,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  with the help of ,derek        
,andrew's text from ,january #aiib  and 
the work of ,bryan ,taylor in ,november 
#bjjb4          ,book #aj        #b     
,samuel    #aj3jja3jja ,now it came to  
pass after the death of ,saul1 when     
,david was             returned from the
 slaughter of the ,amalekites1 and      
,david had             abode two days in
 ,ziklag2    #aj3jja3jjb ,it came even  
to pass on the third day1 that1 behold1 
a man             came out of the camp  
from ,saul with his clothes rent1 and   
earth upon his head3 and so it was1 when
 he came to ,david1             that he 
fell to the earth1 and did obeisance4   
#aj3jja3jjc ,and ,david said unto him1  
,from whence comest thou8 ,and he said  
unto him1 ,out of the camp of ,israel am
 ,i escaped4    #aj3jja3jjd ,and ,david 
said unto him1 ,how went the matter8 ,i 
pray thee1             tell me4 ,and he 
answered1 ,that the people are fled from
 the             battle1 and many of the

 people also are fallen and dead2 and   
,saul and ,jonathan his son are dead    
also4    #aj3jja3jje ,and ,david said   
unto the young man that told him1 ,how  
knowest             thou that ,saul and 
,jonathan his son be dead8              
#aj3jja3jjf ,and the young man that told
 him said1 ,as ,i happened by chance    
upon mount ,gilboa1 behold1 ,saul leaned
 upon his spear2 and1             lo1   
the chariots and horsemen followed hard 
after him4    #aj3jja3jjg ,and when he  
looked behind him1 he saw me1 and called
 unto me4             ,and ,i answered1 
,here am ,i4    #aj3jja3jjh ,and he said
 unto me1 ,who art thou8 ,and ,i        
answered him1 ,i am an                  
,amalekite4    #aj3jja3jji ,he said unto
 me again1 ,stand1 ,i pray thee1 upon   
me1 and slay             me3 for anguish
 is come upon me1 because my life is yet
 whole             in me4    #aj3jja3jaj
 ,so ,i stood upon him1 and slew him1   
because ,i was sure that he             
could not live after that he was fallen3

 and ,i took the crown             that 
was upon his head1 and the bracelet that
 was on his arm1             and have   
brought them hither unto my lord4       
#aj3jja3jaa ,then ,david took hold on   
his clothes1 and rent them2 and         
likewise all the men that were with him3
    #aj3jja3jab ,and they mourned1 and  
wept1 and fasted until even1 for ,saul1 
and for ,jonathan his son1 and for the  
people of the ,,lord1 and               
for the house of ,israel2 because they  
were fallen by the             sword4   
#aj3jja3jac ,and ,david said unto the   
young man that told him1 ,whence art    
thou8 ,and he answered1 ,i am the son of
 a stranger1 an             ,amalekite4 
#aj3jja3jad ,and ,david said unto him1  
,how wast thou not afraid to stretch    
forth thine hand to destroy the ,,lord's
 anointed8    #aj3jja3jae ,and ,david   
called one of the young men1 and said1  
,go near1 and             fall upon him4
 ,and he smote him that he died4        
#aj3jja3jaf ,and ,david said unto him1  

,thy blood be upon thy head2 for thy    
mouth hath testified against thee1      
saying1 ,i have slain the               
,,lord's anointed4    #aj3jja3jag ,and  
,david lamented with this lamentation   
over ,saul and over                     
,jonathan his son3    #aj3jja3jah 7,also
 he bade them teach the children of     
,judah the use of the             bow3  
behold1 it is written in the book of    
,jasher47    #aj3jja3jai ,the beauty of 
,israel is slain upon thy high places3  
how are             the mighty fallen6  
#aj3jja3jbj ,tell it not in ,gath1      
publish it not in the streets of        
,askelon2             lest the daughters
 of the ,philistines rejoice1 lest the  
daughters of the uncircumcised triumph4 
#aj3jja3jba ,ye mountains of ,gilboa1   
let there be no dew1 neither let there  
be rain1 upon you1 nor fields of        
offerings3 for there the                
shield of the mighty is vilely cast     
away1 the shield of ,saul1              
as though he had not been anointed with 

oil4    #aj3jja3jbb ,from the blood of  
the slain1 from the fat of the mighty1  
the             bow of ,jonathan turned 
not back1 and the sword of ,saul        
returned not empty4    #aj3jja3jbc ,saul
 and ,jonathan were lovely and pleasant 
in their lives1 and             in their
 death they were not divided3 they were 
swifter than             eagles1 they   
were stronger than lions4    #aj3jja3jbd
 ,ye daughters of ,israel1 weep over    
,saul1 who clothed you in               
scarlet1 with other delights1 who put on
 ornaments of gold             upon your
 apparel4    #aj3jja3jbe ,how are the   
mighty fallen in the midst of the       
battle6 ,o             ,jonathan1 thou  
wast slain in thine high places4        
#aj3jja3jbf ,i am distressed for thee1  
my brother ,jonathan3 very pleasant     
hast thou been unto me3 thy love to me  
was wonderful1 passing             the  
love of women4    #aj3jja3jbg ,how are  
the mighty fallen1 and the weapons of   
war perished6    #aj3jjb3jja ,and it    

came to pass after this1 that ,david    
enquired of the             ,,lord1     
saying1 ,shall ,i go up into any of the 
cities of ,judah8             ,and the  
,,lord said unto him1 ,go up4 ,and      
,david said1 ,whither             shall 
,i go up8 ,and he said1 ,unto ,hebron4  
#aj3jjb3jjb ,so ,david went up thither1 
and his two wives also1 ,ahinoam the    
,jezreelitess1 and ,abigail ,nabal's    
wife the ,carmelite4    #aj3jjb3jjc ,and
 his men that were with him did ,david  
bring up1 every man             with his
 household3 and they dwelt in the cities
 of ,hebron4    #aj3jjb3jjd ,and the men
 of ,judah came1 and there they anointed
 ,david king             over the house 
of ,judah4 ,and they told ,david1       
saying1 ,that the             men of    
,jabeshgilead were they that buried     
,saul4    #aj3jjb3jje ,and ,david sent  
messengers unto the men of              
,jabeshgilead1 and             said unto
 them1 ,blessed be ye of the ,,lord1    
that ye have shewed             this    

kindness unto your lord1 even unto      
,saul1 and have buried             him4 
#aj3jjb3jjf ,and now the ,,lord shew    
kindness and truth unto you3 and ,i also
             will requite you this      
kindness1 because ye have done this     
thing4    #aj3jjb3jjg ,therefore now let
 your hands be strengthened1 and be ye  
valiant3 for your master ,saul is dead1 
and also the house of             ,judah
 have anointed me king over them4       
#aj3jjb3jjh ,but ,abner the son of ,ner1
 captain of ,saul's host1 took          
,ishbosheth the son of ,saul1 and       
brought him over to ,mahanaim2          
#aj3jjb3jji ,and made him king over     
,gilead1 and over the ,ashurites1 and   
over ,jezreel1 and over ,ephraim1 and   
over ,benjamin1 and over             all
 ,israel4    #aj3jjb3jaj ,ishbosheth    
,saul's son was forty years old when he 
began to             reign over ,israel1
 and reigned two years4 ,but the house  
of             ,judah followed ,david4  
#aj3jjb3jaa ,and the time that ,david   

was king in ,hebron over the house of   
,judah was seven years and six months4  
#aj3jjb3jab ,and ,abner the son of ,ner1
 and the servants of ,ishbosheth the    
son of ,saul1 went out from ,mahanaim to
 ,gibeon4    #aj3jjb3jac ,and ,joab the 
son of ,zeruiah1 and the servants of    
,david1 went             out1 and met   
together by the pool of ,gibeon3 and    
they sat             down1 the one on   
the one side of the pool1 and the other 
on             the other side of the    
pool4    #aj3jjb3jad ,and ,abner said to
 ,joab1 ,let the young men now arise1   
and play             before us4 ,and    
,joab said1 ,let them arise4            
#aj3jjb3jae ,then there arose and went  
over by number twelve of ,benjamin1     
which pertained to ,ishbosheth the son  
of ,saul1 and twelve of             the 
servants of ,david4    #aj3jjb3jaf ,and 
they caught every one his fellow by the 
head1 and thrust             his sword  
in his fellow's side2 so they fell down 
together3             wherefore that    

place was called ,helkathhazzurim1 which
 is in             ,gibeon4             
#aj3jjb3jag ,and there was a very sore  
battle that day2 and ,abner was         
beaten1 and the men of ,israel1 before  
the servants of ,david4    #aj3jjb3jah  
,and there were three sons of ,zeruiah  
there1 ,joab1 and ,abishai1             
and ,asahel3 and ,asahel was as light of
 foot as a wild roe4    #aj3jjb3jai ,and
 ,asahel pursued after ,abner2 and in   
going he turned not to             the  
right hand nor to the left from         
following ,abner4    #aj3jjb3jbj ,then  
,abner looked behind him1 and said1 ,art
 thou ,asahel8 ,and             he      
answered1 ,i am4    #aj3jjb3jba ,and    
,abner said to him1 ,turn thee aside to 
thy right hand or to             thy    
left1 and lay thee hold on one of the   
young men1 and take             thee his
 armour4 ,but ,asahel would not turn    
aside from             following of him4
    #aj3jjb3jbb ,and ,abner said again  
to ,asahel1 ,turn thee aside from       

following             me3 wherefore     
should ,i smite thee to the ground8 how 
then             should ,i hold up my   
face to ,joab thy brother8              
#aj3jjb3jbc ,howbeit he refused to turn 
aside3 wherefore ,abner with the        
hinder end of the spear smote him under 
the fifth rib1 that             the     
spear came out behind him2 and he fell  
down there1 and             died in the 
same place3 and it came to pass1 that as
 many as             came to the place  
where ,asahel fell down and died stood  
still4    #aj3jjb3jbd ,joab also and    
,abishai pursued after ,abner3 and the  
sun went             down when they were
 come to the hill of ,ammah1 that lieth 
before ,giah by the way of the          
wilderness of ,gibeon4    #aj3jjb3jbe   
,and the children of ,benjamin gathered 
themselves together             after   
,abner1 and became one troop1 and stood 
on the top of an             hill4      
#aj3jjb3jbf ,then ,abner called to      
,joab1 and said1 ,shall the sword devour

             for ever8 knowest thou not 
that it will be bitterness in the       
latter end8 how long shall it be then1  
ere thou bid the people                 
return from following their brethren8   
#aj3jjb3jbg ,and ,joab said1 ,as ,god   
liveth1 unless thou hadst spoken1 surely
             then in the morning the    
people had gone up every one from       
following his brother4    #aj3jjb3jbh   
,so ,joab blew a trumpet1 and all the   
people stood still1 and                 
pursued after ,israel no more1 neither  
fought they any more4    #aj3jjb3jbi    
,and ,abner and his men walked all that 
night through the plain1             and
 passed over ,jordan1 and went through  
all ,bithron1 and they             came 
to ,mahanaim4    #aj3jjb3jcj ,and ,joab 
returned from following ,abner3 and when
 he had             gathered all the    
people together1 there lacked of        
,david's             servants nineteen  
men and ,asahel4    #aj3jjb3jca ,but the
 servants of ,david had smitten of      

,benjamin1 and of             ,abner's  
men1 so that three hundred and          
threescore men died4    #aj3jjb3jcb ,and
 they took up ,asahel1 and buried him in
 the sepulchre of             his       
father1 which was in ,bethlehem4 ,and   
,joab and his men went             all  
night1 and they came to ,hebron at break
 of day4    #aj3jjc3jja ,now there was  
long war between the house of ,saul and 
the house             of ,david3 but    
,david waxed stronger and stronger1 and 
the house             of ,saul waxed    
weaker and weaker4    #aj3jjc3jjb ,and  
unto ,david were sons born in ,hebron3  
and his firstborn was                   
,amnon1 of ,ahinoam the ,jezreelitess2  
#aj3jjc3jjc ,and his second1 ,chileab1  
of ,abigail the wife of ,nabal the      
,carmelite2 and the third1 ,absalom the 
son of ,maacah the             daughter 
of ,talmai king of ,geshur2             
#aj3jjc3jjd ,and the fourth1 ,adonijah  
the son of ,haggith2 and the fifth1     
,shephatiah the son of ,abital2         

#aj3jjc3jje ,and the sixth1 ,ithream1 by
 ,eglah ,david's wife4 ,these were born 
to ,david in ,hebron4    #aj3jjc3jjf    
,and it came to pass1 while there was   
war between the house of                
,saul and the house of ,david1 that     
,abner made himself strong              
for the house of ,saul4    #aj3jjc3jjg  
,and ,saul had a concubine1 whose name  
was ,rizpah1 the daughter             of
 ,aiah3 and ,ishbosheth said to ,abner1 
,wherefore hast thou             gone in
 unto my father's concubine8            
#aj3jjc3jjh ,then was ,abner very wroth 
for the words of ,ishbosheth1 and       
said1 ,am ,i a dog's head1 which against
 ,judah do shew kindness                
this day unto the house of ,saul thy    
father1 to his brethren1             and
 to his friends1 and have not delivered 
thee into the hand             of       
,david1 that thou chargest me to day    
with a fault concerning             this
 woman8    #aj3jjc3jji ,so do ,god to   
,abner1 and more also1 except1 as the   

,,lord hath             sworn to ,david1
 even so ,i do to him2    #aj3jjc3jaj   
,to translate the kingdom from the house
 of ,saul1 and to set up             the
 throne of ,david over ,israel and over 
,judah1 from ,dan even             to   
,beersheba4    #aj3jjc3jaa ,and he could
 not answer ,abner a word again1 because
 he feared             him4             
#aj3jjc3jab ,and ,abner sent messengers 
to ,david on his behalf1 saying1        
,whose is the land8 saying also1 ,make  
thy league with me1 and1                
behold1 my hand shall be with thee1 to  
bring about all ,israel             unto
 thee4    #aj3jjc3jac ,and he said1     
,well2 ,i will make a league with thee3 
but one             thing ,i require of 
thee1 that is1 ,thou shalt not see my   
face1             except thou first     
bring ,michal ,saul's daughter1 when    
thou             comest to see my face4 
#aj3jjc3jad ,and ,david sent messengers 
to ,ishbosheth ,saul's son1 saying1     
,deliver me my wife ,michal1 which ,i   

espoused to me for an                   
hundred foreskins of the ,philistines4  
#aj3jjc3jae ,and ,ishbosheth sent1 and  
took her from her husband1 even from    
,phaltiel the son of ,laish4            
#aj3jjc3jaf ,and her husband went with  
her along weeping behind her to         
,bahurim4 ,then said ,abner unto him1   
,go1 return4 ,and he                    
returned4    #aj3jjc3jag ,and ,abner had
 communication with the elders of       
,israel1 saying1             ,ye sought 
for ,david in times past to be king over
 you3    #aj3jjc3jah ,now then do it3   
for the ,,lord hath spoken of ,david1   
saying1 ,by             the hand of my  
servant ,david ,i will save my people   
,israel out             of the hand of  
the ,philistines1 and out of the hand of
 all             their enemies4         
#aj3jjc3jai ,and ,abner also spake in   
the ears of ,benjamin3 and ,abner went  
also to speak in the ears of ,david in  
,hebron all that seemed             good
 to ,israel1 and that seemed good to the

 whole house of             ,benjamin4  
#aj3jjc3jbj ,so ,abner came to ,david to
 ,hebron1 and twenty men with him4 ,and 
,david made ,abner and the men that were
 with him a feast4    #aj3jjc3jba ,and  
,abner said unto ,david1 ,i will arise  
and go1 and will             gather all 
,israel unto my lord the king1 that they
 may make a             league with     
thee1 and that thou mayest reign over   
all that             thine heart        
desireth4 ,and ,david sent ,abner away2 
and he went             in peace4       
#aj3jjc3jbb ,and1 behold1 the servants  
of ,david and ,joab came from pursuing  
a troop1 and brought in a great spoil   
with them3 but ,abner was               
not with ,david in ,hebron2 for he had  
sent him away1 and he was               
gone in peace4    #aj3jjc3jbc ,when     
,joab and all the host that was with him
 were come1 they             told ,joab1
 saying1 ,abner the son of ,ner came to 
the king1 and             he hath sent  
him away1 and he is gone in peace4      

