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But Abner the sonne of Ner that was captaine of Sauls hoste ,
tooke Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul ,
and brought him to Mahanaim ,
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And made him king over Gilead ,
and over the Ashurites ,
and over Jezreel ,
and over Ephraim ,
and over Benjamin ,
and over (
note :)
Over the eleven tribes .(:
note )
all Israel .
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Ish-bosheth Sauls sonne was fourtie yeere olde wen he began to reigne ouer Israel ,
and reigned two yeere :
but the house of Iudah followed Dauid .
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And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six (
note :)
After this he reigned over all the country 33 years , (
2Sa_5
:5 ).(:
note )
months .
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And Abner the sonne of Ner ,
and the seruantes of Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul went out of Mahanaim to Gibeon .
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And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah ,
and the seruants of Dauid went out and met one another by the poole of Gibeon :
and they sate downe ,
the one on the one side of the poole ,
and the other on the otherside of the poole .
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And Abner said to Joab ,
Let the young men now arise ,
and (
note :)
Let us see how they can handle their weapons .(:
note )
play before us .
And Joab said ,
Let them arise .
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Then there arose and went ouer twelue of Beniamin by number ,
which perteined to Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul ,
and twelue of the seruants of Dauid .
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And they caught every one his (
note :)
Meaning his adversary .(:
note )
fellow by the head ,
and [
thrust ]
his sword in his fellow '
s side ;
so they fell down together :
wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim ,
which [
is ]
in Gibeon .
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And there was a very sore battle that day ;
and Abner was beaten ,
and the men of Israel , (
note :)
After that these four and twenty were slain .(:
note )
before the servants of David .
*
And there were three sonnes of Zeruiah there ,
Ioab ,
and Abishai ,
and Asahel ;
Asahel was as light on foote as a wilde roe .
*
And Asahel followed after Abner ,
and in going he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from Abner .
*
Then Abner looked behind him ,
and said ,
Art thou Asahel ?
And he answered ,
Yea .
*
Then Abner said ,
Turne thee either to the right hande ,
or to the left ,
and take one of the yong men ,
and take thee his weapons :
and Asahel would not depart from him .
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And Abner said again to Asahel ,
Turn thee aside from following me : (
note :)
Why do you provoke me to kill you ?(:
note )
wherefore should I smite thee to the ground ?
how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother ?
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Howbeit he refused to turn aside :
wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the (
note :)
Some read ,
in those parts where the lively parts lie ,
the heart ,
lungs ,
liver ,
and gall bladder .(:
note )
fifth [
rib ],
that the spear came out behind him ;
and he fell down there ,
and died in the same place :
and it came to pass , [
that ]
as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still .
*
Ioab also and Abishai pursued after Abner :
and the sunne went downe ,
when they were come to the hill Ammah ,
that lieth before Giah ,
by the way of the wildernesse of Gibeon .
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And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner ,
and were on an heape and stoode on the top of an hill .
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Then Abner called to Joab ,
and said ,
Shall the (
note :)
Shall we not make an end of murdering ?(:
note )
sword devour for ever ?
knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end ?
how long shall it be then ,
ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren ?
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And Joab said , [
As ]
God liveth ,
unless thou hadst (
note :)
If you had not provoked them to battle , (
2Sa_2
:14 ).(:
note )
spoken ,
surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother .
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So Ioab blew a trumpet ,
and all the people stoode still ,
and pursued after Israel no more ,
neither fought they any more .
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And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plaine ,
and went ouer Iorden ,
and past through all Bithron till they came to Mahanaim .
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Ioab also returned backe from Abner :
and when he had gathered all the people together ,
there lacked of Dauids seruants nineteene men and Asahel .
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But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin ,
and of Abner '
s men , [
so that ]
three (
note :)
Thus God would confirm David in his kingdom by the destruction of his adversaries .(:
note )
hundred and threescore men died .
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And they tooke vp Asahel ,
and buried him in the sepulchre of his father ,
which was in Bethlehem :
and Ioab and his men went all night , &
amp ;
when they came to Hebron ,
the day arose .
