geneva - 2Samuel:8-16

geneva@2Samuel:8:1 @ And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the (note:)So that they paid no more tribute.(:note) hand of the Philistines.

geneva@2Samuel:8:2 @ And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with (note:)He slew two parts as it pleased him, and reserved the third.(:note) two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And [so] the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.

geneva@2Samuel:8:3 @ Dauid smote also Hadadezer the sonne of Rehob King of Zobah, as he went to recouer his border at the riuer Euphrates.

geneva@2Samuel:8:4 @ And Dauid tooke of them a thousand and seuen hundreth horsemen, and twenty thousande footemen, and Dauid destroyed all the charets, but he reserued an hundreth charets of them.

geneva@2Samuel:8:5 @ Then came the Aramites of Dammesek to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two and twenty thousande men.

geneva@2Samuel:8:6 @ Then David put garrisons in (note:)In that part of Syria, where Damascus was.(:note) Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, They paid yearly tribute. [and] brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

geneva@2Samuel:8:7 @ And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to (note:)For the use of the temple.(:note) Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:8:8 @ And out of Betah, and Berothai (cities of Hadadezer) king Dauid brought exceeding much brasse.

geneva@2Samuel:8:9 @ Then Toi king of Hamath heard howe Dauid had smitten all the hoste of Hadadezer,

geneva@2Samuel:8:10 @ Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to (note:)For seeing David victorious, he was glad to ask for peace.(:note) bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And [Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

geneva@2Samuel:8:11 @ And King Dauid did dedicate them vnto the Lord with the siluer & golde that he had dedicate of all the nations, which he had subdued:

geneva@2Samuel:8:12 @ Of Aram, and of Moab, & of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistims, and of Amalek, & of the spoyle of Hadadezer ye sonne of Rehob King of Zobah.

geneva@2Samuel:8:13 @ So Dauid gate a name after that hee returned, & had slayne of the Aramites in the valley of salt eighteene thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:8:14 @ And he put a garison in Edom: throughout all Edom put he souldiers, and all they of Edom became Dauids seruants: and the Lord kept Dauid whithersoeuer he went.

geneva@2Samuel:8:15 @ And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed (note:)He gave judgment in controversies, and was merciful toward the people.(:note) judgment and justice unto all his people.

geneva@2Samuel:8:16 @ And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah was ouer the hoste, and Ioshaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder.

geneva@2Samuel:8:17 @ And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Priestes, and Seraiah the Scribe.

geneva@2Samuel:8:18 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the (note:)The Cherethites and Pelethites were as the king's guard, and had charge of his person.(:note) Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

geneva@2Samuel:9:1 @ And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for (note:)Because of my oath and promise made to Jonathan, (1Sa_20:15).(:note) Jonathan's sake?

geneva@2Samuel:9:2 @ And there was of the housholde of Saul a seruant whose name was Ziba, & when they had called him vnto Dauid, the King sayd vnto him, Art thou Ziba? And he sayd, I thy seruant am he.

geneva@2Samuel:9:3 @ And the king said, [Is] there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the (note:)Such mercy as shall be acceptable to God.(:note) kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, [which is] lame on [his] feet.

geneva@2Samuel:9:4 @ Then the King said vnto him, Where is he? And Ziba said vnto the King, Behold, he is in the house of Machir ye sonne of Ammiel of Lo-debar.

geneva@2Samuel:9:5 @ Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of (note:)Who was also called Eliam the father of Bathsheba, David's wife.(:note) Ammiel, from Lodebar.

geneva@2Samuel:9:6 @ Nowe when Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan, the sonne of Saul was come vnto Dauid, he fel on his face, and did reuerence; Dauid sayde, Mephibosheth? And he answered, Beholde thy seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:9:7 @ Then Dauid sayd vnto him, Feare not: for I wil surely shewe thee kindnes for Ionathan thy fathers sake, and will restore thee all the fieldes of Saul thy father, and thou shalt eate bread at my table continually.

geneva@2Samuel:9:8 @ And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such (note:)Meaning, a despised person.(:note) a dead dog as I [am]?

geneva@2Samuel:9:9 @ Then the king called Ziba Sauls seruant, & said vnto him, I haue giue vnto thy masters sonne all that perteined to Saul and to all his house.

geneva@2Samuel:9:10 @ Thou therefore, and (note:)Be ye provident overseers and governors of his lands, that they may be profitable.(:note) thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in [the fruits], that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

geneva@2Samuel:9:11 @ Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. (note:)That Mephibosheth may have all things at commandment, as becomes a king's son.(:note) As for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

geneva@2Samuel:9:12 @ Mephibosheth also had a yong sonne named Micha, and all that dwelled in the house of Ziba, were seruants vnto Mephibosheth.

geneva@2Samuel:9:13 @ And Mephibosheth dwelt in Ierusalem: for he did eate continually at the Kings table, & was lame on both his feete.

geneva@2Samuel:10:1 @ After this, the King of the children of Ammon dyed, and Hanun his sonne reigned in his steade.

geneva@2Samuel:10:2 @ Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father (note:)The children of God are not unmindful of a benefit received.(:note) shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

geneva@2Samuel:10:3 @ And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David [rather] sent his servants unto thee, (note:)Their arrogant malice would not allow them to see the simplicity of David's heart: therefore their counsel turned to the destruction of their country.(:note) to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

geneva@2Samuel:10:4 @ Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids seruants, and shaued off the halfe of their beard, & cut off their garments in the middle, euen to their buttockes, and sent them away.

geneva@2Samuel:10:5 @ When it was told vnto Dauid, he sent to meete them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the King sayde, Tary at Iericho, vntill your beards be growen, then returne.

geneva@2Samuel:10:6 @ And when the children of Ammon saw that they (note:)That they deserved David's displeasure, for the harm done to his ambassadors.(:note) stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

geneva@2Samuel:10:7 @ And when Dauid heard of it, he sent Ioab, and all the hoste of the strong men.

geneva@2Samuel:10:8 @ And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of (note:)These were various parts of the country of Syria, by which it appears that the Syrians served where they might have entertainment, as now the Sweitzers do.(:note) Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, [were] by themselves in the field.

geneva@2Samuel:10:9 @ When Ioab saw that the front of the battel was against him before and behinde, he chose of all the choyse of Israel, and put them in aray against the Aramites.

geneva@2Samuel:10:10 @ And the rest of the people hee deliuered into the hande of Abishai his brother, that hee might put them in aray against the children of Ammon.

geneva@2Samuel:10:11 @ And he sayde, If the Aramites be stronger then I, thou shalt helpe me, and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, I will come and succour thee.

geneva@2Samuel:10:12 @ Be of good courage, and let us play the men for (note:)Here it is declared why war should be undertaken: for the defence of true religion and God's people.(:note) our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

geneva@2Samuel:10:13 @ Then Ioab, and the people that was with him, ioyned in battel with the Aramites, who fled before him.

geneva@2Samuel:10:14 @ And when the children of Ammon sawe that the Aramites fled, they fled also before Abishai, & entred into the citie. so Ioab returned fro the children of Ammon, and came to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:10:15 @ And when the Aramites sawe that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered them together.

geneva@2Samuel:10:16 @ And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Aramites that were beyond the Riuer: and they came to Helam, and Shobach the captaine of the hoste of Hadarezer went before them.

geneva@2Samuel:10:17 @ And when it was told David, he gathered (note:)Meaning, the greatest part.(:note) all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

geneva@2Samuel:10:18 @ And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew [the men of] (note:)Who were the chief and most principal: for in all he destroyed 7000, as in (1Ch_19:18), or the soldiers who were in 700 chariots.(:note) seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

geneva@2Samuel:10:19 @ And when all the Kings, that were seruants to Hadarezer, saw that they fell before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and serued them; the Aramites feared to helpe the children of Ammon any more.

geneva@2Samuel:11:1 @ And it came to pass, after the year was (note:)The year following about the spring time.(:note) expired, at the time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:11:2 @ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his (note:)Upon which he used to rest in the afternoon, as was read of Ishbosheth in (2Sa_4:7).(:note) bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.

geneva@2Samuel:11:3 @ And David sent and enquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the (note:)Who was not an born an Israelite, but converted to the true religion.(:note) Hittite?

geneva@2Samuel:11:4 @ Then Dauid sent messengers, & tooke her away: and she came vnto him & he lay with her: (now she was purified from her vncleannes) & she returned vnto her house.

geneva@2Samuel:11:5 @ And the woman conceived, and sent and (note:)Fearing lest she be stoned according to the law.(:note) told David, and said, I [am] with child.

geneva@2Samuel:11:6 @ Then Dauid sent to Ioab, saying, Send me Vriah the Hittite; Ioab sent Vriah to Dauid.

geneva@2Samuel:11:7 @ And when Vriah came vnto him, Dauid demanded him how Ioab did, and howe the people fared, and how the warre prospered.

geneva@2Samuel:11:8 @ And David said to Uriah, (note:)David thought that if Uriah lay with his wife, his sin might be covered.(:note) Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king.

