strkjv@2Samuel:18:1
@ And
David
numbered
the
people
that were with him, and
set
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds
over them.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:2
@ And
David
sent
forth
a third
part
of the
people
under the
hand
of
Joab
, and a third
part
under the
hand
of
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah
,
Joabs
brother
, and a third
part
under the
hand
of
Ittai
the
Gittite
. And the
king
said
unto the
people
, I will
surely
go
forth
with you
myself
also.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:3
@ But the
people
answered
, Thou shalt not go
forth
: for if we
flee
away
, they will not
care
for us; neither if
half
of us
die
, will they
care
for us: but now thou art
worth
ten
thousand
of us: therefore now it is
better
that thou
succour
us out of the
city
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:4
@ And the
king
said
unto them, What
seemeth
you
best
I will
do
. And the
king
stood
by the
gate
side
, and all the
people
came
out
by
hundreds
and by
thousands
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:5
@ And the
king
commanded
Joab
and
Abishai
and
Ittai
,
saying
, Deal
gently
for my sake with the young
man
, even with
Absalom
. And all the
people
heard
when the
king
gave all the
captains
charge
concerning
Absalom
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:6
@ So the
people
went
out
into the
field
against
Israel
: and the
battle
was in the
wood
of
Ephraim
;
strkjv@2Samuel:18:7
@ Where the
people
of
Israel
were
slain
before
the
servants
of
David
, and there was there a
great
slaughter
that
day
of
twenty
thousand
men.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:8
@ For the
battle
was there
scattered
over the
face
of all the
country
: and the
wood
devoured
more
people
that
day
than the
sword
devoured
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:9
@ And
Absalom
met
the
servants
of
David
. And
Absalom
rode
upon a
mule
, and the
mule
went
under the thick
boughs
of a
great
oak
, and his
head
caught
hold
of the
oak
, and he was taken
up
between the
heaven
and the
earth
; and the
mule
that was under him went
away
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:10
@ And a
certain
man
saw
it, and
told
Joab
, and
said
, Behold, I
saw
Absalom
hanged
in an
oak
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:11
@ And
Joab
said
unto the
man
that
told
him, And, behold, thou
sawest
him, and why didst thou not
smite
him there to the
ground
? and I would have
given
thee
ten
shekels of
silver
, and
a
girdle
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:12
@ And the
man
said
unto
Joab
,
Though
I should
receive
a
thousand
shekels of
silver
in mine
hand
, yet would I not put
forth
mine
hand
against the
kings
son
: for in our
hearing
the
king
charged
thee and
Abishai
and
Ittai
,
saying
,
Beware
that none touch the young
man
Absalom
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:13
@
Otherwise
I should have
wrought
falsehood
against mine own
life
: for there is no
matter
hid
from the
king
, and thou thyself wouldest have
set
thyself against me.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:14
@ Then
said
Joab
, I may not
tarry
thus with
thee
. And he
took
three
darts
in his
hand
, and
thrust
them through the
heart
of
Absalom
, while he was yet
alive
in the midst of the
oak
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:15
@ And
ten
young
men
that
bare
Joabs
armour
compassed
about
and
smote
Absalom
, and
slew
him.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:16
@ And
Joab
blew
the
trumpet
, and the
people
returned
from
pursuing
after
Israel
: for
Joab
held
back
the
people
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:17
@ And they
took
Absalom
, and
cast
him into a
great
pit
in the
wood
, and
laid
a
very
great
heap
of
stones
upon him: and all
Israel
fled
every
one
to his
tent
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:18
@ Now
Absalom
in his
lifetime
had
taken
and reared
up
for himself a
pillar
, which is in the
kings
dale
: for he
said
, I have no
son
to keep my
name
in
remembrance
: and he
called
the
pillar
after his own
name
: and it is
called
unto this
day
,
Absaloms
place
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:19
@ Then
said
Ahimaaz
the
son
of
Zadok
, Let me now
run
, and
bear
the
king
tidings
, how that the
LORD
hath
avenged
him of his
enemies
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:20
@ And
Joab
said
unto him,
Thou
shalt not bear
tidings
this
day
, but thou shalt bear
tidings
another
day
: but this
day
thou shalt bear no
tidings
, because the
kings
son
is
dead
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:21
@ Then
said
Joab
to
Cushi
,
Go
tell
the
king
what thou hast
seen
. And
Cushi
bowed
himself unto
Joab
, and
ran
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:22
@ Then
said
Ahimaaz
the
son
of
Zadok
yet
again
to
Joab
, But
howsoever
, let me, I pray thee, also
run
after
Cushi
. And
Joab
said
, Wherefore wilt thou
run
, my
son
, seeing that thou hast no
tidings
ready
?
strkjv@2Samuel:18:23
@ But howsoever, said he, let me
run
. And he
said
unto him,
Run
. Then
Ahimaaz
ran
by the
way
of the
plain
, and
overran
Cushi
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:24
@ And
David
sat
between the
two
gates
: and the
watchman
went
up
to the
roof
over the
gate
unto the
wall
, and lifted
up
his
eyes
, and
looked
, and behold a
man
running
alone.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:25
@ And the
watchman
cried
, and
told
the
king
. And the
king
said
, If he be alone, there is
tidings
in his
mouth
. And he
came
apace
, and drew
near
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:26
@ And the
watchman
saw
another
man
running
: and the
watchman
called
unto the
porter
, and
said
, Behold another
man
running
alone. And the
king
said
, He also bringeth
tidings
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:27
@ And the
watchman
said
, Me
thinketh
the
running
of the
foremost
is like the
running
of
Ahimaaz
the
son
of
Zadok
. And the
king
said
, He is a
good
man
, and
cometh
with
good
tidings
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:28
@ And
Ahimaaz
called
, and
said
unto the
king
, All is
well
. And he fell
down
to the
earth
upon his
face
before the
king
, and
said
,
Blessed
be the
LORD
thy
God
, which hath delivered
up
the
men
that lifted
up
their
hand
against my
lord
the
king
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:29
@ And the
king
said
, Is the young
man
Absalom
safe
? And
Ahimaaz
answered
, When
Joab
sent
the
kings
servant
, and me thy
servant
, I
saw
a
great
tumult
, but I
knew
not what it was.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:30
@ And the
king
said
unto him, Turn
aside
, and
stand
here
. And he turned
aside
, and stood
still
.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:31
@ And, behold,
Cushi
came
; and
Cushi
said
,
Tidings
, my
lord
the
king
: for the
LORD
hath
avenged
thee this
day
of all
them
that rose
up
against thee.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:32
@ And the
king
said
unto
Cushi
, Is the young
man
Absalom
safe
? And
Cushi
answered
, The
enemies
of my
lord
the
king
, and all that
rise
against thee to do thee
hurt
, be as that young
man
is.
strkjv@2Samuel:18:33
@ And the
king
was much
moved
, and went
up
to the
chamber
over the
gate
, and
wept
: and as he
went
, thus he
said
, O my
son
Absalom
, my
son
, my
son
Absalom
! would God I had
died
for
thee
, O
Absalom
, my
son
, my
son
!
strkjv@2Samuel:19:1
@ And it was
told
Joab
, Behold, the
king
weepeth
and
mourneth
for
Absalom
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:2
@ And the
victory
that
day
was turned into
mourning
unto all the
people
: for the
people
heard
say
that
day
how the
king
was
grieved
for his
son
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:3
@ And the
people
gat
them by
stealth
that
day
into the
city
, as
people
being
ashamed
steal
away
when they
flee
in
battle
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:4
@ But the
king
covered
his
face
, and the
king
cried
with a
loud
voice
, O my
son
Absalom
, O
Absalom
, my
son
, my
son
!
strkjv@2Samuel:19:5
@ And
Joab
came
into the
house
to the
king
, and
said
, Thou hast
shamed
this
day
the
faces
of all thy
servants
, which this
day
have
saved
thy
life
, and the
lives
of thy
sons
and of thy
daughters
, and the
lives
of thy
wives
, and the
lives
of thy
concubines
;
strkjv@2Samuel:19:6
@ In that thou
lovest
thine
enemies
, and
hatest
thy
friends
. For thou hast
declared
this
day
, that thou regardest neither
princes
nor
servants
: for this
day
I
perceive
, that
if
Absalom
had
lived
, and all we had
died
this
day
, then it had pleased thee
well
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:7
@ Now therefore
arise
, go
forth
, and
speak
comfortably
unto thy
servants
: for I
swear
by the
LORD
, if thou go not
forth
, there will not
tarry
one
with thee this
night
: and that will be
worse
unto thee than all the
evil
that
befell
thee from thy
youth
until now.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:8
@ Then the
king
arose
, and
sat
in the
gate
. And they
told
unto all the
people
,
saying
, Behold, the
king
doth
sit
in the
gate
. And all the
people
came
before
the
king
: for
Israel
had
fled
every
man
to his
tent
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:9
@ And all the
people
were at
strife
throughout all the
tribes
of
Israel
,
saying
, The
king
saved
us out of the
hand
of our
enemies
, and he
delivered
us out of the
hand
of the
Philistines
; and now he is
fled
out of the
land
for
Absalom
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:10
@ And
Absalom
, whom we
anointed
over us, is
dead
in
battle
. Now therefore why
speak
ye not a word of
bringing
the
king
back
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:11
@ And
king
David
sent
to
Zadok
and to
Abiathar
the
priests
,
saying
,
Speak
unto the
elders
of
Judah
,
saying
, Why are ye the
last
to
bring
the
king
back
to his
house
? seeing the
speech
of all
Israel
is
come
to the
king
, even to his
house
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:12
@ Ye are my
brethren
, ye are my
bones
and my
flesh
: wherefore then are ye the
last
to bring
back
the
king
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:13
@ And
say
ye to
Amasa
, Art thou not of my
bone
, and of my
flesh
?
God
do
so to me, and
more
also, if thou be not
captain
of the
host
before
me
continually
in the
room
of
Joab
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:14
@ And he
bowed
the
heart
of all the
men
of
Judah
, even as the heart of
one
man
; so that they
sent
this word unto the
king
,
Return
thou, and all thy
servants
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:15
@ So the
king
returned
, and
came
to
Jordan
. And
Judah
came
to
Gilgal
, to
go
to
meet
the
king
, to
conduct
the
king
over
Jordan
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:16
@ And
Shimei
the
son
of
Gera
, a
Benjamite
Ben-y@, which was of
Bahurim
,
hasted
and came
down
with the
men
of
Judah
to
meet
king
David
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:17
@ And there were a
thousand
men
of
Benjamin
Ben-y@ with him, and
Ziba
the
servant
of the
house
of
Saul
, and his
fifteen
sons
and his
twenty
servants
with him; and they went
over
Jordan
before
the
king
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:18
@ And there went
over
a ferry
boat
to carry
over
the
kings
household
, and to
do
what he
thought
good
. And
Shimei
the
son
of
Gera
fell
down
before
the
king
, as he was come
over
Jordan
;
strkjv@2Samuel:19:19
@ And
said
unto the
king
, Let not my
lord
impute
iniquity
unto me, neither do thou
remember
that which thy
servant
did
perversely
the
day
that my
lord
the
king
went
out
of
Jerusalem
, that the
king
should
take
it to his
heart
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:20
@ For thy
servant
doth
know
that I have
sinned
: therefore, behold, I am
come
the
first
this
day
of all the
house
of
Joseph
to go
down
to
meet
my
lord
the
king
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:21
@ But
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah
answered
and
said
, Shall not
Shimei
be put to
death
for this, because he
cursed
the
LORDS
anointed
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:22
@ And
David
said
, What have I to do with you, ye
sons
of
Zeruiah
, that ye should this
day
be
adversaries
unto me? shall there any
man
be put to
death
this
day
in
Israel
? for do not I
know
that I am this
day
king
over
Israel
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:23
@ Therefore the
king
said
unto
Shimei
, Thou shalt not
die
. And the
king
sware
unto him.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:24
@ And
Mephibosheth
the
son
of
Saul
came
down
to
meet
the
king
, and had
neither
dressed
his
feet
, nor
trimmed
his
beard
, nor
washed
his
clothes
, from the
day
the
king
departed
until the
day
he
came
again in
peace
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:25
@ And it came to pass, when he was
come
to
Jerusalem
to
meet
the
king
, that the
king
said
unto him, Wherefore
wentest
not thou with me,
Mephibosheth
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:26
@ And he
