2Samuel:17-24
vw@2Samuel:17:1 @ Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I shall arise and pursue David tonight.
vw@2Samuel:17:2 @ I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and make him afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will strike only the king.
vw@2Samuel:17:3 @ Then I shall bring back all the people to you. When all return, except the man whom you seek, all the people shall be at peace.
vw@2Samuel:17:4 @ And the words were agreeable to the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
vw@2Samuel:17:5 @ And Absalom said, Now call Hushai the Archite also, and we shall hear from his mouth.
vw@2Samuel:17:6 @ And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken according to these words. Shall we do as he says? If not, speak up.
vw@2Samuel:17:7 @ And Hushai said to Absalom: The counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.
vw@2Samuel:17:8 @ For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field; and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
vw@2Samuel:17:9 @ Behold now, he is hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will be, when some of them fall at first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.
vw@2Samuel:17:10 @ And even he who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will faint and melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
vw@2Samuel:17:11 @ Therefore I counsel that all Israel be assembled and gathered to you, from Dan to Beer-sheba, like the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in person.
vw@2Samuel:17:12 @ Thus we shall come upon him in some place where he may be found, and we shall fall upon him as the dew falls on the ground. And of him and all the men who are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
vw@2Samuel:17:13 @ Moreover, if he has withdrawn into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city; and we shall pull it into the river, until there is not one pebble found there.
vw@2Samuel:17:14 @ So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had purposed to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring calamity upon Absalom.
vw@2Samuel:17:15 @ And Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, Thus and so has Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so I have counseled.
vw@2Samuel:17:16 @ Now therefore, send quickly and report to David, saying, Do not spend the night by the fords of the plains of the wilderness, but quickly cross over, that the king and all the people with him not be swallowed up.
vw@2Samuel:17:17 @ Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed at En Rogel, for they dared not be seen coming into the city; so a slave girl came and reported to them, and they went and reported to King David.
vw@2Samuel:17:18 @ Nevertheless a lad saw them, and reported to Absalom. But both of them went away quickly and came to a mans house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down into it.
vw@2Samuel:17:19 @ And the woman took and spread a covering over the wells mouth, and spread ground grain on it; and the thing was not discovered.
vw@2Samuel:17:20 @ And when Absaloms servants came to the woman at the house, they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have crossed over the water brook. And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
vw@2Samuel:17:21 @ Now it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well and went and reported to King David, and said to David, Arise and cross over the water quickly; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.
vw@2Samuel:17:22 @ So David and all the people with him arose and crossed over the Jordan. By morning light not one of them was left who had not crossed over the Jordan.
vw@2Samuel:17:23 @ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not carried out, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to his house, to his city, put his house in order, and hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his fathers tomb.
vw@2Samuel:17:24 @ Then David went to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
vw@2Samuel:17:25 @ And Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra, an Israelite, who had gone in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joabs mother.
vw@2Samuel:17:26 @ So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.
vw@2Samuel:17:27 @ And it happened, when David had come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the children of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim,
vw@2Samuel:17:28 @ brought beds and basins, earthen vessels and wheat, barley and flour, roasted grain and beans, lentils and roasted seeds,
vw@2Samuel:17:29 @ honey and curds, sheep and cheese of the herd, for David and the people who were with him to eat. For they said, The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
vw@2Samuel:18:1 @ And David mustered the people who were with him, and appointed commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds over them.
vw@2Samuel:18:2 @ And David sent out one third of the people under the hand of Joab, one third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joabs brother, and one third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I shall proceed to go out with you myself also.
vw@2Samuel:18:3 @ But the people answered, You shall not go out! For if we flee away, they will not care about us; nor if half of us die, will they care about us; for you are like ten thousand of us now. You are now more help to us in the city.
vw@2Samuel:18:4 @ And the king said to them, I will do what is good in your eyes. So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
vw@2Samuel:18:5 @ And the king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom. And all the people heard when the king charged the commanders concerning Absalom.
vw@2Samuel:18:6 @ So the people went out into the field to meet Israel. And the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
vw@2Samuel:18:7 @ The people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand.
vw@2Samuel:18:8 @ And the battle was scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword had devoured.
vw@2Samuel:18:9 @ And Absalom was encountered before the servants of David. Absalom was riding on a mule, the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and his head caught in the terebinth; so he was left hanging between the heavens and earth; and the mule which was under him went on.
vw@2Samuel:18:10 @ And a certain man saw it and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth tree!
vw@2Samuel:18:11 @ And Joab said to the man who reported to him, Behold, you have seen; and why did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt.
vw@2Samuel:18:12 @ And the man said to Joab, Though I were to receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, I would not put forth my hand against the kings son. For in our ears the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take heed that no one touches the young man Absalom!
vw@2Samuel:18:13 @ Otherwise I would have dealt falsely against my own soul. For there is nothing hidden from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me.
vw@2Samuel:18:14 @ And Joab said, I cannot wait before you. And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through Absaloms heart, while he was still alive in the midst of the terebinth tree.
vw@2Samuel:18:15 @ And ten young men who bore Joabs armor surrounded Absalom, and struck and killed him.
vw@2Samuel:18:16 @ And Joab blew the shofar, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab had held back the people.
vw@2Samuel:18:17 @ And they took Absalom and cast him into a large pit in the forest, and laid a very large heap of stones over him. And all Israel fled, everyone to his tent.
vw@2Samuel:18:18 @ Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up a pillar for himself, which is in the Kings Valley; for he thought, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. He called the pillar after his own name. And to this day it is called Absaloms Monument.
vw@2Samuel:18:19 @ Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, Let me run now and bear good news to the king, how Jehovah has avenged him of his enemies.
vw@2Samuel:18:20 @ And Joab said to him, You are not the man for tidings this day, but you shall bear good news another day. But today you shall not bear good news, because the kings son is dead.
vw@2Samuel:18:21 @ Then Joab said to Cushi, Go, tell the king what you have seen. So Cushi bowed himself to Joab and ran.
vw@2Samuel:18:22 @ And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, But whatever happens, please let me also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, since you have no news ready?
vw@2Samuel:18:23 @ But whatever the case, he said, Let me run. So he said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain, and outran Cushi.
vw@2Samuel:18:24 @ Now David was sitting between the two gates. And the watchman went up to the roof over the gate, to the wall, lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was running alone.
vw@2Samuel:18:25 @ And the watchman cried out and reported to the king. And the king said, If he is alone, there is news in his mouth. And he proceeded to come and drew near.
vw@2Samuel:18:26 @ Then the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, There is another man running alone! And the king said, He also brings news.
vw@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, It looks like the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good news.
vw@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, Peace! And he bowed down with his face to the earth to the king, and said, Blessed is Jehovah your God, who has delivered up the men who had lifted up their hand against my lord the king!
vw@2Samuel:18:29 @ And king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the kings servant and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what it was about.
vw@2Samuel:18:30 @ And the king said, Turn aside and stand here. So he turned aside and remained standing.
vw@2Samuel:18:31 @ And then Cushi came, and Cushi said, Good news, my lord the king! For Jehovah has avenged you this day of all those who were rising up against you.
vw@2Samuel:18:32 @ And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who have risen up against you to do harm, be like that young man!
vw@2Samuel:18:33 @ And the king was disquieted, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom; my son, my son Absalom; O that I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!
vw@2Samuel:19:1 @ And it was reported to Joab, Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.
vw@2Samuel:19:2 @ So the deliverance that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard it said that day, The king is grieved for his son.
vw@2Samuel:19:3 @ And the people stole back into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
vw@2Samuel:19:4 @ And the king had covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!
vw@2Samuel:19:5 @ And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants who today have delivered your soul, the souls of your sons and daughters, the souls of your wives and the souls of your concubines,
vw@2Samuel:19:6 @ to love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you regard neither princes nor servants; for today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died today, that it would have pleased you well.
vw@2Samuel:19:7 @ Now therefore, arise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants. For I swear by Jehovah, if you do not go out, not one will stay with you this night. And that will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now.
vw@2Samuel:19:8 @ And the king arose and sat in the gate. And they announced to all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. So all the people came before the king. For everyone of Israel had fled to his tent.
vw@2Samuel:19:9 @ Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king has rescued us out of the hand of our enemies, he has delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
vw@2Samuel:19:10 @ But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now therefore, why are you being silent to bring back the king?
vw@2Samuel:19:11 @ So King David sent to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the words of all Israel have come to the king, to his house?
vw@2Samuel:19:12 @ You are my brethren, you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?
vw@2Samuel:19:13 @ And say to Amasa, Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me all the days, in place of Joab.
vw@2Samuel:19:14 @ And he inclined the hearts of all the men of Judah, as one man, so that they sent this word to the king: Return, you and all your servants!
vw@2Samuel:19:15 @ And the king returned and came to the Jordan. And Judah had come to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king across the Jordan.
vw@2Samuel:19:16 @ And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was from Bahurim, hastened and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David.
vw@2Samuel:19:17 @ And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they had rushed over the Jordan before the king.
vw@2Samuel:19:18 @ And a ferryboat went across to carry over the kings household, and to do good in his eyes. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jordan.
vw@2Samuel:19:19 @ And he said to the king, Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, nor remember how your servant acted perversely on the day that my lord the king left Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.
vw@2Samuel:19:20 @ For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. Therefore, behold, I am the first to come today of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
vw@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 anointed of Jehovah?
vw@2Samuel:19:22 @ And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?
vw@2Samuel:19:23 @ Therefore the king said to Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore to him.
vw@2Samuel:19:24 @ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul had come down to meet the king. And he had not attended to his feet, nor done his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.
vw@2Samuel:19:25 @ And it came to pass, when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?
vw@2Samuel:19:26 @ And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle a donkey for myself, that I may ride on it and go to the king, because your servant is lame.
vw@2Samuel:19:27 @ And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king, but my lord the king is like the angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.
vw@2Samuel:19:28 @ For all my fathers house were but dead men before my lord the king. Yet you set your servant among those who eat at your own table. Therefore what right have I still to cry out anymore to the king?
vw@2Samuel:19:29 @ And the king said to him, Why do you speak anymore of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba divide the land.
vw@2Samuel:19:30 @ And Mephibosheth said to the king, Even let him take it all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house.
vw@2Samuel:19:31 @ And Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim and went across the Jordan with the king, to send him across the Jordan.
vw@2Samuel:19:32 @ Now Barzillai was very old, eighty years old. And he had sustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.
vw@2Samuel:19:33 @ And the king said to Barzillai, Come across with me, and I will provide for you while you are with me in Jerusalem.
vw@2Samuel:19:34 @ But Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
vw@2Samuel:19:35 @ I am today eighty years old. Can I discern between the good and bad? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear any longer the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be a further burden to my lord the king?
vw@2Samuel:19:36 @ Your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward?
vw@2Samuel:19:37 @ Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your eyes.
vw@2Samuel:19:38 @ And the king answered, Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your eyes. And whatever you choose of me, I will do for you.
vw@2Samuel:19:39 @ And all the people went over the Jordan. And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place.
vw@2Samuel:19:40 @ And the king passed on over to Gilgal, and Chimham passed along with him. And all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel.
vw@2Samuel:19:41 @ And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king, his household, and all Davids men with him across the Jordan?
vw@2Samuel:19:42 @ So all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is next of kin to us. Why then are you angry over this matter? Have we ever eaten at the kings expense? Or has he given us any gift?
vw@2Samuel:19:43 @ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king; therefore we also have more in David than you. Why then have you despised us; were we not the first to speak of bringing back our king? Yet the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
vw@2Samuel:20:1 @ And there met them there a man of worthlessness, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a shofar, and said: We have no part in David, nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!
vw@2Samuel:20:2 @ So every man of Israel withdrew from David, and followed after Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah, from the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, stayed close to their king.
vw@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 confinement and sustained them, but did not go in to them. Thus they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood.
vw@2Samuel:20:4 @ And the king said to Amasa, Assemble the men of Judah for me within three days, and present yourself.
vw@2Samuel:20:5 @ So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah. But he delayed beyond the appointed time which David had designated.
vw@2Samuel:20:6 @ And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lords servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities, and be snatched away before our eyes.
