covered 02645 08804 every man 0376 his head 07218, and they went up 05927 08804, weeping 01058 08800 as they went up 05927 08800.
31 And [one] told 05046 08689 David 01732, saying 0559 08800, Ahithophel 0302 [is] among the conspirators 07194 08802 with Absalom 053. And David 01732 said 0559 08799, O LORD 03068, I pray thee, turn the counsel 06098 of Ahithophel 0302 into foolishness 05528 08761.
32 And it came to pass, that [when] David 01732 was come 0935 08804 to the top 07218 [of the mount], where he worshipped 07812 08691 God 0430, behold, Hushai 02365 the Archite 0757 came to meet 07125 08800 him with his coat 03801 rent 07167 08803, and earth 0127 upon his head 07218:
33 Unto whom David 01732 said 0559 08799, If thou passest on 05674 08804 with me, then thou shalt be a burden 04853 unto me:
34 But if thou return 07725 08799 to the city 05892, and say 0559 08804 unto Absalom 053, I will be thy servant 05650, O king 04428; [as] I [have been] thy father's 01 servant 05650 hitherto 0227, so [will] I now also [be] thy servant 05650: then mayest thou for me defeat 06565 08689 the counsel 06098 of Ahithophel 0302.
35 And [hast thou] not there with thee Zadok 06659 and Abiathar 054 the priests 03548? therefore it shall be, [that] what thing 01697 soever thou shalt hear 08085 08799 out of the king's 04428 house 01004, thou shalt tell 05046 08686 [it] to Zadok 06659 and Abiathar 054 the priests 03548.
36 Behold, [they have] there with them their two 08147 sons 01121, Ahimaaz 0290 Zadok's 06659 [son], and Jonathan 03083 Abiathar's 054 [son]; and by them 03027 ye shall send 07971 08804 unto me every thing 01697 that ye can hear 08085 08799.
37 So Hushai 02365 David's 01732 friend 07463 came 0935 08799 into the city 05892, and Absalom 053 came 0935 08799 into Jerusalem 03389.

#### 2Sa 16

1 And when David 01732 was a little 04592 past 05674 08804 the top 07218 [of the hill], behold, Ziba 06717 the servant 05288 of Mephibosheth 04648 met 07125 08800 him, with a couple 06776 of asses 02543 saddled 02280 08803, and upon them two hundred 03967 [loaves] of bread 03899, and an hundred 03967 bunches of raisins 06778, and an hundred 03967 of summer fruits 07019, and a bottle 05035 of wine 03196.
2 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto Ziba 06717, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba 06717 said 0559 08799, The asses 02543 [be] for the king's 04428 household 01004 to ride on 07392 08800; and the bread 03899 and summer fruit 07019 for the young men 05288 to eat 0398 08800; and the wine 03196, that such as be faint 03287 in the wilderness 04057 may drink 08354 08800.
3 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, And where [is] thy master's 0113 son 01121? And Ziba 06717 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, Behold, he abideth 03427 08802 at Jerusalem 03389: for he said 0559 08804, To day 03117 shall the house 01004 of Israel 03478 restore 07725 08686 me the kingdom 04468 of my father 01.
4 Then said 0559 08799 the king 04428 to Ziba 06717, Behold, thine [are] all that [pertained] unto Mephibosheth 04648. And Ziba 06717 said 0559 08799, I humbly 07812 08694 beseech thee [that] I may find 04672 08799 grace 02580 in thy sight 05869, my lord 0113, O king 04428.
5 And when king 04428 David 01732 came 0935 08804 to Bahurim 0980, behold, thence came out 03318 08802 a man 0376 of the family 04940 of the house 01004 of Saul 07586, whose name 08034 [was] Shimei 08096, the son 01121 of Gera 01617: he came forth 03318 08802, and cursed 07043 08764 still as he came 03318 08800.
6 And he cast 05619 08762 stones 068 at David 01732, and at all the servants 05650 of king 04428 David 01732: and all the people 05971 and all the mighty men 01368 [were] on his right hand 03225 and on his left 08040.
7 And thus said 0559 08804 Shimei 08096 when he cursed 07043 08763, Come out 03318 08798, come out 03318 08798, thou bloody 01818 man 0376, and thou man 0376 of Belial 01100:
8 The LORD 03068 hath returned 07725 08689 upon thee all the blood 01818 of the house 01004 of Saul 07586, in whose stead thou hast reigned 04427 08804; and the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 08799 the kingdom 04410 into the hand 03027 of Absalom 053 thy son 01121: and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief 07451, because thou [art] a bloody 01818 man 0376.
9 Then said 0559 08799 Abishai 052 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 unto the king 04428, Why should this dead 04191 08801 dog 03611 curse 07043 08762 my lord 0113 the king 04428? let me go over 05674 08799, I pray thee, and take off 05493 08686 his head 07218.
10 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, What have I to do with you, ye sons 01121 of Zeruiah 06870? so let him curse 07043 08762, because the LORD 03068 hath said 0559 08804 unto him, Curse 07043 08761 David 01732. Who shall then say 0559 08799, Wherefore hast thou done so 06213 08804?
11 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Abishai 052, and to all his servants 05650, Behold, my son 01121, which came forth 03318 08804 of my bowels 04578, seeketh 01245 08764 my life 05315: how much more now [may this] Benjamite 01145 [do it]? let him alone 03240 08685, and let him curse 07043 08762; for the LORD 03068 hath bidden 0559 08804 him.
12 It may be that the LORD 03068 will look 07200 08799 on mine affliction 05869 08675 06040, and that the LORD 03068 will requite 07725 08689 me good 02896 for his cursing 07045 this day 03117.
13 And as David 01732 and his men 0582 went 03212 08799 by the way 01870, Shimei 08096 went along 01980 08802 on the hill's 02022 side 06763 over against 05980 him, and cursed 07043 08762 as he went 01980 08800, and threw 05619 08762 stones 068 at 05980 him, and cast 06080 08765 dust 06083.
14 And the king 04428, and all the people 05971 that [were] with him, came 0935 08799 weary 05889, and refreshed 05314 08735 themselves there.
15 And Absalom 053, and all the people 05971 the men 0376 of Israel 03478, came 0935 08804 to Jerusalem 03389, and Ahithophel 0302 with him.
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai 02365 the Archite 0757, David's 01732 friend 07463, was come 0935 08804 unto Absalom 053, that Hushai 02365 said 0559 08799 unto Absalom 053, God save 02421 08799 the king 04428, God save 02421 08799 the king 04428.
17 And Absalom 053 said 0559 08799 to Hushai 02365, [Is] this thy kindness 02617 to thy friend 07453? why wentest 01980 08804 thou not with thy friend 07453?
18 And Hushai 02365 said 0559 08799 unto Absalom 053, Nay; but whom the LORD 03068, and this people 05971, and all the men 0376 of Israel 03478, choose 0977 08804, his will I be, and with him will I abide 03427 08799.
19 And again 08145, whom should I serve 05647 08799? [should I] not [serve] in the presence 06440 of his son 01121? as I have served 05647 08804 in thy father's 01 presence 06440, so will I be in thy presence 06440.
20 Then said 0559 08799 Absalom 053 to Ahithophel 0302, Give 03051 08798 counsel 06098 among you what we shall do 06213 08799.
21 And Ahithophel 0302 said 0559 08799 unto Absalom 053, Go in 0935 08798 unto thy father's 01 concubines 06370, which he hath left 03240 08689 to keep 08104 08800 the house 01004; and all Israel 03478 shall hear 08085 08804 that thou art abhorred 0887 08738 of thy father 01: then shall the hands 03027 of all that [are] with thee be strong 02388 08804.
22 So they spread 05186 08686 Absalom 053 a tent 0168 upon the top of the house 01406; and Absalom 053 went in 0935 08799 unto his father's 01 concubines 06370 in the sight 05869 of all Israel 03478.
23 And the counsel 06098 of Ahithophel 0302, which he counselled 03289 08804 in those days 03117, [was] as if a man 0376 had enquired 07592 08799 at the oracle 01697 of God 0430: so [was] all the counsel 06098 of Ahithophel 0302 both with David 01732 and with Absalom 053.