geneva@2Samuel:11:9 @ But Vriah slept at the doore of the Kings palace with all the seruants of his lord, and went not downe to his house.

geneva@2Samuel:11:10 @ Then they tolde Dauid, saying, Vriah went not downe to his house: and Dauid saide vnto Vriah, Commest thou not from thy iourney? why didst thou not go downe to thine house?

geneva@2Samuel:11:11 @ And Uriah said unto David, (note:)By this God would touch David's conscience, for seeing the fidelity and religion of his servant, he would declare himself forgetful of God, and injurious to his servant.(:note) The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? [as] thou livest, and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

geneva@2Samuel:11:12 @ Then Dauid sayd vnto Vriah, Tary yet this day, & to morow I will send thee away. So Vriah abode in Ierusalem that day, and the morowe.

geneva@2Samuel:11:13 @ And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him (note:)He made him drink more liberally than he was wont to do, thinking by this he would have slept with his wife.(:note) drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

geneva@2Samuel:11:14 @ And on the morowe Dauid wrote a letter to Ioab, and sent it by the hand of Vriah.

geneva@2Samuel:11:15 @ And he wrote in the letter, saying, (note:)Except God continually uphold us with his mighty Spirit, the most perfect fall headlong into all vice and abomination.(:note) Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

geneva@2Samuel:11:16 @ So when Ioab besieged the citie, he assigned Vriah vnto a place, where he knewe that strong men were.

geneva@2Samuel:11:17 @ And the men of the citie came out, and fought with Ioab: and there fell of the people of the seruants of Dauid, and Vriah the Hittite also dyed.

geneva@2Samuel:11:18 @ Then Ioab sent and tolde Dauid all the things concerning the warre,

geneva@2Samuel:11:19 @ And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an ende of telling all the matters of the warre vnto the King,

geneva@2Samuel:11:20 @ And if the kings anger arise, so that he say vnto thee, Wherefore approched ye vnto the citie to fight? knewe ye not that they would hurle from the wall?

geneva@2Samuel:11:21 @ Who smote Abimelech the son of (note:)Meaning Gideon, (Jdg_9:52-53).(:note) Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

geneva@2Samuel:11:22 @ So the messenger went, and came & shewed Dauid all that Ioab had sent him for.

geneva@2Samuel:11:23 @ And the messenger said vnto Dauid, Certainely the men preuailed against vs, and came out vnto vs into the field, but we pursued them vnto the entring of the gate.

geneva@2Samuel:11:24 @ But the shooters shot from ye wall against thy seruants, and some of the Kings seruants be dead: & thy seruant Vriah the Hittite is also dead.

geneva@2Samuel:11:25 @ Then David said unto the messenger, (note:)He conceals the truth from the messenger, so that neither his cruel commandment, nor Joab's wicked obedience would be discovered.(:note) Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

geneva@2Samuel:11:26 @ And when the wife of Vriah heard that her husband Vriah was dead, she mourned for her husband.

geneva@2Samuel:11:27 @ So when the mourning was past, Dauid sent and tooke her into his house, and shee became his wife, and bare him a sonne: but ye thing that Dauid had done, displeased the Lord.

geneva@2Samuel:12:1 @ And the LORD sent (note:)Because David lay now drowned in sin, the loving mercy of God which does not allow his own to perish, wakes his conscience by this story and brings him to repentance.(:note) Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

geneva@2Samuel:12:2 @ The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen:

geneva@2Samuel:12:3 @ But the poore had none at all, saue one litle sheepe which he had bought, and nourished vp: and it grew vp with him, and with his children also, and did eate of his owne morsels, and dranke of his owne cup, and slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter.

geneva@2Samuel:12:4 @ Now there came a stranger vnto the rich man, who refused to take of his owne sheepe, and of his owne oxen to dresse for the stranger that was come vnto him, but tooke the poore mans sheepe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

geneva@2Samuel:12:5 @ Then Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man, and sayde to Nathan, As the Lorde liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely dye,

geneva@2Samuel:12:6 @ And he shall restore the lambe foure folde, because he did this thing, and had no pitie thereof.

geneva@2Samuel:12:7 @ Then Nathan sayd to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I anoynted thee King ouer Israel, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul,

geneva@2Samuel:12:8 @ And I gave thee thy master's (note:)For David succeeded Saul in his kingdom.(:note) house, and thy master's The Jews take this to be Eglah and Michal, or Rizpah and Michal. wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if [that had been] too little, I would moreover have given unto thee That is, greater things than these: for God's love and benefits increase toward his own, if they do not hinder him by their ingratitude. such and such things.

