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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!
lesserot@2Samuel:20:2 @ So every man of Israel went off from David, following Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah adhered unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:3 @ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, the concubines, whom he had left to guard the house, and put them in a guardhouse, and provided for them, but went not in unto them. So they were confined until the day of their death, living in widowhood.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:4 @ Then said the king to Amassa, Call together for me the men of Judah within three days, and thou present thyself here.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:5 @ So Amassa went to call Judah together; but he remained out longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:6 @ And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than Abshalom: take thou the servants of thy Lord, and pursue after him, lest he succeed in reaching fortified cities, and withdraw himself from our eyes.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:7 @ And there went out after him Joabs men, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went forth out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:8 @ They were close by the great stone which is at Gibon, as Amassa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his garment, and upon it the girdle of the sword which was fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:9 @ And Joab said to Amassa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joabs right hand took hold of Amassas beard to kiss him.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:10 @ And Amassa did not guard himself against 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. But Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:11 @ And one man of Joabs people remained standing by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, follow Joab.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:12 @ And Amassa was wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he put Amassa aside out of the highway into the field, and threw a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:13 @ When he was removed out of the highway, every man passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:14 @ And this one passed through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, which is of Bethmaachah, and all the Berim: and they assembled themselves together, and went also after him.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:15 @ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a trench against the city, and it stood enclosed by the troops: and all the people that were with Joab were battering to throw down the wall.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:16 @ Then called a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near as far as hither, that I may speak with thee.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:17 @ And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I am. Then said she unto him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I do hear.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:18 @ Then said she, thus, They ought surely first to have spoken, saying, "Let them ask at least in Abel:" and so would they have come to an end.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:19 @ I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel; thou seekest to overthrow a city and a metropolis in Israel: why wilt thou destroy the inheritance of the Lord?
lesserot@2Samuel:20:20 @ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should destroy or ruin.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:21 @ The matter is not so; but a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri is his name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give him up alone, and I will withdraw from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be cast down to thee over the wall.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:22 @ And the woman came unto all the people with her wisdom; and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it down to Joab: and he blew the cornet, and they scattered themselves from the city, every man to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
lesserot@2Samuel:20:23 @ Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benayah the son of Yehoyada was over the Kerethites and over the Pelethites;
lesserot@2Samuel:20:24 @ And Adoram was over the tribute; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder;
lesserot@2Samuel:20:25 @ And Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Ebyathar were priests;
lesserot@2Samuel:20:26 @ And Ira also the Yairite was an officer of state unto David.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:1 @ And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David besought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, On account of Saul, and on account of the house of blood, is this; because he hath slain the Gibonites.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:2 @ And the king called for the Gibonites, and said unto them:
lesserot@2Samuel:21:3 @ Wherefore David said unto the Gibonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
lesserot@2Samuel:21:4 @ And the Gibonites said unto him, We have no concern of silver or gold with Saul and with his house: nor do we wish to kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye say, will I do for you.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:5 @ And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed, so that we should have no footing in all the boundaries of Israel.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:6 @ Let there be delivered unto us seven men of his sons, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:7 @ But the king had pity on Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lords oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:8 @ And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Ayah, whom she had born unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Mecholathite:
lesserot@2Samuel:21:9 @ And he delivered them into the hand of the Gibonites, and they hanged them on the mount before the Lord; and they fell, these seven, together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest, in the beginning of the barleyharvest.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:10 @ And Rizpah the daughter of Ayah took sackcloth, and spread out it for herself upon the rock, from the beginning of the harvest until water dropped down upon them out of heaven, and she suffered neither the birds of heaven to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:11 @ And it was told to David what Rizpah the daughter of Ayah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:12 @ And David then went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Yabeshgilad, who had stolen them from the marketplace of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them up, at the time the Philistines had smitten Saul at Gilboa:
lesserot@2Samuel:21:13 @ And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered up the bones of those that had been hanged.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:14 @ And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin at Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king had commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:15 @ And the Philistines had again a war with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David became fatigued.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:16 @ And Yishbi at Nob, who was of the children of the Raphah, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of copper, he being girded with a new armor, thought to slay David.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:17 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruyah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then swore the men of David unto him, saying, Thou shalt go out no more with us to battle, that thou mayest not quench the lamp of Israel.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:18 @ And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle at Gob, with the Philistines: then smote Sibbechai the Chushathite Saph, who was of the children of the Raphah.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:19 @ And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines, when Elchanan the son of Yaareoregim, the Bethlechemite, slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weavers beam.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:20 @ And there was again a battle in Gath, where was a man of stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the Raphah.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:21 @ And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimah, the brother of David, slew him.
