1 Now it came to pass after 0310 the death 04194 of Saul 07586, when David 01732 had returned 07725 from the slaughter 05221 of the Amalekites 06002, and David 01732 had abode 03427 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 out of the camp 04264 from Saul 07586 with his clothes 0899 torn 07167, and earth 0127 upon his head 07218: and so it was, when he came 0935 to David 01732, that he fell 05307 to the earth 0776, and did obeisance 07812.
3 And David 01732 said 0559 to him, From where comest 0935 thou? And he said 0559 to him, Out of the camp 04264 of Israel 03478 have I escaped 04422.
4 And David 01732 said 0559 to him, How 04100 went the matter 01697? I pray thee, tell 05046 me. And he answered 0559, That the people 05971 have fled 05127 from the battle 04421, and many 07235 of the people 05971 also have fallen 05307 and are dead 04191; and Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 his son 01121 are dead 04191 also. How…: Heb. What was, etc
5 And David 01732 said 0559 to the young man 05288 that told 05046 him, How knowest 03045 thou that Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 his son 01121 are dead 04191?
6 And the young man 05288 that told 05046 him said 0559, As I happened 07136 by chance 07122 upon mount 02022 Gilboa 01533, behold, Saul 07586 leaned 08172 upon his spear 02595; and, lo, the chariots 07393 and horsemen 01167, 6571 followed hard 01692 after him.
7 And when he looked 06437 behind 0310 him, he saw 07200 me, and called 07121 to me. And I answered 0559, Here am I. Here…: Heb. Behold me
8 And he said 0559 to me, Who art thou? And I answered 0559 him, I am an Amalekite 06003.
9 He said 0559 to me again, Stand 05975, I pray thee, upon me, and slay 04191 me: for anguish 07661 is come 0270 upon me, because my life 05315 is yet whole in me. anguish…: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc
10 So I stood 05975 upon him, and slew 04191 him, because I was sure 03045 that he could not live 02421 after 0310 that he had fallen 05307: and I took 03947 the crown 05145 that was upon his head 07218, and the bracelet 0685 that was on his arm 02220, and have brought 0935 them here to my lord 0113.
11 Then David 01732 took hold 02388 on his clothes 0899, and tore 07167 them; and likewise all the men 0582 that were with him:
12 And they mourned 05594, and wept 01058, and fasted 06684 until evening 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 had fallen 05307 by the sword 02719.
13 And David 01732 said 0559 to the young man 05288 that told 05046 him, From where art thou? And he answered 0559, I am the son 01121 of a stranger 0376, 1616, an Amalekite 06003.
14 And David 01732 said 0559 to him, How wast thou not afraid 03372 to stretch forth 07971 thy hand 03027 to destroy 07843 the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899?
15 And David 01732 called 07121 one 0259 of the young men 05288, and said 0559, Go near 05066, and fall 06293 upon him. And he smote 05221 him that he died 04191.
16 And David 01732 said 0559 to him, Thy blood 01818 be upon thy head 07218; for thy mouth 06310 hath testified 06030 against thee, saying 0559, I have slain 04191 the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899.
17 And David 01732 lamented 06969 with this lamentation 07015 over Saul 07586 and over Jonathan 03083 his son 01121:
18 (Also he told 0559 them to teach 03925 the children 01121 of Judah 03063 the use of the bow 07198: behold, it is written 03789 in the book 05612 of Jasher 03477.) of Jasher: or, of the upright
19 Thy glory 06643, O Israel 03478 is slain 02491 upon thy high places 01116: how are the mighty 01368 fallen 05307!
20 Tell 05046 it not in Gath 01661, proclaim 01319 it not in the streets 02351 of Askelon 0831; lest the daughters 01323 of the Philistines 06430 rejoice 08055, lest the daughters 01323 of the uncircumcised 06189 triumph 05937.
21 Ye mountains 02022 of Gilboa 01533, let there be no dew 02919, neither rain 04306, upon you, nor fields 07704 of offerings 08641: for there the shield 04043 of the mighty 01368 is vilely cast away 01602, 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 not back 0268, and the sword 02719 of Saul 07586 returned 07725 not empty 07387.
23 Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 were lovely 0157 and pleasant 05273 in their lives 02416, and in their death 04194 they were not divided 06504: they were swifter 07043 than eagles 05404, they were stronger 01396 than lions 0738. pleasant: or, sweet
24 Ye daughters 01323 of Israel 03478, weep over 01058 Saul 07586, who clothed 03847 you in scarlet 08144, with other delights 05730, who put 05927 ornaments 05716 of gold 02091 upon your apparel 03830.
25 How are the mighty 01368 fallen 05307 in the midst 08432 of the battle 04421! O Jonathan 03083, thou wast slain 02491 in thy high places 01116.
26 I am distressed 06887 for thee, my brother 0251 Jonathan 03083: very 03966 pleasant 05276 hast thou been to me: thy love 0160 to me was wonderful 06381, passing the love 0160 of women 0802.
27 How have the mighty 01368 fallen 05307, and the weapons 03627 of war 04421 perished 06!
1 And it came to pass after this 0310, that David 01732 enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559, Shall I go up 05927 into any 0259 of the cities 05892 of Judah 03063? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to him, Go up 05927. And David 01732 said 0559, Where shall I go up 05927? And he said 0559, To Hebron 02275.
2 So David 01732 went up 05927 there, 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, every man 0376 with his household 01004: and they dwelt 03427 in the cities 05892 of Hebron 02275.
4 And the men 0582 of Judah 03063 came 0935, and there they anointed 04886 David 01732 king 04428 over the house 01004 of Judah 03063. And they told 05046 David 01732, saying 0559, That the men 0582 of Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568 were they that buried 06912 Saul 07586.
5 And David 01732 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to the men 0582 of Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568, and said 0559 to them, Blessed 01288 be ye of the LORD 03068, that ye have shown 06213 this kindness 02617 to your lord 0113, even to Saul 07586, and have buried 06912 him.
6 And now the LORD 03068 show 06213 kindness 02617 and truth 0571 to you: and I also will repay 06213 you this kindness 02896, because ye have done 06213 this thing 01697.
7 Therefore now let your hands 03027 be strengthened 02388, and be ye valiant 01121, 2428: for your master 0113 Saul 07586 is dead 04191, and also the house 01004 of Judah 03063 have anointed 04886 me king 04428 over them. be ye…: Heb. be ye the sons of valour
8 But Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369, captain 08269 of Saul’s 07586 host 06635, took 03947 Ishbosheth 0378 the son 01121 of Saul 07586, and brought him over 05674 to Mahanaim 04266; Saul’s host: Heb. the host which was Saul’sIshbosheth: or, Eshbaal
9 And he made him king 04427 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 over Israel 03478, and he reigned 04427 two 08147 years 08141. But the house 01004 of Judah 03063 followed 0310 David 01732.
11 And the time 04557, 3117 that David 01732 was king 04428 in Hebron 02275 over the house 01004 of Judah 03063 was seven 07651 years 08141 and six 08337 months 02320. time: Heb. number of days
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 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, and met 06298 together 03162 by the pool 01295 of Gibeon 01391: and they sat down 03427, the one on the one side of the pool 01295, and the other on the other side of the pool 01295. together: Heb. them together
14 And Abner 074 said 0559 to Joab 03097, Let the young men 05288 now arise 06965, and fight 07832 before 06440 us. And Joab 03097 said 0559, Let them arise 06965.
15 Then there arose 06965 and went over 05674 by number 04557 twelve 08147, 6240 of Benjamin 01144, who pertained to Ishbosheth 0378 the son 01121 of Saul 07586, and twelve 08147, 6240 of the servants 05650 of David 01732.
16 And they caught 02388 every one 0376 his opponent 07453 by the head 07218, and thrust his sword 02719 in his opponent’s 07453 side 06654; so they fell down 05307 together 03162: therefore that place 04725 was called 07121 Helkathhazzurim 02521, which is in Gibeon 01391. Helkathhazzurim: that is, The field of strong men
17 And there was a very 03966 fierce 07186 battle 04421 that day 03117; and Abner 074 was smitten 05062, 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. of foot: Heb. of his feetas a wild…: Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field
19 And Asahel 06214 pursued 07291 after 0310 Abner 074; and in going 03212 he turned 05186 not to the right hand 03225 nor to the left 08040 from following 0310 Abner 074. from…: Heb. from after Abner
20 Then Abner 074 looked 06437 behind 0310 him, and said 0559, Art thou Asahel 06214? And he answered 0559, I am.
21 And Abner 074 said 0559 to him, Turn thee aside 05186 to thy right hand 03225 or to thy left 08040, and lay hold 0270 on one 0259 of the young men 05288, and take 03947 to thee his armour 02488. But Asahel 06214 would 014 not turn aside 05493 from following 0310 him. armour: or, spoil
22 And Abner 074 said 0559 again 03254 to Asahel 06214, Turn thee aside 05493 from following 0310 me: why should I smite 05221 thee to the ground 0776? how then should I hold up 05375 my face 06440 to Joab 03097 thy brother 0251?
23 But he refused 03985 to turn aside 05493: therefore Abner 074 with the blunt end 0310 of the spear 02595 smote 05221 him under 0413 the fifth 02570 rib, that the spear 02595 came out 03318 behind 0310 him; and he fell down 05307 there, and died 04191 in the same place 08478: and it came to pass, that as many as came 0935 to the place 04725 where Asahel 06214 fell down 05307 and died 04191 stood still 05975.
24 Joab 03097 also and Abishai 052 pursued 07291, 310 Abner 074: and the sun 08121 went down 0935 when they had come 0935 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 after 0310 Abner 074, and became one 0259 troop 092, and stood 05975 on the top 07218 of an hill 01389.
26 Then Abner 074 called 07121 to Joab 03097, and said 0559, Shall the sword 02719 devour 0398 for ever 05331? knowest 03045 thou not that it will be bitterness 04751 in the latter end 0314? how long shall it be then, before thou wilt bid 0559 the people 05971 return 07725 from following 0310 their brethren 0251?
27 And Joab 03097 said 0559, As God 0430 liveth 02416, unless 03884 thou hadst spoken 01696, surely then in the morning 01242 the people 05971 had gone up 05927 every one 0376 from following 0310 his brother 0251. in the…: Heb. from the morninggone…: or, gone away
28 So Joab 03097 blew 08628 a trumpet 07782, and all the people 05971 stood still 05975, and pursued 07291, 310 Israel 03478 no more, neither fought 03898 they any more 03254.
29 And Abner 074 and his men 0582 walked 01980 all that night 03915 through the plain 06160, and passed over 05674 Jordan 03383, and went through 03212 all Bithron 01338, and they came 0935 to Mahanaim 04266.
30 And Joab 03097 returned 07725 from following 0310 Abner 074: and when he had gathered 06908 all the people 05971 together 06908, there lacked 06485 of David’s 01732 servants 05650 nineteen 08672, 6240 men 0376 and Asahel 06214.
31 But the servants 05650 of David 01732 had smitten 05221 of Benjamin 01144, and of Abner’s 074 men 0582, so that three 07969 hundred 03967 and sixty 08346 men 0376 died 04191.
32 And they took up 05375 Asahel 06214, and buried 06912 him in the sepulchre 06913 of his father 01, which was in Bethlehem 01035. And Joab 03097 and his men 0582 went 03212 all night 03915, and they came to Hebron 02275 at break of day 0215.
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 grew 01980 stronger 02390 and stronger 02390, and the house 01004 of Saul 07586 became 01980 weaker 01800 and weaker 01800.
2 And to David 01732 were sons 01121 born 03205 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; Chileab: or, Daniel
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 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 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 to Abner 074, Why hast thou gone in 0935 to my father’s 01 concubine 06370?
8 Then was Abner 074 very 03966 angry 02734 for the words 01697 of Ishbosheth 0378, and said 0559, Am I a dog’s 03611 head 07218, who against Judah 03063 do show 06213 kindness 02617 this day 03117 to the house 01004 of Saul 07586 thy father 01, to his brethren 0251, and to his friends 04828, and have not delivered 04672 thee into the hand 03027 of David 01732, that thou chargest 06485 me to day 03117 with a fault 05771 concerning this woman 0802?
9 So do 06213 God 0430 to Abner 074, and more also 03254, except, as the LORD 03068 hath sworn 07650 to David 01732, even so I do 06213 to him;
10 To pass on 05674 the kingdom 04467 from the house 01004 of Saul 07586, and to set up 06965 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 not answer 07725 Abner 074 a word 01697 again, because he feared 03372 him.
12 And Abner 074 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to David 01732 on his behalf, saying 0559, Whose is the land 0776? saying 0559 also, Make 03772 thy league 01285 with me, and, behold, my hand 03027 shall be with thee, to bring about 05437 all Israel 03478 to thee.
13 And he said 0559, Well 02896; I will make 03772 a league 01285 with thee: but one 0259 thing 01697 I require 07592 of thee, that is 0559, Thou shalt not see 07200 my face 06440, except thou shalt first 06440 bring 0935 Michal 04324 Saul’s 07586 daughter 01323, when thou comest 0935 to see 07200 my face 06440. that is: Heb. saying
14 And David 01732 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to Ishbosheth 0378 Saul’s 07586 son 01121, saying 0559, Deliver 05414 to me my wife 0802 Michal 04324, whom I betrothed 0781 to me for an hundred 03967 foreskins 06190 of the Philistines 06430.
15 And Ishbosheth 0378 sent 07971, and took 03947 her from her husband 0376, even from Phaltiel 06409 the son 01121 of Laish 03889, 3919. Phaltiel: also called, Phalti
16 And her husband 0376 went 03212 with her weeping 01980, 1058 behind 0310 her to Bahurim 0980. Then said 0559 Abner 074 to him, Go 03212, return 07725. And he returned 07725. along…: Heb. going and weeping
17 And Abner 074 had communication 01961, 1697 with the elders 02205 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, Ye sought 01245 for David 01732 in times 08543 past 08032 to be king 04428 over you: in times…: Heb. both yesterday and the third day
18 Now then do 06213 it: for the LORD 03068 hath spoken 0559 of David 01732, saying 0559, By the hand 03027 of my servant 05650 David 01732 I will save 03467 my people 05971 Israel 03478 from the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430, and from the hand 03027 of all their enemies 0341.
19 And Abner 074 also spoke 01696 in the ears 0241 of Benjamin 01144: and Abner 074 went 03212 also to speak 01696 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 to David 01732 in Hebron 02275, and twenty 06242 men 0582 with him. And David 01732 made 06213 Abner 074 and the men 0582 that were with him a feast 04960.
21 And Abner 074 said 0559 to David 01732, I will arise 06965 and go 03212, and will gather 06908 all Israel 03478 to my lord 0113 the king 04428, that they may make 03772 a league 01285 with thee, and that thou mayest reign 04427 over all that thy heart 05315 desireth 0183. And David 01732 sent 07971 Abner 074 away 07971; and he went 03212 in peace 07965.
22 And, behold, the servants 05650 of David 01732 and Joab 03097 came 0935 from pursuing a troop 01416, and brought in 0935 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, and he had gone 03212 in peace 07965.
23 When Joab 03097 and all the host 06635 that was with him had come 0935, they told 05046 Joab 03097, saying 0559, Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369 came 0935 to the king 04428, and he hath sent him away 07971, and he hath gone 03212 in peace 07965.
24 Then Joab 03097 came 0935 to the king 04428, and said 0559, What hast thou done 06213? behold, Abner 074 came 0935 to thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away 07971, and he is quite 01980 gone 03212?
25 Thou knowest 03045 Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369, that he came 0935 to deceive 06601 thee, and to know 03045 thy going out 04161 and thy coming in 04126, 3996, and to know 03045 all that thou doest 06213.
26 And when Joab 03097 had come out 03318 from David 01732, he sent 07971 messengers 04397 after 0310 Abner 074, who brought him again 07725 from the well 0953 of Sirah 05626: but David 01732 knew 03045 it not.
27 And when Abner 074 had returned 07725 to Hebron 02275, Joab 03097 took him aside 05186 in 0413, 8432 the gate 08179 to speak 01696 with him quietly 07987, and smote 05221 him there under the fifth 02570 rib, that he died 04191, for the blood 01818 of Asahel 06214 his brother 0251. quietly: or, peaceably
28 And afterward 0310 when David 01732 heard 08085 it, he said 0559, I and my kingdom 04467 are guiltless 05355 before the LORD 03068 for 05704 ever 05769 from the blood 01818 of Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369: blood: Heb. bloods
29 Let it rest 02342 on the head 07218 of Joab 03097, and on all his father’s 01 house 01004; and let there never cease 03772 from the house 01004 of Joab 03097 one that hath an issue 02100, or that is a leper 06879, or that leaneth 02388 on a staff 06418, or that falleth 05307 on the sword 02719, or that lacketh 02638 bread 03899. fail: Heb. be cut off
30 So Joab 03097 and Abishai 052 his brother 0251 slew 02026 Abner 074, because he had slain 04191 their brother 0251 Asahel 06214 at Gibeon 01391 in the battle 04421.
31 And David 01732 said 0559 to Joab 03097, and to all the people 05971 that were with him, Rend 07167 your clothes 0899, and gird 02296 yourselves with sackcloth 08242, and mourn 05594 before 06440 Abner 074. And king 04428 David 01732 himself followed 01980, 310 the bier 04296. bier: Heb. bed
32 And they buried 06912 Abner 074 in Hebron 02275: and the king 04428 lifted up 05375 his voice 06963, and wept 01058 at the grave 06913 of Abner 074; and all the people 05971 wept 01058.
33 And the king 04428 lamented 06969 over Abner 074, and said 0559, Died 04191 Abner 074 as a fool 05036 dieth 04194?
34 Thy hands 03027 were not bound 0631, nor thy feet 07272 put 05066 into fetters 05178: as a man falleth 05307 before 06440 wicked 05766 men 01121, so fellest 05307 thou. And all the people 05971 wept 01058 again 03254 over him. wicked…: Heb. children of iniquity
35 And when all 03605 the people 05971 came 0935 to cause 01262 David 01732 to eat 01262 food 03899 while it was yet 05750 day 03117, David 01732 swore 07650, saying 0559, So do 06213 God 0430 to me, and more also 03254, if I taste 02938 bread 03899, or any thing 03972 else, till 06440 the sun 08121 is down 0935.