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And there happened to be (
note :)
Where the ten tribes contended against Judah .(:
note )
there a man of Belial ,
whose name [
was ]
Sheba ,
the son of Bichri ,
a Benjamite :
and he blew a trumpet ,
and said ,
We have no part in As they of Judah say .
David ,
neither have we inheritance in the son He thought by speaking contemptuously of the king ,
to stir the people farther to sedition ,
or else by causing Israel to depart ,
thought that they of Judah would have esteemed him less .
of Jesse :
every man to his tents ,
O Israel .
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So every man of Israel went up from after David , [
and ]
followed Sheba the son of Bichri :
but the men of Judah clave unto their king ,
from (
note :)
From Gilgal which was near Jordan .(:
note )
Jordan even to Jerusalem .
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When Dauid then came to his house to Ierusalem ,
the King tooke the ten women his concubines ,
that hee had left behinde him to keepe the house ,
and put them in warde ,
and fed them ,
but lay no more with them :
but they were enclosed vnto the day of their death ,
liuing in widowhode .
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Then said the king to (
note :)
Who was his chief captain in Joab '
s place , (
2Sa_19
:13 ).(:
note )
Amasa ,
Assemble me the men of Judah within three days ,
and be thou here present .
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So Amasa went to assemble Iudah ,
but hee taried longer then the time which he had appoynted him .
*
And David said to Abishai ,
Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than [
did ]
Absalom :
take thou thy (
note :)
Either those who had been under Joab or David '
s men .(:
note )
lord '
s servants ,
and pursue after him ,
lest he get him fenced cities ,
and escape us .
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And there went out after him Ioabs men ,
and the Cherethites and the Pelethites ,
and all the mightie men :
and they departed out of Ierusalem ,
to followe after Sheba the sonne of Bichri .
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When they [
were ]
at the great stone which [
is ]
in Gibeon ,
Amasa went before them .
And Joab '
s (
note :)
Which was his coat ,
that he used to wear in the wars .(:
note )
garment that he had put on was girded unto him ,
and upon it a girdle [
with ]
a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof ;
and as he went forth it fell out .
*
And Ioab sayde to Amasa ,
Art thou in health ,
my brother ? &
amp ;
Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him .
*
But Amasa tooke no heede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hande :
for therewith he smote him in the fift rib ,
and shed out his bowels to the ground ,
and smote him not the second time :
so he dyed .
then Ioab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the sonne of Bichri .
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And one of Joab '
s men (
note :)
He stood by Amasa at Joab '
s appointment .(:
note )
stood by him ,
and said ,
He that favoureth Joab ,
and he that [
is ]
for David , [
let him go ]
after Joab .
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And Amasa wallowed in blood in the mids of the way :
and when the man sawe that all the people stood still ,
he remooued Amasa out of the way into the fielde ,
and cast a cloth vpon him ,
because he saw that euery one that came by him ,
stoode still .
*
When hee was remoued out of the way ,
euerie man went after Ioab ,
to followe after Sheba the sonne of Bichri .
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And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel ,
and to (
note :)
To the city Abel ,
which was near Bethmaachah .(:
note )
Bethmaachah ,
and all the Berites :
and they were gathered together ,
and went also after him .
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And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah ,
and they cast up a bank against the city ,
and it stood in the trench :
and all the people that [
were ]
with Joab (
note :)
That is ,
he went about to overthrow it .(:
note )
battered the wall ,
to throw it down .
*
Then cried a wise woman out of the citie ,
Heare ,
heare ,
I pray you ,
say vnto Ioab ,
Come thou hither ,
that I may speake with thee .
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And when hee came neere vnto her ,
the woma said ,
Art thou Ioab ?
And he answered ,
Yea ;
she said to him ,
Heare the wordes of thine handmaid ;
he answered ,
I do heare .
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Then she spake ,
saying , (
note :)
She shows that the old custom was not to destroy a city before peace was offered , (
Deu_20
:10-11 ).(:
note )
They were wont to speak in old time ,
saying ,
They shall surely ask [
counsel ]
at Abel :
and so they ended [
the matter ].