#### 2Sa 17

1 Moreover Ahithophel 0302 said 0559 08799 unto Absalom 053, Let me now choose out 0977 08799 twelve 08147 06240 thousand 0505 men 0376, and I will arise 06965 08799 and pursue 07291 08799 after 0310 David 01732 this night 03915:
2 And I will come 0935 08799 upon him while he [is] weary 03023 and weak 07504 handed 03027, and will make him afraid 02729 08689: and all the people 05971 that [are] with him shall flee 05127 08804; and I will smite 05221 08689 the king 04428 only:
3 And I will bring back 07725 08686 all the people 05971 unto thee: the man 0376 whom thou seekest 01245 08764 [is] as if all returned 07725 08800: [so] all the people 05971 shall be in peace 07965.
4 And the saying 01697 pleased 03474 08799 Absalom 053 well 05869, and all the elders 02205 of Israel 03478.
5 Then said 0559 08799 Absalom 053, Call 07121 08798 now Hushai 02365 the Archite 0757 also, and let us hear 08085 08799 likewise what he saith 06310.
6 And when Hushai 02365 was come 0935 08799 to Absalom 053, Absalom 053 spake 0559 08799 unto him, saying 0559 08800, Ahithophel 0302 hath spoken 01696 08765 after this manner 01697: shall we do 06213 08799 [after] his saying 01697? if not; speak 01696 08761 thou.
7 And Hushai 02365 said 0559 08799 unto Absalom 053, The counsel 06098 that Ahithophel 0302 hath given 03289 08804 [is] not good 02896 at this time 06471.
8 For, said 0559 08799 Hushai 02365, thou knowest 03045 08804 thy father 01 and his men 0582, that they [be] mighty men 01368, and they [be] chafed 04751 in their minds 05315, as a bear 01677 robbed 07909 of her whelps in the field 07704: and thy father 01 [is] a man 0376 of war 04421, and will not lodge 03885 08799 with the people 05971.
9 Behold, he is hid 02244 08737 now in some 0259 pit 06354, or in some 0259 [other] place 04725: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown 05307 08800 at the first 08462, that whosoever 08085 08802 heareth 08085 08804 it will say 0559 08804, There is a slaughter 04046 among the people 05971 that follow 0310 Absalom 053.
10 And he also [that is] valiant 01121 02428, whose heart 03820 [is] as the heart 03820 of a lion 0738, shall utterly 04549 08736 melt 04549 08735: for all Israel 03478 knoweth 03045 08802 that thy father 01 [is] a mighty man 01368, and [they] which [be] with him [are] valiant 02428 men 01121.
11 Therefore I counsel 03289 08804 that all Israel 03478 be generally 0622 08736 gathered 0622 08735 unto thee, from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884, as the sand 02344 that [is] by the sea 03220 for multitude 07230; and that thou go 01980 08802 to battle 07128 in thine own person 06440.
12 So shall we come 0935 08804 upon him in some 0259 place 04725 where he shall be found 04672 08738, and we will light 05168 upon him as the dew 02919 falleth 05307 08799 on the ground 0127: and of him and of all the men 0582 that [are] with him there shall not be left 03498 08738 so much as 01571 one 0259.
13 Moreover, if 0518 he be gotten 0622 08735 into a city 05892, then shall all Israel 03478 bring 05375 08689 ropes 02256 to that city 05892, and we will draw 05498 08804 it into the river 05158, until there be not one 01571 small stone 06872 found 04672 08738 there.
14 And Absalom 053 and all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08799, The counsel 06098 of Hushai 02365 the Archite 0757 [is] better 02896 than the counsel 06098 of Ahithophel 0302. For the LORD 03068 had appointed 06680 08765 to defeat 06565 08687 the good 02896 counsel 06098 of Ahithophel 0302, to the intent 05668 that the LORD 03068 might bring 0935 08687 evil 07451 upon Absalom 053.
15 Then said 0559 08799 Hushai 02365 unto Zadok 06659 and to Abiathar 054 the priests 03548, Thus and thus did Ahithophel 0302 counsel 03289 08804 Absalom 053 and the elders 02205 of Israel 03478; and thus and thus have I counselled 03289 08804.
16 Now therefore send 07971 08798 quickly 04120, and tell 05046 08685 David 01732, saying 0559 08800, Lodge 03885 08799 not this night 03915 in the plains 06160 08675 05679 of the wilderness 04057, but speedily 05674 08800 pass over 05674 08799; lest the king 04428 be swallowed up 01104 08792, and all the people 05971 that [are] with him.
17 Now Jonathan 03083 and Ahimaaz 0290 stayed 05975 08802 by Enrogel 05883; for they might 03201 08799 not be seen 07200 08736 to come 0935 08800 into the city 05892: and a wench 08198 went 01980 08804 and told 05046 08689 them; and they went 03212 08799 and told 05046 08689 king 04428 David 01732.
18 Nevertheless a lad 05288 saw 07200 08799 them, and told 05046 08686 Absalom 053: but they went 03212 08799 both 08147 of them away quickly 04120, and came 0935 08799 to a man's 0376 house 01004 in Bahurim 0980, which had a well 0875 in his court 02691; whither 08033 they went down 03381 08799.
19 And the woman 0802 took 03947 08799 and spread 06566 08799 a covering 04539 over the well's 0875 mouth 06440, and spread 07849 08799 ground corn 07383 thereon; and the thing 01697 was not known 03045 08738.
20 And when Absalom's 053 servants 05650 came 0935 08799 to the woman 0802 to the house 01004, they said 0559 08799, Where [is] Ahimaaz 0290 and Jonathan 03083? And the woman 0802 said 0559 08799 unto them, They be gone over 05674 08804 the brook 04323 of water 04325. And when they had sought 01245 08762 and could not find 04672 08804 [them], they returned 07725 08799 to Jerusalem 03389.
21 And it came to pass, after 0310 they were departed 03212 08800, that they came up 05927 08799 out of the well 0875, and went 03212 08799 and told 05046 08686 king 04428 David 01732, and said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, Arise 06965 08798, and pass quickly 04120 over 05674 08798 the water 04325: for thus hath Ahithophel 0302 counselled 03289 08804 against you.
22 Then David 01732 arose 06965 08799, and all the people 05971 that [were] with him, and they passed over 05674 08799 Jordan 03383: by the morning 01242 light 0216 there lacked 05737 08738 not one 0259 of them that was not gone over 05674 08804 Jordan 03383.
23 And when Ahithophel 0302 saw 07200 08804 that his counsel 06098 was not followed 06213 08738, he saddled 02280 08799 [his] ass 02543, and arose 06965 08799, and gat him home 03212 08799 to his house 01004, to his city 05892, and put his household 01004 in order 06680 08762, and hanged 02614 08735 himself, and died 04191 08799, and was buried 06912 08735 in the sepulchre 06913 of his father 01.
24 Then David 01732 came 0935 08804 to Mahanaim 04266. And Absalom 053 passed over 05674 08804 Jordan 03383, he and all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 with him.
25 And Absalom 053 made 07760 08804 Amasa 06021 captain of the host 06635 instead of Joab 03097: which Amasa 06021 [was] a man's 0376 son 01121, whose name 08034 [was] Ithra 03501 an Israelite 03481, that went in 0935 08804 to Abigail 026 the daughter 01323 of Nahash 05176, sister 0269 to Zeruiah 06870 Joab's 03097 mother 0517.
26 So Israel 03478 and Absalom 053 pitched 02583 08799 in the land 0776 of Gilead 01568.
27 And it came to pass, when David 01732 was come 0935 08800 to Mahanaim 04266, that Shobi 07629 the son 01121 of Nahash 05176 of Rabbah 07237 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and Machir 04353 the son 01121 of Ammiel 05988 of Lodebar 03810, and Barzillai 01271 the Gileadite 01569 of Rogelim 07274,
28 Brought 05066 08689 beds 04904, and basons 05592, and earthen 03335 08802 vessels 03627, and wheat 02406, and barley 08184, and flour 07058, and parched 07039 [corn], and beans 06321, and lentiles 05742, and parched 07039 [pulse],
29 And honey 01706, and butter 02529, and sheep 06629, and cheese 08194 of kine 01241, for David 01732, and for the people 05971 that [were] with him, to eat 0398 08800: for they said 0559 08804, The people 05971 [is] hungry 07457, and weary 05889, and thirsty 06771, in the wilderness 04057.