lesserot@2Samuel:21:22 @ These four were born to the Raphah in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:1 @ And David spoke unto the Lord the words of this song, and on the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:2 @ And he said, Lord, my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;
lesserot@2Samuel:22:3 @ God, my rock, in whom I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour! from violence dost thou save me!
lesserot@2Samuel:22:4 @ Praised, I cried, be the Lord, and from my enemies was I saved.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:5 @ For the waves of death encompassed me, the floods of destruction made me afraid;
lesserot@2Samuel:22:6 @ The bonds of hell encircled me, the snares of death seized on me:
lesserot@2Samuel:22:7 @ in my distress I called upon the Lord, and to my God I cried; and he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint into his ears.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:8 @ Then shook and trembled the earth; the foundations of the heavens were moved; and they shook, because he was wroth.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:9 @ Smoke went up in his anger, and consuming fire out of his mouth, coals flamed forth from him.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:10 @ And he bent the heavens, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:11 @ And he rode upon a cherub, and flew along, and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:12 @ And he made darkness round about him into pavilions, heavy masses of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:13 @ From the brightness before him flamed forth coals of fire.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:14 @ The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered forth his voice.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:15 @ And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:16 @ And then were seen the channels of the sea, there were laid open the foundations of the world; at the rebuke of the Lord, through the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:17 @ He stretched out from above, he took me; he drew me out from the mighty waters.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:18 @ He delivered me from my enemy, the strong, from those that hated me, when they were too mighty for me.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:19 @ They overcame me on the day of my calamity; but the Lord became my stay;
lesserot@2Samuel:22:20 @ And he brought me forth into a large space: he delivered me, because he had delight in me.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:21 @ The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:22 @ For I had kept the ways of the Lord, and had not wickedly departed from my God.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:23 @ For all his ordinances were before me, and from none of his statutes did I depart.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:24 @ I was also upright toward him, and I guarded myself against my iniquity.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:25 @ Therefore did the Lord recompense me according to my righteousness, according to my purity before his eyes.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:26 @ With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; with the upright mighty man thou wilt show thyself upright.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:27 @ With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:28 @ And the afflicted people thou wilt save; but thy eyes are upon the haughty, thou mayest bring down.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:29 @ For thou art my lamp, O Lord! and the Lord will enlighten my darkness.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:30 @ For by thee I run through a troop: by my God I leap over a wall.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:31 @ As for Godhis way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried; he is a shield to all that trust in him.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:32 @ For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?
lesserot@2Samuel:22:33 @ God is my strength and power; and he rendereth free from obstruction my way.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:34 @ He maketh my feet like those of the hinds, and upon my high places he causeth me to stand.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:35 @ He teaches my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:36 @ And thou gavest me the shield of thy salvation; and thy assistance hath made me great.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:37 @ Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do not slip.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:38 @ I pursue my enemies and destroy them; and I return not again until I have made an end of them.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:39 @ And I make an end of them, and I crush them, that they cannot rise; and they fall under my feet.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:40 @ For thou hast girded me with strength for the war; thou subduest my opponents under me.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:41 @ And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; those that hate me,that I may destroy them.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:42 @ They look about, but there is none to help; unto the Lordbut he answereth them not.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:43 @ And I beat them small as the dust of the earth; as the mire of the street, I stamp them, I tread them down.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:44 @ Thou hast also delivered me from the contests of my people: thou preservest me to be the head of nations, a people which I know not shall serve me.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:45 @ The children of the stranger shall utter flattery unto me; as soon as their ear heareth they shall be obedient unto me.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:46 @ The children of the stranger shall fade away, and come forth tottering out of their close places.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:47 @ The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation;
lesserot@2Samuel:22:48 @ The God, that granteth me vengeance, and bringeth down nations under me;
lesserot@2Samuel:22:49 @ And that bringeth me forth from my enemies: also above my opponents thou liftest me up, from the man of violence thou deliverest me.
lesserot@2Samuel:22:50 @ Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the nations, and unto thy name will I sing praises;
lesserot@2Samuel:22:51 @ the tower of salvation of his king, and who showeth kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed forever.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:1 @ And these are the last words of David. Thus saith David the son of Jesse, and thus saith the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel:
lesserot@2Samuel:23:2 @ The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me, and his word was upon my tongue.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:3 @ said the God of Israel, concerning me spoke the Rock of Israel, That ruler over men, be righteous, ruling in the fear of God;
lesserot@2Samuel:23:4 @ And as in the light of morning the sun riseth, in a morning without clouds, with more than the brightness by rain on the herbs that spring from the earth.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:5 @ Truly is not so my house with God? since he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, firm in all, and sure? yea, will he not cause to grow all my salvation, and all my desire?
lesserot@2Samuel:23:6 @ But the godless are all of them as waving thorns, which cannot be taken in the hand;
lesserot@2Samuel:23:7 @ But the man that will touch them must protect his hand with iron and the staff of a spear: and they will be utterly burnt with fire in the dwelling.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:8 @ These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Yoshebbashebeth, the Thachkemonite, the chief among the captains,the same as Adino the Eznite,because of eight hundred slain at one time.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:9 @ And after him was Elazar the son of Dodo, the son of Achochi, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had withdrawn themselves;
lesserot@2Samuel:23:10 @ He then arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand did cleave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory on that day; and the people returned after him only to strip.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:11 @ And after him was Shammah the son of Age the Hararite. The Philistines were gathered together into a troop, and there was a piece of ground full of lentiles; and the people had fled from the Philistines;
lesserot@2Samuel:23:12 @ But he placed himself in the midst of the ground, and delivered it, and smote the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:13 @ And these three, the chiefs of the thirty, went down, and came to David at harvesttime unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:14 @ And David was then in the stronghold, and an outpost of the Philistines was then in Bethlechem.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:15 @ And David longed, and said, Oh that one would bring me water to drink out of the well at Bethlechem, which is by the gate!
lesserot@2Samuel:23:16 @ And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines; and drew water out of the well of Bethlechem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but he would not drink thereof, and poured it out unto the Lord.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:17 @ And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this: the blood of the men that went at the risk of their life? and thus he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:18 @ And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruyah, was the chief of these three; and he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain, and had a name among the three.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:19 @ Although he was the most honored of the three, wherefore he became their captain: he nevertheless attained not unto the three.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:20 @ And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada, the son of a valiant man, great in many acts of Kabzeel; he it was that smote the two lionlike heroes of Moab; he also went down and slew a lion in the midst of a pit on a day when it snowed;
lesserot@2Samuel:23:21 @ And he slew an Egyptian, a man of good appearance; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and he snatched the spear out of the Egyptians hand, and slew him with his own spear.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:22 @ These things did Benayahu the son of Yehoyada, and he had a name among the three mighty men.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:23 @ He was more honored than the thirty; but he attained not to these three. And David appointed him in his private council.
lesserot@2Samuel:23:24 @ Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elchanan the son of Dodo of Bethlechem,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:25 @ Shammah the Charodite, Elika the Charodite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:26 @ Chelez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:27 @ Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Chushathite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:28 @ Zalmon the Achochite, Maharai the Netophathite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:29 @ Cheleb the son of Baanah, the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibah of the children of Benjamin,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:30 @ Benayahu the Pirathonite, Hiddai of NachaleGaash,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:31 @ Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barchumite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:32 @ Elyachba the Shaalbonite, Bneyashen, Jonathan,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:33 @ Shammah the Hararite, Achiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:34 @ Eliphelet the son of Achasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Achithophel the Gilonite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:35 @ Chezrai, the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:36 @ Yigal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:37 @ Zelek the Ammonite, Nacharai the Beerothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruyah,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:38 @ Ira the Yithrite, Gareb the Yithrite,
lesserot@2Samuel:23:39 @ Uriyah the Hittite: in all thirty and seven.
lesserot@2Samuel:24:1 @ And again was the anger of the Lord kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
lesserot@2Samuel:24:2 @ And the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Traverse, I pray thee, all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
lesserot@2Samuel:24:3 @ Then said Joab unto the king, Now may the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold more, and may the eyes of my Lord the king see it; but why doth my Lord the king find delight in this thing?
lesserot@2Samuel:24:4 @ Nevertheless the kings word remained firm against Joab, and against the captains of the army: and Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
lesserot@2Samuel:24:5 @ And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the valley of Gad, and toward Yazer:
lesserot@2Samuel:24:6 @ Then they came to Gilad, and to the land of Tachtimchodshi; and they came to Danyaan, and about to Zidon;
lesserot@2Samuel:24:7 @ And they came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, up to Beersheba.
lesserot@2Samuel:24:8 @ And so they traversed all the land, and they came at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem.
lesserot@2Samuel:24:9 @ And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
lesserot@2Samuel:24:10 @ And Davids heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, cause the iniquity of thy servant to pass away; for I have acted very foolishly. ![[pBiblx2]](/img/menu.png)