geneva@2Samuel:12:9 @ Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the (note:)You have most cruelly given him into the hands of God's enemies.(:note) children of Ammon.

geneva@2Samuel:12:10 @ Now therefore the sworde shall neuer depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

geneva@2Samuel:12:11 @ Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this (note:)Meaning openly, at noon.(:note) sun.

geneva@2Samuel:12:12 @ For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne.

geneva@2Samuel:12:13 @ And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath (note:)For the Lord seeks the sinner to turn to him.(:note) put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

geneva@2Samuel:12:14 @ Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to (note:)In saying, that the Lord has appointed a wicked man to reign over his people.(:note) blaspheme, the child also [that is] born unto thee shall surely die.

geneva@2Samuel:12:15 @ So Nathan departed vnto his house: and the Lord stroke the childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Dauid, and it was sicke.

geneva@2Samuel:12:16 @ David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and (note:)That is, to his private chamber.(:note) went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:12:17 @ And the elders of his house arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat (note:)Thinking by his constant prayer that God would have restored his child, but God had determined otherwise.(:note) bread with them.

geneva@2Samuel:12:18 @ So on the seuenth day the child dyed: and the seruants of Dauid feared to tell him that the childe was dead: for they sayde, Beholde, while the childe was aliue, we spake vnto him, and he woulde not hearken vnto our voyce: how then shall we say vnto him, The childe is dead, to vexe him more?

geneva@2Samuel:12:19 @ But when Dauid sawe that his seruantes whispered, Dauid perceiued that the childe was dead: therefore Dauid sayde vnto his seruants, Is the childe dead? And they sayd, He is dead.

geneva@2Samuel:12:20 @ Then David (note:)Showing that our lamentations should not be excessive, but moderate: and that we must praise God in all his doings.(:note) arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

geneva@2Samuel:12:21 @ Then (note:)As they who did not consider that God grants many things to the sobs and tears of the faithful.(:note) said his servants unto him, What thing [is] this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, [while it was] alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

geneva@2Samuel:12:22 @ And he sayde, While the childe was yet aliue, I fasted, and wept: for I sayde, Who can tell whether God will haue mercy on me, that the childe may liue?

geneva@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? (note:)By this consideration he appeased his sorrow.(:note) can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

geneva@2Samuel:12:24 @ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and (note:)That is, the Lord, (1Ch_22:9).(:note) he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

geneva@2Samuel:12:25 @ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the (note:)To call him Solomon.(:note) prophet; and Meaning, David. he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

geneva@2Samuel:12:26 @ Then Ioab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and tooke the citie of the kingdome.

geneva@2Samuel:12:27 @ And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of (note:)That is, the chief city and where all the water pipes are, is as good as taken.(:note) waters.

geneva@2Samuel:12:28 @ Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, & besiege the city, that thou mayest take it, lest the victorie be attributed to me.

geneva@2Samuel:12:29 @ So Dauid gathered al the people together, and went against Rabbah, and besieged it, and tooke it.

geneva@2Samuel:12:30 @ And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof [was] a (note:)That is, 60 pounds after the weight of the common talent.(:note) talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was [set] on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

geneva@2Samuel:12:31 @ And he brought forth the people that [were] therein, and put [them] under (note:)Signifying that as they were malicious enemies of God, so he put them to cruel death.(:note) saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:13:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name [was] (note:)Tamar was Absalom's sister both by father and mother, and Amnon's only by father.(:note) Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:2 @ And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she [was] a (note:)And therefore kept her father's house, as virgins were accustomed.(:note) virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:3 @ But Amnon had a friend called Ionadab, the sonne of Shimeah Dauids brother: and Ionadab was a very subtile man.

geneva@2Samuel:13:4 @ Who sayde vnto him, Why art thou the Kings sonne so leane from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? Then Amnon answered him, I loue Tamar my brother Absaloms sister.

geneva@2Samuel:13:5 @ And Jonadab said unto him, (note:)Here we see that there is no enterprise so wicked that it cannot be encouraged to further wickedness.(:note) Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see [it], and eat [it] at her hand.

geneva@2Samuel:13:6 @ So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of (note:)Meaning, some delicate and dainty meat.(:note) cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

geneva@2Samuel:13:7 @ Then Dauid sent home to Tamar, saying, Goe now to thy brother Amnons house, and dresse him meate.

geneva@2Samuel:13:8 @ So Tamar went to her brother Amnons house, and he lay downe: and she tooke floure, and knead it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

geneva@2Samuel:13:9 @ And she took a pan, and (note:)That is, she served them on a dish.(:note) poured [them] out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from For the wicked are ashamed to do that before men, which they are not afraid to commit in the sight of God. me. And they went out every man from him.

