Book of 2 Samuel

Jdg Rut 1Sa 2Sa 1Ki 2Ki 1Ch

Second Samuel

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Chapters
ch. 1 • • • 5 • • • • 10 • • • •
15 • • • • 20 • • • •

Introduction to 2 Samuel:

For Author, Time of Writing, etc., see introductory material in 1 Samuel.

Subject of 1 & 2 Samuel:
The Illustrations of the Way to Enjoy the God-given Good Land

2Sa 1:1 - 1Now after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the aslaughter of the Amalekites, David remained in Ziklag two days.
2Sa 1:2 - And on the third day there came a man from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid him homage.
2Sa 1:3 - And David said to him, Where did you come from? And he said to him, From the camp of Israel I have escaped.
2Sa 1:4 - And David said to him, What has happened? Tell me. And he said that the people had fled from the battle and that also many of the people had fallen and died and that also Saul and Jonathan his son were adead.
2Sa 1:5 - And David said to the young man that told him these things, How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
2Sa 1:6 - And the young man that told him these things said, By chance I happened to be upon aMount Gilboa; and just then Saul leaned on his spear, and just then the chariots and horsemen pursued closely after him.
2Sa 1:7 - And when he looked behind him, he saw me; and he called to me. And I said, Here I am.
2Sa 1:8 - And he said to me, Who are you? And I said to him, I am an Amalekite.
2Sa 1:9 - Then he said to me, Stand over me, and kill me; for anguish has seized me because my life is yet wholly within me.
2Sa 1:10 - So I stood over him and put him to death, for I knew that he would not live after his fall; and I took the crown that was upon his head and the armlet that was on his arm, and I have brought them to my lord here.
2Sa 1:11 - Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.
2Sa 1:12 - And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of Jehovah and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
2Sa 1:13 - And David said to the young man who told him these things, Where are you from? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.
2Sa 1:14 - And David said to him, 1How is it that you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Jehovah’s aanointed?
2Sa 1:15 - Then David called one of the young men and said, Come near; afall on him. And he struck him, and he died.
2Sa 1:16 - And David said to him, Your ablood be upon your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have killed Jehovah’s anointed.
2Sa 1:17 - And David sang this dirge over Saul and over Jonathan his son;
2Sa 1:18 - And he commanded them to teach the children of Judah The Song of the Bow. It is now written in the book of aJashar:
2Sa 1:19 - The beauty of Israel lies slain upon your high places.How the amighty have fallen!2Sa 1:20 - Tell it not in aGath;Bear not the news of it in the streets of Ashkelon;Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.2Sa 1:21 - O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you,Nor fields of heave offerings.For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,The shield of Saul, no more anointed with oil.2Sa 1:22 - From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,The abow of Jonathan has not turned back,And the sword of Saul has not returned empty.
2Sa 1:23 - Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives,And in their death they were not divided.They were swifter than eagles;They were stronger than lions.2Sa 1:24 - O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet withsplendor,Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.
2Sa 1:25 - How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle!Jonathan lies slain upon your high places.2Sa 1:26 - I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; so very pleasant were you to me.Your alove to me was wonderful, beyond the love of women.2Sa 1:27 - How the mighty have fallen,And the weapons of war perished!

Second Samuel

Chapter 2 of 24

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B. Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth — 2 Sam. 2:1-24:25

1. Crowned by the people — 2:1-5:25

~~a. Crowned by the tribe of Judah — 2:1-4:12~~

2Sa 2:1 - And after this David ainquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And He said, To bHebron.
2Sa 2:2 - So David went up there, as well as his two awives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
2Sa 2:3 - And David brought up his men who were with him, each man with his household; and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
2Sa 2:4 - And the men of Judah came, and there they 1anointed David aking over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It is the men of bJabesh-gilead who have buried Saul.
2Sa 2:5 - And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, Blessed are you of Jehovah, because you have shown this kindness to your master, to Saul, and buried him.
2Sa 2:6 - And now may Jehovah show kindness and faithfulness to you; and I also will 1repay you for this good, because you have done this thing.
2Sa 2:7 - And now may your hands be strong, and you be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
2Sa 2:8 - But aAbner the son of Ner, the captain of Saul’s army, took 1Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
2Sa 2:9 - And he made him king over Gilead and over the Ashurites and over Jezreel and over Ephraim and over Benjamin and over all Israel.
2Sa 2:10 - Ish-bosheth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. However the house of Judah followed David.
2Sa 2:11 - And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was aseven years and six months.
2Sa 2:12 - And Abner the son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul went forth from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2Sa 2:13 - And aJoab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went forth and met them at the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, these on the one side of the pool and those on the other side of the pool.
2Sa 2:14 - And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men arise and compete before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2Sa 2:15 - And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
2Sa 2:16 - And each seized his opponent by the head, and his sword went into his opponent’s side; and they fell down together. And that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is at Gibeon.
2Sa 2:17 - And the battle was very severe that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were routed before the servants of David.
2Sa 2:18 - And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, aJoab and Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot, like one of the gazelles which are in the field.
2Sa 2:19 - And Asahel pursued after Abner; and as he went, he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from behind Abner.
2Sa 2:20 - Then Abner looked behind him and said, Is that you, Asahel? And he said, It is I.
2Sa 2:21 - And Abner said to him, Turn away to your right or to your left, and seize one of the young men, and take his armor for yourself. But Asahel would not turn away from following him.
2Sa 2:22 - And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn away from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to Joab your brother?
2Sa 2:23 - But he refused to turn away, so Abner astruck him in the stomach with the end of his spear; and the spear came out behind him. And he fell down there and died in that place. And everyone who came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
2Sa 2:24 - But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner. And as the sun went down, they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
2Sa 2:25 - And the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one troop, and they stood on the top of a hill.
2Sa 2:26 - And Abner called out to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? Then how long shall it be before you command the people to return from following their brothers?
2Sa 2:27 - And Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, then surely the people would have gone up each one from following his brother in the morning only.
2Sa 2:28 - And Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stood still; and they pursued after Israel no more, neither did they fight any more.
2Sa 2:29 - And Abner and his men walked all that night through the Arabah. And they crossed over the Jordan and went through all the 1Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
2Sa 2:30 - And Joab returned from following Abner. And he gathered all the people together, and among David’s servants there were nineteen men missing plus Asahel.
2Sa 2:31 - And the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin and among Abner’s men three hundred and sixty men, who died.
2Sa 2:32 - And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men walked all night, and the day dawned on them at Hebron.

Second Samuel

Chapter 3 of 24

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2Sa 3:1 - Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually 1stronger, and the house of Saul became continually weaker.
2Sa 3:2 - aAnd in Hebron 1sons were born to David. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
2Sa 3:3 - And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai the king of aGeshur;
2Sa 3:4 - And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
2Sa 3:5 - And the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
2Sa 3:6 - And while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.
2Sa 3:7 - Now Saul had a concubine whose name was aRizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And 1Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why did you go in to my father’s concubine?
2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner became very angry about the words of Ish-bosheth; and he said, Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; yet you charge me today with iniquity concerning this woman.
2Sa 3:9 - May God do so to Abner, and even more, if I do not do for David as Jehovah has asworn to him,
2Sa 3:10 - To transfer the akingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from bDan even to Beer-sheba!
2Sa 3:11 - And he could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.
2Sa 3:12 - And Abner sent messengers to David where he was, saying, To whom shall the land belong? and saying, Make your covenant with me; and then my hand will be with you, to turn all Israel to you.
2Sa 3:13 - And 1David said, Fine, I will make a covenant with you; but I require one thing of you, namely, you shall not see my face, unless you first bring aMichal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.
2Sa 3:14 - Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver my wife Michal to me, whom I aespoused for a hundred Philistine foreskins.
2Sa 3:15 - And Ish-bosheth sent men and had her taken from her husband, from aPaltiel the son of Laish.
2Sa 3:16 - And her husband went along with her to Bahurim, walking and weeping after her. But Abner said to him, Go; return. And he returned.
2Sa 3:17 - Now Abner had conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, For some time now you have been seeking for David to be king over you.
2Sa 3:18 - So do it now, for Jehovah has spoken of David, saying, By My servant David I will save My people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines and out of the hand of all their enemies.
2Sa 3:19 - And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
2Sa 3:20 - So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David held a feast for Abner and for the men who were with him.
2Sa 3:21 - And Abner said to David, I will rise up and go and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you and that you may reign over all that your soul desires. And David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
2Sa 3:22 - And there came the servants of David and Joab from an attack, and they brought great spoil with them. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
2Sa 3:23 - And when Joab and all the army that was with him came, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner has come to the king; and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.
2Sa 3:24 - Then Joab went to the king and said, What have you done? Abner has just come to you. Why is it that you have sent him away and he has gone?
2Sa 3:25 - You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, to discover your going out and your coming in, and to know everything that you do.
2Sa 3:26 - And when Joab went out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah, though David did not know about it.
2Sa 3:27 - And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately. And there he struck him in the stomach, so that he died for the bloodshed of aAsahel his brother.
2Sa 3:28 - Then afterward, when David heard of it, he said, I and my kingdom are innocent of the bloodshed of aAbner the son of Ner before Jehovah forever.
2Sa 3:29 - May it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue or who is a leper or who leans on a staff or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!
2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
2Sa 3:31 - And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, Tear your clothes, and gird yourselves with asackcloth, and mourn over Abner. And King David followed the bier.
2Sa 3:32 - And they buried Abner in Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.
2Sa 3:33 - And the king lamented for Abner and said,Should Abner dieAs a fool dies?
2Sa 3:34 - Your hands were not bound,Nor were your feet put into fetters.As a man falls before wicked men, you fell.And all the people wept over him again.2Sa 3:35 - And all the people came to make David eat food while it was still day; but David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down!
2Sa 3:36 - And all the people took note of it, and it pleased them; as everything that the king did pleased all the people.
2Sa 3:37 - And all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.
2Sa 3:38 - And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
2Sa 3:39 - And today I am weak, even though anointed king; and these men, the sons of aZeruiah, are too difficult for me. May Jehovah reward the evildoer according to his evil!