#### 2Sa 18

1 And David 01732 numbered 06485 08799 the people 05971 that [were] with him, and set 07760 08799 captains 08269 of thousands 0505 and captains 08269 of hundreds 03967 over them.
2 And David 01732 sent forth 07971 08762 a third part 07992 of the people 05971 under the hand 03027 of Joab 03097, and a third part 07992 under the hand 03027 of Abishai 052 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870, Joab's 03097 brother 0251, and a third part 07992 under the hand 03027 of Ittai 0863 the Gittite 01663. And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto the people 05971, I will surely 03318 08800 go forth 03318 08799 with you myself 0589 also.
3 But the people 05971 answered 0559 08799, Thou shalt not go forth 03318 08799: for if we flee 05127 08799 away 05127 08800, they will not care 07760 08799 03820 for us; neither if half 02677 of us die 04191 08799, will they care 07760 08799 03820 for us: but now [thou art] worth 03644 ten 06235 thousand 0505 of us: therefore now [it is] better 02896 that thou succour 05826 08800 08675 05826 08687 us out of the city 05892.
4 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto them, What seemeth 05869 you best 03190 08799 I will do 06213 08799. And the king 04428 stood 05975 08799 by the gate 08179 side 03027, and all the people 05971 came out 03318 08804 by hundreds 03967 and by thousands 0505.
5 And the king 04428 commanded 06680 08762 Joab 03097 and Abishai 052 and Ittai 0863, saying 0559 08800, [Deal] gently 0328 for my sake with the young man 05288, [even] with Absalom 053. And all the people 05971 heard 08085 08804 when the king 04428 gave all the captains 08269 charge 06680 08763 concerning 01697 Absalom 053.
6 So the people 05971 went out 03318 08799 into the field 07704 against 07125 08800 Israel 03478: and the battle 04421 was in the wood 03293 of Ephraim 0669;
7 Where the people 05971 of Israel 03478 were slain 05062 08735 before 06440 the servants 05650 of David 01732, and there was there a great 01419 slaughter 04046 that day 03117 of twenty 06242 thousand 0505 [men].
8 For the battle 04421 was there scattered 06327 08737 over the face 06440 of all the country 0776: and the wood 03293 devoured 0398 08800 more 07235 08686 people 05971 that day 03117 than the sword 02719 devoured 0398 08804.
9 And Absalom 053 met 07122 08735 the servants 06440 05650 of David 01732. And Absalom 053 rode 07392 08802 upon a mule 06505, and the mule 06505 went 0935 08799 under the thick boughs 07730 of a great 01419 oak 0424, and his head 07218 caught hold 02388 08799 of the oak 0424, and he was taken up 05414 08714 between the heaven 08064 and the earth 0776; and the mule 06505 that [was] under him went away 05674 08804.
10 And a certain 0259 man 0376 saw 07200 08799 [it], and told 05046 08686 Joab 03097, and said 0559 08799, Behold, I saw 07200 08804 Absalom 053 hanged 08518 08803 in an oak 0424.
11 And Joab 03097 said 0559 08799 unto the man 0376 that told 05046 08688 him, And, behold, thou sawest 07200 08804 [him], and why didst thou not smite 05221 08689 him there to the ground 0776? and I would have given 05414 08800 thee ten 06235 [shekels] of silver 03701, and a 0259 girdle 02290.
12 And the man 0376 said 0559 08799 unto Joab 03097, Though 03863 I should receive 08254 08802 a thousand 0505 [shekels] of silver 03701 in mine hand 03709, [yet] would I not put forth 07971 08799 mine hand 03027 against the king's 04428 son 01121: for in our hearing 0241 the king 04428 charged 06680 08765 thee and Abishai 052 and Ittai 0863, saying 0559 08800, Beware 08104 08798 that none [touch] the young man 05288 Absalom 053.
13 Otherwise 0176 I should have wrought 06213 08804 falsehood 08267 against mine own life 05315: for there is no matter 01697 hid 03582 08735 from the king 04428, and thou thyself wouldest have set 03320 08691 thyself against [me].
14 Then said 0559 08799 Joab 03097, I may not tarry 03176 08686 thus with thee 06440. And he took 03947 08799 three 07969 darts 07626 in his hand 03709, and thrust 08628 08799 them through the heart 03820 of Absalom 053, while he [was] yet alive 02416 in the midst of the oak 0424.
15 And ten 06235 young men 05288 that bare 05375 08802 Joab's 03097 armour 03627 compassed about 05437 08799 and smote 05221 08686 Absalom 053, and slew 04191 08686 him.
16 And Joab 03097 blew 08628 08799 the trumpet 07782, and the people 05971 returned 07725 08799 from pursuing 07291 08800 after 0310 Israel 03478: for Joab 03097 held back 02820 08804 the people 05971.
17 And they took 03947 08799 Absalom 053, and cast 07993 08686 him into a great 01419 pit 06354 in the wood 03293, and laid 05324 08686 a very 03966 great 01419 heap 01530 of stones 068 upon him: and all Israel 03478 fled 05127 08804 every one 0376 to his tent 0168.
18 Now Absalom 053 in his lifetime 02416 had taken 03947 08804 and reared up 05324 08686 for himself a pillar 04678, which [is] in the king's 04428 dale 06010: for he said 0559 08804, I have no son 01121 to keep my name 08034 in remembrance 02142 08687: and he called 07121 08799 the pillar 04678 after his own name 08034: and it is called 07121 08735 unto this day 03117, Absalom's 053 place 03027.
19 Then said 0559 08804 Ahimaaz 0290 the son 01121 of Zadok 06659, Let me now run 07323 08799, and bear 01319 00 the king 04428 tidings 01319 08762, how that the LORD 03068 hath avenged 08199 08804 him of his enemies 03027 0341 08802.
20 And Joab 03097 said 0559 08799 unto him, Thou 0376 shalt not bear tidings 01309 this day 03117, but thou shalt bear tidings 01319 08765 another 0312 day 03117: but this day 03117 thou shalt bear no tidings 01319 08762, because the king's 04428 son 01121 is dead 04191 08804.
21 Then said 0559 08799 Joab 03097 to Cushi 03569, Go 03212 08798 tell 05046 08685 the king 04428 what thou hast seen 07200 08804. And Cushi 03569 bowed 07812 08691 himself unto Joab 03097, and ran 07323 08799.
22 Then said 0559 08799 Ahimaaz 0290 the son 01121 of Zadok 06659 yet again 03254 08686 to Joab 03097, But howsoever 04100, let me, I pray thee, also run 07323 08799 after 0310 Cushi 03569. And Joab 03097 said 0559 08799, Wherefore wilt thou run 07323 08801, my son 01121, seeing that thou hast no tidings 01309 ready 04672 08802?
23 But howsoever, [said he], let me run 07323 08799. And he said 0559 08799 unto him, Run 07323 08798. Then Ahimaaz 0290 ran 07323 08799 by the way 01870 of the plain 03603, and overran 05674 08799 Cushi 03569.
24 And David 01732 sat 03427 08802 between the two 08147 gates 08179: and the watchman 06822 08802 went up 03212 08799 to the roof 01406 over the gate 08179 unto the wall 02346, and lifted up 05375 08799 his eyes 05869, and looked 07200 08799, and behold a man 0376 running 07323 08801 alone.
25 And the watchman 06822 08802 cried 07121 08799, and told 05046 08686 the king 04428. And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, If he [be] alone, [there is] tidings 01309 in his mouth 06310. And he came 03212 08799 apace 01980 08800, and drew near 07131.
26 And the watchman 06822 08802 saw 07200 08799 another 0312 man 0376 running 07323 08801: and the watchman 06822 08802 called 07121 08799 unto the porter 07778, and said 0559 08799, Behold [another] man 0376 running 07323 08801 alone. And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, He also bringeth tidings 01319 08764.
27 And the watchman 06822 08802 said 0559 08799, Me thinketh 07200 08802 the running 04794 of the foremost 07223 is like the running 04794 of Ahimaaz 0290 the son 01121 of Zadok 06659. And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, He [is] a good 02896 man 0376, and cometh 0935 08799 with good 02896 tidings 01309.
28 And Ahimaaz 0290 called 07121 08799, and said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, All is well 07965. And he fell down 07812 08691 to the earth 0776 upon his face 0639 before the king 04428, and said 0559 08799, Blessed 01288 08803 [be] the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, which hath delivered up 05462 08765 the men 0582 that lifted up 05375 08804 their hand 03027 against my lord 0113 the king 04428.
29 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, Is the young man 05288 Absalom 053 safe 07965? And Ahimaaz 0290 answered 0559 08799, When Joab 03097 sent 07971 08800 the king's 04428 servant 05650, and [me] thy servant 05650, I saw 07200 08804 a great 01419 tumult 01995, but I knew 03045 08804 not what [it was].
30 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 [unto him], Turn aside 05437 08798, [and] stand 03320 08690 here 03541. And he turned aside 05437 08735, and stood still 05975 08799.
31 And, behold, Cushi 03569 came 0935 08802; and Cushi 03569 said 0559 08799, Tidings 01319 08691, my lord 0113 the king 04428: for the LORD 03068 hath avenged 08199 08804 thee this day 03117 of all them 03027 that rose up 06965 08801 against thee.
32 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto Cushi 03569, Is the young man 05288 Absalom 053 safe 07965? And Cushi 03569 answered 0559 08799, The enemies 0341 08802 of my lord 0113 the king 04428, and all that rise 06965 08804 against thee to do [thee] hurt 07451, be as [that] young man 05288 [is].
33 And the king 04428 was much moved 07264 08799, and went up 05927 08799 to the chamber 05944 over the gate 08179, and wept 01058 08799: and as he went 03212 08800, thus he said 0559 08804, O my son 01121 Absalom 053, my son 01121, my son 01121 Absalom 053! would God I had died 04191 08800 for thee 05414 08799, O Absalom 053, my son 01121, my son 01121!