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I [
am (
note :)
She speaks in the name of the city .(:
note )
one of them that are ]
peaceable [
and ]
faithful in Israel :
thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel :
why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD ?
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And Ioab answered , &
amp ;
said ,
God forbid ,
God forbid it me ,
that I should deuoure ,
or destroy it .
*
The (
note :)
Hearing his fault ,
he gave in to reason ,
and required only he that was instigator of the treason .(:
note )
matter [
is ]
not so :
but a man of mount Ephraim ,
Sheba the son of Bichri by name ,
hath lifted up his hand against the king , [
even ]
against David :
deliver him only ,
and I will depart from the city .
And the woman said unto Joab ,
Behold ,
his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall .
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Then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome ,
and they cut off the head of Sheba the sonne of Bichri ,
and cast it to Ioab :
the he blewe the trumpet ,
and they retired from the citie ,
euery man to his tent :
and Ioab returned to Ierusalem vnto the King .
*
Then Ioab was ouer all the hoste of Israel ,
and Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada ouer the Cherethites and ouer the Pelethies ,
*
And Adoram ouer the tribute ,
and Ioshaphat the sonne of Ahilud the recorder ,
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And Sheia was Scribe ,
and Zadok and Abiathar the Priests ,
*
And Ira also the Jairite was a (
note :)
Either in dignity or familiarity .(:
note )
chief ruler about David .
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Then there was a famine in the days of David three years ,
year after year ;
and David enquired of the LORD .
And the LORD answered , [
It is ]
for Saul ,
and for [
his ]
bloody house ,
because he slew the (
note :)
Thinking to gratify the people ,
because these were not of the seed of Abraham .(:
note )
Gibeonites .
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Then ye King called the Gibeonites and said vnto them . (
Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel ,
but a remnant of the Amorites ,
vnto whom ye children of Israel had sworne :
but Saul sought to slay them for his zeale toward the children of Israel and Iudah )
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Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites , (
note :)
With what may your wrath be appeased ,
that you may pray to God to remove this plague from his people .(:
note )
What shall I do for you ?
and wherewith shall I make the atonement ,
that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD ?
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And the Gibeonites said unto him ,
We will have no silver nor gold of Saul ,
nor of his house ;
neither for us shalt thou kill (
note :)
Save only of Saul '
s stock .(:
note )
any man in Israel .
And he said ,
What ye shall say , [
that ]
will I do for you .
*
Then they answered the King ,
The man that consumed vs and that imagined euill against vs ,
so that we are destroyed from remaining in any coast of Israel ,
*
Let seven men of his (
note :)
Of Saul '
s kinsmen .(:
note )
sons be delivered unto us ,
and we will hang them up To pacify the Lord .
unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul , [
whom ]
the LORD did choose .
And the king said ,
I will give [
them ].
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But the King had compassion on Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Saul ,
because of the Lordes othe ,
that was betweene them ,
euen betweene Dauid and Ionathan the sonne of Saul .
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But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah ,
whom she bare unto Saul ,
Armoni and Mephibosheth ;
and the five sons of (
note :)
Here Michal is named for Merab Adriel '
s wife ,
as it appears in (
1Sa_18
:19 )
for Michal was the wife of Paltiel , (
1Sa_25
:44 )
and never had a child (
2Sa_6
:23 ).(:
note )
Michal the daughter of Saul ,
whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite :
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And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites ,
and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD :
and they fell [
all ]
seven together ,
and were put to death in the days of harvest ,
in the (
note :)
Which was in the month Abib or Nisan which contained part of March and part of April .(:
note )
first [
days ],
in the beginning of barley harvest .
*
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took (
note :)
To make her a tent in which she prayed to God to turn away his wrath .(:
note )
sackcloth ,
and spread it for her upon the rock ,
from the beginning of harvest until Because drought was the cause of this famine ,
God by sending rain showed that he was pacified .
water dropped upon them out of heaven ,
and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day ,
nor the beasts of the field by night .