vw@2Samuel:20:7 @ So Joabs men, with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, went out after him. And they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
vw@2Samuel:20:8 @ When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came before them. Now Joab was dressed in battle armor; on it was a belt with a sword fastened in its sheath at his hips; and as he went forth, it fell out.
vw@2Samuel:20:9 @ Then Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
vw@2Samuel:20:10 @ But Amasa was not aware of the sword that was in Joabs hand. And he struck him with it in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
vw@2Samuel:20:11 @ And one of Joabs men stood near Amasa, and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David; follow after Joab!
vw@2Samuel:20:12 @ But Amasa was wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came upon him stopped.
vw@2Samuel:20:13 @ When he was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.
vw@2Samuel:20:14 @ And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and Beth Maachah and all the Berites. So they were gathered together and also went after him.
vw@2Samuel:20:15 @ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth Maachah; and they cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood by the rampart. And all the people who were with Joab were destroying the wall to throw it down.
vw@2Samuel:20:16 @ Then a wise woman cried out from the city, Hear, Hear! Please say to Joab, Come nearby, that I may speak with you.
vw@2Samuel:20:17 @ When he had come near to her, the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. And he answered, I am listening.
vw@2Samuel:20:18 @ So she spoke, saying, They used to talk in former times, saying, They shall inquire to ask at Abel, and thus they would end the matter.
vw@2Samuel:20:19 @ I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?
vw@2Samuel:20:20 @ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy!
vw@2Samuel:20:21 @ That is not so. But a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. So the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
vw@2Samuel:20:22 @ And the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. Then he blew a shofar, and they withdrew from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.
vw@2Samuel:20:23 @ And Joab was over all the army of Israel; Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
vw@2Samuel:20:24 @ Adoram was over the tribute; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
vw@2Samuel:20:25 @ Sheva was scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;
vw@2Samuel:20:26 @ and Ira the Jairite was a chief minister to David.
vw@2Samuel:21:1 @ Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David besought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah answered, It is because of Saul and his bloody house, because he had killed the Gibeonites.
vw@2Samuel:21:2 @ So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites. The children of Israel had sworn peace to them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.)
vw@2Samuel:21:3 @ Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And with what shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?
vw@2Samuel:21:4 @ And the Gibeonites said to him, We will have no silver or gold from Saul or from his house, nor shall you kill any man in Israel for us. So he said, Whatever you say, I will do for you.
vw@2Samuel:21:5 @ And they answered the king, As for the man who destroyed us and plotted against us, that we should be annihilated from remaining in any of the territories of Israel,
vw@2Samuel:21:6 @ let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them before Jehovah in Gibeah of Saul, whom Jehovah chose. And the king said, I will deliver them.
vw@2Samuel:21:7 @ But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
vw@2Samuel:21:8 @ So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;
vw@2Samuel:21:9 @ and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. So they fell, all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
vw@2Samuel:21:10 @ Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the waters poured on them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.
vw@2Samuel:21:11 @ And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
vw@2Samuel:21:12 @ And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of Jabesh Gilead who had stolen them from the town square of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them up, after the Philistines had struck down Saul in Gilboa.
vw@2Samuel:21:13 @ And he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
vw@2Samuel:21:14 @ And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. Thus they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.
vw@2Samuel:21:15 @ And the Philistines were at war again with Israel. And David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint.
vw@2Samuel:21:16 @ And Ishbi-Benob, who was of the sons of the giants, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze, who was bearing a new sword, intended to kill David.
vw@2Samuel:21:17 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go out no more with us to battle, that you not quench the lamp of Israel.
vw@2Samuel:21:18 @ And it happened after this that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giants.
vw@2Samuel:21:19 @ Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed one from Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weavers beam.
vw@2Samuel:21:20 @ Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giants.
vw@2Samuel:21:21 @ And when he reproached Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, Davids brother, killed him.
vw@2Samuel:21:22 @ These four were born to the giants in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
vw@2Samuel:22:1 @ And David spoke to Jehovah the words of this song, on the day when Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
vw@2Samuel:22:2 @ And he said: Jehovah is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
vw@2Samuel:22:3 @ the God of my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; my Savior, You save me from violence.
vw@2Samuel:22:4 @ I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised; thus shall I be saved from my enemies.