36 And all the people 05971 took notice 05234 of it, and it pleased 03190, 5869 them: as whatever the king 04428 did 06213 pleased 05869, 2896 all the people 05971. pleased them: Heb. was good in their eyes
37 For all the people 05971 and all Israel 03478 understood 03045 that day 03117 that it was not of the king 04428 to slay 04191 Abner 074 the son 01121 of Ner 05369.
38 And the king 04428 said 0559 to his servants 05650, Know 03045 ye not that there hath a prince 08269 and a great man 01419 fallen 05307 this day 03117 in Israel 03478?
39 And I am this day 03117 weak 07390, though anointed 04886 king 04428; and these men 0582 the sons 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 are too hard 07186 for me: the LORD 03068 shall reward 07999 the doer of evil 06213 according to his wickedness 07451. weak: Heb. tender
1 And when Saul’s 07586 son 01121 heard 08085 that Abner 074 was dead 04191 in Hebron 02275, his hands 03027 were feeble 07503, and all the Israelites 03478 were troubled 0926.
2 And Saul’s 07586 son 01121 had 01961 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 to Benjamin 01144: other: Heb. second
3 And the Beerothites 0886 fled 01272 to Gittaim 01664, and have been sojourners 01481 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 of Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 out of Jezreel 03157, and his nurse 0539 took him up 05375, and fled 05127: and it came to pass, as she made haste 02648 to flee 05127, that he fell 05307, and became lame 06452. And his name 08034 was Mephibosheth 04648. Mephibosheth: or, Meribbaal
5 And the sons 01121 of Rimmon 07417 the Beerothite 0886, Rechab 07394 and Baanah 01196, went 03212, and came 0935 about the heat 02527 of the day 03117 to the house 01004 of Ishbosheth 0378, who lay 07901 on a bed 04904 at noon 06672.
6 And they came there 0935 into the midst 08432 of the house 01004, as though they would have fetched 03947 wheat 02406; and they smote 05221 him under the fifth 02570 rib: and Rechab 07394 and Baanah 01196 his brother 0251 escaped 04422.
7 For when they came 0935 into the house 01004, he lay 07901 on his bed 04296 in his bedchamber 02315, 4904, and they smote 05221 him, and slew 04191 him, and beheaded 05493 him, and took 03947 his head 07218, and went away 03212 through 01870 the plain 06160 all night 03915.
8 And they brought 0935 the head 07218 of Ishbosheth 0378 to David 01732 to Hebron 02275, and said 0559 to the king 04428, Behold the head 07218 of Ishbosheth 0378 the son 01121 of Saul 07586 thy enemy 0341, who sought 01245 thy life 05315; and the LORD 03068 hath 05414 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 Rechab 07394 and Baanah 01196 his brother 0251, the sons 01121 of Rimmon 07417 the Beerothite 0886, and said 0559 to them, As the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, who hath redeemed 06299 my soul 05315 out of all adversity 06869,
10 When one told 05046 me, saying 0559, Behold, Saul 07586 is dead 04191, thinking to have brought 05869 good tidings 01319, I took hold 0270 of him, and slew 02026 him in Ziklag 06860, who thought that I would have given 05414 him a reward for his tidings 01309: thinking…: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etcwho…: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings
11 How much more, when wicked 07563 men 0582 have slain 02026 a righteous 06662 person 0376 in his own house 01004 upon his bed 04904? shall I not therefore now require 01245 his blood 01818 of your hand 03027, and take you away 01197 from the earth 0776?
12 And David 01732 commanded 06680 his young men 05288, and they slew 02026 them, and cut off 07112 their hands 03027 and their feet 07272, and hanged them 08518 over the pool 01295 in Hebron 02275. But they took 03947 the head 07218 of Ishbosheth 0378, and buried 06912 it in the sepulchre 06913 of Abner 074 in Hebron 02275.
1 Then came 0935 all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 to David 01732 to Hebron 02275, and spoke 0559, saying 0559, Behold, we are thy bone 06106 and thy flesh 01320.
2 Also in time past 0865, 8032, when Saul 07586 was king 04428 over us, thou wast he that leddest out 03318 and broughtest in 0935 Israel 03478: and the LORD 03068 said 0559 to thee, Thou shalt feed 07462 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 to the king 04428 to Hebron 02275; and king 04428 David 01732 made 03772 a league 01285 with them in Hebron 02275 before 06440 the LORD 03068: and they anointed 04886 David 01732 king 04428 over Israel 03478.
4 David 01732 was thirty 07970 years 08141 old 01121 when he began to reign 04427, and he reigned 04427 forty 0705 years 08141.
5 In Hebron 02275 he reigned 04427 over Judah 03063 seven 07651 years 08141 and six 08337 months 02320: and in Jerusalem 03389 he reigned 04427 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 to Jerusalem 03389 to the Jebusites 02983, the inhabitants 03427 of the land 0776: who spoke 0559 to David 01732, saying 0559, Except thou shalt take away 05493 the blind 05787 and the lame 06455, thou shalt not come in 0935 here: thinking 0559, David 01732 cannot come in 0935 there. thinking…: or, saying David shall not, etc
7 Nevertheless David 01732 took 03920 the strong hold 04686 of Zion 06726: the same is the city 05892 of David 01732.
8 And David 01732 said 0559 on that day 03117, Whoever getteth up 05060 to the gutter 06794, and smiteth 05221 the Jebusites 02983, and the lame 06455 and the blind 05787, that are hated 08130 by David’s 01732 soul 05315, he shall be chief and captain. Therefore they said 0559, The blind 05787 and the lame 06455 shall not come 0935 into the house 01004. Wherefore…: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not
9 So David 01732 dwelt 03427 in the fort 04686, and called 07121 it the city 05892 of David 01732. And David 01732 built 01129 around 05439 from Millo 04407 and inward 01004.
10 And David 01732 went 03212 on 01980, and grew great 01419, and the LORD 03068 God 0430 of hosts 06635 was with him. went…: Heb. went, going and growing
11 And Hiram 02438 king 04428 of Tyre 06865 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to David 01732, and cedar 0730 trees 06086, and carpenters 02796, and masons 07023, 68: and they built 01129 David 01732 an house 01004. masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall
12 And David 01732 perceived 03045 that the LORD 03068 had established 03559 him king 04428 over Israel 03478, and that he had exalted 05375 his kingdom 04467 for his people 05971 Israel’s 03478 sake.
13 And David 01732 took 03947 more concubines 06370 and wives 0802 out of Jerusalem 03389, after 0310 he had come 0935 from Hebron 02275: and there were yet sons 01121 and daughters 01323 born 03205 to David 01732.
14 And these are the names 08034 of those that were born 03209 to 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 that they had anointed 04886 David 01732 king 04428 over Israel 03478, all the Philistines 06430 came up 05927 to seek 01245 David 01732; and David 01732 heard 08085 of it, and went down 03381 to the strong hold 04686.
18 The Philistines 06430 also came 0935 and spread 05203 themselves in the valley 06010 of Rephaim 07497.
19 And David 01732 enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068, saying 0559, Shall I go up 05927 to the Philistines 06430? wilt thou deliver 05414 them into my hand 03027? And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to David 01732, Go up 05927: for I will certainly 05414 deliver 05414 the Philistines 06430 into thy hand 03027.
20 And David 01732 came 0935 to Baalperazim 01188, and David 01732 smote 05221 them there, and said 0559, The LORD 03068 hath broken forth 06555 upon my enemies 0341 before 06440 me, as the breach 06556 of waters 04325. Therefore he called 07121 the name 08034 of that place 04725 Baalperazim 01188. Baalperazim: that is, the plain of breaches
21 And there they left 05800 their images 06091, and David 01732 and his men 0582 burned 05375 them. burned…: or, took them away
22 And the Philistines 06430 came 05927 yet again 03254, and spread 05203 themselves in the valley 06010 of Rephaim 07497.
23 And when David 01732 enquired 07592 of the LORD 03068, he said 0559, Thou shalt not go up 05927; but make a circuit 05437 behind 0310 them, and come 0935 upon them in front of 04136 the mulberry trees 01057.
24 And let it be, when thou hearest 08085 the sound 06963 of marching 06807 in the tops 07218 of the mulberry trees 01057, that then thou shalt bestir 02782 thyself: for then shall the LORD 03068 go out 03318 before 06440 thee, to smite 05221 the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430.
25 And David 01732 did so 06213, as the LORD 03068 had commanded 06680 him; and smote 05221 the Philistines 06430 from Geba 01387 until thou comest 0935 to Gazer 01507. Geba: also called, Gibeon
1 Again, David 01732 gathered together 0622, 3254 all the chosen 0977 men of Israel 03478, thirty 07970 thousand 0505.
2 And David 01732 arose 06965, and went 03212 with all the people 05971 that were with him from Baale of Judah 01184, to bring up 05927 from there the ark 0727 of God 0430, whose name 08034 is called 07121 by the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635 that dwelleth 03427 between the cherubim 03742. Baale: or, Baalah, that is, Kirjathjearimwhose name…: or, at which the name, even the name of the LORD of hosts, was called upon
3 And they set 07392 the ark 0727 of God 0430 upon a new 02319 cart 05699, and brought 05375 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, drove 05090 the new 02319 cart 05699. set: Heb. made to rideGibeah: or, the hill
4 And they brought 05375 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 before 06440 the ark 0727. accompanying: Heb. with
5 And David 01732 and all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 played 07832 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 to Nachon’s 05225 threshingfloor 01637, Uzzah 05798 put forth 07971 his hand to the ark 0727 of God 0430, and took hold 0270 of it; for the oxen 01241 shook 08058 it. Nachon: also called Chidonshook it: or, stumbled
7 And the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was kindled 02734 against Uzzah 05798; and God 0430 smote 05221 him there for his error 07944; and there he died 04191 by the ark 0727 of God 0430. error: or, rashness
8 And David 01732 was displeased 02734, because the LORD 03068 had broken forth in anger 06555, 6556 against Uzzah 05798: and he called 07121 the name of the place 04725 Perezuzzah 06560 to this day 03117. made: Heb. brokenPerezuzzah: that is, the breach of Uzzah
9 And David 01732 was afraid 03372 of the LORD 03068 that day 03117, and said 0559, How shall the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 come 0935 to me?
10 So David 01732 would 014 not remove 05493 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 to him into the city 05892 of David 01732: but David 01732 carried it aside 05186 into the house 01004 of Obededom 05654 the Gittite 01663.
11 And the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 continued 03427 in the house 01004 of Obededom 05654 the Gittite 01663 three 07969 months 02320: and the LORD 03068 blessed 01288 Obededom 05654, and all his household 01004.
12 And it was told 05046 king 04428 David 01732, saying 0559, The LORD 03068 hath blessed 01288 the house 01004 of Obededom 05654, and all that pertaineth to him, because of the ark 0727 of God 0430. So David 01732 went 03212 and brought up 05927 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 bore 05375 the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068 had gone 06805 six 08337 paces 06806, he sacrificed 02076 oxen 07794 and fatlings 04806.
14 And David 01732 danced 03769 before 06440 the LORD 03068 with all his might 05797; and David 01732 was girded 02296 with a linen 0906 ephod 0646.
15 So David 01732 and all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 brought up 05927 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 into the city 05892 of David 01732, Michal 04324 Saul’s 07586 daughter 01323 looked 08259 through a window 02474, and saw 07200 king 04428 David 01732 leaping 06339 and dancing 03769 before 06440 the LORD 03068; and she despised 0959 him in her heart 03820.
17 And they brought 0935 in the ark 0727 of the LORD 03068, and set 03322 it in its place 04725, inside 08432 the tabernacle 0168 that David 01732 had pitched 05186 for it: and David 01732 offered 05927 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002 before 06440 the LORD 03068. pitched: Heb. stretched
18 And as soon as David 01732 had finished 03615 offering 05927 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002, he blessed 01288 the people 05971 in the name 08034 of the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635.
19 And he distributed 02505 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 every one 0376 to his house 01004.
20 Then David 01732 returned 07725 to bless 01288 his household 01004. And Michal 04324 the daughter 01323 of Saul 07586 came out 03318 to meet 07125 David 01732, and said 0559, How glorious 03513 was the king 04428 of Israel 03478 to day 03117, who uncovered 01540 himself to day 03117 in the eyes 05869 of the handmaids 0519 of his servants 05650, as one 0259 of the foolish fellows 07386 shamelessly 01540 uncovereth 01540 himself! shamelessly: or, openly
21 And David 01732 said 0559 to Michal 04324, It was before 06440 the LORD 03068, who chose 0977 me before thy father 01, and before all his house 01004, to appoint 06680 me ruler 05057 over the people 05971 of the LORD 03068, over Israel 03478: therefore will I play 07832 before 06440 the LORD 03068.
22 And I will yet be more contemptible 07043 than this 02063, and will be base 08217 in my own sight 05869: and by the maidservants 0519 which thou hast spoken 0559 of, by them shall I be had in honour 03513. of the…: or, of the handmaids of my servants
23 Therefore Michal 04324 the daughter 01323 of Saul 07586 had no child 02056, 3206 until the day 03117 of her death 04194.
1 And it came to pass, when the king 04428 sat 03427 in his house 01004, and the LORD 03068 had given him rest 05117 on every side 05439 from all his enemies 0341;
2 That the king 04428 said 0559 to Nathan 05416 the prophet 05030, See 07200 now, I dwell 03427 in an house 01004 of cedar 0730, but the ark 0727 of God 0430 dwelleth 03427 within 08432 curtains 03407.
3 And Nathan 05416 said 0559 to the king 04428, Go 03212, do 06213 all that is in thy 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 to Nathan 05416, saying 0559,
5 Go 03212 and tell 0559 my servant 05650 David 01732, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Shalt thou build 01129 me an house 01004 for me to dwell in 03427? my servant…: Heb. to my servant, to David
6 Though I have not dwelt 03427 in any house 01004 since the time 03117 that I brought 05927 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 out of Egypt 04714, even to this day 03117, but have walked 01980 in a tent 0168 and in a tabernacle 04908.
7 In all the places in which I have walked 01980 with all the children 01121 of Israel 03478 have I spoken 01696 a word 01697 with any 0259 of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, whom I commanded 06680 to feed 07462 my people 05971 Israel 03478, saying 0559, Why do ye not build 01129 me an house 01004 of cedar 0730? any of…: any of the judges
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say 0559 to my servant 05650 David 01732, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, I took 03947 thee from the sheepfold 05116, from following 0310 the sheep 06629, to be ruler 05057 over my people 05971, over Israel 03478: from following: Heb. from after
9 And I was with thee wherever thou wentest 01980, and have cut off 03772 all thy enemies 0341 out of thy sight 06440, and have made 06213 thee a great 01419 name 08034, like the name 08034 of the great 01419 men that are in the earth 0776. out of…: Heb. from thy face
10 Moreover I will appoint 07760 a place 04725 for my people 05971 Israel 03478, and will plant 05193 them, that they may dwell 07931 in a place of their own, and move 07264 no more; neither shall the children 01121 of wickedness 05766 afflict 06031 them any more 03254, as in times past 07223,
11 And as since the time 03117 that I commanded 06680 judges 08199 to be over my people 05971 Israel 03478, and have caused thee to rest 05117 from all thy enemies 0341. Also the LORD 03068 telleth 05046 thee that he will make 06213 thee an house 01004.
12 And when thy days 03117 shall be fulfilled 04390, and thou shalt sleep 07901 with thy fathers 01, I will set up 06965 thy seed 02233 after 0310 thee, who shall proceed 03318 out of thy own body 04578, and I will establish 03559 his kingdom 04467.
13 He shall build 01129 an house 01004 for my name 08034, and I will establish 03559 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 shall commit iniquity 05753, I will chasten 03198 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 05493 from him, as I took 05493 it from Saul 07586, whom I put away 05493 before 06440 thee.
16 And thy house 01004 and thy kingdom 04467 shall be established 0539 for 05704 ever 05769 before 06440 thee: thy throne 03678 shall be established 03559 for 05704 ever 05769.
17 According to all these words 01697, and according to all this vision 02384, so did Nathan 05416 speak 01696 to David 01732.
18 Then king 04428 David 01732 went in 0935, and sat 03427 before 06440 the LORD 03068, and he said 0559, Who am I, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069? and what is my house 01004, that thou hast brought 0935 me thus far 01988?
19 And this was yet a small thing 06994 in thy sight 05869, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069; but thou hast spoken 01696 also of thy servant’s 05650 house 01004 for a great while to come 07350. And is this the manner 08452 of man 0120, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069? manner: Heb. law
20 And what can 03254 David 01732 say 01696 more 03254 to thee? for thou, Lord 0136 GOD 03069, knowest 03045 thy servant 05650.
21 For thy word’s 01697 sake, and according to thy own heart 03820, hast thou done 06213 all these great things 01420, to make thy servant 05650 know 03045 them.
22 Therefore thou art great 01431, O LORD 03068 God 0430: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God 0430 besides 02108 thee, according to all that we have heard 08085 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 to redeem 06299 for a people 05971 to himself, and to make 07760 him a name 08034, and to do 06213 for you great things 01420 and terrible 03372, for thy land 0776, before 06440 thy people 05971, whom thou didst redeem 06299 to thee from Egypt 04714, from the nations 01471 and their gods 0430?
24 For thou hast confirmed 03559 to thyself thy people 05971 Israel 03478 to be a people 05971 to thee for 05704 ever 05769: and thou, LORD 03068, art become 01961 their God 0430.
25 And now, O LORD 03068 God 0430, the word 01697 that thou hast spoken 01696 concerning thy servant 05650, and concerning his house 01004, establish 06965 it for 05704 ever 05769, and do 06213 as thou hast said 01696.
26 And let thy name 08034 be magnified 01431 for 05704 ever 05769, saying 0559, 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 before 06440 thee.