answered
, My
lord
, O
king
, my
servant
deceived
me: for thy
servant
said
, I will
saddle
me an
ass
, that I may
ride
thereon, and
go
to the
king
; because thy
servant
is
lame
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:27
@ And he hath
slandered
thy
servant
unto my
lord
the
king
; but my
lord
the
king
is as an
angel
of
God
:
do
therefore what is
good
in thine
eyes
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:28
@ For all of my
fathers
house
were
but
dead
men
before my
lord
the
king
: yet didst thou
set
thy
servant
among them that did
eat
at thine own
table
. What
right
therefore
have
I yet to
cry
any more unto the
king
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:29
@ And the
king
said
unto him, Why
speakest
thou any more of thy
matters
? I have
said
, Thou and
Ziba
divide
the
land
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:30
@ And
Mephibosheth
said
unto the
king
, Yea, let him
take
all,
forasmuch
as
my
lord
the
king
is come
again
in
peace
unto his own
house
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:31
@ And
Barzillai
the
Gileadite
came
down
from
Rogelim
, and went
over
Jordan
with the
king
, to
conduct
him over
Jordan
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:32
@ Now
Barzillai
was a
very
aged
man, even
fourscore
years
old
: and he had provided the
king
of
sustenance
while he
lay
at
Mahanaim
; for he was a
very
great
man
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:33
@ And the
king
said
unto
Barzillai
, Come thou
over
with me, and I will
feed
thee with me in
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:34
@ And
Barzillai
said
unto the
king
, How
long
have I to
live
, that I should go
up
with the
king
unto
Jerusalem
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:35
@ I am this
day
fourscore
years
old
: and can I
discern
between
good
and
evil
? can thy
servant
taste
what
I
eat
or
what
I
drink
? can I
hear
any more the
voice
of singing
men
and singing
women
? wherefore then should thy
servant
be yet a
burden
unto my
lord
the
king
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:36
@ Thy
servant
will
go
a little
way
over
Jordan
with the
king
: and why should the
king
recompense
it me with such a
reward
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:37
@ Let thy
servant
, I pray thee, turn back
again
, that I may
die
in mine own
city
, and be buried by the
grave
of my
father
and of my
mother
. But behold thy
servant
Chimham
; let him go
over
with my
lord
the
king
; and
do
to him what shall seem
good
unto thee.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:38
@ And the
king
answered
,
Chimham
shall
go
over with me, and I will
do
to him that which shall seem
good
unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt
require
of me, that will I
do
for thee.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:39
@ And all the
people
went
over
Jordan
. And when the
king
was come
over
, the
king
kissed
Barzillai
, and
blessed
him; and he
returned
unto his own
place
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:40
@ Then the
king
went
on
to
Gilgal
, and
Chimham
went
on
with him: and all the
people
of
Judah
conducted
the
king
, and also
half
the
people
of
Israel
.
strkjv@2Samuel:19:41
@ And, behold, all the
men
of
Israel
came
to the
king
, and
said
unto the
king
, Why have our
brethren
the
men
of
Judah
stolen thee
away
, and have
brought
the
king
, and his
household
, and all
Davids
men
with him, over
Jordan
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:42
@ And all the
men
of
Judah
answered
the
men
of
Israel
, Because the
king
is near of
kin
to us: wherefore then be ye
angry
for this
matter
? have we
eaten
at
all
of the
kings
cost? or hath he
given
us any
gift
?
strkjv@2Samuel:19:43
@ And the
men
of
Israel
answered
the
men
of
Judah
, and
said
, We have
ten
parts
in the
king
, and
we
have also more right in
David
than ye: why then did ye
despise
us, that our
advice
should not be
first
had in bringing
back
our
king
? And the
words
of the
men
of
Judah
were
fiercer
than the
words
of the
men
of
Israel
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:1
@ And there
happened
to be there a
man
of
Belial
b@, whose
name
was
Sheba
, the
son
of
Bichri
, a
Benjamite
Ben-y@: and he
blew
a
trumpet
, and
said
, We have no
part
in
David
, neither have we
inheritance
in the
son
of
Jesse
:
every
man
to his
tents
, O
Israel
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:2
@ So every
man
of
Israel
went
up
from
after
David
, and
followed
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
: but the
men
of
Judah
clave
unto their
king
, from
Jordan
even to
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:3
@ And
David
came
to his
house
at
Jerusalem
; and the
king
took
the
ten
women
his
concubines
, whom he had
left
to
keep
the
house
, and
put
them in
ward
, and
fed
them, but went not
in
unto them. So they were shut
up
unto the
day
of their
death
,
living
in
widowhood
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:4
@ Then
said
the
king
to
Amasa
,
Assemble
me the
men
of
Judah
