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    <book number='10' name='2 Samuel' abbreviation='2 Sam' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>Now it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 5221'>slaughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6002'>Amalekites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3427'>abode</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6860'>Ziklag</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>It came even to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, that, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4264'>camp</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs><strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>: and <em>so</em> it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>, when he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='7812'>obeisance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, From <strongs hebrew='335 4480 2088'>whence</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>comest</strongs>thou? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 4264'>camp</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>am I <strongs hebrew='4422'>escaped</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='4100'>How</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>went</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>? I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>me. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>That</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, As I <strongs hebrew='7136'>happened</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='7122'>chance</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='1533'>Gilboa</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs><strongs hebrew='8172'>leaned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2595'>spear</strongs>; and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1167 6571'>horsemen</strongs>followed <strongs hebrew='1692'>hard</strongs>after him. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And when he <strongs hebrew='6437'>looked</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>behind</strongs>him, he <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me. And I <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Here</strongs><em>am</em> I. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto me, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>? And I <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>him</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> an <strongs hebrew='6003'>Amalekite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>He <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me again, <strongs hebrew='5975'>Stand</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='7661'>anguish</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='270'>come</strongs>upon me, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs>in me. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>So I <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>I was <strongs hebrew='3045'>sure</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>he could <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>after <strongs hebrew='310'>that</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>: and I <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5145'>crown</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='685'>bracelet</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2220'>arm</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='2008'>hither</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>on his <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>them; and <strongs hebrew='1571'>likewise</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him: </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And they <strongs hebrew='5594'>mourned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6684'>fasted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='6153'>even</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='335 4480 4100'>Whence</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='376 1616'>stranger</strongs>, an <strongs hebrew='6003'>Amalekite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>wast thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>to stretch <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4899'>anointed</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of the young <strongs hebrew='4480 5288'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='5066'>near</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6293'>fall</strongs>upon him. And he <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him that he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Thy <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6030'>testified</strongs>against thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='4191'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4899'>anointed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6969'>lamented</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7015'>lamentation</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='18'>(Also he <strongs hebrew='559'>bade</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3925'>teach</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><em>the</em> <em>use</em> <em>of</em> the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5612'>book</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3477'>Jasher</strongs>.) </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='6643'>beauty</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thy high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>are the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='5046'>Tell</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1661'>Gath</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1319'>publish</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2351'>streets</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='831'>Askelon</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs><strongs hebrew='8055'>rejoice</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6189'>uncircumcised</strongs><strongs hebrew='5937'>triumph</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Ye <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1533'>Gilboa</strongs>, <em>let</em> <em>there</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2919'>dew</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs><em>let</em> <em>there</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4306'>rain</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you, nor <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8641'>offerings</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4043'>shield</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>is vilely cast <strongs hebrew='1602'>away</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4043'>shield</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, <em>as</em> <em>though</em> <em>he</em> <em>had</em> <strongs hebrew='1097'>not</strongs><em>been</em> <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>From the <strongs hebrew='4480 1818'>blood</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 2459'>fat</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='7734'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='268'>back</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7387'>empty</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='157'>lovely</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5273'>pleasant</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='2416'>lives</strongs>, and in their <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6504'>divided</strongs>: they were <strongs hebrew='7043'>swifter</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 5404'>eagles</strongs>, they were <strongs hebrew='1396'>stronger</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 738'>lions</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Ye <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1058'>weep</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='3847'>clothed</strongs>you in <strongs hebrew='8144'>scarlet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='5730'>delights</strongs>, who put <strongs hebrew='5927'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='5716'>ornaments</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='3830'>apparel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>are the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>! O <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>, <em>thou</em> <em>wast</em> <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>thine high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>I am <strongs hebrew='6887'>distressed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>thee, my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='5276'>pleasant</strongs>hast thou been unto me: thy <strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>to me was <strongs hebrew='6381'>wonderful</strongs>, passing the <strongs hebrew='4480 160'>love</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>are the <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3627'>weapons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='6'>perished</strongs>! </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>this</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>inquired</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Shall I go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='259'>any</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>? And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='575'>Whither</strongs>shall I go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Unto <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>So <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>thither</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='293'>Ahinoam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3159'>Jezreelitess</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='26'>Abigail</strongs><strongs hebrew='5037'>Nabal</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3761'>Carmelite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And his <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him did <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>bring <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>with his <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <em>That</em> the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3003 1568'>Jabesh</strongs>-gilead <em>were</em> <em>they</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3003 1568'>Jabesh</strongs>-gilead, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='6213'>showed</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>show</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>you: and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6213'>requite</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>kindness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>because</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>let your <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2388'>strengthened</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='1121 2428'>valiant</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5369'>Ner</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, and brought him <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4266'>Mahanaim</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And made him <strongs hebrew='4427'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='843'>Ashurites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>old</strongs>when he began to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='389'>But</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961 310'>followed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And the <strongs hebrew='4557 3117'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>months</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5369'>Ner</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 4266'>Mahanaim</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6298'>met</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1295'>pool</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>: and they sat <strongs hebrew='3427'>down</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='428'>one</strongs>on the one <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>side</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1295'>pool</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='428'>other</strongs>on the other <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>side</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1295'>pool</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, Let the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7832'>play</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>us. And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let them <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then there <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>and went <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, which <em>pertained</em> to <strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And they <strongs hebrew='2388'>caught</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7453'>fellow</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and <em>thrust</em> his <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='7453'>fellow</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6654'>side</strongs>; so they fell <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>: wherefore <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='2521'>Helkath</strongs>-hazzurim, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5704 3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='7186'>sore</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5062'>beaten</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs>there, <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs><em>was</em> <em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='7031'>light</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 7704'>wild</strongs><strongs hebrew='6643'>roe</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7291'>pursued</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>; and in <strongs hebrew='1980'>going</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5186'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3225'>right</strongs>hand nor <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8040'>left</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>following</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Then <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='6437'>looked</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>behind</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to him, Turn thee <strongs hebrew='5186'>aside</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3225'>right</strongs>hand <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='8040'>left</strongs>, and lay thee <strongs hebrew='270'>hold</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of the young <strongs hebrew='4480 5288'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2488'>armor</strongs>. But <strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs><strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>turn <strongs hebrew='5493'>aside</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>following</strongs>of him. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs>, Turn thee <strongs hebrew='5493'>aside</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>following</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='4100'>wherefore</strongs>should I <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>thee to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>then should I hold <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Howbeit he <strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to turn <strongs hebrew='5493'>aside</strongs>: wherefore <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>with the hinder end <strongs hebrew='310'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2595'>spear</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2570'>fifth</strongs><em>rib</em> , that the <strongs hebrew='2595'>spear</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>behind</strongs>him; and he fell <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>in the same <strongs hebrew='8478'>place</strongs>: and it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> as <strongs hebrew='3605'>many</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs>fell <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>stood <strongs hebrew='5975'>still</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>also and <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs><strongs hebrew='7291'>pursued</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='935'>down</strongs>when <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1389'>hill</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='522'>Ammah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>lieth</em> <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='1520'>Giah</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>gathered themselves <strongs hebrew='6908'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='92'>troop</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='1389'>hill</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Then <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Shall the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs><strongs hebrew='5331'>forever</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>it will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='4751'>bitterness</strongs>in the latter <strongs hebrew='314'>end</strongs>? how <strongs hebrew='5704'>long</strongs>shall it be then, <strongs hebrew='3808'>ere</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='559'>bid</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>following</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>As</em> <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 3884'>unless</strongs>thou hadst <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>had gone <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>following</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>So <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='8628'>blew</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>still, and <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursued</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='3898'>fought</strongs>they any <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>through the <strongs hebrew='6160'>plain</strongs>, and passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>, and went <strongs hebrew='1980'>through</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1338'>Bithron</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4266'>Mahanaim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>following</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>: and when he had gathered all the people <strongs hebrew='6908 *853 3605 5971'>together</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='6485'>lacked</strongs>of David's <strongs hebrew='4480 5650 1732'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='8672 6240'>nineteen</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>But the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4480 376'>men</strongs>, <em>so</em> <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8346'>threescore</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And they took <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>him in the <strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulcher</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> <em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, and they came to <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>at break of <strongs hebrew='215'>day</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'>Now there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='752'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>waxed stronger and <strongs hebrew='1980 2390'>stronger</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>waxed</strongs>weaker and <strongs hebrew='1800'>weaker</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And unto <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>: and his <strongs hebrew='1060'>firstborn</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='293'>Ahinoam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3159'>Jezreelitess</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And his <strongs hebrew='4932'>second</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3609'>Chileab</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='26'>Abigail</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5037'>Nabal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3761'>Carmelite</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4601'>Maacah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8526'>Talmai</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1650'>Geshur</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='7243'>fourth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='138'>Adonijah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2294'>Haggith</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='2549'>fifth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8203'>Shephatiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='37'>Abital</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='8345'>sixth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3507'>Ithream</strongs>, by <strongs hebrew='5698'>Eglah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, while there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>made himself <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>had a <strongs hebrew='6370'>concubine</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7532'>Rizpah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='345'>Aiah</strongs>: and <em>Ish-bosheth</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='935'>gone</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6370'>concubine</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Then was <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2734'>wroth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Am</em> <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3611'>dog</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='6213'>show</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4828'>friends</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>delivered</strongs>thee into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, that thou <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>chargest</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='5771'>fault</strongs>concerning this <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3541'>So</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>also</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>except</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>to him; </verse>
            <verse number='10'>To <strongs hebrew='5674'>translate</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, and to set <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 1835'>Dan</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And he <strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>answer</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>, because he <strongs hebrew='4480 3372'>feared</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>on his <strongs hebrew='8478'>behalf</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Whose</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs><em>also</em> , <strongs hebrew='3772'>Make</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1285'>league</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee, to bring <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2896'>Well</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3772'>make</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>league</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='389'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>require</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs>thee, that <strongs hebrew='559'>is</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>except</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6440'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4324'>Michal</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>, when thou <strongs hebrew='935'>comest</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5414'>Deliver</strongs><em>me</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4324'>Michal</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='781'>espoused</strongs>to me for a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6190'>foreskins</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs><em>her</em> <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='6409'>Phaltiel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3919'>Laish</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And her <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1980'>along</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>weeping</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>behind</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='980'>Bahurim</strongs>. Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>communication</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Ye <strongs hebrew='1961 1245'>sought</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1571 8543'>times</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571 8032'>past</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>you: </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>then <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>it</em> : <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='559'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, By the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, and out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>seemed <strongs hebrew='2896 5869'>good</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and that seemed <strongs hebrew='5869'>good</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>So <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='4960'>feast</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='3772'>make</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>league</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee, and that thou mayest <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='5315'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='183'>desireth</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>away; and he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>from <em>pursuing</em> a <strongs hebrew='4480 1416'>troop</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7998'>spoil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>them: but <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he had sent him <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs>, and he was <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>When <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him were <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5369'>Ner</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and he hath sent him <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs>, and he is <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Then <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee; <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs><em>is</em> it <em>that</em> thou hast sent him <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs>, and he is quite <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Thou <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5369'>Ner</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6601'>deceive</strongs>thee, and to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy going <strongs hebrew='4161'>out</strongs>and thy coming <strongs hebrew='4126'>in</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>doest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And when <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>was come <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>, which brought him <strongs hebrew='7725 *853'>again</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 953'>well</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5626'>Sirah</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And when <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>took him <strongs hebrew='5186'>aside</strongs><strongs hebrew='413 8432'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='7987'>quietly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='2570'>fifth</strongs><em>rib</em> , that he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>, for the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And <strongs hebrew='4480 310 3651'>afterward</strongs>when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>it</em> , he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5355'>guiltless</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1818'>blood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5369'>Ner</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Let it <strongs hebrew='2342'>rest</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; and let there <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>fail</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>one that hath an <strongs hebrew='2100'>issue</strongs>, or that is a <strongs hebrew='6879'>leper</strongs>, or that <strongs hebrew='2388'>leaneth</strongs>on a <strongs hebrew='6418'>staff</strongs>, or that <strongs hebrew='5307'>falleth</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, or that <strongs hebrew='2638'>lacketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>So <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>because</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='4191'>slain</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='7167'>Rend</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2296'>gird</strongs>you with <strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5594'>mourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><em>himself</em> <strongs hebrew='310'>followed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4296'>bier</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And they <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6913'>grave</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6969'>lamented</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4191'>Died</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='5036'>fool</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>dieth</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='34'>Thy <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='631'>bound</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs><strongs hebrew='5066'>put</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='5178'>fetters</strongs>: as a <strongs hebrew='1121'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>falleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='5766'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>men</strongs>, <em>so</em> <strongs hebrew='5307'>fellest</strongs>thou. And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And when <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1262'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>meat</strongs>while it was <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>So</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>to me, and <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>also</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>if</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='2938'>taste</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs>aught <strongs hebrew='3605 3972'>else</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6440'>till</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='935'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='5234'>notice</strongs><em>of</em> <em>it</em> , and it pleased <strongs hebrew='3190 5869'>them</strongs>: as <strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whatsoever</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='2895 5869'>pleased</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>For <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>understood</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 4428'>king</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5369'>Ner</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3045'>Know</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>there is a <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>and a great <strongs hebrew='1419'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='7390'>weak</strongs>, though <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs><em>be</em> too <strongs hebrew='7186'>hard</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>for</strongs>me: the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7999'>reward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6213'>doer</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'>And when <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7503'>feeble</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israelites</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='926'>troubled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1416'>bands</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1196'>Baanah</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8145'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7417'>Rimmon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='886'>Beerothite</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>: ( <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='881'>Beeroth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2803'>reckoned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='886'>Beerothites</strongs><strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1664'>Gittaim</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='1481'>sojourners</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>.) </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, had a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><em>that</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5223'>lame</strongs>of <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. He <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>old</strongs>when the <strongs hebrew='8052'>tidings</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3157'>Jezreel</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='539'>nurse</strongs>took him <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs>: and it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, as she made <strongs hebrew='2648'>haste</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs>, and became <strongs hebrew='6452'>lame</strongs>. And his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7417'>Rimmon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='886'>Beerothite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1165'>Baanah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>about the <strongs hebrew='2527'>heat</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth, <strongs hebrew='1931'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4904'>bed</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='6672'>noon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>thither</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <em>as</em> <em>though</em> they would have <strongs hebrew='3947'>fetched</strongs><strongs hebrew='2406'>wheat</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>under</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2570'>fifth</strongs><em>rib</em> : and <strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1196'>Baanah</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>escaped</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>For when they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4296'>bed</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2315 4904'>bedchamber</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5493 *853 7218'>beheaded</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and got them <strongs hebrew='1980'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='1870'>through</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6160'>plain</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And they <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414 5360'>avenged</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 7586'>Saul</strongs>, and of his <strongs hebrew='4480 2233'>seed</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7394'>Rechab</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1196'>Baanah</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7417'>Rimmon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='886'>Beerothite</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6299'>redeemed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='6869'>adversity</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='3588'>When</strongs>one <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5869'>thinking</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs>brought good <strongs hebrew='1319'>tidings</strongs>, I took <strongs hebrew='270'>hold</strongs>of him, and <strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs>him in <strongs hebrew='6860'>Ziklag</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs><em>thought</em> that I would have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>him a reward for his <strongs hebrew='1309'>tidings</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'>How much <strongs hebrew='637'>more</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6662'>righteous</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>person</strongs>in his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4904'>bed</strongs>? shall I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>require</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of your <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>, and take you <strongs hebrew='1197 *853'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs>them, and cut <strongs hebrew='7112'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>, and hanged <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='8518'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1295'>pool</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>. But they <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='378'>Ish</strongs>-bosheth, and <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs><em>it</em> in the <strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulcher</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='74'>Abner</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'>Then <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='587'>we</strongs><em>are</em> thy <strongs hebrew='6106'>bone</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>in time <strongs hebrew='865 8032'>past</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>us, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>wast</strongs>he that leddest <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='935'>broughtest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to thee <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5057'>captain</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>So <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3772'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>league</strongs>with them in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>old</strongs>when he began to <strongs hebrew='4427'>reign</strongs>, <em>and</em> he <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>In <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>months</strongs>: and in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2983'>Jebusites</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: which <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>Except</strongs>thou take <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5787'>blind</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6455'>lame</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>hither</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='559'>thinking</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>hither</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Nevertheless <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3920'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4686'>stronghold</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>Whosoever</strongs>getteth <strongs hebrew='5060'>up</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='6794'>gutter</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smiteth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2983'>Jebusites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6455'>lame</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='5787'>blind</strongs>, <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>, <em>he</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <em>chief</em> <em>and</em> <em>captain</em> . <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Wherefore</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='5787'>blind</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6455'>lame</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>So <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4686'>fort</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>it the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='4407'>Millo</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1004'>inward</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='1980 1980'>on</strongs>, and grew <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='2438'>Hiram</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyre</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>trees</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2796 6086'>carpenters</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2796 18 7023'>masons</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>perceived</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='5375'>exalted</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>for his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5668'>sake</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><em>him</em> <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='6370'>concubines</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 2275'>Hebron</strongs>: and there were <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='8034'>names</strongs>of those that were <strongs hebrew='3209'>born</strongs>unto him in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8051'>Shammua</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7727'>Shobab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='2984'>Ibhar</strongs>also, and <strongs hebrew='474'>Elishua</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5298'>Nepheg</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3309'>Japhia</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='476'>Elishama</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='450'>Eliada</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='467'>Eliphalet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>But when the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they had <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><em>of</em> <em>it</em> , and went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4686'>hold</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>The <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>and spread <strongs hebrew='5203'>themselves</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7497'>Rephaim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>inquired</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Shall I go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>? wilt thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>them into mine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>? And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will doubtless <strongs hebrew='5414 5414'>deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>into thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1188'>Baal</strongs>-perazim, and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath broken forth <strongs hebrew='6555'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me, as the <strongs hebrew='6556'>breach</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Therefore</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='1188'>Baal</strongs>-perazim. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='5800'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6091'>images</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>burned</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>again</strongs>, and spread <strongs hebrew='5203'>themselves</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7497'>Rephaim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>inquired</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>; <em>but</em> fetch a <strongs hebrew='5437 413'>compass</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>behind</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>upon them over <strongs hebrew='4480 4136'>against</strongs>the mulberry <strongs hebrew='1057'>trees</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And let it <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, when thou <strongs hebrew='8085'>hearest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='6807'>going</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7218'>tops</strongs>of the mulberry <strongs hebrew='1057'>trees</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='2782'>bestir</strongs>thyself: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee, to <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4264'>host</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>him; and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1387'>Geba</strongs>until thou <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1507'>Gazer</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='5750'>Again</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>gathered <strongs hebrew='622'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>the</em> <strongs hebrew='977'>chosen</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him from <strongs hebrew='4480 1184'>Baale</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, to bring <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427 5921'>dwelleth</strongs><em>between</em> the <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherubims</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And they <strongs hebrew='7392'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs><strongs hebrew='5699'>cart</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5375'>brought</strongs>it out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='41'>Abinadab</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> in <strongs hebrew='1390'>Gibeah</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='5798'>Uzzah</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='283'>Ahio</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='41'>Abinadab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5090'>drove</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs><strongs hebrew='5699'>cart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And they <strongs hebrew='5375'>brought</strongs>it out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='41'>Abinadab</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> at <strongs hebrew='1390'>Gibeah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5973'>accompanying</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='283'>Ahio</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7832'>played</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>manner of <em>instruments</em> <em>made</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='1265'>fir</strongs><strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>, even on <strongs hebrew='3658'>harps</strongs>, and on <strongs hebrew='5035'>psalteries</strongs>, and on <strongs hebrew='8596'>timbrels</strongs>, and on <strongs hebrew='4517'>cornets</strongs>, and on <strongs hebrew='6767'>cymbals</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And when they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='5225'>Nachon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1637'>threshingfloor</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5798'>Uzzah</strongs>put <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs><em>his</em> <em>hand</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and took <strongs hebrew='270'>hold</strongs>of it; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8058'>shook</strongs><em>it</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And the <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2734'>kindled</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='5798'>Uzzah</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='7944'>error</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2734'>displeased</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6555'>made</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6556'>breach</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='5798'>Uzzah</strongs>: and he called the <strongs hebrew='7121'>name</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1931'>the</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='6560'>Perez</strongs>-uzzah <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me? </verse>
            <verse number='10'>So <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>remove</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='5921'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>carried it <strongs hebrew='5186'>aside</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5654'>Obed</strongs>-edom the <strongs hebrew='1663'>Gittite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>continued</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5654'>Obed</strongs>-edom the <strongs hebrew='1663'>Gittite</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>months</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5654'>Obed</strongs>-edom, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And it was <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5654'>Obed</strongs>-edom, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>pertaineth</em> unto him, <strongs hebrew='5668'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5654'>Obed</strongs>-edom into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8057'>gladness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>so</em> , that <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>they that <strongs hebrew='5375'>bore</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6805'>gone</strongs><strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='6806'>paces</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrificed</strongs><strongs hebrew='7794'>oxen</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4806'>fatlings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3769'>danced</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='5797'>might</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2296'>girded</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='906'>linen</strongs><strongs hebrew='646'>ephod</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>So <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8643'>shouting</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='1961'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4324'>Michal</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs><strongs hebrew='8259'>looked</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>through</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2474'>window</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6339'>leaping</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3769'>dancing</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and she <strongs hebrew='959'>despised</strongs>him in her <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And they brought <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3322'>set</strongs>it in his <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacle</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5186'>pitched</strongs>for it: and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>offered</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>and peace <strongs hebrew='8002'>offerings</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And as soon as <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>had made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 5927'>offering</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>and peace <strongs hebrew='8002'>offerings</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And he <strongs hebrew='2505'>dealt</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <em>even</em> among the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='1995'>multitude</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, as well <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='4480 376'>men</strongs>, to every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='2471'>cake</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs>good <strongs hebrew='829'>piece</strongs><em>of</em> <em>flesh</em> , and <strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='809'>flagon</strongs><em>of</em> <em>wine</em> . So <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Then <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1288'>bless</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='4324'>Michal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>How</strongs><strongs hebrew='3513'>glorious</strongs>was the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>who</strongs>uncovered <strongs hebrew='1540'>himself</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='519'>handmaids</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, as <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of the vain <strongs hebrew='7386'>fellows</strongs>shamelessly uncovereth <strongs hebrew='1540 1540'>himself</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4324'>Michal</strongs>, <em>It</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='977'>chose</strongs>me before thy <strongs hebrew='4480 1'>father</strongs>, and before <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6680'>appoint</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5057'>ruler</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: therefore will I <strongs hebrew='7832'>play</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>be more <strongs hebrew='7043'>vile</strongs>than <strongs hebrew='4480 2063'>thus</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8217'>base</strongs>in mine own <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='5973'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='519'>maidservants</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='559'>spoken</strongs>of, of them shall I be had in <strongs hebrew='3513'>honor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='4324'>Michal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had given him <strongs hebrew='5117'>rest</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='4480 5439'>about</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'>That the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7200'>See</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>, but the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='8432'>within</strongs><strongs hebrew='3407'>curtains</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> in thine <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559 413'>tell</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, Shalt <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>me a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>for me to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Whereas</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in <em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>since the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>time</strongs>that I brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='168'>tent</strongs>and in a <strongs hebrew='4908'>tabernacle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>In <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>the</em> <em>places</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>I a <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>any</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>me a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='730'>cedar</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>therefore</strongs>so shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>unto my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5116'>sheepcote</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>following</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5057'>ruler</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And I <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whithersoever</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>wentest</strongs>, and have cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>out of thy <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>sight</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, like unto the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><em>men</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Moreover I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>appoint</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs>them, that they may <strongs hebrew='7931'>dwell</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='8478'>place</strongs>of their own, and <strongs hebrew='7264'>move</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5766'>wickedness</strongs><strongs hebrew='6031'>afflict</strongs>them any <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='7223'>formerly</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And as <strongs hebrew='4480'>since</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='8199'>judges</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and have caused thee to <strongs hebrew='5117'>rest</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>. Also the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>telleth</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>he will <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4390'>fulfilled</strongs>, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7901'>sleep</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>, I will set <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3318'>proceed</strongs>out of thy <strongs hebrew='4480 4578'>bowels</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='3559'>establish</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='1931'>He</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>for my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='3559'>establish</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='834'>If</strongs>he commit <strongs hebrew='5753'>iniquity</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3198'>chasten</strongs>him with the <strongs hebrew='7626'>rod</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='5061'>stripes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='15'>But my <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>depart <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5493'>took</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>I put <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>and thy <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdom</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='539'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee: thy <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>According to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, and according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='2384'>vision</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>in, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3069'>LORD</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4310'>what</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5704 1988'>hitherto</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6994'>small</strongs>thing in thy <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>; but thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>for a great while to <strongs hebrew='4480 7350'>come</strongs>. And <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8452'>manner</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254 1696'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee? for <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>For thy word's <strongs hebrew='5668 1697'>sake</strongs>, and according to thine own <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, hast thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>these</strongs>great <strongs hebrew='1420'>things</strongs>, to make <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><em>them</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Wherefore</strongs>thou art <strongs hebrew='1431'>great</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='136'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='3644'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><em>is</em> <em>there</em> <em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='2108'>beside</strongs>thee, according to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>we have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>with our <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And <strongs hebrew='4310'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><em>is</em> like thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <em>even</em> like <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6299'>redeem</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>to himself, and to <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>for you <strongs hebrew='1420'>great</strongs>things and <strongs hebrew='3372'>terrible</strongs>, for thy <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6299'>redeemedst</strongs>to thee from <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, <em>from</em> the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='24'>For thou hast <strongs hebrew='3559'>confirmed</strongs>to thyself <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>unto thee <strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, art <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>establish</strongs><em>it</em> , <strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>said</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And let thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='1431'>magnified</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forever</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: and let the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3559'>established</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, hast <strongs hebrew='1540 241'>revealed</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>hath thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6419'>pray</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='8605'>prayer</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='571'>true</strongs>, and thou hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>promised</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>goodness</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>let it <strongs hebrew='2794'>please</strongs>thee to <strongs hebrew='1288'>bless</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, that it may <strongs hebrew='1961'>continue</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thee: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>, hast <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><em>it</em> : and with thy <strongs hebrew='4480 1293'>blessing</strongs>let the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>this</strongs>it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3665'>subdued</strongs>them: and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4965'>Metheg</strongs>-ammah out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And he <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4058'>measured</strongs>them with a <strongs hebrew='2256'>line</strongs>, casting them <strongs hebrew='7901 *853'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>; even with <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='2256'>lines</strongs><strongs hebrew='4058'>measured</strongs>he to put to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>, and with one <strongs hebrew='4393'>full</strongs><strongs hebrew='2256'>line</strongs>to keep <strongs hebrew='2421'>alive</strongs>. And <em>so</em> the <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moabites</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5375'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='4503'>gifts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1909'>Hadadezer</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7340'>Rehob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6678'>Zobah</strongs>, as he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>recover</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>border</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs><strongs hebrew='6578'>Euphrates</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3920'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><em>chariots</em> , and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='376 7273'>footmen</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6131'>hamstrung</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7393'>chariot</strongs><em>horses</em> , but <strongs hebrew='3498'>reserved</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them <em>for</em> a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And when the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5826'>succor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1909'>Hadadezer</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6678'>Zobah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='5333'>garrisons</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1834'>Damascus</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs><strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5375'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='4503'>gifts</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3467'>preserved</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whithersoever</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7982'>shields</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1909'>Hadadezer</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs>them to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And from <strongs hebrew='4480 984'>Betah</strongs>, and from <strongs hebrew='4480 1268'>Berothai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1909'>Hadadezer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>exceeding</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>When <strongs hebrew='8583'>Toi</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2574'>Hamath</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2428'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1909'>Hadadezer</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Then <strongs hebrew='8583'>Toi</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3141'>Joram</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7592 7965'>salute</strongs>him, and to <strongs hebrew='1288'>bless</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>because</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='3898'>fought</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='1909'>Hadadezer</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1909'>Hadadezer</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>wars</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='8583'>Toi</strongs>. And <em>Joram</em> <strongs hebrew='1961'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Which <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='6942'>dedicate</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='6942'>dedicated</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3533'>subdued</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Of <strongs hebrew='4480 758'>Syria</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='4480 4124'>Moab</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='4480 6430'>Philistines</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='4480 6002'>Amalek</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7998'>spoil</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1909'>Hadadezer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7340'>Rehob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6678'>Zobah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>got</strongs><em>him</em> a <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>when he <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5221'>smiting</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1516'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4417'>salt</strongs>, <em>being</em> <strongs hebrew='8083 6240'>eighteen</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><em>men</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And he <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='5333'>garrisons</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs>; throughout <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5333'>garrisons</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>they of <strongs hebrew='123'>Edom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='3467'>preserved</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605 834'>whithersoever</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>executed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6666'>justice</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='286'>Ahilud</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2142'>recorder</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='285'>Ahitub</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='288'>Ahimelech</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>, <em>were</em> the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='8304'>Seraiah</strongs><em>was</em> the <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs><em>was</em> <em>over</em> both the <strongs hebrew='3774'>Cherethites</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6432'>Pelethites</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>chief <strongs hebrew='3548'>rulers</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Is <strongs hebrew='3426'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>any</strongs>that is <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='6213 5973'>show</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3129'>Jonathan</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5668'>sake</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <em>there</em> <em>was</em> of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs>. And when they had <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <em>Art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><em>is</em> <em>he</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Is</em> there <strongs hebrew='657'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>any</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='6213'>show</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>him? And <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <em>which</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5223'>lame</strongs>on <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='375'>Where</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>? And <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4353'>Machir</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5988'>Ammiel</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='3810'>Lo</strongs>-debar. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>fetched</strongs>him out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4353'>Machir</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5988'>Ammiel</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 3810'>Lo</strongs>-debar. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Now when <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='7812'>reverence</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='3372'>Fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will surely <strongs hebrew='6213 6213 5973'>show</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5668'>sake</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='7725'>restore</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7704'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs><strongs hebrew='8548'>continually</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And he bowed <strongs hebrew='7812'>himself</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou shouldest <strongs hebrew='6437'>look</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>such</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='3611'>dog</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='3644'>I</strongs><em>am</em> ? </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, I have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>pertained</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>therefore, and thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='5647'>till</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>for him, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>in <em>the</em> <em>fruits</em> , that thy <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='1961'>have</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>food</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='8548'>always</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>. Now <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='2568 6240'>fifteen</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, According to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>shall thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>. As for <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>, <em>said</em> <em>the</em> <em>king</em> , he shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>, as <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of the king's <strongs hebrew='4480 1121 4428'>sons</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>had a <strongs hebrew='6996'>young</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='4316'>Micha</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='4186'>dwelt</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>So <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='8548'>continually</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>; and was <strongs hebrew='6455'>lame</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='10'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>this</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2586'>Hanun</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6213'>show</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2586'>Hanun</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5176'>Nahash</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>showed</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>me. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5162'>comfort</strongs>him by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2586'>Hanun</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5869'>Thinkest</strongs>thou that <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='3513'>honor</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>comforters</strongs>unto thee? hath <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><em>rather</em> <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='5668'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2713'>search</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and to spy it <strongs hebrew='7270'>out</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='2015'>overthrow</strongs>it? </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Wherefore <strongs hebrew='2586'>Hanun</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and shaved <strongs hebrew='1548'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>one <strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='2206'>beards</strongs>, and cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4063'>garments</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2677'>middle</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8357'>buttocks</strongs>, and sent them <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>When they <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><em>it</em> unto <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>greatly</strongs><strongs hebrew='3637'>ashamed</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3427'>Tarry</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3405'>Jericho</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='2206'>beards</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6779'>grown</strongs>, and <em>then</em> <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And when the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='887'>stank</strongs>before <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7936'>hired</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1050'>Beth</strongs>-rehob, and the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6678'>Zoba</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='7273'>footmen</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='4601'>Maacah</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='382'>Ish</strongs>-tob <strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>of <em>it</em> , he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and put the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6186'>array</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='6607'>entering</strongs>in of the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6678'>Zoba</strongs>, and of <strongs hebrew='7340'>Rehob</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='382'>Ishtob</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4601'>Maacah</strongs>, <em>were</em> by <strongs hebrew='905'>themselves</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>When <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>front</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4480 268'>behind</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='977'>chose</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='977'>choice</strongs><em>men</em> of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and put <em>them</em> in <strongs hebrew='6186'>array</strongs><strongs hebrew='7125'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, that he might put <em>them</em> in <strongs hebrew='6186'>array</strongs><strongs hebrew='7125'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>be too <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>for</strongs>me, then thou <strongs hebrew='1961'>shalt</strongs><strongs hebrew='3444'>help</strongs>me: but <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>be too <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>for</strongs>thee, then I will <strongs hebrew='1980'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3467'>help</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Be of good <strongs hebrew='2388'>courage</strongs>, and let us play the <strongs hebrew='2388'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>that which <strongs hebrew='5869'>seemeth</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>drew <strongs hebrew='5066'>nigh</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, unto the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And when the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs>, then <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs>they also <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>entered</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And when the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='5062'>smitten</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, they gathered <strongs hebrew='622'>themselves</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='1928'>Hadarezer</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>, and brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 5676'>beyond</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>river</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2431'>Helam</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7731'>Shobach</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1928'>Hadarezer</strongs><em>went</em> <strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And when it was <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, he gathered all Israel <strongs hebrew='622 *853 3605 3478'>together</strongs>, and passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2431'>Helam</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs>set themselves in <strongs hebrew='6186'>array</strongs><strongs hebrew='7125'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3898'>fought</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs><strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs><em>the</em> <em>men</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='7393'>chariots</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 758'>Syrians</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='7731'>Shobach</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>, who <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And when <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs><em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1928'>Hadarezer</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='5062'>smitten</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, they made <strongs hebrew='7999'>peace</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>them. So the <strongs hebrew='758'>Syrians</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>feared</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3467'>help</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='11'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, after the <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='8666'>expired</strongs>, at the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>when <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><em>to</em> <em>battle</em> , that <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6696 5921'>besieged</strongs><strongs hebrew='7237'>Rabbah</strongs>. But <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>tarried</strongs>still at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in an <strongs hebrew='6256 6153'>eveningtide</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4904'>bed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1406'>roof</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1406'>roof</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='7364'>washing</strongs>herself; and the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>beautiful</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4758'>look</strongs>upon. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1875'>inquired</strongs>after the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>. And <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba, the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='463'>Eliam</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittite</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>her; and she <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, and he <strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5973'>her</strongs>; for <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6942'>purified</strongs>from her <strongs hebrew='4480 2932'>uncleanness</strongs>: and she <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='2029'>conceived</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> with <strongs hebrew='2030'>child</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, <em>saying</em> , <strongs hebrew='7971 413'>Send</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittite</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And when <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7592'>demanded</strongs><em>of</em> <em>him</em> how <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>did</strongs>, and how the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>did</strongs>, and how the <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>prospered</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>, Go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7364'>wash</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3318'>departed</strongs>out of the king's <strongs hebrew='4480 1004 4428'>house</strongs>, and there <strongs hebrew='3318 310'>followed</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='4864'>mess</strongs><em>of</em> <em>meat</em> from the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>But <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>slept</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='6607'>door</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3381'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>down <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And when they had <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>went not <strongs hebrew='3381 3808'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Camest</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>from <em>thy</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>journey</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs><em>then</em> didst thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3427'>abide</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='5521'>tents</strongs>; and my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, are <strongs hebrew='2583'>encamped</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>open</strongs><strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>; shall <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>then <strongs hebrew='935'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and to <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='7901'>lie</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>? <em>as</em> thou <strongs hebrew='2416'>livest</strongs>, and <em>as</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, I will not <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3427'>Tarry</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>here</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>today</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4279'>tomorrow</strongs>I will let thee <strongs hebrew='7971'>depart</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>abode</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4480 4283'>morrow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>him, he did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him; and he made him <strongs hebrew='7937'>drunk</strongs>: and at <strongs hebrew='6153'>even</strongs>he went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7901'>lie</strongs>on his <strongs hebrew='4904'>bed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='3381'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>down <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3789'>wrote</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5612'>letter</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><em>it</em> by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And he <strongs hebrew='3789'>wrote</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5612'>letter</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3051'>Set</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4136 6440'>forefront</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2389'>hottest</strongs><strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>retire</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>from</strongs>him, that he may be <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104 413'>observed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='5414'>assigned</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>valiant</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><em>were</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3898'>fought</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>: and there <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><em>some</em> <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittite</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>concerning the <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='6680'>charged</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, When thou hast made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1696'>telling</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>matters</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>so <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2534'>wrath</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>arise</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>unto thee, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='5066'>approached</strongs>ye so nigh <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>when ye did <strongs hebrew='3898'>fight</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>they would <strongs hebrew='3384'>shoot</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='21'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='40'>Abimelech</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3380'>Jerubbesheth</strongs>? did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6400'>piece</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='7393'>millstone</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, that he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='8405'>Thebez</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>went ye <strongs hebrew='5066 413'>nigh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>? then <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>thou, Thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittite</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>So the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5046'>showed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>him for. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1396'>prevailed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>us, and came <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>us into the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and we <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them even <strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6607'>entering</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And the <strongs hebrew='3384'>shooters</strongs><strongs hebrew='3384'>shot</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>; and <em>some</em> of the king's <strongs hebrew='4480 5650 4428'>servants</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittite</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Then <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4397'>messenger</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='3415 5869'>displease</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>devoureth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>one</strongs>as well as <strongs hebrew='2090'>another</strongs>: make thy <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>more <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2040'>overthrow</strongs>it: and <strongs hebrew='2388'>encourage</strongs>thou him. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And when the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, she <strongs hebrew='5594'>mourned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1167'>husband</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And when the <strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5674'>past</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='622'>fetched</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and she <strongs hebrew='1961'>became</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. But the <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='3415 5869'>displeased</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='12'>
            <verse number='1'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, There <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='259'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs><em>man</em> <strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>exceeding</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1241'>herds</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>But the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs><em>man</em> had <strongs hebrew='369 3605'>nothing</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6996'>little</strongs>ewe <strongs hebrew='3535'>lamb</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='7069'>bought</strongs>and nourished <strongs hebrew='2421'>up</strongs>: and it grew <strongs hebrew='1431'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>; it did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='4480 6595'>meat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8354'>drank</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='4480 3563'>cup</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>unto him as a <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And there <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1982'>traveler</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='6223'>rich</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='2550'>spared</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='4480 6629'>flock</strongs>and of his own <strongs hebrew='4480 1241'>herd</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>dress</strongs>for the wayfaring <strongs hebrew='732'>man</strongs>that was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>unto him; but <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7326'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3535'>lamb</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>dressed</strongs>it for the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>that was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3966'>greatly</strongs><strongs hebrew='2734'>kindled</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>that hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><em>thing</em> shall surely <strongs hebrew='3588 1121 4194'>die</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And he shall <strongs hebrew='7999'>restore</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3535'>lamb</strongs><strongs hebrew='706'>fourfold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6118 834'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>because</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2550'>pity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><em>art</em> the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5337'>delivered</strongs>thee out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and thy <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>into thy <strongs hebrew='2436'>bosom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><em>that</em> <em>had</em> <em>been</em> too <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs>, I would moreover have <strongs hebrew='3254'>given</strongs>unto thee <strongs hebrew='2007'>such</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2007'>such</strongs>things. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='959'>despised</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>commandment</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>? thou hast <strongs hebrew='5221'>killed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittite</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><em>to</em> <em>be</em> thy <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, and hast <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs>him with the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808 5704 5769'>never</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs>from thine <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6118 3588'>because</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='959'>despised</strongs>me, and hast <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittite</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I will raise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee out of thine own <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>before thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><em>them</em> unto thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>neighbor</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='7901'>lie</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>didst</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='5643'>secretly</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>hath put <strongs hebrew='5674'>away</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>; thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='657'>Howbeit</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>deed</strongs>thou hast given great <strongs hebrew='5006'>occasion</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5006'>blaspheme</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3209'>born</strongs>unto thee shall surely <strongs hebrew='4191 4191'>die</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5062'>struck</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs><strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and it was very <strongs hebrew='605'>sick</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='1245'>besought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='1157'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6684 6685'>fasted</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>in, and <strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3885'>night</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>went</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>him, to raise him <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>: but he <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>did he <strongs hebrew='1262'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='7637'>seventh</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3372'>feared</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, while the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>yet <strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>, we <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, and he would <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs>unto our <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>will he then <strongs hebrew='6213 7451'>vex</strongs>himself, if we <strongs hebrew='559 413'>tell</strongs>him that the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='19'>But when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='3907'>whispered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>perceived</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>: therefore <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, Is the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>? And they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, He is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Then <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>earth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7364'>washed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5480'>anointed</strongs><em>himself</em> , and <strongs hebrew='2498'>changed</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8071'>apparel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs>: then he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; and when he <strongs hebrew='7592'>required</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>before him, and he did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>? thou didst <strongs hebrew='6684'>fast</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1058'>weep</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5668'>while</strongs><em>it</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, thou didst <strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, While the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='6684'>fasted</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>can <strongs hebrew='3045'>tell</strongs><em>whether</em> <strongs hebrew='3068'>GOD</strongs>will be <strongs hebrew='2603'>gracious</strongs>to me, that the <strongs hebrew='3206'>child</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='2416'>live</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='23'>But <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>he is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100 2088'>wherefore</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6684'>fast</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3201'>can</strongs>I bring him <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him, but <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='5162'>comforted</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1339'>Bath</strongs>-sheba his <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, and <strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>her: and she <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='8010'>Solomon</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>; and he <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='3041'>Jedidiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5668'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='3898'>fought</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='7237'>Rabbah</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3920'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4410'>royal</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='4397'>messengers</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='3898'>fought</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='7237'>Rabbah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3920'>taken</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='622'>gather</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3499'>rest</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>together, and <strongs hebrew='2583'>encamp</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs>it: <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3920'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and it be <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>after</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='622'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>together, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7237'>Rabbah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3898'>fought</strongs>against it, and <strongs hebrew='3920'>took</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And he <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5850'>crown</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>off</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4948'>weight</strongs>whereof <em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='3603'>talent</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='3368'>precious</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>: and it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>set</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>. And he brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7998'>spoil</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3966'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>abundance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And he brought <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> therein, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><em>them</em> under <strongs hebrew='4050'>saws</strongs>, and under <strongs hebrew='2757'>harrows</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>, and under <strongs hebrew='4037'>axes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>, and made them pass <strongs hebrew='5674 *853'>through</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4404'>brickkiln</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3651'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>he unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='13'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>this</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>had a <strongs hebrew='3303'>fair</strongs><strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>was so <strongs hebrew='6887'>vexed</strongs>, that he fell <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs><strongs hebrew='5668'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs><strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgin</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>thought</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='6381'>hard</strongs>for him to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='3972'>thing</strongs>to her. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>But <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>had a <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3122'>Jonadab</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8093'>Shimeah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3122'>Jonadab</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2450'>subtle</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, <em>being</em> the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3602 1800'>lean</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='1242'>day</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1242'>day</strongs>? wilt thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>me? And <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='3122'>Jonadab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, Lay thee <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4904'>bed</strongs>, and make thyself <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>: and when thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, let my <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs><strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1262'>give</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3899'>meat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>dress</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1279'>meat</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616 834'>that</strongs>I may <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><em>it</em> , and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><em>it</em> at her <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>So <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>lay <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>, and made himself <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>: and when the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, let <strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3823'>make</strongs>me a <strongs hebrew='8147'>couple</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3834'>cakes</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='1262'>eat</strongs>at her <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Then <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>home</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6213'>dress</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='1279'>meat</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>So <strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to her <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>was laid <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs>. And she <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1217'>flour</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3888'>kneaded</strongs><em>it</em> , and made <strongs hebrew='3823'>cakes</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='1310'>bake</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3834'>cakes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And she <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4958'>pan</strongs>, and poured <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='3332'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him; but he <strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Have <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>me. And they went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Bring</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1279'>meat</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='2315'>chamber</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='1262'>eat</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3834'>cakes</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>she had <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><em>them</em> into the <strongs hebrew='2315'>chamber</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And when she had <strongs hebrew='5066'>brought</strongs><em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>, he took <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>of her, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, <strongs hebrew='935'>Come</strongs><strongs hebrew='7901'>lie</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me, my <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='408'>Nay</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, do <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6031'>force</strongs>me; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs>such <strongs hebrew='3651'>thing</strongs>ought to be <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5039'>folly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='575'>whither</strongs>shall I cause <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2781'>shame</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>? and as for <strongs hebrew='859'>thee</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5036'>fools</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4513'>withhold</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Howbeit he <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs>unto her <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>: but, being <strongs hebrew='2388'>stronger</strongs>than she, <strongs hebrew='6031'>forced</strongs>her, and lay <strongs hebrew='7901'>with</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='8135 1419 3966'>exceedingly</strongs>; so <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8135'>hatred</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs>her <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>greater</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 160'>love</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>wherewith</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>her. And <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, be <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <em>There</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='182'>cause</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>in sending me <strongs hebrew='7971'>away</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1419'>greater</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>didst</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>me. But he <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs>unto her. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Then he <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8334'>ministered</strongs>unto him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7971'>Put</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><em>woman</em> out from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921 2351'>me</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5274'>bolt</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>door</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <em>she</em> <em>had</em> a <strongs hebrew='3801'>garment</strongs>of divers <strongs hebrew='6446'>colors</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>her: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3651'>such</strongs><strongs hebrew='4598'>robes</strongs>were the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs><em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='1330'>virgins</strongs><strongs hebrew='3847'>appareled</strongs>. Then his <strongs hebrew='8334'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3318'>brought</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2351'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5274'>bolted</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1817'>door</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>her. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='665'>ashes</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3801'>garment</strongs>of divers <strongs hebrew='6446'>colors</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>her, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>laid</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and went <strongs hebrew='1980 1980'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='2199'>crying</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, Hath <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee? but <strongs hebrew='2790'>hold</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>thy peace, my <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7896 *853 3820'>regard</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>remained</strongs><strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>But when <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>things</strongs>, he was <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2734'>wroth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>unto</strongs>his brother <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 7451'>bad</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 1697 834'>because</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='6031'>forced</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs><strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>after two full <strongs hebrew='8141 3117'>years</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs><strongs hebrew='1494'>sheepshearers</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1178'>Baal</strongs>-hazor, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>beside</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>invited</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1494'>sheepshearers</strongs>; let the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, I beseech <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>Nay</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, let us <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>lest</strongs>we be <strongs hebrew='3513'>chargeable</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>thee. And he <strongs hebrew='6555'>pressed</strongs>him: howbeit he <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, If <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, let my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>us. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs>should he <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee? </verse>
            <verse number='27'>But <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='6555'>pressed</strongs>him, that he let <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>Now <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5288'>servants</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7200'>Mark</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>when <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2895'>merry</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, and when I <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='5221'>Smite</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>; then <strongs hebrew='4191'>kill</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>you? be <strongs hebrew='2388'>courageous</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121 2428'>valiant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And the <strongs hebrew='5288'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>. Then <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>got him <strongs hebrew='7392'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6505'>mule</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, while <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>were in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='8052'>tidings</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5221'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and there is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7167'>tore</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='899'>garments</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7901'>lay</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>stood <strongs hebrew='5324'>by</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs><strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And <strongs hebrew='3122'>Jonadab</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8093'>Shimeah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>suppose</strongs><em>that</em> they have <strongs hebrew='4191'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6310'>appointment</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>this hath <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>determined</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>day</strongs>that he <strongs hebrew='6031'>forced</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs><strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>take</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='559'>think</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>But <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>. And the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs>that kept the <strongs hebrew='6822'>watch</strongs>lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>looked</strongs>, and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, there <strongs hebrew='1980'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='4480 1870'>way</strongs>of the hill <strongs hebrew='4480 6654 2022'>side</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>behind</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And <strongs hebrew='3122'>Jonadab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>: as thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, as soon as he had made an <strongs hebrew='3615'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1696'>speaking</strongs>, that, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>, and lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>sore</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>But <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='8526'>Talmai</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5989'>Ammihud</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1650'>Geshur</strongs>. And <em>David</em> <strongs hebrew='56'>mourned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>So <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1650'>Geshur</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And <em>the</em> <em>soul</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>longed</strongs>to go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='5162'>comforted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='550'>Amnon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>seeing</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='14'>
            <verse number='1'>Now <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>perceived</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8620'>Tekoah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>fetched</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, feign thyself to be a <strongs hebrew='56'>mourner</strongs>, and put <strongs hebrew='3847'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs><strongs hebrew='899'>apparel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5480'>anoint</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thyself with <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>that</strongs>had a <strongs hebrew='7227'>long</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='56'>mourned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>manner</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him. So <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And when the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8621'>Tekoah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, she <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='639'>face</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='7812'>obeisance</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3467'>Help</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto her, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>aileth thee? And she <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='61'>indeed</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='490'>widow</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>, and mine <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And thy <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaid</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>strove <strongs hebrew='5327'>together</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and <em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5337 996'>part</strongs>them, but the <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='259'>other</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='4940'>family</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='6965'>risen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaid</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5414'>Deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>him that <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, that we may <strongs hebrew='4191'>kill</strongs>him, for the <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2026'>slew</strongs>; and we will <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3423'>heir</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>: and so they shall <strongs hebrew='3518'>quench</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1513'>coal</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='7604'>left</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7604'>leave</strongs>to my <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs><em>neither</em> <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='7611'>remainder</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>to thine <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will give <strongs hebrew='6680'>charge</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>concerning</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8621'>Tekoah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, My <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='3678'>throne</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5355'>guiltless</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Whosoever <strongs hebrew='1696'>saith</strongs><em>aught</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>me, and he shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>touch</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3254'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>she, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, let the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, that thou wouldest <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>suffer the <strongs hebrew='1350'>revengers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='7235'>more</strongs>, lest they <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, there shall <strongs hebrew='518'>not</strongs>one <strongs hebrew='4480 8185'>hair</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Then the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let thine <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaid</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Say <strongs hebrew='1696'>on</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs>then hast thou <strongs hebrew='2803'>thought</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>such</strongs>a thing <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>? for the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='4480 1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>as one which is <strongs hebrew='818'>faulty</strongs>, in that the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='1115'>not</strongs>fetch home <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5080'>banished</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>we must needs <strongs hebrew='4191 4191'>die</strongs>, and <em>are</em> as <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='5064'>spilt</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>be gathered <strongs hebrew='622'>up</strongs>again; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>respect</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='5315'>person</strongs>: yet doth he <strongs hebrew='2803'>devise</strongs><strongs hebrew='4284'>means</strongs>, that his <strongs hebrew='5080'>banished</strongs>be not <strongs hebrew='5080'>expelled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I am <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>have made me <strongs hebrew='3372'>afraid</strongs>: and thy <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaid</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; it may <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6213'>perform</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>request</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='519'>handmaid</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='519'>handmaid</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3709'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>that</em> <em>would</em> <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroy</strongs>me and my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5159'>inheritance</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Then thine <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaid</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='4496'>comfortable</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>as an <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>discern</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7451'>bad</strongs>: therefore the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3582'>Hide</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>me, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7592'>ask</strongs>thee. And the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Is</em> <em>not</em> the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>? And the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>As</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, none can <strongs hebrew='518 786'>turn</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3231'>right</strongs>hand or to the <strongs hebrew='8041'>left</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>aught</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>bade</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>put</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='8198'>handmaid</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='5668'>To</strongs>fetch <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>this <strongs hebrew='6440'>form</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1697'>speech</strongs>hath thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>: and my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>of an <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>therefore, <strongs hebrew='7725'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>again. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, and bowed <strongs hebrew='7812'>himself</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1288'>thanked</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3117'>Today</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='6213'>fulfilled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>request</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>So <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1650'>Geshur</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Let him <strongs hebrew='5437'>turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and let him <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5437'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>But in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808 376'>none</strongs>to be so <strongs hebrew='3966'>much</strongs><strongs hebrew='1984'>praised</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>for his <strongs hebrew='3303'>beauty</strongs>: from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3709'>sole</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the crown of his <strongs hebrew='6936'>head</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3971'>blemish</strongs>in him. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And when he <strongs hebrew='1548'>polled</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, (for it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>at every year's <strongs hebrew='4480 7093 3117 3117'>end</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1548'>polled</strongs><em>it</em> : <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><em>the</em> <em>hair</em> was <strongs hebrew='3513'>heavy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>him, therefore he <strongs hebrew='1548'>polled</strongs>it:) he <strongs hebrew='8254'>weighed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8181'>hair</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>at two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='8255'>shekels</strongs>after the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='68'>weight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And unto <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>there were <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8559'>Tamar</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3303'>fair</strongs><strongs hebrew='4758'>countenance</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>So <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs>two full <strongs hebrew='8141 3117'>years</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, to have <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; but he <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him: and when he <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>the second <strongs hebrew='8145'>time</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>Therefore he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7200'>See</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2513'>field</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='413'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>mine</strongs>, and he hath <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3341'>set</strongs>it on <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='3341'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2513'>field</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>Then <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>unto <em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs>have thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='3341'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2513'>field</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='559 413'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Come</strongs><strongs hebrew='2008'>hither</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs>am <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1650'>Geshur</strongs>? <em>it</em> <em>had</em> <em>been</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>for me <em>to</em> <em>have</em> <em>been</em> <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>still</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>therefore let me <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='3426'>be</strongs><em>any</em> <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>in me, let him <strongs hebrew='4191'>kill</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>So <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>him: and when he had <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7812'>bowed</strongs>himself <strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='639'>face</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5401'>kissed</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='15'>
            <verse number='1'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>this</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>prepared</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='4818'>chariots</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>rose up <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 3027'>beside</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>: and it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>so</em> , that when <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7379'>controversy</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, then <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 2088'>Of</strongs><strongs hebrew='335'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><em>is</em> of <strongs hebrew='4480 259'>one</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='7200'>See</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>matters</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5228'>right</strongs>; but <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs>man <em>deputed</em> of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>moreover, Oh <strongs hebrew='4310'>that</strongs>I were <strongs hebrew='7760'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='8199'>judge</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>hath</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='7379'>suit</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='4941'>cause</strongs>might <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>me, and I would do him <strongs hebrew='6663'>justice</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And it <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><em>so</em> , that when any <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='7126'>nigh</strongs><em>to</em> <em>him</em> to do him <strongs hebrew='7812'>obeisance</strongs>, he put <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2388'>took</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5401'>kissed</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And on <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>manner</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>: so <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1589'>stole</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>hearts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 7093'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='705'>forty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, let me <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7999'>pay</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5088'>vow</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5087'>vowed</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='5087'>vowed</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5088'>vow</strongs>while I <strongs hebrew='3427'>abode</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1650'>Geshur</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall bring me <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>indeed to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, then I will <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. So he <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>But <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='7270'>spies</strongs>throughout <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, As soon as ye <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>sound</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, then ye shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='4427'>reigneth</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2275'>Hebron</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <em>that</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='8537'>simplicity</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1526'>Gilonite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3289'>counselor</strongs>, from his <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <em>even</em> from <strongs hebrew='4480 1542'>Giloh</strongs>, while he <strongs hebrew='2076'>offered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='7195'>conspiracy</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='533'>strong</strongs>; for the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>increased</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>continually</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And there <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5046'>messenger</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3820'>hearts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='1227'>flee</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='1961'>shall</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>else</em> <strongs hebrew='6413'>escape</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6640'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>: make <strongs hebrew='4116'>speed</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1980'>depart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='5381'>overtake</strongs>us <strongs hebrew='4116'>suddenly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5080'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>us, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='6310'>edge</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><em>are</em> <em>ready</em> <em>to</em> <em>do</em> <strongs hebrew='834 3605'>whatsoever</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='977'>appoint</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs><strongs hebrew='7272'>after</strongs>him. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>left</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs>, <em>which</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='6370'>concubines</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7272'>after</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5975'>tarried</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='1004'>place</strongs>that was far <strongs hebrew='4801'>off</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 3027'>beside</strongs>him; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3774'>Cherethites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6432'>Pelethites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1663'>Gittites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='7272'>after</strongs>him from <strongs hebrew='4480 1661'>Gath</strongs>, passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='863'>Ittai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1663'>Gittite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>goest</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>us? <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>abide</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='5237'>stranger</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='1540'>exile</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Whereas thou <strongs hebrew='935'>camest</strongs><em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='8543'>yesterday</strongs>, should I this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>make thee go <strongs hebrew='1980'>up</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5128'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>us? seeing <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 834'>whither</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>may</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>thou, and take <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='863'>Ittai</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>As</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, and <em>as</em> my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>surely</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>whether</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>life</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>even</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>also will thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='863'>Ittai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='863'>Ittai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1663'>Gittite</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the little <strongs hebrew='2945'>ones</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='1419'>loud</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>also himself passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>brook</strongs><strongs hebrew='6939'>Kidron</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>toward</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs><strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3881'>Levites</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='5375'>bearing</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: and they set <strongs hebrew='3332'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='8552'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>passing</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>, Carry <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>favor</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, he will bring me <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>show</strongs>me <em>both</em> it, and his <strongs hebrew='5116'>habitation</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='26'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2654'>delight</strongs>in thee; <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <em>here</em> <em>am</em> I, let him <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>to me <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>seemeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>unto him. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>, <em>Art</em> <em>not</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7200'>seer</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>, and your <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='7200'>See</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='4102'>tarry</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6160'>plain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>from</strongs>you to <strongs hebrew='5046'>certify</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>therefore and <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>carried</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='727'>ark</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>again to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='3427'>tarried</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='4608'>ascent</strongs>of <em>mount</em> <strongs hebrew='2132'>Olivet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>as he went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, and had his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs><strongs hebrew='2645'>covered</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='3182'>barefoot</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='2645'>covered</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and they went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1058'>weeping</strongs>as they went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And <em>one</em> <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs><em>is</em> among the <strongs hebrew='7194'>conspirators</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, turn <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='5528'>foolishness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, that <em>when</em> <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>top</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>mount</em> , <strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7812'>worshiped</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='757'>Archite</strongs>came to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>him with his <strongs hebrew='3801'>coat</strongs><strongs hebrew='7167'>rent</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='127'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='33'>Unto whom <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>thou passest <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me, then thou shalt <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>me: </verse>
            <verse number='34'>But <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; <em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>have</em> <em>been</em> thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 227'>hitherto</strongs>, so <em>will</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>also <em>be</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>: then mayest thou for me <strongs hebrew='6565'>defeat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>And <em>hast</em> <em>thou</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>? therefore it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>soever</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>out of the king's <strongs hebrew='4480 1004 4428'>house</strongs>, thou shalt <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs><em>it</em> to <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <em>they</em> <em>have</em> <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>them their <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>'s <em>son</em> , and <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs><strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>'s <em>son</em> ; and <strongs hebrew='3027'>by</strongs>them ye shall <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>ye can <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>So <strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7463'>friend</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='16'>
            <verse number='1'>And when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>was a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>past</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4480 7218'>top</strongs><em>of</em> <em>the</em> <em>hill</em> , <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs><strongs hebrew='7125'>met</strongs>him, with a <strongs hebrew='6776'>couple</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2543'>asses</strongs><strongs hebrew='2280'>saddled</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them two <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><em>loaves</em> of <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>bunches of <strongs hebrew='6778'>raisins</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>of summer <strongs hebrew='7019'>fruits</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='5035'>bottle</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>meanest thou by <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs>? And <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='2543'>asses</strongs><em>be</em> for the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>to ride <strongs hebrew='7392'>on</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and summer <strongs hebrew='7019'>fruit</strongs>for the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>, that such as be <strongs hebrew='3287'>faint</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, And <strongs hebrew='346'>where</strongs><em>is</em> thy <strongs hebrew='113'>master</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>? And <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='3427'>abideth</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3117'>Today</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>restore</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4468'>kingdom</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, thine <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>pertained</em> unto <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I humbly <strongs hebrew='7812'>beseech</strongs>thee <em>that</em> I may <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='2580'>grace</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And when <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='980'>Bahurim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 4940'>family</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1617'>Gera</strongs>: he came <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7043'>cursed</strongs>still as he <strongs hebrew='3318'>came</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And he <strongs hebrew='5619'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and at <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs><em>were</em> on his right <strongs hebrew='4480 3225'>hand</strongs>and on his <strongs hebrew='4480 8040'>left</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>when he <strongs hebrew='7043'>cursed</strongs>, Come <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, come <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='1818'>bloody</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, and thou <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1100'>Belial</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, in <strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>stead</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='4427'>reigned</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4410'>kingdom</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>: and, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, thou <em>art</em> <em>taken</em> in thy <strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> a <strongs hebrew='1818'>bloody</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='3611'>dog</strongs><strongs hebrew='7043'>curse</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>? let me go <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, and take <strongs hebrew='5493'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>have I to do with you, ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3541'>so</strongs>let him <strongs hebrew='7043'>curse</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='7043'>Curse</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs>shall then <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs>hast thou <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='4480 4578'>bowels</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1245'>seeketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>: how much <strongs hebrew='637 3588'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><em>may</em> <em>this</em> <strongs hebrew='1145'>Benjamite</strongs><em>do</em> <em>it</em> ? let him <strongs hebrew='5117'>alone</strongs>, and let him <strongs hebrew='7043'>curse</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='559'>bidden</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>It may <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7200'>look</strongs>on mine <strongs hebrew='6040'>affliction</strongs>, and that the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7725'>requite</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7045'>cursing</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And as <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='1980'>along</strongs>on the <strongs hebrew='2022'>hill</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6763'>side</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='5980'>against</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='7043'>cursed</strongs>as he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5619'>threw</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs><strongs hebrew='5980'>at</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='6080'>cast</strongs><strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5889'>weary</strongs>, and refreshed <strongs hebrew='5314'>themselves</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='757'>Archite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7463'>friend</strongs>, was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, God <strongs hebrew='2421'>save</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, God <strongs hebrew='2421'>save</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs>, <em>Is</em> <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2617'>kindness</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>wentest</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>Nay</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='977'>choose</strongs>, his will I <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him will I <strongs hebrew='3427'>abide</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='8145'>again</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>whom</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>? <em>should</em> <em>I</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><em>serve</em> in the <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3051'>Give</strongs><strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>among you <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>we shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='935'>Go</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6370'>concubines</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='5117'>left</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou art <strongs hebrew='887'>abhorred</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>of</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: then shall the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee be <strongs hebrew='2388'>strong</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>So they <strongs hebrew='5186'>spread</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='168'>tent</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1406'>top</strongs>of the house; and <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6370'>concubines</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='3289'>counseled</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1992'>those</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>if a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7592'>inquired</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='1697'>oracle</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>both</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='17'>
            <verse number='1'>Moreover <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, Let me <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>choose <strongs hebrew='977'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147 6240'>twelve</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursue</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And I will <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him while <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3023'>weary</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7504'>weak</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>handed</strongs>, and will make him <strongs hebrew='2729 *853'>afraid</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him shall <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And I will bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>thee: the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seekest</strongs><em>is</em> as if <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>: <em>so</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs><strongs hebrew='3474'>pleased</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>well</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7121'>Call</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='757'>Archite</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>likewise</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>saith</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And when <strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs>after <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>manner</strongs>: shall we <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><em>after</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>not</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3289'>given</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>For, <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knowest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>be</em> mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='4751'>chafed</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='5315'>minds</strongs>, as a <strongs hebrew='1677'>bear</strongs>robbed of her <strongs hebrew='7909'>whelps</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>: and thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3885'>lodge</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2244'>hid</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='259'>some</strongs><strongs hebrew='6354'>pit</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='176'>or</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='259'>some</strongs><em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>: and it will come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when some of them be <strongs hebrew='5307'>overthrown</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='8462'>first</strongs>, that whosoever <strongs hebrew='8085 8085'>heareth</strongs>it will <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, There <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4046'>slaughter</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>follow</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1121 2428'>valiant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whose</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><em>is</em> as the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>, shall utterly <strongs hebrew='4549 4549'>melt</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs><em>is</em> a mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>man</strongs>, and <em>they</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='2428'>valiant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Therefore</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3289'>counsel</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='622'>generally</strongs><strongs hebrew='622'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>thee, from <strongs hebrew='4480 1835'>Dan</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba, as the <strongs hebrew='2344'>sand</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>; and that thou <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7128'>battle</strongs>in thine own <strongs hebrew='6440'>person</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>So shall we <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>him in <strongs hebrew='259'>some</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs>he shall be <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>, and we will <strongs hebrew='5117'>light</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2919'>dew</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>falleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>ground</strongs>: and of him and of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him there shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3498'>left</strongs>so <strongs hebrew='1571'>much</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Moreover, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>he be <strongs hebrew='622'>gotten</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, then shall <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='2256'>ropes</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and we will <strongs hebrew='5498'>draw</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='5704'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5158'>river</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704 834'>until</strongs>there be <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>one <strongs hebrew='1571'>small</strongs><strongs hebrew='6872'>stone</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='757'>Archite</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 6098'>counsel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>. For the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='6680'>appointed</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6565'>defeat</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>, to the <strongs hebrew='5668'>intent</strongs>that the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>might <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='2365'>Hushai</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2063'>Thus</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2063'>thus</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3289'>counsel</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='2063'>thus</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2063'>thus</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3289'>counseled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs><strongs hebrew='4120'>quickly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3885'>Lodge</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6160'>plains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>speedily</strongs>pass <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>be swallowed <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>Now <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stayed</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='5883'>En</strongs>-rogel; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3201'>might</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>: and a <strongs hebrew='8198'>wench</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>them; and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Nevertheless a <strongs hebrew='5288'>lad</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>: but they <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>both</strongs>of them away <strongs hebrew='4120'>quickly</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='980'>Bahurim</strongs>, which had a <strongs hebrew='875'>well</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2691'>court</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='8033'>whither</strongs>they went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6566'>spread</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4539'>covering</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='875'>well</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6440'>mouth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7849'>spread</strongs>ground <strongs hebrew='7383'>corn</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>thereon</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And when <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='346'>Where</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>? And the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, They be gone <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4323'>brook</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>. And when they had <strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>and could <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><em>them</em> , they <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>they were <strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs>, that they came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 875'>well</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>Arise</strongs>, and pass quickly <strongs hebrew='5674 4120'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3602'>thus</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs><strongs hebrew='3289'>counseled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Then <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, and they passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5704'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>there <strongs hebrew='5737'>lacked</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>gone <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And when <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6098'>counsel</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>followed</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='2280'>saddled</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>got</strongs>him home <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6680 413'>put</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>in order, and hanged <strongs hebrew='2614'>himself</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>, and was <strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulcher</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>Then <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4266'>Mahanaim</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>instead</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>: which <strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='3501'>Ithra</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3481'>Israelite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='26'>Abigail</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5176'>Nahash</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='269'>sister</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>So <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='2583'>pitched</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4266'>Mahanaim</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='7629'>Shobi</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5176'>Nahash</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 7237'>Rabbah</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4353'>Machir</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5988'>Ammiel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3810'>Lo</strongs>-debar, and <strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1569'>Gileadite</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 7274'>Rogelim</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='5066'>Brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='4904'>beds</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5592'>basins</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3335'>earthen</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2406'>wheat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7058'>flour</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7039'>parched</strongs><em>corn</em> , and <strongs hebrew='6321'>beans</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5742'>lentils</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7039'>parched</strongs><em>pulse</em> , </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And <strongs hebrew='1706'>honey</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2529'>butter</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8194'>cheese</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1241'>kine</strongs>, for <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and for the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, to <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7457'>hungry</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5889'>weary</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6771'>thirsty</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='18'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='6485'>numbered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='505'>thousands</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundreds</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>sent <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs>a third <strongs hebrew='7992'>part</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and a third <strongs hebrew='7992'>part</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>, and a third <strongs hebrew='7992'>part</strongs>under the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='863'>Ittai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1663'>Gittite</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, I will surely go <strongs hebrew='3318 3318'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='589'>myself</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>But the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>we flee <strongs hebrew='5127 5127'>away</strongs>, they will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760 3820'>care</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>us; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>of us <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>, will they <strongs hebrew='7760 3820'>care</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>us: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><em>thou</em> <em>art</em> <strongs hebrew='3644'>worth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs>of us: therefore <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5826'>succor</strongs>us out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='834'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>seemeth</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='3190'>best</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>side</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3967'>hundreds</strongs>and by <strongs hebrew='505'>thousands</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='863'>Ittai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <em>Deal</em> <strongs hebrew='328'>gently</strongs>for my sake with the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs>, <em>even</em> with <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>when the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>gave <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>charge</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 1697'>concerning</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>So the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs><strongs hebrew='7125'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3293'>wood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='8033'>Where</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='5062'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4046'>slaughter</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><em>men</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='8'>For the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='6327'>scattered</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3293'>wood</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7122'>met</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7392'>rode</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6505'>mule</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6505'>mule</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>the thick <strongs hebrew='7730'>boughs</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='424'>oak</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>caught <strongs hebrew='2388'>hold</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='424'>oak</strongs>, and he was taken <strongs hebrew='5414'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='6505'>mule</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>him went <strongs hebrew='5674'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And a <strongs hebrew='259'>certain</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><em>it</em> , and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='8518'>hanged</strongs>in an <strongs hebrew='424'>oak</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>him, And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, thou <strongs hebrew='7200'>sawest</strongs><em>him</em> , and <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs>didst thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smite</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>? and I would have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><em>shekels</em> of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='259'>a</strongs><strongs hebrew='2290'>girdle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3863'>Though</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='8254'>receive</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><em>shekels</em> of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3709'>hand</strongs>, <em>yet</em> would I <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>put <strongs hebrew='7971'>forth</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>in our <strongs hebrew='241'>hearing</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>charged</strongs>thee and <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='863'>Ittai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Beware that <strongs hebrew='8104 4130'>none</strongs><em>touch</em> the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='176'>Otherwise</strongs>I should have <strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsehood</strongs>against mine own <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>: for there is no <strongs hebrew='3808 3605 1697'>matter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3582'>hid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and thou <strongs hebrew='859'>thyself</strongs>wouldest have set <strongs hebrew='3320'>thyself</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5048'>against</strongs><em>me</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, I may <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3176'>tarry</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>with</strongs>thee. And he <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='7626'>darts</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3709'>hand</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8628'>thrust</strongs>them through the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5750'>while</strongs>he <em>was</em> yet <strongs hebrew='2416'>alive</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3820'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='424'>oak</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs>young <strongs hebrew='5288'>men</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5375'>bore</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3627'>armor</strongs>compassed <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='8628'>blew</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7291'>pursuing</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>held <strongs hebrew='2820'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And they <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6354'>pit</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3293'>wood</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5324'>laid</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1530'>heap</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='68'>stones</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='168'>tent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Now <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='2416'>lifetime</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs>and reared <strongs hebrew='5324'>up</strongs>for himself <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4678'>pillar</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='6010'>dale</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='5668'>to</strongs>keep my name in <strongs hebrew='2142 8034'>remembrance</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4678'>pillar</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>after</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>: and it is <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3027'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>, Let me <strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1319'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>tidings, how <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8199'>avenged</strongs>him of his <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>bear <strongs hebrew='376 1309'>tidings</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, but thou shalt bear <strongs hebrew='1319'>tidings</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>thou shalt bear no <strongs hebrew='1319 3808'>tidings</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 5921'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3569'>Cushi</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>tell</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3569'>Cushi</strongs>bowed <strongs hebrew='7812'>himself</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7323'>ran</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, But <strongs hebrew='1961 4100'>howsoever</strongs>, let me, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>pray</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3569'>Cushi</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100 2088'>Wherefore</strongs>wilt <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, seeing that thou hast <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1309'>tidings</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>ready</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='23'>But <strongs hebrew='1961 4100'>howsoever</strongs>, <em>said</em> <em>he</em> , let me <strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='7323'>Run</strongs>. Then <strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>ran</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3603'>plain</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5674'>overran</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3569'>Cushi</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='8179'>gates</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='6822'>watchman</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='1980'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1406'>roof</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, and lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>looked</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>running</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>alone</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And the <strongs hebrew='6822'>watchman</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>If</strongs>he <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='905'>alone</strongs>, <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1309'>tidings</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='1980'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>apace</strongs>, and drew <strongs hebrew='7131'>near</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And the <strongs hebrew='6822'>watchman</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>another</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>running</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='6822'>watchman</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7778'>porter</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs><em>another</em> <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7323'>running</strongs><strongs hebrew='905'>alone</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>He</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>bringeth <strongs hebrew='1319'>tidings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And the <strongs hebrew='6822'>watchman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>Me</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>thinketh</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4794'>running</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7223'>foremost</strongs>is like the <strongs hebrew='4794'>running</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2088'>He</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>cometh</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs><strongs hebrew='1309'>tidings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And <strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, All is <strongs hebrew='7965'>well</strongs>. And he fell <strongs hebrew='7821'>down</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>upon his <strongs hebrew='639'>face</strongs>before the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1288'>Blessed</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>hath delivered <strongs hebrew='5462'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>against my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Is the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>safe</strongs>? And <strongs hebrew='290'>Ahimaaz</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, When <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, and <em>me</em> thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='1995'>tumult</strongs>, but I <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><em>it</em> <em>was</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><em>unto</em> <em>him</em> , Turn <strongs hebrew='5437'>aside</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3320'>stand</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>here</strongs>. And he turned <strongs hebrew='5437'>aside</strongs>, and stood <strongs hebrew='5975'>still</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3569'>Cushi</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3569'>Cushi</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1319'>Tidings</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8199'>avenged</strongs>thee this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>them that rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3569'>Cushi</strongs>, Is the young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs><strongs hebrew='7965'>safe</strongs>? And <strongs hebrew='3569'>Cushi</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>rise</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>thee to do <em>thee</em> <strongs hebrew='7451'>hurt</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as <em>that</em> young <strongs hebrew='5288'>man</strongs><em>is</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>was much <strongs hebrew='7264'>moved</strongs>, and went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5944'>chamber</strongs>over the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>: and as he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>thus</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, O my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>! would <strongs hebrew='4310 5414'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>! </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='19'>
            <verse number='1'>And it was <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1058'>weepeth</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='56'>mourneth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='8668'>victory</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>was <em>turned</em> into <strongs hebrew='60'>mourning</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>how the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6087'>grieved</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>got</strongs>them by <strongs hebrew='1589'>stealth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>being <strongs hebrew='3637'>ashamed</strongs>steal <strongs hebrew='1589'>away</strongs>when they <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>But the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3813'>covered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2199'>cried</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='1419'>loud</strongs><strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>, O my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Thou hast <strongs hebrew='3001'>shamed</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6440'>faces</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, which this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='4422'>saved</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5315'>life</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and of thy <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='802'>wives</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='6370'>concubines</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'>In that thou <strongs hebrew='157'>lovest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='8130'>enemies</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8130'>hatest</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='157'>friends</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='5046'>declared</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>thou regardest <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3045'>perceive</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3863'>if</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='2416'>lived</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>we had <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>it had pleased thee <strongs hebrew='5869 3477'>well</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>, go <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 3820'>comfortably</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>if</strongs>thou go not <strongs hebrew='369 3318'>forth</strongs>, there will <strongs hebrew='518'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3885'>tarry</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>thee this <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='2063'>that</strongs>will be <strongs hebrew='7489'>worse</strongs>unto thee than <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='935 5921'>befell</strongs>thee from thy <strongs hebrew='4480 5271'>youth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>. And they <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='3427'>sit</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: for <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs>every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='168'>tent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1777'>strife</strongs>throughout <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5337'>saved</strongs>us out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3709'>hand</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='4422'>delivered</strongs>us out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3709'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>he is <strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='4886'>anointed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>us, is <strongs hebrew='4191'>dead</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs><strongs hebrew='2790'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>not a word of <strongs hebrew='7725'>bringing</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>back? </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1696'>Speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2205'>elders</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='314'>last</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>bring</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>back <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>? seeing the <strongs hebrew='1697'>speech</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs><em>are</em> my <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><em>are</em> my <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>wherefore</strongs>then <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='314'>last</strongs>to bring <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>ye to <strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs>, <em>Art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6106'>bone</strongs>, and of my <strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>so</strongs>to me, and <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='3541'>also</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='518'>if</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>continually</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8478'>room</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And he <strongs hebrew='5186'>bowed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, even as <em>the</em> <em>heart</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>; so that they <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><em>this</em> <em>word</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>Return</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>So the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1537'>Gilgal</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, to conduct the king <strongs hebrew='5674 *853 4428'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1617'>Gera</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1145'>Benjamite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> of <strongs hebrew='4480 980'>Bahurim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4116'>hasted</strongs>and came <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <em>there</em> <em>were</em> a <strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 1144'>Benjamin</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5288'>servant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='2568 6240'>fifteen</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him; and they went <strongs hebrew='6743'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And there went <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>a ferry <strongs hebrew='5679'>boat</strongs>to carry <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>what he <strongs hebrew='5869'>thought</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1617'>Gera</strongs>fell <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, as he was come <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='2803'>impute</strongs><strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>unto me, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>do thou <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='5753'>perversely</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='7760'>take</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>: therefore, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I am <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3130'>Joseph</strongs>to go <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>But <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>be put to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7043'>cursed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4899'>anointed</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>have I to do with you, ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>ye should this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7854'>adversaries</strongs>unto me? shall there any <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>be put to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Therefore the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='8096'>Shimei</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs>unto him. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and had <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>dressed</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>trimmed</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8222'>beard</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='3526'>washed</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='899'>clothes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>departed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><em>again</em> in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7125'>meet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Wherefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>wentest</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, My <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='7411'>deceived</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='2280'>saddle</strongs>me an <strongs hebrew='2543'>ass</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='7392'>ride</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>thereon</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6455'>lame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'>And he hath <strongs hebrew='7270'>slandered</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; but my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><em>is</em> as an <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>therefore <em>what</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>in thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>of</em> my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs><strongs hebrew='4194'>dead</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: yet didst thou <strongs hebrew='7896'>set</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>among them that did <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>at thine own <strongs hebrew='7979'>table</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='6666'>right</strongs>therefore <strongs hebrew='3426'>have</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='5759'>yet</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2199'>cry</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='29'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='4100'>Why</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speakest</strongs>thou any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='1697'>matters</strongs>? I have <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6717'>Ziba</strongs><strongs hebrew='2505'>divide</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7704'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'>And <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1571'>Yea</strongs>, let him <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='310 834'>forasmuch</strongs>as my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>is come <strongs hebrew='935'>again</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>peace</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>his own <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'>And <strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1569'>Gileadite</strongs>came <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 7274'>Rogelim</strongs>, and went <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, to conduct him <strongs hebrew='7971'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='32'>Now <strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs>was a <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='2204'>aged</strongs>man, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='8084'>fourscore</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>old</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>had provided <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3557'>sustenance</strongs>while he <strongs hebrew='7871'>lay</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='4266'>Mahanaim</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='33'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5674'>Come</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>over <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me, and I will <strongs hebrew='3557'>feed</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>me in <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>And <strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>How</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117 8141'>long</strongs>have I to <strongs hebrew='2416'>live</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>I should go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> this <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='8084'>fourscore</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>old</strongs>: <em>and</em> can I <strongs hebrew='3045'>discern</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='518'>can</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='2938'>taste</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>or <strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='518'>can</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of singing <strongs hebrew='7891'>men</strongs>and singing <strongs hebrew='7891'>women</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='4100'>wherefore</strongs>then should thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4853'>burden</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='36'>Thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>will go a little way <strongs hebrew='5674 4592'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>should the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='1580'>recompense</strongs>it me with <strongs hebrew='2063'>such</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1578'>reward</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='37'>Let thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, turn back <strongs hebrew='7725'>again</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='4191'>die</strongs>in mine own <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>be</em> <em>buried</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6913'>grave</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>and of my <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>. But <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3643'>Chimham</strongs>; let him go <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>to him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5869'>seem</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>unto thee. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3643'>Chimham</strongs>shall go <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>me, and <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>to him <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>that which shall <strongs hebrew='5869'>seem</strongs><strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>unto thee: and <strongs hebrew='834 3605'>whatsoever</strongs>thou shalt <strongs hebrew='977'>require</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>me, <em>that</em> will I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>for thee. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>. And when the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>was come <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='5401'>kissed</strongs><strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs>him; and he <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>unto his own <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>Then the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1537'>Gilgal</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3643'>Chimham</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>conducted</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='2677'>half</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>And, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Why</strongs>have our <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>stolen thee <strongs hebrew='1589'>away</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='5674'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1004'>household</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, over <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='42'>And <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030 5921'>answered</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><em>is</em> near of <strongs hebrew='7138'>kin</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>us: <strongs hebrew='4100 2088'>wherefore</strongs>then be ye <strongs hebrew='2734'>angry</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs>? have we eaten at <strongs hebrew='398 398'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <em>cost</em> ? <strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs>hath he given us any <strongs hebrew='5379 5375'>gift</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='43'>And the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, We have <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>parts</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='589'>we</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>more <em>right</em> in <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>ye: <strongs hebrew='4069'>why</strongs>then did ye <strongs hebrew='7043'>despise</strongs>us, that our <strongs hebrew='1697'>advice</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs>had in bringing <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>our <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>? And the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='7185'>fiercer</strongs>than the <strongs hebrew='4480 1697'>words</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='20'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='7122'>happened</strongs>to be there a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1100'>Belial</strongs>, whose <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='7652'>Sheba</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1075'>Bichri</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='1145'>Benjamite</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='8628'>blew</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, We have <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2506'>part</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>have we <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3448'>Jesse</strongs>: every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='168'>tents</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>So <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='310'>followed</strongs><strongs hebrew='7652'>Sheba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1075'>Bichri</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1692'>cleaved</strongs>unto their <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6235'>ten</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>women</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='6370'>concubines</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='5117'>left</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>put</strongs>them in <strongs hebrew='1004 4931'>ward</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3557'>fed</strongs>them, but <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them. So they <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>shut <strongs hebrew='6887'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2424'>living</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='491'>widowhood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2199'>Assemble</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>within <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>, and be <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='6311'>here</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>present</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>So <strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2199'>assemble</strongs><em>the</em> <em>men</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>: but he tarried <strongs hebrew='3186'>longer</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>the set <strongs hebrew='4150'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='3259'>appointed</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6258'>Now</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7652'>Sheba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1075'>Bichri</strongs>do us more <strongs hebrew='3415'>harm</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs><em>did</em> <strongs hebrew='53'>Absalom</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursue</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='6435'>lest</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4672'>get</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='1219'>fenced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5337 5869'>escape</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And there went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3774'>Cherethites</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6432'>Pelethites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>: and they went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursue</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='7652'>Sheba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1075'>Bichri</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>When <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>at</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='68'>stone</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='1391'>Gibeon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>them. And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4055'>garment</strongs>that he had put <strongs hebrew='3830'>on</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2296'>girded</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>it a <strongs hebrew='2289'>girdle</strongs><em>with</em> a <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='6775'>fastened</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4975'>loins</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8593'>sheath</strongs>thereof; and as <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>it fell <strongs hebrew='5307'>out</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs>, <em>Art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7965'>health</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>? And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='270'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2206'>beard</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='3225'>right</strongs><strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5401'>kiss</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>But <strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs>took <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='8104'>heed</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> in <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: so he <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him therewith <strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2570'>fifth</strongs><em>rib</em> , and shed <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4578'>bowels</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8138'>struck</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>again; and he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs><strongs hebrew='7291'>pursued</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='7652'>Sheba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1075'>Bichri</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>of Joab's <strongs hebrew='4480 5288 3097'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4310'>He</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='2654'>favoreth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4310'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>is</em> for <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <em>let</em> <em>him</em> <em>go</em> <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs><strongs hebrew='1556'>wallowed</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4546'>highway</strongs>. And when the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>stood <strongs hebrew='5975'>still</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='5437'>removed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='6021'>Amasa</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4546'>highway</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7993'>cast</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='899'>cloth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='834'>when</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs>one that <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>him stood <strongs hebrew='5975'>still</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='834'>When</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='3014'>removed</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4546'>highway</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>people</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursue</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='7652'>Sheba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1075'>Bichri</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And he went <strongs hebrew='5674'>through</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='59'>Abel</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='1038'>Beth</strongs>-maachah, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1276'>Berites</strongs>: and they were gathered <strongs hebrew='7035'>together</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='637'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6696 5921'>besieged</strongs>him in Abel of <strongs hebrew='62'>Beth</strongs>-maachah, and they cast <strongs hebrew='8210'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5550'>bank</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, and it <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2426'>trench</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7843'>battered</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>, to throw it <strongs hebrew='5307'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>Then <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs><strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>you</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, Come <strongs hebrew='7126'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 2008'>hither</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>with</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And when he was come <strongs hebrew='7126'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <em>Art</em> <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>? And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <em>he</em> . Then she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him <strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='519'>handmaid</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Then she <strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, They were <strongs hebrew='1696'>wont</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs>in old <strongs hebrew='7223'>time</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, They shall surely <strongs hebrew='7592 7592'>ask</strongs><em>counsel</em> at <strongs hebrew='59'>Abel</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='8552'>ended</strongs><em>the</em> <em>matter</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <em>one</em> <em>of</em> <em>them</em> <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7999'>peaceable</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='539'>faithful</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seekest</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4191'>destroy</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>wilt thou swallow <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Far be <strongs hebrew='2486'>it</strongs>, far be <strongs hebrew='2486'>it</strongs>from me, <strongs hebrew='518'>that</strongs>I should swallow <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs><strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>matter</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 2022'>mount</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7652'>Sheba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1075'>Bichri</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>, hath lifted <strongs hebrew='5375'>up</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <em>even</em> against <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5414'>deliver</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='905'>only</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='1980'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7993'>thrown</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='1157'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2346'>wall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>Then the <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='2451'>wisdom</strongs>. And they cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7652'>Sheba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1075'>Bichri</strongs>, and cast <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='7993'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='8628'>blew</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='6327'>retired</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>, every <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='168'>tent</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>Now <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3774'>Cherethites</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6432'>Pelethites</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And <strongs hebrew='151'>Adoram</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4522'>tribute</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='3092'>Jehoshaphat</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='286'>Ahilud</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='2142'>recorder</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='7724'>Sheva</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5608'>scribe</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6659'>Zadok</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='54'>Abiathar</strongs><em>were</em> the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='26'>And <strongs hebrew='5896'>Ira</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2972'>Jairite</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a chief <strongs hebrew='3548'>ruler</strongs>about <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='21'>
            <verse number='1'>Then there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>year</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245 6440'>inquired</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>answered</strongs>, <em>It</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='1818'>bloody</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921 834'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='4191'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1393'>Gibeonites</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1393'>Gibeonites</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them; (now the <strongs hebrew='1393'>Gibeonites</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588 518'>but</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3499'>remnant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='567'>Amorites</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='7650'>sworn</strongs>unto them: and <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5221'>slay</strongs>them in his <strongs hebrew='7065'>zeal</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>.) </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Wherefore <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1393'>Gibeonites</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>for you? and <strongs hebrew='4100'>wherewith</strongs>shall I make the <strongs hebrew='3722'>atonement</strongs>, that ye may <strongs hebrew='1288'>bless</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5159'>inheritance</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='1393'>Gibeonites</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, We will have <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>nor <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, nor <strongs hebrew='5973'>of</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='369'>neither</strongs>for us shalt thou <strongs hebrew='4191'>kill</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <em>that</em> will I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>for you. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And they <strongs hebrew='559 413'>answered</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>us, and <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1819'>devised</strongs>against us <em>that</em> we should be <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroyed</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3320'>remaining</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>any</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1366'>coasts</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Let <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='4480 1121'>sons</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>unto us, and we will <strongs hebrew='3363'>hang</strongs>them up unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1390'>Gibeah</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, <em>whom</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='972'>choose</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><em>them</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='7'>But the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2550 5921'>spared</strongs><strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>because</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='7621'>oath</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='996'>between</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>But the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7532'>Rizpah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='345'>Aiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='764'>Armoni</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4648'>Mephibosheth</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4324'>Michal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>she brought <strongs hebrew='3205'>up</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='5741'>Adriel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1271'>Barzillai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4259'>Meholathite</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And he <strongs hebrew='5414'>delivered</strongs>them into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1393'>Gibeonites</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='3363'>hanged</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='2022'>hill</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs><em>all</em> <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>, and were put to <strongs hebrew='4191'>death</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs><em>days</em> , in the <strongs hebrew='8462'>beginning</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs><strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='7532'>Rizpah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='345'>Aiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8242'>sackcloth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5186'>spread</strongs>it for her <strongs hebrew='413'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6697'>rock</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 8462'>beginning</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs><strongs hebrew='5413'>dropped</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5414'>suffered</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5775'>birds</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>air</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5117'>rest</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>them by <strongs hebrew='3119'>day</strongs>, nor the <strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And it was <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='7532'>Rizpah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='345'>Aiah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6370'>concubine</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>, had <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 854'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1167'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3003 1568'>Jabesh</strongs>-gilead, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='1589'>stolen</strongs>them from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7339'>street</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1052'>Beth</strongs>-shan, <strongs hebrew='834 8033'>where</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='8511'>hanged</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3117'>when</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5221'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1533'>Gilboa</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And he brought <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>; and they <strongs hebrew='622'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of them that were <strongs hebrew='3363'>hanged</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6106'>bones</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs><strongs hebrew='6912'>buried</strongs>they in the <strongs hebrew='776'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6762'>Zelah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='6913'>sepulcher</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7027'>Kish</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>: and they <strongs hebrew='6213'>performed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>. And after <strongs hebrew='310 3651'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6279'>entreated</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Moreover the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>had</strongs>yet <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>again <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>him, and fought <strongs hebrew='3898'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>waxed <strongs hebrew='5774'>faint</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And <strongs hebrew='3430'>Ishbibenob</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> of the <strongs hebrew='3211'>sons</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7498'>giant</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4948'>weight</strongs>of whose <strongs hebrew='7013'>spear</strongs><em>weighed</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><em>shekels</em> of <strongs hebrew='5178'>brass</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4948'>weight</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>being <strongs hebrew='2296'>girded</strongs>with a <strongs hebrew='2319'>new</strongs><em>sword</em> , <strongs hebrew='559'>thought</strongs>to have <strongs hebrew='5221'>slain</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>But <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5826'>succored</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistine</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>killed</strongs>him. <strongs hebrew='227'>Then</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swore</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3318'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>out with us to <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>, that thou <strongs hebrew='3518'>quench</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5216'>light</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And it came to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>this</strongs>, that there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1359'>Gob</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs><strongs hebrew='5444'>Sibbechai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2843'>Hushathite</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5593'>Saph</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> of the <strongs hebrew='3211'>sons</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7498'>giant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1359'>Gob</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, where <strongs hebrew='445'>Elhanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3296'>Jaare</strongs>-oregim, a <strongs hebrew='1022'>Bethlehemite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs><em>the</em> <em>brother</em> <em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1555'>Goliath</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1663'>Gittite</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6086'>staff</strongs>of whose <strongs hebrew='2595'>spear</strongs><em>was</em> like a <strongs hebrew='707'>weaver</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='4500'>beam</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And there <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1661'>Gath</strongs>, where <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>of <em>great</em> <strongs hebrew='4055'>stature</strongs>, that had on every <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='676'>fingers</strongs>, and on every <strongs hebrew='7272'>foot</strongs><strongs hebrew='8337'>six</strongs><strongs hebrew='676'>toes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7498'>giant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And when he <strongs hebrew='2778'>defied</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8092'>Shimea</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='702'>four</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='7498'>giant</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1661'>Gath</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5307'>fell</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='22'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='7892'>song</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>that</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>had <strongs hebrew='5337'>delivered</strongs>him out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3709'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 3709'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7586'>Saul</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='5553'>rock</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='4686'>fortress</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='6403'>deliverer</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6697'>rock</strongs>; in him will I <strongs hebrew='2620'>trust</strongs>: <em>he</em> <em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='4043'>shield</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7161'>horn</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='3468'>salvation</strongs>, my high <strongs hebrew='4869'>tower</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='4498'>refuge</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='3467'>savior</strongs>; thou <strongs hebrew='3467'>savest</strongs>me from <strongs hebrew='4480 2555'>violence</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>I will call <strongs hebrew='7121'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>who</em> <em>is</em> worthy to be <strongs hebrew='1984'>praised</strongs>: so shall I be <strongs hebrew='3467'>saved</strongs>from mine <strongs hebrew='4480 341'>enemies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>When</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4867'>waves</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs><strongs hebrew='661'>compassed</strongs>me, the <strongs hebrew='5158'>floods</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1100'>ungodly</strongs>men made me <strongs hebrew='1204'>afraid</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'>The <strongs hebrew='2256'>sorrows</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7585'>hell</strongs>compassed me <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='4170'>snares</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs><strongs hebrew='6923'>prevented</strongs>me; </verse>
            <verse number='7'>In my <strongs hebrew='6862'>distress</strongs>I called <strongs hebrew='7121'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: and he did <strongs hebrew='8085'>hear</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 1964'>temple</strongs>, and my <strongs hebrew='7775'>cry</strongs><em>did</em> <em>enter</em> into his <strongs hebrew='241'>ears</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Then the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1607'>shook</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7493'>trembled</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='4146'>foundations</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='7264'>moved</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1607'>shook</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>he was <strongs hebrew='2734'>wroth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>There went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6227'>smoke</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='639'>nostrils</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>out of his <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1513'>coals</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='1197'>kindled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>by</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>He <strongs hebrew='5186'>bowed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>also, and came <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='6205'>darkness</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And he <strongs hebrew='7392'>rode</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3742'>cherub</strongs>, and did <strongs hebrew='5774'>fly</strongs>: and he was <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And he <strongs hebrew='7896'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5521'>pavilions</strongs>round <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='2841'>dark</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>waters</strongs>, <em>and</em> thick <strongs hebrew='5645'>clouds</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7834'>skies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Through the <strongs hebrew='4480 5051'>brightness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>him were <strongs hebrew='1513'>coals</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs><strongs hebrew='1197'>kindled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7481'>thundered</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and the most <strongs hebrew='5945'>High</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>uttered</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And he sent <strongs hebrew='7971'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='2671'>arrows</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6327'>scattered</strongs>them; <strongs hebrew='1300'>lightning</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2000'>discomfited</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And the <strongs hebrew='650'>channels</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>appeared</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4146'>foundations</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8398'>world</strongs>were <strongs hebrew='1540'>discovered</strongs>, at the <strongs hebrew='1606'>rebuking</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, at the <strongs hebrew='4480 5397'>blast</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7307'>breath</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='639'>nostrils</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>He <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 4791'>above</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs>me; he <strongs hebrew='4871'>drew</strongs>me out of many <strongs hebrew='4480 4325 7227'>waters</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='18'>He <strongs hebrew='5337'>delivered</strongs>me from my strong <strongs hebrew='4480 341 5794'>enemy</strongs>, <em>and</em> from them that <strongs hebrew='4480 8130'>hated</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they were too <strongs hebrew='553'>strong</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>for</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>They <strongs hebrew='6923'>prevented</strongs>me in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='343'>calamity</strongs>: but the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4937'>stay</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>He brought me <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>also into a large <strongs hebrew='4800 *853'>place</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='2502'>delivered</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2654'>delighted</strongs>in me. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1580'>rewarded</strongs>me according to my <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>: according to the <strongs hebrew='1252'>cleanness</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>hath he <strongs hebrew='7725'>recompensed</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7561'>wickedly</strongs>departed from my <strongs hebrew='4480 430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>me: and <em>as</em> <em>for</em> his <strongs hebrew='2708'>statutes</strongs>, I did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>I <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='8549'>upright</strongs>before him and have kept <strongs hebrew='8104'>myself</strongs>from mine <strongs hebrew='4480 5771'>iniquity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>Therefore the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7725'>recompensed</strongs>me according to my <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>; according to my <strongs hebrew='1252'>cleanness</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>in</strongs>his eye <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='5973'>With</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2623'>merciful</strongs>thou wilt show thyself <strongs hebrew='2616'>merciful</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8549'>upright</strongs><strongs hebrew='1368'>man</strongs>thou wilt show thyself <strongs hebrew='8552'>upright</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='5973'>With</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2889'>pure</strongs>thou wilt show thyself <strongs hebrew='1305'>pure</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6141'>froward</strongs>thou wilt show thyself <strongs hebrew='6617'>unsavory</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='28'>And the <strongs hebrew='6041'>afflicted</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>: but thine <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7311'>haughty</strongs>, <em>that</em> thou mayest bring <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='8213'>down</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs><em>art</em> my <strongs hebrew='5216'>lamp</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5050'>lighten</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>by thee I have <strongs hebrew='7323'>run</strongs>through a <strongs hebrew='1416'>troop</strongs>: by my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='1801'>leaped</strongs>over a <strongs hebrew='7791'>wall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='31'><em>As</em> <em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>, his <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8549'>perfect</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='565'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6884'>tried</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='4043'>buckler</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='2620'>trust</strongs>in him. </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 1107'>save</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? and <strongs hebrew='4310'>who</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6697'>rock</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4480 1107'>save</strongs>our <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs><em>is</em> my <strongs hebrew='4581'>strength</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2428'>power</strongs>: and he <strongs hebrew='5425'>maketh</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs><strongs hebrew='8549'>perfect</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='34'>He <strongs hebrew='7737'>maketh</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='355'>hinds</strongs>' <em>feet</em> : and <strongs hebrew='5975'>setteth</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>my high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='35'>He <strongs hebrew='3925'>teacheth</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4421'>war</strongs>; so that a <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5154'>steel</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5181'>broken</strongs>by mine <strongs hebrew='2220'>arms</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='36'>Thou hast also <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='4043'>shield</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='3468'>salvation</strongs>: and thy <strongs hebrew='6038'>gentleness</strongs>hath made me <strongs hebrew='7235'>great</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='37'>Thou hast <strongs hebrew='7337'>enlarged</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6806'>steps</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>me; so that my <strongs hebrew='7166'>feet</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4571'>slip</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='38'>I have <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursued</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroyed</strongs>them; and turned not <strongs hebrew='3808 7725'>again</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>I had <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='39'>And I have <strongs hebrew='3615'>consumed</strongs>them, and <strongs hebrew='4272'>wounded</strongs>them, that they could <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>: yea, they are <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7272'>feet</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='40'>For thou hast <strongs hebrew='247'>girded</strongs>me with <strongs hebrew='2428'>strength</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>: them that rose <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>against me hast thou <strongs hebrew='3766'>subdued</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='41'>Thou hast also <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>me the <strongs hebrew='6203'>necks</strongs>of mine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemies</strongs>, that I might <strongs hebrew='6789'>destroy</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='8130'>hate</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='42'>They <strongs hebrew='8159'>looked</strongs>, but <em>there</em> <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>; <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, but he <strongs hebrew='6030'>answered</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='43'>Then did I <strongs hebrew='7833'>beat</strongs>them as small as the <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, I did <strongs hebrew='1854'>stamp</strongs>them as the <strongs hebrew='2916'>mire</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2351'>street</strongs>, <em>and</em> did spread them <strongs hebrew='7554'>abroad</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='44'>Thou also hast <strongs hebrew='6403'>delivered</strongs>me from the <strongs hebrew='4480 7379'>strivings</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, thou hast <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs>me <em>to</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>: a <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>which</em> I <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='45'><strongs hebrew='1121 5236'>Strangers</strongs>shall submit <strongs hebrew='3584'>themselves</strongs>unto me: as soon as they <strongs hebrew='8085 241'>hear</strongs>, they shall be <strongs hebrew='8085'>obedient</strongs>unto me. </verse>
            <verse number='46'><strongs hebrew='1121 5236'>Strangers</strongs>shall fade <strongs hebrew='5034'>away</strongs>, and they shall be <strongs hebrew='2296'>afraid</strongs>out of their close <strongs hebrew='4480 4526'>places</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='47'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1288'>blessed</strongs><em>be</em> my <strongs hebrew='6697'>rock</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7311'>exalted</strongs>be the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6697'>rock</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='3468'>salvation</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='48'>It <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5414 5360'>avengeth</strongs>me, and that bringeth <strongs hebrew='8213'>down</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs>me, </verse>
            <verse number='49'>And that bringeth me <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>from mine <strongs hebrew='4480 341'>enemies</strongs>: thou also hast lifted me up on <strongs hebrew='7311'>high</strongs>above them that rose <strongs hebrew='4480 6965'>up</strongs>against me: thou hast <strongs hebrew='5337'>delivered</strongs>me from the violent <strongs hebrew='4480 376 2555'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='50'><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Therefore</strongs>I will give <strongs hebrew='3034'>thanks</strongs>unto thee, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>, and I will sing <strongs hebrew='2167'>praises</strongs>unto thy <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='51'><em>He</em> <em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='4024'>tower</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3444'>salvation</strongs>for his <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6213'>showeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='4899'>anointed</strongs>, unto <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and to his <strongs hebrew='2233'>seed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>forevermore</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='23'>
            <verse number='1'>Now <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='314'>last</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3448'>Jesse</strongs><strongs hebrew='5002 *1732'>said</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1397'>man</strongs><em>who</em> <em>was</em> raised <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='5920'>high</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='4899'>anointed</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5273'>sweet</strongs><strongs hebrew='2158'>psalmist</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>said</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='7307'>Spirit</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>by me, and his <strongs hebrew='4405'>word</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>The <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='6697'>Rock</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs>to me, He that ruleth <strongs hebrew='4910'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs><em>must</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4910'>ruling</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3374'>fear</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And <em>he</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> as the <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, <em>when</em> the <strongs hebrew='8121'>sun</strongs><strongs hebrew='2224'>riseth</strongs>, <em>even</em> a <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='5645'>clouds</strongs>; <em>as</em> the tender <strongs hebrew='1877'>grass</strongs><em>springing</em> out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>earth</strongs>by clear <strongs hebrew='4480 5051'>shining</strongs>after <strongs hebrew='4480 4306'>rain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Although</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>yet</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='7760'>made</strongs>with me an <strongs hebrew='5769'>everlasting</strongs><strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6186'>ordered</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> , and <strongs hebrew='8104'>sure</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><em>this</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3468'>salvation</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>my</em> <strongs hebrew='2656'>desire</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>although</strongs>he make <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6779'>grow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>But <em>the</em> <em>sons</em> of <strongs hebrew='1100'>Belial</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>of them as <strongs hebrew='6975'>thorns</strongs>thrust <strongs hebrew='5074'>away</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='3947'>taken</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='7'>But the <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>that</em> shall <strongs hebrew='5060'>touch</strongs>them must be <strongs hebrew='4390'>fenced</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='1270'>iron</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='6086'>staff</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='2595'>spear</strongs>; and they shall be utterly <strongs hebrew='8313 8313'>burned</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>in the <em>same</em> <strongs hebrew='7675'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='8034'>names</strongs>of the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>had: The <strongs hebrew='8461'>Tachmonite</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>sat</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7675'>seat</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='7991'>captains</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5722'>Adino</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6112'>Eznite</strongs>: <em>he</em> <em>lifted</em> <em>up</em> <em>his</em> <em>spear</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>, whom he <strongs hebrew='2491'>slew</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='6471'>time</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='499'>Eleazar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1734'>Dodo</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121 266'>Ahohite</strongs>, <em>one</em> of the <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, when they <strongs hebrew='2778'>defied</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs><em>that</em> were <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>gathered <strongs hebrew='622'>together</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>were gone <strongs hebrew='5927'>away</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='1931'>He</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arose</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704 3588'>until</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='3021'>weary</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='1692'>cleaved</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8668'>victory</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='389'>only</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6584'>spoil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>him <em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='8048'>Shammah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='89'>Agee</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2043'>Hararite</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>were gathered <strongs hebrew='622'>together</strongs>into a <strongs hebrew='2416'>troop</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8033'>where</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2513'>piece</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7704'>ground</strongs><strongs hebrew='4392'>full</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5742'>lentils</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='5127'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>But he <strongs hebrew='3320'>stood</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2513'>ground</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5337'>defended</strongs>it, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>wrought</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='8668'>victory</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs><strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>in</strongs>the harvest <strongs hebrew='7105'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4631'>cave</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5725'>Adullam</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='2416'>troop</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs><strongs hebrew='2583'>pitched</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7497'>Rephaim</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>in a <strongs hebrew='4686'>hold</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4673'>garrison</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs><em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='183'>longed</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Oh that <strongs hebrew='4310'>one</strongs>would give me <strongs hebrew='8248'>drink</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 953'>well</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>is</em> by the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And the <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>broke <strongs hebrew='1234'>through</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4264'>host</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7579'>drew</strongs><strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 953'>well</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>was</em> by the <strongs hebrew='8179'>gate</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5375'>took</strongs><em>it</em> , and <strongs hebrew='935'>brought</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>: nevertheless he <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>thereof, but poured it <strongs hebrew='5258 *853'>out</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And he <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, Be it <strongs hebrew='2486'>far</strongs>from me, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that I should <strongs hebrew='4480 6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>: <em>is</em> <em>not</em> <em>this</em> the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>in jeopardy of their <strongs hebrew='5315'>lives</strongs>? therefore he <strongs hebrew='14'>would</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs>it. <strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs>things <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs>these <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='52'>Abishai</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs>, was <strongs hebrew='7218'>chief</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='7992'>three</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>lifted <strongs hebrew='5782'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2595'>spear</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2491'>slew</strongs><em>them</em> , and had the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>Was he <strongs hebrew='3588'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>most</strongs><strongs hebrew='3513'>honorable</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>? therefore he <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>: howbeit he <strongs hebrew='935'>attained</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <em>first</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='2428'>valiant</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, of <strongs hebrew='4480 6909'>Kabzeel</strongs>, who had done many <strongs hebrew='7227 6467'>acts</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs>lionlike <strongs hebrew='739'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>also and <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='8432 953'>pit</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3117'>time</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7950'>snow</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>an <strongs hebrew='376 4713'>Egyptian</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='4758'>goodly</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>: and the <strongs hebrew='4713'>Egyptian</strongs>had a <strongs hebrew='2595'>spear</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>; but he went <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>him with a <strongs hebrew='7626'>staff</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1497'>plucked</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2595'>spear</strongs>out of the Egyptian's <strongs hebrew='4480 3027 4713'>hand</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5221'>slew</strongs>him with his own <strongs hebrew='2595'>spear</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'><strongs hebrew='428'>These</strongs><em>things</em> <strongs hebrew='6213'>did</strongs><strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3077'>Jehoiada</strongs>, and had the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>He was more <strongs hebrew='3513'>honorable</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>than</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>, but he <strongs hebrew='935'>attained</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <em>first</em> <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4928'>guard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='24'><strongs hebrew='6214'>Asahel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='251'>brother</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><em>was</em> one of the <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='445'>Elhanan</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1734'>Dodo</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1035'>Bethlehem</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='25'><strongs hebrew='8048'>Shammah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2733'>Harodite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='470'>Elika</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2733'>Harodite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='26'><strongs hebrew='2503'>Helez</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6407'>Paltite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5896'>Ira</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6142'>Ikkesh</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8621'>Tekoite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='27'><strongs hebrew='44'>Abiezer</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6069'>Anethothite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4012'>Mebunnai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2843'>Hushathite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='28'><strongs hebrew='6756'>Zalmon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='266'>Ahohite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4121'>Maharai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5200'>Netophathite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='29'><strongs hebrew='2460'>Heleb</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1196'>Baanah</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='5200'>Netophathite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='863'>Ittai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7380'>Ribai</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 1390'>Gibeah</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='30'><strongs hebrew='1141'>Benaiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6553'>Pirathonite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1914'>Hiddai</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4480 5158'>brooks</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1608'>Gaash</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='31'><strongs hebrew='45'>Abi</strongs>-albon the <strongs hebrew='6164'>Arbathite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5820'>Azmaveth</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1273'>Barhumite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='32'><strongs hebrew='455'>Eliahba</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8170'>Shaalbonite</strongs>, of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3464'>Jashen</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3083'>Jonathan</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='33'><strongs hebrew='8048'>Shammah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2043'>Hararite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='279'>Ahiam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8325'>Sharar</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2043'>Hararite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='34'><strongs hebrew='467'>Eliphelet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='308'>Ahasbai</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4602'>Maachathite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='463'>Eliam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='302'>Ahithophel</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1526'>Gilonite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='35'><strongs hebrew='2695'>Hezrai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3761'>Carmelite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6474'>Paarai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='701'>Arbite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='36'><strongs hebrew='3008'>Igal</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5416'>Nathan</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 6678'>Zobah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1137'>Bani</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1425'>Gadite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='37'><strongs hebrew='6768'>Zelek</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5984'>Ammonite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5171'>Naharai</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='886'>Beerothite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3627 5375'>armorbearer</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6870'>Zeruiah</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='38'><strongs hebrew='5896'>Ira</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3505'>Ithrite</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1619'>Gareb</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='3505'>Ithrite</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='39'><strongs hebrew='223'>Uriah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2850'>Hittite</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7970'>thirty</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='24'>
            <verse number='1'>And <strongs hebrew='3254'>again</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='2734'>kindled</strongs>against <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, and he <strongs hebrew='5496'>moved</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>against them to <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4487'>number</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>For the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captain</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>host</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='7751'>Go</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>through <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, from <strongs hebrew='4480 1835'>Dan</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba, and <strongs hebrew='6485'>number</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, Now the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>add</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, how many soever they <strongs hebrew='1992 1992'>be</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='3967 6471'>hundredfold</strongs>, and that the <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>may <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><em>it</em> : but <strongs hebrew='4100'>why</strongs>doth my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='2654'>delight</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>thing</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Notwithstanding the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs><strongs hebrew='2388'>prevailed</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs><strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>host</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='8269'>captains</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2428'>host</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='6440'>presence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='6485'>number</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And they passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3383'>Jordan</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='2583'>pitched</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='6177'>Aroer</strongs>, on the right <strongs hebrew='3225'>side</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>lieth</em> in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5158'>river</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1410'>Gad</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>toward</strongs><strongs hebrew='3270'>Jazer</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Then they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8483'>Tahtim</strongs>-hodshi; and they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1842'>Dan</strongs>-jaan, and <strongs hebrew='5439'>about</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='6721'>Zidon</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4013'>stronghold</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyre</strongs>, and to <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2340'>Hivites</strongs>, and of the <strongs hebrew='3669'>Canaanites</strongs>: and they went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs><em>to</em> the <strongs hebrew='5045'>south</strongs><em>of</em> <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <em>even</em> to <strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>So when they had <strongs hebrew='7751'>gone</strongs>through <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 7097'>end</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8672'>nine</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>months</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6242'>twenty</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='3097'>Joab</strongs>gave <strongs hebrew='5414'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4557'>sum</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4662'>number</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: and there <strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='8083'>eight</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='2428'>valiant</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='8025'>drew</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='2568'>five</strongs><strongs hebrew='3967'>hundred</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>him <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='3651'>that</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='5608'>numbered</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>greatly</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>I have <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>: and <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, I beseech <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, take <strongs hebrew='5674'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I have done <strongs hebrew='3966'>very</strongs><strongs hebrew='5528'>foolishly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>For when <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1410'>Gad</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2374'>seer</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saying</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3541'>Thus</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5190 5921'>offer</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><em>things</em> ; <strongs hebrew='977'>choose</strongs>thee <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>them, that I may <em></em> <em>do</em> <em>it</em> unto thee. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>So <strongs hebrew='1410'>Gad</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5046'>told</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, Shall <strongs hebrew='7651'>seven</strongs><strongs hebrew='8141'>years</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7458'>famine</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>unto thee in thy <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs>wilt thou <strongs hebrew='5127'>flee</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='2320'>months</strongs><strongs hebrew='6440'>before</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='6862'>enemies</strongs>, while <strongs hebrew='1931'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='7291'>pursue</strongs>thee? <strongs hebrew='518'>or</strongs>that there <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='7969'>three</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>advise</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>answer</strongs>I shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to him that <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1410'>Gad</strongs>, I am in a <strongs hebrew='3966'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='6862'>strait</strongs>: let us <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='4994'>now</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs>: and let me <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>So the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>sent</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1698'>pestilence</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs><strongs hebrew='4150'>appointed</strongs>: and there <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 1835'>Dan</strongs>even <strongs hebrew='5704'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='884'>Beer</strongs>-sheba <strongs hebrew='7657'>seventy</strongs><strongs hebrew='505'>thousand</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And when the <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>stretched <strongs hebrew='7971'>out</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs>it, the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>repented <strongs hebrew='5162'>him</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, It is <strongs hebrew='7227'>enough</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7503'>stay</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1637'>threshingplace</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='728'>Araunah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2983'>Jebusite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>when he <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5221'>smote</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>Lo</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have done <strongs hebrew='5753'>wickedly</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><strongs hebrew='6629'>sheep</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>have they <strongs hebrew='6213'>done</strongs>? let thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>, I pray <strongs hebrew='4994'>thee</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>against me, and against my <strongs hebrew='1'>father</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And <strongs hebrew='1410'>Gad</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, Go <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6965'>rear</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1637'>threshingfloor</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='728'>Araunah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2983'>Jebusite</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='1697'>saying</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1410'>Gad</strongs>, went <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='6680'>commanded</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>And <strongs hebrew='728'>Araunah</strongs><strongs hebrew='8259'>looked</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servants</strongs>coming <strongs hebrew='5674'>on</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>toward</strongs>him: and <strongs hebrew='728'>Araunah</strongs>went <strongs hebrew='3318'>out</strongs>, and bowed <strongs hebrew='7812'>himself</strongs>before the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>on his <strongs hebrew='639'>face</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='776'>ground</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And <strongs hebrew='728'>Araunah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4069'>Wherefore</strongs>is my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='5650'>servant</strongs>? And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, To <strongs hebrew='7069'>buy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1637'>threshingfloor</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5973'>of</strongs>thee, to <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, that the <strongs hebrew='4046'>plague</strongs>may be <strongs hebrew='6113'>stayed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And <strongs hebrew='728'>Araunah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>, Let my <strongs hebrew='113'>lord</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>and offer <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>what <em>seemeth</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='5869'>him</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='7200'>behold</strongs>, <em>here</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>for burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>sacrifice</strongs>, and threshing <strongs hebrew='4173'>instruments</strongs>and <em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='3627'>instruments</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='6086'>wood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>these <em>things</em> did <strongs hebrew='728'>Araunah</strongs>, <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>. And <strongs hebrew='728'>Araunah</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='7521'>accept</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='24'>And the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='728'>Araunah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>Nay</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>I will surely <strongs hebrew='7069 7069'>buy</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 854'>of</strongs>thee at a <strongs hebrew='4242'>price</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='5927'>offer</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of that <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>doth cost me <strongs hebrew='2600'>nothing</strongs>. So <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='7069'>bought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1637'>threshingfloor</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1241'>oxen</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='2572'>fifty</strongs><strongs hebrew='8255'>shekels</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='25'>And <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs><strongs hebrew='1129'>built</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4196'>altar</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5927'>offered</strongs>burnt <strongs hebrew='5930'>offerings</strongs>and peace <strongs hebrew='8002'>offerings</strongs>. So the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6279'>entreated</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4046'>plague</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='6113'>stayed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
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