27 For thou, O LORD 03068 of hosts 06635, God 0430 of Israel 03478, hast revealed 01540, 241 to thy servant 05650, saying 0559, I will build 01129 thee an house 01004: therefore hath thy servant 05650 found 04672 in his heart 03820 to pray 06419 this prayer 08605 to thee. revealed: Heb. opened the ear
28 And now, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069, thou art that God 0430, and thy words 01697 are true 0571, and thou hast promised 01696 this goodness 02896 to thy servant 05650:
29 Therefore now let it please 02974 thee to bless 01288 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 it: and with thy blessing 01293 let the house 01004 of thy servant 05650 be blessed 01288 for ever 05769. let it…: Heb. be thou pleased and bless
1 And after 0310 this it came to pass, that David 01732 smote 05221 the Philistines 06430, and subdued 03665 them: and David 01732 took 03947 Methegammah 04965 out of the hand 03027 of the Philistines 06430. Methegammah: or, the bridle of Ammah
2 And he smote 05221 Moab 04124, and measured 04058 them with a line 02256, casting them down 07901 to the ground 0776; even with two 08147 lines 02256 he measured 04058 to put to death 04191, and with one full 04393 line 02256 to keep alive 02421. And so the Moabites 04124 became David’s 01732 servants 05650, and brought 05375 gifts 04503.
3 David 01732 smote 05221 also Hadadezer 01909, the son 01121 of Rehob 07340, king 04428 of Zobah 06678, as he went 03212 to recover 07725 his border 03027 at the river 05104 Euphrates 06578. Hadadezer: or, Hadarezer
4 And David 01732 took 03920 from him a thousand 0505 chariots, and seven 07651 hundred 03967 horsemen 06571, and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 footmen 0376, 7273: and David 01732 hamstrung 06131 all the chariot 07393 horses, but reserved 03498 of them for an hundred 03967 chariots 07393. from…: or, of his chariots
5 And when the Syrians 0758 of Damascus 01834 came 0935 to help 05826 Hadadezer 01909 king 04428 of Zobah 06678, David 01732 slew 05221 of the Syrians 0758 two 08147 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 men 0376.
6 Then David 01732 put 07760 garrisons 05333 in Syria 0758 of Damascus 01834: and the Syrians 0758 became servants 05650 to David 01732, and brought 05375 gifts 04503. And the LORD 03068 preserved 03467 David 01732 wherever he went 01980.
7 And David 01732 took 03947 the shields 07982 of gold 02091 that were on the servants 05650 of Hadadezer 01909, and brought 0935 them to Jerusalem 03389.
8 And from Betah 0984, and from Berothai 01268, cities 05892 of Hadadezer 01909, king 04428 David 01732 took 03947 very 03966 much 07235 brass 05178.
9 When Toi 08583 king 04428 of Hamath 02574 heard 08085 that David 01732 had smitten 05221 all the host 02428 of Hadadezer 01909,
10 Then Toi 08583 sent 07971 Joram 03141 his son 01121 to king 04428 David 01732, to greet 07592, 7965 him, and to bless 01288 him, because he had fought 03898 against Hadadezer 01909, and smitten 05221 him: for Hadadezer 01909 had wars 0376, 4421 with Toi 08583. And Joram brought with him 03027 vessels 03627 of silver 03701, and vessels 03627 of gold 02091, and vessels 03627 of brass 05178: Joram: also called, Hadoramsalute…: Heb. ask him of peacehad wars…: Heb. was a man of wars withbrought…: Heb. in his hand were
11 Which also king 04428 David 01732 dedicated 06942 to the LORD 03068, with the silver 03701 and gold 02091 that he had dedicated 06942 of all nations 01471 which he subdued 03533;
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 made 06213 him a name 08034 when he returned 07725 from smiting 05221 of the Syrians 0758 in the valley 01516 of salt 04417, being eighteen 08083, 6240 thousand 0505 men. smiting: Heb. his smiting
14 And he put 07760 garrisons 05333 in Edom 0123; throughout all Edom 0123 he put 07760 garrisons 05333, and all they of Edom 0123 became David’s 01732 servants 05650. And the LORD 03068 preserved 03467 David 01732 wherever he went 01980.
15 And David 01732 reigned 04427 over all Israel 03478; and David 01732 executed 06213 judgment 04941 and justice 06666 to 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; recorder: or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles
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; scribe: or, secretary
18 And Benaiah 01141 the son 01121 of Jehoiada 03077 was over both the Cherethites 03774 and the Pelethites 06432; and David’s 01732 sons 01121 were chief rulers 03548. chief rulers: or, princes
1 And David 01732 said 0559, Is there yet 03426 any that is left 03498 of the house 01004 of Saul 07586, that I may show 06213 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 him to David 01732, the king 04428 said 0559 to him, Art thou Ziba 06717? And he said 0559, Thy servant 05650 is he.
3 And the king 04428 said 0559, Is there not 0657 yet any 0376 of the house 01004 of Saul 07586, that I may show 06213 the kindness 02617 of God 0430 to him? And Ziba 06717 said 0559 to the king 04428, Jonathan 03083 hath yet a son 01121, who is lame 05223 in his feet 07272.
4 And the king 04428 said 0559 to him, Where 0375 is he? And Ziba 06717 said 0559 to 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, and brought 03947 him from 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, had come 0935 to David 01732, he fell 05307 on his face 06440, and did reverence 07812. And David 01732 said 0559, Mephibosheth 04648. And he answered 0559, Behold thy servant 05650! Mephibosheth: also called Meribbaal
7 And David 01732 said 0559 to him, Fear 03372 not: for I will surely 06213 show 06213 thee kindness 02617 for the sake of Jonathan 03083 thy father 01, and will restore 07725 thee all the land 07704 of Saul 07586 thy father 01; and thou shalt eat 0398 bread 03899 at my table 07979 continually 08548.
8 And he bowed 07812 himself, and said 0559, What is thy servant 05650, that thou shouldest look 06437 upon such a dead 04191 dog 03611 as I am?
9 Then the king 04428 called 07121 to Ziba 06717, Saul’s 07586 servant 05288, and said 0559 to him, I have given 05414 to thy master’s 0113 son 01121 all that pertained 01961 to Saul 07586 and to all his house 01004.
10 Thou therefore, and thy sons 01121, and thy servants 05650, shall till 05647 the land 0127 for him, and thou shalt bring 0935 in the fruits, that thy master’s 0113 son 01121 may have food 03899 to eat 0398: but Mephibosheth 04648 thy master’s 0113 son 01121 shall eat 0398 bread 03899 always 08548 at my table 07979. Now Ziba 06717 had fifteen 02568, 6240 sons 01121 and twenty 06242 servants 05650.
11 Then said 0559 Ziba 06717 to the king 04428, According to all that my lord 0113 the king 04428 hath commanded 06680 his servant 05650, so shall thy servant 05650 do 06213. As for Mephibosheth 04648, said the king, he shall eat 0398 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 to Mephibosheth 04648.
13 So Mephibosheth 04648 dwelt 03427 in Jerusalem 03389: for he ate 0398 continually 08548 at the king’s 04428 table 07979; and was lame 06455 in both 08147 his feet 07272.
1 And it came to pass after this 0310, that the king 04428 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 died 04191, and Hanun 02586 his son 01121 reigned 04427 in his stead.
2 Then said 0559 David 01732, I will show 06213 kindness 02617 to Hanun 02586 the son 01121 of Nahash 05176, as his father 01 showed 06213 kindness 02617 to me. And David 01732 sent 07971 to comfort 05162 him by the hand 03027 of his servants 05650 for his father 01. And David’s 01732 servants 05650 came 0935 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 to Hanun 02586 their lord 0113, Thinkest 05869 thou that David 01732 doth honour 03513 thy father 01, that he hath sent 07971 comforters 05162 to thee? hath not David 01732 rather sent 07971 his servants 05650 to thee, to 05668 search 02713 the city 05892, and to spy it out 07270, and to overthrow 02015 it? Thinkest…: Heb. In thine eyes doth David
4 Therefore Hanun 02586 took 03947 David’s 01732 servants 05650, and shaved off 01548 the one half 02677 of their beards 02206, and cut off 03772 their garments 04063 in the middle 02677, even to their buttocks 08357, and sent them away 07971.
5 When they told 05046 it to David 01732, he sent 07971 to meet 07125 them, because the men 0582 were greatly 03966 ashamed 03637: and the king 04428 said 0559, Tarry 03427 at Jericho 03405 until your beards 02206 are grown 06779, and then return 07725.
6 And when the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 saw 07200 that they stank 0887 before David 01732, the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 sent 07971 and hired 07936 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, 8147 thousand 0505 men 0376. Ishtob: or, the men of Tob
7 And when David 01732 heard 08085 of it, he sent 07971 Joab 03097, and all the host 06635 of the mighty men 01368.
8 And the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 came out 03318, and put the battle 04421 in array 06186 at the entrance 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 that the front 06440 of the battle 04421 was against him before 06440 and behind 0268, he chose 0977 of all the choice 0977 men of Israel 03478, and put them in array 06186 against 07125 the Syrians 0758:
10 And the rest 03499 of the people 05971 he delivered 05414 into the hand 03027 of Abishai 052 his brother 0251, that he might put them in array 06186 against 07125 the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
11 And he said 0559, If the Syrians 0758 shall be too strong 02388 for me, then thou shalt help 03444 me: but if the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 shall be too strong 02388 for thee, then I will come 01980 and help 03467 thee.
12 Be of good courage 02388, and let us play the men 02388 for our people 05971, and for the cities 05892 of our God 0430: and the LORD 03068 do 06213 that which seemeth 05869 him good 02896.
13 And Joab 03097 and the people 05971 that were with him, drew near 05066, to the battle 04421 against the Syrians 0758: and they fled 05127 before 06440 him.
14 And when the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 saw 07200 that the Syrians 0758 had fled 05127, then fled 05127 they also before 06440 Abishai 052, and entered 0935 into the city 05892. So Joab 03097 returned 07725 from the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and came 0935 to Jerusalem 03389.
15 And when the Syrians 0758 saw 07200 that they were smitten 05062 before 06440 Israel 03478, they gathered 0622 themselves together 03162.
16 And Hadarezer 01928 sent 07971, and brought out 03318 the Syrians 0758 that were beyond 05676 the river 05104: and they came 0935 to Helam 02431; and Shobach 07731 the captain 08269 of the host 06635 of Hadarezer 01928 went before 06440 them. the river: that is, EuphratesShobach: or, Shophach
17 And when it was told 05046 David 01732, he gathered 0622 all Israel 03478 together 0622, and passed over 05674 Jordan 03383, and came 0935 to Helam 02431. And the Syrians 0758 set themselves in array 06186 against 07125 David 01732, and fought 03898 with him.
18 And the Syrians 0758 fled 05127 before 06440 Israel 03478; and David 01732 slew 02026 the men of seven 07651 hundred 03967 chariots 07393 of the Syrians 0758, and forty 0705 thousand 0505 horsemen 06571, and smote 05221 Shobach 07731 the captain 08269 of their host 06635, who died 04191 there. horsemen: also called, footmen
19 And when all the kings 04428 that were servants 05650 to Hadarezer 01928 saw 07200 that they were smitten 05062 before 06440 Israel 03478, they made peace 07999 with Israel 03478, and served 05647 them. So the Syrians 0758 feared 03372 to help 03467 the children 01121 of Ammon 05983 any more.
1 And it came to pass, after the year 08141 had ended 08666, at the time 06256 when kings 04428, 4397 go forth 03318 to battle, that David 01732 sent 07971 Joab 03097, and his servants 05650 with him, and all Israel 03478; and they destroyed 07843 the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and destroyed 06696 Rabbah 07237. But David 01732 tarried still 03427 at Jerusalem 03389. after…: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the spring
2 And it came to pass in an evening 06153, 6256, that David 01732 arose 06965 from off his bed 04904, and walked 01980 upon the roof 01406 of the king’s 04428 house 01004: and from the roof 01406 he saw 07200 a woman 0802 washing 07364 herself; and the woman 0802 was very 03966 beautiful 02896 to look upon 04758.
3 And David 01732 sent 07971 and enquired 01875 after the woman 0802. And one said 0559, Is not this Bathsheba 01339, the daughter 01323 of Eliam 0463, the wife 0802 of Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850? Bathsheba: or, BathshuahEliam: or Ammiel
4 And David 01732 sent 07971 messengers 04397, and took 03947 her; and she came in 0935 to him, and he lay 07901 with her; for she was purified 06942 from her uncleanness 02932: and she returned 07725 to her house 01004. for she…: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned
5 And the woman 0802 conceived 02029, and sent 07971 and told 05046 David 01732, and said 0559, I am with child 02030.
6 And David 01732 sent 07971 to Joab 03097, saying, Send 07971 me Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850. And Joab 03097 sent 07971 Uriah 0223 to David 01732.
7 And when Uriah 0223 had come 0935 to him, David 01732 enquired 07592 of him how Joab 03097 did 07965, and how the people 05971 did 07965, and how the war 04421 prospered 07965. how Joab…: Heb. of the peace of, etc
8 And David 01732 said 0559 to Uriah 0223, Go down 03381 to thy house 01004, and wash 07364 thy feet 07272. And Uriah 0223 departed out 03318 of the king’s 04428 house 01004, and there followed 0310 him a present 04864 from the king 04428. followed…: Heb. went out after him
9 But Uriah 0223 slept 07901 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 to his house 01004.
10 And when they had told 05046 David 01732, saying 0559, Uriah 0223 went not down 03381 to his house 01004, David 01732 said 0559 to Uriah 0223, Camest 0935 thou not from thy journey 01870? why then didst thou not go down 03381 to thy house 01004?
11 And Uriah 0223 said 0559 to David 01732, The ark 0727, and Israel 03478, and Judah 03063, abide 03427 in tents 05521; and my lord 0113 Joab 03097, and the servants 05650 of my lord 0113, are encamped 02583 in the open 06440 fields 07704; shall I 0589 then go 0935 into my house 01004, to eat 0398 and to drink 08354, and to lie 07901 with my wife 0802? as thou livest 02416, and as thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, I will not do 06213 this thing 01697.
12 And David 01732 said 0559 to Uriah 0223, Tarry 03427 here to day 03117 also, and to morrow 04279 I will let thee depart 07971. So Uriah 0223 abode 03427 in Jerusalem 03389 that day 03117, and the next 04283.
13 And when David 01732 had called 07121 him, he ate 0398 and drank 08354 before 06440 him; and he made him drunk 07937: and at evening 06153 he went out 03318 to lie 07901 on his bed 04904 with the servants 05650 of his lord 0113, but went not down 03381 to his house 01004.
14 And it came to pass in the morning 01242, that David 01732 wrote 03789 a letter 05612 to Joab 03097, and sent 07971 it by the hand 03027 of Uriah 0223.
15 And he wrote 03789 in the letter 05612, saying 0559, Set 03051 ye Uriah 0223 in the front line 06440, 4136 of the hottest 02389 battle 04421, and retire 07725 ye from him 0310, that he may be smitten 05221, and die 04191. hottest: Heb. strongfrom him: Heb. from after him
16 And it came to pass, when Joab 03097 observed 08104 the city 05892, that he assigned 05414 Uriah 0223 to a place 04725 where he knew 03045 that valiant 02428 men 0582 were.
17 And the men 0582 of the city 05892 went out 03318, and fought 03898 with Joab 03097: and there fell 05307 some of the people 05971 of the servants 05650 of David 01732; and Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 died 04191 also.
18 Then Joab 03097 sent 07971 and told 05046 David 01732 all the things 01697 concerning the war 04421;
19 And charged 06680 the messenger 04397, saying 0559, When thou hast finished 03615 telling 01696 the matters 01697 of the war 04421 to the king 04428,
20 And if the king’s 04428 wrath 02534 shall rise 05927, and he shall say 0559 to thee, Why approached ye so near 05066 to the city 05892 for the fight 03898? knew 03045 ye not that they would shoot 03384 from the wall 02346?
21 Who smote 05221 Abimelech 040 the son 01121 of Jerubbesheth 03380? did not a woman 0802 cast 07993 a piece 06400 of a millstone 07393 upon him from the wall 02346, that he died 04191 in Thebez 08405? why went ye near 05066 the wall 02346? then say 0559 thou, Thy servant 05650 Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 is dead 04191 also. Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal
22 So the messenger 04397 went 03212, and came 0935 and showed 05046 David 01732 all that Joab 03097 had sent 07971 him for.
23 And the messenger 04397 said 0559 to David 01732, Surely the men 0582 prevailed 01396 against us, and came out 03318 to us into the field 07704, and we were upon them even to the entrance 06607 of the gate 08179.
24 And the shooters 03384 shot 03384 from off the wall 02346 upon thy servants 05650; and some of the king’s 04428 servants 05650 are dead 04191, and thy servant 05650 Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 is dead 04191 also.
25 Then David 01732 said 0559 to the messenger 04397, Thus shalt thou say 0559 to Joab 03097, Let not this thing 01697 displease 03415, 5869 thee, for the sword 02719 devoureth 0398 one as well as another 02090: make thy battle 04421 more strong 02388 against the city 05892, and overthrow 02040 it: and encourage 02388 thou him. displease…: Heb. be evil in thine eyesone…: Heb. so and such
26 And when the wife 0802 of Uriah 0223 heard 08085 that Uriah 0223 her husband 0376 was dead 04191, she mourned 05594 for her husband 01167.
27 And when the mourning 060 was past 05674, David 01732 sent 07971 and brought 0622 her to his house 01004, and she became his wife 0802, and bore 03205 him a son 01121. But the thing 01697 that David 01732 had done 06213 displeased 03415, 5869 the LORD 03068. displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of
1 And the LORD 03068 sent 07971 Nathan 05416 to David 01732. And he came 0935 to him, and said 0559 to him, There were two 08147 men 0582 in one 0259 city 05892; the one 0259 rich 06223, and the other 0259 poor 07326.
2 The rich 06223 man had very 03966 many 07235 flocks 06629 and herds 01241:
3 But the poor 07326 man had nothing, except one 0259 little 06996 ewe lamb 03535, which he had bought 07069 and nourished 02421: and it grew up 01431 together 03162 with him, and with his children 01121; it fed 0398 of his own food 06595, and drank 08354 of his own cup 03563, and lay 07901 in his bosom 02436, and was to him as a daughter 01323. meat: Heb. morsel
4 And there came 0935 a traveller 01982 to the rich 06223 man 0376, and he was not willing 02550 to take 03947 of his own flock 06629 and of his own herd 01241, to prepare 06213 for the wayfaring man 0732 that had come 0935 to him; but took 03947 the poor 07326 man’s 0376 lamb 03535, and prepared 06213 it for the man 0376 that had come 0935 to him.
