lesserot - 2Samuel:17-19

lesserot@2Samuel:17:1 @ Moreover Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Do let me now select twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;

lesserot@2Samuel:17:2 @ And I will come upon him while he is weary and weakhanded, and will terrify him; so that all the people that are with him will flee; and I will smite the king alone;

lesserot@2Samuel:17:3 @ And I will bring back all the people unto thee: when all return the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:4 @ And the thing was pleasing in the eyes of Abshalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:5 @ Then said Abshalom, Do call now also Chushai the Arkite, and let us hear what he likewise beareth in his mouth.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:6 @ And when Chushai was come to Abshalom, Abshalom said unto him, as followeth, Such words as these hath Achithophel spoken: shall we do after his words? if not, do thou speak.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:7 @ And Chushai said unto Abshalom, The counsel that Achithophel hath given at this time is not good.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:8 @ And Chushai said, Thou well knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are of an embittered spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is also a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:9 @ Behold, he is now hidden in some one of the pits, or in some one of the places: and it will come to pass, when some of them should fall at the first onset, that whosoever heareth it would say, There hath been slaughter among the people that follow Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:10 @ And he also that is most valiant, whose heart is as the heart of the lion, would become quite discouraged; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they who are with him are valiant persons.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:11 @ But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude: while thou in thy own person goest into the fight.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:12 @ And when we come upon him in some one of the places where he may be found, we will encamp around him as the dew falleth on the earth: and there shall not be left of him and of all the men that are with him so much as one.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:13 @ And if he should withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the stream, until there be not found there even one small stone.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:14 @ And Abshalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chushai the Arkite is better than the counsel of Achithophel. But the Lord had ordained to frustrate the good counsel of Achithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring the evil upon Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:15 @ Then said Chushai unto Zadok and to Ebyathar the priests, Thus and thus did Achithophel counsel Abshalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:16 @ Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but rather pass over at once; lest the king be entirely ruined, and all the people that are with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:17 @ Now Jonathan and Achimaaz were staying by Enrogel; and a maidservant had to go and tell them, that they should go and tell king David; for they dared not be seen to come into the city.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:18 @ Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told it to Abshalom; but they went, both of them, quickly away, and came to the house of a man in Bachurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:19 @ And the wife took and spread a covering over the wells mouth, and scattered ground corn thereupon; so that nothing was perceived.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:20 @ And Abshaloms servants came to the woman into the house, and they said, Where are Achimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are passed over the brook of water. And they sought, but could not find them; and they returned to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:21 @ And it came to pass, after they were gone, that they came up out of the well, and went and told it to king David, and they said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Achithophel counseled against you.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:22 @ Then did David arise, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the time the morning was light, not even one was lacking who had not passed over the Jordan.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:23 @ And when Achithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled the ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and gave his charge to his household, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:24 @ Then came David to Machanayim: and Abshalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:25 @ And Abshalom placed Amassa instead of Joab as captain over the army: and Amassa was the son of a man, whose name was Yithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigal the daughter of Nachash, the sister of Zeruyah Joabs mother.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:26 @ And Israel and Abshalom encamped in the land of Gilad.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:27 @ And it came to pass, when David was come to Machanayim, that Shobi the son of Nachash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Giladite of Rogelim,

lesserot@2Samuel:17:28 @ Brought beds, and bowls, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

lesserot@2Samuel:17:29 @ And honey, and cream, and sheep, and cows cheese, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:1 @ And David numbered the people that were with him, and he set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:2 @ And David sent forth the people a third part under the command of Joab, and a third part under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruyah, Joabs brother, and a third part under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I myself also will without fail go forth with you.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:3 @ But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth; for if we should have to flee away, they will not care for us; and if half of us die, they will not care for us; for now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou shouldst be a succor to us out of the city.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:4 @ And the king said unto them, What seemeth good in your eyes will I do. And the king placed himself by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:5 @ And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, with Abshalom. And all the people heard when the king charged all the captains with respect to Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:6 @ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:7 @ And the people of Israel were smitten there before Davids servants, and the slaughter was great there on that daytwenty thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:8 @ And the battle became extended there over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured yet more of the people than the sword had devoured on that day.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:9 @ And Abshalom happened to come before the servants of David. And Abshalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth: and the mule that was under him passed on.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:10 @ And a certain man saw, and told it to Joab, and said, Behold, I have seen Abshalom hanging on an oak.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:11 @ And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him: why then didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and it would have been obligatory on me to give thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:12 @ And the man said unto Joab, And though I should weigh on my hands a thousand shekels of silver, I would not stretch forth my hand against the kings son; for before our ears did the king charge thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take heed, whoever it be, of the young man, of Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:13 @ Or should I even have acted with falsehood against my own life, since there is no matter which can be hidden from the king; thou wouldst surely have placed thyself aloof.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:14 @ Then said Joab, I will not wait thus before thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abshalom, who was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:15 @ And ten young men, Joabs armorbearers, encompassed and smote Abshalom, and slew him.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:16 @ And Joab blew the cornet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab restrained the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:17 @ And they took Abshalom, and cast him down in the forest, into the large pit, and erected upon him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled, every one, to his tents.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:18 @ Now Abshalom had taken and reared up for himself in his lifetime, the pillar, which is in the kings dale; for he said, I have no son, so as to keep my name in remembrance; and he called the pillar after his own name: and it was called Abshaloms monument, even until this day.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:19 @ And Achimaaz the son of Zadok said, Do let me run, I pray thee, and bear the king tidings, that the Lord hath done him justice from the power of his enemies.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:20 @ And Joab said unto him, Thou art not the man to bear tidings this day, and thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the kings son is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:21 @ Then said Joab to the Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen, And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:22 @ Then said Achimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, Be it as it may, let me, I pray thee, run also after the Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore is it that thou wilt run, my son, seeing that thou hast no profitable tidings?

lesserot@2Samuel:18:23 @ But be it as it may, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. And Achimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and passed the Cushi.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:24 @ And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate, upon the wall, and as he lifted up his eyes, he saw, and behold, a man was running alone.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:25 @ And the watchman cried, and told it to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there are tidings in his mouth. And he came nearer and nearer continually.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:26 @ And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the gatekeeper, and said, Behold, here is a man running alone. And the king said, Also this one bringeth tidings.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, I regard the running of the foremost as the running of Achimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, That is a good man, and with good tidings must he come.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Achimaaz called, and said unto the king, Peace. And he prostrated himself to the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath surrendered the men that had lifted up their hand against my Lord the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:29 @ And the king said, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And Achimaaz answered, I saw the greatest crowd when Joab sent off the kings servant, and thy servant; but I know not what hath happened.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:30 @ And the king said, Turn aside, place thyself here. And he turned aside, and remained standing.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:31 @ And, behold, the Cushi came; and the Cushi said, Let my lord the king receive the tidings, that the Lord hath done thee justice this day from the power of all those that had risen up against thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:32 @ And the king said unto the Cushi, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And the Cushi answered, May like the young man be the enemies of my Lord the king, and all that have risen up against thee for evil.

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lesserot@2Samuel:20:1 @ And there happened to be a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the cornet, and said, We have no part in David, nor have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel!