\id 2SA The Second Book of Samuel 
\h 2 Samuel 
\toc1 The Second Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The Second Book of the Kings 
\toc2 2 Samuel 
\toc3 2Sa 
\mt1 The Second Book of Samuel Otherwise Called the Second Book of the Kings  
\c 1  
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\v 1 Now it came to pass \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w death|strong="H4194"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w slaughter|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*;  
\v 2 It came even to pass on the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that, behold, a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* out of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* with his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*: and \add so\add* it was, when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and did \w obeisance|strong="H7812"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, From whence \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Out of the \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* am I \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*.  
\v 4 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w How|strong="H4100"\w* went the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*? I pray thee, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, That the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* are \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* from the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w many|strong="H7235"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* also are \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* and \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*; and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* are \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* also.\f + \fr 1.4 \ft How…: Heb. What was, etc\f*  
\v 5 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, How \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou that \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* be \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*?  
\v 6 And the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, As I \w happened|strong="H7136"\w* by \w chance|strong="H7122"\w* upon \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*, behold, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w leaned|strong="H8172"\w* upon his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*; and, lo, the \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* and \w horsemen|strong="H1167"\w* followed \w hard|strong="H1692"\w* after him.  
\v 7 And when he \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him, he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* me, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto me. And I \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Here \add am\add* I.\f + \fr 1.7 \ft Here…: Heb. Behold me\f*  
\v 8 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Who \add art\add* thou? And I \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, I \add am\add* an \w Amalekite|strong="H6003"\w*.  
\v 9 He \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me again, \w Stand|strong="H5975"\w*, I pray thee, upon me, and \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* me: for \w anguish|strong="H7661"\w* is \w come|strong="H0270"\w* upon me, because my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \add is\add* yet whole in me.\f + \fr 1.9 \ft anguish…: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc\f*  
\v 10 So I \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* upon him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, because I was \w sure|strong="H3045"\w* that he could not \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that he was \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*: and I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* that \add was\add* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and the \w bracelet|strong="H0685"\w* that \add was\add* on his \w arm|strong="H2220"\w*, and have \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them hither unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.   
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\v 11 Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* took \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* on his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* them; and likewise all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \add were\add* with him:  
\v 12 And they \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* until \w even|strong="H6153"\w*, for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and for \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; because they were \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.   
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\v 13 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, Whence \add art\add* thou? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w stranger|strong="H0376"\w*, an \w Amalekite|strong="H6003"\w*.  
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, How wast thou not \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* to stretch \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*?  
\v 15 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w near|strong="H5066"\w*, \add and\add* \w fall|strong="H6293"\w* upon him. And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 16 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Thy \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \add be\add* upon thy \w head|strong="H7218"\w*; for thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* hath \w testified|strong="H6030"\w* against thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*.   
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\v 17 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w lamented|strong="H6969"\w* with this \w lamentation|strong="H7015"\w* over \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and over \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*:  
\v 18 (Also he \w bade|strong="H0559"\w* them \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add the use of\add* the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*: behold, \add it is\add* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of \w Jasher|strong="H3477"\w*.)\f + \fr 1.18 \ft of Jasher: or, of the upright\f*  
\v 19 The \w beauty|strong="H6643"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* upon thy high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*: how are the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*!  
\v 20 \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* not in \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, \w publish|strong="H1319"\w* \add it\add* not in the \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* of \w Askelon|strong="H0831"\w*; lest the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*, lest the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of the \w uncircumcised|strong="H6189"\w* \w triumph|strong="H5937"\w*.  
\v 21 Ye \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* of \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*, \add let there be\add* no \w dew|strong="H2919"\w*, neither \add let there be\add* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*, upon you, nor \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* of \w offerings|strong="H8641"\w*: for there the \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* is vilely cast \w away|strong="H1602"\w*, the \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \add as though he had\add* not \add been\add* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* with \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*.  
\v 22 From the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w slain|strong="H2491"\w*, from the \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*, the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w turned|strong="H7734"\w* not \w back|strong="H0268"\w*, and the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* not \w empty|strong="H7387"\w*.  
\v 23 \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \add were\add* \w lovely|strong="H0157"\w* and \w pleasant|strong="H5273"\w* in their \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, and in their \w death|strong="H4194"\w* they were not \w divided|strong="H6504"\w*: they were \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* than \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w*, they were \w stronger|strong="H1396"\w* than \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*.\f + \fr 1.23 \ft pleasant: or, sweet\f*  
\v 24 Ye \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, weep \w over|strong="H1058"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, who \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* you in \w scarlet|strong="H8144"\w*, with \add other\add* \w delights|strong="H5730"\w*, who \w put|strong="H5927"\w* on \w ornaments|strong="H5716"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* upon your \w apparel|strong="H3830"\w*.  
\v 25 How are the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*! O \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, \add thou wast\add* \w slain|strong="H2491"\w* in thine high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.  
\v 26 I am \w distressed|strong="H6887"\w* for thee, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*: \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H5276"\w* hast thou been unto me: thy \w love|strong="H0160"\w* to me was \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w*, passing the \w love|strong="H0160"\w* of \w women|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 27 How are the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*, and the \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w perished|strong="H0006"\w*!   
\c 2  
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\v 1 And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* into \w any|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Whither shall I go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Unto \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.  
\v 2 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* thither, and his \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* also, \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* the \w Jezreelitess|strong="H3159"\w*, and \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* \w Nabal’s|strong="H5037"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* the \w Carmelite|strong="H3761"\w*.  
\v 3 And his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \add were\add* with him did \w David|strong="H1732"\w* bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*: and they \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.  
\v 4 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and there they \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \add That\add* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w* \add were they\add* that \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.   
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\v 5 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* ye of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that ye have \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* this \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* unto your \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \add even\add* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and have \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him.  
\v 6 And now the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* unto you: and I also will \w requite|strong="H6213"\w* you this \w kindness|strong="H2896"\w*, because ye have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 7 Therefore now let your \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* be \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w*, and be ye \w valiant|strong="H1121"\w*: for your \w master|strong="H0113"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and also the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* have \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* me \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over them.\f + \fr 2.7 \ft be ye…: Heb. be ye the sons of valour\f*   
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\v 8 ¶ But \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and brought him \w over|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*;\f + \fr 2.8 \ft Saul’s host: Heb. the host which was Saul’s\f*\f + \fr 2.8 \ft Ish-bosheth: or, Esh-baal\f*  
\v 9 And made him \w king|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and over the \w Ashurites|strong="H0805"\w*, and over \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and over \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and over \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add was\add* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. But the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \w time|strong="H4557"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* was \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*.\f + \fr 2.11 \ft time: Heb. number of days\f*   
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\v 12 ¶ And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, and the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* to \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, and the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w met|strong="H6298"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* by the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* of \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*: and they sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w*, the one on the one side of the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*, and the other on the other side of the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*.\f + \fr 2.13 \ft together: Heb. them together\f*  
\v 14 And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Let the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* now \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w play|strong="H7832"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* us. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let them \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*.  
\v 15 Then there \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* by \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, which \add pertained\add* to \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 16 And they \w caught|strong="H2388"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his \w fellow|strong="H7453"\w* by the \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \add thrust\add* his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* in his \w fellow’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w*; so they fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*: wherefore that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* was \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Helkath-hazzurim|strong="H2521"\w*, which \add is\add* in \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.\f + \fr 2.16 \ft Helkath-hazzurim: that is, The field of strong men\f*  
\v 17 And there was a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w sore|strong="H7186"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* was \w beaten|strong="H5062"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ And there were \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* there, \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, and \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*: and \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \add was as\add* \w light|strong="H7031"\w* of \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* as \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w roe|strong="H6643"\w*.\f + \fr 2.18 \ft of foot: Heb. of his feet\f*\f + \fr 2.18 \ft as a wild…: Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field\f*  
\v 19 And \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*; and in \w going|strong="H3212"\w* he \w turned|strong="H5186"\w* not to the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* nor to the \w left|strong="H8040"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*.\f + \fr 2.19 \ft from…: Heb. from after Abner\f*  
\v 20 Then \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Art\add* thou \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add*.  
\v 21 And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to him, Turn thee \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* to thy right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* or to thy \w left|strong="H8040"\w*, and lay thee \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* on \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thee his \w armour|strong="H2488"\w*. But \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not turn \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* of him.\f + \fr 2.21 \ft armour: or, spoil\f*  
\v 22 And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* to \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, Turn thee \w aside|strong="H5493"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* me: wherefore should I \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* thee to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*? how then should I hold \w up|strong="H5375"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*?  
\v 23 Howbeit he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to turn \w aside|strong="H5493"\w*: wherefore \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* with the hinder \w end|strong="H0310"\w* of the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him \w under|strong="H0413"\w* the \w fifth|strong="H2570"\w* \add rib\add*, that the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him; and he fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* there, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* in the same \w place|strong="H8478"\w*: and it came to pass, \add that\add* as many as \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* and \w died|strong="H4191"\w* stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* also and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*: and the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* went \w down|strong="H0935"\w* when they were \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w hill|strong="H1389"\w* of \w Ammah|strong="H0522"\w*, that \add lieth\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Giah|strong="H1520"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* of \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.   
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\v 25 ¶ And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, and became \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w troop|strong="H0092"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* on the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of an \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*.  
\v 26 Then \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w*? \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou not that it will be \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* in the latter \w end|strong="H0314"\w*? how long shall it be then, ere thou \w bid|strong="H0559"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*?  
\v 27 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, \w unless|strong="H3884"\w* thou hadst \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, surely then in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* had gone \w up|strong="H5927"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.\f + \fr 2.27 \ft in the…: Heb. from the morning\f*\f + \fr 2.27 \ft gone…: or, gone away\f*  
\v 28 So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*, and \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* no more, neither \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* they any \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.  
\v 29 And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* all that \w night|strong="H3915"\w* through the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w*, and passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and went \w through|strong="H3212"\w* all \w Bithron|strong="H1338"\w*, and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*.  
\v 30 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*: and when he had \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, there \w lacked|strong="H6485"\w* of \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w nineteen|strong="H8672"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*.  
\v 31 But the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and of \w Abner’s|strong="H0074"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, \add so that\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 32 ¶ And they took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* him in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, which \add was in\add* \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* all \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, and they came to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* at break of \w day|strong="H0215"\w*.   
\c 3  
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\v 1 Now there was \w long|strong="H0752"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w waxed|strong="H1980"\w* \w stronger|strong="H2390"\w* and \w stronger|strong="H2390"\w*, and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w waxed|strong="H1980"\w* \w weaker|strong="H1800"\w* and \w weaker|strong="H1800"\w*.   
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\v 2 ¶ And unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* were \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*: and his \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* was \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*, of \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* the \w Jezreelitess|strong="H3159"\w*;  
\v 3 And his \w second|strong="H4932"\w*, \w Chileab|strong="H3609"\w*, of \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* the \w Carmelite|strong="H3761"\w*; and the \w third|strong="H7992"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*;\f + \fr 3.3 \ft Chileab: or, Daniel\f*  
\v 4 And the \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w*, \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w*; and the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w*, \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abital|strong="H0037"\w*;  
\v 5 And the \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w*, \w Ithream|strong="H3507"\w*, by \w Eglah|strong="H5698"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. These were \w born|strong="H3205"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.   
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\v 6 ¶ And it came to pass, while there was \w war|strong="H4421"\w* between the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* made himself \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.   
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\v 7 And \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had a \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w*: and \add Ish-bosheth\add* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, Wherefore hast thou gone \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w*?  
\v 8 Then was \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w* for the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Am\add* I a \w dog’s|strong="H3611"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, which against \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* do \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, to his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and to his \w friends|strong="H4828"\w*, and have not \w delivered|strong="H4672"\w* thee into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, that thou \w chargest|strong="H6485"\w* me to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* with a \w fault|strong="H5771"\w* concerning this \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*?  
\v 9 So \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, except, as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, even so I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him;  
\v 10 To \w translate|strong="H5674"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and to set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*.  
\v 11 And he \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* a \w word|strong="H1697"\w* again, because he \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* him.   
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\v 12 ¶ And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* on his behalf, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Whose \add is\add* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* \add also\add*, \w Make|strong="H3772"\w* thy \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with me, and, behold, my \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \add shall be\add* with thee, to bring \w about|strong="H5437"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto thee.   
\p
\v 13 ¶ And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Well|strong="H2896"\w*; I will \w make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with thee: but \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* I \w require|strong="H7592"\w* of thee, that \w is|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, except thou \w first|strong="H6440"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, when thou \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.\f + \fr 3.13 \ft that is: Heb. saying\f*  
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \add me\add* my \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*, which I \w espoused|strong="H0781"\w* to me for an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w foreskins|strong="H6190"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* her from \add her\add* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, \add even\add* from \w Phaltiel|strong="H6409"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Laish|strong="H3889"\w*.\f + \fr 3.15 \ft Phaltiel: also called, Phalti\f*  
\v 16 And her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with her along \w weeping|strong="H1980"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* her to \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w return|strong="H7725"\w*. And he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*.\f + \fr 3.16 \ft along…: Heb. going and weeping\f*   
\p
\v 17 ¶ And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* had \w communication|strong="H1961"\w* with the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Ye \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in \w times|strong="H8543"\w* \w past|strong="H8032"\w* \add to be\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over you:\f + \fr 3.17 \ft in times…: Heb. both yesterday and the third day\f*  
\v 18 Now then \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add it:\add* for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, By the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* I will \w save|strong="H3467"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of all their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.  
\v 19 And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* also \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: and \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* also to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* all that \w seemed|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and that seemed \w good|strong="H5869"\w* to the whole \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.  
\v 20 So \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with him. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* and the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \add were\add* with him a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*.  
\v 21 And \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, I will \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* and \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, and will \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, that they may \w make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with thee, and that thou mayest \w reign|strong="H4427"\w* over all that thine \w heart|strong="H5315"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0183"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*; and he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.   
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\v 22 ¶ And, behold, the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* from \add pursuing\add* a \w troop|strong="H1416"\w*, and brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* a \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* with them: but \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \add was\add* not with \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*; for he had sent him \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, and he was \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 23 When \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* that \add was\add* with him were \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and he hath sent him \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, and he is \w gone|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 24 Then \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What hast thou \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? behold, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee; why \add is\add* it \add that\add* thou hast sent him \w away|strong="H7971"\w*, and he is \w quite|strong="H1980"\w* \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*?  
\v 25 Thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*, that he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w deceive|strong="H6601"\w* thee, and to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thy going \w out|strong="H4161"\w* and thy coming \w in|strong="H4126"\w*, and to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* all that thou \w doest|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 26 And when \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* was come \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, which brought him \w again|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w well|strong="H0953"\w* of \w Sirah|strong="H5626"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \add it\add* not.  
\v 27 And when \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* was \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* took him \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* with him \w quietly|strong="H7987"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him there under the \w fifth|strong="H2570"\w* \add rib\add*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, for the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.\f + \fr 3.27 \ft quietly: or, peaceably\f*   
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\v 28 ¶ And \w afterward|strong="H0310"\w* when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add it\add*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I and my \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \add are\add* \w guiltless|strong="H5355"\w* before the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* from the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*:\f + \fr 3.28 \ft blood: Heb. bloods\f*  
\v 29 Let it \w rest|strong="H2342"\w* on the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and on all his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and let there not \w fail|strong="H3772"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* one that hath an \w issue|strong="H2100"\w*, or that is a \w leper|strong="H6879"\w*, or that \w leaneth|strong="H2388"\w* on a \w staff|strong="H6418"\w*, or that \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* on the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, or that \w lacketh|strong="H2638"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.\f + \fr 3.29 \ft fail: Heb. be cut off\f*  
\v 30 So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, because he had \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* their \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* at \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* in the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.   
\p
\v 31 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, \w Rend|strong="H7167"\w* your \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w gird|strong="H2296"\w* you with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w mourn|strong="H5594"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*. And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add himself\add* \w followed|strong="H1980"\w* the \w bier|strong="H4296"\w*.\f + \fr 3.31 \ft bier: Heb. bed\f*  
\v 32 And they \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* at the \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*; and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*.  
\v 33 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w lamented|strong="H6969"\w* over \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Died|strong="H4191"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* as a \w fool|strong="H5036"\w* \w dieth|strong="H4194"\w*?  
\v 34 Thy \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \add were\add* not \w bound|strong="H0631"\w*, nor thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w put|strong="H5066"\w* into \w fetters|strong="H5178"\w*: as a man \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w wicked|strong="H5766"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, \add so\add* \w fellest|strong="H5307"\w* thou. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* over him.\f + \fr 3.34 \ft wicked…: Heb. children of iniquity\f*  
\v 35 And when \w all|strong="H3605"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w cause|strong="H1262"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* \w meat|strong="H3899"\w* while it was \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, So \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to me, and more \w also|strong="H3254"\w*, if I \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, or \w ought|strong="H3972"\w* else, \w till|strong="H6440"\w* the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* be \w down|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\v 36 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* took \w notice|strong="H5234"\w* \add of it\add*, and it \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* them: as whatsoever the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 3.36 \ft pleased them: Heb. was good in their eyes\f*  
\v 37 For all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w understood|strong="H3045"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that it was not of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*.  
\v 38 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* ye not that there is a \w prince|strong="H8269"\w* and a great \w man|strong="H1419"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 39 And I \add am\add* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w weak|strong="H7390"\w*, though \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; and these \w men|strong="H0582"\w* the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \add be\add* too \w hard|strong="H7186"\w* for me: the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall \w reward|strong="H7999"\w* the doer of \w evil|strong="H6213"\w* according to his \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.\f + \fr 3.39 \ft weak: Heb. tender\f*   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1 And when \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* were \w feeble|strong="H7503"\w*, and all the \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* were \w troubled|strong="H0926"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \add that were\add* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w bands|strong="H1416"\w*: the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \add was\add* \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*, and the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* a \w Beerothite|strong="H0886"\w*, of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*: (for \w Beeroth|strong="H0881"\w* also was \w reckoned|strong="H2803"\w* to \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*:\f + \fr 4.2 \ft other: Heb. second\f*  
\v 3 And the \w Beerothites|strong="H0886"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* to \w Gittaim|strong="H1664"\w*, and were \w sojourners|strong="H1481"\w* there until this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.)  
\v 4 And \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, had a \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \add that was\add* \w lame|strong="H5223"\w* of \add his\add* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. He was \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when the \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* out of \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, and his \w nurse|strong="H0539"\w* took him \w up|strong="H5375"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*: and it came to pass, as she made \w haste|strong="H2648"\w* to \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*, that he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*, and became \w lame|strong="H6452"\w*. And his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*.\f + \fr 4.4 \ft Mephibosheth: or, Merib-baal\f*  
\v 5 And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* the \w Beerothite|strong="H0886"\w*, \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* and \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*, \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* about the \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* of the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w*, who \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* on a \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* at \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*.  
\v 6 And they came \w thither|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \add as though\add* they would have \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*; and they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him under the \w fifth|strong="H2570"\w* \add rib:\add* and \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* and \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w*.  
\v 7 For when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, he \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* on his \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* in his \w bedchamber|strong="H2315"\w*, and they \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him, and \w beheaded|strong="H5493"\w* him, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and gat them \w away|strong="H3212"\w* \w through|strong="H1870"\w* the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w* all \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 8 And they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* thine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, which \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w hath|strong="H5414"\w* \w avenged|strong="H5360"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and of his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*.   
\p
\v 9 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w* and \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* the \w Beerothite|strong="H0886"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, who hath \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* out of all \w adversity|strong="H6869"\w*,  
\v 10 When one \w told|strong="H5046"\w* me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, thinking to have \w brought|strong="H5869"\w* good \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, I took \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* of him, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* him in \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, who \add thought\add* that I would have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him a reward for his \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w*:\f + \fr 4.10 \ft thinking…: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc\f*\f + \fr 4.10 \ft who…: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings\f*  
\v 11 How much more, when \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* have \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* a \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w person|strong="H0376"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w* upon his \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*? shall I not therefore now \w require|strong="H1245"\w* his \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of your \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and take you \w away|strong="H1197"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*?  
\v 12 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and they \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* them, and cut \w off|strong="H7112"\w* their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* and their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and hanged \add them\add* \w up|strong="H8518"\w* over the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. But they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Ish-bosheth|strong="H0378"\w*, and \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \add it\add* in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.   
\c 5  
\p
\v 1 Then \w came|strong="H0935"\w* all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* unto \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, and \w spake|strong="H0559"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, we \add are\add* thy \w bone|strong="H6106"\w* and thy \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.  
\v 2 Also in time \w past|strong="H0865"\w*, when \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* was \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over us, thou wast he that leddest \w out|strong="H3318"\w* and broughtest \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to thee, Thou shalt \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and thou shalt be a \w captain|strong="H5057"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 3 So all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*; and \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* a \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with them in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and they \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 ¶ \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add was\add* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* when he began to \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, \add and\add* he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 5 In \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*: and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* he \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto the \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: which \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Except thou take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* and the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w*, thou shalt not come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* hither: \w thinking|strong="H0559"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* cannot come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* hither.\f + \fr 5.6 \ft thinking…: or, saying David shall not, etc\f*  
\v 7 Nevertheless \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the strong \w hold|strong="H4686"\w* of \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*: the same \add is\add* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 8 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* on that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, Whosoever getteth \w up|strong="H5060"\w* to the \w gutter|strong="H6794"\w*, and \w smiteth|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, and the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* and the \w blind|strong="H5787"\w*, \add that are\add* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* of \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, \add he shall be chief and captain\add*. Wherefore they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* and the \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 5.8 \ft Wherefore…: or, Because they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not\f*  
\v 9 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w fort|strong="H4686"\w*, and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* it the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* from \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w* and \w inward|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 10 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w*, and grew \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \add was\add* with him.\f + \fr 5.10 \ft went…: Heb. went, going and growing\f*   
\p
\v 11 ¶ And \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w*, and \w masons|strong="H7023"\w*: and they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 5.11 \ft masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall\f*  
\v 12 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w perceived|strong="H3045"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w established|strong="H3559"\w* him \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and that he had \w exalted|strong="H5375"\w* his \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* for his \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel’s|strong="H3478"\w* sake.   
\p
\v 13 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \add him\add* more \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w* and \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* out of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* he was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*: and there were yet \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 14 And these \add be\add* the \w names|strong="H8034"\w* of those that were \w born|strong="H3209"\w* unto him in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; \w Shammua|strong="H8051"\w*, and \w Shobab|strong="H7727"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, and \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*,  
\v 15 \w Ibhar|strong="H2984"\w* also, and \w Elishua|strong="H0474"\w*, and \w Nepheg|strong="H5298"\w*, and \w Japhia|strong="H3309"\w*,  
\v 16 And \w Elishama|strong="H0476"\w*, and \w Eliada|strong="H0450"\w*, and \w Eliphalet|strong="H0467"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 ¶ But when the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that they had \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, all the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \add of it\add*, and went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*.  
\v 18 The \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* also \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w spread|strong="H5203"\w* themselves in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w*.  
\v 19 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall I go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? wilt thou \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* them into mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*? And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*: for I will \w doubtless|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* into thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 20 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Baal-perazim|strong="H1188"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* them there, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath broken \w forth|strong="H6555"\w* upon mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, as the \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*. Therefore he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of that \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Baal-perazim|strong="H1188"\w*.\f + \fr 5.20 \ft Baal-perazim: that is, the plain of breaches\f*  
\v 21 And there they \w left|strong="H5800"\w* their \w images|strong="H6091"\w*, and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w burned|strong="H5375"\w* them.\f + \fr 5.21 \ft burned…: or, took them away\f*   
\p
\v 22 ¶ And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H5203"\w* themselves in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w*.  
\v 23 And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt not go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*; \add but\add* fetch a \w compass|strong="H5437"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* them, and \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon them over \w against|strong="H4136"\w* the mulberry \w trees|strong="H1057"\w*.  
\v 24 And let it be, when thou \w hearest|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of a \w going|strong="H6807"\w* in the \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* of the mulberry \w trees|strong="H1057"\w*, that then thou shalt \w bestir|strong="H2782"\w* thyself: for then shall the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, to \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.  
\v 25 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him; and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* from \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* until thou \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gazer|strong="H1507"\w*.\f + \fr 5.25 \ft Geba: also called, Gibeon\f*   
\c 6  
\p
\v 1 Again, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* all \add the\add* \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* \add men\add* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* with all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him from Baale of \w Judah|strong="H1184"\w*, to bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* that \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* \add between\add* the \w cherubims|strong="H3742"\w*.\f + \fr 6.2 \ft Baale: or, Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim\f*\f + \fr 6.2 \ft whose name…: or, at which the name, even the name of the \+nd LORD\+nd* of hosts, was called upon\f*  
\v 3 And they \w set|strong="H7392"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* upon a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* it out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w* that \add was\add* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*: and \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w* and \w Ahio|strong="H0283"\w*, the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, \w drave|strong="H5090"\w* the \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w cart|strong="H5699"\w*.\f + \fr 6.3 \ft set: Heb. made to ride\f*\f + \fr 6.3 \ft Gibeah: or, the hill\f*  
\v 4 And they \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* it out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w* which \add was\add* at \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, \w accompanying|strong="H5973"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and \w Ahio|strong="H0283"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*.\f + \fr 6.4 \ft accompanying: Heb. with\f*  
\v 5 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w played|strong="H7832"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* on all manner of \add instruments made of\add* \w fir|strong="H1265"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, even on \w harps|strong="H3658"\w*, and on \w psalteries|strong="H5035"\w*, and on \w timbrels|strong="H8596"\w*, and on \w cornets|strong="H4517"\w*, and on \w cymbals|strong="H6767"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ And when they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Nachon’s|strong="H5225"\w* \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w*, \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w* put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* \add his hand\add* to the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and took \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* of it; for the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w shook|strong="H8058"\w* \add it\add*.\f + \fr 6.6 \ft Nachon: also called Chidon\f*\f + \fr 6.6 \ft shook it: or, stumbled\f*  
\v 7 And the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w*; and \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him there for \add his\add* \w error|strong="H7944"\w*; and there he \w died|strong="H4191"\w* by the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.\f + \fr 6.7 \ft error: or, rashness\f*  
\v 8 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w displeased|strong="H2734"\w*, because the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w made|strong="H6555"\w* a \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* upon \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w*: and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the name of the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w Perez-uzzah|strong="H6560"\w* to this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 6.8 \ft made: Heb. broken\f*\f + \fr 6.8 \ft Perez-uzzah: that is, the breach of Uzzah\f*  
\v 9 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How shall the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to me?  
\v 10 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* unto him into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: but \w David|strong="H1732"\w* carried it \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w*.  
\v 11 And the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w continued|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w*, and all his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w*, and all that \add pertaineth\add* unto him, because of the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Obed-edom|strong="H5654"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* with \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*.  
\v 13 And it was \add so\add*, that when they that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w gone|strong="H6805"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w paces|strong="H6806"\w*, he \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w oxen|strong="H7794"\w* and \w fatlings|strong="H4806"\w*.  
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w danced|strong="H3769"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with all \add his\add* \w might|strong="H5797"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add was\add* \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* with a \w linen|strong="H0906"\w* \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*.  
\v 15 So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* with \w shouting|strong="H8643"\w*, and with the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*.  
\v 16 And as the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w* through a \w window|strong="H2474"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w leaping|strong="H6339"\w* and \w dancing|strong="H3769"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; and she \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* him in her \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.   
\p
\v 17 ¶ And they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* in the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w set|strong="H3322"\w* it in his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w pitched|strong="H5186"\w* for it: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 6.17 \ft pitched: Heb. stretched\f*  
\v 18 And as soon as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, he \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*.  
\v 19 And he \w dealt|strong="H2505"\w* among all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add even\add* among the whole \w multitude|strong="H1995"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, as well to the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* as \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, to every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w cake|strong="H2471"\w* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and a good \w piece|strong="H0829"\w* \add of flesh\add*, and a \w flagon|strong="H0809"\w* \add of wine\add*. So all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 ¶ Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*. And \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, How \w glorious|strong="H3513"\w* was the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, who \w uncovered|strong="H1540"\w* himself to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w handmaids|strong="H0519"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the vain \w fellows|strong="H7386"\w* \w shamelessly|strong="H1540"\w* \w uncovereth|strong="H1540"\w* himself!\f + \fr 6.20 \ft shamelessly: or, openly\f*  
\v 21 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*, \add It was\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, which \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* me before thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and before all his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to \w appoint|strong="H6680"\w* me \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* over the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: therefore will I \w play|strong="H7832"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 22 And I will yet be more \w vile|strong="H7043"\w* than \w thus|strong="H2063"\w*, and will be \w base|strong="H8217"\w* in mine own \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*: and of the \w maidservants|strong="H0519"\w* which thou hast \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w* of, of them shall I be had in \w honour|strong="H3513"\w*.\f + \fr 6.22 \ft of the…: or, of the handmaids of my servants\f*  
\v 23 Therefore \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* had no \w child|strong="H2056"\w* unto the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of her \w death|strong="H4194"\w*.   
\c 7  
\p
\v 1 And it came to pass, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had given him \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* from all his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*;  
\v 2 That the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w* now, I \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*, but the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w dwelleth|strong="H3427"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w curtains|strong="H3407"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all that \add is\add* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*; for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* with thee.   
\p
\v 4 ¶ And it came to pass that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, that the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came unto \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 5 \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Shalt thou \w build|strong="H1129"\w* me an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for me to dwell \w in|strong="H3427"\w*?\f + \fr 7.5 \ft my servant…: Heb. to my servant, to David\f*  
\v 6 Whereas I have not \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \add any\add* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* since the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that I brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, even to this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, but have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* in a \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* and in a \w tabernacle|strong="H4908"\w*.  
\v 7 In all \add the places\add* wherein I have \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* with all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* I a \w word|strong="H1697"\w* with \w any|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whom I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* to \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Why \w build|strong="H1129"\w* ye not me an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w*?\f + \fr 7.7 \ft any of…: any of the judges\f*  
\v 8 Now therefore so shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, I \w took|strong="H3947"\w* thee from the \w sheepcote|strong="H5116"\w*, from \w following|strong="H0310"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, to be \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*:\f + \fr 7.8 \ft from following: Heb. from after\f*  
\v 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w*, and have cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* all thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* out of thy \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, and have \w made|strong="H6213"\w* thee a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, like unto the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \add men\add* that \add are\add* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 7.9 \ft out of…: Heb. from thy face\f*  
\v 10 Moreover I will \w appoint|strong="H7760"\w* a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* for my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and will \w plant|strong="H5193"\w* them, that they may \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in a place of their own, and \w move|strong="H7264"\w* no more; neither shall the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w wickedness|strong="H5766"\w* \w afflict|strong="H6031"\w* them any \w more|strong="H3254"\w*, as \w beforetime|strong="H7223"\w*,  
\v 11 And as since the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \add to be\add* over my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and have caused thee to \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* from all thine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. Also the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w telleth|strong="H5046"\w* thee that he will \w make|strong="H6213"\w* thee an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\p
\v 12 ¶ And when thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w* be \w fulfilled|strong="H4390"\w*, and thou shalt \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* with thy \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, I will set \w up|strong="H6965"\w* thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* thee, which shall \w proceed|strong="H3318"\w* out of thy \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w*, and I will \w establish|strong="H3559"\w* his \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w*.  
\v 13 He shall \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and I will \w stablish|strong="H3559"\w* the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of his \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 14 I will be his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, and he shall be my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. If he commit \w iniquity|strong="H5753"\w*, I will \w chasten|strong="H3198"\w* him with the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and with the \w stripes|strong="H5061"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*:  
\v 15 But my \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* shall not depart \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from him, as I \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \add it\add* from \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, whom I put \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee.  
\v 16 And thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w* and thy \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H0539"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee: thy \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* shall be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.  
\v 17 According to all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, and according to all this \w vision|strong="H2384"\w*, so did \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.   
\p
\v 18 ¶ Then \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who \add am\add* I, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*? and what \add is\add* my \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that thou hast \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* me \w hitherto|strong="H1988"\w*?  
\v 19 And this was yet a small \w thing|strong="H6994"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*; but thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* also of thy \w servant’s|strong="H5650"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* for a great while to \w come|strong="H7350"\w*. And \add is\add* this the \w manner|strong="H8452"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*?\f + \fr 7.19 \ft manner: Heb. law\f*  
\v 20 And what \w can|strong="H3254"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* unto thee? for thou, \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 21 For thy \w word’s|strong="H1697"\w* sake, and according to thine own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, hast thou \w done|strong="H6213"\w* all these great \w things|strong="H1420"\w*, to make thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add them\add*.  
\v 22 Wherefore thou art \w great|strong="H1431"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: for \add there is\add* none like thee, neither \add is there any\add* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w beside|strong="H2108"\w* thee, according to all that we have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* with our \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.  
\v 23 And what \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \add is\add* like thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \add even\add* like \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, whom \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* to \w redeem|strong="H6299"\w* for a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to himself, and to \w make|strong="H7760"\w* him a \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for you great \w things|strong="H1420"\w* and \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w*, for thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, which thou \w redeemedst|strong="H6299"\w* to thee from \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \add from\add* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* and their \w gods|strong="H0430"\w*?  
\v 24 For thou hast \w confirmed|strong="H3559"\w* to thyself thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \add to be\add* a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* unto thee \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: and thou, \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, art \w become|strong="H1961"\w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 25 And now, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* concerning thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and concerning his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w establish|strong="H6965"\w* \add it\add* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as thou hast \w said|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 26 And let thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w* be \w magnified|strong="H1431"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w* \add is\add* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and let the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* be \w established|strong="H3559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee.  
\v 27 For thou, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* of \w hosts|strong="H6635"\w*, \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, hast \w revealed|strong="H1540"\w* to thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w build|strong="H1129"\w* thee an \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: therefore hath thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* this \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* unto thee.\f + \fr 7.27 \ft revealed: Heb. opened the ear\f*  
\v 28 And now, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, thou \add art\add* that \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w* be \w true|strong="H0571"\w*, and thou hast \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* this \w goodness|strong="H2896"\w* unto thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*:  
\v 29 Therefore now let it \w please|strong="H2974"\w* thee to \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, that it may continue for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee: for thou, O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3069"\+w*\nd*, hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \add it:\add* and with thy \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* let the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* be \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.\f + \fr 7.29 \ft let it…: Heb. be thou pleased and bless\f*   
\c 8  
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\v 1 And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* this it came to pass, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w subdued|strong="H3665"\w* them: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Metheg-ammah|strong="H4965"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.\f + \fr 8.1 \ft Metheg-ammah: or, the bridle of Ammah\f*  
\v 2 And he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and \w measured|strong="H4058"\w* them with a \w line|strong="H2256"\w*, casting them \w down|strong="H7901"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*; even with \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w lines|strong="H2256"\w* \w measured|strong="H4058"\w* he to put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, and with one \w full|strong="H4393"\w* \w line|strong="H2256"\w* to keep \w alive|strong="H2421"\w*. And \add so\add* the \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* became \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \add and\add* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w*.   
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\v 3 ¶ \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* also \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, as he \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w recover|strong="H7725"\w* his \w border|strong="H3027"\w* at the \w river|strong="H5104"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\w*.\f + \fr 8.3 \ft Hadadezer: or, Hadarezer\f*  
\v 4 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* from him a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \add chariots\add*, and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H0376"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w houghed|strong="H6131"\w* all the \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \add horses\add*, but \w reserved|strong="H3498"\w* of them \add for\add* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*.\f + \fr 8.4 \ft from…: or, of his chariots\f*  
\v 5 And when the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w succour|strong="H5826"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 6 Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w garrisons|strong="H5333"\w* in \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*: and the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* became \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \add and\add* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4503"\w*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w preserved|strong="H3467"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* whithersoever he \w went|strong="H1980"\w*.  
\v 7 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w shields|strong="H7982"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* that were on the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* them to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 8 And from \w Betah|strong="H0984"\w*, and from \w Berothai|strong="H1268"\w*, \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*.   
