,from www4ebible4org with slight reformatting by ,martin ,ward4 ,book #aj #b ,samuel #jja3jja ,it happened after the death of ,saul1 when ,david was returned from the slaughter of the ,amalekites1 and ,david had abode two days in ,ziklag2 #jja3jjb it happened on the third day1 that behold1 a man came out of the camp from ,saul1 with his clothes torn1 and earth on his head3 and so it was1 when he came to ,david1 that he fell to the earth1 and did obeisance4 #jja3jjc ,david said to him1 ,from whence come you8 ,he said to him1 ,out of the camp of ,israel am ,i escaped4 #jja3jjd ,david said to him1 ,how went the matter8 ,please tell me4 ,he answered1 ,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 #jja3jje ,david said to the young man who told him1 ,how know you that ,saul and ,jonathan his son are dead8 #jja3jjf ,the young man who told him said1 ,as ,i happened by chance on ,mount ,gilboa1 behold1 ,saul was leaning on his spear2 and behold1 the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him4 #jja3jjg ,when he looked behind him1 he saw me1 and called to me4 ,i answered1 ,here am ,i4 #jja3jjh ,he said to me1 ,who are you8 ,i answered him1 ,i am an ,amalekite4 #jja3jji ,he said to me1 ,stand1 ,i pray you1 beside me1 and kill me2 for anguish has taken hold of me1 because my life is yet whole in me4 #jja3jaj ,so ,i stood beside him1 and killed him1 because ,i was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen3 and ,i took the crown that was on his head1 and the bracelet that was on his arm1 and have brought them here to my lord4 #jja3jaa ,then ,david took hold on his clothes1 and tore them2 and likewise all the men who were with him3 #jja3jab and they mourned1 and wept1 and fasted until even1 for ,saul1 and for ,jonathan his son1 and for the people of ,yahweh1 and for the house of ,israel2 because they were fallen by the sword4 #jja3jac ,david said to the young man who told him1 ,whence are you8 ,he answered1 ,i am the son of a foreigner1 an ,amalekite4 #jja3jad ,david said to him1 ,how were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy ,yahweh's anointed8 #jja3jae ,david called one of the young men1 and said1 ,go near1 and fall on him4 ,he struck him1 so that he died4 #jja3jaf ,david said to him1 ,your blood be on your head2 for your mouth has testified against you1 saying1 ,i have slain ,yahweh's anointed4 #jja3jag ,david lamented with this lamentation over ,saul and over ,jonathan his son #jja3jah 7and he bade them teach the children of ,judah the song of the bow3 behold1 it is written in the book of ,jashar73 #jja3jai ,your glory1 ,israel1 is slain on your high places6 ,how the mighty have fallen6 #jja3jbj ,don't tell it in ,gath4 ,don't publish it in the streets of ,ashkelon1 lest the daughters of the ,philistines rejoice1 lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph4 #jja3jba ,you mountains of ,gilboa1 let there be no dew nor rain on you1 neither fields of offerings2 ,for there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away1 ,the shield of ,saul was not anointed with oil4 #jja3jbb ,from the blood of the slain1 from the fat of the mighty1 ,jonathan's bow didn't turn back4 ,saul's sword didn't return empty4 #jja3jbc ,saul and ,jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives4 ,in their death1 they were not divided4 ,they were swifter than eagles4 ,they were stronger than lions4 #jja3jbd ,you daughters of ,israel1 weep over ,saul1 who clothed you in scarlet delicately1 who put ornaments of gold on your clothing4 #jja3jbe ,how are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle6 ,jonathan is slain on your high places4 #jja3jbf ,i am distressed for you1 my brother ,jonathan4 ,you have been very pleasant to me4 ,your love to me was wonderful1 passing the love of women4 #jja3jbg ,how are the mighty fallen1 and the weapons of war perished6 #jjb3jja ,it happened after this1 that ,david inquired of ,yahweh1 saying1 ,shall ,i go up into any of the cities of ,judah8 ,yahweh said to him1 ,go up4 ,david said1 ,where shall ,i go up8 ,he said1 ,to ,hebron4 #jjb3jjb ,so ,david went up there1 and his two wives also1 ,ahinoam the ,jezreelitess1 and ,abigail the wife of ,nabal the ,carmelite4 #jjb3jjc ,his men who were with him did ,david bring up1 every man with his household3 and they lived in the cities of ,hebron4 #jjb3jjd ,the men of ,judah came1 and there they anointed ,david king over the house of ,judah4 ,they told ,david1 saying1 ,the men of ,jabesh ,gilead were those who buried ,saul4 #jjb3jje ,david sent messengers to the men of ,jabesh ,gilead1 and said to them1 ,blessed be you of ,yahweh1 that you have shown this kindness to your lord1 even to ,saul1 and have buried him4 #jjb3jjf ,now ,yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you3 and ,i also will requite you this kindness1 because you have done this thing4 #jjb3jjg ,now therefore let your hands be strong1 and be you valiant2 for ,saul your lord is dead1 and also the house of ,judah have anointed me king over them4 #jjb3jjh ,now ,abner the son of ,ner1 captain of ,saul's army1 had taken ,ishbosheth the son of ,saul1 and brought him over to ,mahanaim2 #jjb3jji and he made him king over ,gilead1 and over the ,ashurites1 and over ,jezreel1 and over ,ephraim1 and over ,benjamin1 and over all ,israel4 #jjb3jaj ,ishbosheth1 ,saul's son1 was forty years old when he began to reign over ,israel1 and he reigned two years4 ,but the house of ,judah followed ,david4 #jjb3jaa ,the time that ,david was king in ,hebron over the house of ,judah was seven years and six months4 #jjb3jab ,abner the son of ,ner1 and the servants of ,ishbosheth the son of ,saul1 went out from ,mahanaim to ,gibeon4 #jjb3jac ,joab the son of ,zeruiah1 and the servants of ,david1 went out1 and met them by the pool of ,gibeon2 and they sat down1 the one on the one side of the pool1 and the other on the other side of the pool4 #jjb3jad ,abner said to ,joab1 ,please let the young men arise and play before us4 ,joab said1 ,let them arise4 #jjb3jae ,then they arose and went over by number3 twelve for ,benjamin1 and for ,ishbosheth the son of ,saul1 and twelve of the servants of ,david4 #jjb3jaf ,they caught everyone his fellow by the head1 and thrust his sword in his fellow's side2 so they fell down together3 therefore that place was called ,helkath ,hazzurim1 which is in ,gibeon4 #jjb3jag ,the battle was very severe that day3 and ,abner was beaten1 and the men of ,israel1 before the servants of ,david4 #jjb3jah ,the three sons of ,zeruiah were there1 ,joab1 and ,abishai1 and ,asahel3 and ,asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle4 #jjb3jai ,asahel pursued after ,abner2 and in going he didn't turn to the right hand nor to the left from following ,abner4 #jjb3jbj ,then ,abner looked behind him1 and said1 ,is it you1 ,asahel8 ,he answered1 ,it is ,i4 #jjb3jba ,abner said to him1 ,turn you aside to your right hand or to your left1 and lay you hold on one of the young men1 and take you his armor4 ,but ,asahel would not turn aside from following him4 #jjb3jbb ,abner said again to ,asahel1 ,turn you aside from following me3 why should ,i strike you to the ground8 how then should ,i hold up my face to ,joab your brother8 #jjb3jbc ,however he refused to turn aside3 therefore ,abner with the hinder end of the spear struck him in the body1 so that the spear came out behind him2 and he fell down there1 and died in the same place3 and it happened1 that as many as came to the place where ,asahel fell down and died stood still4 #jjb3jbd ,but ,joab and ,abishai pursued after ,abner3 and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of ,ammah1 that lies before ,giah by the way of the wilderness of ,gibeon4 #jjb3jbe ,the children of ,benjamin gathered themselves together after ,abner1 and became one band1 and stood on the top of a hill4 #jjb3jbf ,then ,abner called to ,joab1 and said1 ,shall the sword devour forever8 ,don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end8 ,how long shall it be then1 before you bid the people return from following their brothers8 #jjb3jbg ,joab said1 ,as ,god lives1 if you had not spoken1 surely then in the morning the people had gone away1 nor followed everyone his brother4 #jjb3jbh ,so ,joab blew the trumpet2 and all the people stood still1 and pursued after ,israel no more1 neither fought they any more4 #jjb3jbi ,abner and his men went all that night through the ,arabah2 and they passed over the ,jordan1 and went through all ,bithron1 and came to ,mahanaim4 #jjb3jcj ,joab returned from following ,abner3 and when he had gathered all the people together1 there lacked of ,david's servants nineteen men and ,asahel4 #jjb3jca ,but the servants of ,david had struck of ,benjamin1 and of ,abner's men1 so that three hundred sixty men died4 #jjb3jcb ,they took up ,asahel1 and buried him in the tomb of his father1 which was in ,bethlehem4 ,joab and his men went all night1 and the day broke on them at ,hebron4 #jjc3jja ,now there was long war between the house of ,saul and the house of ,david3 and ,david grew stronger and stronger1 but the house of ,saul grew weaker and weaker4 #jjc3jjb ,to ,david were sons born in ,hebron3 and his firstborn was ,amnon1 of ,ahinoam the ,jezreelitess2 #jjc3jjc 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 #jjc3jjd and the fourth1 ,adonijah the son of ,haggith2 and the fifth1 ,shephatiah the son of ,abital2 #jjc3jje and the sixth1 ,ithream1 of ,eglah1 ,david's wife4 ,these were born to ,david in ,hebron4 #jjc3jjf ,it happened1 while there was war between the house of ,saul and the house of ,david1 that ,abner made himself strong in the house of ,saul4 #jjc3jjg ,now ,saul had a concubine1 whose name was ,rizpah1 the daughter of ,aiah3 and ,ishbosheth said to ,abner1 ,why have you gone in to my father's concubine8 #jjc3jjh ,then was ,abner very angry for the words of ,ishbosheth1 and said1 ,am ,i a dog's head that belongs to ,judah8 ,this day do ,i show kindness to the house of ,saul your father1 to his brothers1 and to his friends1 and have not delivered you into the hand of ,david2 and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman4 #jjc3jji ,god do so to ,abner1 and more also1 if1 as ,yahweh has sworn to ,david1 ,i don't do even so to him2 #jjc3jaj to transfer 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 #jjc3jaa ,he could not answer ,abner another word1 because he feared him4 #jjc3jab ,abner sent messengers to ,david on his behalf1 saying1 ,whose is the land8 saying also1 ,make your league with me1 and behold1 my hand shall be with you1 to bring about all ,israel to you4 #jjc3jac ,he said1 ,well2 ,i will make a league with you2 but one thing ,i require of you3 that is1 you shall not see my face1 except you first bring ,michal1 ,saul's daughter1 when you come to see my face4 #jjc3jad ,david sent messengers to ,ishbosheth1 ,saul's son1 saying1 ,deliver me my wife ,michal1 whom ,i pledged to be married to me for one hundred foreskins of the ,philistines4 #jjc3jae ,ishbosheth sent1 and took her from her husband1 even from ,paltiel the son of ,laish4 #jjc3jaf ,her husband went with her1 weeping as he went1 and followed her to ,bahurim4 ,then said ,abner to him1 ,go1 return3 and he returned4 #jjc3jag ,abner had communication with the elders of ,israel1 saying1 ,in times past you sought for ,david to be king over you3 #jjc3jah now then do it2 for ,yahweh has 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 #jjc3jai ,abner also spoke 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 to the whole house of ,benjamin4 #jjc3jbj ,so ,abner came to ,david to ,hebron1 and twenty men with him4 ,david made ,abner and the men who were with him a feast4 #jjc3jba ,abner said to ,david1 ,i will arise and go1 and will gather all ,israel to my lord the king1 that they may make a covenant with you1 and that you may reign over all that your soul desires4 ,david sent ,abner away2 and he went in peace4 #jjc3jbb ,behold1 the servants of ,david and ,joab came from a foray1 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 #jjc3jbc ,when ,joab and all the army who was with him had come1 they told ,joab1 saying1 ,abner the son of ,ner came to the king1 and he has sent him away1 and he is gone in peace4 #jjc3jbd ,then ,joab came to the king1 and said1 ,what have you done8 behold1 ,abner came to you2 why is it that you have sent him away1 and he is quite gone8 #jjc3jbe ,you know ,abner the son of ,ner1 that he came to deceive you1 and to know your going out and your coming in1 and to know all that you do4 #jjc3jbf ,when ,joab was come out from ,david1 he sent messengers after ,abner1 and they brought him back from the well of ,sirah3 but ,david didn't know it4 #jjc3jbg ,when ,abner was returned to ,hebron1 ,joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly1 and struck him there in the body1 so that he died1 for the blood of ,asahel his brother4 #jjc3jbh ,afterward1 when ,david heard it1 he said1 ,i and my kingdom are guiltless before ,yahweh forever of the blood of ,abner the son of ,ner3 #jjc3jbi let it fall on the head of ,joab1 and on all his father's house2 and let there not fail from the house of ,joab one who has an issue1 or who is a leper1 or who leans on a staff1 or who falls by the sword1 or who lacks bread4 #jjc3jcj ,so ,joab and ,abishai his brother killed ,abner1 because he had killed their brother ,asahel at ,gibeon in the battle4 #jjc3jca ,david said to ,joab1 and to all the people who were with him1 ,tear your clothes1 and gird you with sackcloth1 and mourn before ,abner4 ,king ,david followed the bier4 #jjc3jcb ,they buried ,abner in ,hebron3 and the king lifted up his