vw@2Samuel:22:5 @ When the waves of death surrounded me, the floods of ungodliness terrified me;
vw@2Samuel:22:6 @ the sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me;
vw@2Samuel:22:7 @ in my distress I called upon Jehovah, and cried out to my God; and He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry entered His ears.
vw@2Samuel:22:8 @ Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the heavens quaked and were shaken, because He was angry.
vw@2Samuel:22:9 @ Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth; coals were kindled by it.
vw@2Samuel:22:10 @ He bowed the heavens also, and came down with darkness under His feet.
vw@2Samuel:22:11 @ He rode upon a cherub, and flew; and He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
vw@2Samuel:22:12 @ He made darkness booths around Him, dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
vw@2Samuel:22:13 @ From the brightness before Him coals of fire were kindled.
vw@2Samuel:22:14 @ Jehovah thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice.
vw@2Samuel:22:15 @ He sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning bolts, and He discomfited them.
vw@2Samuel:22:16 @ And the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuke of Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
vw@2Samuel:22:17 @ He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
vw@2Samuel:22:18 @ He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me.
vw@2Samuel:22:19 @ They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my support.
vw@2Samuel:22:20 @ He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
vw@2Samuel:22:21 @ Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me.
vw@2Samuel:22:22 @ For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not acted wickedly against my God.
vw@2Samuel:22:23 @ For all His judgments were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not turn aside from them.
vw@2Samuel:22:24 @ I was also whole before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
vw@2Samuel:22:25 @ Therefore Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before His eyes.
vw@2Samuel:22:26 @ With the faithful You show Yourself kind; with a mighty man of integrity You show Yourself upright;
vw@2Samuel:22:27 @ with the pure You show Yourself pure; and with the perverse You show Yourself twisted.
vw@2Samuel:22:28 @ You save the lowly people; but Your eyes are upon the haughty, whom You bring down.
vw@2Samuel:22:29 @ For You are my lamp, O Jehovah; Jehovah causes my darkness to shine.
vw@2Samuel:22:30 @ For by You I run against a troop; by my God I leap over a wall.
vw@2Samuel:22:31 @ As for the Mighty God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is proven; He is a shield to all who seek refuge in Him.
vw@2Samuel:22:32 @ For who is the Mighty God, except Jehovah? And who is a rock, except our God?
vw@2Samuel:22:33 @ The Mighty God is my refuge and strength, and He makes my way whole.
vw@2Samuel:22:34 @ He makes my feet like the deer, and sets me on my high places.
vw@2Samuel:22:35 @ He teaches my hands to do battle, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
vw@2Samuel:22:36 @ You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your affliction has made me great.
vw@2Samuel:22:37 @ You enlarged my steps under me, so my feet have not slipped.
vw@2Samuel:22:38 @ I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them; and did not turn back until they were destroyed.
vw@2Samuel:22:39 @ And I destroyed and shattered them, so that they could not rise; they fell under my feet.
vw@2Samuel:22:40 @ For You girded me with strength for battle; those rising against me You caused to bow under me.
vw@2Samuel:22:41 @ You have also given me the necks of my enemies, so that I annihilated those who hated me.
vw@2Samuel:22:42 @ They looked, but there was no one to save; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.
vw@2Samuel:22:43 @ And I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth; I pulverized them like the mire of the streets, and I stamped them out.
vw@2Samuel:22:44 @ You also delivered me from the strivings of my people. You kept me as the head of the nations; a people I have not known serve me.
vw@2Samuel:22:45 @ Sons of foreigners cower before me; when they hear with the ear, they obey me.
vw@2Samuel:22:46 @ Sons of foreigners fade away, and are afraid in their holes.
vw@2Samuel:22:47 @ Jehovah lives! Blessed is my Rock! Exalted is God, the Rock of my salvation!
vw@2Samuel:22:48 @ It is the Mighty God who avenges me, and brings down the peoples under me;
vw@2Samuel:22:49 @ He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those rising against me; You deliver me from the violent man.
vw@2Samuel:22:50 @ Therefore I give thanks unto You, O Jehovah, among the nations, and sing unto Your name.