#### 2Sa 19

1 And it was told 05046 08714 Joab 03097, Behold, the king 04428 weepeth 01058 08802 and mourneth 056 08691 for Absalom 053.
2 And the victory 08668 that day 03117 was [turned] into mourning 060 unto all the people 05971: for the people 05971 heard 08085 08804 say 0559 08800 that day 03117 how the king 04428 was grieved 06087 08738 for his son 01121.
3 And the people 05971 gat 0935 08800 them by stealth 01589 08691 that day 03117 into the city 05892, as people 05971 being ashamed 03637 08737 steal away 01589 08691 when they flee 05127 08800 in battle 04421.
4 But the king 04428 covered 03813 08804 his face 06440, and the king 04428 cried 02199 08799 with a loud 01419 voice 06963, O my son 01121 Absalom 053, O Absalom 053, my son 01121, my son 01121!
5 And Joab 03097 came 0935 08799 into the house 01004 to the king 04428, and said 0559 08799, Thou hast shamed 03001 08689 this day 03117 the faces 06440 of all thy servants 05650, which this day 03117 have saved 04422 08764 thy life 05315, and the lives 05315 of thy sons 01121 and of thy daughters 01323, and the lives 05315 of thy wives 0802, and the lives 05315 of thy concubines 06370;
6 In that thou lovest 0157 08800 thine enemies 08130 08802, and hatest 08130 08800 thy friends 0157 08802. For thou hast declared 05046 08689 this day 03117, that thou regardest neither princes 08269 nor servants 05650: for this day 03117 I perceive 03045 08804, that if 03863 Absalom 053 had lived 02416, and all we had died 04191 08801 this day 03117, then it had pleased thee well 03477 05869.
7 Now therefore arise 06965 08798, go forth 03318 08798, and speak 01696 08761 comfortably 03820 unto thy servants 05650: for I swear 07650 08738 by the LORD 03068, if thou go not forth 03318 08802, there will not tarry 03885 08799 one 0376 with thee this night 03915: and that will be worse 07489 08804 unto thee than all the evil 07451 that befell 0935 08804 thee from thy youth 05271 until now.
8 Then the king 04428 arose 06965 08799, and sat 03427 08799 in the gate 08179. And they told 05046 08689 unto all the people 05971, saying 0559 08800, Behold, the king 04428 doth sit 03427 08802 in the gate 08179. And all the people 05971 came 0935 08799 before 06440 the king 04428: for Israel 03478 had fled 05127 08804 every man 0376 to his tent 0168.
9 And all the people 05971 were at strife 01777 08737 throughout all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, saying 0559 08800, The king 04428 saved 05337 08689 us out of the hand 03709 of our enemies 0341 08802, and he delivered 04422 08765 us out of the hand 03709 of the Philistines 06430; and now he is fled 01272 08804 out of the land 0776 for Absalom 053.
10 And Absalom 053, whom we anointed 04886 08804 over us, is dead 04191 08804 in battle 04421. Now therefore why speak 02790 08688 ye not a word of bringing 07725 00 the king 04428 back 07725 08687?
11 And king 04428 David 01732 sent 07971 08804 to Zadok 06659 and to Abiathar 054 the priests 03548, saying 0559 08800, Speak 01696 08761 unto the elders 02205 of Judah 03063, saying 0559 08800, Why are ye the last 0314 to bring 07725 00 the king 04428 back 07725 08687 to his house 01004? seeing the speech 01697 of all Israel 03478 is come 0935 08804 to the king 04428, [even] to his house 01004.
12 Ye [are] my brethren 0251, ye [are] my bones 06106 and my flesh 01320: wherefore then are ye the last 0314 to bring back 07725 08687 the king 04428?
13 And say 0559 08799 ye to Amasa 06021, [Art] thou not of my bone 06106, and of my flesh 01320? God 0430 do 06213 08799 so to me, and more 03254 08686 also, if thou be not captain 08269 of the host 06635 before 06440 me continually 03117 in the room 08478 of Joab 03097.
14 And he bowed 05186 08686 the heart 03824 of all the men 0376 of Judah 03063, even as [the heart of] one 0259 man 0376; so that they sent 07971 08799 [this word] unto the king 04428, Return 07725 08798 thou, and all thy servants 05650.
15 So the king 04428 returned 07725 08799, and came 0935 08799 to Jordan 03383. And Judah 03063 came 0935 08804 to Gilgal 01537, to go 03212 08800 to meet 07125 08800 the king 04428, to conduct 05674 00 the king 04428 over 05674 08687 Jordan 03383.
16 And Shimei 08096 the son 01121 of Gera 01617, a Benjamite 01145, which [was] of Bahurim 0980, hasted 04116 08762 and came down 03381 08799 with the men 0376 of Judah 03063 to meet 07125 08800 king 04428 David 01732.
17 And [there were] a thousand 0505 men 0376 of Benjamin 01145 with him, and Ziba 06717 the servant 05288 of the house 01004 of Saul 07586, and his fifteen 02568 06240 sons 01121 and his twenty 06242 servants 05650 with him; and they went over 06743 08804 Jordan 03383 before 06440 the king 04428.
18 And there went over 05674 08804 a ferry boat 05679 to carry over 05674 08687 the king's 04428 household 01004, and to do 06213 08800 what he thought 05869 good 02896. And Shimei 08096 the son 01121 of Gera 01617 fell down 05307 08804 before 06440 the king 04428, as he was come over 05674 08800 Jordan 03383;
19 And said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, Let not my lord 0113 impute 02803 08799 iniquity 05771 unto me, neither do thou remember 02142 08799 that which thy servant 05650 did perversely 05753 08689 the day 03117 that my lord 0113 the king 04428 went out 03318 08804 of Jerusalem 03389, that the king 04428 should take 07760 08800 it to his heart 03820.
20 For thy servant 05650 doth know 03045 08804 that I have sinned 02398 08804: therefore, behold, I am come 0935 08804 the first 07223 this day 03117 of all the house 01004 of Joseph 03130 to go down 03381 08800 to meet 07125 08800 my lord 0113 the king 04428.
21 But Abishai 052 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, Shall not Shimei 08096 be put to death 04191 08714 for this, because he cursed 07043 08765 the LORD'S 03068 anointed 04899?
22 And David 01732 said 0559 08799, What have I to do with you, ye sons 01121 of Zeruiah 06870, that ye should this day 03117 be adversaries 07854 unto me? shall there any man 0376 be put to death 04191 08714 this day 03117 in Israel 03478? for do not I know 03045 08804 that I [am] this day 03117 king 04428 over Israel 03478?
23 Therefore the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto Shimei 08096, Thou shalt not die 04191 08799. And the king 04428 sware 07650 08735 unto him.
24 And Mephibosheth 04648 the son 01121 of Saul 07586 came down 03381 08804 to meet 07125 08800 the king 04428, and had neither 03808 dressed 06213 08804 his feet 07272, nor trimmed 06213 08804 his beard 08222, nor washed 03526 08765 his clothes 0899, from the day 03117 the king 04428 departed 03212 08800 until the day 03117 he came 0935 08804 [again] in peace 07965.
25 And it came to pass, when he was come 0935 08804 to Jerusalem 03389 to meet 07125 08800 the king 04428, that the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto him, Wherefore wentest 01980 08804 not thou with me, Mephibosheth 04648?
26 And he answered 0559 08799, My lord 0113, O king 04428, my servant 05650 deceived 07411 08765 me: for thy servant 05650 said 0559 08804, I will saddle 02280 08799 me an ass 02543, that I may ride 07392 08799 thereon, and go 03212 08799 to the king 04428; because thy servant 05650 [is] lame 06455.
27 And he hath slandered 07270 08762 thy servant 05650 unto my lord 0113 the king 04428; but my lord 0113 the king 04428 [is] as an angel 04397 of God 0430: do 06213 08798 therefore [what is] good 02896 in thine eyes 05869.
28 For all [of] my father's 01 house 01004 were but 03808 dead 04194 men 0582 before my lord 0113 the king 04428: yet didst thou set 07896 08799 thy servant 05650 among them that did eat 0398 08802 at thine own table 07979. What right 06666 therefore have 03426 I yet to cry 02199 08800 any more unto the king 04428?
29 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto him, Why speakest 01696 08762 thou any more of thy matters 01697? I have said 0559 08804, Thou and Ziba 06717 divide 02505 08799 the land 07704.
30 And Mephibosheth 04648 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, Yea, let him take 03947 08799 all, forasmuch 0310 as 0834 my lord 0113 the king 04428 is come again 0935 08804 in peace 07965 unto his own house 01004.
31 And Barzillai 01271 the Gileadite 01569 came down 03381 08804 from Rogelim 07274, and went over 05674 08799 Jordan 03383 with the king 04428, to conduct 07971 08763 him over Jordan 03383.
32 Now Barzillai 01271 was a very 03966 aged 02204 08804 man, [even] fourscore 08084 years 08141 old 01121: and he had provided the king 04428 of sustenance 03557 08773 while he lay 07871 at Mahanaim 04266; for he [was] a very 03966 great 01419 man 0376.
33 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto Barzillai 01271, Come thou over 05674 08798 with me, and I will feed 03557 08773 thee with me in Jerusalem 03389.
34 And Barzillai 01271 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, How long 03117 have I to live 08141 02416, that I should go up 05927 08799 with the king 04428 unto Jerusalem 03389?
35 I [am] this day 03117 fourscore 08084 years 08141 old 01121: [and] can I discern 03045 08799 between good 02896 and evil 07451? can thy servant 05650 taste 02938 08799 what 0834 I eat 0398 08799 or what 0834 I drink 08354 08799? can I hear 08085 08799 any more the voice 06963 of singing men 07891 08802 and singing women 07891 08802? wherefore then should thy servant 05650 be yet a burden 04853 unto my lord 0113 the king 04428?
36 Thy servant 05650 will go 05674 00 a little way 04592 over 05674 08799 Jordan 03383 with the king 04428: and why should the king 04428 recompense 01580 08799 it me with such a reward 01578?
37 Let thy servant 05650, I pray thee, turn back again 07725 08799, that I may die 04191 08799 in mine own city 05892, [and be buried] by the grave 06913 of my father 01 and of my mother 0517. But behold thy servant 05650 Chimham 03643; let him go over 05674 08799 with my lord 0113 the king 04428; and do 06213 08798 to him what shall seem good 02896 05869 unto thee.
38 And the king 04428 answered 0559 08799, Chimham 03643 shall go 05674 08799 over with me, and I will do 06213 08799 to him that which shall seem good 02896 05869 unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require 0977 08799 of me, [that] will I do 06213 08799 for thee.
39 And all the people 05971 went over 05674 08799 Jordan 03383. And when the king 04428 was come over 05674 08804, the king 04428 kissed 05401 08799 Barzillai 01271, and blessed 01288 08762 him; and he returned 07725 08799 unto his own place 04725.
40 Then the king 04428 went on 05674 08799 to Gilgal 01537, and Chimham 03643 went on 05674 08804 with him: and all the people 05971 of Judah 03063 conducted 05674 08689 08675 05674 08686 the king 04428, and also half 02677 the people 05971 of Israel 03478.
41 And, behold, all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 came 0935 08802 to the king 04428, and said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, Why have our brethren 0251 the men 0376 of Judah 03063 stolen thee away 01589 08804, and have brought 05674 08686 the king 04428, and his household 01004, and all David's 01732 men 0582 with him, over Jordan 03383?
42 And all the men 0376 of Judah 03063 answered 06030 08799 the men 0376 of Israel 03478, Because the king 04428 [is] near of kin 07138 to us: wherefore then be ye angry 02734 08804 for this matter 01697? have we eaten 0398 08804 at all 0398 08800 of the king's 04428 [cost]? or hath he given 05375 08765 us any gift 05379?
43 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 answered 06030 08799 the men 0376 of Judah 03063, and said 0559 08799, We have ten 06235 parts 03027 in the king 04428, and we 0589 have also more [right] in David 01732 than ye: why then did ye despise 07043 08689 us, that our advice 01697 should not be first 07223 had in bringing back 07725 08687 our king 04428? And the words 01697 of the men 0376 of Judah 03063 were fiercer 07185 08799 than the words 01697 of the men 0376 of Israel 03478.