*
And it was told Dauid ,
what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah ye concubine of Saul had done .
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And Dauid went and tooke the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne from the citizens of Iabesh Gilead ,
which had stollen them from the streete of Beth-shan ,
where the Philistims had hanged them ,
when the Philistims had slaine Saul in Gilboa .
*
So hee brought thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne ,
and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged .
*
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah ,
in the sepulchre of Kish his father :
and they performed all that the king commanded .
And after that God was (
note :)
For where the government permits faults to go unpunished ,
there the plague of God lies on the land .(:
note )
intreated for the land .
*
Againe the Philistims had warre with Israel :
and Dauid went downe ,
and his seruants with him ,
and they fought against the Philistims ,
and Dauid fainted .
*
And Ishbibenob ,
which [
was ]
of the sons of (
note :)
Or ,
of Haraphah ,
the race of giants .(:
note )
the giant ,
the weight of whose spear [
weighed ]
three hundred Which amounts to 9 3 /
4 pounds . [
shekels ]
of brass in weight ,
he being girded with a new [
sword ],
thought to have slain David .
*
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him ,
and smote the Philistine ,
and killed him .
Then the men of David sware unto him ,
saying ,
Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle ,
that thou quench not the (
note :)
For the glory and wealth of the country stands in the preservation of the godly magistrate .(:
note )
light of Israel .
*
And it came to pass after this ,
that there was again a battle with the Philistines at (
note :)
Called Gezer ,
and Saph is called Sippai , (
1Ch_20
:4 ).(:
note )
Gob :
then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph ,
which [
was ]
of the sons of the giant .
*
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines ,
where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim ,
a Bethlehemite ,
slew [
the brother of ] (
note :)
That is ,
Lahmi the brother of Goliath ,
whom David slew , (
1Ch_20
:5 ).(:
note )
Goliath the Gittite ,
the staff of whose spear [
was ]
like a weaver '
s beam .
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Afterward there was also a battel in Gath ,
where was a man of a great stature ,
and had on euerie hand sixe fingers ,
and on euerie foote sixe toes ,
foure and twentie in nomber :
who was also the sonne of Haraphah .
*
And when hee reuiled Israel ,
Ionathan the sonne of Shima the brother of Dauid slewe him .
*
These foure were borne to Haraphah in Gath ,
and died by the hande of Dauid and by the hands of his seruants .
*
And David spake unto the LORD the words of this (
note :)
In token of the wonderful benefits that he received from God .(:
note )
song in the day [
that ]
the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies ,
and out of the hand of Saul :
*
And he said ,
The LORD [
is ]
my (
note :)
By the diversity of these comfortable means ,
he shows how his faith was strengthened in all temptations .(:
note )
rock ,
and my fortress ,
and my deliverer ;
*
God is my strength ,
in him will I trust :
my shielde ,
and the horne of my saluation ,
my hie tower and my refuge :
my Sauiour ,
thou hast saued me from violence .
*
I will call on the Lord ,
who is worthy to be praysed :
so shall I be safe from mine enemies .
*
When the (
note :)
As David (
who was the figure of Christ )
was by God '
s power delivered from all dangers :
so Christ and his Church will overcome most grievous dangers ,
tyranny and death .(:
note )
waves of death compassed me ,
the floods of ungodly men made me afraid ;
*
The sorowes of the graue compassed mee about :
the snares of death ouertooke mee .
*
But in my tribulation did I call vpon the Lord ,
and crie to my God ,
and he did heare my voyce out of his temple ,
and my crie did enter into his eares .
*
Then the earth trembled and quaked :
the foundations of the heauens mooued and shooke ,
because he was angrie .
*
There went up a (
note :)
That is ,
clouds ,
and vapours .(:
note )
smoke out of his nostrils ,
and Lightening and thundering .
fire out of his mouth devoured :
coals were kindled by it .
*
He (
note :)
So it seems when the air is dark .(:
note )
bowed the heavens also ,
and came down ;
and darkness [
was ]
under his feet .