Second Samuel

Chapter 4 of 24

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2Sa 4:1 - Now when Saul’s son Ish-bosheth heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
2Sa 4:2 - And Saul’s son had two men, the captains of bands. The name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the second Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth is also considered to belong to Benjamin.
2Sa 4:3 - And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there until this day.
2Sa 4:4 - Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son who had crippled feet. He was five years old when the news came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel. And his nurse took him up and fled. And as she hurried to flee, he fell and was made lame. And his name was 1aMephibosheth.
2Sa 4:5 - And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and around the time of the heat of the day they came into the house of Ish-bosheth, while he was taking his noonday rest.
2Sa 4:6 - And they came into the midst of the house, as though they were taking wheat. And they stabbed him in the stomach. And Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
2Sa 4:7 - Now they had come into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they struck him and killed him and beheaded him. And they took his head and traveled by the way of the Arabah all night.
2Sa 4:8 - And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron; and they said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. And Jehovah has granted my lord the king to be avenged this day of Saul and of his seed.
2Sa 4:9 - Then David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As Jehovah lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all distress,
2Sa 4:10 - aWhen one told me, saying, Saul is now dead! thinking he was a bearer of good news, I took hold of him and slew him in Ziklag—that was the reward I gave him for the news.
2Sa 4:11 - How much more when wicked men slay a righteous person in his own house upon his bed! And now should I not demand his blood of your hand and take you away from the earth?
2Sa 4:12 - Then David commanded his young men, and they slew them and cut off their hands and their feet and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the sepulcher of Abner in Hebron.

Second Samuel

Chapter 5 of 24

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~~b. Crowned by all the other tribes — 5:1-5~~

2Sa 5:1 - aThen all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron; and they spoke, saying, Here we are; we are your bone and your flesh.
2Sa 5:2 - Even previously, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And Jehovah said to you, You shall ashepherd My people Israel, and you shall be ruler over Israel.
2Sa 5:3 - And all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. And King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah, and they aanointed David 1king over Israel.
2Sa 5:4 - David was athirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned bforty years.
2Sa 5:5 - In Hebron he reigned over Judah aseven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

~~c. Established by God as king with his kingdom exalted for the sake of God's people Israel — 5:6-25~~

2Sa 5:6 - aAnd the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the bJebusites, the inhabitants of the land. And they spoke to David, saying, You shall not come in here: Even the blind and the lame will drive you back! (thinking, David cannot come in here.)
2Sa 5:7 - But David took the stronghold of aZion, which is now the city of David.
2Sa 5:8 - And David said on that day, Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him go up to the watercourse and strike the lame and the blind, who are hated by David’s soul. Therefore they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
2Sa 5:9 - So David dwelt in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the 1Millo and inward.
2Sa 5:10 - And David became greater and greater; and Jehovah the God of hosts was 1with him.
2Sa 5:11 - aAnd bHiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, as well as ccedar timbers and carpenters and masons; and they built David a house.
2Sa 5:12 - And David perceived that Jehovah had established him as king over Israel and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
2Sa 5:13 - And David took more 1concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.
2Sa 5:14 - aAnd these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua and Shobab and bNathan and Solomon
2Sa 5:15 - And Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia
2Sa 5:16 - And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet.
2Sa 5:17 - Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; and David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.
2Sa 5:18 - And the Philistines came and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
2Sa 5:19 - Then David ainquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said to David, Go up, for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand.
2Sa 5:20 - So David came to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there. And he said, Jehovah has broken forth upon my enemies before me like the breaking forth of a flood. Therefore he called the name of that place 1Baal-perazim.
2Sa 5:21 - And 1the Philistines left their images there, and David and his men carried them away.
2Sa 5:22 - And the Philistines came up again and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
2Sa 5:23 - And David inquired of Jehovah, and He said, You shall not go up; go around behind them and come upon them opposite the balsam trees.
2Sa 5:24 - And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act decisively; for then Jehovah will have gone forth before you to strike the army of the Philistines.
2Sa 5:25 - And David did as Jehovah had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from 1Gibeon until you come to Gezer.

Second Samuel

Chapter 6 of 24

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2. David's care for God's habitation on the earth — 6:1-7:29

~~a. Taking care of the habitation of the Ark of God — 6:1-23~~

2Sa 6:1 - And David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2Sa 6:2 - aAnd David rose up and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the 1bArk of God, which is called by the Name, the name of Jehovah of hosts, who is enthroned between the ccherubim.
2Sa 6:3 - And they set the Ark of God upon a new acart and brought it out of the house of bAbinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
2Sa 6:4 - And they brought it with the Ark of God out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio went before the Ark.
2Sa 6:5 - And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah on all manner of instruments of cypress wood, with lyres and with harps and with tambourines and with sistrums and with cymbals.
2Sa 6:6 - And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out for the Ark of God and took hold of it; for the oxen had stumbled.
2Sa 6:7 - And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his 1error; and he 2died there by the Ark of God.
2Sa 6:8 - And David was angry because Jehovah had broken forth with an outburst upon Uzzah; and that place has been called 1Perez-uzzah to this day.
2Sa 6:9 - And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the Ark of Jehovah come to me?
2Sa 6:10 - So David did not want to remove the Ark of Jehovah to himself in the 1city of David. But David carried it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
2Sa 6:11 - And the Ark of Jehovah remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months; and Jehovah ablessed Obed-edom and all his household.
2Sa 6:12 - And it was told King David, saying, Jehovah has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that he has because of the Ark of God. aSo David went and brought up the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the bcity of David with rejoicing.
2Sa 6:13 - And when those who bore the Ark of Jehovah had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.
2Sa 6:14 - And David danced with all his might before Jehovah; and David was girded with a linen 1aephod.
2Sa 6:15 - So David and all the house of Israel brought up the Ark of Jehovah with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
2Sa 6:16 - And when the Ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.
2Sa 6:17 - And they brought in the Ark of Jehovah and set it in its place in the midst of the atent that David had pitched for it. And David offered up burnt offerings and bpeace offerings before Jehovah.
2Sa 6:18 - And when David finished offering up the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts.
2Sa 6:19 - And he apportioned to all the people, to the whole multitude of Israel, to both men and women, to each one, a cake of bread and a 1portion of meat and a cake of raisins. And all the people went away, each to his own house.
2Sa 6:20 - Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul went forth to meet David; and she said, How the king of Israel has made himself honorable today, uncovering himself today in the sight of the maids of his servants as some worthless fellow might shamelessly uncover himself!
2Sa 6:21 - And David said to Michal, It was before Jehovah, who achose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Jehovah, over Israel; so I played before Jehovah.
2Sa 6:22 - And I will yet be more lightly esteemed than this, and I will be base in my own sight; but by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them will I be honored.
2Sa 6:23 - And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child until the day of her death.

Second Samuel

Chapter 7 of 24

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~~b. Wanting to build a house for God — 7:1-29~~

2Sa 7:1 - aAnd as the king dwelt in his house and Jehovah gave him rest all around from all his enemies,
2Sa 7:2 - The king said to aNathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the Ark of God dwells within bcurtains.
2Sa 7:3 - And Nathan said to the king, All that is in your heart go and do, for Jehovah is with you.
2Sa 7:4 - And in that night the word of Jehovah came to Nathan, saying,
2Sa 7:5 - Go and say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah, Is it you who will abuild Me a house for Me to dwell in?
2Sa 7:6 - For I ahave not dwelt in a house, since the day I brought the children of Israel up out of Egypt to this day; but I went about in a tent and in a btabernacle.
2Sa 7:7 - In all My agoing about among all the children of Israel, did I ever speak a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?
2Sa 7:8 - And now thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I took you from the apasture, from following the sheep, that you might be ruler over My people, over Israel;
2Sa 7:9 - And I have been with you in every place that you have gone and have cut off all your enemies before you; and I will make a great name for you, like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.
2Sa 7:10 - And I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will aplant them there, that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more; and the sons of wickedness will ill-treat them no more as before,
2Sa 7:11 - Even since the time when I commanded that there be ajudges over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover Jehovah declares to you that Jehovah will make you a 1house.
2Sa 7:12 - When your days are fulfilled and you asleep with your fathers, I will raise up your 1bseed after you, which will come forth from your body, and I will establish his 2ckingdom.
2Sa 7:13 - It is 1he who will build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom aforever.
2Sa 7:14 - I will be his aFather, and he will be My 1son. 2If he commits iniquity, I will bstrike him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men;
2Sa 7:15 - But My alovingkindness will not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I put away before you.
2Sa 7:16 - And your 1house and your 1akingdom will be made sure forever before you; your 1throne will be established forever.
2Sa 7:17 - According to all these words and according to this whole vision did Nathan speak to David.
2Sa 7:18 - Then King David went and sat before Jehovah; and he said, aWho am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house that You have brought me this far?
2Sa 7:19 - And this was yet a small thing in Your sight, O Lord Jehovah; but You have spoken also of the house of Your servant for a great while to come; and is this the custom for man, O Lord Jehovah?
2Sa 7:20 - And what more can David say to You? For You aknow Your servant, O Lord Jehovah.
2Sa 7:21 - For Your word’s sake and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to make Your servant know it.
2Sa 7:22 - Therefore You are great, O Lord Jehovah; for there is anone like You, nor is there any God bbesides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2Sa 7:23 - And who is like Your people Israel, a nation unique on the earth, whom God went to aredeem to Himself as a people in order to make a name for Himself and to do for You what is great and awesome for Your land and before Your people, which You have redeemed to Yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
2Sa 7:24 - And You have established Your people Israel to be a apeople to You forever, and You, O Jehovah, became their God.
2Sa 7:25 - And now, O Jehovah God, confirm forever the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, and do as You have spoken.
2Sa 7:26 - And may Your name be magnified forever when men say, Jehovah of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
2Sa 7:27 - For You, O Jehovah of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to Your servant, saying, I will build you a house; therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.
2Sa 7:28 - And now, O Lord Jehovah, You are God, and Your words are true, and You have spoken this good matter to Your servant;
2Sa 7:29 - Now therefore may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may be before You forever; for You, O Lord Jehovah, have spoken it. And with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever.

Second Samuel

Chapter 8 of 24

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3. David's conquest over his enemies for the strengthening of his kingdom — 8:1-10:19

~~a. David's conquests over the Philistines, Moab, Zobah, Syria, and Edom — 8:1-14~~

2Sa 8:1 - aAnd after this David struck the Philistines and subdued them. And David took 1control of the chief city out of the hand of the Philistines.
2Sa 8:2 - And he struck aMoab. And making them lie down on the ground, he measured them with a measuring line; and he measured out two lengths of them to be put to death and one full length to be kept alive. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
2Sa 8:3 - Then David struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, the king of Zobah, when he went to recover his power at the 1River.
2Sa 8:4 - And David took from him a thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.
2Sa 8:5 - And when the 1Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer the king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men among the Syrians.
2Sa 8:6 - And David put garrisons among the Syrians of Damascus, and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. And Jehovah preserved David wherever he went.
2Sa 8:7 - And David took the ashields of gold that were with the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
2Sa 8:8 - And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took very much bronze.
2Sa 8:9 - Then when Toi the king of Hamath heard that David had struck down all the army of Hadadezer,
2Sa 8:10 - Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and congratulate him for fighting against Hadadezer and striking him down, for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. And in 1Joram’s hand were articles of silver and of gold and of bronze.
2Sa 8:11 - King David aconsecrated these also to Jehovah along with the silver and gold that he consecrated from all the nations that he had subdued:
2Sa 8:12 - From the 1Syrians and from the Moabites and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from the Amalekites and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, the king of Zobah.
2Sa 8:13 - And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, that is, eighteen thousand men.
2Sa 8:14 - And he put garrisons in aEdom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons; and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David wherever he went.

~~b. David's reign in justice and righteousness — 8:15-18~~

2Sa 8:15 - So David reigned over all Israel, and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
2Sa 8:16 - aAnd Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
2Sa 8:17 - And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of aAbiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe.
2Sa 8:18 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada 1was over the 2Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David’s sons were his 3chief ministers.

Second Samuel

Chapter 9 of 24

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~~c. David's showing kindness to Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan — 9:1-13~~

2Sa 9:1 - And David said, Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show akindness to him for Jonathan’s sake?
2Sa 9:2 - Now there was a servant of the house of Saul, whose name was Ziba; and they called him to David. And the king said to him, Are you aZiba? And he said, I am your servant.
2Sa 9:3 - And the king said, Is there yet anyone at all of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, There is still a son of Jonathan; he is acrippled in his feet.
2Sa 9:4 - Then the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, He is just now in the house of Machir the son of Amiel in Lo-debar.
2Sa 9:5 - And King David sent men and took him from the house of Machir the son of Amiel, from Lo-debar.
2Sa 9:6 - And aMephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he said, Your servant is here.
2Sa 9:7 - And David said to him, Do not be afraid, for I will surely show 1kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father; and I will restore to you all the land of your father Saul, and you will eat food at my atable continually.
2Sa 9:8 - And he paid him homage and said, What is your servant that you should look upon a dead adog like me?
2Sa 9:9 - And the king called Ziba, Saul’s attendant, and said to him, All that belongs to Saul and to all his house I give to your master’s son.
2Sa 9:10 - And you shall work the land for him, you and your sons and your servants; and you shall bring in the produce that your master’s son may have food to eat; and Mephibosheth, your master’s son, will eat food continually at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
2Sa 9:11 - Then Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will your servant do. And Mephibosheth, said David, shall eat at my table like one of the king’s sons.
2Sa 9:12 - And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
2Sa 9:13 - And Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem because he ate at the king’s table continually. And he was crippled in both his feet.

Second Samuel

Chapter 10 of 24

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~~d. David's conquests over Ammon and Syria — 10:1-19~~

2Sa 10:1 - aAnd after this the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
2Sa 10:2 - And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of aNahash, just as his father showed kindness to me. And David sent word through his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
2Sa 10:3 - But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Do you really think that David is honoring your father just because he sent some men to you to comfort you? Has not David sent his servants to you in order to search out the city and to spy on it and to overthrow it?
2Sa 10:4 - So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half their beards and cut away half their garments at the buttocks, and he sent them away.
2Sa 10:5 - Now when they told this to David, he sent some to meet them, for the men were very ashamed. And the king said, Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back, then return.
2Sa 10:6 - And when the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men.
2Sa 10:7 - And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of mighty men.
2Sa 10:8 - And the children of Ammon went forth and set the battle in array at the entrance of the gate; but the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and of Maacah were alone in the field.
2Sa 10:9 - Now when Joab saw that there were battle lines against him before and behind, he chose some of the choice men in Israel and set them in array against the Syrians.
2Sa 10:10 - And the rest of the people he put under the charge of Abishai his brother and set them in array against the children of Ammon.
2Sa 10:11 - And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; and if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come to help you.
2Sa 10:12 - Be strong and let us be bold for the sake of our people and for the sake of the cities of our God, and may Jehovah do what seems good in His sight.
2Sa 10:13 - So Joab and the people who were with him approached the battle against the Syrians, and 1the Syrians fled before him.
2Sa 10:14 - And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, and they fled from before Abishai and entered the city. And Joab returned from the children of Ammon and entered Jerusalem.
2Sa 10:15 - Now when the Syrians saw that they had been routed before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
2Sa 10:16 - And Hadadezer sent word and brought forth the Syrians who were beyond the 1River. And they came to Helem, and Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer was before them.
2Sa 10:17 - And it was told David, and he gathered all Israel together and passed over the Jordan and came to Helem. And the Syrians set themselves in array to meet David, and they fought with him.
2Sa 10:18 - And the Syrians fled before Israel. And David slew seven hundred charioteers of the Syrians and forty thousand horsemen; and he struck Shobach the captain of their army, and he died there.
2Sa 10:19 - And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.

Second Samuel

Chapter 11 of 24

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4. David's indulging sin — 11:1-27

2Sa 11:1 - aAnd at the turn of the year, at the time when kings go forth to battle, David sent out Joab and his servants with him and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
2Sa 11:2 - And late one afternoon David rose from his bed and went for a walk on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
2Sa 11:3 - And David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, This is none other than Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam and wife of aUriah the Hittite.
2Sa 11:4 - And David sent messengers and took her; and she came to him, and he 1lay with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) And she returned to her house.
2Sa 11:5 - And the woman conceived; and she sent word and told David and said, I am pregnant.
2Sa 11:6 - Then David sent word to Joab: Send me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent Uriah to David.
2Sa 11:7 - And Uriah came to him, and David asked how Joab was doing and how the people were doing and how the battle was going.
2Sa 11:8 - And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. And Uriah went forth from the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king.
2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah lay down at the entrance to the king’s house with all the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house.
2Sa 11:10 - And they told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house. Then David said to Uriah, Have you not just come from a journey? Why have you not gone down to your house?
2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, The Ark and Israel and Judah dwell in ahuts, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live and your soul lives, I shall by no means do this thing!
2Sa 11:12 - And David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the following.
2Sa 11:13 - Then David invited him to eat and drink in his presence, and he made him drunk. Then in the evening he went forth to lie down on his bed with the servants of his lord, and he did not go down to his house.
2Sa 11:14 - Then in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
2Sa 11:15 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, Put Uriah in the forefront of the hardest battle, and withdraw from him that he may be struck down and die.
2Sa 11:16 - So when Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew the valiant men were.
2Sa 11:17 - And the men of the city went forth and fought with Joab; and some of the people, some of the servants of David, fell. And Uriah the Hittite died also.
2Sa 11:18 - And Joab sent a messenger to tell David all the things concerning the battle;
2Sa 11:19 - And he commanded the messenger, saying, When you have finished telling the king all the things concerning the battle,
2Sa 11:20 - If the king’s anger rises up and he says to you, Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?
2Sa 11:21 - Who struck down aAbimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman throw an upper millstone upon him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall? Then you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.
2Sa 11:22 - So the messenger went, and he came and told David all that Joab had sent him for.
2Sa 11:23 - And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us and came out to us in the field, but we drove them back to the entrance of the gate.
2Sa 11:24 - Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants died. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.
2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Do not let this matter displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your fighting against the city and overthrow it. And encourage him.
2Sa 11:26 - And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
2Sa 11:27 - And when the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to his house; and she became his awife and bore a son to him. But the thing that David did displeased Jehovah.