#### 2Sa 20

1 And there happened 07122 08738 to be there a man 0376 of Belial 01100, whose name 08034 [was] Sheba 07652, the son 01121 of Bichri 01075, a Benjamite 01145: and he blew 08628 08799 a trumpet 07782, and said 0559 08799, We have no part 02506 in David 01732, neither have we inheritance 05159 in the son 01121 of Jesse 03448: every 0376 man 0376 to his tents 0168, O Israel 03478.
2 So every man 0376 of Israel 03478 went up 05927 08799 from after 0310 David 01732, [and] followed 0310 Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075: but the men 0376 of Judah 03063 clave 01692 08804 unto their king 04428, from Jordan 03383 even to Jerusalem 03389.
3 And David 01732 came 0935 08799 to his house 01004 at Jerusalem 03389; and the king 04428 took 03947 08799 the ten 06235 women 0802 [his] concubines 06370, whom he had left 03240 08689 to keep 08104 08800 the house 01004, and put 05414 08799 them in ward 04931, and fed 03557 08770 them, but went not in 0935 08804 unto them. So they were shut up 06887 08803 unto the day 03117 of their death 04191 08800, living 02424 in widowhood 0491.
4 Then said 0559 08799 the king 04428 to Amasa 06021, Assemble 02199 08685 me the men 0376 of Judah 03063 within three 07969 days 03117, and be thou here present 05975 08798.
5 So Amasa 06021 went 03212 08799 to assemble 02199 08687 [the men of] Judah 03063: but he tarried longer 0309 08799 08675 03186 08799 than the set time 04150 which he had appointed 03259 08804 him.
6 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 to Abishai 052, Now shall Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075 do us more harm 03415 08799 than [did] Absalom 053: take 03947 08798 thou thy lord's 0113 servants 05650, and pursue 07291 08798 after 0310 him, lest he get 04672 08804 him fenced 01219 08803 cities 05892, and escape 05337 08689 us 05869.
7 And there went out 03318 08799 after 0310 him Joab's 03097 men 0582, and the Cherethites 03774, and the Pelethites 06432, and all the mighty men 01368: and they went out 03318 08799 of Jerusalem 03389, to pursue 07291 08800 after 0310 Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075.
8 When they [were] at the great 01419 stone 068 which [is] in Gibeon 01391, Amasa 06021 went 0935 08804 before 06440 them. And Joab's 03097 garment 04055 that he had put on 03830 was girded 02296 08803 unto him, and upon it a girdle 02289 [with] a sword 02719 fastened 06775 08794 upon his loins 04975 in the sheath 08593 thereof; and as he went forth 03318 08804 it fell out 05307 08799.
9 And Joab 03097 said 0559 08799 to Amasa 06021, [Art] thou in health 07965, my brother 0251? And Joab 03097 took 0270 08799 Amasa 06021 by the beard 02206 with the right 03225 hand 03027 to kiss 05401 08800 him.
10 But Amasa 06021 took no heed 08104 08738 to the sword 02719 that [was] in Joab's 03097 hand 03027: so he smote 05221 08686 him therewith in the fifth 02570 [rib], and shed out 08210 08799 his bowels 04578 to the ground 0776, and struck him not again 08138 08804; and he died 04191 08799. So Joab 03097 and Abishai 052 his brother 0251 pursued 07291 08804 after 0310 Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075.
11 And one 0376 of Joab's 03097 men 05288 stood 05975 08804 by him, and said 0559 08799, He 04310 that favoureth 02654 08804 Joab 03097, and he that [is] for David 01732, [let him go] after 0310 Joab 03097.
12 And Amasa 06021 wallowed 01556 08706 in blood 01818 in the midst 08432 of the highway 04546. And when the man 0376 saw 07200 08799 that all the people 05971 stood still 05975 08804, he removed 05437 08686 Amasa 06021 out of the highway 04546 into the field 07704, and cast 07993 08686 a cloth 0899 upon him, when he saw 07200 08804 that every one that came 0935 08802 by him stood still 05975 08804.
13 When he was removed 03014 08689 out of the highway 04546, all the people 0376 went on 05674 08804 after 0310 Joab 03097, to pursue 07291 08800 after 0310 Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075.
14 And he went 05674 08799 through all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 unto Abel 059, and to Bethmaachah 01038, and all the Berites 01276: and they were gathered together 06950 08735 08675 07035 08735, and went 0935 08799 also after 0310 him.
15 And they came 0935 08799 and besieged 06696 08799 him in Abel 059 of Bethmaachah 01038, and they cast up 08210 08799 a bank 05550 against the city 05892, and it stood 05975 08799 in the trench 02426: and all the people 05971 that [were] with Joab 03097 battered 07843 08688 the wall 02346, to throw it down 05307 08687.
16 Then cried 07121 08799 a wise 02450 woman 0802 out of the city 05892, Hear 08085 08798, hear 08085 08798; say 0559 08798, I pray you, unto Joab 03097, Come near 07126 08798 hither, that I may speak 01696 08762 with thee.
17 And when he was come near 07126 08799 unto her, the woman 0802 said 0559 08799, [Art] thou Joab 03097? And he answered 0559 08799, I [am he]. Then she said 0559 08799 unto him, Hear 08085 08798 the words 01697 of thine handmaid 0519. And he answered 0559 08799, I do hear 08085 08802.
18 Then she spake 0559 08799, saying 0559 08800, They were wont 01696 08763 to speak 01696 08762 in old time 07223, saying 0559 08800, They shall surely 07592 08800 ask 07592 08762 [counsel] at Abel 059: and so they ended 08552 08689 [the matter].
19 I [am one of them that are] peaceable 07999 08803 [and] faithful 0539 08803 in Israel 03478: thou seekest 01245 08764 to destroy 04191 08687 a city 05892 and a mother 0517 in Israel 03478: why wilt thou swallow up 01104 08762 the inheritance 05159 of the LORD 03068?
20 And Joab 03097 answered 06030 08799 and said 0559 08799, Far be it 02486, far be it 02486 from me, that I should swallow up 01104 08762 or destroy 07843 08686.
21 The matter 01697 [is] not so: but a man 0376 of mount 02022 Ephraim 0669, Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075 by name 08034, hath lifted up 05375 08804 his hand 03027 against the king 04428, [even] against David 01732: deliver 05414 08798 him only, and I will depart 03212 08799 from the city 05892. And the woman 0802 said 0559 08799 unto Joab 03097, Behold, his head 07218 shall be thrown 07993 08716 to thee over 01157 the wall 02346.
22 Then the woman 0802 went 0935 08799 unto all the people 05971 in her wisdom 02451. And they cut off 03772 08799 the head 07218 of Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075, and cast 07993 08686 [it] out to Joab 03097. And he blew 08628 08799 a trumpet 07782, and they retired 06327 08799 from the city 05892, every man 0376 to his tent 0168. And Joab 03097 returned 07725 08804 to Jerusalem 03389 unto the king 04428.
23 Now Joab 03097 [was] over all the host 06635 of Israel 03478: and Benaiah 01141 the son 01121 of Jehoiada 03077 [was] over the Cherethites 03774 08675 03746 and over the Pelethites 06432:
24 And Adoram 0151 [was] over the tribute 04522: and Jehoshaphat 03092 the son 01121 of Ahilud 0286 [was] recorder 02142 08688:
25 And Sheva 07864 08675 07724 [was] scribe 05608 08802: and Zadok 06659 and Abiathar 054 [were] the priests 03548:
26 And Ira 05896 also the Jairite 02972 was a chief ruler 03548 about David 01732.