#aj3jjc3jbd ,then ,joab came to the     
king1 and said1 ,what hast thou done8   
behold1 ,abner came unto thee2 why is it
 that thou hast sent             him    
away1 and he is quite gone8             
#aj3jjc3jbe ,thou knowest ,abner the son
 of ,ner1 that he came to deceive       
thee1 and to know thy going out and thy 
coming in1 and to know             all  
that thou doest4    #aj3jjc3jbf ,and    
when ,joab was come out from ,david1 he 
sent messengers             after       
,abner1 which brought him again from the
 well of ,sirah3             but ,david 
knew it not4    #aj3jjc3jbg ,and when   
,abner was returned to ,hebron1 ,joab   
took him aside in             the gate  
to speak with him quietly1 and smote him
 there under             the fifth rib1 
that he died1 for the blood of ,asahel  
his             brother4    #aj3jjc3jbh 
,and afterward when ,david heard it1 he 
said1 ,i and my kingdom             are 
guiltless before the ,,lord for ever    
from the blood of ,abner             the

 son of ,ner3    #aj3jjc3jbi ,let it    
rest on the head of ,joab1 and on all   
his father's             house2 and let 
there not fail from the house of ,joab  
one that             hath an issue1 or  
that is a leper1 or that leaneth on a   
staff1             or that falleth on   
the sword1 or that lacketh bread4       
#aj3jjc3jcj ,so ,joab1 and ,abishai his 
brother slew ,abner1 because he had     
slain their brother ,asahel at ,gibeon  
in the battle4    #aj3jjc3jca ,and      
,david said to ,joab1 and to all the    
people that were with             him1  
,rend your clothes1 and gird you with   
sackcloth1 and mourn             before 
,abner4 ,and king ,david himself        
followed the bier4    #aj3jjc3jcb ,and  
they buried ,abner in ,hebron3 and the  
king lifted up his             voice1   
and wept at the grave of ,abner2 and all
 the people             wept4           
#aj3jjc3jcc ,and the king lamented over 
,abner1 and said1 ,died ,abner as a     
fool dieth8    #aj3jjc3jcd ,thy hands   

were not bound1 nor thy feet put into   
fetters3 as a             man falleth   
before wicked men1 so fellest thou4 ,and
 all the             people wept again  
over him4    #aj3jjc3jce ,and when all  
the people came to cause ,david to eat  
meat while             it was yet day1  
,david sware1 saying1 ,so do ,god to me1
 and more             also1 if ,i taste 
bread1 or ought else1 till the sun be   
down4    #aj3jjc3jcf ,and all the people
 took notice of it1 and it pleased them3
 as             whatsoever the king did 
pleased all the people4    #aj3jjc3jcg  
,for all the people and all ,israel     
understood that day that it             
was not of the king to slay ,abner the  
son of ,ner4    #aj3jjc3jch ,and the    
king said unto his servants1 ,know ye   
not that there is             a prince  
and a great man fallen this day in      
,israel8    #aj3jjc3jci ,and ,i am this 
day weak1 though anointed king2 and     
these men             the sons of       
,zeruiah be too hard for me3 the ,,lord 

shall reward             the doer of    
evil according to his wickedness4       
#aj3jjd3jja ,and when ,saul's son heard 
that ,abner was dead in ,hebron1 his    
hands were feeble1 and all the          
,israelites were troubled4              
#aj3jjd3jjb ,and ,saul's son had two men
 that were captains of bands3 the       
name of the one was ,baanah1 and the    
name of the other ,rechab1              
the sons of ,rimmon a ,beerothite1 of   
the children of ,benjamin3              
7for ,beeroth also was reckoned to      
,benjamin4    #aj3jjd3jjc ,and the      
,beerothites fled to ,gittaim1 and were 
sojourners there             until this 
day47    #aj3jjd3jjd ,and ,jonathan1    
,saul's son1 had a son that was lame of 
his feet4             ,he was five years
 old when the tidings came of ,saul and 
,jonathan out of ,jezreel1 and his nurse
 took him up1 and fled3             and 
it came to pass1 as she made haste to   
flee1 that he fell1             and     
became lame4 ,and his name was          

,mephibosheth4    #aj3jjd3jje ,and the  
sons of ,rimmon the ,beerothite1 ,rechab
 and ,baanah1             went1 and came
 about the heat of the day to the house 
of             ,ishbosheth1 who lay on a
 bed at noon4    #aj3jjd3jjf ,and they  
came thither into the midst of the      
house1 as though             they would 
have fetched wheat2 and they smote him  
under the             fifth rib3 and    
,rechab and ,baanah his brother escaped4
    #aj3jjd3jjg ,for when they came into
 the house1 he lay on his bed in his    
bedchamber1 and they smote him1 and slew
 him1 and beheaded             him1 and 
took his head1 and gat them away through
 the plain             all night4       
#aj3jjd3jjh ,and they brought the head  
of ,ishbosheth unto ,david to ,hebron1  
and said to the king1 ,behold the head  
of ,ishbosheth the son of               
,saul thine enemy1 which sought thy     
life2 and the ,,lord hath               
avenged my lord the king this day of    
,saul1 and of his seed4    #aj3jjd3jji  

,and ,david answered ,rechab and ,baanah
 his brother1 the sons of               
,rimmon the ,beerothite1 and said unto  
them1 ,as the ,,lord liveth1            
who hath redeemed my soul out of all    
adversity1    #aj3jjd3jaj ,when one told
 me1 saying1 ,behold1 ,saul is dead1    
thinking to             have brought    
good tidings1 ,i took hold of him1 and  
slew him in             ,ziklag1 who    
thought that ,i would have given him a  
reward for             his tidings3     
#aj3jjd3jaa ,how much more1 when wicked 
men have slain a righteous person       
in his own house upon his bed8 shall ,i 
not therefore now             require   
his blood of your hand1 and take you    
away from the             earth8        
#aj3jjd3jab ,and ,david commanded his   
young men1 and they slew them1 and cut  
off their hands and their feet1 and     
hanged them up over the             pool
 in ,hebron4 ,but they took the head of 
,ishbosheth1 and             buried it  
in the sepulchre of ,abner in ,hebron4  

#aj3jje3jja ,then came all the tribes of
 ,israel to ,david unto ,hebron1 and    
spake1 saying1 ,behold1 we are thy bone 
and thy flesh4    #aj3jje3jjb ,also in  
time past1 when ,saul was king over us1 
thou wast he             that leddest   
out and broughtest in ,israel3 and the  
,,lord said             to thee1 ,thou  
shalt feed my people ,israel1 and thou  
shalt be a             captain over     
,israel4    #aj3jje3jjc ,so all the     
elders of ,israel came to the king to   
,hebron2 and             king ,david    
made a league with them in ,hebron      
before the ,,lord3             and they 
anointed ,david king over ,israel4      
#aj3jje3jjd ,david was thirty years old 
when he began to reign1 and he          
reigned forty years4    #aj3jje3jje ,in 
,hebron he reigned over ,judah seven    
years and six months3             and in
 ,jerusalem he reigned thirty and three 
years over all             ,israel and  
,judah4    #aj3jje3jjf ,and the king and
 his men went to ,jerusalem unto the    

,jebusites1             the inhabitants 
of the land3 which spake unto ,david1   
saying1             ,except thou take   
away the blind and the lame1 thou shalt 
not             come in hither3         
thinking1 ,david cannot come in hither4 
#aj3jje3jjg ,nevertheless ,david took   
the strong hold of ,zion3 the same is   
the city of ,david4    #aj3jje3jjh ,and 
,david said on that day1 ,whosoever     
getteth up to the             gutter1   
and smiteth the ,jebusites1 and the lame
 and the blind             that are     
hated of ,david's soul1 he shall be     
chief and captain4                      
,wherefore they said1 ,the blind and the
 lame shall not come             into   
the house4    #aj3jje3jji ,so ,david    
dwelt in the fort1 and called it the    
city of ,david4             ,and ,david 
built round about from ,millo and       
inward4    #aj3jje3jaj ,and ,david went 
on1 and grew great1 and the ,,lord ,god 
of hosts             was with him4      
#aj3jje3jaa ,and ,hiram king of ,tyre   

sent messengers to ,david1 and cedar    
trees1 and carpenters1 and masons3 and  
they built ,david an             house4 
#aj3jje3jab ,and ,david perceived that  
the ,,lord had established him king     
over ,israel1 and that he had exalted   
his kingdom for his             people  
,israel's sake4    #aj3jje3jac ,and     
,david took him more concubines and     
wives out of ,jerusalem1                
after he was come from ,hebron3 and     
there were yet sons and                 
daughters born to ,david4    #aj3jje3jad
 ,and these be the names of those that  
were born unto him in                   
,jerusalem2 ,shammuah1 and ,shobab1 and 
,nathan1 and ,solomon1    #aj3jje3jae   
,ibhar also1 and ,elishua1 and ,nepheg1 
and ,japhia1    #aj3jje3jaf ,and        
,elishama1 and ,eliada1 and ,eliphalet4 
#aj3jje3jag ,but when the ,philistines  
heard that they had anointed ,david     
king over ,israel1 all the ,philistines 
came up to seek ,david2             and 
,david heard of it1 and went down to the

 hold4    #aj3jje3jah ,the ,philistines 
also came and spread themselves in the  
valley             of ,rephaim4         
#aj3jje3jai ,and ,david enquired of the 
,,lord1 saying1 ,shall ,i go up to the  
,philistines8 wilt thou deliver them    
into mine hand8 ,and the                
,,lord said unto ,david1 ,go up3 for ,i 
will doubtless deliver the              
,philistines into thine hand4           
#aj3jje3jbj ,and ,david came to         
,baalperazim1 and ,david smote them     
there1 and             said1 ,the ,,lord
 hath broken forth upon mine enemies    
before me1             as the breach of 
waters4 ,therefore he called the name of
 that             place ,baalperazim4   
#aj3jje3jba ,and there they left their  
images1 and ,david and his men burned   
them4    #aj3jje3jbb ,and the           
,philistines came up yet again1 and     
spread themselves             in the    
valley of ,rephaim4    #aj3jje3jbc ,and 
when ,david enquired of the ,,lord1 he  
said1 ,thou shalt not             go up2

 but fetch a compass behind them1 and   
come upon them             over against 
the mulberry trees4    #aj3jje3jbd ,and 
let it be1 when thou hearest the sound  
of a going in the             tops of   
the mulberry trees1 that then thou shalt
 bestir             thyself3 for then   
shall the ,,lord go out before thee1 to 
smite             the host of the       
,philistines4    #aj3jje3jbe ,and ,david
 did so1 as the ,,lord had commanded    
him2 and smote the                      
,philistines from ,geba until thou come 
to ,gazer4    #aj3jjf3jja ,again1 ,david
 gathered together all the chosen men of
 ,israel1             thirty thousand4  
#aj3jjf3jjb ,and ,david arose1 and went 
with all the people that were with      
him from ,baale of ,judah1 to bring up  
from thence the ark of             ,god1
 whose name is called by the name of the
 ,,lord of hosts             that       
dwelleth between the cherubims4         
#aj3jjf3jjc ,and they set the ark of    
,god upon a new cart1 and brought it    

out of the house of ,abinadab that was  
in ,gibeah3 and ,uzzah and              
,ahio1 the sons of ,abinadab1 drave the 
new cart4    #aj3jjf3jjd ,and they      
brought it out of the house of ,abinadab
 which was at             ,gibeah1      
accompanying the ark of ,god3 and ,ahio 
went before the             ark4        
#aj3jjf3jje ,and ,david and all the     
house of ,israel played before the      
,,lord             on all manner of     
instruments made of fir wood1 even on   
harps1             and on psalteries1   
and on timbrels1 and on cornets1 and on 
cymbals4    #aj3jjf3jjf ,and when they  
came to ,nachon's threshingfloor1 ,uzzah
 put forth             his hand to the  
ark of ,god1 and took hold of it2 for   
the oxen             shook it4          
#aj3jjf3jjg ,and the anger of the ,,lord
 was kindled against ,uzzah2 and ,god   
smote him there for his error2 and there
 he died by the ark of             ,god4
    #aj3jjf3jjh ,and ,david was         
displeased1 because the ,,lord had made 

a breach             upon ,uzzah3 and he
 called the name of the place           
,perezuzzah to             this day4    
#aj3jjf3jji ,and ,david was afraid of   
the ,,lord that day1 and said1 ,how     
shall             the ark of the ,,lord 
come to me8    #aj3jjf3jaj ,so ,david   
would not remove the ark of the ,,lord  
unto him into             the city of   
,david3 but ,david carried it aside into
 the house             of ,obededom the 
,gittite4    #aj3jjf3jaa ,and the ark of
 the ,,lord continued in the house of   
,obededom the             ,gittite three
 months3 and the ,,lord blessed         
,obededom1 and all             his      
household4    #aj3jjf3jab ,and it was   
told king ,david1 saying1 ,the ,,lord   
hath blessed the             house of   
,obededom1 and all that pertaineth unto 
him1 because             of the ark of  
,god4 ,so ,david went and brought up the
 ark of ,god             from the house 
of ,obededom into the city of ,david    
with             gladness4              

#aj3jjf3jac ,and it was so1 that when   
they that bare the ark of the ,,lord    
had gone six paces1 he sacrificed oxen  
and fatlings4    #aj3jjf3jad ,and ,david
 danced before the ,,lord with all his  
might2 and ,david             was girded
 with a linen ephod4    #aj3jjf3jae ,so 
,david and all the house of ,israel     
brought up the ark of the               
,,lord with shouting1 and with the sound
 of the trumpet4    #aj3jjf3jaf ,and as 
the ark of the ,,lord came into the city
 of ,david1 ,michal             ,saul's 
daughter looked through a window1 and   
saw king ,david             leaping and 
dancing before the ,,lord2 and she      
despised him in             her heart4  
#aj3jjf3jag ,and they brought in the ark
 of the ,,lord1 and set it in his       
place1 in the midst of the tabernacle   
that ,david had pitched             for 
it3 and ,david offered burnt offerings  
and peace offerings             before  
the ,,lord4    #aj3jjf3jah ,and as soon 
as ,david had made an end of offering   

burnt             offerings and peace   
offerings1 he blessed the people in the 
name of the ,,lord of hosts4            
#aj3jjf3jai ,and he dealt among all the 
people1 even among the whole            
multitude of ,israel1 as well to the    
women as men1 to every one             a
 cake of bread1 and a good piece of     
flesh1 and a flagon of             wine4
 ,so all the people departed every one  
to his house4    #aj3jjf3jbj ,then      
,david returned to bless his household4 
,and ,michal the             daughter of
 ,saul came out to meet ,david1 and     
said1 ,how             glorious was the 
king of ,israel to day1 who uncovered   
himself             to day in the eyes  
of the handmaids of his servants1 as one
 of             the vain fellows        
shamelessly uncovereth himself6         
#aj3jjf3jba ,and ,david said unto       
,michal1 ,it was before the ,,lord1     
which             chose me before thy   
father1 and before all his house1 to    
appoint me ruler over the people of the 

,,lord1 over ,israel3                   
therefore will ,i play before the       
,,lord4    #aj3jjf3jbb ,and ,i will yet 
be more vile than thus1 and will be base
 in             mine own sight3 and of  
the maidservants which thou hast spoken 
of1 of them shall ,i be had in honour4  
#aj3jjf3jbc ,therefore ,michal the      
daughter of ,saul had no child unto the 
day of her death4    #aj3jjg3jja ,and it
 came to pass1 when the king sat in his 
house1 and the             ,,lord had   
given him rest round about from all his 
enemies2    #aj3jjg3jjb ,that the king  
said unto ,nathan the prophet1 ,see now1
 ,i dwell             in an house of    
cedar1 but the ark of ,god dwelleth     
within             curtains4            
#aj3jjg3jjc ,and ,nathan said to the    
king1 ,go1 do all that is in thine      
heart2 for the ,,lord is with thee4     
#aj3jjg3jjd ,and it came to pass that   
night1 that the word of the ,,lord came 
unto ,nathan1 saying1    #aj3jjg3jje ,go
 and tell my servant ,david1 ,thus saith

 the ,,lord1 ,shalt thou                
build me an house for me to dwell in8   
#aj3jjg3jjf ,whereas ,i have not dwelt  
in any house since the time that ,i     
brought up the children of ,israel out  
of ,egypt1 even to this             day1
 but have walked in a tent and in a     
tabernacle4    #aj3jjg3jjg ,in all the  
places wherein ,i have walked with all  
the children             of ,israel     
spake ,i a word with any of the tribes  
of ,israel1             whom ,i         
commanded to feed my people ,israel1    
saying1 ,why build             ye not me
 an house of cedar8    #aj3jjg3jjh ,now 
therefore so shalt thou say unto my     
servant ,david1 ,thus             saith 
the ,,lord of hosts1 ,i took thee from  
the sheepcote1 from                     
following the sheep1 to be ruler over my
 people1 over ,israel3    #aj3jjg3jji   
,and ,i was with thee whithersoever thou
 wentest1 and have cut             off  
all thine enemies out of thy sight1 and 
have made thee a             great name1

 like unto the name of the great men    
that are in             the earth4      
#aj3jjg3jaj ,moreover ,i will appoint a 
place for my people ,israel1 and will   
plant them1 that they may dwell in a    
place of their own1 and             move
 no more2 neither shall the children of 
wickedness afflict             them any 
more1 as beforetime1    #aj3jjg3jaa ,and
 as since the time that ,i commanded    
judges to be over my             people 
,israel1 and have caused thee to rest   
from all thine             enemies4     
,also the ,,lord telleth thee that he   
will make thee an             house4    
#aj3jjg3jab ,and when thy days be       
fulfilled1 and thou shalt sleep with thy
             fathers1 ,i will set up thy
 seed after thee1 which shall           
proceed out of thy bowels1 and ,i will  
establish his kingdom4    #aj3jjg3jac   
,he shall build an house for my name1   
and ,i will stablish the                
throne of his kingdom for ever4         
#aj3jjg3jad ,i will be his father1 and  

he shall be my son4 ,if he commit       
iniquity1 ,i will chasten him with the  
rod of men1 and with the                
stripes of the children of men3         
#aj3jjg3jae ,but my mercy shall not     
depart away from him1 as ,i took it from
             ,saul1 whom ,i put away    
before thee4    #aj3jjg3jaf ,and thine  
house and thy kingdom shall be          
established for ever             before 
thee3 thy throne shall be established   
for ever4    #aj3jjg3jag ,according to  
all these words1 and according to all   
this             vision1 so did ,nathan 
speak unto ,david4    #aj3jjg3jah ,then 
went king ,david in1 and sat before the 
,,lord1 and he said1             ,who am
 ,i1 ,o ,lord ,,god8 and what is my     
house1 that thou hast                   
brought me hitherto8    #aj3jjg3jai ,and
 this was yet a small thing in thy      
sight1 ,o ,lord ,,god2 but              
thou hast spoken also of thy servant's  
house for a great while             to  
come4 ,and is this the manner of man1 ,o