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\v 9 ¶ When \w Toi|strong="H8583"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w host|strong="H2428"\w* of \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*,  
\v 10 Then \w Toi|strong="H8583"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, to \w salute|strong="H7592"\w* him, and to \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* him, because he had \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, and \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* him: for \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* had \w wars|strong="H0376"\w* with \w Toi|strong="H8583"\w*. And \add Joram\add* brought with \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w*:\f + \fr 8.10 \ft Joram: also called, Hadoram\f*\f + \fr 8.10 \ft salute…: Heb. ask him of peace\f*\f + \fr 8.10 \ft had wars…: Heb. was a man of wars with\f*\f + \fr 8.10 \ft brought…: Heb. in his hand were\f*  
\v 11 Which also \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* did \w dedicate|strong="H6942"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, with the \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* and \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* that he had \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* of all \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* which he \w subdued|strong="H3533"\w*;  
\v 12 Of \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, and of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, and of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and of \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*, and of the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w gat|strong="H6213"\w* \add him\add* a \w name|strong="H8034"\w* when he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w smiting|strong="H5221"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*, \add being\add* \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \add men\add*.\f + \fr 8.13 \ft smiting: Heb. his smiting\f*   
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\v 14 ¶ And he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w garrisons|strong="H5333"\w* in \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*; throughout all \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* he \w garrisons|strong="H5333"\w*, and all they of \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w* became \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w preserved|strong="H3467"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* whithersoever he \w went|strong="H1980"\w*.   
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\v 15 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w executed|strong="H6213"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* and \w justice|strong="H6666"\w* unto all his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 16 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \add was\add* over the \w host|strong="H6635"\w*; and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w* \add was\add* \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*;\f + \fr 8.16 \ft recorder: or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles\f*  
\v 17 And \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, and \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*, \add were\add* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*; and \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \add was\add* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*;\f + \fr 8.17 \ft scribe: or, secretary\f*  
\v 18 And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \add was over\add* both the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w* and the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*; and \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* were chief \w rulers|strong="H3548"\w*.\f + \fr 8.18 \ft chief rulers: or, princes\f*   
\c 9  
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\v 1 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Is there \w yet|strong="H3426"\w* any that is \w left|strong="H3498"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that I may \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* him \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* for \w Jonathan’s|strong="H3083"\w* sake?  
\v 2 And \add there was\add* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*. And when they had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add Art\add* thou \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \add is he\add*.  
\v 3 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is\add* there \w not|strong="H0657"\w* yet \w any|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, that I may \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* the \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* unto him? And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* hath yet a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \add which is\add* \w lame|strong="H5223"\w* on \add his\add* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.  
\v 4 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Where|strong="H0375"\w* \add is\add* he? And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold, he \add is\add* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammiel|strong="H5988"\w*, in \w Lo-debar|strong="H3810"\w*.   
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\v 5 ¶ Then \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* him out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammiel|strong="H5988"\w*, from \w Lo-debar|strong="H3810"\w*.  
\v 6 Now when \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and did \w reverence|strong="H7812"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*!\f + \fr 9.6 \ft Mephibosheth: also called Merib-baal\f*   
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\v 7 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: for I will \w surely|strong="H6213"\w* \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* thee \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* for \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* sake, and will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* thee all the \w land|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*; and thou shalt \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* at my \w table|strong="H7979"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w*.  
\v 8 And he \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \add is\add* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, that thou shouldest \w look|strong="H6437"\w* upon such a \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* as I \add am\add*?   
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\v 9 ¶ Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* unto thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* all that \w pertained|strong="H1961"\w* to \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and to all his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 10 Thou therefore, and thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, shall \w till|strong="H5647"\w* the \w land|strong="H0127"\w* for him, and thou shalt \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* in \add the fruits\add*, that thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* may have \w food|strong="H3899"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: but \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w alway|strong="H8548"\w* at my \w table|strong="H7979"\w*. Now \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* had \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 11 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, According to all that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, so shall thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. As for \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*, \add said the king\add*, he shall \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* at my \w table|strong="H7979"\w*, as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* had a \w young|strong="H6996"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Micha|strong="H4316"\w*. And all that \w dwelt|strong="H4186"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \add were\add* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*.  
\v 13 So \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: for he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w continually|strong="H8548"\w* at the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*; and was \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* on \w both|strong="H8147"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.   
\c 10  
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\v 1 And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w* in his stead.  
\v 2 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, I will \w shew|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* unto \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w*, as his \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w shewed|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* unto me. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* him by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* for his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 3 And the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* their \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w Thinkest|strong="H5869"\w* thou that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* doth \w honour|strong="H3513"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, that he hath \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w comforters|strong="H5162"\w* unto thee? hath not \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add rather\add* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto thee, \w to|strong="H5668"\w* \w search|strong="H2713"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and to spy it \w out|strong="H7270"\w*, and to \w overthrow|strong="H2015"\w* it?\f + \fr 10.3 \ft Thinkest…: Heb. In thine eyes doth David\f*  
\v 4 Wherefore \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and shaved \w off|strong="H1548"\w* the one \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of their \w beards|strong="H2206"\w*, and cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* their \w garments|strong="H4063"\w* in the \w middle|strong="H2677"\w*, \add even\add* to their \w buttocks|strong="H8357"\w*, and sent them \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.  
\v 5 When they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* them, because the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* were \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tarry|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* until your \w beards|strong="H2206"\w* be \w grown|strong="H6779"\w*, and \add then\add* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 6 ¶ And when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they \w stank|strong="H0887"\w* before \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Beth-rehob|strong="H1050"\w*, and the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Zoba|strong="H6678"\w*, \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w footmen|strong="H7273"\w*, and of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, and of \w Ish-tob|strong="H0382"\w* \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 10.6 \ft Ish-tob: or, the men of Tob\f*  
\v 7 And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of \add it\add*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.  
\v 8 And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and put the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* at the entering \w in|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: and the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* of \w Zoba|strong="H6678"\w*, and of \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, and \w Ish-tob|strong="H0382"\w*, and \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w*, \add were\add* by \w themselves|strong="H0905"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 9 When \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w front|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was against him \w before|strong="H6440"\w* and \w behind|strong="H0268"\w*, he \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* of all the \w choice|strong="H0977"\w* \add men\add* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and put \add them\add* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*:  
\v 10 And the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* he \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, that he might put \add them\add* in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 11 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* be too \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* for me, then thou shalt \w help|strong="H3444"\w* me: but if the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* be too \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* for thee, then I will \w come|strong="H1980"\w* and \w help|strong="H3467"\w* thee.  
\v 12 Be of good \w courage|strong="H2388"\w*, and let us play the \w men|strong="H2388"\w* for our \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and for the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* that which \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* him \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* drew \w nigh|strong="H5066"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, unto the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* against the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*: and they \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 14 And when the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* were \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*, then \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* they also \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, and \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 15 ¶ And when the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they were \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, they \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* themselves \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.  
\v 16 And \w Hadarezer|strong="H1928"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w*, and brought \w out|strong="H3318"\w* the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* that \add were\add* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*: and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Helam|strong="H2431"\w*; and \w Shobach|strong="H7731"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Hadarezer|strong="H1928"\w* \add went\add* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.\f + \fr 10.16 \ft the river: that is, Euphrates\f*\f + \fr 10.16 \ft Shobach: or, Shophach\f*  
\v 17 And when it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, he \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Helam|strong="H2431"\w*. And the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* set themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with him.  
\v 18 And the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \add the men of\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* of the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w*, and \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Shobach|strong="H7731"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of their \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, who \w died|strong="H4191"\w* there.\f + \fr 10.18 \ft horsemen: also called, footmen\f*  
\v 19 And when all the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \add that were\add* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* to \w Hadarezer|strong="H1928"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that they were \w smitten|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, they made \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w served|strong="H5647"\w* them. So the \w Syrians|strong="H0758"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* to \w help|strong="H3467"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w* any more.   
\c 11  
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\v 1 And it came to pass, after the \w year|strong="H8141"\w* was \w expired|strong="H8666"\w*, at the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* when \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \add to battle\add*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* with him, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and they \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*. But \w David|strong="H1732"\w* tarried \w still|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.\f + \fr 11.1 \ft after…: Heb. at the return of the year, or, in the spring\f*   
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\v 2 ¶ And it came to pass in an \w eveningtide|strong="H6153"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from off his \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*, and \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* upon the \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and from the \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w washing|strong="H7364"\w* herself; and the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \add was\add* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w* to look \w upon|strong="H4758"\w*.  
\v 3 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w enquired|strong="H1875"\w* after the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*. And \add one\add* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is\add* not this \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Eliam|strong="H0463"\w*, the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*?\f + \fr 11.3 \ft Bath-sheba: or, Bath-shuah\f*\f + \fr 11.3 \ft Eliam: or Ammiel\f*  
\v 4 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* her; and she came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto him, and he \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* with her; for she was \w purified|strong="H6942"\w* from her \w uncleanness|strong="H2932"\w*: and she \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto her \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 11.4 \ft for she…: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned\f*  
\v 5 And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add* with \w child|strong="H2030"\w*.   
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\v 6 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \add saying\add*, \w Send|strong="H7971"\w* me \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 7 And when \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto him, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w demanded|strong="H7592"\w* \add of him\add* how \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w did|strong="H7965"\w*, and how the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w did|strong="H7965"\w*, and how the \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w prospered|strong="H7965"\w*.\f + \fr 11.7 \ft how Joab…: Heb. of the peace of, etc\f*  
\v 8 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, Go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to thy \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* thy \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. And \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* departed \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and there \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* him a \w mess|strong="H4864"\w* \add of meat\add* from the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 11.8 \ft followed…: Heb. went out after him\f*  
\v 9 But \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* at the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* with all the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, and went not \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 10 And when they had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* went not \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, \w Camest|strong="H0935"\w* thou not from \add thy\add* \w journey|strong="H1870"\w*? why \add then\add* didst thou not go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* unto thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?  
\v 11 And \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, The \w ark|strong="H0727"\w*, and \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* in \w tents|strong="H5521"\w*; and my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, are \w encamped|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w open|strong="H6440"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*; shall \w I|strong="H0589"\w* then \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and to \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* with my \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*? \add as\add* thou \w livest|strong="H2416"\w*, and \add as\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, I will not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, \w Tarry|strong="H3427"\w* here to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* also, and to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* I will let thee \w depart|strong="H7971"\w*. So \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and the \w morrow|strong="H4283"\w*.  
\v 13 And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* him, he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him; and he made him \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w*: and at \w even|strong="H6153"\w* he went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* on his \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* with the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of his \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, but went not \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 14 ¶ And it came to pass in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* a \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add it\add* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*.  
\v 15 And he \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Set|strong="H3051"\w* ye \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* in the \w forefront|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w hottest|strong="H2389"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and \w retire|strong="H7725"\w* ye from \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, that he may be \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w*, and \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 11.15 \ft hottest: Heb. strong\f*\f + \fr 11.15 \ft from him: Heb. from after him\f*  
\v 16 And it came to pass, when \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w observed|strong="H8104"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, that he \w assigned|strong="H5414"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* unto a \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where he \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* that \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \add were\add*.  
\v 17 And the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* with \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*: and there \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \add some\add* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*; and \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* also.   
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\v 18 ¶ Then \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* all the \w things|strong="H1697"\w* concerning the \w war|strong="H4421"\w*;  
\v 19 And \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, When thou hast made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w telling|strong="H1696"\w* the \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w war|strong="H4421"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,  
\v 20 And if so be that the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w arise|strong="H5927"\w*, and he \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so \w nigh|strong="H5066"\w* unto the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* when ye did \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*? \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* ye not that they would \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* from the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*?  
\v 21 Who \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jerubbesheth|strong="H3380"\w*? did not a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* a \w piece|strong="H6400"\w* of a \w millstone|strong="H7393"\w* upon him from the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, that he \w died|strong="H4191"\w* in \w Thebez|strong="H8405"\w*? why went ye \w nigh|strong="H5066"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*? then \w say|strong="H0559"\w* thou, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* also.\f + \fr 11.21 \ft Jerubbesheth: also called, Jerubbaal\f*   
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\v 22 ¶ So the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* all that \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him for.  
\v 23 And the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Surely the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H1396"\w* against us, and came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* unto us into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and we were upon them even unto the \w entering|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.  
\v 24 And the \w shooters|strong="H3384"\w* \w shot|strong="H3384"\w* from off the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* upon thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*; and \add some\add* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* be \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, and thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* also.  
\v 25 Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w*, Thus shalt thou \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Let not this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w displease|strong="H3415"\w* thee, for the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w devoureth|strong="H0398"\w* one as well as \w another|strong="H2090"\w*: make thy \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* more \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w overthrow|strong="H2040"\w* it: and \w encourage|strong="H2388"\w* thou him.\f + \fr 11.25 \ft displease…: Heb. be evil in thine eyes\f*\f + \fr 11.25 \ft one…: Heb. so and such\f*   
\p
\v 26 ¶ And when the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* her \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, she \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* for her \w husband|strong="H1167"\w*.  
\v 27 And when the \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* was \w past|strong="H5674"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w fetched|strong="H0622"\w* her to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and she became his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* him a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. But the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w displeased|strong="H3415"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 11.27 \ft displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of\f*   
\c 12  
\p
\v 1 And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, There were \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w*, and the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*.  
\v 2 The \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \add man\add* had \w exceeding|strong="H3966"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* and \w herds|strong="H1241"\w*:  
\v 3 But the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \add man\add* had nothing, save \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* ewe \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w*, which he had \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* and nourished \w up|strong="H2421"\w*: and it grew \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* with him, and with his \w children|strong="H1121"\w*; it did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of his own \w meat|strong="H6595"\w*, and \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* of his own \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* in his \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and was unto him as a \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.\f + \fr 12.3 \ft meat: Heb. morsel\f*  
\v 4 And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w traveller|strong="H1982"\w* unto the \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and he \w spared|strong="H2550"\w* to \w take|strong="H3947"\w* of his own \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* and of his own \w herd|strong="H1241"\w*, to \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* for the wayfaring \w man|strong="H0732"\w* that was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto him; but \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w*, and \w dressed|strong="H6213"\w* it for the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to him.  
\v 5 And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* was \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \add thing\add* shall \w surely|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*:\f + \fr 12.5 \ft shall…: or, is worthy to die, or, is a son of death\f*  
\v 6 And he shall \w restore|strong="H7999"\w* the \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w* \w fourfold|strong="H0706"\w*, \w because|strong="H6118"\w* he \w did|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w because|strong="H0834"\w* he had no \w pity|strong="H2550"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 ¶ And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thou \add art\add* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, I \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* thee \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and I \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* thee out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*;  
\v 8 And I \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* into thy \w bosom|strong="H2436"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* thee the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; and if \add that had been\add* too \w little|strong="H4592"\w*, I would moreover have \w given|strong="H3254"\w* unto thee \w such|strong="H2007"\w* and such \w things|strong="H2007"\w*.  
\v 9 Wherefore hast thou \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*? thou hast \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and hast \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \add to be\add* thy \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and hast \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* him with the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*.  
\v 10 Now therefore the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* shall \w never|strong="H5704"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; \w because|strong="H6118"\w* thou hast \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* me, and hast \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* the \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* to be thy \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.  
\v 11 Thus \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, Behold, I will raise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* against thee out of thine own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and I will \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* before thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add them\add* unto thy \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, and he shall \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* with thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of this \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*.  
\v 12 For thou \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* \add it\add* \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w*: but I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* before all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and before the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* also hath put \w away|strong="H5674"\w* thy \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*; thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Howbeit|strong="H0657"\w*, because by this \w deed|strong="H1697"\w* thou hast \w given|strong="H5006"\w* great \w occasion|strong="H5006"\w* to the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* to \w blaspheme|strong="H5006"\w*, the \w child|strong="H1121"\w* also \add that is\add* \w born|strong="H3209"\w* unto thee shall \w surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\p
\v 15 ¶ And \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* unto his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w struck|strong="H5062"\w* the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* that \w Uriah’s|strong="H0223"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and it was very \w sick|strong="H0605"\w*.  
\v 16 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* therefore \w besought|strong="H1245"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for the \w child|strong="H5288"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w*, and went \w in|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* all \w night|strong="H3885"\w* upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 12.16 \ft fasted: Heb. fasted a fast\f*  
\v 17 And the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, \add and went\add* to him, to raise him \w up|strong="H6965"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: but he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not, neither did he \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* with them.  
\v 18 And it came to pass on the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. And the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* him that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, while the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was yet \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, we \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto him, and he would not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto our \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: how will he \w then|strong="H6213"\w* \w vex|strong="H7451"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w*, if we \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* him that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*?\f + \fr 12.18 \ft vex: Heb. do hurt\f*  
\v 19 But when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w whispered|strong="H3907"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w perceived|strong="H0995"\w* that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: therefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, Is the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*? And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 20 Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w washed|strong="H7364"\w*, and \w anointed|strong="H5480"\w* \add himself\add*, and \w changed|strong="H2498"\w* his \w apparel|strong="H8071"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w*: then he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and when he \w required|strong="H7592"\w*, they \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* before him, and he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*.  
\v 21 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* unto him, What \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \add is\add* this that thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? thou didst \w fast|strong="H6684"\w* and \w weep|strong="H1058"\w* for the \w child|strong="H3206"\w*, \add while it was\add* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*; but when the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, thou didst \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*.  
\v 22 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, While the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* was yet \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, I \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w* and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*: for I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who can \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \add whether\add* \nd \+w GOD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will be \w gracious|strong="H2603"\w* to me, that the \w child|strong="H3206"\w* may \w live|strong="H2416"\w*?  
\v 23 But now he is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, wherefore should I \w fast|strong="H6684"\w*? \w can|strong="H3201"\w* I bring him back \w again|strong="H7725"\w*? I shall \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to him, but he shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to me.   
\p
\v 24 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* \w Bath-sheba|strong="H1339"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto her, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* with her: and she \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* a \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* him.  
\v 25 And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*; and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jedidiah|strong="H3041"\w*, because of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.\f + \fr 12.25 \ft Jedidiah: that is, Beloved of the \+nd LORD\+nd*\f*   
\p
\v 26 ¶ And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* the \w royal|strong="H4410"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 27 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*, and have \w taken|strong="H3920"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 28 Now therefore \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w encamp|strong="H2583"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w take|strong="H3920"\w* it: lest I \w take|strong="H3920"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and it be \w called|strong="H7121"\w* after my \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.\f + \fr 12.28 \ft it be called…: Heb. my name be called upon it\f*  
\v 29 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against it, and \w took|strong="H3920"\w* it.  
\v 30 And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* their \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* from off his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* whereof \add was\add* a \w talent|strong="H3603"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* with the \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*: and it was \add set\add* on \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. And he brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* in \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7235"\w*.\f + \fr 12.30 \ft in great…: Heb. very great\f*  
\v 31 And he brought \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* therein, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \add them\add* under \w saws|strong="H4050"\w*, and under \w harrows|strong="H2757"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, and under \w axes|strong="H4037"\w* of \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*, and made them \w pass|strong="H5674"\w* through the \w brickkiln|strong="H4404"\w*: and thus \w did|strong="H6213"\w* he unto all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
\c 13  
\p
\v 1 And it came to pass \w after|strong="H0310"\w* this, that \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had a \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*; and \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* her.  
\v 2 And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* was so \w vexed|strong="H3334"\w*, that he fell \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* for his \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*; for she \add was\add* a \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*; and \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* it \w hard|strong="H6381"\w* for him to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* any \w thing|strong="H3972"\w* to her.\f + \fr 13.2 \ft Amnon thought…: Heb. it was marvellous, or, hidden in the eyes of Amnon\f*  
\v 3 But \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* had a \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shimeah|strong="H8093"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*: and \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* \add was\add* a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w subtil|strong="H2450"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 4 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why \add art\add* thou, \add being\add* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w lean|strong="H1800"\w* from \w day|strong="H1242"\w* to \w day|strong="H1242"\w*? wilt thou not \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* me? And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*.\f + \fr 13.4 \ft lean: Heb. thin\f*\f + \fr 13.4 \ft from day…: Heb. morning by morning\f*  
\v 5 And \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Lay thee \w down|strong="H7901"\w* on thy \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*, and make thyself \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: and when thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* thee, \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, I pray thee, let my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w give|strong="H1262"\w* me \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*, and \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* the \w meat|strong="H1279"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, that I may \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \add it\add* at her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.   
\p
\v 6 ¶ So \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* lay \w down|strong="H7901"\w*, and made himself \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*: and when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* him, \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I pray thee, let \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*, and \w make|strong="H3823"\w* me a \w couple|strong="H8147"\w* of \w cakes|strong="H3834"\w* in my \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, that I may \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* at her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.  
\v 7 Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* to \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* now to thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon’s|strong="H0550"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w dress|strong="H6213"\w* him \w meat|strong="H1279"\w*.  
\v 8 So \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to her \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon’s|strong="H0550"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and he was laid \w down|strong="H7901"\w*. And she \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w flour|strong="H1217"\w*, and \w kneaded|strong="H3888"\w* \add it\add*, and made \w cakes|strong="H3823"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, and did \w bake|strong="H1310"\w* the \w cakes|strong="H3834"\w*.\f + \fr 13.8 \ft flour: or, paste\f*  
\v 9 And she \w took|strong="H3947"\w* a \w pan|strong="H4958"\w*, and poured \add them\add* \w out|strong="H3332"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him; but he \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Have \w out|strong="H3318"\w* all \w men|strong="H0376"\w* from me. And they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from him.  
\v 10 And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w meat|strong="H1279"\w* into the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w*, that I may \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w cakes|strong="H3834"\w* which she had \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \add them\add* into the \w chamber|strong="H2315"\w* to \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* her \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.  
\v 11 And when she had \w brought|strong="H5066"\w* \add them\add* unto him to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, he took \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of her, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Come|strong="H0935"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* with me, my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*.  
\v 12 And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* him, Nay, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, do not \w force|strong="H6031"\w* me; for no such thing \w ought|strong="H3651"\w* to be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not thou this \w folly|strong="H5039"\w*.\f + \fr 13.12 \ft force…: Heb. humble me\f*\f + \fr 13.12 \ft no such…: Heb. it ought not so to be done\f*  
\v 13 And I, whither shall I cause my \w shame|strong="H2781"\w* to \w go|strong="H3212"\w*? and as for thee, thou shalt be as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w fools|strong="H5036"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. Now therefore, I pray thee, \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; for he will not \w withhold|strong="H4513"\w* me from thee.  
\v 14 Howbeit he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto her \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*: but, being \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* than she, \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* her, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* with her.   
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\v 15 ¶ Then \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* her \w exceedingly|strong="H3966"\w*; so that the \w hatred|strong="H8135"\w* wherewith he \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* her \add was\add* \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* than the \w love|strong="H0160"\w* wherewith he had \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* her. And \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, be \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*.\f + \fr 13.15 \ft exceedingly: Heb. with great hatred greatly\f*  
\v 16 And she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \add There is\add* no \w cause|strong="H0182"\w*: this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* in sending me \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \add is\add* \w greater|strong="H1419"\w* than the \w other|strong="H0312"\w* that thou \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* unto me. But he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto her.  
\v 17 Then he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* that \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Put|strong="H7971"\w* now this \add woman\add* \w out|strong="H2351"\w* from me, and \w bolt|strong="H5274"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* her.  
\v 18 And \add she had\add* a \w garment|strong="H3801"\w* of divers \w colours|strong="H6446"\w* upon her: for with such \w robes|strong="H4598"\w* were the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \add that were\add* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* \w apparelled|strong="H3847"\w*. Then his \w servant|strong="H8334"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* her \w out|strong="H2351"\w*, and \w bolted|strong="H5274"\w* the \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* her.   
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\v 19 ¶ And \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w* on her \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* her \w garment|strong="H3801"\w* of divers \w colours|strong="H6446"\w* that \add was\add* on her, and \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* her \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* on her \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w crying|strong="H2199"\w*.  
\v 20 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* her \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Hath \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* been with thee? but hold now thy \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*: he \add is\add* thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*; \w regard|strong="H7896"\w* not this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*. So \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w remained|strong="H3427"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* in her \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 13.20 \ft Amnon: Heb. Aminon\f*\f + \fr 13.20 \ft regard…: Heb. set not thy heart\f*\f + \fr 13.20 \ft desolate: Heb. and desolate\f*   
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\v 21 ¶ But when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of all these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, he was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto his brother \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* neither \w good|strong="H2896"\w* nor \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*: for \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*, \w because|strong="H1697"\w* he had \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* his \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*.   
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\v 23 ¶ And it came to pass after two \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* had \w sheepshearers|strong="H1494"\w* in \w Baal-hazor|strong="H1178"\w*, which \add is\add* beside \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*: and \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 24 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold now, thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* hath \w sheepshearers|strong="H1494"\w*; \w let|strong="H3212"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I beseech thee, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 25 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, Nay, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, let us not all now \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, lest we be \w chargeable|strong="H3513"\w* unto thee. And he \w pressed|strong="H6555"\w* him: howbeit he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, but \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* him.  
\v 26 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, If not, I pray thee, let my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with us. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why should he \w go|strong="H3212"\w* with thee?  
\v 27 But \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w pressed|strong="H6555"\w* him, that he let \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* and all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* with him.   
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\v 28 ¶ Now \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* his \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Mark|strong="H7200"\w* ye now when \w Amnon’s|strong="H0550"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* is \w merry|strong="H2896"\w* with \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and when I \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto you, \w Smite|strong="H5221"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*; then \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* him, \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* not: have not I \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* you? be \w courageous|strong="H2388"\w*, and be \w valiant|strong="H1121"\w*.\f + \fr 13.28 \ft have…: or, will you not, since I have commanded you?\f*\f + \fr 13.28 \ft valiant: Heb. sons of valour\f*  
\v 29 And the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* unto \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* as \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. Then all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* gat him \w up|strong="H7392"\w* upon his \w mule|strong="H6505"\w*, and \w fled|strong="H5127"\w*.\f + \fr 13.29 \ft gat…: Heb. rode\f*   
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\v 30 ¶ And it came to pass, while they were in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, that \w tidings|strong="H8052"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* hath \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and there is not \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them \w left|strong="H3498"\w*.  
\v 31 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w tare|strong="H7167"\w* his \w garments|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* on the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w stood|strong="H5324"\w* by with their \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*.  
\v 32 And \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shimeah|strong="H8093"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let not my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w suppose|strong="H0559"\w* \add that\add* they have \w slain|strong="H4191"\w* all the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*; for \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* only is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: for by the \w appointment|strong="H6310"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* this hath been \w determined|strong="H7760"\w* from the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that he \w forced|strong="H6031"\w* his \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*.\f + \fr 13.32 \ft appointment: Heb. mouth\f*\f + \fr 13.32 \ft determined: or, settled\f*  
\v 33 Now therefore let not my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H7760"\w* the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* to his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, to \w think|strong="H0559"\w* that all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* are \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*: for \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* only is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 34 But \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*. And the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* that kept the \w watch|strong="H6822"\w* lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and, behold, there \w came|strong="H1980"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* him.  
\v 35 And \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold, the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*: as thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, so it is.\f + \fr 13.35 \ft as thy…: Heb. according to the word of thy servant\f*  
\v 36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* of \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, that, behold, the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* also and all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w sore|strong="H1065"\w*.\f + \fr 13.36 \ft very…: Heb. with a great weeping greatly\f*   
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\v 37 ¶ But \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammihud|strong="H5991"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*. And \add David\add* \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* for his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* every \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 13.37 \ft Ammihud: or, Ammihur\f*  
\v 38 So \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w fled|strong="H1272"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*, and was there \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*.  
\v 39 And \add the soul of\add* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w longed|strong="H3615"\w* to go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*: for he was \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* concerning \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*, seeing he was \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 13.39 \ft longed: or, was consumed\f*   
\c 14  
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\v 1 Now \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w perceived|strong="H3045"\w* that the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add was\add* toward \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.  
\v 2 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Tekoah|strong="H8620"\w*, and \w fetched|strong="H3947"\w* thence a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a \w mourner|strong="H0056"\w*, and put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* now \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* \w apparel|strong="H0899"\w*, and \w anoint|strong="H5480"\w* not thyself with \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*, but be as a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* that had a \w long|strong="H7227"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* for the \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*:  
\v 3 And \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* on this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w* unto him. So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in her \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.   
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\v 4 ¶ And when the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Tekoah|strong="H8621"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, she \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* on her \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and did \w obeisance|strong="H7812"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Help|strong="H3467"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 14.4 \ft Help: Heb. Save\f*  
\v 5 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, What aileth thee? And she \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am\add* \w indeed|strong="H0061"\w* a \w widow|strong="H0490"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, and mine \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.  
\v 6 And thy \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* had \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and they \w two|strong="H8147"\w* strove \w together|strong="H5327"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \add there was\add* none to \w part|strong="H5337"\w* them, but the \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w other|strong="H0259"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him.\f + \fr 14.6 \ft none…: Heb. no deliverer between them\f*  
\v 7 And, behold, the whole \w family|strong="H4940"\w* is \w risen|strong="H6965"\w* against thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*, and they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Deliver|strong="H5414"\w* him that \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, that we may \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* him, for the \w life|strong="H5315"\w* of his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* whom he \w slew|strong="H2026"\w*; and we will \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* the \w heir|strong="H3423"\w* also: and so they shall \w quench|strong="H3518"\w* my \w coal|strong="H1513"\w* which is \w left|strong="H7760"\w*, and shall not \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* to my \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \add neither\add* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* nor \w remainder|strong="H7611"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0127"\w*.\f + \fr 14.7 \ft upon…: Heb. upon the face of the earth\f*  
\v 8 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* to thine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and I will give \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* concerning thee.  
\v 9 And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Tekoah|strong="H8621"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \add be\add* on me, and on my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \add be\add* \w guiltless|strong="H5355"\w*.  
\v 10 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Whosoever \w saith|strong="H1696"\w* \add ought\add* unto thee, \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* him to me, and he shall not \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* thee any \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.  
\v 11 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* she, I pray thee, let the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, that thou wouldest not suffer the \w revengers|strong="H1350"\w* of \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* any \w more|strong="H7235"\w*, lest they \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, there shall not one \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* of thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 14.11 \ft that…: Heb. that the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy\f*  
\v 12 Then the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*, I pray thee, \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \add one\add* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Say \w on|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 13 And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore then hast thou \w thought|strong="H2803"\w* such a thing against the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* doth \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* as one which is \w faulty|strong="H0818"\w*, in that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* doth not fetch home \w again|strong="H7725"\w* his \w banished|strong="H5080"\w*.  
\v 14 For we must \w needs|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, and \add are\add* as \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w spilt|strong="H5064"\w* on the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, which cannot be gathered up \w again|strong="H0622"\w*; neither doth \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w respect|strong="H5375"\w* \add any\add* \w person|strong="H5315"\w*: yet doth he \w devise|strong="H2803"\w* \w means|strong="H4284"\w*, that his \w banished|strong="H5080"\w* be not \w expelled|strong="H5080"\w* from him.\f + \fr 14.14 \ft neither…: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc\f*  
\v 15 Now therefore that I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* of this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \add it is\add* because the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* have made me \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*: and thy \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will now \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; it may be that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* will \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* the \w request|strong="H1697"\w* of his \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*.  
\v 16 For the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* will \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* his \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w* out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add that would\add* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* me and my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* out of the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 17 Then thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall now be \w comfortable|strong="H4496"\w*: for as an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, so \add is\add* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w discern|strong="H8085"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*: therefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* will be with thee.\f + \fr 14.17 \ft comfortable: Heb. for rest\f*\f + \fr 14.17 \ft to discern: Heb. to hear\f*  
\v 18 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w Hide|strong="H3582"\w* not from me, I pray thee, the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that I shall \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* thee. And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* now \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\v 19 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Is not\add* the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* with thee in all this? And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* thy \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w none|strong="H0376"\w* \w can|strong="H0786"\w* turn to the right \w hand|strong="H3231"\w* or to the \w left|strong="H8041"\w* from ought that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*: for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, he \w bade|strong="H6680"\w* me, and he \w put|strong="H7760"\w* all these \w words|strong="H1697"\w* in the \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H8198"\w*:  
\v 20 \w To|strong="H5668"\w* fetch \w about|strong="H5437"\w* this \w form|strong="H6440"\w* of \w speech|strong="H1697"\w* hath thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*: and my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \add is\add* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*, according to the \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* of an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* all \add things\add* that \add are\add* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.   
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\v 21 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Behold now, I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*: \w go|strong="H3212"\w* therefore, \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* on his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself, and \w thanked|strong="H1288"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* that I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, in that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w fulfilled|strong="H6213"\w* the \w request|strong="H1697"\w* of his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*.\f + \fr 14.22 \ft thanked: Heb. blessed\f*\f + \fr 14.22 \ft his servant: or, thy servant\f*  
\v 23 So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 24 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let him \w turn|strong="H5437"\w* to his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and let him not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*. So \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w returned|strong="H5437"\w* to his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* not the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 25 ¶ But in all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* there was \w none|strong="H0376"\w* to be so \w much|strong="H3966"\w* \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* as \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* for his \w beauty|strong="H3303"\w*: from the \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* of his \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* even to the crown of his \w head|strong="H6936"\w* there was no \w blemish|strong="H3971"\w* in him.\f + \fr 14.25 \ft But…: Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly\f*  
\v 26 And when he \w polled|strong="H1548"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, (for it was at every \w year’s|strong="H3117"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* that he \w polled|strong="H1548"\w* \add it:\add* because \add the hair\add* was \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* on him, therefore he \w polled|strong="H1548"\w* it:) he \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* the \w hair|strong="H8181"\w* of his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* at two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* after the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w weight|strong="H0068"\w*.  
\v 27 And unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* there were \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*: she was a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* of a \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* \w countenance|strong="H4758"\w*.   
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\v 28 ¶ So \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* two \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* not the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 29 Therefore \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* for \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, to have \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; but he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to him: and when he sent \w again|strong="H7971"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w*, he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.  
\v 30 Therefore he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w* is \w near|strong="H0413"\w* \w mine|strong="H3027"\w*, and he hath \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* there; \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w set|strong="H3341"\w* it on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*. And \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w set|strong="H3341"\w* the \w field|strong="H2513"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.\f + \fr 14.30 \ft near…: Heb. near my place\f*  
\v 31 Then \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* unto \add his\add* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Wherefore have thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w set|strong="H3341"\w* my \w field|strong="H2513"\w* on \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*?  
\v 32 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Behold, I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto thee, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H0935"\w* hither, that I may \w send|strong="H7971"\w* thee to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore am I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* from \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*? \add it had been\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* for me \add to have been\add* there still: now therefore let me \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*; and if there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \add any\add* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* in me, let him \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* me.  
\v 33 So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him: and when he had \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself on his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.   
\c 15  
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\v 1 And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* him \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* and \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* to \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.  
\v 2 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w beside|strong="H3027"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: and it was \add so\add*, that when any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that had a \w controversy|strong="H7379"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, then \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Of \w what|strong="H0335"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add art\add* thou? And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \add is\add* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 15.2 \ft came: Heb. to come\f*  
\v 3 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, thy \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* \add are\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w right|strong="H5228"\w*; but \add there is\add* no man \add deputed\add* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thee.\f + \fr 15.3 \ft there…: or, none will hear thee from the king downward\f*  
\v 4 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover, Oh that I were \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, that every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* which hath any \w suit|strong="H7379"\w* or \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* might \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me, and I would do him \w justice|strong="H6663"\w*!  
\v 5 And it was \add so\add*, that when any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* came \w nigh|strong="H7126"\w* \add to him\add* to do him \w obeisance|strong="H7812"\w*, he put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w took|strong="H2388"\w* him, and \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* him.  
\v 6 And on this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* to all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* for \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*: so \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w stole|strong="H1589"\w* the \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 7 ¶ And it came to pass \w after|strong="H7093"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, that \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, I pray thee, let me \w go|strong="H3212"\w* and \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* my \w vow|strong="H5088"\w*, which I have \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.  
\v 8 For thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w* a \w vow|strong="H5088"\w* while I \w abode|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w* in \w Syria|strong="H0758"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, If the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* shall bring me \w again|strong="H7725"\w* indeed to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, then I will \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 9 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. So he \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ But \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w* throughout all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, As soon as ye \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, then ye shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w reigneth|strong="H4427"\w* in \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.  
\v 11 And with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* out of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \add that were\add* \w called|strong="H7121"\w*; and they \w went|strong="H1980"\w* in their \w simplicity|strong="H8537"\w*, and they \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not any \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* for \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* the \w Gilonite|strong="H1526"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w counsellor|strong="H3289"\w*, from his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \add even\add* from \w Giloh|strong="H1542"\w*, while he \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*. And the \w conspiracy|strong="H7195"\w* was \w strong|strong="H0533"\w*; for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w increased|strong="H7227"\w* \w continually|strong="H1980"\w* with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.   