voice1 and wept at the grave of ,abner2 and all the people wept4 #jjc3jcc ,the king lamented for ,abner1 and said1 ,should ,abner die as a fool dies8 #jjc3jcd ,your hands were not bound1 nor your feet put into fetters4 ,as a man falls before the children of iniquity1 so you fell4 ,all the people wept again over him4 #jjc3jce ,all the people came to cause ,david to eat bread while it was yet day2 but ,david swore1 saying1 ,god do so to me1 and more also1 if ,i taste bread1 or anything else1 until the sun be down4 #jjc3jcf ,all the people took notice of it1 and it pleased them2 as whatever the king did pleased all the people4 #jjc3jcg ,so all the people and all ,israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill ,abner the son of ,ner4 #jjc3jch ,the king said to his servants1 ,don't you know that there a prince and a great man has fallen this day in ,israel8 #jjc3jci ,i am this day weak1 though anointed king2 and these men the sons of ,zeruiah are too hard for me4 ,may ,yahweh reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness4 #jjd3jja ,when ,ishbosheth1 ,saul's son1 heard that ,abner was dead in ,hebron1 his hands became feeble1 and all the ,israelites were troubled4 #jjd3jjb ,ishbosheth1 ,saul's son1 had two men who were captains of bands3 the name of the one was ,baanah1 and the name of the other ,rechab1 the sons of ,rimmon the ,beerothite1 of the children of ,benjamin 7for ,beeroth also is reckoned to ,benjamin3 #jjd3jjc and the ,beerothites fled to ,gittaim1 and have lived as foreigners there until this day74 #jjd3jjd ,now ,jonathan1 ,saul's son1 had a son who was lame of his feet4 ,he was five years old when the news came of ,saul and ,jonathan out of ,jezreel2 and his nurse took him up1 and fled3 and it happened1 as she made haste to flee1 that he fell1 and became lame4 ,his name was ,mephibosheth4 #jjd3jje ,the sons of ,rimmon the ,beerothite1 ,rechab and ,baanah1 went1 and came about the heat of the day to the house of ,ishbosheth1 as he took his rest at noon4 #jjd3jjf ,they came there into the midst of the house1 as though they would have fetched wheat2 and they struck him in the body3 and ,rechab and ,baanah his brother escaped4 #jjd3jjg ,now when they came into the house1 as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber1 they struck him1 and killed him1 and beheaded him1 and took his head1 and went by the way of the ,arabah all night4 #jjd3jjh ,they brought the head of ,ishbosheth to ,david to ,hebron1 and said to the king1 ,behold1 the head of ,ishbosheth1 the son of ,saul1 your enemy1 who sought your life2 and ,yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of ,saul1 and of his seed4 #jjd3jji ,david answered ,rechab and ,baanah his brother1 the sons of ,rimmon the ,beerothite1 and said to them1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity1 #jjd3jaj when one told me1 saying1 ,behold1 ,saul is dead1 thinking to have brought good news1 ,i took hold of him1 and killed him in ,ziklag1 which was the reward ,i gave him for his news4 #jjd3jaa ,how much more1 when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed1 shall ,i not now require his blood of your hand1 and take you away from the earth8 #jjd3jab ,david commanded his young men1 and they killed them1 and cut off their hands and their feet1 and hanged them up beside the pool in ,hebron4 ,but they took the head of ,ishbosheth1 and buried it in the grave of ,abner in ,hebron4 #jje3jja ,then came all the tribes of ,israel to ,david to ,hebron1 and spoke1 saying1 ,behold1 we are your bone and your flesh4 #jje3jjb ,in times past1 when ,saul was king over us1 it was you who led out and brought in ,israel3 and ,yahweh said to you1 ,you shall be shepherd of my people ,israel1 and you shall be prince over ,israel4 #jje3jjc ,so all the elders of ,israel came to the king to ,hebron2 and king ,david made a covenant with them in ,hebron before ,yahweh3 and they anointed ,david king over ,israel4 #jje3jjd ,david was thirty years old when he began to reign1 and he reigned forty years4 #jje3jje ,in ,hebron he reigned over ,judah seven years and six months2 and in ,jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all ,israel and ,judah4 #jje3jjf ,the king and his men went to ,jerusalem against the ,jebusites1 the inhabitants of the land1 who spoke to ,david1 saying1 ,except you take away the blind and the lame1 you shall not come in here2 thinking1 ,david can't come in here4 #jje3jjg ,nevertheless ,david took the stronghold of ,zion2 the same is the city of ,david4 #jje3jjh ,david said on that day1 ,whoever strikes the ,jebusites1 let him get up to the watercourse1 and strike the lame and the blind1 who are hated of ,david's soul4 ,therefore they say1 ,there are the blind and the lame2 he can't come into the house4 #jje3jji ,david lived in the stronghold1 and called it the city of ,david4 ,david built round about from ,millo and inward4 #jje3jaj ,david grew greater and greater2 for ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,armies1 was with him4 #jje3jaa ,hiram king of ,tyre sent messengers to ,david1 and cedar trees1 and carpenters1 and masons2 and they built ,david a house4 #jje3jab ,david perceived that ,yahweh had established him king over ,israel1 and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people ,israel's sake4 #jje3jac ,david took him more concubines and wives out of ,jerusalem1 after he was come from ,hebron2 and there were yet sons and daughters born to ,david4 #jje3jad ,these are the names of those who were born to him in ,jerusalem3 ,shammua1 and ,shobab1 and ,nathan1 and ,solomon1 #jje3jae and ,ibhar1 and ,elishua1 and ,nepheg1 and ,japhia1 #jje3jaf and ,elishama1 and ,eliada1 and ,eliphelet4 #jje3jag ,when the ,philistines heard that they had anointed ,david king over ,israel1 all the ,philistines went up to seek ,david2 and ,david heard of it1 and went down to the stronghold4 #jje3jah ,now the ,philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of ,rephaim4 #jje3jai ,david inquired of ,yahweh1 saying1 ,shall ,i go up against the ,philistines8 will you deliver them into my hand8 ,yahweh said to ,david1 ,go up2 for ,i will certainly deliver the ,philistines into your hand4 #jje3jbj ,david came to ,baal ,perazim1 and ,david struck them there2 and he said1 ,yahweh has broken my enemies before me1 like the breach of waters4 ,therefore he called the name of that place ,baal ,perazim4 #jje3jba ,they left their images there2 and ,david and his men took them away4 #jje3jbb ,the ,philistines came up yet again1 and spread themselves in the valley of ,rephaim4 #jje3jbc ,when ,david inquired of ,yahweh1 he said1 ,you shall not go up3 make a circuit behind them1 and come on them over against the mulberry trees4 #jje3jbd ,it shall be1 when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees1 that then you shall bestir yourself2 for then is ,yahweh gone out before you to strike the army of the ,philistines4 #jje3jbe ,david did so1 as ,yahweh commanded him1 and struck the ,philistines from ,geba until you come to ,gezer4 #jjf3jja ,david again gathered together all the chosen men of ,israel1 thirty thousand4 #jjf3jjb ,david arose1 and went with all the people who were with him1 from ,baale ,judah1 to bring up from there the ark of ,god1 which is called by the ,name1 even the name of ,yahweh of ,armies who sits above the cherubim4 #jjf3jjc ,they set the ark of ,god on a new cart1 and brought it out of the house of ,abinadab that was in the hill3 and ,uzzah and ,ahio1 the sons of ,abinadab1 drove the new cart4 #jjf3jjd ,they brought it out of the house of ,abinadab1 which was in the hill1 with the ark of ,god3 and ,ahio went before the ark4 #jjf3jje ,david and all the house of ,israel played before ,yahweh with all manner of instruments made of fir wood1 and with harps1 and with stringed instruments1 and with tambourines1 and with castanets1 and with cymbals4 #jjf3jjf ,when they came to the threshing floor of ,nacon1 ,uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of ,god1 and took hold of it2 for the oxen stumbled4 #jjf3jjg ,the anger of ,yahweh was kindled against ,uzzah2 and ,god struck him there for his error2 and there he died by the ark of ,god4 #jjf3jjh ,david was displeased1 because ,yahweh had broken forth on ,uzzah2 and he called that place ,perez ,uzzah1 to this day4 #jjf3jji ,david was afraid of ,yahweh that day2 and he said1 ,how shall the ark of ,yahweh come to me8 #jjf3jaj ,so ,david would not remove the ark of ,yahweh to him into the city of ,david2 but ,david carried it aside into the house of ,obed-,edom the ,gittite4 #jjf3jaa ,the ark of ,yahweh remained in the house of ,obed-,edom the ,gittite three months3 and ,yahweh blessed ,obed-,edom1 and all his house4 #jjf3jab ,it was told king ,david1 saying1 ,yahweh has blessed the house of ,obed-,edom1 and all that pertains to him1 because of the ark of ,god4 ,david went and brought up the ark of ,god from the house of ,obed-,edom into the city of ,david with joy4 #jjf3jac ,it was so1 that1 when those who bore the ark of ,yahweh had gone six paces1 he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf4 #jjf3jad ,david danced before ,yahweh with all his might2 and ,david was girded with a linen ephod4 #jjf3jae ,so ,david and all the house of ,israel brought up the ark of ,yahweh with shouting1 and with the sound of the trumpet4 #jjf3jaf ,it was so1 as the ark of ,yahweh came into the city of ,david1 that ,michal the daughter of ,saul looked out at the window1 and saw king ,david leaping and dancing before ,yahweh2 and she despised him in her heart4 #jjf3jag ,they brought in the ark of ,yahweh1 and set it in its place1 in the midst of the tent that ,david had pitched for it2 and ,david offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before ,yahweh4 #jjf3jah ,when ,david had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings1 he blessed the people in the name of ,yahweh of ,armies4 #jjf3jai ,he dealt among all the people1 even among the whole multitude of ,israel1 both to men and women1 to everyone a cake of bread1 and a portion of flesh1 and a cake of raisins4 ,so all the people departed everyone to his house4 #jjf3jbj ,then ,david returned to bless his household4 ,michal the daughter of ,saul came out to meet ,david1 and said1 ,how glorious was the king of ,israel today1 who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants1 as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself6 #jjf3jba ,david said to ,michal1 ,it was before ,yahweh1 who chose me above your father1 and above all his house1 to appoint me prince over the people of ,yahweh1 over ,israel3 therefore will ,i play before ,yahweh4 #jjf3jbb ,i will be yet more vile than this1 and will be base in my own sight3 but of the handmaids of whom you have spoken1 they shall honor me4 #jjf3jbc ,michal the daughter of ,saul had no child to the day of her death4 #jjg3jja ,it happened1 when the king lived in his house1 and ,yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies round about1 #jjg3jjb that the king said to ,nathan the prophet1 ,see now1 ,i dwell in a house of cedar1 but the ark of ,god dwells within curtains4 #jjg3jjc ,nathan said to the king1 ,go1 do all that is in your heart2 for ,yahweh is with you4 #jjg3jjd ,it happened the same night1 that the word of ,yahweh came to ,nathan1 saying1 #jjg3jje ,go and tell my servant ,david1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,shall you build me a house for me to dwell in8 #jjg3jjf for ,i have not lived in a house since the day that ,i brought up the children of ,israel out of ,egypt1 even to this day1 but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle4 #jjg3jjg ,in all places in which ,i have walked with all the children of ,israel1 spoke ,i a word with any of the tribes of ,israel1 whom ,i commanded to be shepherd of my people ,israel1 saying1 ,why have you not built me a house of cedar8 #jjg3jjh ,now therefore thus shall you tell my servant ,david1 ,thus says ,yahweh of ,armies1 ,i took you from the sheep pen1 from following the sheep1 that you should be prince over my people1 over ,israel2 #jjg3jji and ,i have been with you wherever you went1 and have cut off all your enemies from before you2 and ,i will make you a great name1 like the name of the great ones who are in the earth4 #jjg3jaj ,i will appoint a place for my people ,israel1 and will plant them1 that they may dwell in their own place1 and be moved no more2 neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more1 as at the first1 #jjg3jaa and as from the day that ,i commanded judges to be over my people ,israel2 and ,i will cause you to rest from all your enemies4 ,moreover ,yahweh tells you that ,yahweh will make you a house4 #jjg3jab ,when your days are fulfilled1 and you shall sleep with your fathers1 ,i will set up your seed after you1 who shall proceed out of your bowels1 and ,i will establish his kingdom4 #jjg3jac ,he shall build a house for my name1 and ,i will establish the throne of his kingdom forever4 #jjg3jad ,i will be his father1 and he shall be my son3 if he commit iniquity1 ,i will chasten him with the rod of men1 and with the stripes of the children of men2 #jjg3jae but my loving kindness shall not depart from him1 as ,i took it from ,saul1 whom ,i put away before you4 #jjg3jaf ,your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you3 your throne shall be established forever4 #jjg3jag ,according to all these words1 and according to all this vision1 so did ,nathan speak to ,david4 #jjg3jah ,then ,david the king went in1 and sat before ,yahweh2 and he said1 ,who am ,i1 ,lord ,yahweh1 and what is my house1 that you have brought me thus far8 #jjg3jai ,this was yet a small thing in your eyes1 ,lord ,yahweh2 but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come2 and this too after the manner of men1 ,lord ,yahweh6 #jjg3jbj ,what can ,david say more to you8 for you know your servant1 ,lord ,yahweh4 #jjg3jba ,for your word's sake1 and according to your own heart1 have you worked all this greatness1 to make your servant know it4 #jjg3jbb ,therefore you are great1 ,yahweh ,god3 for there is none like you1 neither is there any ,god besides you1 according to all that we have heard with our ears4 #jjg3jbc ,what one nation in the earth is like your people1 even like ,israel1 whom ,god went to redeem to himself for a people1 and to make him a name1 and to do great things for you1 and awesome things for your land1 before your people1 whom you redeem to you out of ,egypt1 from the nations and their gods8 #jjg3jbd ,you did establish to yourself your people ,israel to be a people to you forever2 and you1 ,yahweh1 became their ,god4 #jjg3jbe ,now1 ,yahweh ,god1 the word that you have spoken concerning your servant1 and concerning his house1 confirm you it forever1 and do as you have spoken4 #jjg3jbf ,let your name be magnified forever1 saying1 ,yahweh of ,armies is ,god over ,israel2 and the house of your servant ,david shall be established before you4 #jjg3jbg ,for you1 ,yahweh of ,armies1 the ,god of ,israel1 have revealed to your servant1 saying1 ,i will build you a house3 therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you4 #jjg3jbh ,now1 ,o ,lord ,yahweh1 you are ,god1 and your words are truth1 and you have promised this good thing to your servant3 #jjg3jbi now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant1 that it may continue forever before you2 for you1 ,lord ,yahweh1 have spoken it3 and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever4 #jjh3jja ,after this it happened that ,david struck the ,philistines1 and subdued them3 and ,david took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the ,philistines4 #jjh3jjb ,he struck ,moab1 and measured them with the line1 making them to lie down on the ground2 and he measured two lines to put to death1 and one full line to keep alive4 ,the ,moabites became servants to ,david1 and brought tribute4 #jjh3jjc ,david struck also ,hadadezer the son of ,rehob1 king of ,zobah1 as he went to recover his dominion at the ,river4 #jjh3jjd ,david took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen1 and twenty thousand footmen3 and ,david hamstrung all the chariot horses1 but reserved of them for one hundred chariots4 #jjh3jje ,when the ,syrians of ,damascus came to help ,hadadezer king of ,zobah1 ,david struck of the ,syrians two and twenty thousand men4 #jjh3jjf ,then ,david put garrisons in ,syria of ,damascus2 and the ,syrians became servants to ,david1 and brought tribute4 ,yahweh gave victory to ,david wherever he went4 #jjh3jjg ,david took the shields of gold that were on the servants of ,hadadezer1 and brought them to ,jerusalem4 #jjh3jjh ,from ,betah and from ,berothai1 cities of ,hadadezer1 king ,david took exceeding much brass4 #jjh3jji ,when ,toi king of ,hamath heard that ,david had struck all the army of ,hadadezer1 #jjh3jaj then ,toi sent ,joram his son to king ,david1 to ,greet him1 and to bless him1 because he had fought against ,hadadezer and struck him3 for ,hadadezer had wars with ,toi4 ,joram brought with him vessels of silver1 and vessels of gold1 and vessels of brass3 #jjh3jaa ,these also did king ,david dedicate to ,yahweh1 with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued2 #jjh3jab 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 #jjh3jac ,david got him a name when he returned from smiting the ,syrians in the ,valley of ,salt1 even eighteen thousand men4 #jjh3jad ,he put garrisons in ,edom2 throughout all ,edom put he garrisons1 and all the ,edomites became servants to ,david4 ,yahweh gave victory to ,david wherever he went4 #jjh3jae ,david reigned over all ,israel2 and ,david executed justice and righteousness to all his people4 #jjh3jaf ,joab the son of ,zeruiah was over the army2 and ,jehoshaphat the son of ,ahilud was recorder2 #jjh3jag and ,zadok the son of ,ahitub1 and ,ahimelech the son of ,abiathar1 were priests2 and ,seraiah was scribe2 #jjh3jah and ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada was over the ,cherethites and the ,pelethites2 and ,david's sons were chief ministers4 #jji3jja ,david said1 ,is there yet any who is left of the house of ,saul1 that ,i may show him kindness for ,jonathan's sake8 #jji3jjb ,there was of the house of ,saul a servant whose name was ,ziba1 and they called him to ,david2 and the king said to him1 ,are you ,ziba8 ,he said1 ,your servant is he4 #jji3jjc ,the king said1 ,is there not yet any of the house of ,saul1 that ,i may show the kindness of ,god to him8 ,ziba said to the king1 ,jonathan has yet a son1 who is lame of his feet4 #jji3jjd ,the king said to him1 ,where is he8 ,ziba said to the king1 ,behold1 he is in the house of ,machir the son of ,ammiel1 in ,lo ,debar4 #jji3jje ,then king ,david sent1 and fetched him out of the house of ,machir the son of ,ammiel1 from ,lo ,debar4 #jji3jjf ,mephibosheth1 the son of ,jonathan1 the son of ,saul1 came to ,david1 and fell on his face1 and did obeisance4 ,david said1 ,mephibosheth4 ,he answered1 ,behold1 your servant6 #jji3jjg ,david said to him1 ,don't be afraid of him2 for ,i will surely show you kindness for ,jonathan your father's sake1 and will restore you all the land of ,saul your father2 and you shall eat bread at my table continually4 #jji3jjh ,he did obeisance1 and said1 ,what is your servant1 that you should look on such a dead dog as ,i am8 #jji3jji ,then the king called to ,ziba1 ,saul's servant1 and said to him1 ,all that pertained to ,saul and to all his house have ,i given to your master's son4 #jji3jaj ,you shall till the land for him1 you1 and your sons1 and your servants2 and you shall bring in the fruits1 that your master's son may have bread to eat3 but ,mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table4 ,now ,ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants4 #jji3jaa ,then said ,ziba to the king1 ,according to all that my lord the king commands his servant1 so shall your servant do4 ,as for ,mephibosheth1 said the king1 he shall eat at my table1 as one of the king's sons4 #jji3jab ,mephibosheth had a young son1 whose name was ,mica4 ,all that lived in the house of ,ziba were servants to ,mephibosheth4 #jji3jac ,so ,mephibosheth lived in ,jerusalem2 for he ate continually at the king's table4 ,he was lame in both his feet4 #jaj3jja ,it happened after this1 that the king of the children of ,ammon died1 and ,hanun his son reigned in his place4 #jaj3jjb ,david said1 ,i will show kindness to ,hanun the son of ,nahash1 as his father shown kindness to me4 ,so ,david sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father4 ,david's servants came into the land of the children of ,ammon4 #jaj3jjc ,but the princes of the children of ,ammon said to ,hanun their lord1 ,do you think that ,david honors your father1 in that he has sent comforters to you8 ,hasn't ,david sent his servants to you to search the city1 and to spy it out1 and to overthrow it8 #jaj3jjd ,so ,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 #jaj3jje ,when they told it to ,david1 he sent to meet them2 for the men were greatly ashamed4 ,the king said1 ,wait at ,jericho until your beards be grown1 and then return4 #jaj3jjf ,when the children of ,ammon saw that they were become odious to ,david1 the children of ,ammon sent and hired the ,syrians of ,beth ,rehob1 and the ,syrians of ,zobah1 twenty thousand footmen1 and the king of ,maacah with one thousand men1 and the men of ,tob twelve thousand men4 #jaj3jjg ,when ,david heard of it1 he sent ,joab1 and all the army of the mighty men4 #jaj3jjh ,the children of ,ammon came out1 and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate3 and the ,syrians of ,zobah and of ,rehob1 and the men of ,tob and ,maacah1 were by themselves in the field4 #jaj3jji ,now when ,joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind1 he chose of all the choice men of ,israel1 and put them in array against the ,syrians3 #jaj3jaj ,the rest of the people he committed into the hand of ,abishai his brother2 and he put them in array against the children of ,ammon4 #jaj3jaa ,he said1 ,if the ,syrians be too strong for me1 then you shall help me2 but if the children of ,ammon be too strong for you1 then ,i will come and help you4 #jaj3jab ,be of good courage1 and let us play the man for our people1 and for the cities of our ,god3 and ,yahweh do that which seems him good4 #jaj3jac ,so ,joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the ,syrians3 and they fled before him4 #jaj3jad ,when the children of ,ammon saw that the ,syrians were fled1 they likewise fled before ,abishai1 and entered into the city4 ,then ,joab returned from the children of ,ammon1 and came to ,jerusalem4 #jaj3jae ,when the ,syrians saw that they were put to the worse before ,israel1 they gathered themselves together4 #jaj3jaf ,hadarezer sent1 and brought out the ,syrians who were beyond the ,river3 and they came to ,helam1 with ,shobach the captain of the army of ,hadarezer at their head4 #jaj3jag ,it was told ,david2 and he gathered all ,israel together1 and passed over the ,jordan1 and came to ,helam4 ,the ,syrians set themselves in array against ,david1 and fought with him4 #jaj3jah ,the ,syrians fled before ,israel2 and ,david killed of the ,syrians the men of seven hundred chariots1 and forty thousand horsemen1 and struck ,shobach the captain of their army1 so that he died there4 #jaj3jai ,when all the kings who were servants to ,hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before ,israel1 they made peace with ,israel1 and served them4 ,so the ,syrians feared to help the children of ,ammon any more4 #jaa3jja ,it happened1 at the return of the year1 at the time when kings go out 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 stayed at ,jerusalem4 #jaa3jjb ,it happened at evening1 that ,david arose from off his bed1 and walked on the roof of the king's house3 and from the roof he saw a woman bathing2 and the woman was very beautiful to look on4 #jaa3jjc ,david send and inquired after the woman4 ,one said1 ,is not this ,bathsheba1 the daughter of ,eliam1 the wife of ,uriah the ,hittite8 #jaa3jjd ,david sent messengers1 and took her2 and she came in to him1 and he lay with her 7for she was purified from her uncleanness72 and she returned to her house4 #jaa3jje ,the woman conceived2 and she sent and told ,david1 and said1 ,i am with child4 #jaa3jjf ,david sent to ,joab1 saying1 ,send me ,uriah the ,hittite4 ,joab sent ,uriah to ,david4 #jaa3jjg ,when ,uriah was come to him1 ,david asked of him how ,joab did1 and how the people fared1 and how the war prospered4 #jaa3jjh ,david said to ,uriah1 ,go down to your house1 and wash your feet4 ,uriah departed out of the king's house1 and there followed him a mess of food from the king4 #jaa3jji ,but ,uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord1 and didn't go down to his house4 #jaa3jaj ,when they had told ,david1 saying1 ,uriah didn't go down to his house1 ,david said to ,uriah1 ,haven't you come from a journey8 why did you not go down to your house8 #jaa3jaa ,uriah said to ,david1 ,the ark1 and ,israel1 and ,judah1 abide in booths2 and my lord ,joab1 and the servants of my lord1 are encamped in the open field2 shall ,i then go into my house1 to eat and to drink1 and to lie with my wife8 as you live1 and as your soul lives1 ,i will not do this thing4 #jaa3jab ,david said to ,uriah1 ,stay here today also1 and tomorrow ,i will let you depart4 ,so ,uriah abode in ,jerusalem that day1 and the next day4 #jaa3jac ,when ,david had called him1 he ate 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 didn't go down to his house4 #jaa3jad ,it happened in the morning1 that ,david wrote a letter to ,joab1 and sent it by the hand of ,uriah4 #jaa3jae ,he wrote in the letter1 saying1 ,set ,uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle1 and retire you from him1 that he may be struck1 and die4 #jaa3jaf ,it happened1 when ,joab kept watch on the city1 that he assigned ,uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were4 #jaa3jag ,the men of the city went out1 and fought with ,joab3 and there fell some of the people1 even of the servants of ,david2 and ,uriah the ,hittite died also4 #jaa3jah ,then ,joab sent and told ,david all the things concerning the war2 #jaa3jai and he charged the messenger1 saying1 ,when you have made an end of telling all the things concerning the war to the king1 #jaa3jbj it shall be that1 if the king's wrath arise1 and he tells you1 ',why did you go so near to the city to fight8 ,didn't you know that they would shoot from the wall8 #jaa3jba who struck ,abimelech the son of ,jerubbesheth8 ,didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall1 so that he died at ,thebez8 ,why did you go so near the wall8' then shall you say1 ',your servant ,uriah the ,hittite is dead also4' #jaa3jbb ,so the messenger went1 and came and shown ,david all that ,joab had sent him for4 #jaa3jbc ,the messenger said to ,david1 ,the men prevailed against us1 and came out to us into the field1 and we were on them even to the entrance of the gate4 #jaa3jbd ,the shooters shot at your servants from off the wall2 and some of the king's servants are dead1 and your servant ,uriah the ,hittite is dead also4 #jaa3jbe ,then ,david said to the messenger1 ,thus