 ,lord ,,god8    #aj3jjg3jbj ,and what  
can ,david say more unto thee8 for thou1
 ,lord ,,god1             knowest thy   
servant4    #aj3jjg3jba ,for thy word's 
sake1 and according to thine own heart1 
hast             thou done all these    
great things1 to make thy servant know  
them4    #aj3jjg3jbb ,wherefore thou art
 great1 ,o ,,lord ,god3 for there is    
none like             thee1 neither is  
there any ,god beside thee1 according to
 all             that we have heard with
 our ears4    #aj3jjg3jbc ,and what one 
nation in the earth is like thy people1 
even like             ,israel1 whom ,god
 went to redeem for a people to himself1
 and             to make him a name1 and
 to do for you great things and         
terrible1 for thy land1 before thy      
people1 which thou                      
redeemedst to thee from ,egypt1 from the
 nations and their             gods8    
#aj3jjg3jbd ,for thou hast confirmed to 
thyself thy people ,israel to be a      
people unto thee for ever3 and thou1    

,,lord1 art become their                
,god4    #aj3jjg3jbe ,and now1 ,o ,,lord
 ,god1 the word that thou hast spoken   
concerning             thy servant1 and 
concerning his house1 establish it for  
ever1             and do as thou hast   
said4    #aj3jjg3jbf ,and let thy name  
be magnified for ever1 saying1 ,the     
,,lord of             hosts is the ,god 
over ,israel3 and let the house of thy  
servant             ,david be           
established before thee4    #aj3jjg3jbg 
,for thou1 ,o ,,lord of hosts1 ,god of  
,israel1 hast revealed to thy           
servant1 saying1 ,i will build thee an  
house3 therefore hath             thy   
servant found in his heart to pray this 
prayer unto thee4    #aj3jjg3jbh ,and   
now1 ,o ,lord ,,god1 thou art that ,god1
 and thy words be true1             and 
thou hast promised this goodness unto   
thy servant3    #aj3jjg3jbi ,therefore  
now let it please thee to bless the     
house of thy             servant1 that  
it may continue for ever before thee3   

for thou1             ,o ,lord ,,god1   
hast spoken it3 and with thy blessing   
let the             house of thy servant
 be blessed for ever4    #aj3jjh3jja    
,and after this it came to pass that    
,david smote the                        
,philistines1 and subdued them3 and     
,david took ,methegammah out            
of the hand of the ,philistines4        
#aj3jjh3jjb ,and he smote ,moab1 and    
measured them with a line1 casting them 
down to the ground2 even with two lines 
measured he to put to             death1
 and with one full line to keep alive4  
,and so the             ,moabites became
 ,david's servants1 and brought gifts4  
#aj3jjh3jjc ,david smote also           
,hadadezer1 the son of ,rehob1 king of  
,zobah1             as he went to       
recover his border at the river         
,euphrates4    #aj3jjh3jjd ,and ,david  
took from him a thousand chariots1 and  
seven hundred             horsemen1 and 
twenty thousand footmen3 and ,david     
houghed all             the chariot     

horses1 but reserved of them for an     
hundred             chariots4           
#aj3jjh3jje ,and when the ,syrians of   
,damascus came to succour ,hadadezer    
king of ,zobah1 ,david slew of the      
,syrians two and twenty                 
thousand men4    #aj3jjh3jjf ,then      
,david put garrisons in ,syria of       
,damascus3 and the ,syrians             
became servants to ,david1 and brought  
gifts4 ,and the ,,lord                  
preserved ,david whithersoever he went4 
#aj3jjh3jjg ,and ,david took the shields
 of gold that were on the servants      
of ,hadadezer1 and brought them to      
,jerusalem4    #aj3jjh3jjh ,and from    
,betah1 and from ,berothai1 cities of   
,hadadezer1 king             ,david took
 exceeding much brass4    #aj3jjh3jji   
,when ,toi king of ,hamath heard that   
,david had smitten all the              
host of ,hadadezer1    #aj3jjh3jaj ,then
 ,toi sent ,joram his son unto king     
,david1 to salute him1             and  
to bless him1 because he had fought     

against ,hadadezer1 and                 
smitten him3 for ,hadadezer had wars    
with ,toi4 ,and ,joram                  
brought with him vessels of silver1 and 
vessels of gold1 and             vessels
 of brass3    #aj3jjh3jaa ,which also   
king ,david did dedicate unto the       
,,lord1 with the             silver and 
gold that he had dedicated of all       
nations which he             subdued2   
#aj3jjh3jab ,of ,syria1 and of ,moab1   
and of the children of ,ammon1 and of   
the ,philistines1 and of ,amalek1 and of
 the spoil of ,hadadezer1               
son of ,rehob1 king of ,zobah4          
#aj3jjh3jac ,and ,david gat him a name  
when he returned from smiting of the    
,syrians in the valley of salt1 being   
eighteen thousand men4    #aj3jjh3jad   
,and he put garrisons in ,edom2         
throughout all ,edom put he             
garrisons1 and all they of ,edom became 
,david's servants4 ,and             the 
,,lord preserved ,david whithersoever he
 went4    #aj3jjh3jae ,and ,david       

reigned over all ,israel2 and ,david    
executed judgment             and       
justice unto all his people4            
#aj3jjh3jaf ,and ,joab the son of       
,zeruiah was over the host2 and         
,jehoshaphat             the son of     
,ahilud was recorder2    #aj3jjh3jag    
,and ,zadok the son of ,ahitub1 and     
,ahimelech the son of                   
,abiathar1 were the priests2 and        
,seraiah was the scribe2    #aj3jjh3jah 
,and ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada was  
over both the ,cherethites              
and the ,pelethites2 and ,david's sons  
were chief rulers4    #aj3jji3jja ,and  
,david said1 ,is there yet any that is  
left of the house of             ,saul1 
that ,i may shew him kindness for       
,jonathan's sake8    #aj3jji3jjb ,and   
there was of the house of ,saul a       
servant whose name was                  
,ziba4 ,and when they had called him    
unto ,david1 the king said              
unto him1 ,art thou ,ziba8 ,and he said1
 ,thy servant is he4    #aj3jji3jjc ,and

 the king said1 ,is there not yet any of
 the house of ,saul1             that ,i
 may shew the kindness of ,god unto him8
 ,and ,ziba said             unto the   
king1 ,jonathan hath yet a son1 which is
 lame on his             feet4          
#aj3jji3jjd ,and the king said unto him1
 ,where is he8 ,and ,ziba said unto     
the king1 ,behold1 he is in the house of
 ,machir1 the son of                    
,ammiel1 in ,lodebar4    #aj3jji3jje    
,then king ,david sent1 and fetched him 
out of the house of             ,machir1
 the son of ,ammiel1 from ,lodebar4     
#aj3jji3jjf ,now when ,mephibosheth1 the
 son of ,jonathan1 the son of ,saul1    
was come unto ,david1 he fell on his    
face1 and did reverence4                
,and ,david said1 ,mephibosheth4 ,and he
 answered1 ,behold thy                  
servant6    #aj3jji3jjg ,and ,david said
 unto him1 ,fear not3 for ,i will surely
 shew thee             kindness for     
,jonathan thy father's sake1 and will   
restore thee             all the land of

 ,saul thy father2 and thou shalt eat   
bread at             my table           
continually4    #aj3jji3jjh ,and he     
bowed himself1 and said1 ,what is thy   
servant1 that thou             shouldest
 look upon such a dead dog as ,i am8    
#aj3jji3jji ,then the king called to    
,ziba1 ,saul's servant1 and said unto   
him1 ,i have given unto thy master's son
 all that pertained to             ,saul
 and to all his house4    #aj3jji3jaj   
,thou therefore1 and thy sons1 and thy  
servants1 shall till the                
land for him1 and thou shalt bring in   
the fruits1 that thy                    
master's son may have food to eat3 but  
,mephibosheth thy             master's  
son shall eat bread alway at my table4  
,now ,ziba had             fifteen sons 
and twenty servants4    #aj3jji3jaa     
,then said ,ziba unto the king1         
,according to all that my lord          
the king hath commanded his servant1 so 
shall thy servant do4             ,as   
for ,mephibosheth1 said the king1 he    

shall eat at my table1             as   
one of the king's sons4    #aj3jji3jab  
,and ,mephibosheth had a young son1     
whose name was ,micha4 ,and             
all that dwelt in the house of ,ziba    
were servants unto                      
,mephibosheth4    #aj3jji3jac ,so       
,mephibosheth dwelt in ,jerusalem3 for  
he did eat continually             at   
the king's table2 and was lame on both  
his feet4    #aj3jaj3jja ,and it came to
 pass after this1 that the king of the  
children             of ,ammon died1 and
 ,hanun his son reigned in his stead4   
#aj3jaj3jjb ,then said ,david1 ,i will  
shew kindness unto ,hanun the son of    
,nahash1 as his father shewed kindness  
unto me4 ,and ,david sent             to
 comfort him by the hand of his servants
 for his father4 ,and                   
,david's servants came into the land of 
the children of ,ammon4    #aj3jaj3jjc  
,and the princes of the children of     
,ammon said unto ,hanun their           
lord1 ,thinkest thou that ,david doth   

honour thy father1 that he              
hath sent comforters unto thee8 hath not
 ,david rather sent his                 
servants unto thee1 to search the city1 
and to spy it out1 and             to   
overthrow it8    #aj3jaj3jjd ,wherefore 
,hanun took ,david's servants1 and      
shaved off the one             half of  
their beards1 and cut off their garments
 in the             middle1 even to     
their buttocks1 and sent them away4     
#aj3jaj3jje ,when they told it unto     
,david1 he sent to meet them1 because   
the men were greatly ashamed3 and the   
king said1 ,tarry at                    
,jericho until your beards be grown1 and
 then return4    #aj3jaj3jjf ,and when  
the children of ,ammon saw that they    
stank before             ,david1 the    
children of ,ammon sent and hired the   
,syrians of             ,bethrehob and  
the ,syrians of ,zoba1 twenty thousand  
footmen1             and of king ,maacah
 a thousand men1 and of ,ishtob twelve  
thousand men4    #aj3jaj3jjg ,and when  

,david heard of it1 he sent ,joab1 and  
all the host of             the mighty  
men4    #aj3jaj3jjh ,and the children of
 ,ammon came out1 and put the battle in 
array at the entering in of the gate3   
and the ,syrians of ,zoba1              
and of ,rehob1 and ,ishtob1 and ,maacah1
 were by themselves in             the  
field4    #aj3jaj3jji ,when ,joab saw   
that the front of the battle was against
 him             before and behind1 he  
chose of all the choice men of ,israel1 
and put them in array against the       
,syrians3    #aj3jaj3jaj ,and the rest  
of the people he delivered into the hand
 of             ,abishai his brother1   
that he might put them in array against 
the children of ,ammon4    #aj3jaj3jaa  
,and he said1 ,if the ,syrians be too   
strong for me1 then thou                
shalt help me3 but if the children of   
,ammon be too strong for                
thee1 then ,i will come and help thee4  
#aj3jaj3jab ,be of good courage1 and let
 us play the men for our people1        

and for the cities of our ,god3 and the 
,,lord do that which             seemeth
 him good4    #aj3jaj3jac ,and ,joab    
drew nigh1 and the people that were with
 him1 unto             the battle       
against the ,syrians3 and they fled     
before him4    #aj3jaj3jad ,and when the
 children of ,ammon saw that the        
,syrians were fled1             then    
fled they also before ,abishai1 and     
entered into the city4             ,so  
,joab returned from the children of     
,ammon1 and came to                     
,jerusalem4    #aj3jaj3jae ,and when the
 ,syrians saw that they were smitten    
before ,israel1             they        
gathered themselves together4           
#aj3jaj3jaf ,and ,hadarezer sent1 and   
brought out the ,syrians that were      
beyond the river3 and they came to      
,helam2 and ,shobach the                
captain of the host of ,hadarezer went  
before them4    #aj3jaj3jag ,and when it
 was told ,david1 he gathered all       
,israel together1             and passed

 over ,jordan1 and came to ,helam4 ,and 
the ,syrians set             themselves 
in array against ,david1 and fought with
 him4    #aj3jaj3jah ,and the ,syrians  
fled before ,israel2 and ,david slew the
 men of             seven hundred       
chariots of the ,syrians1 and forty     
thousand             horsemen1 and smote
 ,shobach the captain of their host1 who
             died there4    #aj3jaj3jai 
,and when all the kings that were       
servants to ,hadarezer saw              
that they were smitten before ,israel1  
they made peace with                    
,israel1 and served them4 ,so the       
,syrians feared to help the             
children of ,ammon any more4            
#aj3jaa3jja ,and it came to pass1 after 
the year was expired1 at the time       
when kings go forth to battle1 that     
,david sent ,joab1 and his              
servants with him1 and all ,israel2 and 
they destroyed the             children 
of ,ammon1 and besieged ,rabbah4 ,but   
,david tarried             still at     

,jerusalem4    #aj3jaa3jjb ,and it came 
to pass in an eveningtide1 that ,david  
arose from             off his bed1 and 
walked upon the roof of the king's      
house3 and             from the roof he 
saw a woman washing herself2 and the    
woman             was very beautiful to 
look upon4    #aj3jaa3jjc ,and ,david   
sent and enquired after the woman4 ,and 
one said1 ,is             not this      
,bathsheba1 the daughter of ,eliam1 the 
wife of ,uriah             the ,hittite8
    #aj3jaa3jjd ,and ,david sent        
messengers1 and took her2 and she came  
in unto             him1 and he lay with
 her2 for she was purified from her     
uncleanness3 and she returned unto her  
house4    #aj3jaa3jje ,and the woman    
conceived1 and sent and told ,david1 and
 said1 ,i             am with child4    
#aj3jaa3jjf ,and ,david sent to ,joab1  
saying1 ,send me ,uriah the ,hittite4   
,and             ,joab sent ,uriah to   
,david4    #aj3jaa3jjg ,and when ,uriah 
was come unto him1 ,david demanded of   

him how             ,joab did1 and how  
the people did1 and how the war         
prospered4    #aj3jaa3jjh ,and ,david   
said to ,uriah1 ,go down to thy house1  
and wash thy             feet4 ,and     
,uriah departed out of the king's house1
 and there             followed him a   
mess of meat from the king4             
#aj3jaa3jji ,but ,uriah slept at the    
door of the king's house with all the   
servants of his lord1 and went not down 
to his house4    #aj3jaa3jaj ,and when  
they had told ,david1 saying1 ,uriah    
went not down unto             his      
house1 ,david said unto ,uriah1 ,camest 
thou not from thy             journey8  
why then didst thou not go down unto    
thine house8    #aj3jaa3jaa ,and ,uriah 
said unto ,david1 ,the ark1 and ,israel1
 and ,judah1             abide in tents2
 and my lord ,joab1 and the servants of 
my lord1             are encamped in the
 open fields2 shall ,i then go into mine
             house1 to eat and to drink1
 and to lie with my wife8 as thou       

livest1 and as thy soul liveth1 ,i will 
not do this thing4    #aj3jaa3jab ,and  
,david said to ,uriah1 ,tarry here to   
day also1 and to morrow             ,i  
will let thee depart4 ,so ,uriah abode  
in ,jerusalem that day1             and 
the morrow4    #aj3jaa3jac ,and when    
,david had called him1 he did eat and   
drink before             him2 and he    
made him drunk3 and at even he went out 
to lie on             his bed with the  
servants of his lord1 but went not down 
to             his house4    #aj3jaa3jad
 ,and it came to pass in the morning1   
that ,david wrote a letter              
to ,joab1 and sent it by the hand of    
,uriah4    #aj3jaa3jae ,and he wrote in 
the letter1 saying1 ,set ye ,uriah in   
the             forefront of the hottest
 battle1 and retire ye from him1 that   
he may be smitten1 and die4             
#aj3jaa3jaf ,and it came to pass1 when  
,joab observed the city1 that he        
assigned ,uriah unto a place where he   
knew that valiant men             were4 

#aj3jaa3jag ,and the men of the city    
went out1 and fought with ,joab3 and    
there fell some of the people of the    
servants of ,david2 and                 
,uriah the ,hittite died also4          
#aj3jaa3jah ,then ,joab sent and told   
,david all the things concerning the    
war2    #aj3jaa3jai ,and charged the    
messenger1 saying1 ,when thou hast made 
an end             of telling the       
matters of the war unto the king1       
#aj3jaa3jbj ,and if so be that the      
king's wrath arise1 and he say unto     
thee1 ,wherefore approached ye so nigh  
unto the city when ye             did   
fight8 knew ye not that they would shoot
 from the wall8    #aj3jaa3jba ,who     
smote ,abimelech the son of             
,jerubbesheth8 did not a woman          
cast a piece of a millstone upon him    
from the wall1 that he             died 
in ,thebez8 why went ye nigh the wall8  
then say thou1 ,thy             servant 
,uriah the ,hittite is dead also4       
#aj3jaa3jbb ,so the messenger went1 and 

came and shewed ,david all that ,joab   
had sent him for4    #aj3jaa3jbc ,and   
the messenger said unto ,david1 ,surely 
the men prevailed             against   
us1 and came out unto us into the field1
 and we were             upon them even 
unto the entering of the gate4          
#aj3jaa3jbd ,and the shooters shot from 
off the wall upon thy servants2 and     
some of the king's servants be dead1 and
 thy servant ,uriah the                 
,hittite is dead also4    #aj3jaa3jbe   
,then ,david said unto the messenger1   
,thus shalt thou say unto               
,joab1 ,let not this thing displease    
thee1 for the sword                     
devoureth one as well as another3 make  
thy battle more strong                  
against the city1 and overthrow it3 and 
encourage thou him4    #aj3jaa3jbf ,and 
when the wife of ,uriah heard that      
,uriah her husband was             dead1
 she mourned for her husband4           
#aj3jaa3jbg ,and when the mourning was  
past1 ,david sent and fetched her to    

his house1 and she became his wife1 and 
bare him a son4 ,but             the    
thing that ,david had done displeased   
the ,,lord4    #aj3jab3jja ,and the     
,,lord sent ,nathan unto ,david4 ,and he
 came unto him1 and             said    
unto him1 ,there were two men in one    
city2 the one rich1             and the 
other poor4    #aj3jab3jjb ,the rich man
 had exceeding many flocks and herds3   
#aj3jab3jjc ,but the poor man had       
nothing1 save one little ewe lamb1 which
             he had bought and nourished
 up3 and it grew up together with       
him1 and with his children2 it did eat  
of his own meat1 and             drank  
of his own cup1 and lay in his bosom1   
and was unto him             as a       
daughter4    #aj3jab3jjd ,and there came
 a traveller unto the rich man1 and he  
spared to             take of his own   
flock and of his own herd1 to dress for 
the             wayfaring man that was  
come unto him2 but took the poor man's  
lamb1 and dressed it for the man that   

was come to him4    #aj3jab3jje ,and    
,david's anger was greatly kindled      
against the man2 and he             said
 to ,nathan1 ,as the ,,lord liveth1 the 
man that hath done             this     
thing shall surely die3    #aj3jab3jjf  
,and he shall restore the lamb fourfold1
 because he did this             thing1 
and because he had no pity4             
#aj3jab3jjg ,and ,nathan said to ,david1
 ,thou art the man4 ,thus saith the     
,,lord ,god of ,israel1 ,i anointed thee
 king over ,israel1 and ,i              
delivered thee out of the hand of ,saul2
    #aj3jab3jjh ,and ,i gave thee thy   
master's house1 and thy master's wives  
into thy bosom1 and gave thee the house 
of ,israel and of             ,judah2   
and if that had been too little1 ,i     
would moreover have             given   
unto thee such and such things4         
#aj3jab3jji ,wherefore hast thou        
despised the commandment of the ,,lord1 
to             do evil in his sight8    
thou hast killed ,uriah the ,hittite    

with             the sword1 and hast    
taken his wife to be thy wife1 and hast 
slain him with the sword of the children
 of ,ammon4    #aj3jab3jaj ,now         
therefore the sword shall never depart  
from thine house2             because   
thou hast despised me1 and hast taken   
the wife of             ,uriah the      
,hittite to be thy wife4    #aj3jab3jaa 
,thus saith the ,,lord1 ,behold1 ,i will
 raise up evil against thee             
out of thine own house1 and ,i will take
 thy wives before thine                 
eyes1 and give them unto thy neighbour1 
and he shall lie with             thy   
wives in the sight of this sun4         
#aj3jab3jab ,for thou didst it secretly3
 but ,i will do this thing before       
all ,israel1 and before the sun4        
#aj3jab3jac ,and ,david said unto       
,nathan1 ,i have sinned against the     
,,lord4             ,and ,nathan said   
unto ,david1 ,the ,,lord also hath put  
away thy             sin2 thou shalt not
 die4    #aj3jab3jad ,howbeit1 because  

by this deed thou hast given great      
occasion             to the enemies of  
the ,,lord to blaspheme1 the child also 
that             is born unto thee shall
 surely die4    #aj3jab3jae ,and ,nathan
 departed unto his house4 ,and the      
,,lord struck the             child that
 ,uriah's wife bare unto ,david1 and it 
was very sick4    #aj3jab3jaf ,david    
therefore besought ,god for the child2  
and ,david fasted1             and went 
in1 and lay all night upon the earth4   
#aj3jab3jag ,and the elders of his house
 arose1 and went to him1 to raise       
him up from the earth3 but he would not1
 neither did he eat             bread   
with them4    #aj3jab3jah ,and it came  
to pass on the seventh day1 that the    
child died4             ,and the        
servants of ,david feared to tell him   
that the child             was dead3 for
 they said1 ,behold1 while the child was
 yet             alive1 we spake unto   
him1 and he would not hearken unto our  
voice3 how will he then vex himself1 if 

we tell him that the             child  
is dead8    #aj3jab3jai ,but when ,david
 saw that his servants whispered1 ,david
             perceived that the child   
was dead3 therefore ,david said unto    
his servants1 ,is the child dead8 ,and  
they said1 ,he is dead4    #aj3jab3jbj  
,then ,david arose from the earth1 and  
washed1 and anointed                    
himself1 and changed his apparel1 and   
came into the house of             the  
,,lord1 and worshipped3 then he came to 
his own house2 and             when he  
required1 they set bread before him1 and
 he did eat4    #aj3jab3jba ,then said  
his servants unto him1 ,what thing is   
this that thou             hast done8   
thou didst fast and weep for the child1 
while it             was alive2 but when
 the child was dead1 thou didst rise and
             eat bread4    #aj3jab3jbb  
,and he said1 ,while the child was yet  
alive1 ,i fasted and wept3              
for ,i said1 ,who can tell whether ,,god
 will be gracious to me1                

that the child may live8    #aj3jab3jbc 
,but now he is dead1 wherefore should ,i
 fast8 can ,i bring him             back
 again8 ,i shall go to him1 but he shall
 not return to me4    #aj3jab3jbd ,and  
,david comforted ,bathsheba his wife1   
and went in unto her1             and   
lay with her3 and she bare a son1 and he
 called his name             ,solomon3  
and the ,,lord loved him4    #aj3jab3jbe
 ,and he sent by the hand of ,nathan the
 prophet2 and he called             his 
name ,jedidiah1 because of the ,,lord4  
#aj3jab3jbf ,and ,joab fought against   
,rabbah of the children of ,ammon1 and  
took the royal city4    #aj3jab3jbg ,and
 ,joab sent messengers to ,david1 and   
said1 ,i have fought             against
 ,rabbah1 and have taken the city of    
waters4    #aj3jab3jbh ,now therefore   
gather the rest of the people together1 
and             encamp against the city1
 and take it3 lest ,i take the city1    
and it be called after my name4         
#aj3jab3jbi ,and ,david gathered all the

 people together1 and went to           
,rabbah1 and fought against it1 and took
 it4    #aj3jab3jcj ,and he took their  
king's crown from off his head1 the     
weight             whereof was a talent 
of gold with the precious stones3 and it
             was set on ,david's head4  
,and he brought forth the spoil of the  
city in great abundance4    #aj3jab3jca 
,and he brought forth the people that   
were therein1 and put             them  
under saws1 and under harrows of iron1  
and under axes of             iron1 and 
made them pass through the brick-kiln3  
and thus did             he unto all the
 cities of the children of ,ammon4 ,so  
,david and             all the people   
returned unto ,jerusalem4    #aj3jac3jja
 ,and it came to pass after this1 that  
,absalom the son of ,david              
had a fair sister1 whose name was       
,tamar2 and ,amnon the son of           
,david loved her4    #aj3jac3jjb ,and   
,amnon was so vexed1 that he fell sick  
for his sister             ,tamar2 for  

she was a virgin2 and ,amnon thought it 
hard for him             to do anything 
to her4    #aj3jac3jjc ,but ,amnon had a
 friend1 whose name was ,jonadab1 the   
son of             ,shimeah ,david's    
brother3 and ,jonadab was a very subtil 
man4    #aj3jac3jjd ,and he said unto   
him1 ,why art thou1 being the king's    
son1 lean             from day to day8  
wilt thou not tell me8 ,and ,amnon said 
unto             him1 ,i love ,tamar1 my
 brother ,absalom's sister4             
#aj3jac3jje ,and ,jonadab said unto him1
 ,lay thee down on thy bed1 and make    
thyself sick3 and when thy father cometh
 to see thee1 say unto             him1 
,i pray thee1 let my sister ,tamar come1
 and give me meat1             and dress
 the meat in my sight1 that ,i may see  
it1 and eat it             at her hand4 
#aj3jac3jjf ,so ,amnon lay down1 and    
made himself sick3 and when the king    
was come to see him1 ,amnon said unto   
the king1 ,i pray thee1             let 
,tamar my sister come1 and make me a    

couple of cakes in my             sight1
 that ,i may eat at her hand4           
#aj3jac3jjg ,then ,david sent home to   
,tamar1 saying1 ,go now to thy brother  
,amnon's house1 and dress him meat4     
#aj3jac3jjh ,so ,tamar went to her      
brother ,amnon's house2 and he was laid 
down4 ,and she took flour1 and kneaded  
it1 and made cakes in             his   
sight1 and did bake the cakes4          
#aj3jac3jji ,and she took a pan1 and    
poured them out before him2 but he      
refused to eat4 ,and ,amnon said1 ,have 
out all men from me4 ,and               
they went out every man from him4       
#aj3jac3jaj ,and ,amnon said unto       
,tamar1 ,bring the meat into the        
chamber1             that ,i may eat of 
thine hand4 ,and ,tamar took the cakes  
which             she had made1 and     
brought them into the chamber to ,amnon 
her             brother4    #aj3jac3jaa 
,and when she had brought them unto him 
to eat1 he took hold of             her1
 and said unto her1 ,come lie with me1  

my sister4    #aj3jac3jab ,and she      
answered him1 ,nay1 my brother1 do not  
force me2 for no             such thing 
ought to be done in ,israel3 do not thou
 this folly4    #aj3jac3jac ,and ,i1    
whither shall ,i cause my shame to go8  
and as for thee1             thou shalt 
be as one of the fools in ,israel4 ,now 
therefore1 ,i             pray thee1    
speak unto the king2 for he will not    
withhold me             from thee4      
#aj3jac3jad ,howbeit he would not       
hearken unto her voice3 but1 being      
stronger than she1 forced her1 and lay  
with her4    #aj3jac3jae ,then ,amnon   
hated her exceedingly2 so that the      
hatred wherewith             he hated   
her was greater than the love wherewith 
he had loved             her4 ,and      
,amnon said unto her1 ,arise1 be gone4  
#aj3jac3jaf ,and she said unto him1     
,there is no cause3 this evil in sending
             me away is greater than the
 other that thou didst unto me4 ,but    
he would not hearken unto her4          

#aj3jac3jag ,then he called his servant 
that ministered unto him1 and said1     
,put now this woman out from me1 and    
bolt the door after her4    #aj3jac3jah 
,and she had a garment of divers colours
 upon her3 for with             such    
robes were the king's daughters that    
were virgins             apparelled4    
,then his servant brought her out1 and  
bolted the             door after her4  
#aj3jac3jai ,and ,tamar put ashes on her
 head1 and rent her garment of          
divers colours that was on her1 and laid
 her hand on her head1             and  
went on crying4    #aj3jac3jbj ,and     
,absalom her brother said unto her1     
,hath ,amnon thy brother                
been with thee8 but hold now thy peace1 
my sister3 he is thy                    
brother2 regard not this thing4 ,so     
,tamar remained desolate in             
her brother ,absalom's house4           
#aj3jac3jba ,but when king ,david heard 
of all these things1 he was very        
wroth4    #aj3jac3jbb ,and ,absalom     

spake unto his brother ,amnon neither   
good nor bad3             for ,absalom  
hated ,amnon1 because he had forced his 
sister             ,tamar4              
#aj3jac3jbc ,and it came to pass after  
two full years1 that ,absalom had       
sheepshearers in ,baalhazor1 which is   
beside ,ephraim3 and                    
,absalom invited all the king's sons4   
#aj3jac3jbd ,and ,absalom came to the   
king1 and said1 ,behold now1 thy        
servant hath sheepshearers2 let the     
king1 ,i beseech thee1 and              
his servants go with thy servant4       
#aj3jac3jbe ,and the king said to       
,absalom1 ,nay1 my son1 let us not all  
now             go1 lest we be          
chargeable unto thee4 ,and he pressed   
him3             howbeit he would not   
go1 but blessed him4    #aj3jac3jbf     
,then said ,absalom1 ,if not1 ,i pray   
thee1 let my brother ,amnon             
go with us4 ,and the king said unto him1
 ,why should he go with                 
thee8    #aj3jac3jbg ,but ,absalom      

pressed him1 that he let ,amnon and all 
the king's             sons go with him4
    #aj3jac3jbh ,now ,absalom had       
commanded his servants1 saying1 ,mark ye
 now             when ,amnon's heart is 
merry with wine1 and when ,i say unto   
you1 ,smite ,amnon2 then kill him1 fear 
not3 have not ,i             commanded  
you8 be courageous1 and be valiant4     
#aj3jac3jbi ,and the servants of        
,absalom did unto ,amnon as ,absalom had
             commanded4 ,then all the   
king's sons arose1 and every man gat    
him up upon his mule1 and fled4         
#aj3jac3jcj ,and it came to pass1 while 
they were in the way1 that tidings      
came to ,david1 saying1 ,absalom hath   
slain all the king's sons1              
and there is not one of them left4      
#aj3jac3jca ,then the king arose1 and   
tare his garments1 and lay on the       
earth2 and all his servants stood by    
with their clothes rent4    #aj3jac3jcb 
,and ,jonadab1 the son of ,shimeah      
,david's brother1 answered and          

said1 ,let not my lord suppose that they
 have slain all the             young   
men the king's sons2 for ,amnon only is 
dead3 for by the             appointment
 of ,absalom this hath been determined  
from the day             that he forced 
his sister ,tamar4    #aj3jac3jcc ,now  
therefore let not my lord the king take 
the thing to his             heart1 to  
think that all the king's sons are dead3
 for ,amnon             only is dead4   
#aj3jac3jcd ,but ,absalom fled4 ,and the
 young man that kept the watch lifted   
up his eyes1 and looked1 and1 behold1   
there came much people             by   
the way of the hill side behind him4    
#aj3jac3jce ,and ,jonadab said unto the 
king1 ,behold1 the king's sons come3    
as thy servant said1 so it is4          
#aj3jac3jcf ,and it came to pass1 as    
soon as he had made an end of           
speaking1 that1 behold1 the king's sons 
came1 and lifted up             their   
voice and wept3 and the king also and   
all his servants             wept very  

sore4    #aj3jac3jcg ,but ,absalom fled1
 and went to ,talmai1 the son of        
,ammihud1 king             of ,geshur4  
,and ,david mourned for his son every   
day4    #aj3jac3jch ,so ,absalom fled1  
and went to ,geshur1 and was there three
             years4    #aj3jac3jci ,and 
the soul of king ,david longed to go    
forth unto ,absalom3             for he 
was comforted concerning ,amnon1 seeing 
he was dead4    #aj3jad3jja ,now ,joab  
the son of ,zeruiah perceived that the  
king's heart             was toward     
,absalom4    #aj3jad3jjb ,and ,joab sent
 to ,tekoah1 and fetched thence a wise  
woman1 and             said unto her1 ,i
 pray thee1 feign thyself to be a       
mourner1 and             put on now     
mourning apparel1 and anoint not thyself
 with oil1             but be as a woman
 that had a long time mourned for the   
dead3    #aj3jad3jjc ,and come to the   
king1 and speak on this manner unto him4
 ,so             ,joab put the words in 
her mouth4    #aj3jad3jjd ,and when the 

woman of ,tekoah spake to the king1 she 
fell on             her face to the     
ground1 and did obeisance1 and said1    
,help1 ,o             king4             
#aj3jad3jje ,and the king said unto her1
 ,what aileth thee8 ,and she            
answered1 ,i am indeed a widow woman1   
and mine husband is dead4    #aj3jad3jjf
 ,and thy handmaid had two sons1 and    
they two strove together in             
the field1 and there was none to part   
them1 but the one smote             the 
other1 and slew him4    #aj3jad3jjg     
,and1 behold1 the whole family is risen 
against thine handmaid1             and 
they said1 ,deliver him that smote his  
brother1 that we may             kill   
him1 for the life of his brother whom he
 slew2 and we             will destroy  
the heir also3 and so they shall quench 
my coal             which is left1 and  
shall not leave to my husband neither   
name             nor remainder upon the 
earth4    #aj3jad3jjh ,and the king said
 unto the woman1 ,go to thine house1 and

 ,i             will give charge        
concerning thee4    #aj3jad3jji ,and the
 woman of ,tekoah said unto the king1   
,my lord1 ,o king1             the      
iniquity be on me1 and on my father's   
house3 and the king             and his 
throne be guiltless4    #aj3jad3jaj ,and
 the king said1 ,whoever saith ought    
unto thee1 bring him to             me1 
and he shall not touch thee any more4   
#aj3jad3jaa ,then said she1 ,i pray     
thee1 let the king remember the ,,lord  
thy             ,god1 that thou wouldest
 not suffer the revengers of blood to   
destroy any more1 lest they destroy my  
son4 ,and he said1 ,as             the  
,,lord liveth1 there shall not one hair 
of thy son fall to             the      
earth4    #aj3jad3jab ,then the woman   
said1 ,let thine handmaid1 ,i pray thee1
 speak             one word unto my lord
 the king4 ,and he said1 ,say on4       
#aj3jad3jac ,and the woman said1        
,wherefore then hast thou thought such a
             thing against the people of