#### 2Sa 21

1 Then there was a famine 07458 in the days 03117 of David 01732 three 07969 years 08141, year 08141 after 0310 year 08141; and David 01732 enquired 01245 08762 of 06440 the LORD 03068. And the LORD 03068 answered 0559 08799, [It is] for Saul 07586, and for [his] bloody 01818 house 01004, because he slew 04191 08689 the Gibeonites 01393.
2 And the king 04428 called 07121 08799 the Gibeonites 01393, and said 0559 08799 unto them; (now the Gibeonites 01393 [were] not of the children 01121 of Israel 03478, but of the remnant 03499 of the Amorites 0567; and the children 01121 of Israel 03478 had sworn 07650 08738 unto them: and Saul 07586 sought 01245 08762 to slay 05221 08687 them in his zeal 07065 08763 to the children 01121 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063.)
3 Wherefore David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto the Gibeonites 01393, What shall I do 06213 08799 for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement 03722 08762, that ye may bless 01288 08761 the inheritance 05159 of the LORD 03068?
4 And the Gibeonites 01393 said 0559 08799 unto him, We will have no silver 03701 nor gold 02091 of 05973 Saul 07586, nor of his house 01004; neither for us shalt thou kill 04191 08687 any man 0376 in Israel 03478. And he said 0559 08799, What ye shall say 0559 08802, [that] will I do 06213 08799 for you.
5 And they answered 0559 08799 the king 04428, The man 0376 that consumed 03615 08765 us, and that devised 01819 08765 against us [that] we should be destroyed 08045 08738 from remaining 03320 08692 in any of the coasts 01366 of Israel 03478,
6 Let seven 07651 men 0582 of his sons 01121 be delivered 05414 08714 unto us, and we will hang them up 03363 08689 unto the LORD 03068 in Gibeah 01390 of Saul 07586, [whom] the LORD 03068 did choose 0972. And the king 04428 said 0559 08799, I will give 05414 08799 [them].
7 But the king 04428 spared 02550 08799 Mephibosheth 04648, the son 01121 of Jonathan 03083 the son 01121 of Saul 07586, because of the LORD'S 03068 oath 07621 that [was] between them, between David 01732 and Jonathan 03083 the son 01121 of Saul 07586.
8 But the king 04428 took 03947 08799 the two 08147 sons 01121 of Rizpah 07532 the daughter 01323 of Aiah 0345, whom she bare 03205 08804 unto Saul 07586, Armoni 0764 and Mephibosheth 04648; and the five 02568 sons 01121 of Michal 04324 the daughter 01323 of Saul 07586, whom she brought up 03205 08804 for Adriel 05741 the son 01121 of Barzillai 01271 the Meholathite 04259:
9 And he delivered 05414 08799 them into the hands 03027 of the Gibeonites 01393, and they hanged 03363 08686 them in the hill 02022 before 06440 the LORD 03068: and they fell 05307 08799 [all] seven 07651 08675 07659 together 03162, and were put to death 04191 08717 in the days 03117 of harvest 07105, in the first 07223 [days], in the beginning 08462 of barley 08184 harvest 07105.
10 And Rizpah 07532 the daughter 01323 of Aiah 0345 took 03947 08799 sackcloth 08242, and spread 05186 08686 it for her upon the rock 06697, from the beginning 08462 of harvest 07105 until water 04325 dropped 05413 08738 upon them out of heaven 08064, and suffered 05414 08804 neither the birds 05775 of the air 08064 to rest 05117 08800 on them by day 03119, nor the beasts 02416 of the field 07704 by night 03915.
11 And it was told 05046 08714 David 01732 what Rizpah 07532 the daughter 01323 of Aiah 0345, the concubine 06370 of Saul 07586, had done 06213 08804.
12 And David 01732 went 03212 08799 and took 03947 08799 the bones 06106 of Saul 07586 and the bones 06106 of Jonathan 03083 his son 01121 from the men 01167 of Jabeshgilead 03003 01568, which had stolen 01589 08804 them from the street 07339 of Bethshan 01052, where the Philistines 06430 had hanged 08511 08804 08675 08518 08804 them, when 03117 the Philistines 06430 had slain 05221 08687 Saul 07586 in Gilboa 01533:
13 And he brought up 05927 08686 from thence the bones 06106 of Saul 07586 and the bones 06106 of Jonathan 03083 his son 01121; and they gathered 0622 08799 the bones 06106 of them that were hanged 03363 08716.
14 And the bones 06106 of Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 his son 01121 buried 06912 08799 they in the country 0776 of Benjamin 01144 in Zelah 06762, in the sepulchre 06913 of Kish 07027 his father 01: and they performed 06213 08799 all that the king 04428 commanded 06680 08765. And after 0310 that God 0430 was intreated 06279 08735 for the land 0776.
15 Moreover the Philistines 06430 had yet war 04421 again with Israel 03478; and David 01732 went down 03381 08799, and his servants 05650 with him, and fought 03898 08735 against the Philistines 06430: and David 01732 waxed faint 05774 08799.
16 And Ishbibenob 03430, which [was] of the sons 03211 of the giant 07497, the weight 04948 of whose spear 07013 [weighed] three 07969 hundred 03967 [shekels] of brass 05178 in weight 04948, he being girded 02296 08803 with a new 02319 [sword], thought 0559 08799 to have slain 05221 08687 David 01732.
17 But Abishai 052 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 succoured 05826 08799 him, and smote 05221 08686 the Philistine 06430, and killed 04191 08686 him. Then the men 0582 of David 01732 sware 07650 08738 unto him, saying 0559 08800, Thou shalt go 03318 08799 no more out with us to battle 04421, that thou quench 03518 08762 not the light 05216 of Israel 03478.
18 And it came to pass after this 0310, that there was again a battle 04421 with the Philistines 06430 at Gob 01359: then Sibbechai 05444 the Hushathite 02843 slew 05221 08689 Saph 05593, which [was] of the sons 03211 of the giant 07497.
19 And there was again a battle 04421 in Gob 01359 with the Philistines 06430, where Elhanan 0445 the son 01121 of Jaareoregim 03296, a Bethlehemite 01022, slew 05221 08686 [the brother of] Goliath 01555 the Gittite 01663, the staff 06086 of whose spear 02595 [was] like a weaver's 0707 08802 beam 04500.
20 And there was yet a battle 04421 in Gath 01661, where was a man 0376 of [great] stature 04067 08675 04055, that had on every hand 03027 six 08337 fingers 0676, and on every foot 07272 six 08337 toes 0676, four 0702 and twenty 06242 in number 04557; and he also was born 03205 08795 to the giant 07497.
21 And when he defied 02778 08762 Israel 03478, Jonathan 03083 the son 01121 of Shimea 08092 the brother 0251 of David 01732 slew 05221 08686 him.
22 These four 0702 were born 03205 08795 to the giant 07497 in Gath 01661, and fell 05307 08799 by the hand 03027 of David 01732, and by the hand 03027 of his servants 05650.

#### 2Sa 22

1 And David 01732 spake 01696 08762 unto the LORD 03068 the words 01697 of this song 07892 in the day 03117 [that] the LORD 03068 had delivered 05337 08689 him out of the hand 03709 of all his enemies 0341 08802, and out of the hand 03709 of Saul 07586:
2 And he said 0559 08799, The LORD 03068 [is] my rock 05553, and my fortress 04686, and my deliverer 06403 08764;
3 The God 0430 of my rock 06697; in him will I trust 02620 08799: [he is] my shield 04043, and the horn 07161 of my salvation 03468, my high tower 04869, and my refuge 04498, my saviour 03467 08688; thou savest 03467 08686 me from violence 02555.
4 I will call 07121 08799 on the LORD 03068, [who is] worthy to be praised 01984 08794: so shall I be saved 03467 08735 from mine enemies 0341 08802.
5 When the waves 04867 of death 04194 compassed 0661 08804 me, the floods 05158 of ungodly men 01100 made me afraid 01204 08762;
6 The sorrows 02256 of hell 07585 compassed me about 05437 08804; the snares 04170 of death 04194 prevented 06923 08765 me;
7 In my distress 06862 I called 07121 08799 upon the LORD 03068, and cried 07121 08799 to my God 0430: and he did hear 08085 08799 my voice 06963 out of his temple 01964, and my cry 07775 [did enter] into his ears 0241.
8 Then the earth 0776 shook 01607 08691 08675 01607 08799 and trembled 07493 08799; the foundations 04146 of heaven 08064 moved 07264 08799 and shook 01607 08691, because he was wroth 02734 08804.
9 There went up 05927 08804 a smoke 06227 out of his nostrils 0639, and fire 0784 out of his mouth 06310 devoured 0398 08799: coals 01513 were kindled 01197 08804 by it.
10 He bowed 05186 08799 the heavens 08064 also, and came down 03381 08799; and darkness 06205 [was] under his feet 07272.
11 And he rode 07392 08799 upon a cherub 03742, and did fly 05774 08799: and he was seen 07200 08735 upon the wings 03671 of the wind 07307.
12 And he made 07896 08799 darkness 02822 pavilions 05521 round about 05439 him, dark 02841 waters 04325, [and] thick clouds 05645 of the skies 07834.
13 Through the brightness 05051 before him were coals 01513 of fire 0784 kindled 01197 08804.
14 The LORD 03068 thundered 07481 08686 from heaven 08064, and the most High 05945 uttered 05414 08799 his voice 06963.
15 And he sent out 07971 08799 arrows 02671, and scattered 06327 08686 them; lightning 01300, and discomfited 02000 08799 them.
16 And the channels 0650 of the sea 03220 appeared 07200 08735, the foundations 04146 of the world 08398 were discovered 01540 08735, at the rebuking 01606 of the LORD 03068, at the blast 05397 of the breath 07307 of his nostrils 0639.
17 He sent 07971 08799 from above 04791, he took 03947 08799 me; he drew 04871 08686 me out of many 07227 waters 04325;
18 He delivered 05337 08686 me from my strong 05794 enemy 0341 08802, [and] from them that hated 08130 08802 me: for they were too strong 0553 08804 for me.
19 They prevented 06923 08762 me in the day 03117 of my calamity 0343: but the LORD 03068 was my stay 04937.
20 He brought me forth 03318 08686 also into a large place 04800: he delivered 02502 08762 me, because he delighted 02654 08804 in me.
21 The LORD 03068 rewarded 01580 08799 me according to my righteousness 06666: according to the cleanness 01252 of my hands 03027 hath he recompensed 07725 08686 me.
22 For I have kept 08104 08804 the ways 01870 of the LORD 03068, and have not wickedly departed 07561 08804 from my God 0430.
23 For all his judgments 04941 [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes 02708, I did not depart 05493 08799 from them.
24 I was also upright 08549 before him, and have kept 08104 08691 myself from mine iniquity 05771.
25 Therefore the LORD 03068 hath recompensed 07725 08686 me according to my righteousness 06666; according to my cleanness 01252 in his eye sight 05048 05869.
26 With the merciful 02623 thou wilt shew thyself merciful 02616 08691, [and] with the upright 08549 man 01368 thou wilt shew thyself upright 08552 08691.
27 With the pure 01305 08737 thou wilt shew thyself pure 01305 08691; and with the froward 06141 thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury 06617 08691.
28 And the afflicted 06041 people 05971 thou wilt save 03467 08686: but thine eyes 05869 [are] upon the haughty 07311 08802, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down 08213 08686.
29 For thou [art] my lamp 05216, O LORD 03068: and the LORD 03068 will lighten 05050 08686 my darkness 02822.
30 For by thee I have run 07323 08799 through a troop 01416: by my God 0430 have I leaped over 01801 08762 a wall 07791.
31 [As for] God 0410, his way 01870 [is] perfect 08549; the word 0565 of the LORD 03068 [is] tried 06884 08803: he [is] a buckler 04043 to all them that trust 02620 08802 in him.
32 For who [is] God 0410, save 01107 the LORD 03068? and who [is] a rock 06697, save 01107 our God 0430?
33 God 0410 [is] my strength 04581 [and] power 02428: and he maketh 05425 08686 my way 01870 perfect 08549.
34 He maketh 07737 00 my feet 07272 like 07737 08764 hinds' 0355 [feet]: and setteth 05975 08686 me upon my high places 01116.
35 He teacheth 03925 08764 my hands 03027 to war 04421; so that a bow 07198 of steel 05154 is broken 05181 08765 by mine arms 02220.
36 Thou hast also given 05414 08799 me the shield 04043 of thy salvation 03468: and thy gentleness 06031 08800 08676 06038 hath made me great 07235 08686.
37 Thou hast enlarged 07337 08686 my steps 06806 under me; so that my feet 07166 did not slip 04571 08804.
38 I have pursued 07291 08799 mine enemies 0341 08802, and destroyed 08045 08686 them; and turned not again 07725 08799 until I had consumed 03615 08763 them.
39 And I have consumed 03615 08762 them, and wounded 04272 08799 them, that they could not arise 06965 08799: yea, they are fallen 05307 08799 under my feet 07272.
40 For thou hast girded 0247 08762 me with strength 02428 to battle 04421: them that rose up 06965 08801 against me hast thou subdued 03766 08686 under me.
41 Thou hast also given 05414 08804 me the necks 06203 of mine enemies 0341 08802, that I might destroy 06789 08686 them that hate 08130 08764 me.
42 They looked 08159 08799, but [there was] none to save 03467 08688; [even] unto the LORD 03068, but he answered 06030 08804 them not.
43 Then did I beat 07833 08799 them as small as the dust 06083 of the earth 0776, I did stamp 01854 08686 them as the mire 02916 of the street 02351, [and] did spread them abroad 07554 08799.
44 Thou also hast delivered 06403 08762 me from the strivings 07379 of my people 05971, thou hast kept 08104 08799 me [to be] head 07218 of the heathen 01471: a people 05971 [which] I knew 03045 08804 not shall serve 05647 08799 me.
45 Strangers 01121 05236 shall submit 03584 08691 themselves unto me: as soon as they hear 08085 08800 0241, they shall be obedient 08085 08735 unto me.
46 Strangers 01121 05236 shall fade away 05034 08799, and they shall be afraid 02296 08799 out of their close places 04526.
47 The LORD 03068 liveth 02416; and blessed 01288 08803 [be] my rock 06697; and exalted 07311 08799 be the God 0430 of the rock 06697 of my salvation 03468.
48 It [is] God 0410 that avengeth 05414 08802 05360 me, and that bringeth down 03381 08688 the people 05971 under me,
49 And that bringeth me forth 03318 08688 from mine enemies 0341 08802: thou also hast lifted me up on high 07311 08787 above them that rose up 06965 08801 against me: thou hast delivered 05337 08686 me from the violent 02555 man 0376.
50 Therefore I will give thanks 03034 08686 unto thee, O LORD 03068, among the heathen 01471, and I will sing praises 02167 08762 unto thy name 08034.
51 [He is] the tower 04024 08675 01431 08688 of salvation 03444 for his king 04428: and sheweth 06213 08802 mercy 02617 to his anointed 04899, unto David 01732, and to his seed 02233 for 05704 evermore 05769.

