lesserot - 2Samuel:21-23

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.