 ,god8 for the king doth speak this     
thing as one which is faulty1 in that   
the king doth not fetch             home
 again his banished4    #aj3jad3jad ,for
 we must needs die1 and are as water    
spilt on the ground1             which  
cannot be gathered up again2 neither    
doth ,god respect             any       
person3 yet doth he devise means1 that  
his banished be not             expelled
 from him4    #aj3jad3jae ,now therefore
 that ,i am come to speak of this thing 
unto my             lord the king1 it is
 because the people have made me afraid3
             and thy handmaid said1 ,i  
will now speak unto the king2 it may    
be that the king will perform the       
request of his handmaid4    #aj3jad3jaf 
,for the king will hear1 to deliver his 
handmaid out of the             hand of 
the man that would destroy me and my son
 together out             of the        
inheritance of ,god4    #aj3jad3jag     
,then thine handmaid said1 ,the word of 
my lord the king shall             now  

be comfortable3 for as an angel of ,god1
 so is my lord the             king to  
discern good and bad3 therefore the     
,,lord thy ,god will             be with
 thee4    #aj3jad3jah ,then the king    
answered and said unto the woman1 ,hide 
not from             me1 ,i pray thee1  
the thing that ,i shall ask thee4 ,and  
the             woman said1 ,let my lord
 the king now speak4    #aj3jad3jai ,and
 the king said1 ,is not the hand of     
,joab with thee in all             this8
 ,and the woman answered and said1 ,as  
thy soul liveth1 my             lord the
 king1 none can turn to the right hand  
or to the left             from ought   
that my lord the king hath spoken3 for  
thy servant             ,joab1 he bade  
me1 and he put all these words in the   
mouth of             thine handmaid3    
#aj3jad3jbj ,to fetch about this form of
 speech hath thy servant ,joab done     
this thing3 and my lord is wise1        
according to the wisdom of an           
angel of ,god1 to know all things that  

are in the earth4    #aj3jad3jba ,and   
the king said unto ,joab1 ,behold now1  
,i have done this             thing3 go 
therefore1 bring the young man ,absalom 
again4    #aj3jad3jbb ,and ,joab fell to
 the ground on his face1 and bowed      
himself1             and thanked the    
king3 and ,joab said1 ,to day thy       
servant             knoweth that ,i have
 found grace in thy sight1 my lord1 ,o  
king1             in that the king hath 
fulfilled the request of his servant4   
#aj3jad3jbc ,so ,joab arose and went to 
,geshur1 and brought ,absalom to        
,jerusalem4    #aj3jad3jbd ,and the king
 said1 ,let him turn to his own house1  
and let him             not see my face4
 ,so ,absalom returned to his own house1
 and saw             not the king's     
face4    #aj3jad3jbe ,but in all ,israel
 there was none to be so much praised as
             ,absalom for his beauty3   
from the sole of his foot even to the   
crown of his head there was no blemish  
in him4    #aj3jad3jbf ,and when he     

polled his head1 7for it was at every   
year's end             that he polled   
it3 because the hair was heavy on him1  
therefore he polled it37 he weighed the 
hair of his head at             two     
hundred shekels after the king's weight4
    #aj3jad3jbg ,and unto ,absalom there
 were born three sons1 and one daughter1
             whose name was ,tamar3 she 
was a woman of a fair countenance4      
#aj3jad3jbh ,so ,absalom dwelt two full 
years in ,jerusalem1 and saw not the    
king's face4    #aj3jad3jbi ,therefore  
,absalom sent for ,joab1 to have sent   
him to the king2             but he     
would not come to him3 and when he sent 
again the             second time1 he   
would not come4    #aj3jad3jcj          
,therefore he said unto his servants1   
,see1 ,joab's field is near             
mine1 and he hath barley there2 go and  
set it on fire4 ,and                    
,absalom's servants set the field on    
fire4    #aj3jad3jca ,then ,joab arose1 
and came to ,absalom unto his house1 and

 said             unto him1 ,wherefore  
have thy servants set my field on fire8 
#aj3jad3jcb ,and ,absalom answered      
,joab1 ,behold1 ,i sent unto thee1      
saying1             ,come hither1 that  
,i may send thee to the king1 to say1   
,wherefore am ,i come from ,geshur8 it  
had been good for me to             have
 been there still3 now therefore let me 
see the king's             face2 and if 
there be any iniquity in me1 let him    
kill me4    #aj3jad3jcc ,so ,joab came  
to the king1 and told him3 and when he  
had called             for ,absalom1 he 
came to the king1 and bowed himself on  
his             face to the ground      
before the king3 and the king kissed    
,absalom4    #aj3jae3jja ,and it came to
 pass after this1 that ,absalom prepared
 him             chariots and horses1   
and fifty men to run before him4        
#aj3jae3jjb ,and ,absalom rose up early1
 and stood beside the way of the        
gate3 and it was so1 that when any man  
that had a controversy             came 

to the king for judgment1 then ,absalom 
called unto him1             and said1  
,of what city art thou8 ,and he said1   
,thy servant is             of one of   
the tribes of ,israel4    #aj3jae3jjc   
,and ,absalom said unto him1 ,see1 thy  
matters are good and             right2 
but there is no man deputed of the king 
to hear thee4    #aj3jae3jjd ,absalom   
said moreover1 ,oh that ,i were made    
judge in the land1             that     
every man which hath any suit or cause  
might come unto             me1 and ,i  
would do him justice6    #aj3jae3jje    
,and it was so1 that when any man came  
nigh to him to do him                   
obeisance1 he put forth his hand1 and   
took him1 and kissed             him4   
#aj3jae3jjf ,and on this manner did     
,absalom to all ,israel that came to the
             king for judgment3 so      
,absalom stole the hearts of the men of 
,israel4    #aj3jae3jjg ,and it came to 
pass after forty years1 that ,absalom   
said unto             the king1 ,i pray 

thee1 let me go and pay my vow1 which ,i
 have             vowed unto the ,,lord1
 in ,hebron4    #aj3jae3jjh ,for thy    
servant vowed a vow while ,i abode at   
,geshur in ,syria1             saying1  
,if the ,,lord shall bring me again     
indeed to ,jerusalem1             then  
,i will serve the ,,lord4    #aj3jae3jji
 ,and the king said unto him1 ,go in    
peace4 ,so he arose1 and went           
to ,hebron4    #aj3jae3jaj ,but ,absalom
 sent spies throughout all the tribes of
 ,israel1             saying1 ,as soon  
as ye hear the sound of the trumpet1    
then ye             shall say1 ,absalom 
reigneth in ,hebron4    #aj3jae3jaa ,and
 with ,absalom went two hundred men out 
of ,jerusalem1 that             were    
called2 and they went in their          
simplicity1 and they knew               
not any thing4    #aj3jae3jab ,and      
,absalom sent for ,ahithophel the       
,gilonite1 ,david's                     
counsellor1 from his city1 even from    
,giloh1 while he offered                

sacrifices4 ,and the conspiracy was     
strong2 for the people                  
increased continually with ,absalom4    
#aj3jae3jac ,and there came a messenger 
to ,david1 saying1 ,the hearts of the   
men of ,israel are after ,absalom4      
#aj3jae3jad ,and ,david said unto all   
his servants that were with him at      
,jerusalem1 ,arise1 and let us flee2 for
 we shall not else             escape   
from ,absalom3 make speed to depart1    
lest he overtake us                     
suddenly1 and bring evil upon us1 and   
smite the city with the             edge
 of the sword4    #aj3jae3jae ,and the  
king's servants said unto the king1     
,behold1 thy             servants are   
ready to do whatsoever my lord the king 
shall             appoint4              
#aj3jae3jaf ,and the king went forth1   
and all his household after him4 ,and   
the king left ten women1 which were     
concubines1 to keep the                 
house4    #aj3jae3jag ,and the king went
 forth1 and all the people after him1   

and             tarried in a place that 
was far off4    #aj3jae3jah ,and all his
 servants passed on beside him2 and all 
the             ,cherethites1 and all   
the ,pelethites1 and all the ,gittites1 
six             hundred men which came  
after him from ,gath1 passed on before  
the king4    #aj3jae3jai ,then said the 
king to ,ittai the ,gittite1 ,wherefore 
goest thou             also with us8    
return to thy place1 and abide with the 
king3             for thou art a        
stranger1 and also an exile4            
#aj3jae3jbj ,whereas thou camest but    
yesterday1 should ,i this day make thee 
go up and down with us8 seeing ,i go    
whither ,i may1 return             thou1
 and take back thy brethren3 mercy and  
truth be with             thee4         
#aj3jae3jba ,and ,ittai answered the    
king1 and said1 ,as the ,,lord liveth1  
and             as my lord the king     
liveth1 surely in what place my lord the
             king shall be1 whether in  
death or life1 even there also will     

thy servant be4    #aj3jae3jbb ,and     
,david said to ,ittai1 ,go and pass     
over4 ,and ,ittai the                   
,gittite passed over1 and all his men1  
and all the little ones             that
 were with him4    #aj3jae3jbc ,and all 
the country wept with a loud voice1 and 
all the people             passed over3 
the king also himself passed over the   
brook             ,kidron1 and all the  
people passed over1 toward the way of   
the             wilderness4             
#aj3jae3jbd ,and lo ,zadok also1 and all
 the ,levites were with him1 bearing    
the ark of the covenant of ,god3 and    
they set down the ark of                
,god2 and ,abiathar went up1 until all  
the people had done             passing 
out of the city4    #aj3jae3jbe ,and the
 king said unto ,zadok1 ,carry back the 
ark of ,god into             the city3  
if ,i shall find favour in the eyes of  
the ,,lord1 he             will bring me
 again1 and shew me both it1 and his    
habitation3    #aj3jae3jbf ,but if he   

thus say1 ,i have no delight in thee2   
behold1 here am             ,i1 let him 
do to me as seemeth good unto him4      
#aj3jae3jbg ,the king said also unto    
,zadok the priest1 ,art not thou a seer8
             return into the city in    
peace1 and your two sons with you1      
,ahimaaz thy son1 and ,jonathan the son 
of ,abiathar4    #aj3jae3jbh ,see1 ,i   
will tarry in the plain of the          
wilderness1 until there             come
 word from you to certify me4           
#aj3jae3jbi ,zadok therefore and        
,abiathar carried the ark of ,god again 
to             ,jerusalem3 and they     
tarried there4    #aj3jae3jcj ,and      
,david went up by the ascent of mount   
,olivet1 and wept as             he went
 up1 and had his head covered1 and he   
went barefoot3             and all the  
people that was with him covered every  
man his             head1 and they went 
up1 weeping as they went up4            
#aj3jae3jca ,and one told ,david1       
saying1 ,ahithophel is among the        

conspirators with ,absalom4 ,and ,david 
said1 ,o ,,lord1 ,i pray                
thee1 turn the counsel of ,ahithophel   
into foolishness4    #aj3jae3jcb ,and it
 came to pass1 that when ,david was come
 to the top of             the mount1   
where he worshipped ,god1 behold1       
,hushai the ,archite             came to
 meet him with his coat rent1 and earth 
upon his head3    #aj3jae3jcc ,unto whom
 ,david said1 ,if thou passest on with  
me1 then thou             shalt be a    
burden unto me3    #aj3jae3jcd ,but if  
thou return to the city1 and say unto   
,absalom1 ,i will             be thy    
servant1 ,o king2 as ,i have been thy   
father's servant             hitherto1  
so will ,i now also be thy servant3 then
 mayest thou             for me defeat  
the counsel of ,ahithophel4             
#aj3jae3jce ,and hast thou not there    
with thee ,zadok and ,abiathar the      
priests8 therefore it shall be1 that    
what thing soever thou             shalt
 hear out of the king's house1 thou     

shalt tell it to             ,zadok and 
,abiathar the priests4    #aj3jae3jcf   
,behold1 they have there with them their
 two sons1 ,ahimaaz             ,zadok's
 son1 and ,jonathan ,abiathar's son2 and
 by them ye shall             send unto 
me every thing that ye can hear4        
#aj3jae3jcg ,so ,hushai ,david's friend 
came into the city1 and ,absalom came   
into ,jerusalem4    #aj3jaf3jja ,and    
when ,david was a little past the top of
 the hill1 behold1             ,ziba the
 servant of ,mephibosheth met him1 with 
a couple of             asses saddled1  
and upon them two hundred loaves of     
bread1 and             an hundred       
bunches of raisins1 and an hundred of   
summer             fruits1 and a bottle 
of wine4    #aj3jaf3jjb ,and the king   
said unto ,ziba1 ,what meanest thou by  
these8 ,and             ,ziba said1 ,the
 asses be for the king's household to   
ride on2             and the bread and  
summer fruit for the young men to eat2  
and             the wine1 that such as  

be faint in the wilderness may drink4   
#aj3jaf3jjc ,and the king said1 ,and    
where is thy master's son8 ,and ,ziba   
said unto the king1 ,behold1 he abideth 
at ,jerusalem3 for he             said1 
,to day shall the house of ,israel      
restore me the kingdom             of my
 father4    #aj3jaf3jjd ,then said the  
king to ,ziba1 ,behold1 thine are all   
that             pertained unto         
,mephibosheth4 ,and ,ziba said1 ,i      
humbly beseech             thee that ,i 
may find grace in thy sight1 my lord1 ,o
 king4    #aj3jaf3jje ,and when king    
,david came to ,bahurim1 behold1 thence 
came out a             man of the family
 of the house of ,saul1 whose name was  
,shimei1             the son of ,gera3  
he came forth1 and cursed still as he   
came4    #aj3jaf3jjf ,and he cast stones
 at ,david1 and at all the servants of  
king             ,david3 and all the    
people and all the mighty men were on   
his             right hand and on his   
left4    #aj3jaf3jjg ,and thus said     

,shimei when he cursed1 ,come out1 come 
out1 thou             bloody man1 and   
thou man of ,belial3    #aj3jaf3jjh ,the
 ,,lord hath returned upon thee all the 
blood of the house of             ,saul1
 in whose stead thou hast reigned2 and  
the ,,lord hath             delivered   
the kingdom into the hand of ,absalom   
thy son3 and1             behold1 thou  
art taken in thy mischief1 because thou 
art a             bloody man4           
#aj3jaf3jji ,then said ,abishai the son 
of ,zeruiah unto the king1 ,why should  
this dead dog curse my lord the king8   
let me go over1 ,i pray                 
thee1 and take off his head4            
#aj3jaf3jaj ,and the king said1 ,what   
have ,i to do with you1 ye sons of      
,zeruiah8 so let him curse1 because the 
,,lord hath said unto             him1  
,curse ,david4 ,who shall then say1     
,wherefore hast thou done               
so8    #aj3jaf3jaa ,and ,david said to  
,abishai1 and to all his servants1      
,behold1 my             son1 which came 

forth of my bowels1 seeketh my life3 how
 much             more now may this     
,benjamite do it8 let him alone1 and let
 him             curse2 for the ,,lord  
hath bidden him4    #aj3jaf3jab ,it may 
be that the ,,lord will look on mine    
affliction1 and that             the    
,,lord will requite me good for his     
cursing this day4    #aj3jaf3jac ,and as
 ,david and his men went by the way1    
,shimei went along on             the   
hill's side over against him1 and cursed
 as he went1 and             threw      
stones at him1 and cast dust4           
#aj3jaf3jad ,and the king1 and all the  
people that were with him1 came         
weary1 and refreshed themselves there4  
#aj3jaf3jae ,and ,absalom1 and all the  
people the men of ,israel1 came to      
,jerusalem1 and ,ahithophel with him4   
#aj3jaf3jaf ,and it came to pass1 when  
,hushai the ,archite1 ,david's friend1  
was come unto ,absalom1 that ,hushai    
said unto ,absalom1 ,god save           
the king1 ,god save the king4           

#aj3jaf3jag ,and ,absalom said to       
,hushai1 ,is this thy kindness to thy   
friend8 why wentest thou not with thy   
friend8    #aj3jaf3jah ,and ,hushai said
 unto ,absalom1 ,nay2 but whom the      
,,lord1 and this             people1 and
 all the men of ,israel1 choose1 his    
will ,i be1 and             with him    
will ,i abide4    #aj3jaf3jai ,and      
again1 whom should ,i serve8 should ,i  
not serve in the             presence of
 his son8 as ,i have served in thy      
father's             presence1 so will  
,i be in thy presence4    #aj3jaf3jbj   
,then said ,absalom to ,ahithophel1     
,give counsel among you what            
we shall do4    #aj3jaf3jba ,and        
,ahithophel said unto ,absalom1 ,go in  
unto thy father's                       
concubines1 which he hath left to keep  
the house2 and all             ,israel  
shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy
 father3 then             shall the     
hands of all that are with thee be      
strong4    #aj3jaf3jbb ,so they spread  