vw@2Samuel:22:51 @ He is the tower of salvation to His king, and shows mercy to His anointed, unto David and his seed forevermore.
vw@2Samuel:23:1 @ Now these are the last words of David. Thus says David the son of Jesse; thus says the man raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
vw@2Samuel:23:2 @ The Spirit of Jehovah has spoken by me, and His Word was on my tongue.
vw@2Samuel:23:3 @ The God of Israel has said, the Rock of Israel has spoken to me: He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
vw@2Samuel:23:4 @ And he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain.
vw@2Samuel:23:5 @ Although my house is not so with the Mighty God, yet He has made with me a perpetual covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For all my salvation and all my desire, will He not make it grow?
vw@2Samuel:23:6 @ But the sons of worthlessness shall all be as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with the hand.
vw@2Samuel:23:7 @ But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, and they shall be burned with fire to be burned in their place.
vw@2Samuel:23:8 @ These are the names of Davids mighty men: Josheb-Basshebeth the Tachmonite, chief among the commanders. He was called Adino the Eznite, because he killed eight hundred men at one time.
vw@2Samuel:23:9 @ And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there for battle, and the men of Israel retreated.
vw@2Samuel:23:10 @ He rose up and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. Jehovah brought about a great deliverance that day; and the people returned after him only to plunder.
vw@2Samuel:23:11 @ And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils, and the people had fled before the Philistines.
vw@2Samuel:23:12 @ But he took his stand in the middle of the plot, delivered it, and struck the Philistines. And Jehovah brought about a great deliverance.
vw@2Samuel:23:13 @ And three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. And the company of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
vw@2Samuel:23:14 @ David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
vw@2Samuel:23:15 @ And David longed and said, Oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
vw@2Samuel:23:16 @ So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to Jehovah.
vw@2Samuel:23:17 @ And he said, Far be it from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their souls? Therefore he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men.
vw@2Samuel:23:18 @ And Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of another three. He lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name among these three.
vw@2Samuel:23:19 @ Was he not the most honored of three? Therefore he became their commander. However, he did not attain to the first three.
vw@2Samuel:23:20 @ Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two from Moab that were like lions. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
vw@2Samuel:23:21 @ And he killed an Egyptian, a spectacular man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand; so he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptians hand, and killed him with his own spear.
vw@2Samuel:23:22 @ These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among three mighty ones.
vw@2Samuel:23:23 @ He was more honored than the thirty, but he had not attained to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.
vw@2Samuel:23:24 @ Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
vw@2Samuel:23:25 @ Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
vw@2Samuel:23:26 @ Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
vw@2Samuel:23:27 @ Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
vw@2Samuel:23:28 @ Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
vw@2Samuel:23:29 @ Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin,
vw@2Samuel:23:30 @ Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,
vw@2Samuel:23:31 @ Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
vw@2Samuel:23:32 @ Eliahba the Shaalbonite (of the sons of Jashen), Jonathan,
vw@2Samuel:23:33 @ Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
vw@2Samuel:23:34 @ Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
vw@2Samuel:23:35 @ Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
vw@2Samuel:23:36 @ Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
vw@2Samuel:23:37 @ Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah),
vw@2Samuel:23:38 @ Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
vw@2Samuel:23:39 @ and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.
vw@2Samuel:24:1 @ Again the anger of Jehovah burned against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
vw@2Samuel:24:2 @ So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, Now go throughout all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.
vw@2Samuel:24:3 @ And Joab said to the king, Now may Jehovah your God add to the people a hundred times more than there are, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king desire this thing?
vw@2Samuel:24:4 @ Nevertheless the kings word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. Therefore Joab and the commanders of the army went out from before the king to number the people of Israel.
vw@2Samuel:24:5 @ And they crossed over the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the town which is in the midst of the valley of Gad, and toward Jazer.
vw@2Samuel:24:6 @ Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; they came to Dan Jaan and around to Sidon;
vw@2Samuel:24:7 @ and they came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went out to the south of Judah as far as Beer-sheba.
vw@2Samuel:24:8 @ So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
vw@2Samuel:24:9 @ And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
vw@2Samuel:24:10 @ And Davids heart was smitten after he had numbered the people. So David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O Jehovah, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly. ![[pBiblx2]](/img/menu.png)