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\v 13 ¶ And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H5046"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* are \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.  
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* that \add were\add* with him at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and let us \w flee|strong="H1272"\w*; for we shall not \add else\add* \w escape|strong="H6413"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*: make \w speed|strong="H4116"\w* to \w depart|strong="H3212"\w*, lest he \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* us \w suddenly|strong="H4116"\w*, and \w bring|strong="H5080"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon us, and \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.\f + \fr 15.14 \ft bring: Heb. thrust\f*  
\v 15 And the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold, thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \add are ready to do\add* whatsoever my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall \w appoint|strong="H0977"\w*.\f + \fr 15.15 \ft appoint: Heb. choose\f*  
\v 16 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and all his \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w after|strong="H7272"\w* him. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \add which were\add* \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*, to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 15.16 \ft after…: Heb. at his feet\f*  
\v 17 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w after|strong="H7272"\w* him, and \w tarried|strong="H5975"\w* in a \w place|strong="H1004"\w* that was far \w off|strong="H4801"\w*.  
\v 18 And all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w beside|strong="H3027"\w* him; and all the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and all the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*, and all the \w Gittites|strong="H1663"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* which \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w after|strong="H7272"\w* him from \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, passed \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.   
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\v 19 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w*, Wherefore \w goest|strong="H3212"\w* thou also with us? \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to thy \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: for thou \add art\add* a \w stranger|strong="H5237"\w*, and also an \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*.  
\v 20 Whereas thou \w camest|strong="H0935"\w* \add but\add* \w yesterday|strong="H8543"\w*, should I this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* make thee \w go|strong="H3212"\w* up and \w down|strong="H5128"\w* with us? seeing I \w go|strong="H1980"\w* whither I may, \w return|strong="H7725"\w* thou, and take \w back|strong="H7725"\w* thy \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*: \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w* \add be\add* with thee.\f + \fr 15.20 \ft go up…: Heb. wander in going\f*  
\v 21 And \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add As\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and \add as\add* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, surely in what \w place|strong="H4725"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall be, whether in \w death|strong="H4194"\w* or \w life|strong="H2416"\w*, even there also will thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* be.  
\v 22 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* and pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*. And \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, and all his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and all the little \w ones|strong="H2945"\w* that \add were\add* with him.  
\v 23 And all the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w*: the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* also himself passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.\f + \fr 15.23 \ft Kidron: Gr. Cedron\f*   
\p
\v 24 ¶ And lo \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* also, and all the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \add were\add* with him, \w bearing|strong="H5375"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and they set \w down|strong="H3332"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, until all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* had \w done|strong="H8552"\w* \w passing|strong="H5674"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 25 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, Carry \w back|strong="H7725"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: if I shall \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, he will bring me \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* me \add both\add* it, and his \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*:  
\v 26 But if he thus \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I have no \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in thee; behold, \add here am\add* I, let him \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to me as \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto him.  
\v 27 The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* also unto \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \add Art not\add* thou a \w seer|strong="H7200"\w*? \w return|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*, and your \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* with you, \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*.  
\v 28 \w See|strong="H7200"\w*, I will \w tarry|strong="H4102"\w* in the \w plain|strong="H6160"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, until there \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* from you to \w certify|strong="H5046"\w* me.  
\v 29 \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* therefore and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w carried|strong="H7725"\w* the \w ark|strong="H0727"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: and they \w tarried|strong="H3427"\w* there.   
\p
\v 30 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by the \w ascent|strong="H4608"\w* of \add mount\add* \w Olivet|strong="H2132"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* as he went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, and had his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w*, and he \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w barefoot|strong="H3182"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add was\add* with him \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w* as they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.\f + \fr 15.30 \ft and wept…: Heb. going up and weeping\f*   
\p
\v 31 ¶ And \add one\add* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \add is\add* among the \w conspirators|strong="H7194"\w* with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I pray thee, turn the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* into \w foolishness|strong="H5528"\w*.   
\p
\v 32 ¶ And it came to pass, that \add when\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \add of the mount\add*, where he \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, behold, \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* the \w Archite|strong="H0757"\w* came to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* him with his \w coat|strong="H3801"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w*, and \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*:  
\v 33 Unto whom \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If thou passest \w on|strong="H5674"\w* with me, then thou shalt be a \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* unto me:  
\v 34 But if thou \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, I will be thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; \add as\add* I \add have been\add* thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w hitherto|strong="H0227"\w*, so \add will\add* I now also \add be\add* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*: then mayest thou for me \w defeat|strong="H6565"\w* the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*.  
\v 35 And \add hast thou\add* not there with thee \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*? therefore it shall be, \add that\add* what \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* soever thou shalt \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* out of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, thou shalt \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \add it\add* to \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*.  
\v 36 Behold, \add they have\add* there with them their \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w Zadok’s|strong="H6659"\w* \add son\add*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w Abiathar’s|strong="H0054"\w* \add son;\add* and by \w them|strong="H3027"\w* ye shall \w send|strong="H7971"\w* unto me every \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that ye can \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 37 So \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w friend|strong="H7463"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
\c 16  
\p
\v 1 And when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w past|strong="H5674"\w* the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \add of the hill\add*, behold, \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* of \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w met|strong="H7125"\w* him, with a \w couple|strong="H6776"\w* of \w asses|strong="H2543"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w*, and upon them two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \add loaves\add* of \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* bunches of \w raisins|strong="H6778"\w*, and an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* of summer \w fruits|strong="H7019"\w*, and a \w bottle|strong="H5035"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, What meanest thou by these? And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w asses|strong="H2543"\w* \add be\add* for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w* to ride \w on|strong="H7392"\w*; and the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and summer \w fruit|strong="H7019"\w* for the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*; and the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, that such as be \w faint|strong="H3287"\w* in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* may \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\v 3 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, And where \add is\add* thy \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*? And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold, he \w abideth|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: for he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w day|strong="H3117"\w* shall the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* me the \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* of my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.  
\v 4 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, Behold, thine \add are\add* all that \add pertained\add* unto \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*. And \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w humbly|strong="H7812"\w* beseech thee \add that\add* I may \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 16.4 \ft I humbly…: Heb. I do obeisance\f*   
\p
\v 5 ¶ And when \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*, behold, thence came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w family|strong="H4940"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w*: he came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* still as he \w came|strong="H3318"\w*.\f + \fr 16.5 \ft he came forth…: or, he still came forth and cursed\f*  
\v 6 And he \w cast|strong="H5619"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* at \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and at all the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and all the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \add were\add* on his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* and on his \w left|strong="H8040"\w*.  
\v 7 And thus \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* when he \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w*, Come \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, come \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, thou \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and thou \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*:\f + \fr 16.7 \ft bloody…: Heb. man of blood\f*  
\v 8 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* upon thee all the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, in whose stead thou hast \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*; and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* the \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* thy \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: and, behold, thou \add art taken\add* in thy \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*, because thou \add art\add* a \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 16.8 \ft behold…: Heb. behold thee in thy evil\f*   
\p
\v 9 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Why should this \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*? let me go \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, I pray thee, and take \w off|strong="H5493"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.  
\v 10 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have I to do with you, ye \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*? so let him \w curse|strong="H7043"\w*, because the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. Who shall then \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore hast thou done \w so|strong="H6213"\w*?  
\v 11 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, and to all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, Behold, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, which came \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of my \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w*, \w seeketh|strong="H1245"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: how much more now \add may this\add* \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w* \add do it\add*? let him \w alone|strong="H3240"\w*, and let him \w curse|strong="H7043"\w*; for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w bidden|strong="H0559"\w* him.  
\v 12 It may be that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w look|strong="H7200"\w* on mine \w affliction|strong="H5869"\w*, and that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w requite|strong="H7725"\w* me \w good|strong="H2896"\w* for his \w cursing|strong="H7045"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.\f + \fr 16.12 \ft affliction: or, tears: Heb. eye\f*  
\v 13 And as \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* went \w along|strong="H1980"\w* on the \w hill’s|strong="H2022"\w* \w side|strong="H6763"\w* over \w against|strong="H5980"\w* him, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* as he \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, and \w threw|strong="H5619"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H5980"\w* him, and \w cast|strong="H6080"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.\f + \fr 16.13 \ft cast…: Heb. dusted him with dust\f*  
\v 14 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w weary|strong="H5889"\w*, and \w refreshed|strong="H5314"\w* themselves there.   
\p
\v 15 ¶ And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* with him.  
\v 16 And it came to pass, when \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* the \w Archite|strong="H0757"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w friend|strong="H7463"\w*, was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, that \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, God \w save|strong="H2421"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 16.16 \ft God…: Heb. Let the king live\f*  
\v 17 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w*, \add Is\add* this thy \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* to thy \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*? why \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w* thou not with thy \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*?  
\v 18 And \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, Nay; but whom the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w choose|strong="H0977"\w*, his will I be, and with him will I \w abide|strong="H3427"\w*.  
\v 19 And \w again|strong="H8145"\w*, whom should I \w serve|strong="H5647"\w*? \add should I\add* not \add serve\add* in the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*? as I have \w served|strong="H5647"\w* in thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*, so will I be in thy \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\p
\v 20 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* to \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*, \w Give|strong="H3051"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* among you what we shall \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 21 And \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, Go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*, which he hath \w left|strong="H3240"\w* to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* that thou art \w abhorred|strong="H0887"\w* of thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: then shall the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of all that \add are\add* with thee be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*.  
\v 22 So they \w spread|strong="H5186"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* a \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* upon the top of the \w house|strong="H1406"\w*; and \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto his \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 23 And the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*, which he \w counselled|strong="H3289"\w* in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \add was\add* as if a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* had \w enquired|strong="H7592"\w* at the \w oracle|strong="H1697"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: so \add was\add* all the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* both with \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.\f + \fr 16.23 \ft oracle: Heb. word\f*   
\c 17  
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\v 1 Moreover \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, Let me now choose \w out|strong="H0977"\w* \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*, and I will \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* and \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* this \w night|strong="H3915"\w*:  
\v 2 And I will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him while he \add is\add* \w weary|strong="H3023"\w* and \w weak|strong="H7504"\w* \w handed|strong="H3027"\w*, and will make him \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add are\add* with him shall \w flee|strong="H5127"\w*; and I will \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* only:  
\v 3 And I will bring \w back|strong="H7725"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* unto thee: the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom thou \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w* \add is\add* as if all \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*: \add so\add* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* shall be in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 4 And the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3474"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w*, and all the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 17.4 \ft pleased…: Heb. was right in the eyes of, etc\f*  
\v 5 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, \w Call|strong="H7121"\w* now \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* the \w Archite|strong="H0757"\w* also, and let us \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* likewise what he \w saith|strong="H6310"\w*.\f + \fr 17.5 \ft what…: Heb. what is in his mouth\f*  
\v 6 And when \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* hath \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* after this \w manner|strong="H1697"\w*: shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \add after\add* his \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*? if not; \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* thou.\f + \fr 17.6 \ft his saying: Heb. his word\f*  
\v 7 And \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, The \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* that \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* hath \w given|strong="H3289"\w* \add is\add* not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* at this \w time|strong="H6471"\w*.\f + \fr 17.7 \ft given: Heb. counselled\f*  
\v 8 For, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w*, thou \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and his \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, that they \add be\add* mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*, and they \add be\add* \w chafed|strong="H4751"\w* in their \w minds|strong="H5315"\w*, as a \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* \w robbed|strong="H7909"\w* of her whelps in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: and thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \add is\add* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, and will not \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* with the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 17.8 \ft chafed…: Heb. bitter of soul\f*  
\v 9 Behold, he is \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* now in \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w pit|strong="H6354"\w*, or in \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \add other\add* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: and it will come to pass, when some of them be \w overthrown|strong="H5307"\w* at the \w first|strong="H8462"\w*, that \w whosoever|strong="H8085"\w* \w heareth|strong="H8085"\w* it will \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, There is a \w slaughter|strong="H4046"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.\f + \fr 17.9 \ft overthrown: Heb. fallen\f*  
\v 10 And he also \add that is\add* \w valiant|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \add is\add* as the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, shall \w utterly|strong="H4549"\w* \w melt|strong="H4549"\w*: for all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* that thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \add is\add* a mighty \w man|strong="H1368"\w*, and \add they\add* which \add be\add* with him \add are\add* \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 11 Therefore I \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* that all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* be \w generally|strong="H0622"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* unto thee, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, as the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* that \add is\add* by the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* for \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w*; and that thou \w go|strong="H1980"\w* to \w battle|strong="H7128"\w* in thine own \w person|strong="H6440"\w*.\f + \fr 17.11 \ft that thou…: Heb. that thy face, or, presence go, etc\f*  
\v 12 So shall we \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him in \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* where he shall be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*, and we will \w light|strong="H5168"\w* upon him as the \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* on the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*: and of him and of all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \add are\add* with him there shall not be \w left|strong="H3498"\w* so much \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w*.  
\v 13 Moreover, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* he be \w gotten|strong="H0622"\w* into a \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, then shall all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* to that \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and we will \w draw|strong="H5498"\w* it into the \w river|strong="H5158"\w*, until there be not \w one|strong="H1571"\w* small \w stone|strong="H6872"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* there.  
\v 14 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* the \w Archite|strong="H0757"\w* \add is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*. For the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w appointed|strong="H6680"\w* to \w defeat|strong="H6565"\w* the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*, to the \w intent|strong="H5668"\w* that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* might \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.\f + \fr 17.14 \ft appointed: Heb. commanded\f*   
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\v 15 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* unto \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and to \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, Thus and thus did \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and thus and thus have I \w counselled|strong="H3289"\w*.  
\v 16 Now therefore \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w*, and \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Lodge|strong="H3885"\w* not this \w night|strong="H3915"\w* in the \w plains|strong="H6160"\w* of the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, but \w speedily|strong="H5674"\w* pass \w over|strong="H5674"\w*; lest the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* be swallowed \w up|strong="H1104"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add are\add* with him.  
\v 17 Now \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* and \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w stayed|strong="H5975"\w* by \w En-rogel|strong="H5883"\w*; for they \w might|strong="H3201"\w* not be \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*: and a \w wench|strong="H8198"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* them; and they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 18 Nevertheless a \w lad|strong="H5288"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* them, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*: but they \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* of them away \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* in \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*, which had a \w well|strong="H0875"\w* in his \w court|strong="H2691"\w*; \w whither|strong="H8033"\w* they went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*.  
\v 19 And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* and \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* a \w covering|strong="H4539"\w* over the \w well’s|strong="H0875"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H7849"\w* ground \w corn|strong="H7383"\w* thereon; and the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* was not \w known|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\v 20 And when \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Where \add is\add* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*? And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, They be gone \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w brook|strong="H4323"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. And when they had \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* and could not \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \add them\add*, they \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 21 And it came to pass, \w after|strong="H0310"\w* they were \w departed|strong="H3212"\w*, that they came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w well|strong="H0875"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and pass \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: for thus hath \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w counselled|strong="H3289"\w* against you.   
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\v 22 Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, and they passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*: by the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* there \w lacked|strong="H5737"\w* not \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them that was not gone \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.   
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\v 23 ¶ And when \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that his \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* was not \w followed|strong="H6213"\w*, he \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \add his\add* \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, and \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and gat him \w home|strong="H3212"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and put his \w household|strong="H1004"\w* in \w order|strong="H6680"\w*, and \w hanged|strong="H2614"\w* himself, and \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, and was \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.\f + \fr 17.23 \ft followed: Heb. done\f*\f + \fr 17.23 \ft put his…: Heb. gave charge concerning his house\f*  
\v 24 Then \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*. And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, he and all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with him.   
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\v 25 ¶ And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* captain of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* instead of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*: which \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \add was\add* a \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Ithra|strong="H3501"\w* an \w Israelite|strong="H3481"\w*, that went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w*, \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* to \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*.\f + \fr 17.25 \ft Ithra an Israelite: or, Jether an Ishmaelite\f*\f + \fr 17.25 \ft Abigail: Heb. Abigal\f*\f + \fr 17.25 \ft Nahash: or, Jesse\f*  
\v 26 So \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*.   
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\v 27 ¶ And it came to pass, when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*, that \w Shobi|strong="H7629"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* of \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, and \w Machir|strong="H4353"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ammiel|strong="H5988"\w* of \w Lo-debar|strong="H3810"\w*, and \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* of \w Rogelim|strong="H7274"\w*,  
\v 28 \w Brought|strong="H5066"\w* \w beds|strong="H4904"\w*, and \w basons|strong="H5592"\w*, and \w earthen|strong="H3335"\w* \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w*, and \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*, and \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*, and \w parched|strong="H7039"\w* \add corn\add*, and \w beans|strong="H6321"\w*, and \w lentiles|strong="H5742"\w*, and \w parched|strong="H7039"\w* \add pulse\add*,\f + \fr 17.28 \ft basons: or, cups\f*  
\v 29 And \w honey|strong="H1706"\w*, and \w butter|strong="H2529"\w*, and \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and \w cheese|strong="H8194"\w* of \w kine|strong="H1241"\w*, for \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*: for they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add is\add* \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*, and \w weary|strong="H5889"\w*, and \w thirsty|strong="H6771"\w*, in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.   
\c 18  
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\v 1 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w numbered|strong="H6485"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with him, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w* and \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* over them.  
\v 2 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* sent \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, and a third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* under the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, I will \w surely|strong="H3318"\w* go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* with you \w myself|strong="H0589"\w* also.  
\v 3 But the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt not go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*: for if we \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w*, they will not \w care|strong="H7760"\w* for us; neither if \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of us \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, will they \w care|strong="H7760"\w* for us: but now \add thou art\add* \w worth|strong="H3644"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* of us: therefore now \add it is\add* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* that thou \w succour|strong="H5826"\w* us out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.\f + \fr 18.3 \ft care…: Heb. set their heart on us\f*\f + \fr 18.3 \ft worth…: Heb. as ten thousand of us\f*\f + \fr 18.3 \ft succour: Heb. be to succour or help\f*  
\v 4 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* you \w best|strong="H3190"\w* I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w side|strong="H3027"\w*, and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* by \w hundreds|strong="H3967"\w* and by \w thousands|strong="H0505"\w*.  