,absalom a tent upon the top of the     
house2 and             ,absalom went in 
unto his father's concubines in the     
sight of             all ,israel4       
#aj3jaf3jbc ,and the counsel of         
,ahithophel1 which he counselled in     
those             days1 was as if a man 
had enquired at the oracle of ,god3 so  
was all the counsel of ,ahithophel both 
with ,david and with                    
,absalom4    #aj3jag3jja ,moreover      
,ahithophel said unto ,absalom1 ,let me 
now choose out             twelve       
thousand men1 and ,i will arise and     
pursue after ,david             this    
night3    #aj3jag3jjb ,and ,i will come 
upon him while he is weary and weak     
handed1             and will make him   
afraid3 and all the people that are with
 him             shall flee2 and ,i will
 smite the king only3    #aj3jag3jjc    
,and ,i will bring back all the people  
unto thee3 the man whom             thou
 seekest is as if all returned3 so all  
the people shall be             in      

peace4    #aj3jag3jjd ,and the saying   
pleased ,absalom well1 and all the      
elders of             ,israel4          
#aj3jag3jje ,then said ,absalom1 ,call  
now ,hushai the ,archite also1 and let  
us hear likewise what he saith4         
#aj3jag3jjf ,and when ,hushai was come  
to ,absalom1 ,absalom spake unto him1   
saying1 ,ahithophel hath spoken after   
this manner3 shall we do                
after his saying8 if not2 speak thou4   
#aj3jag3jjg ,and ,hushai said unto      
,absalom1 ,the counsel that ,ahithophel 
hath             given is not good at   
this time4    #aj3jag3jjh ,for1 said    
,hushai1 thou knowest thy father and his
 men1 that             they be mighty   
men1 and they be chafed in their minds1 
as a             bear robbed of her     
whelps in the field3 and thy father is a
             man of war1 and will not   
lodge with the people4    #aj3jag3jji   
,behold1 he is hid now in some pit1 or  
in some other place3 and             it 
will come to pass1 when some of them be 

overthrown at the             first1    
that whosoever heareth it will say1     
,there is a             slaughter among 
the people that follow ,absalom4        
#aj3jag3jaj ,and he also that is        
valiant1 whose heart is as the heart of 
a             lion1 shall utterly melt3 
for all ,israel knoweth that thy        
father is a mighty man1 and they which  
be with him are valiant             men4
    #aj3jag3jaa ,therefore ,i counsel   
that all ,israel be generally gathered  
unto             thee1 from ,dan even to
 ,beersheba1 as the sand that is by the 
sea for multitude2 and that thou go to  
battle in thine own             person4 
#aj3jag3jab ,so shall we come upon him  
in some place where he shall be         
found1 and we will light upon him as the
 dew falleth on the             ground3 
and of him and of all the men that are  
with him there             shall not be 
left so much as one4    #aj3jag3jac     
,moreover1 if he be gotten into a city1 
then shall all ,israel             bring

 ropes to that city1 and we will draw it
 into the river1             until there
 be not one small stone found there4    
#aj3jag3jad ,and ,absalom and all the   
men of ,israel said1 ,the counsel of    
,hushai the ,archite is better than the 
counsel of ,ahithophel4             ,for
 the ,,lord had appointed to defeat the 
good counsel of             ,ahithophel1
 to the intent that the ,,lord might    
bring evil upon             ,absalom4   
#aj3jag3jae ,then said ,hushai unto     
,zadok and to ,abiathar the priests1    
,thus             and thus did          
,ahithophel counsel ,absalom and the    
elders of             ,israel2 and thus 
and thus have ,i counselled4            
#aj3jag3jaf ,now therefore send quickly1
 and tell ,david1 saying1 ,lodge not    
this night in the plains of the         
wilderness1 but speedily pass           
over2 lest the king be swallowed up1 and
 all the people that             are    
with him4    #aj3jag3jag ,now ,jonathan 
and ,ahimaaz stayed by ,enrogel2 for    

they might not             be seen to   
come into the city3 and a wench went and
 told them2             and they went   
and told king ,david4    #aj3jag3jah    
,nevertheless a lad saw them1 and told  
,absalom3 but they went             both
 of them away quickly1 and came to a    
man's house in             ,bahurim1    
which had a well in his court2 whither  
they went             down4             
#aj3jag3jai ,and the woman took and     
spread a covering over the well's       
mouth1 and spread ground corn thereon2  
and the thing was not             known4
    #aj3jag3jbj ,and when ,absalom's    
servants came to the woman to the house1
             they said1 ,where is       
,ahimaaz and ,jonathan8 ,and the woman  
said             unto them1 ,they be    
gone over the brook of water4 ,and when 
they             had sought and could   
not find them1 they returned to         
,jerusalem4    #aj3jag3jba ,and it came 
to pass1 after they were departed1 that 
they came             up out of the     

well1 and went and told king ,david1 and
 said             unto ,david1 ,arise1  
and pass quickly over the water3 for    
thus             hath ,ahithophel       
counselled against you4    #aj3jag3jbb  
,then ,david arose1 and all the people  
that were with him1 and             they
 passed over ,jordan3 by the morning    
light there lacked not             one  
of them that was not gone over ,jordan4 
#aj3jag3jbc ,and when ,ahithophel saw   
that his counsel was not followed1 he   
saddled his ass1 and arose1 and gat him 
home to his house1 to             his   
city1 and put his household in order1   
and hanged himself1             and     
died1 and was buried in the sepulchre of
 his father4    #aj3jag3jbd ,then ,david
 came to ,mahanaim4 ,and ,absalom passed
 over ,jordan1             he and all   
the men of ,israel with him4            
#aj3jag3jbe ,and ,absalom made ,amasa   
captain of the host instead of ,joab3   
which ,amasa was a man's son1 whose name
 was ,ithra an             ,israelite1  

that went in to ,abigail the daughter of
 ,nahash1             sister to ,zeruiah
 ,joab's mother4    #aj3jag3jbf ,so     
,israel and ,absalom pitched in the land
 of ,gilead4    #aj3jag3jbg ,and it came
 to pass1 when ,david was come to       
,mahanaim1 that             ,shobi the  
son of ,nahash of ,rabbah of the        
children of ,ammon1             and     
,machir the son of ,ammiel of ,lodebar1 
and ,barzillai the                      
,gileadite of ,rogelim1    #aj3jag3jbh  
,brought beds1 and basons1 and earthen  
vessels1 and wheat1 and                 
barley1 and flour1 and parched corn1 and
 beans1 and lentiles1             and   
parched pulse1    #aj3jag3jbi ,and      
honey1 and butter1 and sheep1 and cheese
 of kine1 for             ,david1 and   
for the people that were with him1 to   
eat3 for they             said1 ,the    
people is hungry1 and weary1 and        
thirsty1 in the             wilderness4 
#aj3jah3jja ,and ,david numbered the    
people that were with him1 and set      

captains of thousands1 and captains of  
hundreds over them4    #aj3jah3jjb ,and 
,david sent forth a third part of the   
people under the hand             of    
,joab1 and a third part under the hand  
of ,abishai the son of                  
,zeruiah1 ,joab's brother1 and a third  
part under the hand of                  
,ittai the ,gittite4 ,and the king said 
unto the people1 ,i will                
surely go forth with you myself also4   
#aj3jah3jjc ,but the people answered1   
,thou shalt not go forth3 for if we     
flee away1 they will not care for us2   
neither if half of us             die1  
will they care for us3 but now thou art 
worth ten             thousand of us3   
therefore now it is better that thou    
succour             us out of the city4 
#aj3jah3jjd ,and the king said unto     
them1 ,what seemeth you best ,i will do4
             ,and the king stood by the 
gate side1 and all the people came      
out by hundreds and by thousands4       
#aj3jah3jje ,and the king commanded     

,joab and ,abishai and ,ittai1 saying1  
,deal gently for my sake with the young 
man1 even with ,absalom4                
,and all the people heard when the king 
gave all the captains             charge
 concerning ,absalom4    #aj3jah3jjf ,so
 the people went out into the field     
against ,israel3 and the                
battle was in the wood of ,ephraim2     
#aj3jah3jjg ,where the people of ,israel
 were slain before the servants of      
,david1 and there was there a great     
slaughter that day of             twenty
 thousand men4    #aj3jah3jjh ,for the  
battle was there scattered over the face
 of all the             country3 and the
 wood devoured more people that day than
 the             sword devoured4        
#aj3jah3jji ,and ,absalom met the       
servants of ,david4 ,and ,absalom rode  
upon a             mule1 and the mule   
went under the thick boughs of a great  
oak1             and his head caught    
hold of the oak1 and he was taken up    
between the heaven and the earth2 and   

the mule that was under             him 
went away4    #aj3jah3jaj ,and a certain
 man saw it1 and told ,joab1 and said1  
,behold1 ,i             saw ,absalom    
hanged in an oak4    #aj3jah3jaa ,and   
,joab said unto the man that told him1  
,and1 behold1 thou             sawest   
him1 and why didst thou not smite him   
there to the             ground8 and ,i 
would have given thee ten shekels of    
silver1 and             a girdle4       
#aj3jah3jab ,and the man said unto      
,joab1 ,though ,i should receive a      
thousand             shekels of silver  
in mine hand1 yet would ,i not put forth
 mine             hand against the      
king's son3 for in our hearing the king 
charged thee and ,abishai and ,ittai1   
saying1 ,beware that none               
touch the young man ,absalom4           
#aj3jah3jac ,otherwise ,i should have   
wrought falsehood against mine own      
life3 for there is no matter hid from   
the king1 and thou             thyself  
wouldest have set thyself against me4   

#aj3jah3jad ,then said ,joab1 ,i may not
 tarry thus with thee4 ,and he took     
three darts in his hand1 and thrust them
 through the heart of                   
,absalom1 while he was yet alive in the 
midst of the oak4    #aj3jah3jae ,and   
ten young men that bare ,joab's armour  
compassed about and             smote   
,absalom1 and slew him4    #aj3jah3jaf  
,and ,joab blew the trumpet1 and the    
people returned from                    
pursuing after ,israel3 for ,joab held  
back the people4    #aj3jah3jag ,and    
they took ,absalom1 and cast him into a 
great pit in the             wood1 and  
laid a very great heap of stones upon   
him3 and all             ,israel fled   
every one to his tent4    #aj3jah3jah   
,now ,absalom in his lifetime had taken 
and reared up for             himself a 
pillar1 which is in the king's dale3 for
 he said1 ,i             have no son to 
keep my name in remembrance3 and he     
called the             pillar after his 
own name3 and it is called unto this    

day1             ,absalom's place4      
#aj3jah3jai ,then said ,ahimaaz the son 
of ,zadok1 ,let me now run1 and bear    
the king tidings1 how that the ,,lord   
hath avenged him of his                 
enemies4    #aj3jah3jbj ,and ,joab said 
unto him1 ,thou shalt not bear tidings  
this day1             but thou shalt    
bear tidings another day3 but this day  
thou             shalt bear no tidings1 
because the king's son is dead4         
#aj3jah3jba ,then said ,joab to ,cushi1 
,go tell the king what thou hast seen4  
,and ,cushi bowed himself unto ,joab1   
and ran4    #aj3jah3jbb ,then said      
,ahimaaz the son of ,zadok yet again to 
,joab1 ,but             howsoever1 let  
me1 ,i pray thee1 also run after ,cushi4
 ,and ,joab             said1 ,wherefore
 wilt thou run1 my son1 seeing that thou
 hast             no tidings ready8     
#aj3jah3jbc ,but howsoever1 said he1 let
 me run4 ,and he said unto him1 ,run4   
,then ,ahimaaz ran by the way of the    
plain1 and overran ,cushi4              

#aj3jah3jbd ,and ,david sat between the 
two gates3 and the watchman went up     
to the roof over the gate unto the wall1
 and lifted up his             eyes1 and
 looked1 and behold a man running alone4
    #aj3jah3jbe ,and the watchman cried1
 and told the king4 ,and the king said1 
,if he be alone1 there is tidings in his
 mouth4 ,and he came             apace1 
and drew near4    #aj3jah3jbf ,and the  
watchman saw another man running3 and   
the watchman             called unto the
 porter1 and said1 ,behold another man  
running             alone4 ,and the king
 said1 ,he also bringeth tidings4       
#aj3jah3jbg ,and the watchman said1 ,me 
thinketh the running of the foremost    
is like the running of ,ahimaaz the son 
of ,zadok4 ,and the king                
said1 ,he is a good man1 and cometh with
 good tidings4    #aj3jah3jbh ,and      
,ahimaaz called1 and said unto the king1
 ,all is well4 ,and             he fell 
down to the earth upon his face before  
the king1 and             said1 ,blessed

 be the ,,lord thy ,god1 which hath     
delivered up the             men that   
lifted up their hand against my lord the
 king4    #aj3jah3jbi ,and the king     
said1 ,is the young man ,absalom safe8  
,and ,ahimaaz             answered1     
,when ,joab sent the king's servant1 and
 me thy             servant1 ,i saw a   
great tumult1 but ,i knew not what it   
was4    #aj3jah3jcj ,and the king said  
unto him1 ,turn aside1 and stand here4  
,and he             turned aside1 and   
stood still4    #aj3jah3jca ,and1       
behold1 ,cushi came2 and ,cushi said1   
,tidings1 my lord the             king3 
for the ,,lord hath avenged thee this   
day of all them that             rose up
 against thee4    #aj3jah3jcb ,and the  
king said unto ,cushi1 ,is the young man
 ,absalom safe8             ,and ,cushi 
answered1 ,the enemies of my lord the   
king1 and all             that rise     
against thee to do thee hurt1 be as that
 young man             is4              
#aj3jah3jcc ,and the king was much      

moved1 and went up to the chamber over  
the gate1 and wept3 and as he went1 thus
 he said1 ,o my son                     
,absalom1 my son1 my son ,absalom6 would
 ,god ,i had died for             thee1 
,o ,absalom1 my son1 my son6            
#aj3jai3jja ,and it was told ,joab1     
,behold1 the king weepeth and mourneth  
for ,absalom4    #aj3jai3jjb ,and the   
victory that day was turned into        
mourning unto all the                   
people3 for the people heard say that   
day how the king was             grieved
 for his son4    #aj3jai3jjc ,and the   
people gat them by stealth that day into
 the city1 as             people being  
ashamed steal away when they flee in    
battle4    #aj3jai3jjd ,but the king    
covered his face1 and the king cried    
with a loud             voice1 ,o my son
 ,absalom1 ,o ,absalom1 my son1 my son6 
#aj3jai3jje ,and ,joab came into the    
house to the king1 and said1 ,thou hast 
shamed this day the faces of all thy    
servants1 which this day                

have saved thy life1 and the lives of   
thy sons and of thy                     
daughters1 and the lives of thy wives1  
and the lives of thy                    
concubines2    #aj3jai3jjf ,in that thou
 lovest thine enemies1 and hatest thy   
friends4 ,for             thou hast     
declared this day1 that thou regardest  
neither             princes nor         
servants3 for this day ,i perceive1 that
 if ,absalom             had lived1 and 
all we had died this day1 then it had   
pleased             thee well4          
#aj3jai3jjg ,now therefore arise1 go    
forth1 and speak comfortably unto thy   
servants3 for ,i swear by the ,,lord1 if
 thou go not forth1 there               
will not tarry one with thee this night3
 and that will be             worse unto
 thee than all the evil that befell thee
 from thy             youth until now4  
#aj3jai3jjh ,then the king arose1 and   
sat in the gate4 ,and they told unto    
all the people1 saying1 ,behold1 the    
king doth sit in the gate4              

,and all the people came before the     
king3 for ,israel had fled              
every man to his tent4    #aj3jai3jji   
,and all the people were at strife      
throughout all the tribes of            
,israel1 saying1 ,the king saved us out 
of the hand of our             enemies1 
and he delivered us out of the hand of  
the             ,philistines2 and now he
 is fled out of the land for ,absalom4  
#aj3jai3jaj ,and ,absalom1 whom we      
anointed over us1 is dead in battle4    
,now             therefore why speak ye 
not a word of bringing the king back8   
#aj3jai3jaa ,and king ,david sent to    
,zadok and to ,abiathar the priests1    
saying1 ,speak unto the elders of       
,judah1 saying1 ,why are ye the         
last to bring the king back to his      
house8 seeing the speech of             
all ,israel is come to the king1 even to
 his house4    #aj3jai3jab ,ye are my   
brethren1 ye are my bones and my flesh3 
wherefore             then are ye the   
last to bring back the king8            

#aj3jai3jac ,and say ye to ,amasa1 ,art 
thou not of my bone1 and of my flesh8   
,god do so to me1 and more also1 if thou
 be not captain of the             host 
before me continually in the room of    
,joab4    #aj3jai3jad ,and he bowed the 
heart of all the men of ,judah1 even as 
the             heart of one man2 so    
that they sent this word unto the king1 
,return thou1 and all thy servants4     
#aj3jai3jae ,so the king returned1 and  
came to ,jordan4 ,and ,judah came to    
,gilgal1 to go to meet the king1 to     
conduct the king over                   
,jordan4    #aj3jai3jaf ,and ,shimei the
 son of ,gera1 a ,benjamite1 which was  
of ,bahurim1             hasted and came
 down with the men of ,judah to meet    
king ,david4    #aj3jai3jag ,and there  
were a thousand men of ,benjamin with   
him1 and ,ziba             the servant  
of the house of ,saul1 and his fifteen  
sons and his             twenty servants
 with him2 and they went over ,jordan   
before the             king4            