Second Samuel

Chapter 12 of 24

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5. God's punishing condemnation — 12:1-15a

2Sa 12:1 - Then Jehovah sent aNathan to David. And he went to him and said to him, Two men lived in a city, one rich and the other poor.
2Sa 12:2 - The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had nothing but one small ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he nourished it, and it grew up together with him and his children; it ate of the morsels of his food and drank out of his own cup and lay on his bosom; indeed it was like a daughter to him.
2Sa 12:4 - And there came a traveler to the rich man. But 1the rich man refused to take something from his own flock and herd to dress for the wayfarer who had come to him; but he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and dressed it for the man who had come to him.
2Sa 12:5 - And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man. And he said to Nathan, As Jehovah lives, the man who has done this is worthy of death;
2Sa 12:6 - And he shall restore the ewe lamb afourfold because he has done this thing and because he had no pity.
2Sa 12:7 - Then Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, I aanointed you king over Israel, and I bdelivered you from the hand of Saul;
2Sa 12:8 - And I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your bosom, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if this were too little, I would have added to you such and such things.
2Sa 12:9 - Why have you despised the word of Jehovah by doing what is evil in His sight? You have astruck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife as your bwife and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2Sa 12:10 - Now therefore the 1asword will not depart from your house forever because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
2Sa 12:11 - Thus says Jehovah, I will now raise up trouble against you from within your house; and I will take your awives before your eyes and will give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
2Sa 12:12 - For you did this secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and even before the sun.
2Sa 12:13 - And David said to Nathan, I have asinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said to David, Jehovah has also put away your bsin; you will not die.
2Sa 12:14 - Nevertheless, because you have given the enemies of Jehovah much occasion to ablaspheme Him because of this thing, the son who is born to you shall also surely die.
2Sa 12:15a - Then Nathan went to his house.

6. God's punishing judgment on David — 12:15b-20:26

~~a. The death of the child born of Uriah's wife — 12:15b-23~~

2Sa 12:15b - And Jehovah struck the child whom Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he was very sick.
2Sa 12:16 - And David besought God for the child; and David fasted and went in and spent all night lying on the ground.
2Sa 12:17 - And the elders of his house stood over him to raise him from the ground; but he did not want to, nor would he eat food with them.
2Sa 12:18 - And on the seventh day the child died. And David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, While the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to our voice; how then can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself some harm.
2Sa 12:19 - And David saw that his servants were whispering, and David perceived that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
2Sa 12:20 - Then David rose up from the ground and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went to the house of Jehovah and worshipped. Then he went to his house; and when he requested it, they set food before him, and he ate.
2Sa 12:21 - And his servants said to him, What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but as soon as the child died, you rose up and ate bread.
2Sa 12:22 - And he said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I thought, Who knows? Jehovah may be gracious to me, and the child may live.
2Sa 12:23 - But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will ago to him, but he will bnot come back to me.

~~b. The birth of Solomon — 12:24-25~~

2Sa 12:24 - And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife and went in unto her and lay with her. And she bore a son, and he called his name 1aSolomon. And Jehovah loved him;
2Sa 12:25 - And He sent word through Nathan the prophet and called his name 1Jedidiah for Jehovah’s sake.

~~c. David's conquest over the children of Ammon — 12:26-31~~

2Sa 12:26 - aNow Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon and took the royal city.
2Sa 12:27 - And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah; indeed I have taken the city of water.
2Sa 12:28 - Now therefore gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and take it; otherwise I myself will take the city, and it will be called by my name.
2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.
2Sa 12:30 - And he took the crown of their king from off his head. And the weight of it was a talent of gold, and it had precious stones; and it was put upon David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, a very great amount.
2Sa 12:31 - And he brought out the people who were in it and set them under saws and iron cutting tools and iron axes and made them pass through the brick kilns; and thus did he do to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Second Samuel

Chapter 13 of 24

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~~d. The incest of Amnon the son of David with his sister Tamar — 13:1-22~~

2Sa 13:1 - And some time after this, it so happened that aAbsalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was bTamar; and cAmnon the son of David loved her.
2Sa 13:2 - And Amnon was so distraught that he made himself sick because of Tamar his sister; for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her.
2Sa 13:3 - Now Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very crafty man.
2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, Why are you, O son of the king, so downcast morning after morning? Will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.
2Sa 13:5 - And Jonadab said to him, Lie down on your bed, and pretend to be sick; and when your father comes to see you, tell him, Please let Tamar my sister come and give me bread to eat, and let her make me food in my sight that I may see it and eat from her hand.
2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. And when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let Tamar my sister come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat them from her hand.
2Sa 13:7 - Then David sent word home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and make him food.
2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes.
2Sa 13:9 - And she took the pan and emptied it before him, but he refused to eat. Then Amnon said, Have all the men go out from me. And all the men went out from him.
2Sa 13:10 - And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into my room so that I may eat from your hand. And Tamar took the cakes that she had made and brought them to Amnon her brother in his room.
2Sa 13:11 - And when she brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, Come lie with me, my sister.
2Sa 13:12 - And she said to him, No, my brother. Do not 1force me, for such a thing should anot be done in Israel. Do not commit this folly.
2Sa 13:13 - And where will I carry my shame? And you, you will be like one of the foolish men in Israel. Now therefore, speak to the king, I beg you; for he will not withhold me from you.
2Sa 13:14 - But he would not listen to her voice. And being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.
2Sa 13:15 - Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred, for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Rise up and go.
2Sa 13:16 - But she said to him, Do not cause this greater wrong by asending me away, greater than the other that you have done to me. But he would not listen to her.
2Sa 13:17 - And he called his young man who served him and said, Send this woman away from me outside, and bolt the door behind her.
2Sa 13:18 - Now she had a long garment with sleeves, for the virgin daughters of the king dressed themselves in such robes. So his servant brought her outside and bolted the door behind her.
2Sa 13:19 - And Tamar put ashes upon her head and rent the long garment with sleeves that was upon her, and she put her hand on her head and went off, crying aloud as she went.
2Sa 13:20 - Then Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? But be quiet now, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this thing to heart. And Tamar remained in her brother Absalom’s house, desolate.
2Sa 13:21 - And when King David heard about all these things, he was very angry.
2Sa 13:22 - But Absalom did not speak anything good or evil to Amnon, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced Tamar his sister.

~~e. The murder of Amnon by Absalom the son of David — 13:23-39~~

2Sa 13:23 - Then after two full years, while Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal-hazor, which is by Ephraim, Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
2Sa 13:24 - And Absalom came to the king and said, Your servant now has sheep shearers. May the king and his servants go now with your servant.
2Sa 13:25 - But the king said to Absalom, No, my son; let us not all go, or we will be a burden to you. And he pressed him, but he would not go; yet he gave him his blessing.
2Sa 13:26 - Then Absalom said, If not, then let Amnon my brother go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you?
2Sa 13:27 - But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.
2Sa 13:28 - And Absalom commanded his attendants, saying, Watch now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine; and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, then kill him. Do not be afraid; is it not I who have commanded you? Be strong and valiant.
2Sa 13:29 - And Absalom’s attendants did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. And all the king’s sons rose up, and each mounted his mule and fled.
2Sa 13:30 - And while they were on the way, the report came to David, namely, Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them is left.
2Sa 13:31 - And the king rose up and rent his garments and lay on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their garments rent.
2Sa 13:32 - Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord think that all the young men, the sons of the king, have been killed, for Amnon alone is dead. For this has been determined by Absalom since the day 1Amnon forced Tamar his sister.
2Sa 13:33 - Now therefore let my lord the king not take the matter to heart, thinking that all the king’s sons are dead; for only Amnon is dead.
2Sa 13:34 - But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and there they were, a multitude of people coming from the road behind him at the side of the mountain.
2Sa 13:35 - Then Jonadab said to the king, Here come the king’s sons; as your servant has said, so has it been.
2Sa 13:36 - And when he had finished speaking, there came the king’s sons, and they lifted up their voice and wept. And the king and all his servants also wept exceedingly.
2Sa 13:37 - But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
2Sa 13:38 - So Absalom fled and went to Geshur. And he was there three years.
2Sa 13:39 - And David the king longed to go out to Absalom, for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

Second Samuel

Chapter 14 of 24

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~~f. Joab's device to bring Absalom back — 14:1-24~~

2Sa 14:1 - And Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was set on Absalom.
2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there. And he said to her, Pretend to be in mourning, and put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil; but be like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
2Sa 14:3 - And go to the king and speak with him in this way. And Joab put the words in her mouth.
2Sa 14:4 - And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid him homage and said, Help, O king!
2Sa 14:5 - And the king said to her, What troubles you? And she said, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
2Sa 14:6 - And your servant had two sons. And the two struggled with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them. So the one struck down the other and killed him.
2Sa 14:7 - And now the whole family has risen up against your servant, and they say, Give over that one who struck down his brother that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he has slain, even if we destroy the aheir also. Thus they will quench my coal which is left without leaving to my husband a bname or a remainder on the face of the earth.
2Sa 14:8 - Then the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will issue a command concerning you.
2Sa 14:9 - And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, O my lord the king, the iniquity be upon me and upon the house of my father, and the king and his throne be guiltless.
2Sa 14:10 - And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more.
2Sa 14:11 - And she said, May the king remember Jehovah your God, so that the aavenger of blood may kill no more and they destroy not my son. And he said, As Jehovah lives, not a hair from your son shall fall to the ground.
2Sa 14:12 - Then the woman said, Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak.
2Sa 14:13 - And the woman said, Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word, the king is like one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.
2Sa 14:14 - For we must die and are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered again. Yet God does not take away life, but devises ways that the banished one would not be cast out from Him.
2Sa 14:15 - Now therefore that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people made me afraid; and your servant said, I will now speak to the king; perhaps the king will perform his servant’s request.
2Sa 14:16 - For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
2Sa 14:17 - Then your servant said, Let the word of my lord the king be a comfort to me, for as an aangel of God is, so is my lord the king in discerning good and evil; and may Jehovah your God be with you.
2Sa 14:18 - And the king answered and said to the woman, Do not hide the matter from me which I will ask of you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king speak.
2Sa 14:19 - And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, O my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or left of anything that my lord the king has said; for your servant Joab commanded me, and it is he who has put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
2Sa 14:20 - In order to change the appearance of the matter, your servant Joab did this thing; and my lord is wise, as wise as an angel of God, knowing all that there is in the land.
2Sa 14:21 - Then the king said to Joab, I will now do this thing; go therefore, and bring the young man Absalom back.
2Sa 14:22 - And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage and blessed the king; and Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord the king, in that the king has granted his servant’s request.
2Sa 14:23 - Then Joab rose up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2Sa 14:24 - And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house and did not see the king’s face.

~~g. Absalom's beauty and his children — 14:25-27~~

2Sa 14:25 - Now there was none in Israel to be praised more greatly for his beauty than Absalom; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
2Sa 14:26 - And when he cut the hair of his head (and it was at the end of each year that he cut it, for it became heavy on him and he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, according to the king’s weight.
2Sa 14:27 - And to Absalom were born three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.

~~h. Absalom's seeking to see his father David — 14:28-33~~

2Sa 14:28 - And Absalom dwelt in Jerusalem for two full years and did not see the king’s face.
2Sa 14:29 - Then Absalom sent for Joab so that he might send him to the king, but he would not come to him. And he sent for him yet a second time, but he would not come.
2Sa 14:30 - Then he said to his servants, See, Joab’s portion of land is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. So Absalom’s servants set the portion of land on fire.
2Sa 14:31 - And Joab rose up and came to Absalom at his house; and he said to him, Why did your servants set my portion of land on fire?
2Sa 14:32 - And Absalom said to Joab, I sent for you, saying, Come now that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come from Geshur? It would have been better for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there is any iniquity in me, let him put me to death.
2Sa 14:33 - So Joab went to the king and spoke to him, and he called for Absalom. And he came to the king and bowed himself with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.

Second Samuel

Chapter 15 of 24

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~~i. Absalom's revolt — 15:1-19:8a~~

2Sa 15:1 - And after this Absalom aprepared for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men to run before him.
2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom would rise up early and stand beside the way into the gate; and when any man who had a cause that should have come to the king for judgment came, Absalom would call to him and say, What city are you from? And he would say, Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.
2Sa 15:3 - Then Absalom would say to him, See, your matters are good and right, but there is no one appointed by the king to hear you.
2Sa 15:4 - And Absalom would say, Oh that I were made a judge in the land, that every man who had a cause or a matter to be judged would come to me, and I would do him justice!
2Sa 15:5 - And so when any man came near to pay him homage, he would put forth his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.
2Sa 15:6 - And Absalom acted in this way to all the Israelites who came to the king for judgment. And Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
2Sa 15:7 - And at the end of forty years Absalom said to the king, Let me go now and repay my vow, which I vowed to Jehovah in Hebron.
2Sa 15:8 - For your servant vowed a vow while I was dwelling in aGeshur in Syria, saying, If Jehovah will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, I will 1worship Jehovah.
2Sa 15:9 - And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he rose up and went to Hebron.
2Sa 15:10 - But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When you hear the sound of the trumpet, you shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.
2Sa 15:11 - And with Absalom there went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who had been called and went innocently; they did not know anything.
2Sa 15:12 - And while he was offering the sacrifices, Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, a counselor of David, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy gained strength, and the people with Absalom increased continually.
2Sa 15:13 - Then a messenger came to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.
2Sa 15:14 - And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise up, and let us flee; for none of us will escape from Absalom otherwise. Hurry and go, lest he quickly overtake us and bring harm down upon us and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
2Sa 15:15 - And the king’s servants said to the king, In all that my lord the king chooses, here we are, your servants.
2Sa 15:16 - So the king went forth, and all his house after him. But the king left ten concubines to keep the house.
2Sa 15:17 - And the king went forth, and all the people after him; and they stopped at the last house.
2Sa 15:18 - And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
2Sa 15:19 - Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you also going with us? Return and abide with the king, for you are a foreigner as well as an exile from your place.
2Sa 15:20 - You came just recently, so should I today make you wander with us, while I go about wherever I can? Return and take your brothers back; lovingkindness and truth be with you.
2Sa 15:21 - But Ittai answered the king and said, As Jehovah lives and as my lord the king lives, in whatever place my lord the king will be, whether for death or for life, there shall your servant most certainly be.
2Sa 15:22 - And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite and all his men and all the little ones with him passed over.
2Sa 15:23 - And all the land wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. And the king passed over the brook aKidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness.
2Sa 15:24 - And there came aZadok also and all the Levites with him, bbearing the Ark of the Covenant of God; and they set the Ark of God down, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished passing over from the city.
2Sa 15:25 - Then the king said to Zadok, Take the Ark of God back into the city. If I should find favor in the sight of Jehovah, He will bring me back and show me it and His habitation.
2Sa 15:26 - But if He should say thus, I am not pleased with you, let Him then do with me as it seems good in His asight.
2Sa 15:27 - And the king said to Zadok the priest, You are a seer; return to the city in peace with Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons with you.
2Sa 15:28 - See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.
2Sa 15:29 - So Zadok and Abiathar brought the Ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.
2Sa 15:30 - And David went up the ascent to the aMount of Olives, weeping as he went up, and he had his head covered and he went barefoot. And all the people who were with him each covered his own head; and they went up, weeping as they went up.
2Sa 15:31 - Then someone told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, Turn, I pray, the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness, O Jehovah.
2Sa 15:32 - Then when David came to the summit, where God was worshipped, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and with earth on his head.
2Sa 15:33 - And David said to him, If you pass over with me, you will be a burden to me.
2Sa 15:34 - But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, I am your servant, O king; as I was your father’s servant in the past, so will I be your servant now; then you will defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
2Sa 15:35 - And will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be with you there? Therefore whatever you hear from the king’s house you shall tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
2Sa 15:36 - And there with them will be their two sons, Ahimaaz the son of Zadok and Jonathan the son of Abiathar; and through them you shall send to me whatever you hear.
2Sa 15:37 - So aHushai, David’s friend, came to the city; and Absalom came to Jerusalem.

Second Samuel

Chapter 16 of 24

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2Sa 16:1 - And when David was a little past the summit, aZiba, Mephibosheth’s attendant, came to meet him with a pair of saddled asses and upon them two hundred loaves of bread and a hundred clusters of raisins and a hundred summer fruit and a skin of wine.
2Sa 16:2 - And the king said to Ziba, Why do you have these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king’s household to ride on, and the bread and the summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for those who faint in the wilderness to drink.
2Sa 16:3 - And the king said, And where is your master’s son? And Ziba said to the king, He is now dwelling in Jerusalem, for he said, 1Today the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my father.
2Sa 16:4 - And the king said to Ziba, Now all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours. And Ziba said, I bow myself to you. May I find favor in your sight, O my lord the king.
2Sa 16:5 - And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of the family of the house of Saul came forth from there, whose name was aShimei, the son of Gera; he came forth, cursing as he came forth.
2Sa 16:6 - And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right and on his left.
2Sa 16:7 - And Shimei spoke thus in his cursing, Go away, go away, you man of bloodshed and worthless fellow.
2Sa 16:8 - Jehovah has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Jehovah has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and now you have been taken in your own mischief, for you are a man of bloodshed.
2Sa 16:9 - Then aAbishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.
2Sa 16:10 - But the king said, aWhat have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if Jehovah has told him to curse David, who then can say, Why have you done so?
2Sa 16:11 - And David said to Abishai and all his servants, Now my son, who came forth from my body, seeks my life; how much more then this Benjaminite will do so. Leave him alone and let him curse, for Jehovah has told him to do so.
2Sa 16:12 - It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done to me and that Jehovah will repay me with good for his cursing on this day.
2Sa 16:13 - And David and his men went on their way. And Shimei went along the hillside opposite him, cursing as he went; and he threw stones at him and cast dust upon him.
2Sa 16:14 - And the king and all the people who were with him arrived weary, and he refreshed himself there.
2Sa 16:15 - Meanwhile Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem; and Ahithophel was with him.
2Sa 16:16 - And when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, Long live the king! Long live the king!
2Sa 16:17 - And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?
2Sa 16:18 - And Hushai said to Absalom, No; but the one whom Jehovah and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and with him will I dwell.
2Sa 16:19 - Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should it not be in the presence of his son? As I served in the presence of your father, so will I be in your presence.
2Sa 16:20 - Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel as to what we should do.
2Sa 16:21 - And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in unto your father’s aconcubines whom he left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself abhorrent to your father; then the hands of all those who are with you will be strong.
2Sa 16:22 - So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof, and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
2Sa 16:23 - Now the counsel of Ahithophel that he gave in those days was as if one inquired of the oracle of God; all the counsel of Ahithophel was thus, both with David and with Absalom.

Second Samuel

Chapter 17 of 24

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2Sa 17:1 - Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
2Sa 17:2 - And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed. And I will terrorize him, and all the people who are with him will flee; then I will strike down the king only.
2Sa 17:3 - And I will bring all the people back to you; the return of the whole depends on what happens to the man whom you are seeking. All the people will be at peace.
2Sa 17:4 - And the word seemed right in the sight of Absalom and in the sight of all the elders of Israel.
2Sa 17:5 - Then Absalom said, Call now for Hushai the Archite also that we may hear what he also has to say.
2Sa 17:6 - So Hushai came to Absalom; and Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken in this way. Shall we do what he says? If not, you speak.
2Sa 17:7 - And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.
2Sa 17:8 - Hushai said moreover, You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men and bitter in soul, like a abear robbed of her whelps in the field; and your father is a man of war and will not lodge with the people.
2Sa 17:9 - He is now hidden in some pit or some other place; and when some of them fall at the beginning, whoever hears of it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who are with Absalom.
2Sa 17:10 - And even he who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt in fear; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man and that those who are with him are valiant men.
2Sa 17:11 - But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto you, from Dan to Beer-sheba, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude, and that you go into battle in person.
2Sa 17:12 - Then we will come upon him in some place where he will be found, and we will light upon him as dew falls upon the ground; and we will not leave among him and among the men who are with him even one.
2Sa 17:13 - And if he should withdraw into a city, all Israel will carry ropes to that city, and we will pull it into the river, until not even a stone is found there.
2Sa 17:14 - And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel; for Jehovah had ordained the defeat of the good counsel of Ahithophel to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.
2Sa 17:15 - Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus did I counsel.
2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore send word quickly and tell David, saying, Do not lodge tonight at the 1fords of the wilderness, but pass over by all means; otherwise, the king will be swallowed up, as well as all the people who are with him.
2Sa 17:17 - Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En-rogel, and a female servant would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David; for they could not risk being seen coming into the city.
2Sa 17:18 - But a young man saw them, and he told Absalom. And both of them went off quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard; and they went down into it.
2Sa 17:19 - And his wife took the covering and spread it over the mouth of the well, and she astrew grain over it; and the matter was unknown.
2Sa 17:20 - Then Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house and said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have crossed over the brook of water. And when they searched for them and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
2Sa 17:21 - And after they departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David. And they said to David, Rise up and cross quickly over the water, for thus has Ahithophel given counsel against you.
2Sa 17:22 - So David rose up with all the people who were with him, and they crossed over the Jordan; by morning’s light there was not one left who had not crossed over the Jordan.
2Sa 17:23 - And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and rose up and went to his house in his city; and he set his house in order and ahanged himself. And he died and was buried in the sepulcher of his father.
2Sa 17:24 - Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom set aAmasa over the army, instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in unto Abigail the daughter of Nahash, Zeruiah’s sister, Joab’s mother.
2Sa 17:26 - And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
2Sa 17:27 - And when David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Amiel of Lo-debar, and aBarzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
2Sa 17:28 - Brought beds and basins and earthen vessels and wheat and barley and meal and parched grain and beans and lentils and other parched grain
2Sa 17:29 - And honey and butter and sheep and cheese from the herd to David and the people who were with him for them to eat; for they said, The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.

Second Samuel

Chapter 18 of 24

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2Sa 18:1 - Then David mustered the people who were with him, and he set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
2Sa 18:2 - And David sent the people out, a third under the hand of Joab and a third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I myself will surely go forth with you also.
2Sa 18:3 - But the people said, You shall not go forth; for if we flee off, they will not care about us; and if half of us die, they will not care about us. 1But you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore it is better for you to be available to help us from the city.
2Sa 18:4 - And the king said to them, What seems best in your sight I will do. So the king stood at the side of the gate, and all the people went forth by hundreds and by thousands.
2Sa 18:5 - And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave the command to all the captains concerning Absalom.
2Sa 18:6 - And the people went forth into the field against Israel, and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
2Sa 18:7 - And the people of Israel were struck there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter of twenty thousand there on that day.
2Sa 18:8 - And the battle was spread there over the face of all the land, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
2Sa 18:9 - And Absalom happened to meet the servants of David, and Absalom was riding upon his mule. And the mule went under the tangled branches of a great terebinth; and his ahead was caught in the terebinth, and he was left hanging between heaven and earth while the mule that was under him went on.
2Sa 18:10 - And a certain man saw this; and he told Joab and said, I have just seen Absalom hanging from a terebinth.
2Sa 18:11 - And Joab said to the man who told him this, And you have just seen this. Why did you not strike him down to the ground there? For I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt.
2Sa 18:12 - And the man said to Joab, Though I would receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put forth my hand against the son of the king; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take care of the young man Absalom, whoever you be.
2Sa 18:13 - On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously with his life (there is nothing hidden from the king), you would have set yourself against me.
2Sa 18:14 - Then Joab said, I will not linger here with you. And he took three staves in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the midst of the terebinth.
2Sa 18:15 - And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom and struck him, and they killed him.
2Sa 18:16 - And Joab ablew the trumpet; and the people returned from pursuing after Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
2Sa 18:17 - And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest, and they cast up over him a very great mound of stones. And all Israel fled, every man to his tent.
2Sa 18:18 - Now Absalom, while he was alive, had taken a pillar which was in the king’s valley and raised it up for himself, for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. And he called the pillar by his own name, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.
2Sa 18:19 - Then aAhimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me now run and announce the news to the king, that Jehovah has avenged him of his enemies.
2Sa 18:20 - And Joab said to him, You shall anot be the bearer of the news this day, but you shall announce the news on another day; yet on this day you shall not announce the news, for the king’s son is dead.
2Sa 18:21 - And Joab said to the Cushite, Go, tell the king what you have seen. And the Cushite bowed to Joab and ran.
2Sa 18:22 - Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, But come what may, let me also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?
2Sa 18:23 - But come what may, he said, I will run. And he said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and passed the Cushite.
2Sa 18:24 - Now David was sitting between the two gates. And the watchman went up on the roof of the gate to the wall; and lifted up his eyes and looked, and there came a man running alone.
2Sa 18:25 - And the watchman called out and told the king. And the king said, If he is alone, there is news in his mouth. And he continued coming and drew near.
2Sa 18:26 - Then the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called out to the gatekeeper and said, Here comes a man running alone. And the king said, This one also brings news.
2Sa 18:27 - And the watchman said, I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man and comes with good news.
2Sa 18:28 - And Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, All is well; and he bowed down to the king on his face to the ground. And he said, Blessed be Jehovah your God, who has delivered up the men who have lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
2Sa 18:29 - And the king said, Is all well with the young man Absalom? And Ahimaaz said, When Joab sent the king’s servant and me your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know what it was.
2Sa 18:30 - And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside and stood there.
2Sa 18:31 - Just then the Cushite came; and the Cushite said, Good news for my lord the king, for today Jehovah has avenged you of all who have risen up against you.
2Sa 18:32 - And the king said to the Cushite, Is all well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite said, May the enemies of my lord the king and all those who rise up against you to harm you be like that young man!
2Sa 18:33 - And the king was badly shaken, and he went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he spoke thus, O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son!

Second Samuel

Chapter 19 of 24

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2Sa 19:1 - And Joab was told: The king now weeps and mourns for Absalom.
2Sa 19:2 - And the victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day that the king was grieved concerning his son.
2Sa 19:3 - And the people stole into the city that day as shamed people steal away when they flee in battle.
2Sa 19:4 - And the king covered his face and cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!
2Sa 19:5 - Then Joab came to the king at his house and said, Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants, who saved your life today and the lives of your sons and daughters and the lives of your wives and the lives of your concubines,
2Sa 19:6 - In that you love those who hate you and hate those who love you; for you have made it clear today that princes and servants are nothing to you. But I realize today that if Absalom had lived and we all had died today, then it would have been fine in your sight.
2Sa 19:7 - Now therefore rise up; go forth and comfort the hearts of your servants. For I swear by Jehovah that if you do not go forth, not a man will remain with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.
2Sa 19:8a - So the king rose up and sat in the gate.

~~j. The peaceful settlements in David's kingdom after Absalom's revolt — 19:8b-43~~

2Sa 19:8b - And all the people were told, saying, The king is now sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled, every man to his tent.
2Sa 19:9 - And all the people quarreled throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the aPhilistines; and now he has fled out of the land because of Absalom.
2Sa 19:10 - But Absalom, whom we anointed as king over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?
2Sa 19:11 - And King David sent word to aZadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, seeing that the word of all Israel has come to the king1?
2Sa 19:12 - You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring the king back?
2Sa 19:13 - And you shall say to aAmasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and even more, if you do not become captain of the army before me continually in the place of bJoab.
2Sa 19:14 - And he turned the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, and they sent word to the king, saying, Return, you and all your servants.
2Sa 19:15 - So the king returned and came to the Jordan, and Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
2Sa 19:16 - And aShimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite who was from Bahurim, hurried and went down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
2Sa 19:17 - And there were a thousand men with him from Benjamin; and aZiba, the attendant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him were there. And they rushed down to the Jordan before the king.
2Sa 19:18 - And the crossing was being made in order to bring the king’s household over and to do whatever was good in his sight. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan.
2Sa 19:19 - And he said to the king, Let not my lord consider me guilty; and do not remember how your servant did wrong on the day my lord the king went forth from Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.
2Sa 19:20 - For your servant knows that I have sinned; and now I have come today, the first of all the house of Joseph to come down, to meet my lord the king.
2Sa 19:21 - Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, for he has cursed Jehovah’s anointed?
2Sa 19:22 - And David said, aWhat have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah, that you should be an adversary to me today? Should any man in Israel be put to death today? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?
2Sa 19:23 - And the king said to Shimei, You will not die. And the king swore so to him.
2Sa 19:24 - Then aMephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. Now he had neither taken care of his feet nor trimmed his beard nor washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he came back in peace.
2Sa 19:25 - And when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, Why did you not come with me, Mephibosheth?
2Sa 19:26 - And he said, O my lord the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, I will saddle myself a donkey that I may ride on it and go with the king. For your servant is alame.
2Sa 19:27 - And 1Ziba slandered your servant before my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an aangel of God; therefore do what is good in your sight.
2Sa 19:28 - For all my father’s house were but men worthy of death before my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who aeat at your table. What further right then do I have to cry out more to the king?
2Sa 19:29 - And the king said to him, Why speak any more of your affairs? I say that you and Ziba shall divide the land.
2Sa 19:30 - And Mephibosheth said to the king, Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has arrived at his house in peace.
2Sa 19:31 - Then aBarzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and he crossed over the Jordan with the king, to escort him through the Jordan.
2Sa 19:32 - And Barzillai was very old, eighty years of age; and he had provided the king with food while he remained in Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
2Sa 19:33 - And the king said to Barzillai, Cross over with me, and I will provide you with food in Jerusalem at my side.
2Sa 19:34 - But Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
2Sa 19:35 - I am aeighty years old today. Can I discern between good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat and what I drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king?
2Sa 19:36 - Your servant would just cross a little way over the Jordan with the king. Why then should the king reward me with such a reward?
2Sa 19:37 - Let your servant return that I may die in my city near the grave of my father and my mother. But here is your servant aChimham, let him cross over with my lord the king; and do with him what is good in your sight.
2Sa 19:38 - And the king said, Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do with him what is good in your sight; and whatever you wish for me to do, I will do for you.
2Sa 19:39 - And all the people crossed over the Jordan, and the king crossed over. And the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place.
2Sa 19:40 - So the king crossed over to Gilgal, and Chimham crossed over with him. And all the people of Judah, and half the people of Israel as well, brought the king over.
2Sa 19:41 - Then all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away and brought the king and his household over the Jordan along with the men of David with him?
2Sa 19:42 - And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s expense? Or has he given us any gift?
2Sa 19:43 - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, We have aten parts in the king, and in David too we have more than you. Why then have you despised us? And were we not the first to speak of bringing our king back? But the speaking of the men of Judah was more prevailing than the speaking of the men of Israel.

Second Samuel

Chapter 20 of 24

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~~k. The rebellion of Sheba — 20:1-22~~

2Sa 20:1 - Now there was a worthless fellow there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the atrumpet and said,We have no bportion in David,Nor do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse.Every man to his tents, O Israel!2Sa 20:2 - And all the men of Israel went up from following David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri, but the men of Judah clung to their king, from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
2Sa 20:3 - And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten aconcubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them under guard; and he provided for them but did not go in unto them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living like widows.
2Sa 20:4 - Then the king said to aAmasa, Call the men of Judah to me in three days, and you be present here.
2Sa 20:5 - And Amasa went to call Judah, but he delayed beyond the time that 1David appointed to him.
2Sa 20:6 - Then David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. You take servants of your lord and pursue after him; otherwise he will find himself some fortified cities and escape out of our sight.
2Sa 20:7 - So the men of Joab went out after him, along with the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the mighty men; and they went forth from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the large stone that is in aGibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was in military dress, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath, fastened on his loins; and when he went forward, it fell out.
2Sa 20:9 - And aJoab said to Amasa, Is it well with you, my brother? And he took hold of Amasa’s beard with his right hand to bkiss him.
2Sa 20:10 - But aAmasa did not notice the sword which was in Joab’s hand. And 1Joab bstruck him in the stomach with it and poured out his bowels onto the ground, and he did not strike him a second time; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2Sa 20:11 - And one of Joab’s young men stood by him and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.
2Sa 20:12 - And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road, and the man saw that all the people stood still. And when he saw that all who came by him were stopping, he carried Amasa off the road into the field and put a garment over him.
2Sa 20:13 - As soon as he was removed from the road, all the men went on after Joab to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2Sa 20:14 - And 1Sheba went on throughout all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Beth-maacah and unto all the Berites; and they gathered together and also went after him.
2Sa 20:15 - And they came and besieged him at Abel of Beth-maacah; and they cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart. And all the people who were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
2Sa 20:16 - And a wise woman from the city cried out, Listen! Listen! Say to Joab, Come near here that I may speak to you.
2Sa 20:17 - And he came near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said, I am. And she said to him, Listen to the words of your female servant. And he said, I am listening.
2Sa 20:18 - Then she spoke, saying, They used to speak in former times, saying, They shall surely ask for counsel in Abel; and thus they would end matters.
2Sa 20:19 - I am of the peaceable and faithful of Israel; you are seeking to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the ainheritance of Jehovah?
2Sa 20:20 - And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I would swallow up or destroy.
2Sa 20:21 - The matter is not so, but a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, His head will immediately be thrown over the wall to you.
2Sa 20:22 - So the woman went to all the people in her awisdom; and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. And he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

~~l. The re-establishment of the kingdom of David — 20:23-26~~

2Sa 20:23 - aNow Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites,
2Sa 20:24 - And Adoram was over the forced labor, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
2Sa 20:25 - And Sheva was scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests,
2Sa 20:26 - And Ira the Jairite was also a 1chief minister to David.

Second Samuel

Chapter 21 of 24

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7. The last stage of David's kingship — 21:1-24:25

~~a. David's taking care of the famine for the people — 21:1-14~~

2Sa 21:1 - And there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David ainquired of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is because of Saul and because of his house of bloodshed, for he put those bGibeonites to death.
2Sa 21:2 - So the king called for the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel but were of the remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel had sworn to them. But Saul had sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.
2Sa 21:3 - And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And how shall I make expiation that you may bless the ainheritance of Jehovah?
2Sa 21:4 - And the Gibeonites said to him, It is not a matter of silver or gold between us and Saul and his house, and it is not for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, Whatever you say I will do for you.
2Sa 21:5 - Then they said to the king, The man who consumed us and who made plans against us to destroy us so that we would not remain within any of the territory of Israel,
2Sa 21:6 - Let seven men from among his sons be given to us, and we will hang them unto Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them.
2Sa 21:7 - But the king spared aMephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the boath of Jehovah that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
2Sa 21:8 - So the king took the two sons of aRizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of 1bMerab the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
2Sa 21:9 - And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites. And they hanged them on the mountain before Jehovah, and the seven perished together. And they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of the abarley harvest.
2Sa 21:10 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it on a rock for herself, from the beginning of harvest until rain from heaven fell on 1their bodies; and she did not allow the birds of heaven to come upon them by day or the beasts of the field by night.
2Sa 21:11 - And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
2Sa 21:12 - And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of aJabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day when the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa.
2Sa 21:13 - So he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
2Sa 21:14 - And they buried the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the grave of Kish his father; and they did all that the king had commanded. And God aresponded to the entreaty for the land after that.

~~b. David's conquest over the Philistines — 21:15-22~~

2Sa 21:15 - And again the Philistines were at war with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David became faint.
2Sa 21:16 - And Ishbi-benob, who was one of the children of the giant and whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of bronze, was girded with new weapons; and he intended to slay David.
2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him and struck down the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, You shall not go forth with us again into battle, lest you quench the alamp of Israel.
2Sa 21:18 - aThen after this there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; and Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was one of the children of the giant.
2Sa 21:19 - And there was war with the Philistines, again at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, slew Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
2Sa 21:20 - And again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the giant.
2Sa 21:21 - And he adefied Israel; and Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, slew him.
2Sa 21:22 - These four had been born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hands of his servants.

Second Samuel

Chapter 22 of 24

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~~c. David's thanking and praising to God in a song — 22:1-51~~

2Sa 22:1 - aAnd David spoke the words of this 1song to Jehovah on the day when Jehovah bdelivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
2Sa 22:2 - And he said: Jehovah is my crag and my afortress and my Deliverer;
2Sa 22:3 - 1My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;My ashield and the bhorn of my salvation, my high retreat and my refuge;My Savior, You save me from violence.
2Sa 22:4 - I called upon Jehovah, who is worthy of praise,And from my enemies I was saved.2Sa 22:5 - For the waves of death encompassed me;The torrents of destruction assailed me.2Sa 22:6 - The acords of Sheol surrounded me;The snares of death confronted me.2Sa 22:7 - In my distress I acalled upon JehovahAnd called to my God.And He heard my voice from His temple,And my cry came to His ears.2Sa 22:8 - Then the earth shook and quaked,And the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook about,For He was furious.
2Sa 22:9 - Smoke went up from His nostrils,And fire from His mouth devoured;Coals blazed forth from Him.
2Sa 22:10 - He bowed the heavens down and adescended,And deep darkness was under His feet.2Sa 22:11 - He rode upon a cherub and did fly;He was seen upon the wings of the wind.2Sa 22:12 - And He made darkness pavilions around Him:Dark waterclouds, thick clouds of the skies.2Sa 22:13 - Out of the brightness before HimFiery coals were kindled.2Sa 22:14 - Jehovah thundered from heaven,And the Most High uttered His voice.2Sa 22:15 - And He sent forth arrows and scattered 1my enemies;Lightning bolts, and discomfited them.2Sa 22:16 - The achannels of the sea were seen,The foundations of the habitable land were laid bare,By the rebuke of Jehovah,At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.2Sa 22:17 - He reached forth from on high; He took me;He adrew me out of great waters.2Sa 22:18 - He delivered me from my strong enemyAnd from those who hate me, for they were too mighty for me.2Sa 22:19 - They confronted me in the day of my calamity,But Jehovah became my support.2Sa 22:20 - He brought me forth to a place broad and free;He rescued me, for He took delight in me.2Sa 22:21 - Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness;According to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.2Sa 22:22 - For I have kept the ways of JehovahAnd have not acted wickedly by turning away from my God.2Sa 22:23 - For all His judgments were before me,And as for His statutes, I did not turn away from them.2Sa 22:24 - I was perfect toward Him,And I kept myself from my iniquity.2Sa 22:25 - Therefore Jehovah recompensed me according to my righteousness,According to my cleanness in His sight.2Sa 22:26 - With the faithful You show Yourself faithful,With the perfect man You show Yourself perfect,2Sa 22:27 - With the pure You show Yourself pure,And with the perverse You show Yourself contrary.2Sa 22:28 - And You save the afflicted people,But Your eyes are upon the haughty that You may bring them down;2Sa 22:29 - For You are my alamp, O Jehovah.And Jehovah lights up my darkness;2Sa 22:30 - For by You I can run up against a troop;By my God I can leap over a wall.2Sa 22:31 - As for God, His way is perfect;The word of Jehovah is atried.He is a bshield to all who take refuge in Him.
2Sa 22:32 - For who is God other than Jehovah,And who is a rock except our God?2Sa 22:33 - God is my strong fortress,And He 1makes my way perfect;2Sa 22:34 - aHe makes 1my feet like hinds’ feetAnd sets me on my bhigh places;2Sa 22:35 - aHe teaches my hands to wage warSo that my arms may bend a bronze bow.2Sa 22:36 - And You have given me the ashield of Your salvation,And Your condescending gentleness has made me great.2Sa 22:37 - You have broadened the places of my steps under me,And my feet have not slipped.2Sa 22:38 - I pursued my enemies and destroyed them,And I did not turn back until they were consumed.2Sa 22:39 - And I devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise up;Indeed, they have fallen under my feet.2Sa 22:40 - And You girded me with strength for war;You brought down under me those who rose up against me.2Sa 22:41 - You also made my enemies turn their back to me,And I annihilated those who hated me.2Sa 22:42 - They looked, but there was no one to save them;They looked to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.2Sa 22:43 - Then I beat them like the dust of the earth;I pounded them, I stamped them, like the mud of the streets.2Sa 22:44 - And You rescued me from the strivings of my people;You have kept me as the head of the nations;A people whom I have anot known serves me.
2Sa 22:45 - Foreigners come cringing to me;At the mere hearing of a report, they obey me;2Sa 22:46 - Foreigners are discouragedAnd 1come quaking out of their fortresses.2Sa 22:47 - Jehovah alives; and blessed be my rock,And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,2Sa 22:48 - The God who executes vengeance for meAnd brings down peoples under me,2Sa 22:49 - And who brings me forth from my enemies.Yes, You exalted me above those who rise up against me;From the violent man You delivered me.
2Sa 22:50 - aTherefore I give thanks to You among the nations, O Jehovah;And I sing psalms to Your name.2Sa 22:51 - It is He who magnifies salvation to His akingAnd executes lovingkindness to His banointed,To David and to his cseed forever.

Second Samuel

Chapter 23 of 24

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~~d. David's last words — 23:1-7~~

2Sa 23:1 - Now these are the last words of David:The declaration of David the son of Jesse,And the declaration of the man who has been raised up on high,The aanointed of the God of Jacob,The one lovely in the psalms of Israel.
2Sa 23:2 - The aSpirit of Jehovah spoke through me,And His word was on my tongue.2Sa 23:3 - The God of Israel spoke,The aRock of Israel spoke to me,1Who rules among men righteously,Who rules with the fear of God,2Sa 23:4 - And is like the light of the morning when the asun rises,A morning without clouds,As when the tender grass sprouts up from the earthAt the sun’s shining after a rain.2Sa 23:5 - For is not my house so with God?For He has made an eternal acovenant with me,Ordered in all things and secure.For all my salvation and all my desire,Will He not indeed make them grow?
2Sa 23:6 - But the wicked, all of them, will beLike thorns to be thrust away,Because they cannot be taken with the hand.
2Sa 23:7 - But the man who touches themMust arm himself with an iron rod or with the shaft of a spear;And they will be burned with fire in their place.

~~e. David's mighty men — 23:8-39~~

2Sa 23:8 - aThese are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was the 1chief of the captains; the same is Adino the Eznite, who fought against eight hundred, who were slain at one time.
2Sa 23:9 - After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the son of an Ahohite, one among the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were gathered 1there for battle, and the men of Israel went away.
2Sa 23:10 - He rose up and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary; and his hand clung to the sword, and Jehovah accomplished a great salvation that day; and the people returned after him, but only to strip the slain.
2Sa 23:11 - And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. Now the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of land full of lentils, and the people fled before the Philistines.
2Sa 23:12 - But he stationed himself in the midst of the plot and defended it and struck the Philistines, and Jehovah accomplished a great salvation.
2Sa 23:13 - Now three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David at harvest time in the cave of aAdullam; and the Philistine troop was encamped in the valley of bRephaim.
2Sa 23:14 - Now at that time David was in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was at that time in Bethlehem.
2Sa 23:15 - And David said longingly, If only someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!
2Sa 23:16 - And the three mighty men burst through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate. And they carried it and brought it to David, but he would not drink it; rather he poured it out to Jehovah.
2Sa 23:17 - And he said, Far be it from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
2Sa 23:18 - And aAbishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he brandished his spear against three hundred, who were slain; and he had a name among the three.
2Sa 23:19 - He was indeed the most honored among the 1thirty, and he became their leader; but he did not attain to the three.
2Sa 23:20 - And aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, was great in mighty deeds. He struck the two sons of Ariel the Moabite; he also went down and struck a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
2Sa 23:21 - And he struck an Egyptian, an imposing man. And the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a staff and snatched the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian and slew him with his own spear.
2Sa 23:22 - These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and he had a name among the three mighty men.
2Sa 23:23 - He was more honored than the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.
2Sa 23:24 - aAsahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem;
2Sa 23:25 - Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite;
2Sa 23:26 - Helez the Paltite; Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;
2Sa 23:27 - Abiezer the Anathothite; Mebunnai the Hushathite;
2Sa 23:28 - Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite;
2Sa 23:29 - Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite; Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the children of Benjamin;
2Sa 23:30 - Benaiah the Pirathonite; Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash;
2Sa 23:31 - Abi-albon the Arbathite; Azmaveth the Barhumite;
2Sa 23:32 - Eliahba the Shaalbonite; of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan;
2Sa 23:33 - Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite;
2Sa 23:34 - Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai; the son of the Maachathite; Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;
2Sa 23:35 - Hezrai the Carmelite; Paarai the Arbite;
2Sa 23:36 - Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah; Bani the Gadite;
2Sa 23:37 - Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, the armor 1bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah;
2Sa 23:38 - Ira the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite;
2Sa 23:39 - aUriah the Hittite. They were thirty-seven in all.

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2Sa 24:1 - aAnd again the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel; and 1he moved David against them, saying, Go, bnumber Israel and Judah.
2Sa 24:2 - And the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Go now throughout all the tribes of Israel, from aDan to Beer-sheba, and count the people, that I may know the number of the people.
2Sa 24:3 - And Joab said to the king, Now may Jehovah your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king may see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?
2Sa 24:4 - Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab and against the captains of the army. And Joab and the captains of the army went forth before the king to count the people of Israel.
2Sa 24:5 - And they crossed the Jordan and encamped at Aroer to the right of the city, which was in the midst of the river valley, toward Gad and unto Jazer.
2Sa 24:6 - Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
2Sa 24:7 - And they came to the stronghold of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went on to the south of Judah at Beer-sheba.
2Sa 24:8 - And when they had gone about throughout all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
2Sa 24:9 - And Joab gave the number of the count of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
2Sa 24:10 - And David’s aheart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have bsinned greatly in what I have done; but now, O Jehovah, put away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.
2Sa 24:11 - And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came to aGad the prophet, David’s seer, saying,
2Sa 24:12 - Go and speak to David, Thus says Jehovah, I am offering you three things; choose one of them for Me to do for you.
2Sa 24:13 - So Gad went to David and told him these things. And he said to him, Shall seven years of afamine come upon you in your land? Or shall you flee before your adversaries for three months while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of pestilence in your land? Consider now and see what word I should return to Him who sent me.
2Sa 24:14 - And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait; let us fall into the hand of Jehovah, for His acompassions are great; and do not let me fall into the hand of man.
2Sa 24:15 - So Jehovah sent a apestilence in Israel from the morning until the appointed time; and seventy thousand people died among the people from Dan to Beer-sheba.
2Sa 24:16 - And when the angel stretched forth his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah arepented of the harm. And He said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now hold back your hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the bthreshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
2Sa 24:17 - And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the aangel striking the people and said, It is I who have sinned, and it is I who have acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against the house of my father.
2Sa 24:18 - And Gad came to David on that day; and he said to him, Go up and raise up an altar to Jehovah on the 1athreshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
2Sa 24:19 - And David went up according to Gad’s word, as Jehovah had commanded.
2Sa 24:20 - And Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming over toward him. And Araunah went forth and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.
2Sa 24:21 - And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor from you to build an altar to Jehovah, that the plague may be astayed among the people.
2Sa 24:22 - And Araunah said to David, May my lord the king take and offer up whatever seems good in his sight. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing ainstruments and the yokes for the oxen for the wood—
2Sa 24:23 - All this, O king, does Araunah give to the king. Then Araunah said to the king, May Jehovah your God aaccept you.
2Sa 24:24 - But the king said to Araunah, No; but I will surely buy it from you for a price, and I will not offer to Jehovah my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
2Sa 24:25 - And there David abuilt an altar to Jehovah, and he offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And Jehovah responded to the entreaty for the land, and the plague was stayed in Israel.
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