\v 5 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* and \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Deal\add* \w gently|strong="H0328"\w* for my sake with the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w*, \add even\add* with \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* gave all the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* \w concerning|strong="H1697"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.   
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\v 6 ¶ So the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was in the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*;  
\v 7 Where the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w slain|strong="H5062"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and there was there a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H4046"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \add men\add*.  
\v 8 For the \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* was there \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* over the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of all the \w country|strong="H0776"\w*: and the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w* \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* than the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w*.\f + \fr 18.8 \ft devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour\f*   
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\v 9 ¶ And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w met|strong="H7122"\w* the \w servants|strong="H6440"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* upon a \w mule|strong="H6505"\w*, and the \w mule|strong="H6505"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* under the thick \w boughs|strong="H7730"\w* of a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*, and his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* caught \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* of the \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*, and he was taken \w up|strong="H5414"\w* between the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and the \w mule|strong="H6505"\w* that \add was\add* under him went \w away|strong="H5674"\w*.  
\v 10 And a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \add it\add*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* in an \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*.  
\v 11 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, And, behold, thou \w sawest|strong="H7200"\w* \add him\add*, and why didst thou not \w smite|strong="H5221"\w* him there to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*? and I would have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w a|strong="H0259"\w* \w girdle|strong="H2290"\w*.  
\v 12 And the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w Though|strong="H3863"\w* I should \w receive|strong="H8254"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* in mine \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, \add yet\add* would I not put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* mine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*: for in our \w hearing|strong="H0241"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* thee and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* and \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Beware|strong="H8104"\w* that none \add touch\add* the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.\f + \fr 18.12 \ft receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand\f*\f + \fr 18.12 \ft Beware…: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc\f*  
\v 13 \w Otherwise|strong="H0176"\w* I should have \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w* against mine own \w life|strong="H5315"\w*: for there is no \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \w hid|strong="H3582"\w* from the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and thou thyself wouldest have \w set|strong="H3320"\w* thyself against \add me\add*.  
\v 14 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, I may not \w tarry|strong="H3176"\w* thus with \w thee|strong="H6440"\w*. And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w darts|strong="H7626"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w thrust|strong="H8628"\w* them through the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, while he \add was\add* yet \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* in the midst of the \w oak|strong="H0424"\w*.\f + \fr 18.14 \ft with…: Heb. before thee\f*\f + \fr 18.14 \ft midst: Heb. heart\f*  
\v 15 And \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* young \w men|strong="H5288"\w* that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w armour|strong="H3627"\w* compassed \w about|strong="H5437"\w* and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* him.  
\v 16 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* from \w pursuing|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: for \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* held \w back|strong="H2820"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 17 And they \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* him into a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w pit|strong="H6354"\w* in the \w wood|strong="H3293"\w*, and \w laid|strong="H5324"\w* a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w heap|strong="H1530"\w* of \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* upon him: and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ Now \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* in his \w lifetime|strong="H2416"\w* had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* and reared \w up|strong="H5324"\w* for himself a \w pillar|strong="H4678"\w*, which \add is\add* in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w dale|strong="H6010"\w*: for he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I have no \w son|strong="H1121"\w* to keep my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* in \w remembrance|strong="H2142"\w*: and he \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w pillar|strong="H4678"\w* after his own \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: and it is \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 19 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, Let me now \w run|strong="H7323"\w*, and \w bear|strong="H1319"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, how that the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w avenged|strong="H8199"\w* him of his \w enemies|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 18.19 \ft avenged…: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc\f*  
\v 20 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Thou|strong="H0376"\w* shalt not bear \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, but thou shalt bear \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: but this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* thou shalt bear no \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, because the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.\f + \fr 18.20 \ft bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc\f*  
\v 21 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* to \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* what thou hast \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*. And \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and \w ran|strong="H7323"\w*.  
\v 22 Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, But \w howsoever|strong="H4100"\w*, let me, I pray thee, also \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore wilt thou \w run|strong="H7323"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, seeing that thou hast no \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w* \w ready|strong="H4672"\w*?\f + \fr 18.22 \ft howsoever: Heb. be what may\f*\f + \fr 18.22 \ft ready: or, convenient\f*  
\v 23 But howsoever, \add said he\add*, let me \w run|strong="H7323"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Run|strong="H7323"\w*. Then \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w plain|strong="H3603"\w*, and \w overran|strong="H5674"\w* \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w*.  
\v 24 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* between the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*: and the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* went \w up|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* over the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* unto the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, and lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and behold a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* alone.  
\v 25 And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If he \add be\add* alone, \add there is\add* \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w* in his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*. And he \w came|strong="H3212"\w* \w apace|strong="H1980"\w*, and drew \w near|strong="H7131"\w*.  
\v 26 And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w*: and the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* unto the \w porter|strong="H7778"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold \add another\add* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* alone. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He also bringeth \w tidings|strong="H1319"\w*.  
\v 27 And the \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Me \w thinketh|strong="H7200"\w* the \w running|strong="H4794"\w* of the \w foremost|strong="H7223"\w* is like the \w running|strong="H4794"\w* of \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, He \add is\add* a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* with \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w tidings|strong="H1309"\w*.\f + \fr 18.27 \ft Me…: Heb. I see the running\f*  
\v 28 And \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, All is \w well|strong="H7965"\w*. And he fell \w down|strong="H7812"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* upon his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* before the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, which hath delivered \w up|strong="H5462"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 18.28 \ft All…: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace\f*\f + \fr 18.28 \ft delivered…: Heb. shut up\f*  
\v 29 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Is the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w safe|strong="H7965"\w*? And \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, When \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and \add me\add* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, I \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w tumult|strong="H1995"\w*, but I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not what \add it was\add*.\f + \fr 18.29 \ft Is…: Heb. Is there peace?\f*  
\v 30 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \add unto him\add*, Turn \w aside|strong="H5437"\w*, \add and\add* \w stand|strong="H3320"\w* \w here|strong="H3541"\w*. And he turned \w aside|strong="H5437"\w*, and stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 31 And, behold, \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*; and \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Tidings|strong="H1319"\w*, my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: for the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w avenged|strong="H8199"\w* thee this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of all \w them|strong="H3027"\w* that rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against thee.\f + \fr 18.31 \ft Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought\f*  
\v 32 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w*, Is the young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w safe|strong="H7965"\w*? And \w Cushi|strong="H3569"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and all that \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* against thee to do \add thee\add* \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*, be as \add that\add* young \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \add is\add*.   
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\v 33 ¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was much \w moved|strong="H7264"\w*, and went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w chamber|strong="H5944"\w* over the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*: and as he \w went|strong="H3212"\w*, thus he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, O my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*! would God I had \w died|strong="H4191"\w* for \w thee|strong="H5414"\w*, O \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!   
\c 19  
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\v 1 And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w weepeth|strong="H1058"\w* and \w mourneth|strong="H0056"\w* for \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.  
\v 2 And the \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* was \add turned\add* into \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* how the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w* for his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.\f + \fr 19.2 \ft victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance\f*  
\v 3 And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w gat|strong="H0935"\w* them by \w stealth|strong="H1589"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* into the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, as \w people|strong="H5971"\w* being \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w* steal \w away|strong="H1589"\w* when they \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\v 4 But the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w covered|strong="H3813"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, O my \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, O \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, my \w son|strong="H1121"\w*!  
\v 5 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou hast \w shamed|strong="H3001"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* of all thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, which this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* have \w saved|strong="H4422"\w* thy \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, and the \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and of thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, and the \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and the \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* of thy \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*;  
\v 6 In that thou \w lovest|strong="H0157"\w* thine \w enemies|strong="H8130"\w*, and \w hatest|strong="H8130"\w* thy \w friends|strong="H0157"\w*. For thou hast \w declared|strong="H5046"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that thou regardest neither \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* nor \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: for this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* I \w perceive|strong="H3045"\w*, that \w if|strong="H3863"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* had \w lived|strong="H2416"\w*, and all we had \w died|strong="H4191"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, then it had pleased thee \w well|strong="H3477"\w*.\f + \fr 19.6 \ft In…: Heb. By loving, etc\f*\f + \fr 19.6 \ft that thou regardest…: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee\f*  
\v 7 Now therefore \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w comfortably|strong="H3820"\w* unto thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: for I \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, if thou go not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, there will not \w tarry|strong="H3885"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* with thee this \w night|strong="H3915"\w*: and that will be \w worse|strong="H7489"\w* unto thee than all the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that \w befell|strong="H0935"\w* thee from thy \w youth|strong="H5271"\w* until now.\f + \fr 19.7 \ft comfortably…: Heb. to the heart of thy servants\f*  
\v 8 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Behold, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* doth \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*.   
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\v 9 ¶ And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* were at \w strife|strong="H1777"\w* throughout all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w saved|strong="H5337"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and he \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w* us out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*; and now he is \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* out of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* for \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.  
\v 10 And \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, whom we \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* over us, is \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* in \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. Now therefore why \w speak|strong="H2790"\w* ye not a word of \w bringing|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*?\f + \fr 19.10 \ft speak…: Heb. are ye silent?\f*   
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\v 11 ¶ And \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* to \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and to \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Speak|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Why are ye the \w last|strong="H0314"\w* to \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? seeing the \w speech|strong="H1697"\w* of all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \add even\add* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.  
\v 12 Ye \add are\add* my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, ye \add are\add* my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* and my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*: wherefore then are ye the \w last|strong="H0314"\w* to bring \w back|strong="H7725"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?  
\v 13 And \w say|strong="H0559"\w* ye to \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w*, \add Art\add* thou not of my \w bone|strong="H6106"\w*, and of my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*? \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so to me, and \w more|strong="H3254"\w* also, if thou be not \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me \w continually|strong="H3117"\w* in the \w room|strong="H8478"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*.  
\v 14 And he \w bowed|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* of all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, even as \add the heart of\add* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*; so that they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add this word\add* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w Return|strong="H7725"\w* thou, and all thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.  
\v 15 So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, to \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w conduct|strong="H5674"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.   
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\v 16 ¶ And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*, which \add was\add* of \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*, \w hasted|strong="H4116"\w* and came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* with the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.  
\v 17 And \add there were\add* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1145"\w* with him, and \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and his \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and his \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* with him; and they went \w over|strong="H6743"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 18 And there went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* a ferry \w boat|strong="H5679"\w* to carry \w over|strong="H5674"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* what he \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*. And \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w* fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, as he was come \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*;\f + \fr 19.18 \ft what…: Heb. the good in his eyes\f*  
\v 19 And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Let not my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w impute|strong="H2803"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* unto me, neither do thou \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* that which thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* did \w perversely|strong="H5753"\w* the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* should \w take|strong="H7760"\w* it to his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\v 20 For thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* doth \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*: therefore, behold, I am \w come|strong="H0935"\w* the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w* to go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\v 21 But \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Shall not \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* for this, because he \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*?  
\v 22 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What have I to do with you, ye \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, that ye should this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* be \w adversaries|strong="H7854"\w* unto me? shall there any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* be put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? for do not I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I \add am\add* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\v 23 Therefore the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, Thou shalt not \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto him.   
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\v 24 ¶ And \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and had \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w dressed|strong="H6213"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, nor \w trimmed|strong="H6213"\w* his \w beard|strong="H8222"\w*, nor \w washed|strong="H3526"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, from the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w departed|strong="H3212"\w* until the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \add again\add* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.  
\v 25 And it came to pass, when he was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Wherefore \w wentest|strong="H1980"\w* not thou with me, \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*?  
\v 26 And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w deceived|strong="H7411"\w* me: for thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w saddle|strong="H2280"\w* me an \w ass|strong="H2543"\w*, that I may \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* thereon, and \w go|strong="H3212"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; because thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \add is\add* \w lame|strong="H6455"\w*.  
\v 27 And he hath \w slandered|strong="H7270"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; but my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add is\add* as an \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: \w do|strong="H6213"\w* therefore \add what is\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\v 28 For all \add of\add* my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* were \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* before my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: yet didst thou \w set|strong="H7896"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* among them that did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* at thine own \w table|strong="H7979"\w*. What \w right|strong="H6666"\w* therefore \w have|strong="H3426"\w* I yet to \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* any more unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?\f + \fr 19.28 \ft dead…: Heb. men of death\f*  
\v 29 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Why \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* thou any more of thy \w matters|strong="H1697"\w*? I have \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou and \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* the \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.  
\v 30 And \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Yea, let him \w take|strong="H3947"\w* all, \w forasmuch|strong="H0310"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* is come \w again|strong="H0935"\w* in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* unto his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 31 ¶ And \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* came \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from \w Rogelim|strong="H7274"\w*, and went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w conduct|strong="H7971"\w* him over \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*.  
\v 32 Now \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* was a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w aged|strong="H2204"\w* man, \add even\add* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*: and he had provided the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w sustenance|strong="H3557"\w* while he \w lay|strong="H7871"\w* at \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*; for he \add was\add* a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 33 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w*, Come thou \w over|strong="H5674"\w* with me, and I will \w feed|strong="H3557"\w* thee with me in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.  
\v 34 And \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, How \w long|strong="H3117"\w* have I to \w live|strong="H8141"\w*, that I should go \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* unto \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*?\f + \fr 19.34 \ft How…: Heb. How many days are the years of my life\f*  
\v 35 I \add am\add* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w*: \add and\add* can I \w discern|strong="H3045"\w* between \w good|strong="H2896"\w* and \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*? can thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* I \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* or \w what|strong="H0834"\w* I \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*? can I \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* any more the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of singing \w men|strong="H7891"\w* and singing \w women|strong="H7891"\w*? wherefore then should thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* be yet a \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* unto my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?  
\v 36 Thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* will \w go|strong="H5674"\w* a little \w way|strong="H4592"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and why should the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w recompense|strong="H1580"\w* it me with such a \w reward|strong="H1578"\w*?  
\v 37 Let thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, I pray thee, turn back \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, that I may \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in mine own \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \add and be buried\add* by the \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* of my \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and of my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*. But behold thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Chimham|strong="H3643"\w*; let him go \w over|strong="H5674"\w* with my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him what shall seem \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee.  
\v 38 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Chimham|strong="H3643"\w* shall \w go|strong="H5674"\w* over with me, and I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to him that which shall seem \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt \w require|strong="H0977"\w* of me, \add that\add* will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for thee.\f + \fr 19.38 \ft require: Heb. choose\f*  
\v 39 And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*. And when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was come \w over|strong="H5674"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w*, and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* him; and he \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* unto his own \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.   
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\v 40 Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* went \w on|strong="H5674"\w* to \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and \w Chimham|strong="H3643"\w* went \w on|strong="H5674"\w* with him: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w conducted|strong="H5674"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and also \w half|strong="H2677"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 19.40 \ft Chimham: Heb. Chimhan\f*   
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\v 41 ¶ And, behold, all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Why have our \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* stolen thee \w away|strong="H1589"\w*, and have \w brought|strong="H5674"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and his \w household|strong="H1004"\w*, and all \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with him, over \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*?  
\v 42 And all the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, Because the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add is\add* near of \w kin|strong="H7138"\w* to us: wherefore then be ye \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* for this \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*? have we \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* at \w all|strong="H0398"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \add cost\add*? or hath he \w given|strong="H5375"\w* us any \w gift|strong="H5379"\w*?  
\v 43 And the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w parts|strong="H3027"\w* in the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w we|strong="H0589"\w* have also more \add right\add* in \w David|strong="H1732"\w* than ye: why then did ye \w despise|strong="H7043"\w* us, that our \w advice|strong="H1697"\w* should not be \w first|strong="H7223"\w* had in bringing \w back|strong="H7725"\w* our \w king|strong="H4428"\w*? And the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* were \w fiercer|strong="H7185"\w* than the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 19.43 \ft despise…: Heb. set us at light\f*   
\c 20  
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\v 1 And there \w happened|strong="H7122"\w* to be there a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \add was\add* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*: and he \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We have no \w part|strong="H2506"\w* in \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, neither have we \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* in the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*: \w every|strong="H0376"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tents|strong="H0168"\w*, O \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\v 2 So every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \add and\add* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*: but the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w clave|strong="H1692"\w* unto their \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, from \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* even to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.   
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\v 3 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \add his\add* \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*, whom he had \w left|strong="H3240"\w* to \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and \w put|strong="H5414"\w* them in \w ward|strong="H4931"\w*, and \w fed|strong="H3557"\w* them, but went not \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto them. So they were shut \w up|strong="H6887"\w* unto the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of their \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w living|strong="H2424"\w* in \w widowhood|strong="H0491"\w*.\f + \fr 20.3 \ft ward: Heb. an house of ward\f*\f + \fr 20.3 \ft shut…: Heb. bound\f*\f + \fr 20.3 \ft living…: Heb. in widowhood of life\f*   
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\v 4 ¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w*, \w Assemble|strong="H2199"\w* me the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* within \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and be thou here \w present|strong="H5975"\w*.\f + \fr 20.4 \ft Assemble: Heb. Call\f*  
\v 5 So \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* to \w assemble|strong="H2199"\w* \add the men of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: but he tarried \w longer|strong="H0309"\w* than the set \w time|strong="H4150"\w* which he had \w appointed|strong="H3259"\w* him.\f + \fr 20.5 \ft Assemble: Heb. Call\f*  
\v 6 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, Now shall \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w* do us more \w harm|strong="H3415"\w* than \add did\add* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*: \w take|strong="H3947"\w* thou thy \w lord’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, lest he \w get|strong="H4672"\w* him \w fenced|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w escape|strong="H5337"\w* \w us|strong="H5869"\w*.\f + \fr 20.6 \ft escape…: Heb. deliver himself from our eyes\f*  
\v 7 And there went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, and the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w*, and the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*, and all the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*: and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, to \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*.  
\v 8 When they \add were\add* at the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* which \add is\add* in \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them. And \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w garment|strong="H4055"\w* that he had put \w on|strong="H3830"\w* was \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* unto him, and upon it a \w girdle|strong="H2289"\w* \add with\add* a \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w fastened|strong="H6775"\w* upon his \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* in the \w sheath|strong="H8593"\w* thereof; and as he went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* it fell \w out|strong="H5307"\w*.  
\v 9 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w*, \add Art\add* thou in \w health|strong="H7965"\w*, my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*? And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w took|strong="H0270"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* by the \w beard|strong="H2206"\w* with the \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* to \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* him.  