#aj3jai3jah ,and there went over a ferry
 boat to carry over the king's          
household1 and to do what he thought    
good4 ,and ,shimei the son              
of ,gera fell down before the king1 as  
he was come over ,jordan2    #aj3jai3jai
 ,and said unto the king1 ,let not my   
lord impute iniquity unto               
me1 neither do thou remember that which 
thy servant did             perversely  
the day that my lord the king went out  
of             ,jerusalem1 that the king
 should take it to his heart4           
#aj3jai3jbj ,for thy servant doth know  
that ,i have sinned3 therefore1         
behold1 ,i am come the first this day of
 all the house of             ,joseph to
 go down to meet my lord the king4      
#aj3jai3jba ,but ,abishai the son of    
,zeruiah answered and said1 ,shall not  
,shimei be put to death for this1       
because he cursed the ,,lord's          
anointed8    #aj3jai3jbb ,and ,david    
said1 ,what have ,i to do with you1 ye  
sons of             ,zeruiah1 that ye   

should this day be adversaries unto me8 
shall             there any man be put  
to death this day in ,israel8 for do not
 ,i             know that ,i am this day
 king over ,israel8    #aj3jai3jbc      
,therefore the king said unto ,shimei1  
,thou shalt not die4 ,and               
the king sware unto him4    #aj3jai3jbd 
,and ,mephibosheth the son of ,saul came
 down to meet the king1             and 
had neither dressed his feet1 nor       
trimmed his beard1 nor                  
washed his clothes1 from the day the    
king departed until the             day 
he came again in peace4    #aj3jai3jbe  
,and it came to pass1 when he was come  
to ,jerusalem to meet the               
king1 that the king said unto him1      
,wherefore wentest not thou             
with me1 ,mephibosheth8    #aj3jai3jbf  
,and he answered1 ,my lord1 ,o king1 my 
servant deceived me3 for             thy
 servant said1 ,i will saddle me an ass1
 that ,i may ride             thereon1  
and go to the king2 because thy servant 

is lame4    #aj3jai3jbg ,and he hath    
slandered thy servant unto my lord the  
king2 but             my lord the king  
is as an angel of ,god3 do therefore    
what is             good in thine eyes4 
#aj3jai3jbh ,for all of my father's     
house were but dead men before my lord  
the king3 yet didst thou set thy servant
 among them that did             eat at 
thine own table4 ,what right therefore  
have ,i yet to cry             any more 
unto the king8    #aj3jai3jbi ,and the  
king said unto him1 ,why speakest thou  
any more of thy             matters8 ,i 
have said1 ,thou and ,ziba divide the   
land4    #aj3jai3jcj ,and ,mephibosheth 
said unto the king1 ,yea1 let him take  
all1             forasmuch as my lord   
the king is come again in peace unto his
             own house4    #aj3jai3jca  
,and ,barzillai the ,gileadite came down
 from ,rogelim1 and went                
over ,jordan with the king1 to conduct  
him over ,jordan4    #aj3jai3jcb ,now   
,barzillai was a very aged man1 even    

fourscore years old3             and he 
had provided the king of sustenance     
while he lay at             ,mahanaim2  
for he was a very great man4            
#aj3jai3jcc ,and the king said unto     
,barzillai1 ,come thou over with me1 and
             ,i will feed thee with me  
in ,jerusalem4    #aj3jai3jcd ,and      
,barzillai said unto the king1 ,how long
 have ,i to live1             that ,i   
should go up with the king unto         
,jerusalem8    #aj3jai3jce ,i am this   
day fourscore years old3 and can ,i     
discern between             good and    
evil8 can thy servant taste what ,i eat 
or what ,i             drink8 can ,i    
hear any more the voice of singing men  
and             singing women8 wherefore
 then should thy servant be yet a       
burden unto my lord the king8           
#aj3jai3jcf ,thy servant will go a      
little way over ,jordan with the king3  
and why should the king recompense it me
 with such a reward8    #aj3jai3jcg ,let
 thy servant1 ,i pray thee1 turn back   

again1 that ,i may die             in   
mine own city1 and be buried by the     
grave of my father and             of my
 mother4 ,but behold thy servant        
,chimham2 let him go over               
with my lord the king2 and do to him    
what shall seem good unto               
thee4    #aj3jai3jch ,and the king      
answered1 ,chimham shall go over with   
me1 and ,i             will do to him   
that which shall seem good unto thee3   
and             whatsoever thou shalt   
require of me1 that will ,i do for thee4
    #aj3jai3jci ,and all the people went
 over ,jordan4 ,and when the king was   
come over1 the king kissed ,barzillai1  
and blessed him2 and he                 
returned unto his own place4            
#aj3jai3jdj ,then the king went on to   
,gilgal1 and ,chimham went on with him3 
and all the people of ,judah conducted  
the king1 and also half             the 
people of ,israel4    #aj3jai3jda ,and1 
behold1 all the men of ,israel came to  
the king1 and said             unto the 

king1 ,why have our brethren the men of 
,judah stolen             thee away1 and
 have brought the king1 and his         
household1 and             all ,david's 
men with him1 over ,jordan8             
#aj3jai3jdb ,and all the men of ,judah  
answered the men of ,israel1 ,because   
the king is near of kin to us3 wherefore
 then be ye angry for             this  
matter8 have we eaten at all of the     
king's cost8 or hath             he     
given us any gift8    #aj3jai3jdc ,and  
the men of ,israel answered the men of  
,judah1 and said1 ,we             have  
ten parts in the king1 and we have also 
more right in             ,david than   
ye3 why then did ye despise us1 that our
 advice             should not be first 
had in bringing back our king8 ,and the 
words of the men of ,judah were fiercer 
than the words of the             men of
 ,israel4    #aj3jbj3jja ,and there     
happened to be there a man of ,belial1  
whose name was             ,sheba1 the  
son of ,bichri1 a ,benjamite3 and he    

blew a trumpet1             and said1   
,we have no part in ,david1 neither have
 we             inheritance in the son  
of ,jesse3 every man to his tents1 ,o   
,israel4    #aj3jbj3jjb ,so every man of
 ,israel went up from after ,david1 and 
followed             ,sheba the son of  
,bichri3 but the men of ,judah clave    
unto their             king1 from       
,jordan even to ,jerusalem4             
#aj3jbj3jjc ,and ,david came to his     
house at ,jerusalem2 and the king took  
the ten women his concubines1 whom he   
had left to keep the             house1 
and put them in ward1 and fed them1 but 
went not in             unto them4 ,so  
they were shut up unto the day of their 
death1             living in widowhood4 
#aj3jbj3jjd ,then said the king to      
,amasa1 ,assemble me the men of ,judah  
within three days1 and be thou here     
present4    #aj3jbj3jje ,so ,amasa went 
to assemble the men of ,judah3 but he   
tarried             longer than the set 
time which he had appointed him4        

#aj3jbj3jjf ,and ,david said to         
,abishai1 ,now shall ,sheba the son of  
,bichri             do us more harm than
 did ,absalom3 take thou thy lord's     
servants1 and pursue after him1 lest he 
get him fenced cities1             and  
escape us4    #aj3jbj3jjg ,and there    
went out after him ,joab's men1 and the 
,cherethites1             and the       
,pelethites1 and all the mighty men3 and
 they went out             of           
,jerusalem1 to pursue after ,sheba the  
son of ,bichri4    #aj3jbj3jjh ,when    
they were at the great stone which is in
 ,gibeon1 ,amasa             went before
 them4 ,and ,joab's garment that he had 
put on was             girded unto him1 
and upon it a girdle with a sword       
fastened             upon his loins in  
the sheath thereof2 and as he went forth
 it             fell out4    #aj3jbj3jji
 ,and ,joab said to ,amasa1 ,art thou in
 health1 my brother8 ,and               
,joab took ,amasa by the beard with the 
right hand to kiss him4    #aj3jbj3jaj  

,but ,amasa took no heed to the sword   
that was in ,joab's hand3             so
 he smote him therewith in the fifth    
rib1 and shed out his             bowels
 to the ground1 and struck him not      
again2 and he died4             ,so     
,joab and ,abishai his brother pursued  
after ,sheba the son of                 
,bichri4    #aj3jbj3jaa ,and one of     
,joab's men stood by him1 and said1 ,he 
that             favoureth ,joab1 and he
 that is for ,david1 let him go after   
,joab4    #aj3jbj3jab ,and ,amasa       
wallowed in blood in the midst of the   
highway4 ,and             when the man  
saw that all the people stood still1 he 
removed             ,amasa out of the   
highway into the field1 and cast a cloth
 upon             him1 when he saw that 
every one that came by him stood still4 
#aj3jbj3jac ,when he was removed out of 
the highway1 all the people went on     
after ,joab1 to pursue after ,sheba the 
son of ,bichri4    #aj3jbj3jad ,and he  
went through all the tribes of ,israel  

unto ,abel1 and to                      
,bethmaachah1 and all the ,berites3 and 
they were gathered             together1
 and went also after him4    #aj3jbj3jae
 ,and they came and besieged him in     
,abel of ,bethmaachah1 and              
they cast up a bank against the city1   
and it stood in the             trench3 
and all the people that were with ,joab 
battered the             wall1 to throw 
it down4    #aj3jbj3jaf ,then cried a   
wise woman out of the city1 ,hear1 hear2
 say1 ,i             pray you1 unto     
,joab1 ,come near hither1 that ,i may   
speak with             thee4            
#aj3jbj3jag ,and when he was come near  
unto her1 the woman said1 ,art thou     
,joab8 ,and he answered1 ,i am he4 ,then
 she said unto him1 ,hear               
the words of thine handmaid4 ,and he    
answered1 ,i do hear4    #aj3jbj3jah    
,then she spake1 saying1 ,they were wont
 to speak in old time1                  
saying1 ,they shall surely ask counsel  
at ,abel3 and so they             ended 

the matter4    #aj3jbj3jai ,i am one of 
them that are peaceable and faithful in 
,israel3             thou seekest to    
destroy a city and a mother in ,israel3 
why             wilt thou swallow up the
 inheritance of the ,,lord8             
#aj3jbj3jbj ,and ,joab answered and     
said1 ,far be it1 far be it from me1    
that             ,i should swallow up or
 destroy4    #aj3jbj3jba ,the matter is 
not so3 but a man of mount ,ephraim1    
,sheba the             son of ,bichri by
 name1 hath lifted up his hand against  
the             king1 even against      
,david3 deliver him only1 and ,i will   
depart             from the city4 ,and  
the woman said unto ,joab1 ,behold1 his 
head             shall be thrown to thee
 over the wall4    #aj3jbj3jbb ,then the
 woman went unto all the people in her  
wisdom4 ,and             they cut off   
the head of ,sheba the son of ,bichri1  
and cast it             out to ,joab4   
,and he blew a trumpet1 and they retired
 from the             city1 every man to

 his tent4 ,and ,joab returned to       
,jerusalem             unto the king4   
#aj3jbj3jbc ,now ,joab was over all the 
host of ,israel3 and ,benaiah the son   
of ,jehoiada was over the ,cherethites  
and over the ,pelethites3    #aj3jbj3jbd
 ,and ,adoram was over the tribute3 and 
,jehoshaphat the son of                 
,ahilud was recorder3    #aj3jbj3jbe    
,and ,sheva was scribe3 and ,zadok and  
,abiathar were the priests3             
#aj3jbj3jbf ,and ,ira also the ,jairite 
was a chief ruler about ,david4         
#aj3jba3jja ,then there was a famine in 
the days of ,david three years1 year    
after year2 and ,david enquired of the  
,,lord4 ,and the ,,lord                 
answered1 ,it is for ,saul1 and for his 
bloody house1 because he                
slew the ,gibeonites4    #aj3jba3jjb    
,and the king called the ,gibeonites1   
and said unto them2 7now             the
 ,gibeonites were not of the children of
 ,israel1 but of the             remnant
 of the ,amorites2 and the children of  

,israel had sworn             unto them3
 and ,saul sought to slay them in his   
zeal to the             children of     
,israel and ,judah47    #aj3jba3jjc     
,wherefore ,david said unto the         
,gibeonites1 ,what shall ,i do for      
you8 and wherewith shall ,i make the    
atonement1 that ye may             bless
 the inheritance of the ,,lord8         
#aj3jba3jjd ,and the ,gibeonites said   
unto him1 ,we will have no silver nor   
gold of ,saul1 nor of his house2 neither
 for us shalt thou kill             any 
man in ,israel4 ,and he said1 ,what ye  
shall say1 that will ,i             do  
for you4    #aj3jba3jje ,and they       
answered the king1 ,the man that        
consumed us1 and that                   
devised against us that we should be    
destroyed from remaining             in 
any of the coasts of ,israel1           
#aj3jba3jjf ,let seven men of his sons  
be delivered unto us1 and we will       
hang them up unto the ,,lord in ,gibeah 
of ,saul1 whom the ,,lord               

did choose4 ,and the king said1 ,i will 
give them4    #aj3jba3jjg ,but the king 
spared ,mephibosheth1 the son of        
,jonathan the son             of ,saul1 
because of the ,,lord's oath that was   
between them1             between ,david
 and ,jonathan the son of ,saul4        
#aj3jba3jjh ,but the king took the two  
sons of ,rizpah the daughter of ,aiah1  
whom she bare unto ,saul1 ,armoni and   
,mephibosheth2 and the five             
sons of ,michal the daughter of ,saul1  
whom she brought up for                 
,adriel the son of ,barzillai the       
,meholathite3    #aj3jba3jji ,and he    
delivered them into the hands of the    
,gibeonites1 and             they hanged
 them in the hill before the ,,lord3 and
 they fell             all seven        
together1 and were put to death in the  
days of             harvest1 in the     
first days1 in the beginning of barley  
harvest4    #aj3jba3jaj ,and ,rizpah the
 daughter of ,aiah took sackcloth1 and  
spread it             for her upon the  

rock1 from the beginning of harvest     
until             water dropped upon    
them out of heaven1 and suffered neither
             the birds of the air to    
rest on them by day1 nor the beasts of  
the field by night4    #aj3jba3jaa ,and 
it was told ,david what ,rizpah the     
daughter of ,aiah1 the                  
concubine of ,saul1 had done4           
#aj3jba3jab ,and ,david went and took   
the bones of ,saul and the bones of     
,jonathan his son from the men of       
,jabeshgilead1 which had                
stolen them from the street of          
,bethshan1 where the ,philistines       
had hanged them1 when the ,philistines  
had slain ,saul in             ,gilboa3 
#aj3jba3jac ,and he brought up from     
thence the bones of ,saul and the bones 
of ,jonathan his son2 and they gathered 
the bones of them that             were 
hanged4    #aj3jba3jad ,and the bones of
 ,saul and ,jonathan his son buried they
 in the             country of ,benjamin
 in ,zelah1 in the sepulchre of ,kish   

his             father3 and they        
performed all that the king commanded4  
,and             after that ,god was    
intreated for the land4    #aj3jba3jae  
,moreover the ,philistines had yet war  
again with ,israel2 and                 
,david went down1 and his servants with 
him1 and fought against             the 
,philistines3 and ,david waxed faint4   
#aj3jba3jaf ,and ,ishbibenob1 which was 
of the sons of the giant1 the weight    
of whose spear weighed three hundred    
shekels of brass in             weight1 
he being girded with a new sword1       
thought to have             slain       
,david4    #aj3jba3jag ,but ,abishai the
 son of ,zeruiah succoured him1 and     
smote the             ,philistine1 and  
killed him4 ,then the men of ,david     
sware unto             him1 saying1     
,thou shalt go no more out with us to   
battle1 that             thou quench not
 the light of ,israel4    #aj3jba3jah   
,and it came to pass after this1 that   
there was again a battle                

with the ,philistines at ,gob3 then     
,sibbechai the ,hushathite              
slew ,saph1 which was of the sons of the
 giant4    #aj3jba3jai ,and there was   
again a battle in ,gob with the         
,philistines1             where ,elhanan
 the son of ,jaareoregim1 a             
,bethlehemite1 slew the                 
brother of ,goliath the ,gittite1 the   
staff of whose spear was                
like a weaver's beam4    #aj3jba3jbj    
,and there was yet a battle in ,gath1   
where was a man of great                
stature1 that had on every hand six     
fingers1 and on every foot              
six toes1 four and twenty in number2 and
 he also was born to             the    
giant4    #aj3jba3jba ,and when he      
defied ,israel1 ,jonathan the son of    
,shimeah the             brother of     
,david slew him4    #aj3jba3jbb ,these  
four were born to the giant in ,gath1   
and fell by the             hand of     
,david1 and by the hand of his servants4
    #aj3jbb3jja ,and ,david spake unto  

the ,,lord the words of this song in the
             day that the ,,lord had    
delivered him out of the hand of all his
             enemies1 and out of the    
hand of ,saul3    #aj3jbb3jjb ,and he   
said1 ,the ,,lord is my rock1 and my    
fortress1 and my             deliverer2 
#aj3jbb3jjc ,the ,god of my rock2 in him
 will ,i trust3 he is my shield1 and    
the horn of my salvation1 my high tower1
 and my refuge1 my             saviour2 
thou savest me from violence4           
#aj3jbb3jjd ,i will call on the ,,lord1 
who is worthy to be praised3 so shall   
,i be saved from mine enemies4          
#aj3jbb3jje ,when the waves of death    
compassed me1 the floods of ungodly     
men made me afraid2    #aj3jbb3jjf ,the 
sorrows of hell compassed me about2 the 
snares of death             prevented   
me2    #aj3jbb3jjg ,in my distress ,i   
called upon the ,,lord1 and cried to my 
,god3             and he did hear my    
voice out of his temple1 and my cry did 
enter into his ears4    #aj3jbb3jjh     