*
And he rode upon a (
note :)
To fly in a moment through the world .(:
note )
cherub ,
and did fly :
and he was seen upon the wings of the wind .
*
And hee made darkenesse a Tabernacle round about him ,
euen the gatherings of waters ,
and the cloudes of the ayre .
*
Through the brightness before him were (
note :)
By this description of a tempest he declares the power of God against his enemies .(:
note )
coals of fire kindled .
*
The Lord thundred from heauen ,
and the most hie gaue his voyce .
*
He shot arrowes also ,
and scattered them :
to wit ,
lightning ,
and destroyed them .
*
And the (
note :)
He alludes to the miracle of the Red Sea .(:
note )
channels of the sea appeared ,
the foundations of the world were discovered ,
at the rebuking of the LORD ,
at the blast of the breath of his nostrils .
*
He sent from aboue ,
and tooke me :
hee drewe me out of many waters .
*
He deliuered me from my strong enemie ,
and from them that hated me :
for they were too strong for me .
*
They (
note :)
I was so beset ,
that all means seemed to fail .(:
note )
prevented me in the day of my calamity :
but the LORD was my stay .
*
And brought me foorth into a large place :
he deliuered me ,
because he fauoured me .
*
The LORD rewarded me according to my (
note :)
Toward Saul and my enemies .(:
note )
righteousness :
according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me .
*
For I have kept the ways of the LORD ,
and have not (
note :)
I attempted nothing without his commandment .(:
note )
wickedly departed from my God .
*
For all his lawes were before me ,
and his statutes :
I did not depart therefrom .
*
I was vpright also towarde him ,
and haue kept me from my wickednesse .
*
Therefore the Lord did reward me according to my righteousnesse ,
according to my purenesse before his eyes .
*
With the godly thou wilt shewe thy selfe godly :
with the vpright man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright .
*
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ;
and with the (
note :)
Their wickedness is cause that you seem to forget your usual mercy .(:
note )
froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury .
*
Thus thou wilt saue the poore people :
but thine eyes are vpon the hautie to humble them .
*
Surely thou art my light ,
O Lorde :
and the Lorde will lighten my darkenes .
*
For by thee haue I broken through an hoste ,
and by my God haue I leaped ouer a wall .
* [
As for ]
God ,
his way [
is ] (
note :)
The manner that God uses to aid his own ,
never fails .(:
note )
perfect ;
the word of the LORD [
is ]
tried :
he [
is ]
a buckler to all them that trust in him .
*
For who is God besides the Lorde ?
and who is mightie ,
saue our God ?
*
God is my strength in battel ,
and maketh my way vpright .
*
He maketh my feet like (
note :)
He uses extraordinary means to make me win most strongholds .(:
note )
hinds ' [
feet ]:
and setteth me upon my high places .
*
He teacheth mine handes to fight ,
so that a bowe of brasse is broken with mine armes .
*
Thou hast also giuen me the shield of thy saluation ,
and thy louing kindnesse hath caused me to increase .
*
Thou hast inlarged my steppes vnder me ,
and mine heeles haue not slid .
*
I haue pursued mine enemies and destroyed them ,
and haue not turned againe vntill I had consumed them .
*
Yea ,
I haue consumed them and thrust them through ,
and they shall not arise ,
but shall fall vnder my feete .
*
For thou hast (
note :)
He acknowledges that God was the author of his victories ,
who gave him strength .(:
note )
girded me with strength to battle :
them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me .
*
And thou hast giuen me the neckes of mine enemies ,
that I might destroy them that hate me .
*
They looked ,
but [
there was ]
none to save ; [
even ]
unto the (
note :)
The wicked in their time of need are forced to flee to God ,
but it is too late .(:
note )
LORD ,
but he answered them not .
*
Then did I beate them as small as the dust of the earth :
I did treade them flat as the clay of the streete ,
and did spread them abroad .