\v 10 But \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* took no \w heed|strong="H8104"\w* to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* that \add was\add* in \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: so he \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him therewith in the \w fifth|strong="H2570"\w* \add rib\add*, and shed \w out|strong="H8210"\w* his \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and struck him not \w again|strong="H8138"\w*; and he \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. So \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*.\f + \fr 20.10 \ft struck…: Heb. doubled not his stroke\f*  
\v 11 And \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* by him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w He|strong="H4310"\w* that \w favoureth|strong="H2654"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and he that \add is\add* for \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \add let him go\add* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*.  
\v 12 And \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w wallowed|strong="H1556"\w* in \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w*. And when the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*, he \w removed|strong="H5437"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* out of the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w* into the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* a \w cloth|strong="H0899"\w* upon him, when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that every one that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* by him stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\v 13 When he was \w removed|strong="H3014"\w* out of the \w highway|strong="H4546"\w*, all the \w people|strong="H0376"\w* went \w on|strong="H5674"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, to \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*.   
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\v 14 ¶ And he \w went|strong="H5674"\w* through all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* unto \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w*, and to \w Beth-maachah|strong="H1038"\w*, and all the \w Berites|strong="H1276"\w*: and they were gathered \w together|strong="H6950"\w*, and \w went|strong="H0935"\w* also \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him.  
\v 15 And they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w besieged|strong="H6696"\w* him in \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w* of \w Beth-maachah|strong="H1038"\w*, and they cast \w up|strong="H8210"\w* a \w bank|strong="H5550"\w* against the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and it \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w trench|strong="H2426"\w*: and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that \add were\add* with \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w battered|strong="H7843"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, to throw it \w down|strong="H5307"\w*.\f + \fr 20.15 \ft in the trench: or, against the outmost wall\f*\f + \fr 20.15 \ft battered: Heb. marred to throw down\f*   
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\v 16 ¶ Then \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* a \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*; \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I pray you, unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Come \w near|strong="H7126"\w* hither, that I may \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* with thee.  
\v 17 And when he was come \w near|strong="H7126"\w* unto her, the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \add Art\add* thou \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*? And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I \add am he\add*. Then she \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of thine \w handmaid|strong="H0519"\w*. And he \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, I do \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.  
\v 18 Then she \w spake|strong="H0559"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, They were \w wont|strong="H1696"\w* to \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in old \w time|strong="H7223"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, They shall \w surely|strong="H7592"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \add counsel\add* at \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w*: and so they \w ended|strong="H8552"\w* \add the matter\add*.\f + \fr 20.18 \ft They were…: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end\f*  
\v 19 I \add am one of them that are\add* \w peaceable|strong="H7999"\w* \add and\add* \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: thou \w seekest|strong="H1245"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H4191"\w* a \w city|strong="H5892"\w* and a \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: why wilt thou swallow \w up|strong="H1104"\w* the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*?  
\v 20 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Far be \w it|strong="H2486"\w*, far be \w it|strong="H2486"\w* from me, that I should swallow \w up|strong="H1104"\w* or \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w*.  
\v 21 The \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \add is\add* not so: but a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w* by \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, hath lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \add even\add* against \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* him only, and I will \w depart|strong="H3212"\w* from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. And the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, Behold, his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* shall be \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* to thee \w over|strong="H1157"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.\f + \fr 20.21 \ft by name: Heb. by his name\f*  
\v 22 Then the \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in her \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*. And they cut \w off|strong="H3772"\w* the \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bichri|strong="H1075"\w*, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* \add it\add* out to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*. And he \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* a \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, and they \w retired|strong="H6327"\w* from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 20.22 \ft retired: Heb. were scattered\f*   
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\v 23 ¶ Now \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \add was\add* over all the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \add was\add* over the \w Cherethites|strong="H3774"\w* and over the \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*:  
\v 24 And \w Adoram|strong="H0151"\w* \add was\add* over the \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w*: and \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w* \add was\add* \w recorder|strong="H2142"\w*:\f + \fr 20.24 \ft recorder: or, remembrancer\f*  
\v 25 And \w Sheva|strong="H7864"\w* \add was\add* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*: and \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* and \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \add were\add* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*:  
\v 26 And \w Ira|strong="H5896"\w* also the \w Jairite|strong="H2972"\w* was a chief \w ruler|strong="H3548"\w* about \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.\f + \fr 20.26 \ft a chief…: or, a prince\f*   
\c 21  
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\v 1 Then there was a \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w enquired|strong="H1245"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. And the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, \add It is\add* for \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, and for \add his\add* \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, because he \w slew|strong="H4191"\w* the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*.\f + \fr 21.1 \ft enquired…: Heb. sought the face, etc\f*  
\v 2 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them; (now the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w* \add were\add* not of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, but of the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*; and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* had \w sworn|strong="H7650"\w* unto them: and \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to \w slay|strong="H5221"\w* them in his \w zeal|strong="H7065"\w* to the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.)  
\v 3 Wherefore \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*, What shall I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for you? and wherewith shall I make the \w atonement|strong="H3722"\w*, that ye may \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* the \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*?  
\v 4 And the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, We will have no \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* nor \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w of|strong="H5973"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, nor of his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*; neither for us shalt thou \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* any \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What ye shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \add that\add* will I \w do|strong="H6213"\w* for you.\f + \fr 21.4 \ft We will…: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc\f*  
\v 5 And they \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, The \w man|strong="H0376"\w* that \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* us, and that \w devised|strong="H1819"\w* against us \add that\add* we should be \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* from \w remaining|strong="H3320"\w* in any of the \w coasts|strong="H1366"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,\f + \fr 21.5 \ft devised…: or, cut us off\f*  
\v 6 Let \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* unto us, and we will hang them \w up|strong="H3363"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \add whom\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* did \w choose|strong="H0972"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \add them\add*.\f + \fr 21.6 \ft whom…: or, chosen of the \+nd LORD\+nd*\f*  
\v 7 But the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w spared|strong="H2550"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, because of the \nd \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w oath|strong="H7621"\w* that \add was\add* between them, between \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.  
\v 8 But the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w*, whom she \w bare|strong="H3205"\w* unto \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w Armoni|strong="H0764"\w* and \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*; and the \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, whom she brought \w up|strong="H3205"\w* for \w Adriel|strong="H5741"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* the \w Meholathite|strong="H4259"\w*:\f + \fr 21.8 \ft Michal: or, Michal’s sister\f*\f + \fr 21.8 \ft brought…: Heb. bear to Adriel\f*  
\v 9 And he \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*, and they \w hanged|strong="H3363"\w* them in the \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and they \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \add all\add* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, and were put to \w death|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*, in the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \add days\add*, in the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ And \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w spread|strong="H5186"\w* it for her upon the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*, from the \w beginning|strong="H8462"\w* of \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* until \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w dropped|strong="H5413"\w* upon them out of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w suffered|strong="H5414"\w* neither the \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w* to \w rest|strong="H5117"\w* on them by \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, nor the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 11 And it was \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* what \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w*, the \w concubine|strong="H6370"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.   
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\v 12 ¶ And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* and \w took|strong="H3947"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* from the \w men|strong="H1167"\w* of \w Jabesh-gilead|strong="H3003"\w*, which had \w stolen|strong="H1589"\w* them from the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of \w Beth-shan|strong="H1052"\w*, where the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w hanged|strong="H8511"\w* them, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* in \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*:  
\v 13 And he brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* from thence the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*; and they \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of them that were \w hanged|strong="H3363"\w*.  
\v 14 And the \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* and \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* they in the \w country|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* in \w Zelah|strong="H6762"\w*, in the \w sepulchre|strong="H6913"\w* of \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w* his \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: and they \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* all that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that \w God|strong="H0430"\w* was \w intreated|strong="H6279"\w* for the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.   
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\v 15 ¶ Moreover the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* had yet \w war|strong="H4421"\w* again with \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* with him, and \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* against the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and \w David|strong="H1732"\w* waxed \w faint|strong="H5774"\w*.  
\v 16 And \w Ishbi-benob|strong="H3430"\w*, which \add was\add* of the \w sons|strong="H3211"\w* of the \w giant|strong="H7497"\w*, the \w weight|strong="H4948"\w* of whose \w spear|strong="H7013"\w* \add weighed\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \add shekels\add* of \w brass|strong="H5178"\w* in \w weight|strong="H4948"\w*, he being \w girded|strong="H2296"\w* with a \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \add sword\add*, \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* to have \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.\f + \fr 21.16 \ft the giant: or, Rapha\f*\f + \fr 21.16 \ft spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head\f*  
\v 17 But \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w succoured|strong="H5826"\w* him, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* him. Then the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sware|strong="H7650"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Thou shalt \w go|strong="H3318"\w* no more out with us to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, that thou \w quench|strong="H3518"\w* not the \w light|strong="H5216"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 21.17 \ft light: Heb. candle, or, lamp\f*  
\v 18 And it came to pass after \w this|strong="H0310"\w*, that there was again a \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* at \w Gob|strong="H1359"\w*: then \w Sibbechai|strong="H5444"\w* the \w Hushathite|strong="H2843"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w Saph|strong="H5593"\w*, which \add was\add* of the \w sons|strong="H3211"\w* of the \w giant|strong="H7497"\w*.\f + \fr 21.18 \ft the giant: or, Rapha\f*\f + \fr 21.18 \ft Saph: or, Sippai\f*  
\v 19 And there was again a \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w Gob|strong="H1359"\w* with the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, where \w Elhanan|strong="H0445"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jaare-oregim|strong="H3296"\w*, a \w Beth-lehemite|strong="H1022"\w*, \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \add the brother of\add* \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* the \w Gittite|strong="H1663"\w*, the \w staff|strong="H6086"\w* of whose \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \add was\add* like a \w weaver’s|strong="H0707"\w* \w beam|strong="H4500"\w*.\f + \fr 21.19 \ft Jaare-oregim: or, Jair\f*  
\v 20 And there was yet a \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* in \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, where was a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \add great\add* \w stature|strong="H4067"\w*, that had on every \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w*, and on every \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w toes|strong="H0676"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* in \w number|strong="H4557"\w*; and he also was \w born|strong="H3205"\w* to the \w giant|strong="H7497"\w*.\f + \fr 21.20 \ft the giant: or, Rapha\f*  
\v 21 And when he \w defied|strong="H2778"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shimea|strong="H8092"\w* the \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* him.\f + \fr 21.21 \ft defied: or, reproached\f*\f + \fr 21.21 \ft Shimea: also called, Shammah\f*  
\v 22 These \w four|strong="H0702"\w* were \w born|strong="H3205"\w* to the \w giant|strong="H7497"\w* in \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.   
\c 22  
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\v 1 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w song|strong="H7892"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add that\add* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* had \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* him out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of all his \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and out of the \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* of \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*:   
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\v 2 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* my \w rock|strong="H5553"\w*, and my \w fortress|strong="H4686"\w*, and my \w deliverer|strong="H6403"\w*;  
\v 3 The \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of my \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*; in him will I \w trust|strong="H2620"\w*: \add he is\add* my \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*, and the \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* of my \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*, my high \w tower|strong="H4869"\w*, and my \w refuge|strong="H4498"\w*, my \w saviour|strong="H3467"\w*; thou \w savest|strong="H3467"\w* me from \w violence|strong="H2555"\w*.  
\v 4 I will \w call|strong="H7121"\w* on the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \add who is\add* worthy to be \w praised|strong="H1984"\w*: so shall I be \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* from mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.  
\v 5 When the \w waves|strong="H4867"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w compassed|strong="H0661"\w* me, the \w floods|strong="H5158"\w* of ungodly \w men|strong="H1100"\w* made me \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w*;\f + \fr 22.5 \ft waves: or, pangs\f*\f + \fr 22.5 \ft ungodly…: Heb. Belial\f*  
\v 6 The \w sorrows|strong="H2256"\w* of \w hell|strong="H7585"\w* compassed me \w about|strong="H5437"\w*; the \w snares|strong="H4170"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w prevented|strong="H6923"\w* me;\f + \fr 22.6 \ft sorrows: or, cords\f*  
\v 7 In my \w distress|strong="H6862"\w* I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* upon the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* to my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*: and he did \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* out of his \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, and my \w cry|strong="H7775"\w* \add did enter\add* into his \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.  
\v 8 Then the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w shook|strong="H1607"\w* and \w trembled|strong="H7493"\w*; the \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w moved|strong="H7264"\w* and \w shook|strong="H1607"\w*, because he was \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*.  
\v 9 There went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* a \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* out of his \w nostrils|strong="H0639"\w*, and \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* out of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w devoured|strong="H0398"\w*: \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* were \w kindled|strong="H1197"\w* by it.\f + \fr 22.9 \ft out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc\f*  
\v 10 He \w bowed|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* also, and came \w down|strong="H3381"\w*; and \w darkness|strong="H6205"\w* \add was\add* under his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.  
\v 11 And he \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* upon a \w cherub|strong="H3742"\w*, and did \w fly|strong="H5774"\w*: and he was \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* upon the \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* of the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*.  
\v 12 And he \w made|strong="H7896"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w pavilions|strong="H5521"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* him, \w dark|strong="H2841"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, \add and\add* thick \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* of the \w skies|strong="H7834"\w*.\f + \fr 22.12 \ft dark…: Heb. binding of waters\f*  
\v 13 Through the \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* before him were \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w kindled|strong="H1197"\w*.  
\v 14 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w thundered|strong="H7481"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and the most \w High|strong="H5945"\w* \w uttered|strong="H5414"\w* his \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.  
\v 15 And he sent \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*, and \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* them; \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w*, and \w discomfited|strong="H2000"\w* them.  
\v 16 And the \w channels|strong="H0650"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w appeared|strong="H7200"\w*, the \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w* were \w discovered|strong="H1540"\w*, at the \w rebuking|strong="H1606"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, at the \w blast|strong="H5397"\w* of the \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* of his \w nostrils|strong="H0639"\w*.  
\v 17 He \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* from \w above|strong="H4791"\w*, he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* me; he \w drew|strong="H4871"\w* me out of \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*;\f + \fr 22.17 \ft many: or, great\f*  
\v 18 He \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* me from my \w strong|strong="H5794"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, \add and\add* from them that \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* me: for they were too \w strong|strong="H0553"\w* for me.  
\v 19 They \w prevented|strong="H6923"\w* me in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of my \w calamity|strong="H0343"\w*: but the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was my \w stay|strong="H4937"\w*.  
\v 20 He brought me \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* also into a large \w place|strong="H4800"\w*: he \w delivered|strong="H2502"\w* me, because he \w delighted|strong="H2654"\w* in me.  
\v 21 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w rewarded|strong="H1580"\w* me according to my \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*: according to the \w cleanness|strong="H1252"\w* of my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* hath he \w recompensed|strong="H7725"\w* me.  
\v 22 For I have \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and have not wickedly \w departed|strong="H7561"\w* from my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.  
\v 23 For all his \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* \add were\add* before me: and \add as for\add* his \w statutes|strong="H2708"\w*, I did not \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* from them.  
\v 24 I was also \w upright|strong="H8549"\w* before him, and have \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* myself from mine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.\f + \fr 22.24 \ft before: Heb. to\f*  
\v 25 Therefore the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* hath \w recompensed|strong="H7725"\w* me according to my \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*; according to my \w cleanness|strong="H1252"\w* in his eye \w sight|strong="H5048"\w*.\f + \fr 22.25 \ft in…: Heb. before his eyes\f*  
\v 26 With the \w merciful|strong="H2623"\w* thou wilt shew thyself \w merciful|strong="H2616"\w*, \add and\add* with the \w upright|strong="H8549"\w* \w man|strong="H1368"\w* thou wilt shew thyself \w upright|strong="H8552"\w*.  
\v 27 With the \w pure|strong="H1305"\w* thou wilt shew thyself \w pure|strong="H1305"\w*; and with the \w froward|strong="H6141"\w* thou wilt shew thyself \w unsavoury|strong="H6617"\w*.\f + \fr 22.27 \ft shew thyself unsavoury: or, wrestle\f*  
\v 28 And the \w afflicted|strong="H6041"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* thou wilt \w save|strong="H3467"\w*: but thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \add are\add* upon the \w haughty|strong="H7311"\w*, \add that\add* thou mayest bring \add them\add* \w down|strong="H8213"\w*.  
\v 29 For thou \add art\add* my \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w*, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* will \w lighten|strong="H5050"\w* my \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.\f + \fr 22.29 \ft lamp: or, candle\f*  
\v 30 For by thee I have \w run|strong="H7323"\w* through a \w troop|strong="H1416"\w*: by my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* have I leaped \w over|strong="H1801"\w* a \w wall|strong="H7791"\w*.\f + \fr 22.30 \ft run: or, broken\f*  
\v 31 \add As for\add* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, his \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \add is\add* \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w*; the \w word|strong="H0565"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \add is\add* \w tried|strong="H6884"\w*: he \add is\add* a \w buckler|strong="H4043"\w* to all them that \w trust|strong="H2620"\w* in him.\f + \fr 22.31 \ft tried: or, refined\f*  
\v 32 For who \add is\add* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, \w save|strong="H1107"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*? and who \add is\add* a \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*, \w save|strong="H1107"\w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*?  
\v 33 \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \add is\add* my \w strength|strong="H4581"\w* \add and\add* \w power|strong="H2428"\w*: and he \w maketh|strong="H5425"\w* my \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w*.\f + \fr 22.33 \ft maketh: Heb. riddeth, or, looseth\f*  
\v 34 He \w maketh|strong="H7737"\w* my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w like|strong="H7737"\w* \w hinds’|strong="H0355"\w* \add feet:\add* and \w setteth|strong="H5975"\w* me upon my high \w places|strong="H1116"\w*.\f + \fr 22.34 \ft maketh: Heb. equalleth\f*  
\v 35 He \w teacheth|strong="H3925"\w* my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* to \w war|strong="H4421"\w*; so that a \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* of \w steel|strong="H5154"\w* is \w broken|strong="H5181"\w* by mine \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*.\f + \fr 22.35 \ft to war: Heb. for the war\f*  
\v 36 Thou hast also \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me the \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* of thy \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*: and thy \w gentleness|strong="H6031"\w* hath made me \w great|strong="H7235"\w*.\f + \fr 22.36 \ft made…: Heb. multiplied me\f*  
\v 37 Thou hast \w enlarged|strong="H7337"\w* my \w steps|strong="H6806"\w* under me; so that my \w feet|strong="H7166"\w* did not \w slip|strong="H4571"\w*.\f + \fr 22.37 \ft feet: Heb. ankles\f*  
\v 38 I have \w pursued|strong="H7291"\w* mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w* them; and turned not \w again|strong="H7725"\w* until I had \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* them.  
\v 39 And I have \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* them, and \w wounded|strong="H4272"\w* them, that they could not \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*: yea, they are \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* under my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.  
\v 40 For thou hast \w girded|strong="H0247"\w* me with \w strength|strong="H2428"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*: them that rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against me hast thou \w subdued|strong="H3766"\w* under me.\f + \fr 22.40 \ft subdued: Heb. caused to bow\f*  
\v 41 Thou hast also \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me the \w necks|strong="H6203"\w* of mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, that I might \w destroy|strong="H6789"\w* them that \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* me.  
\v 42 They \w looked|strong="H8159"\w*, but \add there was\add* none to \w save|strong="H3467"\w*; \add even\add* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, but he \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* them not.  
\v 43 Then did I \w beat|strong="H7833"\w* them as small as the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, I did \w stamp|strong="H1854"\w* them as the \w mire|strong="H2916"\w* of the \w street|strong="H2351"\w*, \add and\add* did spread them \w abroad|strong="H7554"\w*.  
\v 44 Thou also hast \w delivered|strong="H6403"\w* me from the \w strivings|strong="H7379"\w* of my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, thou hast \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* me \add to be\add* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*: a \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add which\add* I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not shall \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* me.  
\v 45 \w Strangers|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w submit|strong="H3584"\w* themselves unto me: as soon as they \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*, they shall be \w obedient|strong="H8085"\w* unto me.\f + \fr 22.45 \ft Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger\f*\f + \fr 22.45 \ft submit…: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie\f*  
\v 46 \w Strangers|strong="H1121"\w* shall fade \w away|strong="H5034"\w*, and they shall be \w afraid|strong="H2296"\w* out of their close \w places|strong="H4526"\w*.  
\v 47 The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*; and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \add be\add* my \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*; and \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* be the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* of my \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*.  
\v 48 It \add is\add* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* that \w avengeth|strong="H5414"\w* me, and that bringeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* under me,\f + \fr 22.48 \ft avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for\f*  
\v 49 And that bringeth me \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from mine \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*: thou also hast lifted me up on \w high|strong="H7311"\w* above them that rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against me: thou hast \w delivered|strong="H5337"\w* me from the \w violent|strong="H2555"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 50 Therefore I will give \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w* unto thee, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, and I will sing \w praises|strong="H2167"\w* unto thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.  
\v 51 \add He is\add* the \w tower|strong="H4024"\w* of \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w* for his \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and \w sheweth|strong="H6213"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* to his \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w*, unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and to his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w evermore|strong="H5769"\w*.   
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\v 1 Now these \add be\add* the \w last|strong="H0314"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w*, and the \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \add who was\add* raised \w up|strong="H6965"\w* on \w high|strong="H5920"\w*, the \w anointed|strong="H4899"\w* of the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, and the \w sweet|strong="H5273"\w* \w psalmist|strong="H2158"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w said|strong="H5002"\w*,  
\v 2 The \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* by me, and his \w word|strong="H4405"\w* \add was\add* in my \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*.  
\v 3 The \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, the \w Rock|strong="H6697"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* to me, He that \w ruleth|strong="H4910"\w* over \w men|strong="H0120"\w* \add must be\add* \w just|strong="H6662"\w*, \w ruling|strong="H4910"\w* in the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.\f + \fr 23.3 \ft He…: or, Be thou ruler, etc\f*  
\v 4 And \add he shall be\add* as the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \add when\add* the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w riseth|strong="H2224"\w*, \add even\add* a \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*; \add as\add* the tender \w grass|strong="H1877"\w* \add springing\add* out of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* by clear \w shining|strong="H5051"\w* after \w rain|strong="H4306"\w*.  
\v 5 Although my \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \add be\add* not so with \w God|strong="H0410"\w*; yet he hath \w made|strong="H7760"\w* with me an \w everlasting|strong="H5769"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*, \w ordered|strong="H6186"\w* in all \add things\add*, and \w sure|strong="H8104"\w*: for \add this is\add* all my \w salvation|strong="H3468"\w*, and all \add my\add* \w desire|strong="H2656"\w*, although he make \add it\add* not to \w grow|strong="H6779"\w*.   
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\v 6 ¶ But \add the sons\add* of \w Belial|strong="H1100"\w* \add shall be\add* all of them as \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w* thrust \w away|strong="H5074"\w*, because they cannot be \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* with \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*:  
\v 7 But the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \add that\add* shall \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* them must be \w fenced|strong="H4390"\w* with \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* and the \w staff|strong="H6086"\w* of a \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*; and they shall be \w utterly|strong="H8313"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* in the \add same\add* \w place|strong="H7675"\w*.\f + \fr 23.7 \ft fenced: Heb. filled\f*   
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\v 8 ¶ These \add be\add* the \w names|strong="H8034"\w* of the mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* whom \w David|strong="H1732"\w* had: The \w Tachmonite|strong="H8461"\w* that \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w seat|strong="H7675"\w*, \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* among the \w captains|strong="H7991"\w*; the same \add was\add* \w Adino|strong="H5722"\w* the \w Eznite|strong="H6112"\w*: \add he lift up his spear\add* against \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, whom he \w slew|strong="H2491"\w* at \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*.\f + \fr 23.8 \ft The Tachmonite…: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three\f*\f + \fr 23.8 \ft whom he…: Heb. slain\f*\f + \fr 23.8 \ft 1ch 11:11 he lift…: from whom he…: Heb. slain\f*  
\v 9 And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \add was\add* \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dodo|strong="H1734"\w* the \w Ahohite|strong="H0266"\w*, \add one\add* of the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* with \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, when they \w defied|strong="H2778"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \add that\add* were there gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* to \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were gone \w away|strong="H5927"\w*:  
\v 10 He \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w until|strong="H3588"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* was \w weary|strong="H3021"\w*, and his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w clave|strong="H1692"\w* unto the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him only to \w spoil|strong="H6584"\w*.  
\v 11 And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \add was\add* \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Agee|strong="H0089"\w* the \w Hararite|strong="H2043"\w*. And the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* into a \w troop|strong="H2416"\w*, where was a \w piece|strong="H2513"\w* of \w ground|strong="H7704"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of \w lentiles|strong="H5742"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w fled|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.\f + \fr 23.11 \ft into…: or, for foraging\f*  
\v 12 But he \w stood|strong="H3320"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w ground|strong="H2513"\w*, and \w defended|strong="H5337"\w* it, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*: and the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w*.  
\v 13 And \w three|strong="H7969"\w* of the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* went \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, and \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w* in the harvest \w time|strong="H7105"\w* unto the \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* of \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*: and the \w troop|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in the \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* of \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w*.\f + \fr 23.13 \ft three…: or, the three captains over the thirty\f*  
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \add was\add* then in an \w hold|strong="H4686"\w*, and the \w garrison|strong="H4673"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \add was\add* then \add in\add* \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*.  
\v 15 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w longed|strong="H0183"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Oh that one would give me \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* of the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* of the \w well|strong="H0953"\w* of \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*, which \add is\add* by the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*!  
\v 16 And the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* brake \w through|strong="H1234"\w* the \w host|strong="H4264"\w* of the \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, and \w drew|strong="H7579"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* out of the \w well|strong="H0953"\w* of \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*, that \add was\add* by the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \add it\add*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \add it\add* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: nevertheless he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* thereof, but poured it \w out|strong="H5258"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 17 And he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Be it \w far|strong="H2486"\w* from me, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that I should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* this: \add is not this\add* the \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that \w went|strong="H1980"\w* in jeopardy of their \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*? therefore he \w would|strong="H0014"\w* not \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* it. These things \w did|strong="H6213"\w* these \w three|strong="H7969"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.  
\v 18 And \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, the \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, was \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* among \w three|strong="H7992"\w*. And he lifted \w up|strong="H5782"\w* his \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* against \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w*, \add and\add* \w slew|strong="H2491"\w* \add them\add*, and had the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* among \w three|strong="H7969"\w*.\f + \fr 23.18 \ft and slew them: Heb. slain\f*  
\v 19 Was he not most \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* of \w three|strong="H7969"\w*? therefore he was their \w captain|strong="H8269"\w*: howbeit he \w attained|strong="H0935"\w* not unto the \add first\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w*.  
\v 20 And \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of a \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, of \w Kabzeel|strong="H6909"\w*, who had done \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w acts|strong="H6467"\w*, he \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* lionlike \w men|strong="H0739"\w* of \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*: he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* also and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* a \w lion|strong="H0738"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of a \w pit|strong="H0953"\w* in \w time|strong="H3117"\w* of \w snow|strong="H7950"\w*:\f + \fr 23.20 \ft who…: Heb. great of acts\f*\f + \fr 23.20 \ft lionlike…: Heb. lion of God\f*  
\v 21 And he \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* an \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w*, a \w goodly|strong="H4758"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*: and the \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* had a \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; but he went \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to him with a \w staff|strong="H7626"\w*, and \w plucked|strong="H1497"\w* the \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* out of the \w Egyptian’s|strong="H4713"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H5221"\w* him with his own \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*.\f + \fr 23.21 \ft a goodly…: Heb. a man of countenance, or, sight: also called, a man of great stature\f*  
\v 22 These \add things\add* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, and had the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* among \w three|strong="H7969"\w* mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.  
\v 23 He was more \w honourable|strong="H3513"\w* than the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w*, but he \w attained|strong="H0935"\w* not to the \add first\add* \w three|strong="H7969"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* him over his \w guard|strong="H4928"\w*.\f + \fr 23.23 \ft more…: or, honourable among the thirty\f*\f + \fr 23.23 \ft guard: or, council: Heb. at his command\f*  
\v 24 \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* the \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* of \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \add was\add* one of the \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w*; \w Elhanan|strong="H0445"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Dodo|strong="H1734"\w* of \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w*,  
\v 25 \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* the \w Harodite|strong="H2733"\w*, \w Elika|strong="H0470"\w* the \w Harodite|strong="H2733"\w*,  
\v 26 \w Helez|strong="H2503"\w* the \w Paltite|strong="H6407"\w*, \w Ira|strong="H5896"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ikkesh|strong="H6142"\w* the \w Tekoite|strong="H8621"\w*,  
\v 27 \w Abiezer|strong="H0044"\w* the \w Anethothite|strong="H6069"\w*, \w Mebunnai|strong="H4012"\w* the \w Hushathite|strong="H2843"\w*,  
\v 28 \w Zalmon|strong="H6756"\w* the \w Ahohite|strong="H0266"\w*, \w Maharai|strong="H4121"\w* the \w Netophathite|strong="H5200"\w*,  
\v 29 \w Heleb|strong="H2460"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*, a \w Netophathite|strong="H5200"\w*, \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ribai|strong="H7380"\w* out of \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*,  
\v 30 \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* the \w Pirathonite|strong="H6553"\w*, \w Hiddai|strong="H1914"\w* of the \w brooks|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Gaash|strong="H1608"\w*,\f + \fr 23.30 \ft brooks: or, valleys\f*  
\v 31 \w Abi-albon|strong="H0045"\w* the \w Arbathite|strong="H6164"\w*, \w Azmaveth|strong="H5820"\w* the \w Barhumite|strong="H1273"\w*,  
\v 32 \w Eliahba|strong="H0455"\w* the \w Shaalbonite|strong="H8170"\w*, of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jashen|strong="H3464"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*,  
\v 33 \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* the \w Hararite|strong="H2043"\w*, \w Ahiam|strong="H0279"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Sharar|strong="H8325"\w* the \w Hararite|strong="H2043"\w*,  
\v 34 \w Eliphelet|strong="H0467"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahasbai|strong="H0308"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w Maachathite|strong="H4602"\w*, \w Eliam|strong="H0463"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* the \w Gilonite|strong="H1526"\w*,  
\v 35 \w Hezrai|strong="H2695"\w* the \w Carmelite|strong="H3761"\w*, \w Paarai|strong="H6474"\w* the \w Arbite|strong="H0701"\w*,  
\v 36 \w Igal|strong="H3008"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* of \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w* the \w Gadite|strong="H1425"\w*,  
\v 37 \w Zelek|strong="H6768"\w* the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w*, \w Naharai|strong="H5171"\w* the \w Beerothite|strong="H0886"\w*, \w armourbearer|strong="H5375"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*,  
\v 38 \w Ira|strong="H5896"\w* an \w Ithrite|strong="H3505"\w*, \w Gareb|strong="H1619"\w* an \w Ithrite|strong="H3505"\w*,  
\v 39 \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*: \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* in all.   
\c 24  
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\v 1 And \w again|strong="H3254"\w* the \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* against \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and he \w moved|strong="H5496"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* against them to \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w number|strong="H4487"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\v 2 For the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* the \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w*, which \add was\add* with him, Go now \w through|strong="H7751"\w* all the \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, and \w number|strong="H6485"\w* ye the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that I may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.\f + \fr 24.2 \ft Go: or, Compass\f*  
\v 3 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Now the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w add|strong="H3254"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, how many \w soever|strong="H1992"\w* they be, an \w hundredfold|strong="H3967"\w*, and that the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* may \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \add it:\add* but why doth my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* in this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*?  
\v 4 Notwithstanding the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w prevailed|strong="H2388"\w* against \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, and against the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w*. And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* and the \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w host|strong="H2428"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to \w number|strong="H6485"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 5 ¶ And they passed \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w*, and \w pitched|strong="H2583"\w* in \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w*, on the right \w side|strong="H3225"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* that \add lieth\add* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w river|strong="H5158"\w* of \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, and toward \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*:\f + \fr 24.5 \ft river: or, valley\f*  
\v 6 Then they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, and to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Tahtim-hodshi|strong="H8483"\w*; and they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Dan-jaan|strong="H1842"\w*, and \w about|strong="H5439"\w* to \w Zidon|strong="H6721"\w*,\f + \fr 24.6 \ft land of Tahtim-hodshi: or, nether land newly inhabited\f*  
\v 7 And \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the strong \w hold|strong="H4013"\w* of \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*, and to all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of the \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w*, and of the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*: and they went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to the \w south|strong="H5045"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \add even\add* to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*.  
\v 8 So when they had \w gone|strong="H7751"\w* through all the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* at the \w end|strong="H7097"\w* of \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\v 9 And \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* gave \w up|strong="H5414"\w* the \w sum|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w number|strong="H4662"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*: and there were in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* that \w drew|strong="H8025"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and the \w men|strong="H0376"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add were\add* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.   
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\v 10 ¶ And \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* him \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that he had \w numbered|strong="H5608"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* in that I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w*: and now, I beseech thee, O \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, take \w away|strong="H5674"\w* the \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*; for I have done \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w foolishly|strong="H5528"\w*.  
\v 11 For when \w David|strong="H1732"\w* was \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* came unto the \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*,  
\v 12 \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* and \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Thus \w saith|strong="H1696"\w* the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, I \w offer|strong="H5190"\w* thee \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \add things;\add* \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* thee \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of them, that I may \add do it\add* unto \w thee|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\v 13 So \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Shall \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* of \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee in thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? or wilt thou \w flee|strong="H5127"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thine \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*, while they \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* thee? or that there be \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days’|strong="H3117"\w* \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* in thy \w land|strong="H0776"\w*? now \w advise|strong="H3045"\w*, and \w see|strong="H7200"\w* what \w answer|strong="H1697"\w* I shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to him that \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* me.  
\v 14 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, I am in a \w great|strong="H3966"\w* \w strait|strong="H6887"\w*: let us \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* now into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*; for his \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* \add are\add* \w great|strong="H7227"\w*: and let me not \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*.\f + \fr 24.14 \ft are great: or, are many\f*   
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\v 15 ¶ So the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* a \w pestilence|strong="H1698"\w* upon \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* from the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* even to the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w*: and there \w died|strong="H4191"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* from \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* even to \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.  
\v 16 And when the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* stretched \w out|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* it, the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w repented|strong="H5162"\w* him of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* that \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, It is \w enough|strong="H7227"\w*: \w stay|strong="H7503"\w* now thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. And the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* of the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was by the \w threshingplace|strong="H1637"\w* of \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* the \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.\f + \fr 24.16 \ft Araunah: also called, Ornan\f*  
\v 17 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* when he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* that \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Lo, I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and I have done \w wickedly|strong="H5753"\w*: but these \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, what have they \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? let thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, I pray thee, be against me, and against my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 18 ¶ And \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w rear|strong="H6965"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* in the \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w* of \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* the \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.\f + \fr 24.18 \ft Araunah: Heb. Araniah\f*  
\v 19 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, according to the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* as the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*.  
\v 20 And \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w looked|strong="H8259"\w*, and \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* coming \w on|strong="H5674"\w* toward him: and \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* himself before the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* on his \w face|strong="H0639"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.  
\v 21 And \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Wherefore is my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to his \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*? And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, To \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* the \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w* of thee, to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, that the \w plague|strong="H4046"\w* may be \w stayed|strong="H6113"\w* from the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\v 22 And \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, Let my \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* and offer \w up|strong="H5927"\w* what \add seemeth\add* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* unto \w him|strong="H5869"\w*: \w behold|strong="H7200"\w*, \add here be\add* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* for burnt \w sacrifice|strong="H5930"\w*, and threshing \w instruments|strong="H4173"\w* and \add other\add* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* for \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\v 23 All these \add things\add* did \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w*, \add as\add* a \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w give|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. And \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, The \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* thee.  
\v 24 And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w*, Nay; but I will \w surely|strong="H7069"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \add it\add* of thee at a \w price|strong="H4242"\w*: neither will I \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of that which doth cost me \w nothing|strong="H2600"\w*. So \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* the \w threshingfloor|strong="H1637"\w* and the \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* for \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.  
\v 25 And \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* there an \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* unto the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* and peace \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*. So the \nd \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* was \w intreated|strong="H6279"\w* for the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and the \w plague|strong="H4046"\w* was \w stayed|strong="H6113"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   