#### 2Sa 23

1 Now these [be] the last 0314 words 01697 of David 01732. David 01732 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 said 05002 08803, and the man 01397 [who was] raised up 06965 08717 on high 05920, the anointed 04899 of the God 0430 of Jacob 03290, and the sweet 05273 psalmist 02158 of Israel 03478, said 05002 08803,
2 The Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 spake 01696 08765 by me, and his word 04405 [was] in my tongue 03956.
3 The God 0430 of Israel 03478 said 0559 08804, the Rock 06697 of Israel 03478 spake 01696 08765 to me, He that ruleth 04910 08802 over men 0120 [must be] just 06662, ruling 04910 08802 in the fear 03374 of God 0430.
4 And [he shall be] as the light 0216 of the morning 01242, [when] the sun 08121 riseth 02224 08799, [even] a morning 01242 without 03808 clouds 05645; [as] the tender grass 01877 [springing] out of the earth 0776 by clear shining 05051 after rain 04306.
5 Although my house 01004 [be] not so with God 0410; yet he hath made 07760 08804 with me an everlasting 05769 covenant 01285, ordered 06186 08803 in all [things], and sure 08104 08803: for [this is] all my salvation 03468, and all [my] desire 02656, although he make [it] not to grow 06779 08686.
6 But [the sons] of Belial 01100 [shall be] all of them as thorns 06975 thrust away 05074 08716, because they cannot be taken 03947 08799 with hands 03027:
7 But the man 0376 [that] shall touch 05060 08799 them must be fenced 04390 08735 with iron 01270 and the staff 06086 of a spear 02595; and they shall be utterly 08313 08800 burned 08313 08735 with fire 0784 in the [same] place 07675 08800.
8 These [be] the names 08034 of the mighty men 01368 whom David 01732 had: The Tachmonite 08461 that sat 03427 08802 in the seat 07675 08800 08677 03429, chief 07218 among the captains 07991; the same [was] Adino 05722 the Eznite 06112: [he lift up his spear] against eight 08083 hundred 03967, whom he slew 02491 at one 0259 time 06471.
9 And after 0310 him [was] Eleazar 0499 the son 01121 of Dodo 01734 the Ahohite 0266, [one] of the three 07969 mighty men 01368 with David 01732, when they defied 02778 08763 the Philistines 06430 [that] were there gathered together 0622 08738 to battle 04421, and the men 0376 of Israel 03478 were gone away 05927 08799:
10 He arose 06965 08804, and smote 05221 08686 the Philistines 06430 until 03588 his hand 03027 was weary 03021 08804, and his hand 03027 clave 01692 08799 unto the sword 02719: and the LORD 03068 wrought 06213 08799 a great 01419 victory 08668 that day 03117; and the people 05971 returned 07725 08799 after 0310 him only to spoil 06584 08763.
11 And after 0310 him [was] Shammah 08048 the son 01121 of Agee 089 the Hararite 02043. And the Philistines 06430 were gathered together 0622 08735 into a troop 02416, where was a piece 02513 of ground 07704 full 04392 of lentiles 05742: and the people 05971 fled 05127 08804 from 06440 the Philistines 06430.
12 But he stood 03320 08691 in the midst 08432 of the ground 02513, and defended 05337 08686 it, and slew 05221 08686 the Philistines 06430: and the LORD 03068 wrought 06213 08799 a great 01419 victory 08668.
13 And three 07969 08675 07970 of the thirty 07970 chief 07218 went down 03381 08799, and came 0935 08799 to David 01732 in the harvest time 07105 unto the cave 04631 of Adullam 05725: and the troop 02416 of the Philistines 06430 pitched 02583 08802 in the valley 06010 of Rephaim 07497.
14 And David 01732 [was] then in an hold 04686, and the garrison 04673 of the Philistines 06430 [was] then [in] Bethlehem 01035.
15 And David 01732 longed 0183 08691, and said 0559 08799, Oh that one would give me drink 08248 08686 of the water 04325 of the well 0953 of Bethlehem 01035, which [is] by the gate 08179!
16 And the three 07969 mighty men 01368 brake through 01234 08799 the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430, and drew 07579 08799 water 04325 out of the well 0953 of Bethlehem 01035, that [was] by the gate 08179, and took 05375 08799 [it], and brought 0935 08686 [it] to David 01732: nevertheless he would 014 08804 not drink 08354 08800 thereof, but poured it out 05258 08686 unto the LORD 03068.
17 And he said 0559 08799, Be it far 02486 from me, O LORD 03068, that I should do 06213 08800 this: [is not this] the blood 01818 of the men 0582 that went 01980 08802 in jeopardy of their lives 05315? therefore he would 014 08804 not drink 08354 08800 it. These things did 06213 08804 these three 07969 mighty men 01368.
18 And Abishai 052, the brother 0251 of Joab 03097, the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870, was chief 07218 among three 07992. And he lifted up 05782 08790 his spear 02595 against three 07969 hundred 03967, [and] slew 02491 [them], and had the name 08034 among three 07969.
19 Was he not most honourable 03513 08737 of three 07969? therefore he was their captain 08269: howbeit he attained 0935 08804 not unto the [first] three 07969.
20 And Benaiah 01141 the son 01121 of Jehoiada 03077, the son 01121 of a valiant 02428 man 0376 08677 0381, of Kabzeel 06909, who had done many 07227 acts 06467, he slew 05221 08689 two 08147 lionlike men 0739 of Moab 04124: he went down 03381 08804 also and slew 05221 08689 a lion 0738 in the midst 08432 of a pit 0953 in time 03117 of snow 07950:
21 And he slew 02026 08799 an Egyptian 04713, a goodly 04758 man 0376: and the Egyptian 04713 had a spear 02595 in his hand 03027; but he went down 03381 08799 to him with a staff 07626, and plucked 01497 08799 the spear 02595 out of the Egyptian's 04713 hand 03027, and slew 05221 08689 him with his own spear 02595.
22 These [things] did 06213 08804 Benaiah 01141 the son 01121 of Jehoiada 03077, and had the name 08034 among three 07969 mighty men 01368.
23 He was more honourable 03513 08737 than the thirty 07970, but he attained 0935 08804 not to the [first] three 07969. And David 01732 set 07760 08799 him over his guard 04928.
24 Asahel 06214 the brother 0251 of Joab 03097 [was] one of the thirty 07970; Elhanan 0445 the son 01121 of Dodo 01734 of Bethlehem 01035,
25 Shammah 08048 the Harodite 02733, Elika 0470 the Harodite 02733,
26 Helez 02503 the Paltite 06407, Ira 05896 the son 01121 of Ikkesh 06142 the Tekoite 08621,
27 Abiezer 044 the Anethothite 06069, Mebunnai 04012 the Hushathite 02843,
28 Zalmon 06756 the Ahohite 0266, Maharai 04121 the Netophathite 05200,
29 Heleb 02460 the son 01121 of Baanah 01196, a Netophathite 05200, Ittai 0863 the son 01121 of Ribai 07380 out of Gibeah 01390 of the children 01121 of Benjamin 01144,
30 Benaiah 01141 the Pirathonite 06553, Hiddai 01914 of the brooks 05158 of Gaash 01608,
31 Abialbon 045 the Arbathite 06164, Azmaveth 05820 the Barhumite 01273,
32 Eliahba 0455 the Shaalbonite 08170, of the sons 01121 of Jashen 03464, Jonathan 03083,
33 Shammah 08048 the Hararite 02043, Ahiam 0279 the son 01121 of Sharar 08325 the Hararite 02043,
34 Eliphelet 0467 the son 01121 of Ahasbai 0308, the son 01121 of the Maachathite 04602, Eliam 0463 the son 01121 of Ahithophel 0302 the Gilonite 01526,
35 Hezrai 02695 the Carmelite 03761, Paarai 06474 the Arbite 0701,
36 Igal 03008 the son 01121 of Nathan 05416 of Zobah 06678, Bani 01137 the Gadite 01425,
37 Zelek 06768 the Ammonite 05984, Naharai 05171 the Beerothite 0886, armourbearer 05375 08802 03627 to Joab 03097 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870,
38 Ira 05896 an Ithrite 03505, Gareb 01619 an Ithrite 03505,
39 Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850: thirty 07970 and seven 07651 in all.

#### 2Sa 24

1 And again 03254 08686 the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was kindled 02734 08800 against Israel 03478, and he moved 05496 08686 David 01732 against them to say 0559 08800, Go 03212 08798, number 04487 08798 Israel 03478 and Judah 03063.
2 For the king 04428 said 0559 08799 to Joab 03097 the captain 08269 of the host 02428, which [was] with him, Go now through 07751 08798 all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884, and number 06485 08798 ye the people 05971, that I may know 03045 08804 the number 04557 of the people 05971.
3 And Joab 03097 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, Now the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 add 03254 08686 unto the people 05971, how many soever 01992 they be, an hundredfold 03967 06471, and that the eyes 05869 of my lord 0113 the king 04428 may see 07200 08802 [it]: but why doth my lord 0113 the king 04428 delight 02654 08804 in this thing 01697?
4 Notwithstanding the king's 04428 word 01697 prevailed 02388 08799 against Joab 03097, and against the captains 08269 of the host 02428. And Joab 03097 and the captains 08269 of the host 02428 went out 03318 08799 from the presence 06440 of the king 04428, to number 06485 08800 the people 05971 of Israel 03478.
5 And they passed over 05674 08799 Jordan 03383, and pitched 02583 08799 in Aroer 06177, on the right side 03225 of the city 05892 that [lieth] in the midst 08432 of the river 05158 of Gad 01410, and toward Jazer 03270:
6 Then they came 0935 08799 to Gilead 01568, and to the land 0776 of Tahtimhodshi 08483; and they came 0935 08799 to Danjaan 01842, and about 05439 to Zidon 06721,
7 And came 0935 08799 to the strong hold 04013 of Tyre 06865, and to all the cities 05892 of the Hivites 02340, and of the Canaanites 03669: and they went out 03318 08799 to the south 05045 of Judah 03063, [even] to Beersheba 0884.
8 So when they had gone 07751 08799 through all the land 0776, they came 0935 08799 to Jerusalem 03389 at the end 07097 of nine 08672 months 02320 and twenty 06242 days 03117.
9 And Joab 03097 gave up 05414 08799 the sum 04557 of the number 04662 of the people 05971 unto the king 04428: and there were in Israel 03478 eight 08083 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 valiant 02428 men 0376 08677 0381 that drew 08025 08802 the sword 02719; and the men 0376 of Judah 03063 [were] five 02568 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 men 0376.
10 And David's 01732 heart 03820 smote 05221 08686 him after 0310 that he had numbered 05608 08804 the people 05971. And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto the LORD 03068, I have sinned 02398 08804 greatly 03966 in that I have done 06213 08804: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD 03068, take away 05674 08685 the iniquity 05771 of thy servant 05650; for I have done very 03966 foolishly 05528 08738.
11 For when David 01732 was up 06965 08799 in the morning 01242, the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came unto the prophet 05030 Gad 01410, David's 01732 seer 02374, saying 0559 08800,
12 Go 01980 08800 and say 0559 08804 unto David 01732, Thus saith 01696 08765 the LORD 03068, I offer 05190 08802 thee three 07969 [things]; choose 0977 08798 thee one 0259 of them, that I may [do it] unto thee 06213 08799.
13 So Gad 01410 came 0935 08799 to David 01732, and told 05046 08686 him, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Shall seven 07651 years 08141 of famine 07458 come 0935 08799 unto thee in thy land 0776? or wilt thou flee 05127 08800 three 07969 months 02320 before 06440 thine enemies 06862, while they pursue 07291 08802 thee? or that there be three 07969 days' 03117 pestilence 01698 in thy land 0776? now advise 03045 08798, and see 07200 08798 what answer 01697 I shall return 07725 08686 to him that sent 07971 08802 me.
14 And David 01732 said 0559 08799 unto Gad 01410, I am in a great 03966 strait 06887 08804: let us fall 05307 08799 now into the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068; for his mercies 07356 [are] great 07227: and let me not fall 05307 08799 into the hand 03027 of man 0120.
15 So the LORD 03068 sent 05414 08799 a pestilence 01698 upon Israel 03478 from the morning 01242 even to the time 06256 appointed 04150: and there died 04191 08799 of the people 05971 from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884 seventy 07657 thousand 0505 men 0376.
16 And when the angel 04397 stretched out 07971 08799 his hand 03027 upon Jerusalem 03389 to destroy 07843 08763 it, the LORD 03068 repented 05162 08735 him of the evil 07451, and said 0559 08799 to the angel 04397 that destroyed 07843 08688 the people 05971, It is enough 07227: stay 07503 08685 now thine hand 03027. And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 was by the threshingplace 01637 of Araunah 0728 the Jebusite 02983.
17 And David 01732 spake 0559 08799 unto the LORD 03068 when he saw 07200 08800 the angel 04397 that smote 05221 08688 the people 05971, and said 0559 08799, Lo, I have sinned 02398 08804, and I have done wickedly 05753 08689: but these sheep 06629, what have they done 06213 08804? let thine hand 03027, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's 01 house 01004.
18 And Gad 01410 came 0935 08799 that day 03117 to David 01732, and said 0559 08799 unto him, Go up 05927 08798, rear 06965 08685 an altar 04196 unto the LORD 03068 in the threshingfloor 01637 of Araunah 0728 the Jebusite 02983.
19 And David 01732, according to the saying 01697 of Gad 01410, went up 05927 08799 as the LORD 03068 commanded 06680 08765.
20 And Araunah 0728 looked 08259 08686, and saw 07200 08799 the king 04428 and his servants 05650 coming on 05674 08802 toward him: and Araunah 0728 went out 03318 08799, and bowed 07812 08691 himself before the king 04428 on his face 0639 upon the ground 0776.
21 And Araunah 0728 said 0559 08799, Wherefore is my lord 0113 the king 04428 come 0935 08804 to his servant 05650? And David 01732 said 0559 08799, To buy 07069 08800 the threshingfloor 01637 of thee, to build 01129 08800 an altar 04196 unto the LORD 03068, that the plague 04046 may be stayed 06113 08735 from the people 05971.
22 And Araunah 0728 said 0559 08799 unto David 01732, Let my lord 0113 the king 04428 take 03947 08799 and offer up 05927 08686 what [seemeth] good 02896 unto him 05869: behold 07200 08798, [here be] oxen 01241 for burnt sacrifice 05930, and threshing instruments 04173 and [other] instruments 03627 of the oxen 01241 for wood 06086.
23 All these [things] did Araunah 0728, [as] a king 04428, give 05414 08804 unto the king 04428. And Araunah 0728 said 0559 08799 unto the king 04428, The LORD 03068 thy God 0430 accept 07521 08799 thee.
24 And the king 04428 said 0559 08799 unto Araunah 0728, Nay; but I will surely 07069 08800 buy 07069 08799 [it] of thee at a price 04242: neither will I offer 05927 08686 burnt offerings 05930 unto the LORD 03068 my God 0430 of that which doth cost me nothing 02600. So David 01732 bought 07069 08799 the threshingfloor 01637 and the oxen 01241 for fifty 02572 shekels 08255 of silver 03701.
25 And David 01732 built 01129 08799 there an altar 04196 unto the LORD 03068, and offered 05927 08686 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002. So the LORD 03068 was intreated 06279 08735 for the land 0776, and the plague 04046 was stayed 06113 08735 from Israel 03478.