mkjv - 2Samuel:21-23

mkjv@2Samuel:21:1 @ And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year. And David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, For Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he killed the Gibeonites.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:2 @ And the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. And the Gibeonites [were] not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites. And the sons of Israel had sworn to them. And Saul sought to kill them in his zeal to the sons of Israel and Judah.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:3 @ And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And with what shall I atone for this, so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

mkjv@2Samuel:21:4 @ And the Gibeonites said to him, We will have no silver nor gold from Saul, nor from his house. Also, we will have no man in Israel put to death. And he said, What you shall say, I will do for you.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:5 @ And they answered the king, The man who destroyed us, and who devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,

mkjv@2Samuel:21:6 @ let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD. And the king said, I will give [them].

mkjv@2Samuel:21:7 @ But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that [was] between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:8 @ But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:9 @ And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites. And they hanged them in the hill before the LORD. And they fell, seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], in the beginning of barley harvest.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:10 @ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven. And she did not allow either the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:11 @ And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

mkjv@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 plaza of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:13 @ And he brought the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son up from there. And they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

mkjv@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 his father Kish. And they did all that the king commanded. And afterward God heeded prayer for the land.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:15 @ And again the Philistines warred with Israel. And David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David became faint.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:16 @ And Ishbi-benob, who [was] of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear [was] three hundred shekels of bronze in weight. And he being girded with a new [sword] thought to kill David.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:17 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall not go out to battle with us any more, so that you do not put out the light of Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:18 @ And it happened after this there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who [was] of the sons of the giant.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:19 @ And there was again a battle with the Philistines in Gob, where Elhanan of Bethlehem, the son of Jaare-oregim, killed one of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:20 @ And there was yet again a battle in Gath. And there was a man of 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 giant.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:21 @ And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah, the brother of David, killed him.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:22 @ These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:1 @ And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:2 @ And he said, The LORD [is] my Rock, and my Fortress, and my Deliverer.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:3 @ The God who is my Rock, in Him will I trust. [He is] my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower, and my Refuge, my Savior. You save me from violence.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:4 @ I will call upon the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised. And I shall be saved from my enemies.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:5 @ When the waves of death encircled me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:6 @ The sorrows of hell hemmed me in. The snares of death went in front of me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:7 @ In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried to my God. And he heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry [entered] into His ears.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:8 @ And the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the heavens moved and shook because He was angry.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:9 @ Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:10 @ He bowed the heavens also, and came down. And darkness [was] under His feet.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:11 @ And He rode upon a cherub and did fly. And [He] was seen upon the wings of the wind.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:12 @ And He made darkness coverings around Him, dark waters, thick clouds of the skies.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:13 @ From the brightness before Him were coals of fire kindled.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:14 @ The LORD thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:15 @ And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and troubled them.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:16 @ And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:17 @ He sent from above, He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:18 @ He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were stronger than I.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:19 @ They went before me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my stay.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:20 @ He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me because He delighted in me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:21 @ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:22 @ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:23 @ For all His judgments [were] before me. And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:24 @ I was also upright before Him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:25 @ And the LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:26 @ With the faithful You will show Yourself faithful; with the upright man You will show Yourself upright.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:27 @ With the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the perverted You will appear perverse.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:28 @ And You will save the afflicted people, but Your eyes [are] on the proud, [whom] You bring low.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:29 @ For You [are] my lamp, O LORD. And the LORD will lighten my darkness.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:30 @ For by You I have run [through] a troop. By my God I have leaped over a wall.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:31 @ [As for] God, His way [is] perfect. The word of the LORD [is] tried. He is a shield to all those who seek refuge in Him.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:32 @ For who [is] God, except Jehovah? And who [is] a rock except our God?