5 And David’s 01732 anger 0639 was greatly 03966 kindled 02734 against the man 0376; and he said 0559 to Nathan 05416, As the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, the man 0376 that hath done 06213 this thing shall surely 01121 die 04194: shall…: or, is worthy to die, or, is a son of death
6 And he shall restore 07999 the lamb 03535 fourfold 0706, because 06118 he did 06213 this thing 01697, and because 0834 he had no pity 02550.
7 And Nathan 05416 said 0559 to David 01732, Thou art the man 0376. Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068 God 0430 of Israel 03478, I anointed 04886 thee king 04428 over Israel 03478, and I delivered 05337 thee from the hand 03027 of Saul 07586;
8 And I gave 05414 thee thy master’s 0113 house 01004, and thy master’s 0113 wives 0802 into thy bosom 02436, and gave 05414 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 to thee such 02007 and such things 02007.
9 Why hast thou despised 0959 the commandment 01697 of the LORD 03068, to do 06213 evil 07451 in his sight 05869? thou hast killed 05221 Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 with the sword 02719, and hast taken 03947 his wife 0802 to be thy wife 0802, and hast slain 02026 him with the sword 02719 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983.
10 Now therefore the sword 02719 shall never 05704, 5769 depart 05493 from thy house 01004; because 06118 thou hast despised 0959 me, and hast taken 03947 the wife 0802 of Uriah 0223 the Hittite 02850 to be thy wife 0802.
11 Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068, Behold, I will raise up 06965 evil 07451 against thee out of thy own house 01004, and I will take 03947 thy wives 0802 before thy eyes 05869, and give 05414 them to thy neighbour 07453, and he shall lie 07901 with thy wives 0802 in the sight 05869 of this sun 08121.
12 For thou didst 06213 it secretly 05643: but I will do 06213 this thing 01697 before all Israel 03478, and before the sun 08121.
13 And David 01732 said 0559 to Nathan 05416, I have sinned 02398 against the LORD 03068. And Nathan 05416 said 0559 to David 01732, The LORD 03068 also hath put away 05674 thy sin 02403; thou shalt not die 04191.
14 But 0657, because by this deed 01697 thou hast given 05006 great occasion 05006 to the enemies 0341 of the LORD 03068 to blaspheme 05006, the child 01121 also that is born 03209 to thee shall surely 04191 die 04191.
15 And Nathan 05416 departed 03212 to his house 01004. And the LORD 03068 struck 05062 the child 03206 that Uriah’s 0223 wife 0802 bore 03205 to David 01732, and he was very sick 0605.
16 David 01732 therefore besought 01245 God 0430 for the child 05288; and David 01732 fasted 06684, 6685, and went in 0935, and lay 07901 all night 03885 upon the earth 0776. fasted: Heb. fasted a fast
17 And the elders 02205 of his house 01004 arose 06965, and went to him, to raise him 06965 from the earth 0776: but he would 014 not, neither did he eat 01262 bread 03899 with them.
18 And it came to pass on the seventh 07637 day 03117, that the child 03206 died 04191. And the servants 05650 of David 01732 feared 03372 to tell 05046 him that the child 03206 was dead 04191: for they said 0559, Behold, while the child 03206 was yet alive 02416, we spoke 01696 to him, and he would not hearken 08085 to our voice 06963: how will he then 06213 be grieved 07451, 6213, if we tell 0559 him that the child 03206 is dead 04191? vex: Heb. do hurt
19 But when David 01732 saw 07200 that his servants 05650 whispered 03907, David 01732 perceived 0995 that the child 03206 was dead 04191: therefore David 01732 said 0559 to his servants 05650, Is the child 03206 dead 04191? And they said 0559, He is dead 04191.
20 Then David 01732 arose 06965 from the earth 0776, and washed 07364, and anointed 05480 himself, and changed 02498 his apparel 08071, and came 0935 into the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and worshipped 07812: then he came 0935 to his own house 01004; and when he required 07592, they set 07760 food 03899 before him, and he ate 0398.
21 Then said 0559 his servants 05650 to him, What thing 01697 is this that thou hast done 06213? thou didst fast 06684 and weep 01058 for the child 03206, while he was alive 02416; but after the child 03206 was dead 04191, thou didst rise 06965 and eat 0398 bread 03899.
22 And he said 0559, While the child 03206 was yet alive 02416, I fasted 06684 and wept 01058: for I said 0559, Who can tell 03045 whether GOD 03068 will be gracious 02603 to me, that the child 03206 may live 02416?
23 But now he is dead 04191, why should I fast 06684? can 03201 I bring him back again 07725? I shall go 01980 to him, but he shall not return 07725 to me.
24 And David 01732 comforted 05162 Bathsheba 01339 his wife 0802, and went in 0935 to her, and lay 07901 with her: and she bore 03205 a son 01121, and he called 07121 his name 08034 Solomon 08010: and the LORD 03068 loved 0157 him.
25 And he sent 07971 by the hand 03027 of Nathan 05416 the prophet 05030; and he called 07121 his name 08034 Jedidiah 03041, because of the LORD 03068. Jedidiah: that is, Beloved of the LORD
26 And Joab 03097 fought 03898 against Rabbah 07237 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983, and took 03920 the royal 04410 city 05892.
27 And Joab 03097 sent 07971 messengers 04397 to David 01732, and said 0559, I have fought 03898 against Rabbah 07237, and have taken 03920 the city 05892 of waters 04325.
28 Now therefore gather 0622 the rest 03499 of the people 05971 together 0622, and encamp 02583 against the city 05892, and take 03920 it: lest I take 03920 the city 05892, and it be called 07121 after my name 08034. it be called…: Heb. my name be called upon it
29 And David 01732 gathered 0622 all the people 05971 together 0622, and went 03212 to Rabbah 07237, and fought 03898 against it, and took 03920 it.
30 And he took 03947 their king’s 04428 crown 05850 from off his head 07218, the weight 04948 of which 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 the spoil 07998 of the city 05892 in great 03966 abundance 07235. in great…: Heb. very great
31 And he brought forth 03318 the people 05971 that were in it, and put 07760 them under saws 04050, and under harrows 02757 of iron 01270, and under axes 04037 of iron 01270, and made them pass 05674 through the brickkiln 04404: and thus he did 06213 to all the cities 05892 of the children 01121 of Ammon 05983. So David 01732 and all the people 05971 returned 07725 to Jerusalem 03389.
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 her.
2 And Amnon 0550 was so vexed 03334, that he fell sick 02470 for his sister 0269 Tamar 08559; for she was a virgin 01330; and Amnon 0550 thought 05869 it hard 06381 for him to do 06213 any thing 03972 to her. Amnon thought…: Heb. it was marvellous, or, hidden in the eyes of Amnon
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 to him, Why art thou, being the king’s 04428 son 01121, pining 01800 from day 01242 to day 01242? wilt thou not tell 05046 me? And Amnon 0550 said 0559 to him, I love 0157 Tamar 08559, my brother 0251 Absalom’s 053 sister 0269. lean: Heb. thinfrom day…: Heb. morning by morning
5 And Jonadab 03082 said 0559 to him, Lay thee down 07901 on thy bed 04904, and pretend that thou art sick 02470: and when thy father 01 cometh 0935 to see 07200 thee, say 0559 to him, I pray thee, let my sister 0269 Tamar 08559 come 0935, and give 01262 me food 03899, and prepare 06213 the food 01279 in my sight 05869, that I may see 07200 it, and eat 0398 it at her hand 03027.
6 So Amnon 0550 lay down 07901, and pretended that he was sick 02470: and when the king 04428 came 0935 to see 07200 him, Amnon 0550 said 0559 to the king 04428, I pray thee, let Tamar 08559 my sister 0269 come 0935, and make 03823 for me a couple 08147 of cakes 03834 in my sight 05869, that I may eat 01262 at her hand 03027.
7 Then David 01732 sent 07971 home 01004 to Tamar 08559, saying 0559, Go 03212 now to thy brother 0251 Amnon’s 0550 house 01004, and prepare 06213 a meal 01279 for him.
8 So Tamar 08559 went 03212 to her brother 0251 Amnon’s 0550 house 01004; and he was laid down 07901. And she took 03947 flour 01217, and kneaded 03888 it, and made cakes 03823 in his sight 05869, and baked 01310 the cakes 03834. flour: or, paste
9 And she took 03947 a pan 04958, and poured them out 03332 before 06440 him; but he refused 03985 to eat 0398. And Amnon 0550 said 0559, Send out 03318 all men 0376 from me. And they went out 03318 every man 0376 from him.
10 And Amnon 0550 said 0559 to Tamar 08559, Bring 0935 the food 01279 into the chamber 02315, that I may eat 01262 from thy hand 03027. And Tamar 08559 took 03947 the cakes 03834 which she had made 06213, and brought 0935 them into the chamber 02315 to Amnon 0550 her brother 0251.
11 And when she had brought 05066 them to him to eat 0398, he took hold 02388 of her, and said 0559 to her, Come 0935 lie 07901 with me, my sister 0269.
12 And she answered 0559 him, Nay, my brother 0251, do not force 06031 me; for no such thing ought 03651 to be done 06213 in Israel 03478: do 06213 not thou this folly 05039. force…: Heb. humble meno such…: Heb. it ought not so to be done
13 And I, where shall I cause my shame 02781 to go 03212? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one 0259 of the fools 05036 in Israel 03478. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak 01696 to the king 04428; for he will not withhold 04513 me from thee.
14 However he would 014 not hearken 08085 to her voice 06963: but, being stronger 02388 than she, forced 06031 her, and lay 07901 with her.
15 Then Amnon 0550 hated 08130 her exceedingly 03966, 1419; so that the hatred 08135 with which he hated 08130 her was greater 01419 than the love 0160 with which he had loved 0157 her. And Amnon 0550 said 0559 to her, Arise 06965, be gone 03212. exceedingly: Heb. with great hatred greatly
16 And she said 0559 to him, There is no cause 0182: this evil 07451 in sending me away 07971 is greater 01419 than the other 0312 that thou didst 06213 to me. But he would 014 not hearken 08085 to her.
17 Then he called 07121 his servant 05288 that ministered 08334 to him, and said 0559, Put 07971 now this woman out 02351 from me, and bolt 05274 the door 01817 after 0310 her.
18 And she had a garment 03801 of many colours 06446 upon her: for with such robes 04598 were the king’s 04428 daughters 01323 that were virgins 01330 apparelled 03847. Then his servant 08334 brought 03318 her out 02351, and bolted 05274 the door 01817 after 0310 her.
19 And Tamar 08559 put 03947 ashes 0665 on her head 07218, and tore 07167 her garment 03801 of many colours 06446 that was on her, and laid 07760 her hand 03027 on her head 07218, and went 03212 on 01980 crying 02199.
20 And Absalom 053 her brother 0251 said 0559 to her, Hath Amnon 0550 thy brother 0251 been with thee? but hold now thy peace 02790, my sister 0269: he is thy brother 0251; regard 07896, 3820 not this thing 01697. So Tamar 08559 remained 03427 desolate 08074 in her brother 0251 Absalom’s 053 house 01004. Amnon: Heb. Aminonregard…: Heb. set not thy heartdesolate: Heb. and desolate
21 But when king 04428 David 01732 heard 08085 of all these things 01697, he was very 03966 angry 02734.
22 And Absalom 053 spoke 01696 to his brother Amnon 0550 neither good 02896 nor bad 07451: for Absalom 053 hated 08130 Amnon 0550, because 01697 he had forced 06031 his sister 0269 Tamar 08559.
23 And it came to pass after two full 03117 years 08141, that Absalom 053 had sheepshearers 01494 in Baalhazor 01178, which is beside Ephraim 0669: and Absalom 053 invited 07121 all the king’s 04428 sons 01121.
24 And Absalom 053 came 0935 to the king 04428, and said 0559, Behold now, thy servant 05650 hath sheepshearers 01494; let 03212 the king 04428, I beseech thee, and his servants 05650 go 03212 with thy servant 05650.
25 And the king 04428 said 0559 to Absalom 053, Nay, my son 01121, let us not all now go 03212, lest we be burdensome 03513 to thee. And he pressed 06555 him: yet he would 014 not go 03212, but blessed 01288 him.
26 Then said 0559 Absalom 053, If not, I pray thee, let my brother 0251 Amnon 0550 go 03212 with us. And the king 04428 said 0559 to him, Why should he go 03212 with thee?
27 But Absalom 053 pressed 06555 him, that he should let Amnon 0550 and all the king’s 04428 sons 01121 go 07971 with him.
28 Now Absalom 053 had commanded 06680 his servants 05288, saying 0559, Mark 07200 ye now when Amnon’s 0550 heart 03820 is merry 02896 with wine 03196, and when I say 0559 to you, Smite 05221 Amnon 0550; then kill 04191 him, fear 03372 not: have I not commanded 06680 you? be courageous 02388, and be valiant 01121, 2428. have…: or, will you not, since I have commanded you?valiant: Heb. sons of valour
29 And the servants 05288 of Absalom 053 did 06213 to Amnon 0550 as Absalom 053 had commanded 06680. Then all the king’s 04428 sons 01121 arose 06965, and every man 0376 rode 07392 upon his mule 06505, and fled 05127. gat…: Heb. rode
30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way 01870, that the report 08052 came 0935 to David 01732, saying 0559, Absalom 053 hath slain 05221 all the king’s 04428 sons 01121, and there is not one 0259 of them left 03498.
31 Then the king 04428 arose 06965, and tore 07167 his garments 0899, and lay 07901 on the earth 0776; and all his servants 05650 stood 05324 by with their clothes 0899 torn 07167.
32 And Jonadab 03122, the son 01121 of Shimeah 08093 David’s 01732 brother 0251, answered 06030 and said 0559, Let not my lord 0113 suppose 0559 that they have slain 04191 all the young men 05288 the king’s 04428 sons 01121; for Amnon 0550 only is dead 04191: for by the appointment 06310 of Absalom 053 this hath been determined 07760 from the day 03117 that he forced 06031 his sister 0269 Tamar 08559. appointment: Heb. mouthdetermined: or, settled
33 Now therefore let not my lord 0113 the king 04428 take 07760 the thing 01697 to his heart 03820, to think 0559 that all the king’s 04428 sons 01121 are dead 04191: for Amnon 0550 only is dead 04191.
34 But Absalom 053 fled 01272. And the young man 05288 that kept the watch 06822 lifted up 05375 his eyes 05869, and looked 07200, and, behold, there came 01980 many 07227 people 05971 by the way 01870 of the hill 02022 side 06654 behind 0310 him.
35 And Jonadab 03122 said 0559 to the king 04428, Behold, the king’s 04428 sons 01121 come 0935: as thy servant 05650 said 01697, so it is. as thy…: Heb. according to the word of thy servant
36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had finished 03615 speaking 01696, that, behold, the king’s 04428 sons 01121 came 0935, and lifted up 05375 their voice 06963 and wept 01058: and the king 04428 also and all his servants 05650 wept 01058 exceedingly 03966, 1065, 1419. very…: Heb. with a great weeping greatly
37 But Absalom 053 fled 01272, and went 03212 to Talmai 08526, the son 01121 of Ammihud 05991, 5989, king 04428 of Geshur 01650. And David mourned 056 for his son 01121 every day 03117. Ammihud: or, Ammihur
38 So Absalom 053 fled 01272, and went 03212 to Geshur 01650, and was there three 07969 years 08141.
39 And the soul of king 04428 David 01732 longed 03615 to go forth 03318 to Absalom 053: for he was comforted 05162 concerning Amnon 0550, seeing he was dead 04191. longed: or, was consumed
1 Now Joab 03097 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 perceived 03045 that the king’s 04428 heart 03820 was toward Absalom 053.
2 And Joab 03097 sent 07971 to Tekoah 08620, and brought 03947 from there a wise 02450 woman 0802, and said 0559 to her, I pray thee, pretend to be a mourner 056, and put on 03847 now mourning 060 apparel 0899, and anoint 05480 not thyself with oil 08081, but be as a woman 0802 that had a long 07227 time 03117 mourned 056 for the dead 04191:
3 And come 0935 to the king 04428, and speak 01696 in this manner 01697 to him. So Joab 03097 put 07760 the words 01697 in her mouth 06310.
4 And when the woman 0802 of Tekoah 08621 spoke 0559 to the king 04428, she fell 05307 on her face 0639 to the ground 0776, and did obeisance 07812, and said 0559, Help 03467, O king 04428. Help: Heb. Save
5 And the king 04428 said 0559 to her, What aileth thee? And she answered 0559, I am indeed 061 a widow 0490 woman 0802, and my husband 0376 is dead 04191.
6 And thy handmaid 08198 had two 08147 sons 01121, and they two 08147 strove together 05327 in the field 07704, and there was none to part 05337 them, but the one 0259 smote 05221 the other 0259, and slew 04191 him. none…: Heb. no deliverer between them
7 And, behold, the whole family 04940 hath risen 06965 against thy handmaid 08198, and they said 0559, Deliver 05414 him that smote 05221 his brother 0251, that we may kill 04191 him, for the life 05315 of his brother 0251 whom he slew 02026; and we will destroy 08045 the heir 03423 also: and so they shall quench 03518 my coal 01513 which is left 07760, and shall not leave 07604 to my husband 0376 neither name 08034 nor remainder 07611 upon 06440 the earth 0127. upon…: Heb. upon the face of the earth
8 And the king 04428 said 0559 to the woman 0802, Go 03212 to thy house 01004, and I will issue an order 06680 concerning thee.
9 And the woman 0802 of Tekoah 08621 said 0559 to 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, Whoever saith 01696 any thing to thee, bring 0935 him to me, and he shall not touch 05060 thee any more 03254.
11 Then said 0559 she, I pray thee, let the king 04428 remember 02142 the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, that thou wouldest not permit the avenger 01350 of blood 01818 to destroy 07843 any more 07235, lest they destroy 08045 my son 01121. And he said 0559, As the LORD 03068 liveth 02416, there shall not one hair 08185 of thy son 01121 fall 05307 to the earth 0776. that…: Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy
12 Then the woman 0802 said 0559, Let thy handmaid 08198, I pray thee, speak 01696 one word 01697 to my lord 0113 the king 04428. And he said 0559, Say on 01696.