shall you tell ,joab1 ,don't let this thing displease you1 for the sword devours one as well as another2 make your battle more strong against the city1 and overthrow it3 and encourage you him4 #jaa3jbf ,when the wife of ,uriah heard that ,uriah her husband was dead1 she made lamentation for her husband4 #jaa3jbg ,when the mourning was past1 ,david sent and took her home to his house1 and she became his wife1 and bore him a son4 ,but the thing that ,david had done displeased ,yahweh4 #jab3jja ,yahweh sent ,nathan to ,david4 ,he came to him1 and said to him1 ,there were two men in one city2 the one rich1 and the other poor4 #jab3jjb ,the rich man had very many flocks and herds1 #jab3jjc but the poor man had nothing1 except one little ewe lamb1 which he had bought and raised4 ,it grew up together with him1 and with his children4 ,it ate of his own food1 drank of his own cup1 and lay in his bosom1 and was to him like a daughter4 #jab3jjd ,a traveler came to the rich man1 and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd1 to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him1 but took the poor man's lamb1 and dressed it for the man who had come to him4 #jab3jje ,david's anger was greatly kindled against the man1 and he said to ,nathan1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 the man who has done this is worthy to die6 #jab3jjf ,he shall restore the lamb fourfold1 because he did this thing1 and because he had no pity6 #jab3jjg ,nathan said to ,david1 ,you are the man4 ,this is what ,yahweh1 the ,god of ,israel1 says3 ',i anointed you king over ,israel1 and ,i delivered you out of the hand of ,saul4 #jab3jjh ,i gave you your master's house1 and your master's wives into your bosom1 and gave you the house of ,israel and of ,judah2 and if that would have been too little1 ,i would have added to you many more such things4 #jab3jji ,why have you despised the word of ,yahweh1 to do that which is evil in his sight8 ,you have struck ,uriah the ,hittite with the sword1 and have taken his wife to be your wife1 and have slain him with the sword of the children of ,ammon4 #jab3jaj ,now therefore the sword will never depart from your house1 because you have despised me1 and have taken the wife of ,uriah the ,hittite to be your wife4' #jab3jaa ,this is what ,yahweh says3 ',behold1 ,i will raise up evil against you out of your own house2 and ,i will take your wives before your eyes1 and give them to your neighbor1 and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun4 #jab3jab ,for you did it secretly1 but ,i will do this thing before all ,israel1 and before the sun4' #jab3jac ,david said to ,nathan1 ,i have sinned against ,yahweh4 ,nathan said to ,david1 ,yahweh also has put away your sin4 ,you will not die4 #jab3jad ,however1 because by this deed you have given great occasion to ,yahweh's enemies to blaspheme1 the child also who is born to you shall surely die4 #jab3jae ,nathan departed to his house4 ,yahweh struck the child that ,uriah's wife bore to ,david1 and it was very sick4 #jab3jaf ,david therefore begged ,god for the child2 and ,david fasted1 and went in1 and lay all night on the earth4 #jab3jag ,the elders of his house arose1 and stood beside him1 to raise him up from the earth3 but he would not1 neither did he eat bread with them4 #jab3jah ,it happened on the seventh day1 that the child died4 ,the servants of ,david feared to tell him that the child was dead2 for they said1 ,behold1 while the child was yet alive1 we spoke to him1 and he didn't listen to our voice3 how will he then vex himself1 if we tell him that the child is dead6 #jab3jai ,but when ,david saw that his servants were whispering together1 ,david perceived that the child was dead2 and ,david said to his servants1 ,is the child dead8 ,they said1 ,he is dead4 #jab3jbj ,then ,david arose from the earth1 and washed1 and anointed himself1 and changed his clothing2 and he came into the house of ,yahweh1 and worshiped3 then he came to his own house2 and when he required1 they set bread before him1 and he ate4 #jab3jba ,then said his servants to him1 ,what thing is this that you have done8 you did fast and weep for the child1 while it was alive2 but when the child was dead1 you did rise and eat bread4 #jab3jbb ,he said1 ,while the child was yet alive1 ,i fasted and wept3 for ,i said1 ,who knows whether ,yahweh will not be gracious to me1 that the child may live8 #jab3jbc ,but now he is dead1 why should ,i fast8 can ,i bring him back again8 ,i shall go to him1 but he will not return to me4 #jab3jbd ,david comforted ,bathsheba his wife1 and went in to her1 and lay with her3 and she bore a son1 and he called his name ,solomon4 ,yahweh loved him2 #jab3jbe and he sent by the hand of ,nathan the prophet2 and he named him ,jedidiah1 for ,yahweh's sake4 #jab3jbf ,now ,joab fought against ,rabbah of the children of ,ammon1 and took the royal city4 #jab3jbg ,joab sent messengers to ,david1 and said1 ,i have fought against ,rabbah2 yes1 ,i have taken the city of waters4 #jab3jbh ,now therefore gather the rest of the people together1 and encamp against the city1 and take it2 lest ,i take the city1 and it be called after my name4 #jab3jbi ,david gathered all the people together1 and went to ,rabbah1 and fought against it1 and took it4 #jab3jcj ,he took the crown of their king from off his head2 and the weight of it was a talent of gold1 and in it were precious stones2 and it was set on ,david's head4 ,he brought forth the spoil of the city1 exceeding much4 #jab3jca ,he brought forth the people who 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 to all the cities of the children of ,ammon4 ,david and all the people returned to ,jerusalem4 #jac3jja ,it happened after this1 that ,absalom the son of ,david had a beautiful sister1 whose name was ,tamar2 and ,amnon the son of ,david loved her4 #jac3jjb ,amnon was so vexed that he fell sick because of his sister ,tamar2 for she was a virgin2 and it seemed hard to ,amnon to do anything to her4 #jac3jjc ,but ,amnon had a friend1 whose name was ,jonadab1 the son of ,shimeah1 ,david's brother2 and ,jonadab was a very subtle man4 #jac3jjd ,he said to him1 ,why1 son of the king1 are you thus lean from day to day8 ,won't you tell me8 ,amnon said to him1 ,i love ,tamar1 my brother ,absalom's sister4 #jac3jje ,jonadab said to him1 ,lay you down on your bed1 and feign yourself sick3 and when your father comes to see you1 tell him1 ,please let my sister ,tamar come and give me bread to eat1 and dress the food in my sight1 that ,i may see it1 and eat it from her hand4 #jac3jjf ,so ,amnon lay down1 and feigned himself sick3 and when the king was come to see him1 ,amnon said to the king1 ,please let her sister ,tamar come1 and make me a couple of cakes in my sight1 that ,i may eat from her hand4 #jac3jjg ,then ,david sent home to ,tamar1 saying1 ,go now to your brother ,amnon's house1 and dress him food4 #jac3jjh ,so ,tamar went to her brother ,amnon's house2 and he was laid down4 ,she took dough1 and kneaded it1 and made cakes in his sight1 and did bake the cakes4 #jac3jji ,she took the pan1 and poured them out before him2 but he refused to eat4 ,amnon said1 ,have out all men from me4 ,they went out every man from him4 #jac3jaj ,amnon said to ,tamar1 ,bring the food into the chamber1 that ,i may eat from your hand4 ,tamar took the cakes which she had made1 and brought them into the chamber to ,amnon her brother4 #jac3jaa ,when she had brought them near to him to eat1 he took hold of her1 and said to her1 ,come1 lie with me1 my sister4 #jac3jab ,she answered him1 ,no1 my brother1 do not force me2 for no such thing ought to be done in ,israel4 ,don't you do this folly4 #jac3jac ,i1 where shall ,i carry my shame8 and as for you1 you will be as one of the fools in ,israel4 ,now therefore1 please speak to the king2 for he will not withhold me from you4 #jac3jad ,however he would not listen to her voice2 but being stronger than she1 he forced her1 and lay with her4 #jac3jae ,then ,amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred2 for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her4 ,amnon said to her1 ,arise1 be gone4 #jac3jaf ,she said to him1 ,not so1 because this great wrong in putting me forth is worse than the other that you did to me4 ,but he would not listen to her4 #jac3jag ,then he called his servant who ministered to him1 and said1 ,put now this woman out from me1 and bolt the door after her4 #jac3jah ,she had a garment of various colors on her2 for with such robes were the king's daughters who were virgins dressed4 ,then his servant brought her out1 and bolted the door after her4 #jac3jai ,tamar put ashes on her head1 and tore her garment of various colors that was on her2 and she laid her hand on her head1 and went her way1 crying aloud as she went4 #jac3jbj ,absalom her brother said to her1 ,has ,amnon your brother been with you8 but now hold your peace1 my sister3 he is your brother2 don't take this thing to heart4 ,so ,tamar remained desolate in her brother ,absalom's house4 #jac3jba ,but when king ,david heard of all these things1 he was very angry4 #jac3jbb ,absalom spoke to ,amnon neither good nor bad2 for ,absalom hated ,amnon1 because he had forced his sister ,tamar4 #jac3jbc ,it happened after two full years1 that ,absalom had sheepshearers in ,baal ,hazor1 which is beside ,ephraim3 and ,absalom invited all the king's sons4 #jac3jbd ,absalom came to the king1 and said1 ,see now1 your servant has sheepshearers2 let the king1 ,i pray you1 and his servants go with your servant4 #jac3jbe ,the king said to ,absalom1 ,no1 my son1 let us not all go1 lest we be burdensome to you4 ,he pressed him3 however he would not go1 but blessed him4 #jac3jbf ,then said ,absalom1 ,if not1 please let my brother ,amnon go with us4 ,the king said to him1 ,why should he go with you8 #jac3jbg ,but ,absalom pressed him1 and he let ,amnon and all the king's sons go with him4 #jac3jbh ,absalom commanded his servants1 saying1 ,mark you now1 when ,amnon's heart is merry with wine2 and when ,i tell you1 ,smite ,amnon1 then kill him2 don't be afraid2 haven't ,i commanded you8 be courageous1 and be valiant4 #jac3jbi ,the servants of ,absalom did to ,amnon as ,absalom had commanded4 ,then all the king's sons arose1 and every man got him up on his mule1 and fled4 #jac3jcj ,it happened1 while they were in the way1 that the news came to ,david1 saying1 ,absalom has slain all the king's sons1 and there is not one of them left4 #jac3jca ,then the king arose1 and tore his garments1 and lay on the earth2 and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn4 #jac3jcb ,jonadab1 the son of ,shimeah1 ,david's brother1 answered1 ,don't let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons2 for ,amnon only is dead2 for by the appointment of ,absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister ,tamar4 #jac3jcc ,now therefore don't let my lord the king take the thing to his heart1 to think that all the king's sons are dead2 for ,amnon only is dead4 #jac3jcd ,but ,absalom fled4 ,the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes1 and looked1 and behold1 many people were coming by way of the hillside behind him4 #jac3jce ,jonadab said to the king1 ,behold1 the king's sons are come3 as your servant said1 so it is4 #jac3jcf ,it happened1 as soon as he had made an end of speaking1 that behold1 the king's sons came1 and lifted up their voice1 and wept3 and the king also and all his servants wept very sore4 #jac3jcg ,but ,absalom fled1 and went to ,talmai the son of ,ammihur1 king of ,geshur4 ,david mourned for his son every day4 #jac3jch ,so ,absalom fled1 and went to ,geshur1 and was there three years4 #jac3jci the soul of king ,david longed to go forth to ,absalom3 for he was comforted concerning ,amnon1 seeing he was dead4 #jad3jja ,now ,joab the son of ,zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward ,absalom4 #jad3jjb ,joab sent to ,tekoa1 and fetched there a wise woman1 and said to her1 please act like a mourner1 and put on mourning clothing1 ,please1 and don't anoint yourself with oil1 but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead3 #jad3jjc and go in to the king1 and speak on this manner to him4 ,so ,joab put the words in her mouth4 #jad3jjd ,when the woman of ,tekoa spoke to the king1 she fell on her face to the ground1 and did obeisance1 and said1 ,help1 ,o king4 #jad3jje ,the king said to her1 ,what ails you8 ,she answered1 ,of a truth ,i am a widow1 and my husband is dead4 #jad3jjf ,your handmaid had two sons1 and they two strove together in the field1 and there was none to part them1 but the one struck the other1 and killed him4 #jad3jjg ,behold1 the whole family is risen against your handmaid1 and they say1 ,deliver him who struck his brother1 that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed1 and so destroy the heir also4 ,thus will they quench my coal which is left1 and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth4 #jad3jjh ,the king said to the woman1 ,go to your house1 and ,i will give charge concerning you4 #jad3jji ,the woman of ,tekoa said to the king1 ,my lord1 ,o king1 the iniquity be on me1 and on my father's house2 and the king and his throne be guiltless4 #jad3jaj ,the king said1 ,whoever says anything to you1 bring him to me1 and he shall not touch you any more4 #jad3jaa ,then said she1 ,please let the king remember ,yahweh your ,god1 that the avenger of blood destroy not any more1 lest they destroy my son4 ,he said1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth4 #jad3jab ,then the woman said1 ,please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king4 ,he said1 ,say on4 #jad3jac ,the woman said1 ,why then have you devised such a thing against the people of ,god8 for in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty1 in that the king does not bring home again his banished one4 #jad3jad ,for we must needs die1 and are as water split on the ground1 which can't be gathered up again2 neither does ,god take away life1 but devises means1 that he who is banished not be an outcast from him4 #jad3jae ,now therefore seeing that ,i have come to speak this word to my lord the king1 it is because the people have made me afraid3 and your handmaid said1 ,i will now speak to the king2 it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant4 #jad3jaf ,for the king will hear1 to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of ,god4 #jad3jag ,then your handmaid said1 ,please let the word of my lord the king be comfortable2 for as an angel of ,god1 so is my lord the king to discern good and bad3 and ,yahweh your ,god be with you4 #jad3jah ,then the king answered the woman1 ,please don't hide anything from me that ,i shall ask you4 ,the woman said1 ,let my lord the king now speak4 #jad3jai ,the king said1 ,is the hand of ,joab with you in all this8 ,the woman answered1 ,as your soul lives1 my lord the king1 none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken2 for your servant ,joab1 he bade me1 and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid2 #jad3jbj to change the face of the matter has your 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 #jad3jba ,the king said to ,joab1 ,behold now1 ,i have done this thing3 go therefore1 bring the young man ,absalom back4 #jad3jbb ,joab fell to the ground on his face1 and did obeisance1 and blessed the king3 and ,joab said1 ,today your servant knows that ,i have found favor in your sight1 my lord1 king1 in that the king has performed the request of his servant4 #jad3jbc ,so ,joab arose and went to ,geshur1 and brought ,absalom to ,jerusalem4 #jad3jbd ,the king said1 ,let him turn to his own house1 but let him not see my face4 ,so ,absalom turned to his own house1 and didn't see the king's face4 #jad3jbe ,now 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 #jad3jbf ,when he cut the hair of his head 7now it was at every year's end that he cut it2 because it was heavy on him1 therefore he cut it72 he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels1 after the king's weight4 #jad3jbg ,to ,absalom there were born three sons1 and one daughter1 whose name was ,tamar3 she was a woman of a beautiful face4 #jad3jbh ,absalom lived two full years in ,jerusalem2 and he didn't see the king's face4 #jad3jbi ,then ,absalom sent for ,joab1 to send him to the king2 but he would not come to him3 and he sent again a second time1 but he would not come4 #jad3jcj ,therefore he said to his servants1 ,behold1 ,joab's field is near mine1 and he has barley there2 go and set it on fire4 ,absalom's servants set the field on fire4 #jad3jca ,then ,joab arose1 and came to ,absalom to his house1 and said to him1 ,why have your servants set my field on fire8 #jad3jcb ,absalom answered ,joab1 ,behold1 ,i sent to you1 saying1 ,come here1 that ,i may send you to the king1 to say1 ,why am ,i come from ,geshur8 it were better for me to be there still4 ,now therefore let me see the king's face2 and if there be iniquity in me1 let him kill me4 #jad3jcc ,so ,joab came to the king1 and told him2 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 #jae3jja ,it happened after this1 that ,absalom prepared him a chariot and horses1 and fifty men to run before him4 #jae3jjb ,absalom rose up early1 and stood beside the way of the gate3 and it was so1 that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment1 then ,absalom called to him1 and said1 ,of what city are you8 ,he said1 ,your servant is of one of the tribes of ,israel4 #jae3jjc ,absalom said to him1 ,behold1 your matters are good and right2 but there is no man deputized of the king to hear you4 #jae3jjd ,absalom said moreover1 ,oh that ,i were made judge in the land1 that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me1 and ,i would do him justice6 #jae3jje ,it was so1 that when any man came near to do him obeisance1 he put forth his hand1 and took hold of him1 and kissed him4 #jae3jjf ,in this manner ,absalom did to all ,israel who came to the king for judgment3 so ,absalom stole the hearts of the men of ,israel4 #jae3jjg ,it happened at the end of forty years1 that ,absalom said to the king1 please let me go and pay my vow1 which ,i have vowed to ,yahweh1 in ,hebron4 #jae3jjh ,for your servant vowed a vow while ,i abode at ,geshur in ,syria1 saying1 ,if ,yahweh shall indeed bring me again to ,jerusalem1 then ,i will serve ,yahweh4 #jae3jji ,the king said to him1 ,go in peace4 ,so he arose1 and went to ,hebron4 #jae3jaj ,but ,absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of ,israel1 saying1 ,as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet1 then you shall say1 ,absalom is king in ,hebron4 #jae3jaa ,with ,absalom went two hundred men out of ,jerusalem1 who were invited1 and went in their simplicity2 and they didn't know anything4 #jae3jab ,absalom sent for ,ahithophel the ,gilonite1 ,david's counselor1 from his city1 even from ,giloh1 while he was offering the sacrifices4 ,the conspiracy was strong2 for the people increased continually with ,absalom4 #jae3jac ,there came a messenger to ,david1 saying1 ,the hearts of the men of ,israel are after ,absalom4 #jae3jad ,david said to all his servants who were with him at ,jerusalem1 ,arise1 and let us flee2 for else none of us shall escape from ,absalom3 make speed to depart1 lest he overtake us quickly1 and bring down evil on us1 and strike the city with the edge of the sword4 #jae3jae ,the king's servants said to the king1 ,behold1 your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose4 #jae3jaf ,the king went forth1 and all his household after him4 ,the king left ten women1 who were concubines1 to keep the house4 #jae3jag ,the king went forth1 and all the people after him2 and they stayed in ,beth ,merhak4 #jae3jah ,all his servants passed on beside him2 and all the ,cherethites1 and all the ,pelethites1 and all the ,gittites1 six hundred men who came after him from ,gath1 passed on before the king4 #jae3jai ,then said the king to ,ittai the ,gittite1 ,why go you also with us8 return1 and abide with the king3 for you are a foreigner1 and also an exile2 return to your own place4 #jae3jbj ,whereas you came but yesterday1 should ,i this day make you go up and down with us1 seeing ,i go where ,i may8 return you1 and take back your brothers2 mercy and truth be with you4 #jae3jba ,ittai answered the king1 and said1 ,as ,yahweh lives1 and as my lord the king lives1 surely in what place my lord the king shall be1 whether for death or for life1 even there also will your servant be4 #jae3jbb ,david said to ,ittai1 ,go and pass over4 ,ittai the ,gittite passed over1 and all his men1 and all the little ones who were with him4 #jae3jbc ,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 #jae3jbd ,behold1 ,zadok also came1 and all the ,levites with him1 bearing the ark of the covenant of ,god2 and they set down the ark of ,god2 and ,abiathar went up1 until all the people had done passing out of the city4 #jae3jbe ,the king said to ,zadok1 ,carry back the ark of ,god into the city3 if ,i shall find favor in the eyes of ,yahweh1 he will bring me again1 and show me both it1 and his habitation3 #jae3jbf but if he say thus1 ,i have no delight in you2 behold1 here am ,i1 let him do to me as seems good to him4 #jae3jbg ,the king said also to ,zadok the priest1 ,aren't you a seer8 ,return into the city in peace1 and your two sons with you1 ,ahimaaz your son1 and ,jonathan the son of ,abiathar4 #jae3jbh ,behold1 ,i will stay at the fords of the wilderness1 until word comes from you to inform me4 #jae3jbi ,zadok therefore and ,abiathar carried the ark of ,god again to ,jerusalem3 and they abode there4 #jae3jcj ,david went up by the ascent of the ,mount of ,olives1 and wept as he went up2 and he had his head covered1 and went barefoot3 and all the people who were with him covered every man his head1 and they went up1 weeping as they went up4 #jae3jca ,one told ,david1 saying1 ,ahithophel is among the conspirators with ,absalom4 ,david said1 ,yahweh1 please turn the counsel of ,ahithophel into foolishness4 #jae3jcb ,it happened that when ,david had come to the top of the ascent1 where ,god was worshiped1 behold1 ,hushai the ,archite came to meet him with his coat torn1 and earth on his head4 #jae3jcc ,david said to him1 ,if you pass on with me1 then you will be a burden to me3 #jae3jcd but if you return to the city1 and tell ,absalom1 ,i will be your servant1 ,o king2 as ,i have been your father's servant in time past1 so will ,i now be your servant2 then will you defeat for me the counsel of ,ahithophel4 #jae3jce ,don't you have ,zadok and ,abiathar the priests there with you8 therefore it shall be1 that whatever thing you shall hear out of the king's house1 you shall tell it to ,zadok and ,abiathar the priests4 #jae3jcf ,behold1 they have there with them their two sons1 ,ahimaaz1 ,zadok's son1 and ,jonathan1 ,abiathar's son2 and by them you shall send to me everything that you shall hear4 #jae3jcg ,so ,hushai1 ,david's friend1 came into the city2 and ,absalom came into ,jerusalem4 #jaf3jja ,when ,david was a little past the top of the ascent1 behold1 ,ziba the servant of ,mephibosheth met him1 with a couple of donkeys saddled1 and on them two hundred loaves of bread1 and one hundred clusters of raisins1 and one hundred summer fruits1 and a bottle of wine4 #jaf3jjb ,the king said to ,ziba1 ,what do you mean by these8 ,ziba said1 ,the donkeys are 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 are faint in the wilderness may drink4 #jaf3jjc ,the king said1 ,where is your master's son8 ,ziba said to the king1 ,behold1 he abides at ,jerusalem2 for he said1 ,today will the house of ,israel restore me the kingdom of my father4 #jaf3jjd ,then said the king to ,ziba1 ,behold1 all that pertains to ,mephibosheth is yours4 ,ziba said1 ,i do obeisance2 let me find favor in your sight1 my lord1 ,o king4 #jaf3jje ,when king ,david came to ,bahurim1 behold1 a man of the family of the house of ,saul came out1 whose name was ,shimei1 the son of ,gera4 ,he came out1 and cursed still as he came4 #jaf3jjf ,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 #jaf3jjg ,thus said ,shimei when he cursed1 ,be gone1 be gone1 you man of blood1 and base fellow3 #jaf3jjh ,yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of ,saul1 in whose place you have reigned2 and ,yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of ,absalom your son2 and behold1 you are taken in your own mischief1 because you are a man of blood4 #jaf3jji ,then said ,abishai the son of ,zeruiah to the king1 ,why should this dead dog curse my lord the king8 ,please let me go over and take off his head4 #jaf3jaj ,the king said1 ,what have ,i to do with you1 you sons of ,zeruiah8 ,because he curses1 and because ,yahweh has said to him1 ,curse ,david2 who then shall say1 ,why have you done so8 #jaf3jaa ,david said to ,abishai1 and to all his servants1 ,behold1 my son1 who came forth from my bowels1 seeks my life3 how much more may this ,benjamite now do it8 let him alone1 and let him curse2 for ,yahweh has invited him4 #jaf3jab ,it may be that ,yahweh will look on the wrong done to me1 and that ,yahweh will requite me good for his cursing of me this day4 #jaf3jac ,so ,david and his men went by the way2 and ,shimei went along on the hillside over against him1 and cursed as he went1 and threw stones at him1 and cast dust4 #jaf3jad ,the king1 and all the people who were with him1 came weary2 and he refreshed himself there4 #jaf3jae ,absalom1 and all the people1 the men of ,israel1 came to ,jerusalem1 and ,ahithophel with him4 #jaf3jaf ,it happened1 when ,hushai the ,archite1 ,david's friend1 was come to ,absalom1 that ,hushai said to ,absalom1 ,long live the king1 ,long live the king4 #jaf3jag ,absalom said to ,hushai1 ,is this your kindness to your friend8 ,why didn't you go with your friend8 #jaf3jah ,hushai said to ,absalom1 ,no2 but whom ,yahweh1 and this people1 and all the men of ,israel have chosen1 his will ,i be1 and with him will ,i abide4 #jaf3jai ,again1 whom should ,i serve8 ,shouldn't ,i serve in the presence of his son8 as ,i have served in your father's presence1 so will ,i be in your presence4 #jaf3jbj ,then said ,absalom to ,ahithophel1 ,give your counsel what we shall do4 #jaf3jba ,ahithophel said to ,absalom1 ,go in to your father's concubines1 that he has left to keep the house2 and all ,israel will hear that you are abhorred of your father3 then will the hands of all who are with you be strong4 #jaf3jbb ,so they spread ,absalom a tent on the top of the house2 and ,absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all ,israel4 #jaf3jbc ,the counsel of ,ahithophel1 which he gave in those days1 was as if a man inquired at the oracle of ,god3 so was all the counsel of ,ahithophel both with ,david and with ,absalom4 #jag3jja ,moreover ,ahithophel said to ,absalom1 ,let me now choose out twelve thousand men1 and ,i will arise and pursue after ,david this night3 #jag3jjb and ,i will come on him while he is weary and exhausted1 and will make him afraid2 and all the people who are with him shall flee2 and ,i will strike the king only2 #jag3jjc and ,i will bring back all the people to you3 the man whom you seek is as if all returned3 so all the people shall be in peace4 #jag3jjd ,the saying pleased ,absalom well1 and all the elders of ,israel4 #jag3jje ,then said ,absalom1 ,call now ,hushai the ,archite also1 and let us hear likewise what he says4 #jag3jjf ,when ,hushai was come to ,absalom1 ,absalom spoke to him1 saying1 ,ahithophel has spoken after this manner3 shall we do after his saying8 if not1 speak up4 #jag3jjg ,hushai said to ,absalom1 ,the counsel that ,ahithophel has given this time is not good4 #jag3jjh ,hushai said moreover1 ,you know your father and his men1 that they are mighty men1 and they are fierce in their minds1 as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field2 and your father is a man of war1 and will not lodge with the people4 #jag3jji ,behold1 he is hid now in some pit1 or in some other place3 and it will happen1 when some of them are fallen at the first1 that whoever hears it will say1 ,there is a slaughter among the people who follow ,absalom4 #jag3jaj ,even he who is valiant1 whose heart is as the heart of a lion1 will utterly melt2 for all ,israel knows that your father is a mighty man1 and those who are with him are valiant men4 #jag3jaa ,but ,i counsel that all ,israel be gathered together to you1 from ,dan even to ,beersheba1 as the sand that is by the sea for multitude2 and that you go to battle in your own person4 #jag3jab ,so shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found1 and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground2 and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one4 #jag3jac ,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 not be one small stone found there4 #jag3jad ,absalom and all the men of ,israel said1 ,the counsel of ,hushai the ,archite is better than the counsel of ,ahithophel4 ,for ,yahweh had ordained to defeat the good counsel of ,ahithophel1 to the intent that ,yahweh might bring evil on ,absalom4 #jag3jae ,then said ,hushai to ,zadok and to ,abiathar the priests1 ,thus and thus did ,ahithophel counsel ,absalom and the elders of ,israel2 and thus and thus have ,i counseled4 #jag3jaf ,now therefore send quickly1 and tell ,david1 saying1 ,don't lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness1 but by all means pass over2 lest the king be swallowed up1 and all the people who are with him4 #jag3jag ,now ,jonathan and ,ahimaaz were staying by ,en ,rogel2 and a female servant used to go and tell them2 and they went and told king ,david3 for they might not be seen to come into the city4 #jag3jah ,but a boy saw them1 and told ,absalom3 and they went both of them away quickly1 and came to the house of a man in ,bahurim1 who had a well in his court2 and they went down there4 #jag3jai ,the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth1 and strewed bruised grain thereon2 and nothing was known4 #jag3jbj ,absalom's servants came to the woman to the house2 and they said1 ,where are ,ahimaaz and ,jonathan8 ,the woman said to them1 ,they have gone over the brook of water4 ,when they had sought and could not find them1 they returned to ,jerusalem4 #jag3jba ,it happened1 after they had departed1 that they came up out of the well1 and went and told king ,david2 and they said to ,david1 ,arise you1 and pass quickly over the water2 for thus has ,ahithophel counseled against you4 #jag3jbb ,then ,david arose1 and all the people who were with him1 and they passed over the ,jordan3 by the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the ,jordan4 #jag3jbc ,when ,ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed1 he saddled his donkey1 and arose1 and got him home1 to his city1 and set his house in order1 and hanged himself2 and he died1 and was buried in the tomb of his father4 #jag3jbd ,then ,david came to ,mahanaim4 ,absalom passed over the ,jordan1 he and all the men of ,israel with him4 #jag3jbe ,absalom set ,amasa over the army instead of ,joab4 ,now ,amasa was the son of a man1 whose name was ,ithra the ,israelite1 who went in to ,abigail the daughter of ,nahash1 sister to ,zeruiah1 ,joab's mother4 #jag3jbf ,israel and ,absalom encamped in the land of ,gilead4 #jag3jbg ,it happened1 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 #jag3jbh brought beds1 and basins1 and earthen vessels1 and wheat1 and barley1 and meal1 and parched grain1 and beans1 and lentils1 and parched pulse1 #jag3jbi and honey1 and butter1 and sheep1 and cheese of the herd1 for ,david1 and for the people who were with him1 to eat3 for they said1 ,the people are hungry1 and weary1 and thirsty1 in the wilderness4 #jah3jja ,david numbered the people who were with him1 and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them4 #jah3jjb ,david sent forth the people1 a third part 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 ,the king said to the people1 ,i will surely go forth with you myself also4 #jah3jjc ,but the people said1 ,you shall 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 you are worth ten thousand of us2 therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city4 #jah3jjd ,the king said to them1 ,what seems you best ,i will do4 ,the king stood beside the gate1 and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands4 #jah3jje ,the king commanded ,joab and ,abishai and ,ittai1 saying1 ,deal gently for my sake with the young man1 even with ,absalom4 ,all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning ,absalom4 #jah3jjf ,so the people went out into the field against ,israel3 and the battle was in the forest of ,ephraim4 #jah3jjg ,the people of ,israel were struck there before the servants of ,david1 and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men4 #jah3jjh ,for the battle was there spread over the surface of all the country2 and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured4 #jah3jji ,absalom happened to meet the servants of ,david4 ,absalom was riding on his 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 sky and earth2 and the mule that was under him went on4 #jah3jaj ,a certain man saw it1 and told ,joab1 and said1 ,behold1 ,i saw ,absalom hanging in an oak4 #jah3jaa ,joab said to the man who told him1 ,behold1 you saw it1 and why didn't you strike him there to the ground8 and ,i would have given you ten pieces of silver1 and a sash4 #jah3jab ,the man said to ,joab1 ,though ,i should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand1 ,i still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son2 for in our hearing the king charged you and ,abishai and ,ittai1 saying1 ,beware that none touch the young man ,absalom4 #jah3jac ,otherwise if ,i had dealt falsely against his life 7and there is no matter hid from the king71 then you yourself would have set yourself against me4 #jah3jad ,then said ,joab1 ,i may not wait thus with you4 ,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 #jah3jae ,ten young men who bore ,joab's armor compassed about and struck ,absalom1 and killed him4 #jah3jaf ,joab blew the trumpet1 and the people returned from pursuing after ,israel2 for ,joab held back the people4 #jah3jag ,they took ,absalom1 and cast him into the great pit in the forest1 and raised over him a very great heap of stones3 and all ,israel fled everyone to his tent4 #jah3jah ,now ,absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar1 which is in the king's dale2 for he said1 ,i have no son to keep my name in memory3 and he called the pillar after his own name2 and it is called ,absalom's monument1 to this day4 #jah3jai ,then said ,ahimaaz the son of ,zadok1 ,let me now run1 and bear the king news1 how that ,yahweh has avenged him of his enemies4 #jah3jbj ,joab said to him1 ,you shall not be the bearer of news this day1 but you shall bear news another day2 but this day you shall bear no news1 because the king's son is dead4 #jah3jba ,then said ,joab to the ,cushite1 ,go1 tell the king what you have seen4 ,the ,cushite bowed himself to ,joab1 and ran4 #jah3jbb ,then said ,ahimaaz the son of ,zadok yet again to ,joab1 ,but come what may1 ,please let me also run after the ,cushite4 ,joab said1 ,why will you run1 my son1 seeing that you will have no reward for the news8 #jah3jbc ,but come what may1 said he1 ,i will run4 ,he said to him1 ,run4 ,then ,ahimaaz ran by the way of the ,plain1 and outran the ,cushite4 #jah3jbd ,now ,david was sitting between the two gates3 and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate to the wall1 and lifted up his eyes1 and looked1 and1 behold1 a man running alone4 #jah3jbe ,the watchman cried1 and told the king4 ,the king said1 ,if he be alone1 there is news in his mouth4 ,he came apace1 and drew near4 #jah3jbf ,the watchman saw another man running2 and the watchman called to the porter1 and said1 ,behold1 another man running alone4 ,the king said1 ,he also brings news4 #jah3jbg ,the watchman said1 ,i think the running of the foremost is like the running of ,ahimaaz the son of ,zadok4 ,the king said1 ,he is a good man1 and comes with good news4 #jah3jbh ,ahimaaz called1 and said to the king1 ,all is well4 ,he bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth1 and said1 ,blessed be ,yahweh your ,god1 who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king4 #jah3jbi ,the king said1 ,is it well with the young man ,absalom8 ,ahimaaz answered1 ,when ,joab sent the king's servant1 even me your servant1 ,i saw a great tumult1 but ,i don't know what it was4 #jah3jcj ,the king said1 ,turn aside1 and stand here4 ,he turned aside1 and stood still4 #jah3jca ,behold1 the ,cushite came2 and the ,cushite said1 ,news for my lord the king2 for ,yahweh has avenged you this day of all those who rose up against you4 #jah3jcb ,the king said to the ,cushite1 ,is it well with the young man ,absalom8 ,the ,cushite answered1 ,the enemies of my lord the king1 and all who rise up against you to do you hurt1 be as that young man is4 #jah3jcc ,the king was much moved1 and went up to the chamber over the gate1 and wept3 and as he went1 thus he said1 my son ,absalom1 my son1 my son ,absalom6 would ,i had died for you1 ,absalom1 my son1 my son6 #jai3jja ,it was told ,joab1 ,behold1 the king weeps and mourns for ,absalom4 #jai3jjb ,the victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people2 for the people heard say that day1 ,the king grieves for his son4 #jai3jjc ,the people got them by stealth that day into the city1 as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle4 #jai3jjd ,the king covered his face1 and the king cried with a loud voice1 my son ,absalom1 ,absalom1 my son1 my son6 #jai3jje ,joab came into the house to the king1 and said1 ,you have shamed this day the faces of all your servants1 who this day have saved your life1 and the lives of your sons and of your daughters1 and the lives of your wives1 and the lives of your concubines2 #jai3jjf in that you love those who hate you1 and hate those who love you4 ,for you have declared this day1 that princes and servants are nothing to you3 for this day ,i perceive that if ,absalom had lived1 and all we had died this day1 then it had pleased you well4 #jai3jjg ,now therefore arise1 go forth1 and speak comfortably to your servants2 for ,i swear by ,yahweh1 if you don't go forth1 there will not stay a man with you this night3 and that will be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now4 #jai3jjh ,then the king arose1 and sat in the gate4 ,they told to all the people1 saying1 ,behold1 the king is sitting in the gate3 and all the people came before the king4 ,now ,israel had fled every man to his tent4 #jai3jji ,all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of ,israel1 saying1 ,the king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies1 and he saved us out of the hand of the ,philistines2 and now he is fled out of the land from ,absalom4 #jai3jaj ,absalom1 whom we anointed over us1 is dead in battle4 ,now therefore why don't you speak a word of bringing the king back8 #jai3jaa ,king ,david sent to ,zadok and to ,abiathar the priests1 saying1 ,speak to the elders of ,judah1 saying1 ,why are you the last to bring the king back to his house8 seeing the speech of all ,israel is come to the king1 to bring him to his house4 #jai3jab ,you are my brothers1 you are my bone and my flesh3 why then are you the last to bring back the king8 #jai3jac ,say you to ,amasa1 ,aren't you my bone and my flesh8 ,god do so to me1 and more also1 if you aren't captain of the army before me continually in the room of ,joab4 #jai3jad ,he bowed the heart of all the men of ,judah1 even as the heart of one man2 so that they sent to the king1 saying1 ,return you1 and all your servants4 #jai3jae ,so the king returned1 and came to the ,jordan4 ,judah came to ,gilgal1 to go to meet the king1 to bring the king over the ,jordan4 #jai3jaf ,shimei the son of ,gera1 the ,benjamite1 who was of ,bahurim1 hurried and came down with the men of ,judah to meet king ,david4 #jai3jag ,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 through the ,jordan in the presence of the king4 #jai3jah ,a ferry boat went to bring over the king's household1 and to do what he thought good4 ,shimei the son of ,gera fell down before the king1 when he was come over the ,jordan4 #jai3jai ,he said to the king1 ,don't let my lord impute iniquity to me1 neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of ,jerusalem1 that the king should take it to his heart4 #jai3jbj ,for your servant does know that ,i have sinned3 therefore1 behold1 ,i am come this day the first of all the house of ,joseph to go down to meet my lord the king4 #jai3jba ,but ,abishai the son of ,zeruiah answered1 ,shall ,shimei not be put to death for this1 because he cursed ,yahweh's anointed8 #jai3jbb ,david said1 ,what have ,i to do with you1 you sons of ,zeruiah1 that you should this day be adversaries to me8 shall there any man be put to death this day in ,israel8 for don't ,i know that ,i am this day king over ,israel8 #jai3jbc ,the king said to ,shimei1 ,you shall not die4 ,the king swore to him4 #jai3jbd ,mephibosheth the son of ,saul came down to meet the king2 and he had neither dressed his feet1 nor trimmed his beard1 nor washed his clothes1 from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace4 #jai3jbe ,it happened1 when he was come to ,jerusalem to meet the king1 that the king said to him1 ,why didn't you go with me1 ,mephibosheth8 #jai3jbf ,he answered1 ,my lord1 ,o king1 my servant deceived me3 for your servant said1 ,i will saddle me a donkey1 that ,i may ride thereon1 and go with the king2 because your servant is lame4 #jai3jbg ,he has slandered your servant to my lord the king2 but my lord the king is as an angel of ,god3 do therefore what is good in your eyes4 #jai3jbh ,for all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king2 yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table4 ,what right therefore have ,i yet that ,i should cry any more to the king8 #jai3jbi ,the king said to him1 ,why speak you any more of your matters8 ,i say1 ,you and ,ziba divide the land4 #jai3jcj ,mephibosheth said to the king1 yes1 let him take all1 because my lord the king is come in peace to his own house4 #jai3jca ,barzillai the ,gileadite came down from ,rogelim2 and he went over the ,jordan with the king1 to conduct him over the ,jordan4 #jai3jcb ,now ,barzillai was a very aged man1 even eighty years old3 and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at ,mahanaim2 for he was a very great man4 #jai3jcc ,the king said to ,barzillai1 ,come you over with me1 and ,i will sustain you with me in ,jerusalem4 #jai3jcd ,barzillai said to the king1 ,how many are the days of the years of my life1 that ,i should go up with the king to ,jerusalem8 #jai3jce ,i am this day eighty years old3 can ,i discern between good and bad8 can your servant taste what ,i eat or what ,i drink8 can ,i hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women8 why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king8 #jai3jcf ,your servant would but just go over the ,jordan with the king3 and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward8 #jai3jcg ,please let your servant turn back again1 that ,i may die in my own city1 by the grave of my father and my mother4 ,but behold1 your servant ,chimham2 let him go over with my lord the king2 and do to him what shall seem good to you4 #jai3jch ,the king answered1 ,chimham shall go over with me1 and ,i will do to him that which shall seem good to you3 and whatever you shall require of me1 that will ,i do for you4 #jai3jci ,all the people went over the ,jordan1 and the king went over3 and the king kissed ,barzillai1 and blessed him2 and he returned to his own place4 #jai3jdj ,so the king went over to ,gilgal1 and ,chimham went over with him3 and all the people of ,judah brought the king over1 and also half the people of ,israel4 #jai3jda ,behold1 all the men of ,israel came to the king1 and said to the king1 ,why have our brothers the men of ,judah stolen you away1 and brought the king1 and his household1 over the ,jordan1 and all ,david's men with him8 #jai3jdb ,all the men of ,judah answered the men of ,israel1 ,because the king is a close relative to us3 why then are you angry for this matter8 have we eaten at all at the king's cost8 or has he given us any gift8 #jai3jdc ,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 you3 why then did you despise us1 that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king8 ,the words of the men of ,judah were fiercer than the words of the men of ,israel4 #jbj3jja ,there happened to be there a base fellow1 whose name was ,sheba1 the son of ,bichri1 a ,benjamite3 and he blew the trumpet1 and said1 ,we have no portion in ,david1 neither have we inheritance in the son of ,jesse3 every man to his tents1 ,israel4 #jbj3jjb ,so all the men of ,israel went up from following ,david1 and followed ,sheba the son of ,bichri2 but the men of ,judah joined with their king1 from the ,jordan even to ,jerusalem4 #jbj3jjc ,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 custody1 and provided them with sustenance1 but didn't go in to them4 ,so they were shut up to the day of their death1 living in widowhood4 #jbj3jjd ,then said the king to ,amasa1 ,call me the men of ,judah together within three days1 and be here present4 #jbj3jje ,so ,amasa went to call the men of ,judah together2 but he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him4 #jbj3jjf ,david said to ,abishai1 ,now will ,sheba the son of ,bichri do us more harm than did ,absalom3 take your lord's servants1 and pursue after him1 lest he get him fortified cities1 and escape out of our sight4 #jbj3jjg ,there went out after him ,joab's men1 and the ,cherethites and the ,pelethites1 and all the mighty men2 and they went out of ,jerusalem1 to pursue after ,sheba the son of ,bichri4 #jbj3jjh ,when they were at the great stone which is in ,gibeon1 ,amasa came to meet them4 ,joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on1 and thereon was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath2 and as he went forth it fell out4 #jbj3jji ,joab said to ,amasa1 ,is it well with you1 my brother8 ,joab took ,amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him4 #jbj3jaj ,but ,amasa took no heed to the sword that was in ,joab's hand3 so he struck him therewith in the body1 and shed out his bowels to the ground1 and didn't strike him again2 and he died4 ,joab and ,abishai his brother pursued after ,sheba the son of ,bichri4 #jbj3jaa ,there stood by him one of ,joab's young men1 and said1 ,he who favors ,joab1 and he who is for ,david1 let him follow ,joab4 #jbj3jab ,amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway4 ,when the man saw that all the people stood still1 he carried ,amasa out of the highway into the field1 and cast a garment over him1 when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still4 #jbj3jac ,when he was removed out of the highway1 all the people went on after ,joab1 to pursue after ,sheba the son of ,bichri4 #jbj3jad ,he went through all the tribes of ,israel to ,abel1 and to ,beth ,maacah1 and all the ,berites3 and they were gathered together1 and went also after him4 #jbj3jae ,they came and besieged him in ,abel of ,beth ,maacah1 and they cast up a mound against the city1 and it stood against the rampart2 and all the people who were with ,joab battered the wall1 to throw it down4 #jbj3jaf ,then cried a wise woman out of the city1 ,hear1 hear6 ,please say to ,joab1 ',come near here1 that ,i may speak with you4' #jbj3jag ,he came near to her2 and the woman said1 ,are you ,joab8 ,he answered1 ,i am4 ,then she said to him1 ,hear the words of your handmaid4 ,he answered1 ,i do hear4 #jbj3jah ,then she spoke1 saying1 ,they were wont to speak in old time1 saying1 ,they shall surely ask counsel at ,abel3 and so they ended the matter4 #jbj3jai ,i am of those who are peaceable and faithful in ,israel3 you seek to destroy a city and a mother in ,israel3 why will you swallow up the inheritance of ,yahweh8 #jbj3jbj ,joab answered1 ,far be it1 far be it from me1 that ,i should swallow up or destroy4 #jbj3jba ,the matter is not so3 but a man of the hill country of ,ephraim1 ,sheba the son of ,bichri by name1 has lifted up his hand against the king1 even against ,david2 deliver him only1 and ,i will depart from the city4 ,the woman said to ,joab1 ,behold1 his head shall be thrown to you over the wall4 #jbj3jbb ,then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom4 ,they cut off the head of ,sheba the son of ,bichri1 and threw it out to ,joab4 ,he blew the trumpet1 and they were dispersed from the city1 every man to his tent4 ,joab returned to ,jerusalem to the king4 #jbj3jbc ,now ,joab was over all the army of ,israel2 and ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada was over the ,cherethites and over the ,pelethites2 #jbj3jbd and ,adoram was over the men subject to forced labor2 and ,jehoshaphat the son of ,ahilud was the recorder2 #jbj3jbe and ,sheva was scribe2 and ,zadok and ,abiathar were priests2 #jbj3jbf and also ,ira the ,jairite was chief minister to ,david4 #jba3jja ,there was a famine in the days of ,david three years1 year after year2 and ,david sought the face of ,yahweh4 ,yahweh said1 ,it is for ,saul1 and for his bloody house1 because he put to death the ,gibeonites4 #jba3jjb ,the king called the ,gibeonites1 and said to them 7now the ,gibeonites were not of the children of ,israel1 but of the remnant of the ,amorites2 and the children of ,israel had sworn to them3 and ,saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of ,israel and ,judah72 #jba3jjc and ,david said to the ,gibeonites1 ,what shall ,i do for you8 ,and with what shall ,i make atonement1 that you may bless the inheritance of ,yahweh8 #jba3jjd ,the ,gibeonites said to him1 ,it is no matter of silver or gold between us and ,saul1 or his house2 neither is it for us to put any man to death in ,israel4 ,he said1 ,what you shall say1 that will ,i do for you4 #jba3jje ,they said to the king1 ,the man who consumed us1 and who devised against us1 that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of ,israel1 #jba3jjf let seven men of his sons be delivered to us1 and we will hang them up to ,yahweh in ,gibeah of ,saul1 the chosen of ,yahweh4 ,the king said1 ,i will give them4 #jba3jjg ,but the king spared ,mephibosheth1 the son of ,jonathan the son of ,saul1 because of ,yahweh's oath that was between them1 between ,david and ,jonathan the son of ,saul4 #jba3jjh ,but the king took the two sons of ,rizpah the daughter of ,aiah1 whom she bore to ,saul1 ,armoni and ,mephibosheth2 and the five sons of ,michal the daughter of ,saul1 whom she bore to ,adriel the son of ,barzillai the ,meholathite3 #jba3jji ,he delivered them into the hands of the ,gibeonites1 and they hanged them in the mountain before ,yahweh1 and they fell all seven together4 ,they were put to death in the days of harvest1 in the first days1 at the beginning of barley harvest4 #jba3jaj ,rizpah the daughter of ,aiah took sackcloth1 and spread it for her on the rock1 from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky2 and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day1 nor the animals of the field by night4 #jba3jaa ,it was told ,david what ,rizpah the daughter of ,aiah1 the concubine of ,saul1 had done4 #jba3jab ,david went and took the bones of ,saul and the bones of ,jonathan his son from the men of ,jabesh ,gilead1 who had stolen them from the street of ,beth ,shan1 where the ,philistines had hanged them1 in the day that the ,philistines killed ,saul in ,gilboa2 #jba3jac and he brought up from there the bones of ,saul and the bones of ,jonathan his son3 and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged4 #jba3jad ,they buried the bones of ,saul and ,jonathan his son in the country of ,benjamin in ,zela1 in the tomb of ,kish his father3 and they performed all that the king commanded4 ,after that ,god was entreated for the land4 #jba3jae ,the ,philistines had war again with ,israel2 and ,david went down1 and his servants with him1 and fought against the ,philistines4 ,david grew faint2 #jba3jaf and ,ishbibenob1 who was of the sons of the giant1 the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight1 he being girded with a new sword1 thought to have slain ,david4 #jba3jag ,but ,abishai the son of ,zeruiah helped him1 and struck the ,philistine1 and killed him4 ,then the men of ,david swore to him1 saying1 ,you shall go no more out with us to battle1 that you don't quench the lamp of ,israel4 #jba3jah ,it came to pass after this1 that there was again war with the ,philistines at ,gob3 then ,sibbecai the ,hushathite killed ,saph1 who was of the sons of the giant4 #jba3jai ,there was again war with the ,philistines at ,gob2 and ,elhanan the son of ,jaareoregim the ,bethlehemite killed ,goliath the ,gittite's brother1 the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam4 #jba3jbj ,there was again war at ,gath1 where was a man of great stature1 who 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 #jba3jba ,when he defied ,israel1 ,jonathan the son of ,shimei1 ,david's brother1 killed him4 #jba3jbb ,these four were born to the giant in ,gath2 and they fell by the hand of ,david1 and by the hand of his servants4 #jbb3jja ,david spoke to ,yahweh the words of this song in the day that ,yahweh delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies1 and out of the hand of ,saul3 #jbb3jjb and he said1 ,yahweh is my rock1 my fortress1 and my deliverer1 even mine2 #jbb3jjc ,god1 my rock1 in him ,i will take refuge2 my shield1 and the horn of my salvation1 my high tower1 and my refuge4 ,my savior1 you save me from violence4 #jbb3jjd ,i will call on ,yahweh1 who is worthy to be praised3 ,so shall ,i be saved from my enemies4 #jbb3jje ,for the waves of death surrounded me4 ,the floods of ungodliness made me afraid4 #jbb3jjf ,the cords of ,sheol were around me4 ,the snares of death caught me4 #jbb3jjg ,in my distress ,i called on ,yahweh4 ,yes1 ,i called to my ,god4 ,he heard my voice out of his temple4 ,my cry came into his ears4 #jbb3jjh ,then the earth shook and trembled4 ,the foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken1 because he was angry4 #jbb3jji ,smoke went up out of his nostrils4 ,fire out of his mouth devoured4 ,coals were kindled by it4 #jbb3jaj ,he bowed the heavens