*
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my (
note :)
Meaning ,
of the Jews ,
who conspired against me .(:
note )
people ,
thou hast kept me [
to be ]
head of the heathen :
a people [
which ]
I knew not shall serve me .
*
Strangers (
note :)
Not willingly obeying me ,
but deceitfully .(:
note )
shall submit themselves unto me :
as soon as they hear ,
they shall be obedient unto me .
*
Strangers shall shrinke away ,
and feare in their priuie chambers .
*
The LORD liveth ; (
note :)
Let him show his power that he is the governor of all the world .(:
note )
and blessed [
be ]
my rock ;
and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation .
*
It is God that giueth me power to reuenge me ,
and subdue the people vnder me ,
*
And rescueth me from mine enemies : (
thou also hast lift me vp from them that rose against me ,
thou hast deliuered me from the cruell man .
*
Therefore I will praise thee ,
O Lord amog the nations ,
and will sing vnto thy Name )
*
He is the tower of saluation for his King ,
and sheweth mercie to his anointed ,
euen to Dauid ,
and to his seede for euer .
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Now these [
be ]
the (
note :)
Which he spoke after he had written the psalms .(:
note )
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 ,
*
The Spirit of the LORD spake by me ,
and his word [
was ]
in my (
note :)
Meaning ,
he spoke nothing but by the motion of God '
s Spirit .(:
note )
tongue .
*
The God of Israel spake to me ,
ye strength of Israel saide ,
Thou shalt beare rule ouer men ,
being iust ,
and ruling in the feare of God .
*
And [
he shall be ]
as the light of the morning , [
when ]
the sun riseth , [
even ]
a morning without clouds ; [
as ]
the tender (
note :)
Which grows quickly ,
and fades soon .(:
note )
grass [
springing ]
out of the earth by clear shining after rain .
*
Although my house [
be ]
not so with God ;
yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant ,
ordered in all [
things ],
and sure :
for [
this is ]
all my salvation ,
and all [
my ]
desire ,
although he make [
it ]
not to (
note :)
But that my kingdom may continue for ever according to his promise .(:
note )
grow .
*
But the wicked shalbe euery one as thornes thrust away ,
because they can not be taken with handes .
*
But the man that shall touch them ,
must be defensed with yron ,
or with the shaft of a speare :
and they shall be burnt with fire in the same place .
*
These [
be ]
the names of the mighty men whom David had :
The Tachmonite that sat in the (
note :)
As one of the king '
s counsel .(:
note )
seat ,
chief among the captains ;
the same [
was ]
Adino the Eznite : [
he lift up his spear ]
against eight hundred ,
whom he slew at one time .
*
And after him [
was ]
Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite , [
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 were (
note :)
Meaning ,
fled from the battle .(:
note )
gone away :
*
He arose ,
and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary ,
and his (
note :)
By a cramp which came from weariness and fighting .(:
note )
hand clave unto the sword :
and the LORD wrought a great victory that day ;
and the people returned after him only to spoil .
*
After him was Shammah the sonne of Age the Hararite :
for the Philistims assembled at a towne ,
where was a piece of a fielde full of lentils ,
and the people fled from the Philistims .
*
But he stood in the midst of the ground ,
and defended it ,
and slew the Philistines :
and the LORD wrought a (
note :)
Which has no respect for many or few ,
when he will show his power .(:
note )
great victory .
*
Afterward three of the thirtie captaines went downe ,
and came to Dauid in the haruest time vnto the caue of Adullam ,
and the hoste of the Philistims pitched in the valley of Rephaim .
*
And Dauid was then in an holde ,
and the garison of ye Philistims was then in Beth-lehem .
*
And David (
note :)
Being overcome with weariness and thirst .(:
note )
longed ,
and said ,
Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem ,
which [
is ]
by the gate !
*
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines ,
and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem ,
that [
was ]
by the gate ,
and took [
it ],
and brought [
it ]
to David :
nevertheless he would not drink thereof ,
but (
note :)
Bridling his affection ,
and also desiring God not to be offended for that rash enterprise .(:
note )
poured it out unto the LORD .