geneva@2Samuel:13:10 @ Then Amnon said vnto Tamar, Bring the meate into the chamber, that I may eate of thine hand; Tamar tooke the cakes which shee had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

geneva@2Samuel:13:11 @ And when she had set them before him to eate, he tooke her, and sayd vnto her, Come, lye with me, my sister.

geneva@2Samuel:13:12 @ But shee answered him, Nay, my brother, doe not force me: for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: commit not this follie.

geneva@2Samuel:13:13 @ And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of (note:)As a lewd and wicked person.(:note) the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

geneva@2Samuel:13:14 @ Howbeit he would not hearken vnto her voyce, but being stronger then she, forced her, and lay with her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:15 @ Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred wherewith he hated her, was greater then the loue, wherewith hee had loued her: and Amnon sayde vnto her, Vp, get thee hence.

geneva@2Samuel:13:16 @ And she answered him, There is no cause: this euill (to put mee away) is greater then the other that thou diddest vnto me: but he would not heare her,

geneva@2Samuel:13:17 @ But called his seruant that serued him, & sayd, Put this woman now out from me, & locke the doore after her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:18 @ And [she had] a garment of (note:)For that which was of various colours or pieces, in those days was greatly esteemed, (Gen_37:3; Jdg_5:30).(:note) divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters [that were] virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

geneva@2Samuel:13:19 @ And Tamar put ashes on her head and rent the garment of diuers colours which was on her, and layde her hand on her head, and went her way crying.

geneva@2Samuel:13:20 @ And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but (note:)For though he conceived sudden vengeance in his heart, yet he concealed it till an opportunity arose, and comforted his sister.(:note) hold now thy peace, my sister: he [is] thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

geneva@2Samuel:13:21 @ But when King Dauid heard all these things, he was very wroth.

geneva@2Samuel:13:22 @ And Absalom sayde vnto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

geneva@2Samuel:13:23 @ And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which [is] beside Ephraim: and (note:)That is, to a banquet, thinking by it to fulfil his wicked purpose.(:note) Absalom invited all the king's sons.

geneva@2Samuel:13:24 @ And Absalom came to the King and sayd, Beholde now, thy seruant hath sheepesherers: I pray thee, that the King with his seruants would goe with thy seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:13:25 @ But the King answered Absalom, Nay my sonne, I pray thee, let vs not goe all, lest we be chargeable vnto thee. Yet Absalom lay sore vpon him: howbeit he would not go, but thaked him.

geneva@2Samuel:13:26 @ Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother (note:)Pretending to the king that Amnon was most dear to him.(:note) Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?

geneva@2Samuel:13:27 @ But Absalom was instant vpon him, & he sent Amnon with him, & all the Kings children.

geneva@2Samuel:13:28 @ Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not (note:)Such is the pride of the wicked masters, that in all their wicked commandments they think to be obeyed.(:note) I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

geneva@2Samuel:13:29 @ And the seruantes of Absalom did vnto Amnon, as Absalom had commanded: and al the Kings sonnes arose, and euery man gate him vp vpon his mule, and fled.

geneva@2Samuel:13:30 @ And while they were in the way, tydings came to Dauid, saying, Absalom hath slaine al the Kings sonnes, & there is not one of them left.

geneva@2Samuel:13:31 @ Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the (note:)Lamenting, as he that felt the wrath of God on his house, (2Sa_12:10).(:note) earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

geneva@2Samuel:13:32 @ And Ionadab the sonne of Shimeah Dauids brother answered and sayde, Let not my lord suppose that they haue slayne all the yong men the Kings sonnes: for Amnon onely is dead, because Absalom had reported so, since hee forced his sister Tamar.

geneva@2Samuel:13:33 @ Nowe therefore let not my lord the King take the thing so grieuously, to thinke that all ye Kings sonnes are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

geneva@2Samuel:13:34 @ Then Absalom fled: and the yong man that kept the watch, lift vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behinde him.

geneva@2Samuel:13:35 @ And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, (note:)That only Amnon is dead.(:note) so it is.

geneva@2Samuel:13:36 @ And assoone as hee had left speaking, behold, the Kings sonnes came, & lift vp their voyces, and wept: and the King also and all his seruants wept exceedingly sore.

geneva@2Samuel:13:37 @ But Absalom fled, and went to (note:)For Maachah his mother was the daughter of this Talmai, (2Sa_3:3).(:note) Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.

geneva@2Samuel:13:38 @ So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three yeeres.