also1 and came down4 ,thick darkness was under his feet4 #jbb3jaa ,he rode on a cherub1 and flew4 ,yes1 he was seen on the wings of the wind4 #jbb3jab ,he made darkness pavilions around himself3 gathering of waters1 and thick clouds of the skies4 #jbb3jac ,at the brightness before him1 coals of fire were kindled4 #jbb3jad ,yahweh thundered from heaven4 ,the ,most ,high uttered his voice4 #jbb3jae ,he sent out arrows1 and scattered them2 lightning1 and confused them4 #jbb3jaf ,then the channels of the sea appeared4 ,the foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of ,yahweh1 ,at the blast of the breath of his nostrils4 #jbb3jag ,he sent from on high and he took me4 ,he drew me out of many waters4 #jbb3jah ,he delivered me from my strong enemy1 from those who hated me1 for they were too mighty for me4 #jbb3jai ,they came on me in the day of my calamity1 but ,yahweh was my support4 #jbb3jbj ,he also brought me out into a large place4 ,he delivered me1 because he delighted in me4 #jbb3jba ,yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness4 ,he rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands4 #jbb3jbb ,for ,i have kept the ways of ,yahweh1 and have not wickedly departed from my ,god4 #jbb3jbc ,for all his ordinances were before me4 ,as for his statutes1 ,i did not depart from them4 #jbb3jbd ,i was also perfect toward him4 ,i kept myself from my iniquity4 #jbb3jbe ,therefore ,yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness1 ,according to my cleanness in his eyesight4 #jbb3jbf ,with the merciful you will show yourself merciful4 ,with the perfect man you will show yourself perfect4 #jbb3jbg ,with the pure you will show yourself pure4 ,with the crooked you will show yourself shrewd4 #jbb3jbh ,you will save the afflicted people1 ,but your eyes are on the haughty1 that you may bring them down4 #jbb3jbi ,for you are my lamp1 ,yahweh4 ,yahweh will light up my darkness4 #jbb3jcj ,for by you1 ,i run against a troop4 ,by my ,god1 ,i leap over a wall4 #jbb3jca ,as for ,god1 his way is perfect4 ,the word of ,yahweh is tested4 ,he is a shield to all those who take refuge in him4 #jbb3jcb ,for who is ,god1 besides ,yahweh8 ,who is a rock1 besides our ,god8 #jbb3jcc ,god is my strong fortress4 ,he makes my way perfect4 #jbb3jcd ,he makes his feet like hinds' feet1 and sets me on my high places4 #jbb3jce ,he teaches my hands to war1 so that my arms bend a bow of brass4 #jbb3jcf ,you have also given me the shield of your salvation4 ,your gentleness has made me great4 #jbb3jcg ,you have enlarged my steps under me4 ,my feet have not slipped4 #jbb3jch ,i have pursued my enemies and destroyed them4 ,i didn't turn again until they were consumed4 #jbb3jci ,i have consumed them1 and struck them through1 so that they can't arise4 ,yes1 they have fallen under my feet4 #jbb3jdj ,for you have armed me with strength for the battle4 ,you have subdued under me those who rose up against me4 #jbb3jda ,you have also made my enemies turn their backs to me1 that ,i might cut off those who hate me4 #jbb3jdb ,they looked1 but there was none to save2 even to ,yahweh1 but he didn't answer them4 #jbb3jdc ,then ,i beat them as small as the dust of the earth4 ,i crushed them as the mire of the streets1 and spread them abroad4 #jbb3jdd ,you also have delivered me from the strivings of my people4 ,you have kept me to be the head of the nations4 ,a people whom ,i have not known will serve me4 #jbb3jde ,the foreigners will submit themselves to me4 ,as soon as they hear of me1 they will obey me4 #jbb3jdf ,the foreigners will fade away1 and will come trembling out of their close places4 #jbb3jdg ,yahweh lives6 ,blessed be my rock6 ,exalted be ,god1 the rock of my salvation1 #jbb3jdh even the ,god who executes vengeance for me1 who brings down peoples under me1 #jbb3jdi who brings me away from my enemies4 ,yes1 you lift me up above those who rise up against me4 ,you deliver me from the violent man4 #jbb3jej ,therefore ,i will give thanks to you1 ,yahweh1 among the nations4 ,will sing praises to your name4 #jbb3jea ,he gives great deliverance to his king1 and shows loving kindness to his anointed1 to ,david and to his seed1 forevermore4 #jbc3jja ,now these are the last words of ,david4 ,david the son of ,jesse says1 the man who was raised on high says1 the anointed of the ,god of ,jacob1 the sweet psalmist of ,israel3 #jbc3jjb ,the ,spirit of ,yahweh spoke by me4 ,his word was on my tongue4 #jbc3jjc ,the ,god of ,israel said1 the ,rock of ,israel spoke to me1 one who rules over men righteously1 who rules in the fear of ,god1 #jbc3jjd ,he shall be as the light of the morning1 when the sun rises1 a morning without clouds1 ,when the tender grass springs out of the earth1 ,through clear shining after rain4 #jbc3jje ,most certainly my house is not so with ,god1 yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant1 ordered in all things1 and sure1 for it is all my salvation1 and all my desire1 although he doesn't make it grow4 #jbc3jjf ,but all of the ungodly shall be as thorns to be thrust away1 because they can't be taken with the hand1 #jbc3jjg ,but the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear4 ,they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place4 #jbc3jjh ,these are the names of the mighty men whom ,david had3 ,josheb ,basshebeth a ,tahchemonite1 chief of the captains2 the same was ,adino the ,eznite1 against eight hundred slain at one time4 #jbc3jji ,after him was ,eleazar the son of ,dodai the son of an ,ahohite1 one of the three mighty men with ,david1 when they defied the ,philistines who were there gathered together to battle1 and the men of ,israel were gone away4 #jbc3jaj ,he arose1 and struck the ,philistines until his hand was weary1 and his hand froze to the sword2 and ,yahweh worked a great victory that day2 and the people returned after him only to take spoil4 #jbc3jaa ,after him was ,shammah the son of ,agee a ,hararite4 ,the ,philistines were gathered together into a troop1 where was a plot of ground full of lentils2 and the people fled from the ,philistines4 #jbc3jab ,but he stood in the midst of the plot1 and defended it1 and killed the ,philistines2 and ,yahweh worked a great victory4 #jbc3jac ,three of the thirty chief men went down1 and came to ,david in the harvest time to the cave of ,adullam2 and the troop of the ,philistines was encamped in the valley of ,rephaim4 #jbc3jad ,david was then in the stronghold2 and the garrison of the ,philistines was then in ,bethlehem4 #jbc3jae ,david longed1 and said1 ,oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of ,bethlehem1 which is by the gate6 #jbc3jaf ,the three mighty men broke through the army 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 but he would not drink of it1 but poured it out to ,yahweh4 #jbc3jag ,he said1 ,be it far from me1 ,yahweh1 that ,i should do this3 shall ,i drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives8 therefore he would not drink it4 ,these things did the three mighty men4 #jbc3jah ,abishai1 the brother of ,joab1 the son of ,zeruiah1 was chief of the three4 ,he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them1 and had a name among the three4 #jbc3jai ,wasn't he most honorable of the three8 therefore he was made their captain3 however he didn't attain to the first three4 #jbc3jbj ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada1 the son of a valiant man of ,kabzeel1 who had done mighty deeds1 he killed the two sons of ,ariel of ,moab3 he went down also and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow4 #jbc3jba ,he killed 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 killed him with his own spear4 #jbc3jbb ,these things did ,benaiah the son of ,jehoiada1 and had a name among the three mighty men4 #jbc3jbc ,he was more honorable than the thirty1 but he didn't attain to the first three4 ,david set him over his guard4 #jbc3jbd ,asahel the brother of ,joab was one of the thirty2 ,elhanan the son of ,dodo of ,bethlehem1 #jbc3jbe ,shammah the ,harodite1 ,elika the ,harodite1 #jbc3jbf ,helez the ,paltite1 ,ira the son of ,ikkesh the ,tekoite1 #jbc3jbg ,abiezer the ,anathothite1 ,mebunnai the ,hushathite1 #jbc3jbh ,zalmon the ,ahohite1 ,maharai the ,netophathite1 #jbc3jbi ,heleb the son of ,baanah the ,netophathite1 ,ittai the son of ,ribai of ,gibeah of the children of ,benjamin1 #jbc3jcj ,benaiah a ,pirathonite1 ,hiddai of the brooks of ,gaash4 #jbc3jca ,abialbon the ,arbathite1 ,azmaveth the ,barhumite1 #jbc3jcb ,eliahba the ,shaalbonite1 the sons of ,jashen1 ,jonathan1 #jbc3jcc ,shammah the ,hararite1 ,ahiam the son of ,sharar the ,ararite1 #jbc3jcd ,eliphelet the son of ,ahasbai1 the son of the ,maacathite1 ,eliam the son of ,ahithophel the ,gilonite1 #jbc3jce ,hezro the ,carmelite1 ,paarai the ,arbite1 #jbc3jcf ,igal the son of ,nathan of ,zobah1 ,bani the ,gadite1 #jbc3jcg ,zelek the ,ammonite1 ,naharai the ,beerothite1 armor bearers to ,joab the son of ,zeruiah1 #jbc3jch ,ira the ,ithrite1 ,gareb the ,ithrite1 #jbc3jci ,uriah the ,hittite3 thirty-seven in all4 #jbd3jja ,again the anger of ,yahweh was kindled against ,israel1 and he moved ,david against them1 saying1 ,go1 number ,israel and ,judah4 #jbd3jjb ,the king said to ,joab the captain of the army1 who was with him1 ,go now back and forth through all the tribes of ,israel1 from ,dan even to ,beersheba1 and number you the people1 that ,i may know the sum of the people4 #jbd3jjc ,joab said to the king1 ,now ,yahweh your ,god add to the people1 however many they may be1 one hundred times2 and may the eyes of my lord the king see it3 but why does my lord the king delight in this thing8 #jbd3jjd ,notwithstanding1 the king's word prevailed against ,joab1 and against the captains of the army4 ,joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king1 to number the people of ,israel4 #jbd3jje ,they passed over the ,jordan1 and encamped in ,aroer1 on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of ,gad1 and to ,jazer3 #jbd3jjf then they came to ,gilead1 and to the land of ,tahtim ,hodshi2 and they came to ,dan ,jaan1 and round about to ,sidon1 #jbd3jjg and came to the stronghold of ,tyre1 and to all the cities of the ,hivites1 and of the ,canaanites2 and they went out to the south of ,judah1 at ,beersheba4 #jbd3jjh ,so when they had gone back and forth through all the land1 they came to ,jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days4 #jbd3jji ,joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king3 and there were in ,israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword2 and the men of ,judah were five hundred thousand men4 #jbd3jaj ,david's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people4 ,david said to ,yahweh1 ,i have sinned greatly in that which ,i have done3 but now1 ,yahweh1 put away1 ,i beg you1 the iniquity of your servant2 for ,i have done very foolishly4 #jbd3jaa ,when ,david rose up in the morning1 the word of ,yahweh came to the prophet ,gad1 ,david's seer1 saying1 #jbd3jab ,go and speak to ,david1 ,thus says ,yahweh1 ,i offer you three things3 choose you one of them1 that ,i may do it to you4 #jbd3jac ,so ,gad came to ,david1 and told him1 and said to him1 ,shall seven years of famine come to you in your land8 or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you8 or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land8 now advise you1 and consider what answer ,i shall return to him who sent me4 #jbd3jad ,david said to ,gad1 ,i am in a great strait3 let us fall now into the hand of ,yahweh2 for his mercies are great2 and let me not fall into the hand of man4 #jbd3jae ,so ,yahweh sent a pestilence on ,israel from the morning even to the time appointed2 and there died of the people from ,dan even to ,beersheba seventy thousand men4 #jbd3jaf ,when the angel stretched out his hand toward ,jerusalem to destroy it1 ,yahweh repented him of the evil1 and said to the angel who destroyed the people1 ,it is enough2 now stay your hand4 ,the angel of ,yahweh was by the threshing floor of ,araunah the ,jebusite4 #jbd3jag ,david spoke to ,yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people1 and said1 ,behold1 ,i have sinned1 and ,i have done perversely2 but these sheep1 what have they done8 ,please let your hand be against me1 and against my father's house4 #jbd3jah ,gad came that day to ,david1 and said to him1 ,go up1 rear an altar to ,yahweh in the threshing floor of ,araunah the ,jebusite4 #jbd3jai ,david went up according to the saying of ,gad1 as ,yahweh commanded4 #jbd3jbj ,araunah looked forth1 and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him3 and ,araunah went out1 and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground4 #jbd3jba ,araunah said1 ,why is my lord the king come to his servant8 ,david said1 ,to buy the threshing floor of you1 to build an altar to ,yahweh1 that the plague may be stayed from the people4 #jbd3jbb ,araunah said to ,david1 ,let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him3 behold1 the oxen for the burnt offering1 and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood3 #jbd3jbc all this1 king1 does ,araunah give to the king4 ,araunah said to the king1 ,yahweh your ,god accept you4 #jbd3jbd ,the king said to ,araunah1 ,no2 but ,i will most certainly buy it of you at a price4 ,neither will ,i offer burnt offerings to ,yahweh my ,god which cost me nothing4 ,so ,david bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver4 #jbd3jbe ,david built there an altar to ,yahweh1 and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings4 ,so ,yahweh was entreated for the land1 and the plague was stayed from ,israel4