*
And said ,
O Lord ,
be it farre from me ,
that I should doe this .
Is not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardie of their liues ?
Therefore he woulde not drinke it .
These things did these three mightie men .
*
And Abishai the brother of Ioab ,
the sonne of Zeruiah ,
was chiefe among the three ,
and he lifted vp his speare against three hundreth ,
and slewe them ,
and he had the name among the three .
*
For he was most excellent of the three , &
amp ;
was their captaine ,
but he attained not vnto the first three .
*
And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a valiant man ,
which had done many actes ,
and was of Kabzeel ,
slewe two strong men of Moab :
he went downe also ,
and slewe a lyon in the middes of a pit in the time of snowe .
*
And he slew an Egyptian ,
a goodly man :
and the Egyptian had a (
note :)
Which was as big as a weavers beam , (
1Ch_11
:23 ).(:
note )
spear in his hand ;
but he went down to him with a staff ,
and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian '
s hand ,
and slew him with his own spear .
*
These things did Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada ,
and had the name among the three worthies .
*
He was more honourable than the (
note :)
He was more valiant than the thirty that follow and not so valiant as the six before .(:
note )
thirty ,
but he attained not to the [
first ]
three .
And David set him over his guard .
*
Asahel the brother of Ioab was one of the thirtie :
Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Beth-lehem :
*
Shammah the Harodite :
Elika ye Harodite :
*
Helez the Paltite :
Ira the sonne of Ikkesh the Tekoite :
*
Abiezer the Anethothite , (
note :)
Some of these had two names , (
1Ch_11
:29 )
and also many more are mentioned there .(:
note )
Mebunnai the Hushathite ,
*
Zalmon an Ahohite :
Maharai the Netophathite :
*
Heleb the sonne of Baanah a Netophathite :
Ittai the sonne of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Beniamin :
*
Benaiah the Pirathonite :
Hiddai of the riuer of Gaash :
*
Abi-albon the Arbathite :
Azmaueth the Barhumite :
*
Elihaba the Shaalbonite :
of the sonnes of Iashen ,
Ionathan :
*
Shammah the Hararite :
Ahiam the sonne of Sharar the Hamrite :
*
Eliphelet the sonne of Ahasbai the sonne of Maachathi :
Eliam the sonne of Ahithophel the Gilonite :
*
Hezrai the Carmelite :
Paarai the Arbite :
*
Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zobah :
Bani the Gadite :
*
Zelek the Ammonite :
Naharai the Becrothite ,
the armour bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah :
*
Ira the Ithrite :
Gareb the Ithrite :
*
Uriah the Hittite : (
note :)
These came to David ,
and helped restore him to his kingdom .(:
note )
thirty and seven in all .
*
And (
note :)
Before they were plagued with famine , (
2Sa_21
:1 ).(:
note )
again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel ,
and The Lord permitted Satan ,
as in (
1Ch_21
:2 ).
he moved David against them to say ,
Go ,
number Israel and Judah .
*
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host ,
which [
was ]
with him ,
Go now through all the tribes of Israel ,
from Dan even to Beersheba ,
and number ye the people ,
that I may know the (
note :)
Because he did this to determine his power and to trust in it ,
it offended God ,
for otherwise it was lawful to number the people , (
Exo_30
:12 ;
Num_1
:2 ).(:
note )
number of the people .
*
And Ioab saide vnto the King ,
The Lorde thy God increase the people an hundreth folde mo then they be ,
and that the eyes of my lorde the King may see it :
but why doeth my lord the King desire this thing ?
*
Notwithstanding the Kings worde preuailed against Ioab and against the captaines of the hoste :
therefore Ioab and the captaines of the hoste went out from the presence of the King to nomber the people of Israel .
*
And they passed ouer Iorden , &
amp ;
pitched in Aroer at the right side of the citie that is in the middes of the valley of Gad and toward Iazer .
*
Then they came to Gilead ,
and to Tahtim-hodshi ,
so they came to Dan Iaan ,
and so about to Zidon ,
*
And came to the fortresse of Tyrus and to all the cities of the Hiuites and of the Canaanites ,
and went towarde the South of Iudah ,
euen to Beer-sheba .