mkjv@2Samuel:22:33 @ God [is] my strength [and] power, and He makes my way perfect.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:34 @ [He] makes my feet like hinds' [feet], and causing me to stand on my high places.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:35 @ He teaches my hands to war, so that my hands may bend a bow of bronze.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:36 @ You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your gentleness has made me great.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:37 @ You have enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet did not slip.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:38 @ I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and turned not again until I had finished them.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:39 @ And I have crushed them and wounded them so that they could not rise. [Yea], they have fallen under my feet.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:40 @ For You have girded me [with] strength to battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:41 @ You have also given me the necks of my enemies; I silenced those who hate me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:42 @ They looked, but [there was] none to save; to the LORD, but He did not answer them.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:43 @ Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them like the mire of the streets [and] spread them out.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:44 @ You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people, You have kept me the head of the nations. A people I knew not shall serve me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:45 @ Strangers shall submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear, they shall obey me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:46 @ Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their strongholds.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:47 @ The LORD lives! And blessed [be] my Rock, and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:48 @ It [is] God who avenges me and who brings down the peoples under me,

mkjv@2Samuel:22:49 @ and who brings me forth from my enemies. You also lift me up on high above those rising up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:50 @ Therefore, I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises to Your name.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:51 @ [He is] the Tower of salvation for His king, and He shows mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:1 @ And these [are] the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said:

mkjv@2Samuel:23:2 @ The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and His word [was] in my tongue.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:3 @ The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: he who rules over men justly, ruling [in] the fear of God,

mkjv@2Samuel:23:4 @ is as the light of the morning, as the sun rises, a morning without clouds. The tender grass [springs] out of the earth through shining after rain.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:5 @ Although my house [is] not so with God, yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure. For all my salvation, and all my desire, will He not make it grow?

mkjv@2Samuel:23:6 @ But the wicked, all of them, [shall be] like a thorn thrust away, because they cannot be taken by the hand.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:7 @ But the man who shall touch them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. And they shall be utterly burned in [their] place.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:8 @ These [are] the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth the Tachmonite, chief of the three; he [was called] Adino the Eznite, because of the eight hundred [he] killed at one time.

mkjv@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 to battle; and the men of Israel had gone up;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:10 @ [he] arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and until his hand clung to the sword. And the LORD worked a great victory that day. And the people returned after him only to spoil.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:11 @ And next [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. And the people fled from the Philistines.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:12 @ But he stood in the middle of the ground and delivered it, and killed the Philistines. And the LORD worked a great victory.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:13 @ And three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time into the cave of Adullam. And the troop of the Philistines pitched in the Valley of the Giants.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:14 @ And David [was] then in a stronghold, and the fort of the Philistines [was] then in Bethlehem.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:15 @ And David longed and said, Oh that someone would give me a drink from the water of the well of Bethlehem by the gate!

mkjv@2Samuel:23:16 @ And the three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David. But he would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:17 @ And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this. [Is it not] the blood of the men who went [in danger of] their lives? And he would not drink it. These three mighty men did these [things].

mkjv@2Samuel:23:18 @ And Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, [was] chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred [and] killed [them], and had the name among three.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:19 @ Surely he was honored more than the three. And he was their commander. However he did not attain to the [first] three.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:20 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel, a son of a mighty man, great [in] deeds. He killed two lion-like men of Moab. He went down also and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in time of snow.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:21 @ And he killed an Egyptian, a man of form. And the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:22 @ These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty ones.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:23 @ He was more honorable than the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:24 @ Asahel the brother of Joab [was] of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:25 @ Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:26 @ Helez the Paltite; Ira the son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:27 @ Abiezer the Anathothite; Mebunnai the Hushathite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:28 @ Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:29 @ Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite; Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:30 @ Benaiah the Pirathonite; Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:31 @ Abialbon the Arbathite; Azmaveth the Barhumite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:32 @ Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen; Jonathan;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:33 @ Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam the son of Sharer, the Hararite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:34 @ Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite; Eliam the son of Ahithophel, the Gilonite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:35 @ Hezrai the Carmelite; Paarai the Arbite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:36 @ Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah; Bani the Gadite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:37 @ Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, armor-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:38 @ Ira, and Ithrite; Gareb, and Ithrite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:39 @ Uriah the Hittite-- thirty-seven in all.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:1 @ And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go count Israel and Judah.