,then the earth shook and trembled2 the 
foundations of heaven             moved 
and shook1 because he was wroth4        
#aj3jbb3jji ,there went up a smoke out  
of his nostrils1 and fire out of his    
mouth devoured3 coals were kindled by   
it4    #aj3jbb3jaj ,he bowed the heavens
 also1 and came down2 and darkness was  
under his feet4    #aj3jbb3jaa ,and he  
rode upon a cherub1 and did fly3 and he 
was seen upon             the wings of  
the wind4    #aj3jbb3jab ,and he made   
darkness pavilions round about him1 dark
 waters1             and thick clouds of
 the skies4    #aj3jbb3jac ,through the 
brightness before him were coals of fire
 kindled4    #aj3jbb3jad ,the ,,lord    
thundered from heaven1 and the most     
,high uttered his             voice4    
#aj3jbb3jae ,and he sent out arrows1 and
 scattered them2 lightning1 and         
discomfited them4    #aj3jbb3jaf ,and   
the channels of the sea appeared1 the   
foundations of the             world    
were discovered1 at the rebuking of the 

,,lord1 at the             blast of the 
breath of his nostrils4    #aj3jbb3jag  
,he sent from above1 he took me2 he drew
 me out of many waters2    #aj3jbb3jah  
,he delivered me from my strong enemy1  
and from them that hated             me3
 for they were too strong for me4       
#aj3jbb3jai ,they prevented me in the   
day of my calamity3 but the ,,lord was  
my stay4    #aj3jbb3jbj ,he brought me  
forth also into a large place3 he       
delivered me1             because he    
delighted in me4    #aj3jbb3jba ,the    
,,lord rewarded me according to my      
righteousness3 according             to 
the cleanness of my hands hath he       
recompensed me4    #aj3jbb3jbb ,for ,i  
have kept the ways of the ,,lord1 and   
have not wickedly             departed  
from my ,god4    #aj3jbb3jbc ,for all   
his judgments were before me3 and as for
 his statutes1             ,i did not   
depart from them4    #aj3jbb3jbd ,i was 
also upright before him1 and have kept  
myself from mine             iniquity4  

#aj3jbb3jbe ,therefore the ,,lord hath  
recompensed me according to my          
righteousness2 according to my cleanness
 in his eye sight4    #aj3jbb3jbf ,with 
the merciful thou wilt shew thyself     
merciful1 and with             the      
upright man thou wilt shew thyself      
upright4    #aj3jbb3jbg ,with the pure  
thou wilt shew thyself pure2 and with   
the             froward thou wilt shew  
thyself unsavoury4    #aj3jbb3jbh ,and  
the afflicted people thou wilt save3 but
 thine eyes are             upon the    
haughty1 that thou mayest bring them    
down4    #aj3jbb3jbi ,for thou art my   
lamp1 ,o ,,lord3 and the ,,lord will    
lighten my             darkness4        
#aj3jbb3jcj ,for by thee ,i have run    
through a troop3 by my ,god have ,i     
leaped over a wall4    #aj3jbb3jca ,as  
for ,god1 his way is perfect2 the word  
of the ,,lord is tried3             he  
is a buckler to all them that trust in  
him4    #aj3jbb3jcb ,for who is ,god1   
save the ,,lord8 and who is a rock1 save

 our             ,god8    #aj3jbb3jcc   
,god is my strength and power3 and he   
maketh my way perfect4    #aj3jbb3jcd   
,he maketh my feet like hinds' feet3 and
 setteth me upon my             high    
places4    #aj3jbb3jce ,he teacheth my  
hands to war2 so that a bow of steel is 
broken             by mine arms4        
#aj3jbb3jcf ,thou hast also given me the
 shield of thy salvation3 and thy       
gentleness hath made me great4          
#aj3jbb3jcg ,thou hast enlarged my steps
 under me2 so that my feet did not      
slip4    #aj3jbb3jch ,i have pursued    
mine enemies1 and destroyed them2 and   
turned             not again until ,i   
had consumed them4    #aj3jbb3jci ,and  
,i have consumed them1 and wounded them1
 that they could             not arise3 
yea1 they are fallen under my feet4     
#aj3jbb3jdj ,for thou hast girded me    
with strength to battle3 them that      
rose up against me hast thou subdued    
under me4    #aj3jbb3jda ,thou hast also
 given me the necks of mine enemies1    

that ,i             might destroy them  
that hate me4    #aj3jbb3jdb ,they      
looked1 but there was none to save2 even
 unto the ,,lord1             but he    
answered them not4    #aj3jbb3jdc ,then 
did ,i beat them as small as the dust of
 the earth1 ,i did             stamp    
them as the mire of the street1 and did 
spread them             abroad4         
#aj3jbb3jdd ,thou also hast delivered me
 from the strivings of my people1       
thou hast kept me to be head of the     
heathen3 a people which ,i              
knew not shall serve me4    #aj3jbb3jde 
,strangers shall submit themselves unto 
me3 as soon as they             hear1   
they shall be obedient unto me4         
#aj3jbb3jdf ,strangers shall fade away1 
and they shall be afraid out of         
their close places4    #aj3jbb3jdg ,the 
,,lord liveth2 and blessed be my rock2  
and exalted be the             ,god of  
the rock of my salvation4    #aj3jbb3jdh
 ,it is ,god that avengeth me1 and that 
bringeth down the people                

under me4    #aj3jbb3jdi ,and that      
bringeth me forth from mine enemies3    
thou also hast             lifted me up 
on high above them that rose up against 
me3 thou             hast delivered me  
from the violent man4    #aj3jbb3jej    
,therefore ,i will give thanks unto     
thee1 ,o ,,lord1 among the              
heathen1 and ,i will sing praises unto  
thy name4    #aj3jbb3jea ,he is the     
tower of salvation for his king3 and    
sheweth mercy             to his        
anointed1 unto ,david1 and to his seed  
for evermore4    #aj3jbc3jja ,now these 
be the last words of ,david4 ,david the 
son of ,jesse             said1 and the 
man who was raised up on high1 the      
anointed of             the ,god of     
,jacob1 and the sweet psalmist of       
,israel1 said1    #aj3jbc3jjb ,the      
,spirit of the ,,lord spake by me1 and  
his word was in my             tongue4  
#aj3jbc3jjc ,the ,god of ,israel said1  
the ,rock of ,israel spake to me1 ,he   
that ruleth over men must be just1      

ruling in the fear of ,god4             
#aj3jbc3jjd ,and he shall be as the     
light of the morning1 when the sun      
riseth1 even a morning without clouds2  
as the tender grass                     
springing out of the earth by clear     
shining after rain4    #aj3jbc3jje      
,although my house be not so with ,god2 
yet he hath made with me             an 
everlasting covenant1 ordered in all    
things1 and sure3 for             this  
is all my salvation1 and all my desire1 
although he make             it not to  
grow4    #aj3jbc3jjf ,but the sons of   
,belial shall be all of them as thorns  
thrust             away1 because they   
cannot be taken with hands3             
#aj3jbc3jjg ,but the man that shall     
touch them must be fenced with iron and 
the staff of a spear2 and they shall be 
utterly burned with             fire in 
the same place4    #aj3jbc3jjh ,these be
 the names of the mighty men whom ,david
 had3 ,the             ,tachmonite that 
sat in the seat1 chief among the        

captains2 the             same was      
,adino the ,eznite3 he lift up his spear
 against eight             hundred1 whom
 he slew at one time4    #aj3jbc3jji    
,and after him was ,eleazar the son of  
,dodo the ,ahohite1 one of              
the three mighty men with ,david1 when  
they defied the             ,philistines
 that were there gathered together to   
battle1 and             the men of      
,israel were gone away3    #aj3jbc3jaj  
,he arose1 and smote the ,philistines   
until his hand was weary1               
and his hand clave unto the sword3 and  
the ,,lord wrought a             great  
victory that day2 and the people        
returned after him only             to  
spoil4    #aj3jbc3jaa ,and after him was
 ,shammah the son of ,agee the          
,hararite4 ,and             the         
,philistines were gathered together into
 a troop1 where was             a piece 
of ground full of lentiles3 and the     
people fled from             the        
,philistines4    #aj3jbc3jab ,but he    

stood in the midst of the ground1 and   
defended it1 and             slew the   
,philistines3 and the ,,lord wrought a  
great victory4    #aj3jbc3jac ,and three
 of the thirty chief went down1 and came
 to ,david in             the harvest   
time unto the cave of ,adullam3 and the 
troop of             the ,philistines   
pitched in the valley of ,rephaim4      
#aj3jbc3jad ,and ,david was then in an  
hold1 and the garrison of the           
,philistines was then in ,bethlehem4    
#aj3jbc3jae ,and ,david longed1 and     
said1 ,oh that one would give me drink  
of             the water of the well of 
,bethlehem1 which is by the gate6       
#aj3jbc3jaf ,and the three mighty men   
brake through the host of the           
,philistines1 and drew water out of the 
well of ,bethlehem1 that             was
 by the gate1 and took it1 and brought  
it to ,david3             nevertheless  
he would not drink thereof1 but poured  
it out             unto the ,,lord4     
#aj3jbc3jag ,and he said1 ,be it far    

from me1 ,o ,,lord1 that ,i should do   
this3             is not this the blood 
of the men that went in jeopardy of     
their lives8 therefore he would not     
drink it4 ,these things did             
these three mighty men4    #aj3jbc3jah  
,and ,abishai1 the brother of ,joab1 the
 son of ,zeruiah1 was             chief 
among three4 ,and he lifted up his spear
 against three             hundred1 and 
slew them1 and had the name among three4
    #aj3jbc3jai ,was he not most        
honourable of three8 therefore he was   
their             captain3 howbeit he   
attained not unto the first three4      
#aj3jbc3jbj ,and ,benaiah the son of    
,jehoiada1 the son of a valiant man1 of 
,kabzeel1 who had done many acts1 he    
slew two lionlike men of                
,moab3 he went down also and slew a lion
 in the midst of a pit             in   
time of snow3    #aj3jbc3jba ,and he    
slew an ,egyptian1 a goodly man3 and the
 ,egyptian had a             spear in   
his hand2 but he went down to him with a

 staff1 and             plucked the     
spear out of the ,egyptian's hand1 and  
slew him             with his own spear4
    #aj3jbc3jbb ,these things did       
,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada1 and had  
the name             among three mighty 
men4    #aj3jbc3jbc ,he was more        
honourable than the thirty1 but he      
attained not to             the first   
three4 ,and ,david set him over his     
guard4    #aj3jbc3jbd ,asahel the       
brother of ,joab was one of the thirty2 
,elhanan the             son of ,dodo of
 ,bethlehem1    #aj3jbc3jbe ,shammah the
 ,harodite1 ,elika the ,harodite1       
#aj3jbc3jbf ,helez the ,paltite1 ,ira   
the son of ,ikkesh the ,tekoite1        
#aj3jbc3jbg ,abiezer the ,anethothite1  
,mebunnai the ,hushathite1              
#aj3jbc3jbh ,zalmon the ,ahohite1       
,maharai the ,netophathite1             
#aj3jbc3jbi ,heleb the son of ,baanah1 a
 ,netophathite1 ,ittai the son of       
,ribai out of ,gibeah of the children of
 ,benjamin1    #aj3jbc3jcj ,benaiah the 

,pirathonite1 ,hiddai of the brooks of  
,gaash1    #aj3jbc3jca ,abialbon the    
,arbathite1 ,azmaveth the ,barhumite1   
#aj3jbc3jcb ,eliahba the ,shaalbonite1  
of the sons of ,jashen1 ,jonathan1      
#aj3jbc3jcc ,shammah the ,hararite1     
,ahiam the son of ,sharar the ,hararite1
    #aj3jbc3jcd ,eliphelet the son of   
,ahasbai1 the son of the ,maachathite1  
,eliam the son of ,ahithophel the       
,gilonite1    #aj3jbc3jce ,hezrai the   
,carmelite1 ,paarai the ,arbite1        
#aj3jbc3jcf ,igal the son of ,nathan of 
,zobah1 ,bani the ,gadite1              
#aj3jbc3jcg ,zelek the ,ammonite1       
,nahari the ,beerothite1 armourbearer to
             ,joab the son of ,zeruiah1 
#aj3jbc3jch ,ira an ,ithrite1 ,gareb an 
,ithrite1    #aj3jbc3jci ,uriah the     
,hittite3 thirty and seven in all4      
#aj3jbd3jja ,and again the anger of the 
,,lord was kindled against ,israel1     
and he moved ,david against them to say1
 ,go1 number ,israel and                
,judah4    #aj3jbd3jjb ,for the king    

said to ,joab the captain of the host1  
which was             with him1 ,go now 
through all the tribes of ,israel1 from 
,dan             even to ,beersheba1 and
 number ye the people1 that ,i may know 
the number of the people4    #aj3jbd3jjc
 ,and ,joab said unto the king1 ,now the
 ,,lord thy ,god add unto the           
people1 how many soever they be1 an     
hundredfold1 and that the               
eyes of my lord the king may see it3 but
 why doth my lord the             king  
delight in this thing8    #aj3jbd3jjd   
,notwithstanding the king's word        
prevailed against ,joab1 and            
against the captains of the host4 ,and  
,joab and the captains of               
the host went out from the presence of  
the king1 to number the                 
people of ,israel4    #aj3jbd3jje ,and  
they passed over ,jordan1 and pitched in
 ,aroer1 on the             right side  
of the city that lieth in the midst of  
the river of             ,gad1 and      
toward ,jazer3    #aj3jbd3jjf ,then they

 came to ,gilead1 and to the land of    
,tahtimhodshi2 and             they came
 to ,danjaan1 and about to ,zidon1      
#aj3jbd3jjg ,and came to the strong hold
 of ,tyre1 and to all the cities of     
the ,hivites1 and of the ,canaanites3   
and they went out to the                
south of ,judah1 even to ,beersheba4    
#aj3jbd3jjh ,so when they had gone      
through all the land1 they came to      
,jerusalem at the end of nine months and
 twenty days4    #aj3jbd3jji ,and ,joab 
gave up the sum of the number of the    
people unto the             king3 and   
there were in ,israel eight hundred     
thousand valiant             men that   
drew the sword2 and the men of ,judah   
were five             hundred thousand  
men4    #aj3jbd3jaj ,and ,david's heart 
smote him after that he had numbered the
             people4 ,and ,david said   
unto the ,,lord1 ,i have sinned greatly 
in             that ,i have done3 and   
now1 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,,lord1 take   
away             the iniquity of thy    

servant2 for ,i have done very          
foolishly4    #aj3jbd3jaa ,for when     
,david was up in the morning1 the word  
of the ,,lord             came unto the 
prophet ,gad1 ,david's seer1 saying1    
#aj3jbd3jab ,go and say unto ,david1    
,thus saith the ,,lord1 ,i offer thee   
three             things2 choose thee   
one of them1 that ,i may do it unto     
thee4    #aj3jbd3jac ,so ,gad came to   
,david1 and told him1 and said unto him1
 ,shall             seven years of      
famine come unto thee in thy land8 or   
wilt thou             flee three months 
before thine enemies1 while they pursue 
thee8 or that there be three days'      
pestilence in thy land8 now             
advise1 and see what answer ,i shall    
return to him that sent             me4 
#aj3jbd3jad ,and ,david said unto ,gad1 
,i am in a great strait3 let us fall    
now into the hand of the ,,lord2 for his
 mercies are great3 and             let 
me not fall into the hand of man4       
#aj3jbd3jae ,so the ,,lord sent a       

pestilence upon ,israel from the morning
             even to the time appointed3
 and there died of the people from      
,dan even to ,beersheba seventy thousand
 men4    #aj3jbd3jaf ,and when the angel
 stretched out his hand upon ,jerusalem 
to             destroy it1 the ,,lord   
repented him of the evil1 and said to   
the             angel that destroyed the
 people1 ,it is enough3 stay now thine  
hand4 ,and the angel of the ,,lord was  
by the threshingplace of                
,araunah the ,jebusite4    #aj3jbd3jag  
,and ,david spake unto the ,,lord when  
he saw the angel that smote             
the people1 and said1 ,lo1 ,i have      
sinned1 and ,i have done                
wickedly3 but these sheep1 what have    
they done8 let thine             hand1  
,i pray thee1 be against me1 and against
 my father's             house4         
#aj3jbd3jah ,and ,gad came that day to  
,david1 and said unto him1 ,go up1 rear 
an altar unto the ,,lord in the         
threshingfloor of ,araunah the          

,jebusite4    #aj3jbd3jai ,and ,david1  
according to the saying of ,gad1 went up
 as the ,,lord             commanded4   
#aj3jbd3jbj ,and ,araunah looked1 and   
saw the king and his servants coming    
on toward him3 and ,araunah went out1   
and bowed himself before             the
 king on his face upon the ground4      
#aj3jbd3jba ,and ,araunah said1         
,wherefore is my lord the king come to  
his             servant8 ,and ,david    
said1 ,to buy the threshingfloor of     
thee1 to             build an altar unto
 the ,,lord1 that the plague may be     
stayed             from the people4     
#aj3jbd3jbb ,and ,araunah said unto     
,david1 ,let my lord the king take and  
offer up what seemeth good unto him3    
behold1 here be oxen for                
burnt sacrifice1 and threshing          
instruments and other                   
instruments of the oxen for wood4       
#aj3jbd3jbc ,all these things did       
,araunah1 as a king1 give unto the king4
             ,and ,araunah said unto the

 king1 ,the ,,lord thy ,god accept thee4
    #aj3jbd3jbd ,and the king said unto 
,araunah1 ,nay2 but ,i will surely buy  
it             of thee at a price3      
neither will ,i offer burnt offerings   
unto             the ,,lord my ,god of  
that which doth cost me nothing4 ,so    
,david             bought the           
threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty   
shekels of             silver4          
#aj3jbd3jbe ,and ,david built there an  
altar unto the ,,lord1 and offered      
burnt offerings and peace offerings4 ,so
 the ,,lord was intreated               
for the land1 and the plague was stayed 
from ,israel4