*
So when they had gone about all the lande ,
they returned to Ierusalem at the ende of nine moneths and twentie dayes .
*
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king :
and there were in Israel (
note :)
According to Joab '
s count :
for in all there were eleven hundred thousand , (
1Ch_21
:5 ).(:
note )
eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword ;
and the men of Judah [
were ]
Including the Benjamites with them ,
or else they had but four hundred and seventy thousand .
five hundred thousand men .
*
Then Dauids heart smote him ,
after that he had numbred the people :
and Dauid said vnto the Lorde ,
I haue sinned exceedingly in that I haue done :
therefore nowe ,
Lorde ,
I beseech thee ,
take away the trespasse of thy seruant :
for I haue done very foolishly .
*
For when David was up in the morning ,
the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad ,
David '
s (
note :)
Whom God had appointed for David and his time .(:
note )
seer ,
saying ,
*
Go , &
amp ;
say vnto Dauid ,
Thus saith ye Lord ,
I offer thee three thinges ,
chuse thee which of them I shall doe vnto thee .
*
So Gad came to David ,
and told him ,
and said unto him ,
Shall (
note :)
Three years of famine were past for the Gibeonites and this was the fourth year to which should have been added another three more years , (
1Ch_21
:12 ).(:
note )
seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land ?
or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies ,
while they pursue thee ?
or that there be three days '
pestilence in thy land ?
now advise ,
and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me .
*
And Dauid said vnto Gad ,
I am in a wonderfull strait :
let vs fall nowe into the hand of the Lord , (
for his mercies are great )
and let mee not fall into the hand of man .
*
So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed :
and there died of the people from (
note :)
From the one side of the country to the other .(:
note )
Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men .
*
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it ,
the LORD repented him of the evil ,
and said to the angel that destroyed the people ,
It is enough : (
note :)
The Lord spared this place ,
because he had chosen it to build his temple there .(:
note )
stay now thine hand .
And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite .
*
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people ,
and said ,
Lo ,
I have sinned ,
and I have done wickedly :
but these sheep ,
what have they (
note :)
David did not see the just cause why God plagued the people ,
and therefore he offers himself for God '
s correction as the only cause of this evil .(:
note )
done ?
let thine hand ,
I pray thee ,
be against me ,
and against my father '
s house .
*
So Gad came the same day to Dauid ,
and said vnto him ,
Go vp ,
reare an altar vnto the Lord in the threshing floore of Araunah the Iebusite .
*
And Dauid (
according to the saying of Gad )
went vp ,
as the Lord had commanded .
*
And Araunah looked ,
and sawe the King and his seruants comming towarde him ,
and Araunah went out ,
and bowed himselfe before the King on his face to the ground ,
*
And (
note :)
Called also Ornan (
1Ch_21
:20 ).(:
note )
Araunah said ,
Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant ?
And David said ,
To buy the threshingfloor of thee ,
to build an altar unto the LORD ,
that the plague may be stayed from the people .
*
Then Araunah saide vnto Dauid ,
Let my lord the King take and offer what seemeth him good in his eyes :
beholde the oxen for the burnt offring ,
and charets ,
and the instruments of the oxen for wood .
*
All these [
things ]
did Araunah , (
note :)
That is ,
abundantly ,
for as some write ,
he was king of Jerusalem before David won the tower .(:
note ) [
as ]
a king ,
give unto the king .
And Araunah said unto the king ,
The LORD thy God accept thee .
*
And the king said unto Araunah ,
Nay ;
but I will surely buy [
it ]
of thee at a price :
neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing .
So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for (
note :)
Some write that every tribe gave 50 which makes 600 ,
or that afterward he bought as much as came to 550 shekels .(:
note )
fifty shekels of silver .
*
And Dauid built there an altar vnto the Lorde ,
and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings ,
and the Lord was appeased toward ye lande ,
and the plague ceased from Israel .
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