geneva@2Samuel:13:39 @ And King Dauid desired to go forth vnto Absalom, because he was pacified concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

geneva@2Samuel:14:1 @ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's (note:)That the king favoured him.(:note) heart [was] toward Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:14:2 @ And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and (note:)In token of mourning: for they used anointing to seem cheerful.(:note) anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

geneva@2Samuel:14:3 @ And come to the King, and speake on this maner vnto him, (for Ioab taught her what she should say).

geneva@2Samuel:14:4 @ Then the woman of Tekoah spake vnto the king, & fel downe on her face to the ground, and did obeysance, and sayd, Helpe, O King.

geneva@2Samuel:14:5 @ Then the King sayd vnto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am in deede a widow, and mine husband is dead:

geneva@2Samuel:14:6 @ And thy handmaid had two (note:)Under this parable she describes the death of Amnon by Absalom.(:note) sons, and they two strove together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

geneva@2Samuel:14:7 @ And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the (note:)Because he has slain his brother he ought to be slain according to the law, (Gen_9:6; Exo_21:12).(:note) life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:14:8 @ And the King said vnto the woman, Go to thine house, and I wil giue a charge for thee.

geneva@2Samuel:14:9 @ And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the (note:)Concerning the breach of the Law which punishes blood, let me bear the blame.(:note) iniquity [be] on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne [be] guiltless.

geneva@2Samuel:14:10 @ And the King sayde, Bring him to me that speaketh against thee, and he shall touche thee no more.

geneva@2Samuel:14:11 @ Then said she, I pray thee, let the king (note:)Swear that they will not revenge the blood, which are many in number.(:note) remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:14:12 @ Then the woman said, I pray thee, let thine handmayde speake a worde to my lord the King; he sayd, Say on.

geneva@2Samuel:14:13 @ And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou (note:)Why do you give contrary sentence to your son Absalom?(:note) thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

geneva@2Samuel:14:14 @ For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise (note:)God has often provided ways (as sanctuaries) to save them, whom man judges worthy of death.(:note) means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

geneva@2Samuel:14:15 @ Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people (note:)For I thought they would kill my son.(:note) have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

geneva@2Samuel:14:16 @ For the King wil heare, to deliuer his handmayde out of the hande of the man that woulde destroy mee, and also my sonne from the inheritance of God.

geneva@2Samuel:14:17 @ Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an (note:)Is of great wisdom to discern right from wrong.(:note) angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

geneva@2Samuel:14:18 @ Then the King answered, and said vnto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall aske thee; the woman sayde, Let my lord the King now speake.

geneva@2Samuel:14:19 @ And the king said, [Is not] (note:)Have you not done this by the counsel of Joab.(:note) the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

geneva@2Samuel:14:20 @ To fetch about this (note:)By speaking further in a parable than plainly.(:note) form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth.

geneva@2Samuel:14:21 @ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have (note:)I have granted your request.(:note) done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

geneva@2Samuel:14:22 @ And Ioab fell to the grounde on his face, and bowed himselfe, & thanked the King. Then Ioab sayde, This day thy seruant knoweth, that I haue found grace in thy sight, my lord the King, in that the King hath fulfilled the request of his seruant.

geneva@2Samuel:14:23 @ And Ioab arose, and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:14:24 @ And the king said, Let him (note:)Covering by this his affection, and showing some part of justice to please the people.(:note) turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

geneva@2Samuel:14:25 @ Nowe in all Israel there was none to be so much praysed for beautie as Absalom: from the sole of his foote euen to the toppe of his head there was no blemish in him.

geneva@2Samuel:14:26 @ And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled [it]: because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred (note:)Which weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces after half an ounce the shekel.(:note) shekels after the king's weight.

geneva@2Samuel:14:27 @ And Absalom had three sonnes, and one daughter named Tamar, which was a fayre woman to looke vpon.

geneva@2Samuel:14:28 @ So Absalom dwelt the space of two yeres in Ierusalem, and saw not the Kings face.

geneva@2Samuel:14:29 @ Therefore Absalom sent for Ioab to sende him to the King, but he would not come to him: and when he sent againe, he would not come.

geneva@2Samuel:14:30 @ Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it (note:)The wicked are impatient in their affections, and spare no unlawful means to accomplish them.(:note) on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

geneva@2Samuel:14:31 @ Then Ioab arose, & came to Absalom vnto his house, & sayd vnto him, Wherefore haue thy seruants burnt my field with fire?

geneva@2Samuel:14:32 @ And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and (note:)If I have offended by revenging my sister's dishonour: thus the wicked justify themselves in their evil.(:note) if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me.