13 And the woman 0802 said 0559, Why then hast thou thought 02803 such a thing against the people 05971 of God 0430? for the king 04428 doth speak 01696 this thing 01697 as one who is faulty 0818, in that the king 04428 doth not bring home again 07725 his banished 05080.
14 For we must needs 04191 die 04191, and are as water 04325 spilt 05064 on the ground 0776, which cannot be gathered up again 0622; neither doth God 0430 respect 05375 any person 05315: yet doth he devise 02803 means 04284, that his banished 05080 be not driven out 05080 from him. neither…: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc
15 Now therefore that I have come 0935 to speak 01696 of this thing 01697 to my lord 0113 the king 04428, it is because the people 05971 have made me afraid 03372: and thy handmaid 08198 said 0559, I will now speak 01696 to the king 04428; it may be that the king 04428 will perform 06213 the request 01697 of his handmaid 0519.
16 For the king 04428 will hear 08085, to deliver 05337 his handmaid 0519 from the hand 03709 of the man 0376 that would destroy 08045 me and my son 01121 together 03162 out of the inheritance 05159 of God 0430.
17 Then thy handmaid 08198 said 0559, The word 01697 of my lord 0113 the king 04428 shall now be comforting 04496: for as an angel 04397 of God 0430, so is my lord 0113 the king 04428 to discern 08085 good 02896 and bad 07451: therefore the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 will be with thee. comfortable: Heb. for restto discern: Heb. to hear
18 Then the king 04428 answered 06030 and said 0559 to the woman 0802, Hide 03582 not from me, I pray thee, the thing 01697 that I shall ask 07592 thee. And the woman 0802 said 0559, Let my lord 0113 the king 04428 now speak 01696.
19 And the king 04428 said 0559, Is not the hand 03027 of Joab 03097 with thee in all this? And the woman 0802 answered 06030 and said 0559, As thy soul 05315 liveth 02416, my lord 0113 the king 04428, none 0376 can 0786 turn to the right hand 03231 or to the left 08041 from any thing that my lord 0113 the king 04428 hath spoken 01696: for thy servant 05650 Joab 03097, he ordered 06680 me, and he put 07760 all these words 01697 in the mouth 06310 of thy handmaid 08198:
20 To 05668 bring about 05437 this change 06440 of affairs 01697 hath thy servant 05650 Joab 03097 done 06213 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 all things that are on the earth 0776.
21 And the king 04428 said 0559 to Joab 03097, Behold now, I have done 06213 this thing 01697: go 03212 therefore, bring 07725 the young man 05288 Absalom 053 again 07725.
22 And Joab 03097 fell 05307 to the ground 0776 on his face 06440, and bowed 07812 himself, and thanked 01288 the king 04428: and Joab 03097 said 0559, To day 03117 thy servant 05650 knoweth 03045 that I have found 04672 grace 02580 in thy sight 05869, my lord 0113, O king 04428, in that the king 04428 hath fulfilled 06213 the request 01697 of his servant 05650. thanked: Heb. blessedhis servant: or, thy servant
23 So Joab 03097 arose 06965 and went 03212 to Geshur 01650, and brought 0935 Absalom 053 to Jerusalem 03389.
24 And the king 04428 said 0559, Let him turn 05437 to his own house 01004, and let him not see 07200 my face 06440. So Absalom 053 returned 05437 to his own house 01004, and saw 07200 not the king’s 04428 face 06440.
25 But in all Israel 03478 there was none 0376 to be so much 03966 praised 01984 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. But…: Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly
26 And when he cut the hair of 01548 his head 07218, (for it was at every year’s 03117, 3117 end 07093 that he cut 01548 it: because the hair was heavy 03513 on him, therefore he cut 01548 it:) he weighed 08254 the hair 08181 of his head 07218 at two hundred 03967 shekels 08255 after the king’s 04428 weight 068.
27 And to Absalom 053 there were born 03205 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 two full 03117 years 08141 in Jerusalem 03389, and saw 07200 not the king’s 04428 face 06440.
29 Therefore Absalom 053 sent 07971 for Joab 03097, that he might send 07971 him to the king 04428; but he would 014 not come 0935 to him: and when he sent again 07971 the second time 08145, he would 014 not come 0935.
30 Therefore he said 0559 to his servants 05650, See 07200, Joab’s 03097 field 02513 is near 0413 mine 03027, and he hath barley 08184 there; go 03212 and set 03341 it on fire 0784. And Absalom’s 053 servants 05650 set 03341 the field 02513 on fire 0784. near…: Heb. near my place
31 Then Joab 03097 arose 06965, and came 0935 to Absalom 053 to his house 01004, and said 0559 to him, Why have thy servants 05650 set 03341 my field 02513 on fire 0784?
32 And Absalom 053 answered 0559 Joab 03097, Behold, I sent 07971 to thee, saying 0559, Come 0935 here, that I may send 07971 thee to the king 04428, to say 0559, Why am I come 0935 from Geshur 01650? it had been good 02896 for me had I been there still: now therefore let me see 07200 the king’s 04428 face 06440; and if there is 03426 any iniquity 05771 in me, let him kill 04191 me.
33 So Joab 03097 came 0935 to the king 04428, and told 05046 him: and when he had called 07121 for Absalom 053, he came 0935 to the king 04428, and bowed 07812 himself on his face 0639 to the ground 0776 before 06440 the king 04428: and the king 04428 kissed 05401 Absalom 053.
1 And it came to pass after this 0310, that Absalom 053 prepared 06213 him chariots 04818 and horses 05483, and fifty 02572 men 0376 to run 07323 before 06440 him.
2 And Absalom 053 rose early 07925, and stood 05975 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 to the king 04428 for judgment 04941, then Absalom 053 called 07121 to him, and said 0559, Of what 0335 city 05892 art thou? And he said 0559, Thy servant 05650 is one 0259 of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478. came: Heb. to come
3 And Absalom 053 said 0559 to him, See 07200, thy matters 01697 are good 02896 and right 05228; but there is no man deputed by the king 04428 to hear 08085 thee. there…: or, none will hear thee from the king downward
4 Absalom 053 said 0559 moreover, O that I were made 07760 judge 08199 in the land 0776, that every man 0376 who hath any suit 07379 or cause 04941 might come 0935 to me, and I would do him justice 06663!
5 And it was so, that when any man 0376 came near 07126 to him to do him obeisance 07812, he put forth 07971 his hand 03027, and took 02388 him, and kissed 05401 him.
6 And in this manner 01697 did 06213 Absalom 053 to all Israel 03478 that came 0935 to the king 04428 for judgment 04941: so Absalom 053 stole 01589 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 to the king 04428, I pray thee, let me go 03212 and pay 07999 my vow 05088, which I have vowed 05087 to the LORD 03068, in Hebron 02275.
8 For thy servant 05650 vowed 05087 a vow 05088 while I abode 03427 at Geshur 01650 in Syria 0758, saying 0559, If the LORD 03068 shall bring me again 07725 indeed to Jerusalem 03389, then I will serve 05647 the LORD 03068.
9 And the king 04428 said 0559 to him, Go 03212 in peace 07965. So he arose 06965, and went 03212 to Hebron 02275.
10 But Absalom 053 sent 07971 spies 07270 throughout all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, As soon as ye hear 08085 the sound 06963 of the trumpet 07782, then ye shall say 0559, Absalom 053 reigneth 04427 in Hebron 02275.
11 And with Absalom 053 went 01980 two hundred 03967 men 0376 from Jerusalem 03389, that were invited 07121; and they went 01980 in their simplicity 08537, and they knew 03045 not any thing 01697.
12 And Absalom 053 sent 07971 for Ahithophel 0302 the Gilonite 01526, David’s 01732 counsellor 03289, from his city 05892, even from Giloh 01542, while he offered 02076 sacrifices 02077. And the conspiracy 07195 was strong 0533; for the people 05971 increased 07227 continually 01980 with Absalom 053.
13 And there came 0935 a messenger 05046 to David 01732, saying 0559, The hearts 03820 of the men 0376 of Israel 03478 are after 0310 Absalom 053.
14 And David 01732 said 0559 to all his servants 05650 that were with him at Jerusalem 03389, Arise 06965, and let us flee 01272; for we shall not else escape 06413 from 06440 Absalom 053: make speed 04116 to depart 03212, lest he should overtake 05381 us suddenly 04116, and bring 05080 evil 07451 upon us, and smite 05221 the city 05892 with the edge 06310 of the sword 02719. bring: Heb. thrust
15 And the king’s 04428 servants 05650 said 0559 to the king 04428, Behold, thy servants 05650 are ready to do whatever my lord 0113 the king 04428 shall appoint 0977. appoint: Heb. choose
16 And the king 04428 went forth 03318, and all his household 01004 after 07272 him. And the king 04428 left 05800 ten 06235 women 0802, who were concubines 06370, to keep 08104 the house 01004. after…: Heb. at his feet
17 And the king 04428 went forth 03318, and all the people 05971 after 07272 him, and tarried 05975 in a place 01004 that was far off 04801, 1023.
18 And all his servants 05650 passed on 05674 by 03027 his side; and all the Cherethites 03774, and all the Pelethites 06432, and all the Gittites 01663, six 08337 hundred 03967 men 0376 who came 0935 after 07272 him from Gath 01661, passed on 05674 before 06440 the king 04428.
19 Then said 0559 the king 04428 to Ittai 0863 the Gittite 01663, Why goest 03212 thou also with us? return 07725 to thy place 04725, and abide 03427 with the king 04428: for thou art a stranger 05237, and also an exile 01540.
20 Though thou camest 0935 but yesterday 08543, should I this day 03117 make thee go 03212 up and down 05128 with us? seeing I go 01980 wherever I may, return 07725 thou, and take back 07725 thy brethren 0251: mercy 02617 and truth 0571 be with thee. go up…: Heb. wander in going
21 And Ittai 0863 answered 06030 the king 04428, and said 0559, 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 to Ittai 0863, Go 03212 and pass over 05674. And Ittai 0863 the Gittite 01663 passed over 05674, and all his men 0582, and all the little ones 02945 that were with him.
23 And all the country 0776 wept 01058 with a loud 01419 voice 06963, and all the people 05971 passed over 05674: the king 04428 also himself passed over 05674 the brook 05158 Kidron 06939, and all the people 05971 passed over 05674, toward 06440 the way 01870 of the wilderness 04057. Kidron: Gr. Cedron
24 And lo Zadok 06659 also, and all the Levites 03881 were with him, bearing 05375 the ark 0727 of the covenant 01285 of God 0430: and they set down 03332 the ark 0727 of God 0430; and Abiathar 054 went up 05927, until all the people 05971 had passed 08552, 5674 out of the city 05892.
25 And the king 04428 said 0559 to Zadok 06659, Carry back 07725 the ark 0727 of God 0430 into the city 05892: if I shall find 04672 favour 02580 in the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068, he will bring me again 07725, and show 07200 me both it, and his habitation 05116:
26 But if he shall thus say 0559, I have no delight 02654 in thee; behold, here am I, let him do 06213 to me as seemeth 05869 good 02896 to him.
27 The king 04428 said 0559 also to Zadok 06659 the priest 03548, Art not thou a seer 07200? return 07725 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, I will tarry 04102 in the plain 06160, 5679 of the wilderness 04057, until word 01697 shall come 0935 from you to inform 05046 me.
29 Zadok 06659 therefore and Abiathar 054 carried 07725 the ark 0727 of God 0430 again 07725 to Jerusalem 03389: and they tarried 03427 there.
30 And David 01732 went up 05927 by the ascent 04608 of mount Olivet 02132, and wept 01058 as he went 05927, and had his head 07218 covered 02645, and he went 01980 barefoot 03182: and all the people 05971 that were with him covered 02645 every man 0376 his head 07218, and they went up 05927, weeping 01058 as they went 05927. and wept…: Heb. going up and weeping
31 And one told 05046 David 01732, saying 0559, Ahithophel 0302 is among the conspirators 07194 with Absalom 053. And David 01732 said 0559, O LORD 03068, I pray thee, turn the counsel 06098 of Ahithophel 0302 into foolishness 05528.
32 And it came to pass, that when David 01732 had come 0935 to the top 07218 of the mount, where he worshipped 07812 God 0430, behold, Hushai 02365 the Archite 0757 came to meet 07125 him with his coat 03801 torn 07167, and earth 0127 upon his head 07218:
33 To whom David 01732 said 0559, If thou shalt pass on 05674 with me, then thou shalt be a burden 04853 to me:
34 But if thou shalt return 07725 to the city 05892, and say 0559 to Absalom 053, I will be thy servant 05650, O king 04428; as I have been thy father’s 01 servant 05650 to this time 0227, so will I now also be thy servant 05650: then mayest thou for me defeat 06565 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 whatever thing 01697 thou shalt hear 08085 out of the king’s 04428 house 01004, thou shalt tell 05046 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 to me every thing 01697 that ye can hear 08085.
37 So Hushai 02365 David’s 01732 friend 07463 came 0935 into the city 05892, and Absalom 053 came 0935 into Jerusalem 03389.
1 And when David 01732 was a little 04592 past 05674 the top 07218 of the hill, behold, Ziba 06717 the servant 05288 of Mephibosheth 04648 met 07125 him, with a couple 06776 of donkeys 02543 saddled 02280, 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 to Ziba 06717, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba 06717 said 0559, The donkeys 02543 are for the king’s 04428 household 01004 to ride on 07392; and the bread 03899 and summer fruit 07019 for the young men 05288 to eat 0398; and the wine 03196, that such as are faint 03287 in the wilderness 04057 may drink 08354.
3 And the king 04428 said 0559, And where is thy master’s 0113 son 01121? And Ziba 06717 said 0559 to the king 04428, Behold, he abideth 03427 at Jerusalem 03389: for he said 0559, To day 03117 shall the house 01004 of Israel 03478 restore 07725 to me the kingdom 04468 of my father 01.
4 Then said 0559 the king 04428 to Ziba 06717, Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth 04648. And Ziba 06717 said 0559, I humbly 07812 beseech thee that I may find 04672 grace 02580 in thy sight 05869, my lord 0113, O king 04428. I humbly…: Heb. I do obeisance
5 And when king 04428 David 01732 came 0935 to Bahurim 0980, behold, from there came out 03318 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, and cursed 07043 continually as he came 03318. he came forth…: or, he still came forth and cursed
6 And he cast 05619 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 Shimei 08096 when he cursed 07043, Come out 03318, come out 03318, thou bloody 01818 man 0376, and thou worthless 01100 fellow 0376: bloody…: Heb. man of blood
8 The LORD 03068 hath returned 07725 upon thee all the blood 01818 of the house 01004 of Saul 07586, in whose stead thou hast reigned 04427; and the LORD 03068 hath delivered 05414 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. behold…: Heb. behold thee in thy evil
9 Then said 0559 Abishai 052 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 to the king 04428, Why should this dead 04191 dog 03611 curse 07043 my lord 0113 the king 04428? let me go over 05674, I pray thee, and take off 05493 his head 07218.
10 And the king 04428 said 0559, What have I to do with you, ye sons 01121 of Zeruiah 06870? so let him curse 07043, because the LORD 03068 hath said 0559 to him, Curse 07043 David 01732. Who shall then say 0559, Why hast thou done so 06213?
11 And David 01732 said 0559 to Abishai 052, and to all his servants 05650, Behold, my son 01121, who came forth 03318 from my own body 04578, seeketh 01245 my life 05315: how much more now may this Benjamite 01145 do it? let him alone 03240, and let him curse 07043; for the LORD 03068 hath bidden 0559 him.
12 It may be that the LORD 03068 will look 07200 on my affliction 05869, 6040, and that the LORD 03068 will repay 07725 me good 02896 for his cursing 07045 this day 03117. affliction: or, tears: Heb. eye
13 And as David 01732 and his men 0582 went 03212 by the way 01870, Shimei 08096 went along 01980 on the hill’s 02022 side 06763 opposite 05980 him, and cursed 07043 as he went 01980, and threw 05619 stones 068 at 05980 him, and cast 06080 dust 06083. cast…: Heb. dusted him with dust
14 And the king 04428, and all the people 05971 that were with him, became 0935 weary 05889, and refreshed 05314 themselves there.
15 And Absalom 053, and all the people 05971 the men 0376 of Israel 03478, came 0935 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, had come 0935 to Absalom 053, that Hushai 02365 said 0559 to Absalom 053, God save 02421 the king 04428, God save 02421 the king 04428. God…: Heb. Let the king live
17 And Absalom 053 said 0559 to Hushai 02365, Is this thy kindness 02617 to thy friend 07453? why wentest 01980 thou not with thy friend 07453?
18 And Hushai 02365 said 0559 to Absalom 053, Nay; but whom the LORD 03068, and this people 05971, and all the men 0376 of Israel 03478, choose 0977, his will I be, and with him will I abide 03427.
19 And again 08145, whom should I serve 05647? should I not serve in the presence 06440 of his son 01121? as I have served 05647 in thy father’s 01 presence 06440, so will I be in thy presence 06440.
20 Then said 0559 Absalom 053 to Ahithophel 0302, Give 03051 counsel 06098 among you what we shall do 06213.
21 And Ahithophel 0302 said 0559 to Absalom 053, Go in 0935 to thy father’s 01 concubines 06370, which he hath left 03240 to keep 08104 the house 01004; and all Israel 03478 shall hear 08085 that thou art abhorred 0887 by thy father 01: then shall the hands 03027 of all that are with thee be strong 02388.
22 So they spread 05186 Absalom 053 a tent 0168 upon the top of the house 01406; and Absalom 053 went in 0935 to 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 in those days 03117, was as if a man 0376 had enquired 07592 at the oracle 01697 of God 0430: so was all the counsel 06098 of Ahithophel 0302 both with David 01732 and with Absalom 053. oracle: Heb. word
1 Moreover Ahithophel 0302 said 0559 to Absalom 053, Let me now choose out 0977 twelve 08147, 6240 thousand 0505 men 0376, and I will arise 06965 and pursue 07291 after 0310 David 01732 this night 03915:
2 And I will come 0935 upon him while he is weary 03023 and weak 07504 handed 03027, and will make him afraid 02729: and all the people 05971 that are with him shall flee 05127; and I will smite 05221 the king 04428 only:
3 And I will bring back 07725 all the people 05971 to thee: the man 0376 whom thou seekest 01245 is as if all returned 07725: so all the people 05971 shall be in peace 07965.
4 And the saying 01697 pleased 03474 Absalom 053 well 05869, and all the elders 02205 of Israel 03478. pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc
5 Then said 0559 Absalom 053, Call 07121 now Hushai 02365 the Archite 0757 also, and let us hear 08085 likewise what he saith 06310. what…: Heb. what is in his mouth
6 And when Hushai 02365 had come 0935 to Absalom 053, Absalom 053 spoke 0559 to him, saying 0559, Ahithophel 0302 hath spoken 01696 after this manner 01697: shall we do 06213 after his saying 01697? if not; speak 01696 thou. his saying: Heb. his word
7 And Hushai 02365 said 0559 to Absalom 053, The counsel 06098 that Ahithophel 0302 hath given 03289 is not good 02896 at this time 06471. given: Heb. counselled
8 For, said 0559 Hushai 02365, thou knowest 03045 thy father 01 and his men 0582, that they are mighty men 01368, and they are 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 with the people 05971. chafed…: Heb. bitter of soul
9 Behold, he is hid 02244 now in some 0259 pit 06354, or in some 0259 other place 04725: and it will come to pass, when some of them are overthrown 05307 at the first 08462, that whoever 08085 heareth 08085 it will say 0559, There is a slaughter 04046 among the people 05971 that follow 0310 Absalom 053. overthrown: Heb. fallen
10 And he also that is valiant 01121, 2428, whose heart 03820 is as the heart 03820 of a lion 0738, shall utterly 04549 melt 04549: for all Israel 03478 knoweth 03045 that thy father 01 is a mighty man 01368, and they who are with him are valiant 02428 men 01121.
11 Therefore I counsel 03289 that all Israel 03478 should be generally 0622 gathered 0622 to thee, from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884, as the sand 02344 that is by the sea 03220 for multitude 07230; and that thou shouldest go 01980 to battle 07128 in thy own person 06440. that thou…: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc
12 So shall we come 0935 upon him in some 0259 place 04725 where he shall be found 04672, and we will light 05168 upon him as the dew 02919 falleth 05307 on the ground 0127: and of him and of all the men 0582 that are with him there shall not be left 03498 so much as 01571 one 0259.
13 Moreover, if 0518 he shall have entered 0622 into a city 05892, then shall all Israel 03478 bring 05375 ropes 02256 to that city 05892, and we will draw 05498 it into the river 05158, until there is not one 01571 small stone 06872 found 04672 there.
14 And Absalom 053 and all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 said 0559, 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 to defeat 06565 the good 02896 counsel 06098 of Ahithophel 0302, to the intent 05668 that the LORD 03068 might bring 0935 evil 07451 upon Absalom 053. appointed: Heb. commanded
15 Then said 0559 Hushai 02365 to Zadok 06659 and to Abiathar 054 the priests 03548, Thus and thus did Ahithophel 0302 counsel 03289 Absalom 053 and the elders 02205 of Israel 03478; and thus and thus have I counselled 03289.
16 Now therefore send 07971 quickly 04120, and tell 05046 David 01732, saying 0559, Lodge 03885 not this night 03915 in the plains 06160, 5679 of the wilderness 04057, but speedily 05674 pass over 05674; lest the king 04428 be swallowed up 01104, and all the people 05971 that are with him.
17 Now Jonathan 03083 and Ahimaaz 0290 stayed 05975 by Enrogel 05883; for they might 03201 not be seen 07200 to come 0935 into the city 05892: and a maidservant 08198 went 01980 and told 05046 them; and they went 03212 and told 05046 king 04428 David 01732.
18 Nevertheless a lad 05288 saw 07200 them, and told 05046 Absalom 053: but they went 03212 both 08147 of them away quickly 04120, and came 0935 to the house 01004 of a man 0376 in Bahurim 0980, who had a well 0875 in his court 02691; into which 08033 they descended 03381.
19 And the woman 0802 took 03947 and spread 06566 a covering 04539 over the well’s 0875 mouth 06440, and spread 07849 ground grain 07383 on it; and the thing 01697 was not known 03045.
20 And when Absalom’s 053 servants 05650 came 0935 to the woman 0802 to the house 01004, they said 0559, Where is Ahimaaz 0290 and Jonathan 03083? And the woman 0802 said 0559 to them, They have gone over 05674 the brook 04323 of water 04325. And when they had sought 01245 and could not find 04672 them, they returned 07725 to Jerusalem 03389.
21 And it came to pass, after 0310 they had departed 03212, that they came 05927 out of the well 0875, and went 03212 and told 05046 king 04428 David 01732, and said 0559 to David 01732, Arise 06965, and pass quickly 04120 over 05674 the water 04325: for thus hath Ahithophel 0302 counselled 03289 against you.
22 Then David 01732 arose 06965, and all the people 05971 that were with him, and they passed over 05674 Jordan 03383: by the morning 01242 light 0216 there was left 05737 not one 0259 of them that had not gone over 05674 Jordan 03383.
23 And when Ahithophel 0302 saw 07200 that his counsel 06098 was not followed 06213, he saddled 02280 his donkey 02543, and arose 06965, and went home 03212 to his house 01004, to his city 05892, and put his household 01004 in order 06680, and hanged 02614 himself, and died 04191, and was buried 06912 in the sepulchre 06913 of his father 01. followed: Heb. doneput his…: Heb. gave charge concerning his house
24 Then David 01732 came 0935 to Mahanaim 04266. And Absalom 053 passed over 05674 Jordan 03383, he and all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 with him.
25 And Absalom 053 made 07760 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 to Abigail 026 the daughter 01323 of Nahash 05176, sister 0269 to Zeruiah 06870 Joab’s 03097 mother 0517. Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an IshmaeliteAbigail: Heb. AbigalNahash: or, Jesse
26 So Israel 03478 and Absalom 053 encamped 02583 in the land 0776 of Gilead 01568.
27 And it came to pass, when David 01732 had come 0935 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 beds 04904, and basins 05592, and earthen 03335 vessels 03627, and wheat 02406, and barley 08184, and flour 07058, and roasted 07039 grain, and beans 06321, and lentiles 05742, and roasted 07039 seeds, basons: or, cups
29 And honey 01706, and butter 02529, and sheep 06629, and cheese 08194 of cows 01241, for David 01732, and for the people 05971 that were with him, to eat 0398: for they said 0559, The people 05971 are hungry 07457, and weary 05889, and thirsty 06771, in the wilderness 04057.
1 And David 01732 numbered 06485 the people 05971 that were with him, and set 07760 over them captains 08269 of thousands 0505 and captains 08269 of hundreds 03967.
2 And David 01732 sent forth 07971 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 to the people 05971, I will surely 03318 go forth 03318 with you myself 0589 also.
3 But the people 05971 answered 0559, Thou shalt not go forth 03318: for if we flee 05127 away 05127, they will not care 07760, 3820 for us; neither if half 02677 of us die 04191, will they care 07760, 3820 for us: but now thou art worth 03644 ten 06235 thousand 0505 of us: therefore now it is better 02896 that thou shouldest help 05826 us out of the city 05892. care…: Heb. set their heart on usworth…: Heb. as ten thousand of ussuccour: Heb. be to succour or help
4 And the king 04428 said 0559 to them, What seemeth 05869 to you best 03190 I will do 06213. And the king 04428 stood 05975 by the gate 08179 side 03027, and all the people 05971 came out 03318 by hundreds 03967 and by thousands 0505.
5 And the king 04428 commanded 06680 Joab 03097 and Abishai 052 and Ittai 0863, saying 0559, Deal gently 0328 for my sake with the young man 05288, even with Absalom 053. And all the people 05971 heard 08085 when the king 04428 gave all the captains 08269 charge 06680 concerning 01697 Absalom 053.
6 So the people 05971 went out 03318 into the field 07704 against 07125 Israel 03478: and the battle 04421 was in the forest 03293 of Ephraim 0669;
7 Where the people 05971 of Israel 03478 were slain 05062 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 over the face 06440 of all the country 0776: and the forest 03293 devoured 0398 more 07235 people 05971 that day 03117 than the sword 02719 devoured 0398. devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour
9 And Absalom 053 met 07122 the servants 06440, 5650 of David 01732. And Absalom 053 rode 07392 upon a mule 06505, and the mule 06505 went 0935 under the thick boughs 07730 of a great 01419 oak 0424, and his head 07218 caught fast 02388 in the oak 0424, and he was left hanging 05414 between the heaven 08064 and the earth 0776; and the mule 06505 that was under him went away 05674.
10 And a certain 0259 man 0376 saw 07200 it, and told 05046 Joab 03097, and said 0559, Behold, I saw 07200 Absalom 053 hanging 08518 in an oak 0424.
11 And Joab 03097 said 0559 to the man 0376 that told 05046 him, And, behold, thou sawest 07200 him, and why didst thou not smite 05221 him there to the ground 0776? and I would have given 05414 thee ten 06235 shekels of silver 03701, and a 0259 belt 02290.
12 And the man 0376 said 0559 to Joab 03097, Though 03863 I should receive 08254 a thousand 0505 shekels of silver 03701 in my hand 03709, yet would I not put forth 07971 my hand 03027 against the king’s 04428 son 01121: for in our hearing 0241 the king 04428 charged 06680 thee and Abishai 052 and Ittai 0863, saying 0559, Beware 08104 that none touch the young man 05288 Absalom 053. receive: Heb. weigh upon mine handBeware…: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc
13 Otherwise 0176 I should have wrought 06213 falsehood 08267 against my own life 05315: for there is no matter 01697 hid 03582 from the king 04428, and thou thyself wouldest have set 03320 thyself against me.
14 Then said 0559 Joab 03097, I may not tarry 03176 thus with thee 06440. And he took 03947 three 07969 spears 07626 in his hand 03709, and thrust 08628 them through the heart 03820 of Absalom 053, while he was yet alive 02416 in the midst of the oak 0424. with…: Heb. before theemidst: Heb. heart
15 And ten 06235 young men 05288 that bore 05375 Joab’s 03097 armour 03627 surrounded 05437 and smote 05221 Absalom 053, and slew 04191 him.
16 And Joab 03097 blew 08628 the trumpet 07782, and the people 05971 returned 07725 from pursuing 07291, 310 Israel 03478: for Joab 03097 restrained 02820 the people 05971.
17 And they took 03947 Absalom 053, and cast 07993 him into a great 01419 pit 06354 in the forest 03293, and laid 05324 a very 03966 great 01419 heap 01530 of stones 068 upon him: and all Israel 03478 fled 05127 every one 0376 to his tent 0168.
18 Now Absalom 053 in his lifetime 02416 had taken 03947 and built 05324 for himself a pillar 04678, which is in the king’s 04428 dale 06010: for he said 0559, I have no son 01121 to keep my name 08034 in remembrance 02142: and he called 07121 the pillar 04678 after his own name 08034: and it is called 07121 to this day 03117, Absalom’s 053 place 03027.
19 Then said 0559 Ahimaaz 0290 the son 01121 of Zadok 06659, Let me now run 07323, and inform 01319 the king 04428, how the LORD 03068 hath avenged 08199 himself of his enemies 03027, 341. avenged…: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc
20 And Joab 03097 said 0559 to him, Thou 0376 shalt not bear tidings 01309 this day 03117, but thou shalt bear tidings 01319 another 0312 day 03117: but this day 03117 thou shalt bear no tidings 01319, because the king’s 04428 son 01121 is dead 04191. bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc
21 Then said 0559 Joab 03097 to Cushi 03569, Go 03212 tell 05046 the king 04428 what thou hast seen 07200. And Cushi 03569 bowed 07812 himself to Joab 03097, and ran 07323.
22 Then said 0559 Ahimaaz 0290 the son 01121 of Zadok 06659 yet again 03254 to Joab 03097, But however 04100, let me also, I pray thee, run 07323 after 0310 Cushi 03569. And Joab 03097 said 0559, Why wilt thou run 07323, my son 01121, seeing that thou hast no tidings 01309 ready 04672? howsoever: Heb. be what mayready: or, convenient
23 But however, said he, let me run 07323. And he said 0559 to him, Run 07323. Then Ahimaaz 0290 ran 07323 by the way 01870 of the plain 03603, and outran 05674 Cushi 03569.
24 And David 01732 sat 03427 between the two 08147 gates 08179: and the watchman 06822 went up 03212 to the roof 01406 over the gate 08179 to the wall 02346, and lifted up 05375 his eyes 05869, and looked 07200, and behold a man 0376 running 07323 alone.
25 And the watchman 06822 called 07121, and told 05046 the king 04428. And the king 04428 said 0559, If he is alone, there is tidings 01309 in his mouth 06310. And he came 03212 apace 01980, and drew near 07131.
26 And the watchman 06822 saw 07200 another 0312 man 0376 running 07323: and the watchman 06822 called 07121 to the porter 07778, and said 0559, Behold another man 0376 running 07323 alone. And the king 04428 said 0559, He also bringeth tidings 01319.
27 And the watchman 06822 said 0559, I think 07200 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, He is a good 02896 man 0376, and cometh 0935 with good 02896 news 01309. Me…: Heb. I see the running
28 And Ahimaaz 0290 called 07121, and said 0559 to the king 04428, All is well 07965. And he fell down 07812 to the earth 0776 upon his face 0639 before the king 04428, and said 0559, Blessed 01288 be the LORD 03068 thy God 0430, who hath delivered up 05462 the men 0582 that raised 05375 their hand 03027 against my lord 0113 the king 04428. All…: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peacedelivered…: Heb. shut up
29 And the king 04428 said 0559, Is the young man 05288 Absalom 053 safe 07965? And Ahimaaz 0290 answered 0559, When Joab 03097 sent 07971 the king’s 04428 servant 05650, and me thy servant 05650, I saw 07200 a great 01419 tumult 01995, but I knew 03045 not what it was. Is…: Heb. Is there peace?
30 And the king 04428 said 0559 to him, Turn aside 05437, and stand 03320 here 03541. And he turned aside 05437, and stood still 05975.
31 And, behold, Cushi 03569 came 0935; and Cushi 03569 said 0559, Tidings 01319, my lord 0113 the king 04428: for the LORD 03068 hath avenged 08199 thee this day 03117 of all them 03027 that rose up 06965 against thee. Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought
32 And the king 04428 said 0559 to Cushi 03569, Is the young man 05288 Absalom 053 safe 07965? And Cushi 03569 answered 0559, May the enemies 0341 of my lord 0113 the king 04428, and all that rise 06965 against thee to do thee harm 07451, be as that young man 05288 is.
33 And the king 04428 was much moved 07264, and went up 05927 to the chamber 05944 over the gate 08179, and wept 01058: and as he went 03212, thus he said 0559, O my son 01121 Absalom 053, my son 01121, my son 01121 Absalom 053! O that I had died 04191 for thee 05414, O Absalom 053, my son 01121, my son 01121!
1 And it was told 05046 to Joab 03097, Behold, the king 04428 weepeth 01058 and mourneth 056 for Absalom 053.
2 And the victory 08668 that day 03117 was turned into mourning 060 to all the people 05971: for the people 05971 heard 08085 it said 0559 that day 03117 how the king 04428 was grieved 06087 for his son 01121. victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance
3 And the people 05971 withdrew 0935 by stealth 01589 that day 03117 into the city 05892, as people 05971 being ashamed 03637 steal away 01589 when they flee 05127 in battle 04421.
4 But the king 04428 covered 03813 his face 06440, and the king 04428 cried 02199 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 into the house 01004 to the king 04428, and said 0559, Thou hast shamed 03001 this day 03117 the faces 06440 of all thy servants 05650, who this day 03117 have saved 04422 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 thy enemies 08130, and hatest 08130 thy friends 0157. For thou hast declared 05046 this day 03117, that thou regardest neither princes 08269 nor servants 05650: for this day 03117 I perceive 03045, that if 03863 Absalom 053 had lived 02416, and all we had died 04191 this day 03117, then it had pleased thee well 03477, 5869. In…: Heb. By loving, etcthat thou regardest…: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee
7 Now therefore arise 06965, go forth 03318, and speak 01696 kindly 03820 to thy servants 05650: for I swear 07650 by the LORD 03068, if thou shalt not go forth 03318, there will not tarry 03885 one 0376 with thee this night 03915: and that will be worse 07489 to thee than all the evil 07451 that hath befallen 0935 thee from thy youth 05271 until now. comfortably…: Heb. to the heart of thy servants
8 Then the king 04428 rose 06965, and sat 03427 in the gate 08179. And they told 05046 to all the people 05971, saying 0559, Behold, the king 04428 doth sit 03427 in the gate 08179. And all the people 05971 came 0935 before 06440 the king 04428: for Israel 03478 had fled 05127 every man 0376 to his tent 0168.
9 And all the people 05971 were at strife 01777 throughout all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, The king 04428 saved 05337 us from the hand 03709 of our enemies 0341, and he delivered 04422 us from the hand 03709 of the Philistines 06430; and now he hath fled 01272 out of the land 0776 for Absalom 053.
10 And Absalom 053, whom we anointed 04886 over us, is dead 04191 in battle 04421. Now therefore why speak 02790 ye not a word of bringing 07725 the king 04428 back 07725? speak…: Heb. are ye silent?
11 And king 04428 David 01732 sent 07971 to Zadok 06659 and to Abiathar 054 the priests 03548, saying 0559, Speak 01696 to the elders 02205 of Judah 03063, saying 0559, Why are ye the last 0314 to bring 07725 the king 04428 back 07725 to his house 01004? seeing the speech 01697 of all Israel 03478 is come 0935 to the king 04428, even to his house 01004.
12 Ye are my brethren 0251, ye are my bones 06106 and my flesh 01320: why then are ye the last 0314 to bring back 07725 the king 04428?
13 And say 0559 ye to Amasa 06021, Art thou not of my bone 06106, and of my flesh 01320? God 0430 do 06213 so to me, and more 03254 also, if thou be not captain 08269 of the host 06635 before 06440 me continually 03117 in the place 08478 of Joab 03097.
14 And he bowed 05186 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 this word to the king 04428, Return 07725 thou, and all thy servants 05650.
15 So the king 04428 returned 07725, and came 0935 to Jordan 03383. And Judah 03063 came 0935 to Gilgal 01537, to go 03212 to meet 07125 the king 04428, to conduct 05674 the king 04428 over 05674 Jordan 03383.
16 And Shimei 08096 the son 01121 of Gera 01617, a Benjamite 01145, who was of Bahurim 0980, hasted 04116 and came down 03381 with the men 0376 of Judah 03063 to meet 07125 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, 6240 sons 01121 and his twenty 06242 servants 05650 with him; and they went over 06743 Jordan 03383 before 06440 the king 04428.
18 And there went over 05674 a ferry boat 05679 to carry over 05674 the king’s 04428 household 01004, and to do 06213 what he thought 05869 good 02896. And Shimei 08096 the son 01121 of Gera 01617 fell down 05307 before 06440 the king 04428, as he came over 05674 Jordan 03383; what…: Heb. the good in his eyes
19 And said 0559 to the king 04428, Let not my lord 0113 impute 02803 iniquity 05771 to me, neither do thou remember 02142 that which thy servant 05650 did perversely 05753 the day 03117 that my lord 0113 the king 04428 went out 03318 of Jerusalem 03389, that the king 04428 should take 07760 it to his heart 03820.
20 For thy servant 05650 doth know 03045 that I have sinned 02398: therefore, behold, I have come 0935 the first 07223 this day 03117 of all the house 01004 of Joseph 03130 to go down 03381 to meet 07125 my lord 0113 the king 04428.
21 But Abishai 052 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 answered 06030 and said 0559, Shall not Shimei 08096 be put to death 04191 for this, because he cursed 07043 the LORD’S 03068 anointed 04899?
22 And David 01732 said 0559, What have I to do with you, ye sons 01121 of Zeruiah 06870, that ye should this day 03117 be adversaries 07854 to me? shall there any man 0376 be put to death 04191 this day 03117 in Israel 03478? for do not I know 03045 that I am this day 03117 king 04428 over Israel 03478?
23 Therefore the king 04428 said 0559 to Shimei 08096, Thou shalt not die 04191. And the king 04428 swore 07650 to him.
24 And Mephibosheth 04648 the son 01121 of Saul 07586 came down 03381 to meet 07125 the king 04428, and had neither 03808 cared for 06213 his feet 07272, nor trimmed 06213 his beard 08222, nor washed 03526 his clothes 0899, from the day 03117 the king 04428 departed 03212 until the day 03117 he came 0935 again in peace 07965.
25 And it came to pass, when he had come 0935 to Jerusalem 03389 to meet 07125 the king 04428, that the king 04428 said 0559 to him, Why didst thou 01980 not go with me, Mephibosheth 04648?
26 And he answered 0559, My lord 0113, O king 04428, my servant 05650 deceived 07411 me: for thy servant 05650 said 0559, I will saddle 02280 me a donkey 02543, that I may ride 07392 on it, and go 03212 to the king 04428; because thy servant 05650 is lame 06455.
27 And he hath slandered 07270 thy servant 05650 to my lord 0113 the king 04428; but my lord 0113 the king 04428 is as an angel 04397 of God 0430: do 06213 therefore what is good 02896 in thy 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 thy servant 05650 among them that ate 0398 at thy own table 07979. What right 06666 therefore have 03426 I yet to cry 02199 any more to the king 04428? dead…: Heb. men of death
29 And the king 04428 said 0559 to him, Why speakest 01696 thou any more of thy matters 01697? I have said 0559, Thou and Ziba 06717 divide 02505 the land 07704.
30 And Mephibosheth 04648 said 0559 to the king 04428, Yea, let him take 03947 all, forasmuch 0310 as 0834 my lord 0113 the king 04428 hath come again 0935 in peace 07965 to his own house 01004.
31 And Barzillai 01271 the Gileadite 01569 came down 03381 from Rogelim 07274, and went over 05674 Jordan 03383 with the king 04428, to conduct 07971 him over Jordan 03383.
32 Now Barzillai 01271 was a very 03966 aged 02204 man, even eighty 08084 years 08141 old 01121: and he had provided the king 04428 with sustenance 03557 while he lay 07871 at Mahanaim 04266; for he was a very 03966 great 01419 man 0376.
33 And the king 04428 said 0559 to Barzillai 01271, Come thou over 05674 with me, and I will feed 03557 thee with me in Jerusalem 03389.
34 And Barzillai 01271 said 0559 to the king 04428, How long 03117 have I to live 08141, 2416, that I should go up 05927 with the king 04428 to Jerusalem 03389? How…: Heb. How many days are the years of my life
35 I am this day 03117 eighty 08084 years 08141 old 01121: and can I discern 03045 between good 02896 and evil 07451? can thy servant 05650 taste 02938 what 0834 I eat 0398 or what 0834 I drink 08354? can I hear 08085 any more the voice 06963 of singing men 07891 and singing women 07891? why then should thy servant 05650 be yet a burden 04853 to my lord 0113 the king 04428?
36 Thy servant 05650 will go 05674 a little way 04592 over 05674 Jordan 03383 with the king 04428: and why should the king 04428 recompense 01580 me with such a reward 01578?
37 Let thy servant 05650, I pray thee, return again 07725, that I may die 04191 in my 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 with my lord 0113 the king 04428; and do 06213 to him what shall seem good 02896, 5869 to thee.
38 And the king 04428 answered 0559, Chimham 03643 shall go 05674 over with me, and I will do 06213 to him that which shall seem good 02896, 5869 to thee: and whatever thou shalt require 0977 of me, that will I do 06213 for thee. require: Heb. choose
39 And all the people 05971 went over 05674 Jordan 03383. And when the king 04428 had come over 05674, the king 04428 kissed 05401 Barzillai 01271, and blessed 01288 him; and he returned 07725 to his own place 04725.
40 Then the king 04428 went on 05674 to Gilgal 01537, and Chimham 03643 went on 05674 with him: and all the people 05971 of Judah 03063 conducted 05674 the king 04428, and also half 02677 the people 05971 of Israel 03478. Chimham: Heb. Chimhan
41 And, behold, all the men 0376 of Israel 03478 came 0935 to the king 04428, and said 0559 to him 04428, Why have our brethren 0251 the men 0376 of Judah 03063 stolen thee away 01589, and have brought 05674 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 the men 0376 of Israel 03478, Because the king 04428 is near of kin 07138 to us: why then are ye angry 02734 for this matter 01697? have we eaten 0398 at all 0398 at the king’s 04428 cost? or hath he given 05375 us any gift 05379?
43 And the men 0376 of Israel 03478 answered 06030 the men 0376 of Judah 03063, and said 0559, 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 us, that our advice 01697 should not be first 07223 had in bringing back 07725 our king 04428? And the words 01697 of the men 0376 of Judah 03063 were fiercer 07185 than the words 01697 of the men 0376 of Israel 03478. despise…: Heb. set us at light
1 And there happened 07122 to be there a worthless 01100 fellow 0376, whose name 08034 was Sheba 07652, the son 01121 of Bichri 01075, a Benjamite 01145: and he blew 08628 a trumpet 07782, and said 0559, 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 withdrew 05927 from following 0310 David 01732, followed 0310 Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075: but the men 0376 of Judah 03063 held fast 01692 to their king 04428, from Jordan 03383 even to Jerusalem 03389.
3 And David 01732 came 0935 to his house 01004 at Jerusalem 03389; and the king 04428 took 03947 the ten 06235 women 0802 his concubines 06370, whom he had left 03240 to keep 08104 the house 01004, and put 05414 them in custody 04931, and fed 03557 them, but went not in 0935 to them. So they were shut up 06887 to the day 03117 of their death 04191, living 02424 in widowhood 0491. ward: Heb. an house of wardshut…: Heb. boundliving…: Heb. in widowhood of life
4 Then said 0559 the king 04428 to Amasa 06021, Assemble 02199 to me the men 0376 of Judah 03063 within three 07969 days 03117, and be thou here present 05975. Assemble: Heb. Call
5 So Amasa 06021 went 03212 to assemble 02199 the men of Judah 03063: but he tarried longer 0309, 3186 than the set time 04150 which he had appointed 03259 him. assemble: Heb. call
6 And David 01732 said 0559 to Abishai 052, Now shall Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075 do us more harm 03415 than did Absalom 053: take 03947 thou thy lord’s 0113 servants 05650, and pursue 07291, 310 him, lest he get 04672 for himself fortified 01219 cities 05892, and escape 05337 us 05869. escape…: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes
7 And there went out 03318 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 of Jerusalem 03389, to pursue 07291 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 before 06440 them. And Joab’s 03097 garment 04055 that he had put on 03830 was girded 02296 to him, and upon it a belt 02289 with a sword 02719 fastened 06775 upon his loins 04975 in its sheath 08593; and as he went forth 03318 it fell out 05307.
9 And Joab 03097 said 0559 to Amasa 06021, Art thou in health 07965, my brother 0251? And Joab 03097 took 0270 Amasa 06021 by the beard 02206 with the right 03225 hand 03027 to kiss 05401 him.
10 But Amasa 06021 took no heed 08104 to the sword 02719 that was in Joab’s 03097 hand 03027: so he smote 05221 him in the fifth 02570 rib, and shed out 08210 his inward parts 04578 to the ground 0776, and struck him not again 08138; and he died 04191. So Joab 03097 and Abishai 052 his brother 0251 pursued 07291 after 0310 Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075. struck…: Heb. doubled not his stroke
11 And one 0376 of Joab’s 03097 men 05288 stood 05975 by him, and said 0559, He 04310 that favoureth 02654 Joab 03097, and he that is for David 01732, let him go after 0310 Joab 03097.
12 And Amasa 06021 wallowed 01556 in blood 01818 in the midst 08432 of the highway 04546. And when the man 0376 saw 07200 that all the people 05971 stood still 05975, he removed 05437 Amasa 06021 out of the highway 04546 into the field 07704, and cast 07993 a cloth 0899 upon him, when he saw 07200 that every one that came 0935 by him stood still 05975.
13 When he was removed 03014 out of the highway 04546, all the people 0376 went on 05674 after 0310 Joab 03097, to pursue 07291 after 0310 Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075.
14 And he went 05674 through all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 to Abel 059, and to Bethmaachah 01038, and all the Berites 01276: and they were gathered together 06950, 7035, and went 0935 also after 0310 him.
15 And they came 0935 and besieged 06696 him in Abel 059 of Bethmaachah 01038, and they cast up 08210 a bank 05550 against the city 05892, and it stood 05975 in the trench 02426: and all the people 05971 that were with Joab 03097 battered 07843 the wall 02346, to throw it down 05307. in the trench: or, against the outmost wallbattered: Heb. marred to throw down
16 Then cried 07121 a wise 02450 woman 0802 out of the city 05892, Hear 08085, hear 08085; say 0559, I pray you, to Joab 03097, Come 07126 here, that I may speak 01696 with thee.
17 And when he was come near 07126 to her, the woman 0802 said 0559, Art thou Joab 03097? And he answered 0559, I am he. Then she said 0559 to him, Hear 08085 the words 01697 of thy handmaid 0519. And he answered 0559, I do hear 08085.
18 Then she spoke 0559, saying 0559, They were accustomed 01696 to speak 01696 in old time 07223, saying 0559, They shall surely 07592 ask 07592 counsel at Abel 059: and so they ended 08552 the matter. They were…: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end
19 I am one of them that are peaceable 07999 and faithful 0539 in Israel 03478: thou seekest 01245 to destroy 04191 a city 05892 and a mother 0517 in Israel 03478: why wilt thou swallow up 01104 the inheritance 05159 of the LORD 03068?
20 And Joab 03097 answered 06030 and said 0559, Far be it 02486, far be it 02486 from me, that I should swallow up 01104 or destroy 07843.
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 his hand 03027 against the king 04428, even against David 01732: deliver 05414 him only, and I will depart 03212 from the city 05892. And the woman 0802 said 0559 to Joab 03097, Behold, his head 07218 shall be thrown 07993 to thee over 01157 the wall 02346. by name: Heb. by his name
22 Then the woman 0802 went 0935 to all the people 05971 in her wisdom 02451. And they cut off 03772 the head 07218 of Sheba 07652 the son 01121 of Bichri 01075, and cast 07993 it out to Joab 03097. And he blew 08628 a trumpet 07782, and they retired 06327 from the city 05892, every man 0376 to his tent 0168. And Joab 03097 returned 07725 to Jerusalem 03389 to the king 04428. retired: Heb. were scattered
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, 3746 and over the Pelethites 06432:
24 And Adoram 0151 was over the forced labour 04522: and Jehoshaphat 03092 the son 01121 of Ahilud 0286 was recorder 02142: recorder: or, remembrancer
25 And Sheva 07864, 7724 was scribe 05608: and Zadok 06659 and Abiathar 054 were the priests 03548:
26 And Ira 05896 also the Jairite 02972 was a chief ruler 03548 of David 01732. a chief…: or, a prince
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 of 06440 the LORD 03068. And the LORD 03068 answered 0559, It is for Saul 07586, and for his bloody 01818 house 01004, because he slew 04191 the Gibeonites 01393. enquired…: Heb. sought the face, etc
2 And the king 04428 called 07121 the Gibeonites 01393, and said 0559 to 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 to them: and Saul 07586 sought 01245 to slay 05221 them in his zeal 07065 to the children 01121 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063.)
3 Therefore David 01732 said 0559 to the Gibeonites 01393, What shall I do 06213 for you? and how shall I make the atonement 03722, that ye may bless 01288 the inheritance 05159 of the LORD 03068?
4 And the Gibeonites 01393 said 0559 to 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 any man 0376 in Israel 03478. And he said 0559, What ye shall say 0559, that will I do 06213 for you. We will…: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc
5 And they answered 0559 the king 04428, The man 0376 that consumed 03615 us, and that devised 01819 against us that we should be destroyed 08045 from remaining 03320 within any border 01366 of Israel 03478, devised…: or, cut us off
6 Let seven 07651 men 0582 of his sons 01121 be delivered 05414 to us, and we will hang them up 03363 to the LORD 03068 in Gibeah 01390 of Saul 07586, whom the LORD 03068 chose 0972. And the king 04428 said 0559, I will give 05414 them. whom…: or, chosen of the LORD
7 But the king 04428 spared 02550 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 the two 08147 sons 01121 of Rizpah 07532 the daughter 01323 of Aiah 0345, whom she bore 03205 to 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 for Adriel 05741 the son 01121 of Barzillai 01271 the Meholathite 04259: Michal: or, Michal’s sisterbrought…: Heb. bear to Adriel
9 And he delivered 05414 them into the hands 03027 of the Gibeonites 01393, and they hanged 03363 them on the hill 02022 before 06440 the LORD 03068: and they fell 05307 all seven 07651, 7659 together 03162, and were put to death 04191 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 sackcloth 08242, and spread 05186 it for her upon the rock 06697, from the beginning 08462 of harvest 07105 until the rain 04325 poured 05413 on them from heaven 08064, and allowed 05414 neither the birds 05775 of the air 08064 to rest 05117 on them by day 03119, nor the beasts 02416 of the field 07704 by night 03915.
11 And it was told 05046 David 01732 what Rizpah 07532 the daughter 01323 of Aiah 0345, the concubine 06370 of Saul 07586, had done 06213.
12 And David 01732 went 03212 and took 03947 the bones 06106 of Saul 07586 and the bones 06106 of Jonathan 03083 his son 01121 from the men 01167 of Jabeshgilead 03003, 1568, who had stolen 01589 them from the street 07339 of Bethshan 01052, where the Philistines 06430 had hanged 08511, 8518 them, when 03117 the Philistines 06430 had slain 05221 Saul 07586 in Gilboa 01533:
13 And he brought up 05927 from there the bones 06106 of Saul 07586 and the bones 06106 of Jonathan 03083 his son 01121; and they gathered 0622 the bones 06106 of them that were hanged 03363.
14 And the bones 06106 of Saul 07586 and Jonathan 03083 his son 01121 they buried 06912 in the country 0776 of Benjamin 01144 in Zelah 06762, in the sepulchre 06913 of Kish 07027 his father 01: and they performed 06213 all that the king 04428 commanded 06680. And after 0310 that God 0430 was entreated 06279 for the land 0776.
15 Moreover the Philistines 06430 had yet war 04421 again with Israel 03478; and David 01732 went down 03381, and his servants 05650 with him, and fought 03898 against the Philistines 06430: and David 01732 became faint 05774.
16 And Ishbibenob 03430, who was of the sons 03211 of the giant 07497, the weight 04948 of whose spear 07013 was three 07969 hundred 03967 shekels of brass 05178 in weight 04948, he being girded 02296 with a new 02319 sword, thought 0559 of slaying 05221 David 01732. the giant: or, Raphaspear: Heb. the staff, or, the head
17 But Abishai 052 the son 01121 of Zeruiah 06870 helped 05826 him, and smote 05221 the Philistine 06430, and killed 04191 him. Then the men 0582 of David 01732 swore 07650 to him, saying 0559, Thou shalt go 03318 out no more with us to battle 04421, that thou mayest not put out 03518 the light 05216 of Israel 03478. light: Heb. candle, or, lamp
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 Saph 05593, who was of the sons 03211 of the giant 07497. Saph: or, Sippaithe giant: or, Rapha
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 the brother of Goliath 01555 the Gittite 01663, the staff 06086 of whose spear 02595 was like a weaver’s 0707 beam 04500. Jaareoregim: or, Jair
20 And there was yet a battle 04421 in Gath 01661, where was a man 0376 of great stature 04067, 4055, 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 to the giant 07497. the giant: or, Rapha
21 And when he defied 02778 Israel 03478, Jonathan 03083 the son 01121 of Shimea 08092 the brother 0251 of David 01732 slew 05221 him. defied: or, reproachedShimea: also called, Shammah
22 These four 0702 were born 03205 to the giant 07497 in Gath 01661, and fell 05307 by the hand 03027 of David 01732, and by the hand 03027 of his servants 05650.
1 And David 01732 spoke 01696 to the LORD 03068 the words 01697 of this song 07892 in the day 03117 that the LORD 03068 had delivered 05337 him from the hand 03709 of all his enemies 0341, and from the hand 03709 of Saul 07586:
2 And he said 0559, The LORD 03068 is my rock 05553, and my fortress 04686, and my deliverer 06403;
3 The God 0430 of my rock 06697; in him will I trust 02620: he is my shield 04043, and the horn 07161 of my salvation 03468, my high tower 04869, and my refuge 04498, my preserver 03467; thou savest 03467 me from violence 02555.