within
three
days
, and be thou here
present
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:5
@ So
Amasa
went
to
assemble
the men of
Judah
: but he tarried
longer
than the set
time
which he had
appointed
him.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:6
@ And
David
said
to
Abishai
, Now shall
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
do us more
harm
than did
Absalom
:
take
thou thy
lords
servants
, and
pursue
after
him, lest he
get
him
fenced
cities
, and
escape
us
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:7
@ And there went
out
after
him
Joabs
men
, and the
Cherethites
, and the
Pelethites
, and all the mighty
men
: and they went
out
of
Jerusalem
, to
pursue
after
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:8
@ When they were at the
great
stone
which is in
Gibeon
,
Amasa
went
before
them. And
Joabs
garment
that he had put
on
was
girded
unto him, and upon it a
girdle
with a
sword
fastened
upon his
loins
in the
sheath
thereof; and as he went
forth
it fell
out
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:9
@ And
Joab
said
to
Amasa
, Art thou in
health
, my
brother
? And
Joab
took
Amasa
by the
beard
with the
right
hand
to
kiss
him.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:10
@ But
Amasa
took no
heed
to the
sword
that was in
Joabs
hand
: so he
smote
him therewith in the
fifth
rib, and shed
out
his
bowels
to the
ground
, and struck him not
again
; and he
died
. So
Joab
and
Abishai
his
brother
pursued
after
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:11
@ And
one
of
Joabs
men
stood
by him, and
said
,
He
that
favoureth
Joab
, and he that is for
David
, let him go
after
Joab
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:12
@ And
Amasa
wallowed
in
blood
in the
midst
of the
highway
. And when the
man
saw
that all the
people
stood
still
, he
removed
Amasa
out of the
highway
into the
field
, and
cast
a
cloth
upon him, when he
saw
that every one that
came
by him stood
still
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:13
@ When he was
removed
out of the
highway
, all the
people
went
on
after
Joab
, to
pursue
after
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:14
@ And he
went
through all the
tribes
of
Israel
unto
Abel
, and to
Bethmaachah
Beyth, and all the
Berites
: and they were gathered
together
, and
went
also
after
him.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:15
@ And they
came
and
besieged
him in
Abel
of
Bethmaachah
Beyth, and they cast
up
a
bank
against the
city
, and it
stood
in the
trench
: and all the
people
that were with
Joab
battered
the
wall
, to throw it
down
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:16
@ Then
cried
a
wise
woman
out of the
city
,
Hear
,
hear
;
say
, I pray you, unto
Joab
, Come
near
hither, that I may
speak
with thee.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:17
@ And when he was come
near
unto her, the
woman
said
, Art thou
Joab
? And he
answered
, I am he. Then she
said
unto him,
Hear
the
words
of thine
handmaid
. And he
answered
, I do
hear
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:18
@ Then she
spake
,
saying
, They were
wont
to
speak
in old
time
,
saying
, They shall
surely
ask
counsel at
Abel
: and so they
ended
the matter.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:19
@ I am one of them that are
peaceable
and
faithful
in
Israel
: thou
seekest
to
destroy
a
city
and a
mother
in
Israel
: why wilt thou swallow
up
the
inheritance
of the
LORD
?
strkjv@2Samuel:20:20
@ And
Joab
answered
and
said
, Far be
it
, far be
it
from me, that I should swallow
up
or
destroy
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:21
@ The
matter
is not so: but a
man
of
mount
Ephraim
,
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
by
name
, hath lifted
up
his
hand
against the
king
, even against
David
:
deliver
him only, and I will
depart
from the
city
. And the
woman
said
unto
Joab
, Behold, his
head
shall be
thrown
to thee
over
the
wall
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:22
@ Then the
woman
went
unto all the
people
in her
wisdom
. And they cut
off
the
head
of
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
, and
cast
it out to
Joab
. And he
blew
a
trumpet
, and they
retired
from the
city
, every
man
to his
tent
. And
Joab
returned
to
Jerusalem
unto the
king
.
strkjv@2Samuel:20:23
@ Now
Joab
was over all the
host
of
Israel
: and
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was over the
Cherethites
K@
and over the
Pelethites
:
strkjv@2Samuel:20:24
@ And
Adoram
was over the
tribute
: and
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder
:
strkjv@2Samuel:20:25
@ And
Sheva
Sh@
was
scribe
: and
Zadok
and
Abiathar
were the
priests
:
strkjv@2Samuel:20:26
@ And
Ira
also the
Jairite
was a chief
ruler
about
David
.
strkjv@2Samuel:21:1
@ Then there was a
famine
in the
days
of
David
three
years
,
year
after
year
; and
David
enquired
of
the
LORD
. And the
LORD
answered
, It is for
Saul
, and for his
bloody
house
, because he
slew
the
Gibeonites
.
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