geneva@2Samuel:14:33 @ Then Ioab came to the King, & told him: & he called for Absalom, who came to the King, and bowed himselfe to the grounde on his face before the King, and the King kissed Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:15:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to (note:)Which were as a guard to set forth his estate.(:note) run before him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:2 @ And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was [so], that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city [art] thou? And he said, Thy servant [is] of one of the (note:)That is, noting of what city or place he was.(:note) tribes of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:15:3 @ Then Absalom said vnto him, See, thy matters are good and righteous, but there is no man deputed of the King to heare thee.

geneva@2Samuel:15:4 @ Absalom said moreover, (note:)Thus by slander, flattery and fair promises, the wicked seek preference.(:note) Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

geneva@2Samuel:15:5 @ And when any man came neere to him, and did him obeisance, he put forth his hand, & tooke him, and kissed him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:6 @ And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom (note:)By enticing them from his father to himself.(:note) stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:15:7 @ And it came to pass after (note:)Counting from the time that the Israelites had asked a king of Samuel.(:note) forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:15:8 @ For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will (note:)By offering a peace-offering, which was lawful to do in any place.(:note) serve the LORD.

geneva@2Samuel:15:9 @ And the King sayd vnto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:15:10 @ Then Absalom sent spyes throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When yee heare the sound of the trumpet, Ye shal say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.

geneva@2Samuel:15:11 @ And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, [that were] (note:)And bid to his feast in Hebron.(:note) called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.

geneva@2Samuel:15:12 @ Also Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite Dauids counseller, from his citie Giloh, while he offred sacrifices: & the treason was great: for the people encreased still with Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:15:13 @ Then came a messenger to Dauid, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:15:14 @ And David said unto all his servants that [were] with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not [else] escape from (note:)Whose heart he saw that Satan had so possessed that he would leave no mischief unattempted.(:note) Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

geneva@2Samuel:15:15 @ And the Kings seruants sayd vnto him, Behold, thy seruants are ready to do according to all that my lord the King shal appoynt.

geneva@2Samuel:15:16 @ So the King departed and all his houshold after him, and the King left ten concubines to keepe the house.

geneva@2Samuel:15:17 @ And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was (note:)That is, from Jerusalem.(:note) far off.

geneva@2Samuel:15:18 @ And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the (note:)These were as the king's guard, or as some write, his counsellors.(:note) Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

geneva@2Samuel:15:19 @ Then said the king to (note:)Who as some write was the king's son of Gath.(:note) Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile.

geneva@2Samuel:15:20 @ Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy (note:)Meaning, those of his family.(:note) brethren: mercy and God require of you your friendship and fidelity. truth [be] with thee.

geneva@2Samuel:15:21 @ And Ittai answered the King, and sayde, As the Lorde liueth, and as my lord the King liueth, in what place my lord the King shalbe, whether in death or life, euen there surely will thy seruant bee.

geneva@2Samuel:15:22 @ Then Dauid sayd to Ittai, Come, & go forward; Ittai the Gittite went, and all his men, and all the children that were with him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:23 @ And all the country wept with a loud voice, and (note:)That is, the four hundred men.(:note) all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

geneva@2Samuel:15:24 @ And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites [were] with him, (note:)Which was the charge, of the Kohathites, (Num_4:4).(:note) bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went To stand by the ark. up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

geneva@2Samuel:15:25 @ Then the King said vnto Zadok, Carie the Arke of God againe into the citie: if I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lorde, he will bring me againe, and shewe me both it, and the Tabernacle thereof.

geneva@2Samuel:15:26 @ But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, (note:)The faithful in all their afflictions show themselves obedient to God's will.(:note) [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

geneva@2Samuel:15:27 @ The King sayde againe vnto Zadok the Priest, Art not thou a Seer? returne into the citie in peace, and your two sonnes with you: to wit, Ahimaaz thy sonne, and Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar.

geneva@2Samuel:15:28 @ Behold, I wil tarie in the fieldes of the wildernesse, vntill there come some worde from you to be tolde me.

geneva@2Samuel:15:29 @ Zadok therefore and Abiathar caried the Arke of God againe to Ierusalem, and they taried there.

geneva@2Samuel:15:30 @ And David went up by the ascent of [mount] Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head (note:)With ashes and dust in sign of sorrow.(:note) covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that [was] with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

geneva@2Samuel:15:31 @ And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the (note:)The counsel of the crafty worldlings does more harm than the open force of the enemy.(:note) counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

geneva@2Samuel:15:32 @ Then Dauid came to the toppe of the mount where he worshipped God: and beholde, Hushai the Archite came against him with his coate torne, and hauing earth vpon his head.