4 I will call 07121 on the LORD 03068, who is worthy to be praised 01984: so shall I be saved 03467 from my enemies 0341.
5 When the waves 04867 of death 04194 surrounded 0661 me, the floods 05158 of ungodly men 01100 made me afraid 01204; waves: or, pangsungodly…: Heb. Belial
6 The sorrows 02256 of hell 07585 surrounded me 05437; the snares 04170 of death 04194 seized 06923 me; sorrows: or, cords
7 In my distress 06862 I called 07121 upon the LORD 03068, and cried 07121 to my God 0430: and he heard 08085 my voice 06963 out of his temple 01964, and my cry 07775 entered into his ears 0241.
8 Then the earth 0776 shook 01607 and trembled 07493; the foundations 04146 of heaven 08064 moved 07264 and shook 01607, because he was angry 02734.
9 There went up 05927 a smoke 06227 out of his nostrils 0639, and fire 0784 out of his mouth 06310 devoured 0398: coals 01513 were kindled 01197 by it. out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc
10 He bowed 05186 the heavens 08064 also, and came down 03381; and darkness 06205 was under his feet 07272.
11 And he rode 07392 upon a cherub 03742, and flew 05774: and he was seen 07200 upon the wings 03671 of the wind 07307.
12 And he made 07896 darkness 02822 pavilions 05521 around 05439 him, dark 02841 waters 04325, and thick clouds 05645 of the skies 07834. dark…: Heb. binding of waters
13 Through the brightness 05051 before him were coals 01513 of fire 0784 kindled 01197.
14 The LORD 03068 thundered 07481 from heaven 08064, and the most High 05945 uttered 05414 his voice 06963.
15 And he sent out 07971 arrows 02671, and scattered 06327 them; lightning 01300, and smote 02000 them.
16 And the channels 0650 of the sea 03220 appeared 07200, the foundations 04146 of the world 08398 were laid open 01540, at the rebuking 01606 of the LORD 03068, at the blast 05397 of the breath 07307 of his nostrils 0639.
17 He sent 07971 from above 04791, he took 03947 me; he drew 04871 me out of many 07227 waters 04325; many: or, great
18 He delivered 05337 me from my strong 05794 enemy 0341, from them that hated 08130 me: for they were too strong 0553 for me.
19 They fell upon 06923 me in the day 03117 of my calamity 0343: but the LORD 03068 was my support 04937.
20 He brought me forth 03318 also into a large place 04800: he delivered 02502 me, because he delighted 02654 in me.
21 The LORD 03068 rewarded 01580 me according to my righteousness 06666: according to the cleanness 01252 of my hands 03027 hath he recompensed 07725 me.
22 For I have kept 08104 the ways 01870 of the LORD 03068, and have not wickedly departed 07561 from my God 0430.
23 For all his judgments 04941 were before me: and as for his statutes 02708, I did not depart 05493 from them.
24 I was also upright 08549 before him, and have kept 08104 myself from my iniquity 05771. before: Heb. to
25 Therefore the LORD 03068 hath recompensed 07725 me according to my righteousness 06666; according to my cleanness 01252 in his eye sight 05048, 5869. in…: Heb. before his eyes
26 With the merciful 02623 thou wilt show thyself merciful 02616, and with the upright 08549 man 01368 thou wilt show thyself upright 08552.
27 With the pure 01305 thou wilt show thyself pure 01305; and with the perverse 06141 thou wilt contend 06617. shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle
28 And the afflicted 06041 people 05971 thou wilt save 03467: but thy eyes 05869 are upon the haughty 07311, that thou mayest bring them down 08213.
29 For thou art my lamp 05216, O LORD 03068: and the LORD 03068 will lighten 05050 my darkness 02822. lamp: or, candle
30 For by thee I have run 07323 through a troop 01416: by my God 0430 have I leaped over 01801 a wall 07791. run: or, broken
31 As for God 0410, his way 01870 is perfect 08549; the word 0565 of the LORD 03068 is tried 06884: he is a shield 04043 to all them that trust 02620 in him. tried: or, refined
32 For who is God 0410, except 01107 the LORD 03068? and who is a rock 06697, except 01107 our God 0430?
33 God 0410 is my strength 04581 and power 02428: and he maketh 05425 my way 01870 perfect 08549. maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth
34 He maketh 07737 my feet 07272 like 07737 hinds 0355’ feet: and setteth 05975 me upon my high places 01116. maketh: Heb. equalleth
35 He teacheth 03925 my hands 03027 to war 04421; so that a bow 07198 of steel 05154 is broken 05181 by my arms 02220. to war: Heb. for the war
36 Thou hast also given 05414 me the shield 04043 of thy salvation 03468: and thy gentleness 06031, 6038 hath made me great 07235. made…: Heb. multiplied me
37 Thou hast enlarged 07337 my steps 06806 under me; so that my feet 07166 have not slipped 04571. feet: Heb. ankles
38 I have pursued 07291 my enemies 0341, and destroyed 08045 them; and turned not again 07725 until I had consumed 03615 them.
39 And I have consumed 03615 them, and wounded 04272 them, that they could not arise 06965: yea, they have fallen 05307 under my feet 07272.
40 For thou hast girded 0247 me with strength 02428 to battle 04421: them that rose up 06965 against me hast thou subdued 03766 under me. subdued: Heb. caused to bow
41 Thou hast also given 05414 me the necks 06203 of my enemies 0341, that I might destroy 06789 them that hate 08130 me.
42 They looked 08159, but there was none to save 03467; even to the LORD 03068, but he answered 06030 them not.
43 Then I beat 07833 them as small as the dust 06083 of the earth 0776, I stamped 01854 them as the mire 02916 of the street 02351, and spread them abroad 07554.
44 Thou also hast delivered 06403 me from the strivings 07379 of my people 05971, thou hast kept 08104 me to be head 07218 of the heathen 01471: a people 05971 which I knew 03045 not shall serve 05647 me.
45 Strangers 01121, 5236 shall submit 03584 themselves to me: as soon as they hear 08085, 241, they shall be obedient 08085 to me. Strangers: Heb. Sons of the strangersubmit…: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie
46 Strangers 01121, 5236 shall fade away 05034, and they shall come trembling 02296 out of their fortresses 04526.
47 The LORD 03068 liveth 02416; and blessed 01288 be my rock 06697; and exalted 07311 be the God 0430 of the rock 06697 of my salvation 03468.
48 It is God 0410 that avengeth 05414, 5360 me, and that bringeth down 03381 the people 05971 under me, avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for
49 And that bringeth me forth 03318 from my enemies 0341: thou also hast lifted me up on high 07311 above them that rose up 06965 against me: thou hast delivered 05337 me from the violent 02555 man 0376.
50 Therefore I will give thanks 03034 to thee, O LORD 03068, among the heathen 01471, and I will sing praises 02167 to thy name 08034.
51 He is the tower 04024, 1431 of salvation 03444 for his king 04428: and he showeth 06213 mercy 02617 to his anointed 04899, to David 01732, and to his seed 02233 for 05704 evermore 05769.
1 Now these are the last 0314 words 01697 of David 01732. David 01732 the son 01121 of Jesse 03448 said 05002, and the man 01397 who was raised 06965 on high 05920, the anointed 04899 of the God 0430 of Jacob 03290, and the sweet 05273 psalmist 02158 of Israel 03478, said 05002,
2 The Spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 spoke 01696 by me, and his word 04405 was on my tongue 03956.
3 The God 0430 of Israel 03478 said 0559, the Rock 06697 of Israel 03478 spoke 01696 to me, He that ruleth 04910 over men 0120 must be just 06662, ruling 04910 in the fear 03374 of God 0430. He…: or, Be thou ruler, etc
4 And he shall be as the light 0216 of the morning 01242, when the sun 08121 riseth 02224, 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 is not so with God 0410; yet he hath made 07760 with me an everlasting 05769 covenant 01285, ordered 06186 in all things, and sure 08104: for this is all my salvation 03468, and all my desire 02656, although he maketh it not to grow 06779.
6 But the worthless 01100, all of them shall be as thorns 06975 thrust away 05074, because they cannot be taken 03947 with hands 03027:
7 But the man 0376 that shall touch 05060 them must be armed 04390 with iron 01270 and the staff 06086 of a spear 02595; and they shall be utterly 08313 burned 08313 with fire 0784 in the same place 07675. fenced: Heb. filled
8 These are the names 08034 of the mighty men 01368 whom David 01732 had: The Tachmonite 08461 that sat 03427 in the seat 07675, 3429, chief 07218 among the captains 07991; the same was Adino 05722 the Eznite 06112: he lifted up his spear against eight 08083 hundred 03967, whom he slew 02491 at one 0259 time 06471. The Tachmonite…: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the threehe lift…: from (#1Ch 11:11) whom he…: Heb. slainwhom he…: Heb. slain
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 the Philistines 06430 that were there gathered together 0622 to battle 04421, and the men 0376 of Israel 03478 had gone away 05927:
10 He arose 06965, and smote 05221 the Philistines 06430 until 03588 his hand 03027 was weary 03021, and his hand 03027 clung 01692 to the sword 02719: and the LORD 03068 wrought 06213 a great 01419 victory 08668 that day 03117; and the people 05971 returned 07725 after 0310 him only to strip 06584 the slain.
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 into a troop 02416, where was a piece 02513 of ground 07704 full 04392 of lentiles 05742: and the people 05971 fled 05127 from 06440 the Philistines 06430. into…: or, for foraging
12 But he stood 03320 in the midst 08432 of the ground 02513, and defended 05337 it, and slew 05221 the Philistines 06430: and the LORD 03068 wrought 06213 a great 01419 victory 08668.
13 And three 07969, 7970 of the thirty 07970 leaders 07218 went down 03381, and came 0935 to David 01732 in the harvest time 07105 to the cave 04631 of Adullam 05725: and the troop 02416 of the Philistines 06430 encamped 02583 in the valley 06010 of Rephaim 07497. three…: or, the three captains over the thirty
14 And David 01732 was then in a strong hold 04686, and the garrison 04673 of the Philistines 06430 was then in Bethlehem 01035.
15 And David 01732 longed 0183, and said 0559, O that one would give me drink 08248 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 broke through 01234 the host 04264 of the Philistines 06430, and drew 07579 water 04325 out of the well 0953 of Bethlehem 01035, that was by the gate 08179, and took 05375 it, and brought 0935 it to David 01732: nevertheless he would 014 not drink 08354 of it, but poured it out 05258 to the LORD 03068.
17 And he said 0559, Be it far 02486 from me, O LORD 03068, that I should do 06213 this: is not this the blood 01818 of the men 0582 that went 01980 in jeopardy of their lives 05315? therefore he would 014 not drink 08354 it. These things did 06213 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 his spear 02595 against three 07969 hundred 03967, and slew 02491 them, and had the name 08034 among three 07969. and slew them: Heb. slain
19 Was he not most honourable 03513 of three 07969? therefore he was their captain 08269: yet he attained 0935 not to the first three 07969.
20 And Benaiah 01141 the son 01121 of Jehoiada 03077, the son 01121 of a valiant 02428 man 0376, 381, of Kabzeel 06909, who had done many 07227 deeds 06467, he slew 05221 two 08147 lionlike men 0739 of Moab 04124: he went down 03381 also and slew 05221 a lion 0738 in the midst 08432 of a pit 0953 in time 03117 of snow 07950: who…: Heb. great of actslionlike…: Heb. lion of God
21 And he slew 02026 an Egyptian 04713, a handsome 04758 man 0376: and the Egyptian 04713 had a spear 02595 in his hand 03027; but he went down 03381 to him with a staff 07626, and plucked 01497 the spear 02595 out of the Egyptian’s 04713 hand 03027, and slew 05221 him with his own spear 02595. a goodly…: Heb. a man of countenance, or, sight: also called, a man of great stature
22 These things did 06213 Benaiah 01141 the son 01121 of Jehoiada 03077, and had a name 08034 among three 07969 mighty men 01368.
23 He was more honourable 03513 than the thirty 07970, but he attained 0935 not to the first three 07969. And David 01732 set 07760 him over his guard 04928. more…: or, honourable among the thirtyguard: or, council: Heb. at his command
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, brooks: or, valleys
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, 3627 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.
1 And again 03254 the anger 0639 of the LORD 03068 was kindled 02734 against Israel 03478, and he moved 05496 David 01732 against them to say 0559, Go 03212, number 04487 Israel 03478 and Judah 03063.
2 For the king 04428 said 0559 to Joab 03097 the captain 08269 of the host 02428, who was with him, Go now through 07751 all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478, from Dan 01835 even to Beersheba 0884, and number 06485 ye the people 05971, that I may know 03045 the number 04557 of the people 05971. Go: or, Compass
3 And Joab 03097 said 0559 to the king 04428, Now the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 add 03254 to the people 05971, as many as 01992 they may be, an hundredfold 03967, 6471, and that the eyes 05869 of my lord 0113 the king 04428 may see 07200 it: but why doth my lord 0113 the king 04428 delight 02654 in this thing 01697?
4 But the king’s 04428 word 01697 prevailed 02388 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 from the presence 06440 of the king 04428, to number 06485 the people 05971 of Israel 03478.
5 And they passed over 05674 Jordan 03383, and encamped 02583 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: river: or, valley
6 Then they came 0935 to Gilead 01568, and to the land 0776 of Tahtimhodshi 08483; and they came 0935 to Danjaan 01842, and about 05439 to Zidon 06721, land of Tahtimhodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited
7 And came 0935 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 to the south 05045 of Judah 03063, even to Beersheba 0884.
8 So when they had gone 07751 through all the land 0776, they came 0935 to Jerusalem 03389 at the end 07097 of nine 08672 months 02320 and twenty 06242 days 03117.
9 And Joab 03097 presented 05414 the sum 04557 of the number 04662 of the people 05971 to the king 04428: and there were in Israel 03478 eight 08083 hundred 03967 thousand 0505 valiant 02428 men 0376, 381 that drew 08025 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 him after 0310 that he had numbered 05608 the people 05971. And David 01732 said 0559 to the LORD 03068, I have sinned 02398 greatly 03966 in what I have done 06213: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD 03068, take away 05674 the iniquity 05771 of thy servant 05650; for I have done very 03966 foolishly 05528.
11 For when David 01732 had risen 06965 in the morning 01242, the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to the prophet 05030 Gad 01410, David’s 01732 seer 02374, saying 0559,
12 Go 01980 and say 0559 to David 01732, Thus saith 01696 the LORD 03068, I offer 05190 thee three 07969 things; choose 0977 thee one 0259 of them, that I may do it to thee 06213.
13 So Gad 01410 came 0935 to David 01732, and told 05046 him, and said 0559 to him, Shall seven 07651 years 08141 of famine 07458 come 0935 upon thee in thy land 0776? or wilt thou flee 05127 three 07969 months 02320 before 06440 thy enemies 06862, while they pursue 07291 thee? or that there be three 07969 days 03117’ pestilence 01698 in thy land 0776? now consider 03045, and see 07200 what answer 01697 I shall return 07725 to him that sent 07971 me.
14 And David 01732 said 0559 to Gad 01410, I am in deep 03966 distress 06887: let us fall 05307 now into the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068; for his mercies 07356 are great 07227: and let me not fall 05307 into the hand 03027 of man 0120. are great: or, are many
15 So the LORD 03068 sent 05414 a pestilence 01698 upon Israel 03478 from the morning 01242 even to the time 06256 appointed 04150: and there died 04191 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 his hand 03027 upon Jerusalem 03389 to destroy 07843 it, the LORD 03068 repented 05162 of the evil 07451, and said 0559 to the angel 04397 that destroyed 07843 the people 05971, It is enough 07227: stay 07503 now thy hand 03027. And the angel 04397 of the LORD 03068 was by the threshingplace 01637 of Araunah 0728 the Jebusite 02983. Araunah: also called, Ornan
17 And David 01732 spoke 0559 to the LORD 03068 when he saw 07200 the angel 04397 that smote 05221 the people 05971, and said 0559, Lo, I have sinned 02398, and I have done wickedly 05753: but these sheep 06629, what have they done 06213? let thy hand 03027, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s 01 house 01004.
18 And Gad 01410 came 0935 that day 03117 to David 01732, and said 0559 to him, Go up 05927, rear 06965 an altar 04196 to the LORD 03068 in the threshingfloor 01637 of Araunah 0728 the Jebusite 02983. Araunah: Heb. Araniah
19 And David 01732, according to the saying 01697 of Gad 01410, went up 05927 as the LORD 03068 commanded 06680.
20 And Araunah 0728 looked 08259, and saw 07200 the king 04428 and his servants 05650 coming 05674 toward him: and Araunah 0728 went out 03318, and bowed 07812 himself before the king 04428 on his face 0639 upon the ground 0776.
21 And Araunah 0728 said 0559, Why is my lord 0113 the king 04428 come 0935 to his servant 05650? And David 01732 said 0559, To buy 07069 the threshingfloor 01637 of thee, to build 01129 an altar 04196 to the LORD 03068, that the plague 04046 may be stayed 06113 from the people 05971.
22 And Araunah 0728 said 0559 to David 01732, Let my lord 0113 the king 04428 take 03947 and offer up 05927 what seemeth good 02896 to him 05869: behold 07200, here are 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 to the king 04428. And Araunah 0728 said 0559 to the king 04428, The LORD 03068 thy God 0430 accept 07521 thee.
24 And the king 04428 said 0559 to Araunah 0728, Nay; but I will surely 07069 buy 07069 it of thee at a price 04242: neither will I offer 05927 burnt offerings 05930 to the LORD 03068 my God 0430 of that which doth cost me nothing 02600. So David 01732 bought 07069 the threshingfloor 01637 and the oxen 01241 for fifty 02572 shekels 08255 of silver 03701.
25 And David 01732 built 01129 there an altar 04196 to the LORD 03068, and offered 05927 burnt offerings 05930 and peace offerings 08002. So the LORD 03068 was entreated 06279 for the land 0776, and the plague 04046 was stayed 06113 from Israel 03478.