geneva@2Samuel:15:33 @ Vnto whom Dauid sayd, If thou goe with me, thou shalt be a burthen vnto me.

geneva@2Samuel:15:34 @ But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy (note:)Though Hushai was deceitful here at the king's request, we may not use this example to excuse our deceit.(:note) servant, O king; [as] I [have been] thy father's servant hitherto, so [will] I now also [be] thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

geneva@2Samuel:15:35 @ And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the Priests? therefore what so euer thou shalt heare out of the Kings house, thou shalt shew to Zadok and Abiathar the Priests.

geneva@2Samuel:15:36 @ Beholde, there are with them their two sonnes: Ahimaaz Zadoks sonne, and Ionathan Abiathars sonne: by them also shall ye send me euery thing that ye can heare.

geneva@2Samuel:15:37 @ So Hushai Dauids friend went into the citie: and Absalom came into Ierusalem.

geneva@2Samuel:16:1 @ And when David was a little past the (note:)Which was the hill of olives, (2Sa_15:30).(:note) top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

geneva@2Samuel:16:2 @ And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The (note:)Commonly there are no viler traitors than they, who under the pretence of friendship accuse others.(:note) asses [be] for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

geneva@2Samuel:16:3 @ And the king sayde, But where is thy masters sonne? Then Ziba answered the King, Beholde, he remayneth in Ierusalem: for he sayde, This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdome of my father.

geneva@2Samuel:16:4 @ Then said the King to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that perteined vnto Mephibosheth; Ziba saide, I beseech thee, let me finde grace in thy sight, my lord, O King.

geneva@2Samuel:16:5 @ And when king David came to (note:)Which was a city in the tribe of Benjamin.(:note) Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

geneva@2Samuel:16:6 @ And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men [were] on his (note:)That is, round about him.(:note) right hand and on his left.

geneva@2Samuel:16:7 @ And thus sayde Shimei when hee cursed, Come forth, come foorth thou murtherer, and wicked man.

geneva@2Samuel:16:8 @ The LORD hath returned upon thee all the (note:)Reproaching him, as though by his means Ishbosheth and Abner were slain.(:note) blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] a bloody man.

geneva@2Samuel:16:9 @ Then saide Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah vnto the King, Why doeth this dead dog curse my lord the King? let me goe, I pray thee, and take away his head.

geneva@2Samuel:16:10 @ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath (note:)David felt that this was the judgment of God for his sin, and therefore humbles himself to his rod.(:note) said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

geneva@2Samuel:16:11 @ And Dauid sayd to Abishai, and to all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne which came out of mine owne bowels, seeketh my life: then howe much more now may this sonne of Iemini? Suffer him to curse: for the Lord hath bidden him.

geneva@2Samuel:16:12 @ It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will (note:)Meaning, that the Lord will send comfort to his, when they are oppressed.(:note) requite me good for his cursing this day.

geneva@2Samuel:16:13 @ And as Dauid and his men went by the way, Shimei went by the side of the mountaine ouer against him, and cursed as he went, & threw stones against him, and cast dust.

geneva@2Samuel:16:14 @ And the king, and all the people that [were] with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves (note:)That is, at Bahurim.(:note) there.

geneva@2Samuel:16:15 @ And Absalom, & all the people, the men of Israel, came to Ierusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

geneva@2Samuel:16:16 @ And when Hushai the Archite Dauids friend was come vnto Absalom, Hushai said vnto Absalom, God saue the King, God saue the King.

geneva@2Samuel:16:17 @ And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this thy kindness to thy (note:)Meaning, David.(:note) friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

geneva@2Samuel:16:18 @ Hushai then answered vnto Absalom, Nay, but whome the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel chuse, his will I be, and with him will I dwell.

geneva@2Samuel:16:19 @ And moreouer vnto whome shall I doe seruice? not to his sonne? as I serued before thy father, so will I before thee.

geneva@2Samuel:16:20 @ Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel, Giue counsell what we shall doe.

geneva@2Samuel:16:21 @ And (note:)Suspecting the change of the kingdom, and so his own overthrow, he gives such counsel as might most hinder his father's reconciliation: and also declare to the people that Absalom was in highest authority.(:note) Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that [are] with thee be strong.

geneva@2Samuel:16:22 @ So they spread Absalom a tent vpon the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel.

geneva@2Samuel:16:23 @ And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, [was] as if a man had (note:)It was so esteemed for the success of it.(:note) enquired at the oracle of God: so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

geneva@2Samuel:17:1 @ Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, (note:)The wicked are so greedy to execute their malice, that they leave no opportunity that may further the same.(:note) Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: