,this e,book was produced by ,david     
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,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,second ,,book ,,of ,,kings      
,this ,book relates the transactions    
from the death of ,saul until the end   
of ,david's reign1 being a history for  
the space of about forty-six  years4    
#b ,kings ,chapter #a    ,david mourneth

 for the death of ,saul and ,jonathan3  
he ordereth the man  to be slain who    
pretended he had killed ,saul4    #a3a4 
,now it came to pass1 after ,saul was   
dead1 that ,david returned from  the    
slaughter of the ,amalecites1 and abode 
two days in ,siceleg4    #a3b4 ,and on  
the third day1 there appeared a man who 
came out of ,saul's  camp1 with his     
garments rent1 and dust strewed on his  
head3 and when he  came to ,david1 he   
fell upon his face1 and adored4    #a3c4
 ,and ,david said to him3 ,from whence  
comest thou8 ,and he said to him3  ,i am
 fled out of the camp of ,israel4       
#a3d4 ,and ,david said unto him3 ,what  
is the matter that is come to pass8     
tell me3 ,he said3 ,the people are fled 
from the battle1 and many of the  people
 are fallen and dead3 moreover ,saul and
 ,jonathan his son are  slain4    #a3e4 
,and ,david said to the young man that  
told him3 ,how knowest thou  that ,saul 
and ,jonathan his son1 are dead8        
#a3f4 ,and the young man that told him1 

said3 ,i came by chance upon mount      
,gelboe1 and ,saul leaned upon his      
spear3 and the chariots and horsemen    
drew nigh unto him1    #a3g4 ,and       
looking behind him1 and seeing me1 he   
called me4 ,and ,i  answered1 ,here am  
,i4    #a3h4 ,and he said to me3 ,who   
art thou8 ,and ,i said to him3 ,i am an 
,amalecite4    #a3i4 ,and he said to me3
 ,stand over me1 and kill me3 for       
anguish is come  upon me1 and as yet my 
whole life is in me4    #a3aj4 ,so      
standing over him1 ,i killed him3 for ,i
 knew that he could not  live after the 
fall3 and ,i took the diadem that was on
 his head1 and the  bracelet that was on
 his arm1 and have brought them hither  
to thee1 my  lord4    ,i killed him444  
,this story of the young ,amalecite was 
not true1 as may  easily be proved by   
comparing it with the last chapter of   
the foregoing  book4    #a3aa4 ,then    
,david took hold of his garments and    
rent them1 and likewise  all the men    
that were with him4    #a3ab4 ,and they 

mourned1 and wept1 and fasted until     
evening for ,saul1 and  for ,jonathan   
his son1 and for the people of the      
,lord1 and for the house  of ,israel1   
because they were fallen by the sword4  
#a3ac4 ,and ,david said to the young man
 that told him3 ,whence art thou8 ,he   
answered3 ,i am the son of a stranger of
 ,amalec4    #a3ad4 ,david said to him3 
,why didst thou not fear to put out thy 
hand to  kill the ,lord's anointed8     
#a3ae4 ,and ,david calling one of his   
servants1 said3 ,go near and fall upon  
him4 ,and he struck him so that he died4
    #a3af4 ,and ,david said to him3 ,thy
 blood be upon thy own head3 for thy own
  mouth hath spoken against thee1       
saying3 ,i have slain the ,lord's       
anointed4    #a3ag4 ,and ,david made    
this kind of lamentation over ,saul1 and
 over  ,jonathan his son4    #a3ah4     
7,also he commanded that they should    
teach the children of ,juda the  use of 
the bow1 as it is written in the book of
 the just47 ,and he said3  ,consider1 ,o

 ,israel1 for them that are dead1       
wounded on thy high places4    #a3ai4   
,the illustrious of ,israel are slain   
upon thy mountains3 how are  the valiant
 fallen8    #a3bj4 ,tell it not in      
,geth1 publish it not in the streets of 
,ascalon3  lest the daughters of the    
,philistines rejoice1 lest the daughters
 of the  uncircumcised triumph4         
#a3ba4 ,ye mountains of ,gelboe1 let    
neither dew1 nor rain come upon you1    
neither be they fields of firstfruits3  
for there was cast away the  shield of  
the valiant1 the shield of ,saul as     
though he had not been  anointed with   
oil4    #a3bb4 ,from the blood of the   
slain1 from the fat of the valiant1 the 
arrow of ,jonathan never turned back1   
and the sword of ,saul did not  return  
empty4    #a3bc4 ,saul and ,jonathan1   
lovely1 and comely in their life1 even  
in death  they were not divided3 they   
were swifter than eagles1 stronger than 
lions4    #a3bd4 ,ye daughters of       
,israel1 weep over ,saul1 who clothed   

you with  scarlet in delights1 who gave 
ornaments of gold for your attire4      
#a3be4 ,how are the valiant fallen in   
battle8 ,jonathan slain in the high     
places8    #a3bf4 ,i grieve for thee1 my
 brother ,jonathan3 exceeding beautiful1
 and  amiable to me above the love of   
women4 ,as the mother loveth her only   
son1 so did ,i love thee4    #a3bg4 ,how
 are the valiant fallen1 and the weapons
 of war perished8    #b ,kings ,chapter 
#b    ,david is received and anointed   
king of ,juda4 ,isboseth the son of     
,saul  reigneth over the rest of        
,israel4 ,a battle between ,abner and   
,joab4    #b3a4 ,and after these things 
,david consulted the ,lord1 saying3     
,shall ,i go  up into one of the cities 
of ,juda8 ,and the ,lord said to him3   
,go up4 ,and  ,david said3 ,whither     
shall ,i go up8 ,and he answered him3   
,into ,hebron4    #b3b4 ,so ,david went 
up1 and his two wives ,achinoam the     
,jezrahelitess1 and  ,abigail the wife  
of ,nabal of ,carmel3    #b3c4 ,and the 

men also that were with him1 ,david     
brought up every man  with his          
household3 and they abode in the towns  
of ,hebron4    #b3d4 ,and the men of    
,juda came1 and anointed ,david there1  
to be king over  the house of ,juda4    
,and it was told ,david that the men of 
,jabes ,galaad  had buried ,saul4       
#b3e4 ,david therefore sent messengers  
to the men of ,jabes ,galaad1 and  said 
to them3 ,blessed be you to the ,lord1  
who have shewn this mercy to  your      
master ,saul1 and have buried him4      
#b3f4 ,and now the ,lord surely will    
render you mercy and truth1 and ,i also 
will requite you for this good turn1    
because you have done this thing4       
#b3g4 ,let your hands be strengthened1  
and be ye men of valour3 for  although  
your master ,saul be dead1 yet the house
 of ,juda hath anointed  me to be their 
king4    #b3h4 ,but ,abner the son of   
,ner1 general of ,saul's army1 took     
,isboseth the  son of ,saul1 and led him
 about through the camp1    #b3i4 ,and  

made him king over ,galaad1 and over    
,gessuri1 and over ,jezrahel1  and over 
,ephraim1 and over ,benjamin1 and over  
all ,israel4    #b3aj4 ,isboseth the son
 of ,saul was forty years old when he   
began to  reign over ,israel1 and he    
reigned two years2 and only the house of
 ,juda  followed ,david4    ,he reigned 
two years444 ,viz41 before he began     
visibly to decline3 but in  all he      
reigned seven years and six months2 for 
so long ,david reigned in  ,hebron4     
#b3aa4 ,and the number of the days that 
,david abode1 reigning in ,hebron  over 
the house of ,juda1 was seven years and 
six months4    #b3ab4 ,and ,abner the   
son of ,ner1 and the servants of        
,isboseth the son of  ,saul1 went out   
from the camp to ,gabaon4    #b3ac4 ,and
 ,joab the son of ,sarvia1 and the      
servants of ,david went out1  and met   
them by the pool of ,gabaon4 ,and when  
they were come together1  they sat down 
over against one another3 the one on the
 one side of the  pool1 and the other on

 the other side4    #b3ad4 ,and ,abner  
said to ,joab3 ,let the young men rise1 
and play before  us4 ,and ,joab         
answered3 ,let them rise4    #b3ae4     
,then there arose and went over twelve  
in number of ,benjamin1 of  the part of 
,isboseth the son of ,saul1 and twelve  
of the servants of  ,david4    #b3af4   
,and every one catching his fellow by   
the head1 thrust his sword  into the    
side of his adversary1 and they fell    
down together3 and the  name of the     
place was called3 ,the field of the     
valiant1 in ,gabaon4    #b3ag4 ,and     
there was a very fierce battle that day3
 and ,abner was put to  flight1 with the
 men of ,israel1 by the servants of     
,david4    #b3ah4 ,and there were the   
three sons of ,sarvia there1 ,joab1 and 
,abisai1  and ,asael3 now ,asael was a  
most swift runner1 like one of the roes 
that  abide in the woods4    #b3ai4 ,and
 ,asael pursued after ,abner1 and turned
 not to the right hand  nor to the left 
from following ,abner4    #b3bj4 ,and   

,abner looked behind him1 and said3 ,art
 thou ,asael8 ,and he  answered3 ,i am4 
#b3ba4 ,and ,abner said to him3 ,go to  
the right hand or to the left1 and  lay 
hold on one of the young men and take   
thee his spoils4 ,but ,asael  would not 
leave off following him close4    #b3bb4
 ,and again ,abner said to ,asael3 ,go  
off1 and do not follow me1 lest  ,i be  
obliged to stab thee to the ground1 and 
,i shall not be able to hold  up my face
 to ,joab thy brother4    #b3bc4 ,but he
 refused to hearken to him1 and would   
not turn aside3  wherefore ,abner struck
 him with his spear with a back stroke  
in the  groin1 and thrust him through1  
and he died upon the spot3 and all that 
came to the place where ,asael fell down
 and died stood still4    #b3bd4 ,now   
while ,joab and ,abisai pursued after   
,abner1 the sun went down3  and they    
came as far as the hill of the aqueduct1
 that lieth over  against the valley by 
the way of the wilderness in ,gabaon4   
#b3be4 ,and the children of ,benjamin   

gathered themselves together to  ,abner3
 and being joined in one body1 they     
stood on the top of a hill4    #b3bf4   
,and ,abner cried out to ,joab1 and     
said3 ,shall thy sword rage unto  utter 
destruction8 knowest thou not that it is
 dangerous to drive people  to despair8 
how long dost thou defer to bid the     
people cease from  pursuing after their 
brethren8    #b3bg4 ,and ,joab said3 ,as
 the ,lord liveth1 if thou hadst spoke  
sooner1  even in the morning the people 
should have retired from pursuing after 
their brethren4    #b3bh4 ,then ,joab   
sounded the trumpet1 and all the army   
stood still1 and  did not pursue after  
,israel any farther1 nor fight any more4
    #b3bi4 ,and ,abner and his men      
walked all that night through the       
plains3  and they passed the ,jordan1   
and having gone through all ,beth-horon1
 came  to the camp4    #b3cj4 ,and ,joab
 returning1 after he had left ,abner1   
assembled all the  people3 and there    
were wanting of ,david's servants       

nineteen men1 beside  ,asael4    #b3ca4 
,but the servants of ,david had killed  
of ,benjamin1 and of the men  that were 
with ,abner1 three hundred and sixty1   
who all died4    #b3cb4 ,and they took  
,asael1 and buried him in the sepulchre 
of his father  in ,bethlehem and ,joab1 
and the men that were with him1 marched 
all the  night1 and they came to ,hebron
 at break of day4    #b ,kings ,chapter 
#c    ,david groweth daily stronger4    
,abner cometh over to him3 he is        
treacherously slain by ,joab4    #c3a4  
,now there was a long war between the   
house of ,saul and the house of  ,david3
 ,david prospering and growing always   
stronger and stronger1 but  the house of
 ,saul decaying daily4    ,there was a  
long war between the house of ,saul1    
etc444 ,rather a strife  or emulation   
than a war with arms2 it lasted five    
years and a half4    #c3b4 ,and sons    
were born to ,david in ,hebron3 and his 
firstborn was ,ammon  of ,achinoam the  
,jezrahelitess3    #c3c4 ,and his second

 ,cheleab of ,abigail the wife of ,nabal
 of ,carmel3 and  the third ,absalom the
 son of ,maacha the daughter of ,tholmai
 king of  ,gessur3    #c3d4 ,and the    
fourth ,adonias1 the son of ,haggith3   
and the fifth ,saphathia  the son of    
,abital3    #c3e4 ,and the sixth        
,jethraam of ,egla the wife of ,david3  
these were born  to ,david ,in ,hebron4 
#c3f4 ,now while there was war between  
the house of ,saul and the house of     
,david1 ,abner the son of ,ner ruled the
 house of ,saul4    #c3g4 ,and ,saul had
 a concubine named ,respha1 the daughter
 of ,aia4 ,and  ,isboseth said to       
,abner3    #c3h4 ,why didst thou go in  
to my father's concubine8 ,and he was   
exceedingly angry for the words of      
,isboseth1 and said3 ,am ,i a dog's head
  against ,juda this day1 who have shewn
 mercy to the house of ,saul thy        
father1 and to his brethren and friends1
 and have not delivered thee  into the  
hands of ,david1 and hast thou sought   
this day against me to  charge me with a

 matter concerning a woman8    #c3i4 ,so
 do ,god to ,abner1 and more also1      
unless as the ,lord hath sworn to       
,david1 so ,i do to him1    #c3aj4 ,that
 the kingdom be translated from the     
house of ,saul1 and the  throne of      
,david be set up over ,israel1 and over 
,juda from ,dan to  ,bersabee4    #c3aa4
 ,and he could not answer him a word1   
because he feared him4    #c3ab4 ,abner 
therefore sent messengers to ,david for 
himself1 saying3  ,whose is the land8   
and that they should say3 ,make a league
 with me1 and  my hand shall be with    
thee3 and ,i will bring all ,israel to  
thee4    #c3ac4 ,and he said3 ,very     
well3 ,i will make a league with thee3  
but one  thing ,i require of thee1      
saying3 ,thou shalt not see my face     
before thou  bring ,michol the daughter 
of ,saul3 and so thou shalt come1 and   
see me4    #c3ad4 ,and ,david sent      
messengers to ,isboseth the son of      
,saul1 saying3  ,restore my wife        
,michol1 whom ,i espoused to me for a   

hundred foreskins of  the ,philistines4 
#c3ae4 ,and ,isboseth sent1 and took her
 from her husband ,phaltiel1 the son  of
 ,lais4    #c3af4 ,and her husband      
followed her1 weeping as far as         
,bahurim3 and ,abner  said to him3 ,go  
and return4 ,and he returned4    #c3ag4 
,abner also spoke to the ancients of    
,israel1 saying3 ,both yesterday  and   
the day before you sought for ,david    
that he might reign over you4    #c3ah4 
,now then do it3 because the ,lord hath 
spoken to ,david1 saying3 ,by  the hand 
of my servant ,david ,i will save my    
people ,israel from the hands  of the   
,philistines1 and of all their enemies4 
#c3ai4 ,and ,abner spoke also to        
,benjamin4 ,and he went to speak to     
,david in  ,hebron all that seemed good 
to ,israel1 and to all ,benjamin4       
#c3bj4 ,and he came to ,david in ,hebron
 with twenty men3 and ,david made a     
feast for ,abner1 and his men that came 
with him4    #c3ba4 ,and ,abner said to 
,david3 ,i will rise1 that ,i may gather

 all ,israel  unto thee my lord the     
king1 and may enter into a league with  
thee1 and  that thou mayst reign over   
all as thy soul desireth4 ,now when     
,david had  brought ,abner on his way1  
and he was gone in peace1    #c3bb4     
,immediately1 ,david's servants and     
,joab came1 after having slain  the     
robbers1 with an exceeding great booty4 
,and ,abner was not with ,david  in     
,hebron1 for he had now sent him away1  
and he was gone in peace4    #c3bc4 ,and
 ,joab and all the army that was with   
him1 came afterwards3 and  it was told  
,joab1 that ,abner the son of ,ner came 
to the king1 and he  hath sent him away1
 and he is gone in peace4    #c3bd4 ,and
 ,joab went in to the king1 and said3   
,what hast thou done8  ,behold ,abner   
came to thee3 ,why didst thou send him  
away1 and he is gone  and departed8     
#c3be4 ,knowest thou not ,abner the son 
of ,ner1 that to this end he came to    
thee1 that he might deceive thee1 and to
 know thy going out1 and thy  coming in1

 and to know all thou dost8    #c3bf4   
,then ,joab going out from ,david1 sent 
messengers after ,abner1 and  brought   
him back from the cistern of ,sira1     
,david knowing nothing of it4    #c3bg4 
,and when ,abner was returned to        
,hebron1 ,joab took him aside to the    
middle of the gate1 to speak to him     
treacherously3 and he stabbed him  there
 in the groin1 and he died1 in revenge  
of the blood of ,asael his  brother4    
#c3bh4 ,and when ,david heard of it1    
after the thing was now done1 he said3  
,i1 and my kingdom are innocent before  
the ,lord for ever of the blood of      
,abner the son of ,ner3    #c3bi4 ,and  
may it come upon the head of ,joab1 and 
upon all his father's  house3 and let   
there not fail from the house of ,joab  
one that hath an  issue of seed1 or that
 is a leper1 or that holdeth the        
distaff1 or that  falleth by the sword1 
or that wanteth bread4    #c3cj4 ,so    
,joab and ,abisai his brother slew      
,abner1 because he had killed  their    

brother ,asael at ,gabaon in the battle4
    #c3ca4 ,and ,david said to ,joab1   
and to all the people that were with    
him3  ,rend your garments1 and gird     
yourselves with sackcloths1 and mourn   
before the funeral of ,abner4 ,and king 
,david himself followed the bier4       
#c3cb4 ,and when they had buried ,abner 
in ,hebron1 king ,david lifted up his   
voice1 and wept at the grave of ,abner3 
and all the people also wept4    #c3cc4 
,and the king mourning and lamenting    
over ,abner1 said3 ,not as  cowards are 
wont to die1 hath ,abner died4    #c3cd4
 ,thy hands were not bound1 nor thy feet
 laden with fetters3 but as  men fall   
before the children of iniquity1 so     
didst thou fall4 ,and all  the people   
repeating it wept over him4    #c3ce4   
,and when all the people came to take   
meat with ,david1 while it was  yet     
broad day1 ,david swore1 saying3 ,so do 
,god to me1 and more also1 if ,i  taste 
bread or any thing else before sunset4  
#c3cf4 ,and all the people heard1 and   

they were pleased1 and all that the     
king did seemed good in the sight of all
 the people4    #c3cg4 ,and all the     
people1 and all ,israel understood that 
day that it was  not the king's doing1  
that ,abner the son of ,ner was slain4  
#c3ch4 ,the king also said to his       
servants3 ,do you not know that a prince
  and a great man is slain this day in  
,israel8    #c3ci4 ,but ,i as yet am    
tender1 though anointed king4 ,and these
 men the  sons of ,sarvia are too hard  
for me3 the ,lord reward him that doth  
evil  according to his wickedness4    #b
 ,kings ,chapter #d    ,isboseth is     
murdered by two of his servants4 ,david 
punisheth the  murderers4    #d3a4 ,and 
,isboseth the son of ,saul heard that   
,abner was slain in ,hebron3  and his   
hands were weakened1 and all ,israel was
 troubled4    #d3b4 ,now the son of     
,saul had two men captains of his bands1
 the name of  the one was ,baana1 and   
the name of the other ,rechab1 the sons 
of ,remmon  a ,berothite of the children

 of ,benjamin3 for ,beroth also was     
reckoned in  ,benjamin4    #d3c4 ,and   
the ,berothites fled into ,gethaim1 and 
were sojourners there  until that time4 
#d3d4 ,and ,jonathan the son of ,saul   
had a son that was lame of his feet3    
for he was five years old when the      
tidings came of ,saul and ,jonathan     
from ,jezrahel4 ,and his nurse took him 
up and fled3 and as she made haste  to  
flee1 he fell and became lame3 and his  
name was ,miphiboseth4    #d3e4 ,and the
 sons of ,remmon the ,berothite1 ,rechab
 and ,baana coming1 went  into the house
 of ,isboseth in the heat of the day3   
and he was sleeping  upon his bed at    
noon4 ,and the doorkeeper of the house1 
who was cleansing  wheat1 was fallen    
asleep4    #d3f4 ,and they entered into 
the house secretly taking ears of corn1 
and  ,rechab and ,baana his brother     
stabbed him in the groin1 and fled away4
    #d3g4 ,for when they came into the  
house1 he was sleeping upon his bed in  
a parlour1 and they struck him and      

killed him and taking away his head     
they went off by the way of the         
wilderness1 walking all night4    #d3h4 
,and they brought the head of ,isboseth 
to ,david to ,hebron3 and they  said to 
the king3 ,behold the head of ,isboseth 
the son of ,saul thy enemy  who sought  
thy life3 and the ,lord hath revenged my
 lord the king this  day of ,saul1 and  
of his seed4    #d3i4 ,but ,david       
answered ,rechab1 and ,baana his        
brother1 the sons of  ,remmon the       
,berothite1 and said to them3 ,as the   
,lord liveth1 who hath  delivered my    
soul out of all distress1    #d3aj4 ,the
 man that told me1 and said3 ,saul is   
dead1 who thought he  brought good      
tidings1 ,i apprehended1 and slew him in
 ,siceleg1 who should  have been        
rewarded for his news4    #d3aa4 ,how   
much more now when wicked men have slain
 an innocent man in  his own house1 upon
 his bed1 shall ,i not require his blood
 at your hand1  and take you away from  
the earth8    #d3ab4 ,and ,david        

commanded his servants and they slew    
them3 and cutting  off their hands and  
feet1 hanged them up over the pool in   
,hebron3 but  the head of ,isboseth they
 took and buried in the sepulchre of    
,abner in  ,hebron4    #b ,kings        
,chapter #e    ,david is anointed king  
of all ,israel4 ,he taketh ,jerusalem1  
and dwelleth  there4 ,he defeateth the  
,philistines4    #e3a4 ,then all the    
tribes of ,israel came to ,david in     
,hebron1 saying3  ,behold we are thy    
bone and thy flesh4    #e3b4 ,moreover  
yesterday also and the day before1 when 
,saul was king over  us1 thou wast he   
that did lead out and bring in ,israel3 
and the ,lord  said to thee3 ,thou shalt
 feed my people ,israel1 and thou shalt 
be prince  over ,israel4    #e3c4 ,the  
ancients also of ,israel came to the    
king of ,hebron1 and king  ,david made a
 league with them in ,hebron before the 
,lord3 and they  anointed ,david to be  
king over ,israel4    #e3d4 ,david was  
thirty years old when he began to reign1

 and he reigned  forty years4    #e3e4  
,in ,hebron he reigned over ,juda seven 
years and six months3 and in  ,jerusalem
 he reigned three and thirty years over 
all ,israel and ,juda4    #e3f4 ,and the
 king and all the men that were with him
 went to ,jerusalem  to the ,jebusites  
the inhabitants of the land3 and they   
said to ,david3  ,thou shalt not come in
 hither unless thou take away the blind 
and the  lame that say3 ,david shall not
 come in hither4    #e3g4 ,but ,david   
took the castle of ,sion1 the same is   
the city of ,david4    #e3h4 ,for ,david
 had offered that day a reward to       
whosoever should strike  the ,jebusites 
and get up to the gutters of the tops of
 the houses1 and  take away the blind   
and the lame that hated the soul of     
,david3 therefore  it is said in the    
proverb3 ,the blind and the lame shall  
not come into  the temple4    #e3i4 ,and
 ,david dwelt in the castle1 and called 
it1 ,the city of ,david3  and built     
round about from ,mello and inwards4    

#e3aj4 ,and he went on prospering and   
growing up1 and the ,lord ,god of  hosts
 was with him4    #e3aa4 ,and ,hiram the
 king of ,tyre sent messengers to       
,david1 and cedar  trees1 and           
carpenters1 and masons for walls3 and   
they built a house for  ,david4         
#e3ab4 ,and ,david knew that the ,lord  
had confirmed him king over ,israel1    
and that he had exalted his kingdom over
 his people ,israel4    #e3ac4 ,and     
,david took more concubines and wives of
 ,jerusalem1 after he  was come from    
,hebron3 and there were born to ,david  
other sons also and  daughters3         
,david took more concubines and wives of
 ,jerusalem444 ,not harlots1 but  wives 
of an inferior condition2 for such1 in  
scripture1 are styled  concubines4      
#e3ad4 ,and these are the names of them1
 that were born to him in  ,jerusalem1  
,samua1 and ,sobab1 and ,nathan1 and    
,solomon1    #e3ae4 ,and ,jebahar1 and  
,elisua1 and ,nepheg1    #e3af4 ,and    
,japhia1 and ,elisama1 and ,elioda1 and 

,eliphaleth4    #e3ag4 ,and the         
,philistines heard that they had        
anointed ,david to be king  over        
,israel3 and they all came to seek      
,david3 and when ,david heard of  it1 he
 went down to a strong hold4    #e3ah4  
,and the ,philistines coming spread     
themselves in the valley of  ,raphaim4  
#e3ai4 ,and ,david consulted the ,lord1 
,saying3 ,shall ,i go up to the         
,philistines8 and wilt thou deliver them
 into my hand8 ,and the ,lord said  to  
,david3 ,go up1 for ,i will surely      
deliver the ,philistines into thy  hand4
    #e3bj4 ,and ,david came to ,baal    
,pharisim3 and defeated them there1 and 
he  said1 ,the ,lord hath divided my    
enemies before me1 as waters are        
divided4  ,therefore the name of the    
place was called ,baal ,pharisim4       
#e3ba4 ,and they left there their idols3
 which ,david and his men took  away4   
#e3bb4 ,and the ,philistines came up    
again and spread themselves into the    
valley of ,raphaim4    #e3bc4 ,and      

,david consulted the ,lord3 ,shall ,i go
 up against the  ,philistines1 and wilt 
thou deliver them into my hands8 ,he    
answered3 ,go  not up against them but  
fetch a compass behind them1 and thou   
shalt come  upon them over against the  
pear trees4    #e3bd4 ,and when thou    
shalt hear the sound of one going in the
 tops of the  pear trees1 then shalt    
thou join battle3 for then will the     
,lord go out  before thy face to strike 
the army of the ,philistines4    #e3be4 
,and ,david did as the ,lord had        
commanded him1 and he smote the         
,philistines from ,gabaa until thou come
 to ,gezer4    #b ,kings ,chapter #f    
,david fetcheth the ark from            
,cariathiarim4 ,oza is struck dead for  
touching it4 ,it is deposited in the    
house of ,obededom3 and from thence     
carried to ,david's house4    #f3a4 ,and
 ,david again gathered together all the 
chosen men of ,israel1  thirty thousand4
    #f3b4 ,and ,david arose and went1   
with all the people that were with him  

of  the men of ,juda to fetch the ark of
 ,god1 upon which the name of the ,lord 
of ,hosts is invoked1 who sitteth over  
it upon the cherubims4    #f3c4 ,and    
they laid the ark of ,god upon a new    
cart3 and took it out of  the house of  
,abinadab1 who was in ,gabaa1 and ,oza  
and ,ahio1 the sons of  ,abinadab1 drove
 the new cart4    ,gabaa444 ,the hill of
 ,cariathiarim1 where the ark had been  
in the house  of ,abinadab1 from the    
time of its being restored back by the  
,philistines4    #f3d4 ,and when they   
had taken it out of the house of        
,abinadab1 who was in  ,gabaa1 ,ahio    
having care of the ark of ,god went     
before the ark4    #f3e4 ,but ,david and
 all ,israel played before the ,lord on 
all manner of  instruments made of wood1
 on harps and lutes and timbrels and    
cornets  and cymbals4    #f3f4 ,and when
 they came to the floor of ,nachon1 ,oza
 put forth his hand  to the ark of ,god1
 and took hold of it3 because the oxen  
kicked and made  it lean aside4    #f3g4

 ,and the indignation of the ,lord was  
enkindled against ,oza1 and he  struck  
him for his rashness3 and he died there 
before the ark of ,god4    #f3h4 ,and   
,david was grieved because the ,lord had
 struck ,oza1 and the name  of that     
place was called3 ,the striking of ,oza1
 to this day4    #f3i4 ,and ,david was  
afraid of the ,lord that day1 saying3   
,how shall the  ark of the ,lord come to
 me8    #f3aj4 ,and he would not have   
the ark of the ,lord brought in to      
himself  into the city of ,david3 but he
 caused it to be carried into the house 
of  ,obededom the ,gethite4    #f3aa4   
,and the ark of the ,lord abode in the  
house of ,obededom the ,gethite  three  
months3 and the ,lord blessed ,obededom1
 and all his household4    #f3ab4 ,and  
it was told king ,david1 that the ,lord 
had blessed ,obededom1  and all that he 
had1 because of the ark of ,god4 ,so    
,david went1 and  brought away the ark  
of ,god out of the house of ,obededom   
into the city  of ,david with joy4 ,and 

there were with ,david seven choirs1 and
 calves  for victims4    ,choirs444 ,or 
companies of musicians4    #f3ac4 ,and  
when they that carried the ark of the   
,lord had gone six paces1  he sacrificed
 and ox and a ram3    #f3ad4 ,and ,david
 danced with all his might before the   
,lord3 and ,david was  girded with a    
linen ephod4    #f3ae4 ,and ,david and  
all the louse of ,israel brought the ark
 of the  covenant of the ,lord with     
joyful shouting1 and with sound of      
trumpet4    #f3af4 ,and when the ark of 
the ,lord was come into the city of     
,david1  ,michol the daughter of ,saul1 
looking out through a window1 saw king  
,david leaping and dancing before the   
,lord3 and she despised him in her      
heart4    #f3ag4 ,and they brought the  
ark of the ,lord1 and set it in its     
place in  the midst of the tabernacle1  
which ,david had pitched for it3 and    
,david  offered holocausts1 and peace   
offerings before the ,lord4    #f3ah4   
,and when he had made an end of offering

 holocausts and peace  offerings1 he    
blessed the people in the name of the   
,lord of hosts4    #f3ai4 ,and he       
distributed to all the multitude of     
,israel1 both men and  women1 to every  
one1 a cake of bread1 and a piece of    
roasted beef1 and  fine flour fried with
 oil3 and all the people departed every 
one to his  own house4    #f3bj4 ,and   
,david returned to bless his own house3 
and ,michol the daughter  of ,saul      
coming out to meet ,david1 said3 ,how   
glorious was the king of  ,israel to    
day1 uncovering himself before the      
handmaids of his servants1  and was     
naked1 as if one of the buffoons should 
be naked4    #f3ba4 ,and ,david said to 
,michol3 ,before the ,lord1 who chose me
 rather  than thy father1 and than all  
his house1 and commanded me to be ruler 
over the people of the ,lord in ,israel1
    #f3bb4 ,i will both play and make   
myself meaner than ,i have done3 and ,i 
will be little in my own eyes3 and with 
the handmaids of whom thou  speakest1 ,i

 shall appear more glorious4    #f3bc4  
,therefore ,michol the daughter of ,saul
 had no child to the day of  her death4 
#b ,kings ,chapter #g    ,david's       
purpose to build a temple is rewarded   
with the promise of great  blessings in 
his seed3 his prayer and thanksgiving4  
#g3a4 ,and it came to pass when the king
 sat in his house1 and the ,lord  had   
given him rest on every side from all   
his enemies1    #g3b4 ,he said to       
,nathan the prophet3 ,dost thou see that
 ,i dwell in a  house of cedar1 and the 
ark of ,god is lodged within skins8     
#g3c4 ,and ,nathan said to the king3    
,go1 do all that is in they heart3      
because the ,lord is with thee4    #g3d4
 ,but it came to pass that night1 that  
the word of the ,lord came to  ,nathan1 
saying3    #g3e4 ,go1 and say to my     
servant ,david3 ,thus saith the ,lord3  
,shalt thou  build me a house to dwell  
in8    #g3f4 ,whereas ,i have not dwelt 
in a house from the day that ,i brought 
the  children of ,israel out of the land

 of ,egypt even to this day3 but have   
walked in a tabernacle1 and in a tent4  
#g3g4 ,in all the places that ,i have   
gone through with all the children of   
,israel1 did ever ,i speak a word to any
 one of the tribes of ,israel1 whom  ,i 
commanded to feed my people ,israel1    
saying3 ,why have you not built me  a   
house of cedar8    #g3h4 ,and now thus  
shalt thou speak to my servant ,david3  
,thus saith the  ,lord of hosts3 ,i took
 thee out of the pastures from following
 the sheep  to be ruler over my people  
,israel3    #g3i4 ,and ,i have been with
 thee wheresoever thou hast walked1 and 
have  slain all thy enemies from before 
thy face3 and ,i have made thee a great 
man1 like unto the name of the great    
ones that are on the earth4    #g3aj4   
,and ,i will appoint a place for my     
people ,israel1 and ,i will plant  them1
 and they shall dwell therein1 and shall
 be disturbed no more3  neither shall   
the children of iniquity afflict them   
any more as they did  before1    #g3aa4 

,from the day that ,i appointed judges  
over my people ,israel3 and ,i  will    
give thee rest from all thy enemies4    
,and the ,lord foretelleth to  thee1    
that the ,lord will make thee a house4  
#g3ab4 ,and when thy days shall be      
fulfilled1 and thou shalt sleep with    
thy fathers1 ,i will raise up thy seed  
after thee1 which shall proceed  out of 
the bowels1 and ,i will establish his   
kingdom4    ,i will establish his       
kingdom444 ,this prophecy partly        
relateth to  ,solomon3 but much more to 
,christ1 who is called the son of ,david
 in  scripture1 and who is the builder  
of the true temple1 which is the        
church1 his everlasting kingdom1 which  
shall never fail4    #g3ac4 ,he shall   
build a house to my name1 and ,i will   
establish the throne  of his kingdom    
fore ever4    #g3ad4 ,i will be to him a
 father1 and he shall be to me a son3   
and if he  commit any iniquity1 ,i will 
correct him with the rod of men1 and    
with  the stripes of the children of    

men4    #g3ae4 ,but my mercy ,i will not
 take away from him1 as ,i took it from 
,saul1 whom ,i removed from before my   
face4    #g3af4 ,and thy house shall be 
faithful1 and thy kingdom for ever      
before  thy face1 and thy throne shall  
be firm for ever4    #g3ag4 ,according  
to all these words and according to all 
this vision so  did ,nathan speak to    
,david4    #g3ah4 ,and ,david went in1  
and sat before the ,lord1 and said3 ,who
 am ,i1 ,o  ,lord ,god1 and what is my  
house1 that thou hast brought me thus   
far8    #g3ai4 ,bur yet this hath seemed
 little in thy sight1 ,o ,lord ,god1    
unless  thou didst also speak of the    
house of thy servant for a long time to 
come3 for this is the law of ,adam1 ,o  
,lord ,god3    #g3bj4 ,and what can     
,david say more unto thee8 for thou     
knowest thy  servant1 ,o ,lord ,god3    
#g3ba4 ,for thy word's sake1 and        
according to thy own heart thou has done
  all these great things1 so that thou  
wouldst make it known to thy  servant4  

#g3bb4 ,therefore thou art magnified1 ,o
 ,lord ,god1 because there is none  like
 to thee1 neither is there any ,god     
besides thee1 in all the things  that we
 have heard with our ears4    #g3bc4    
,and what nation is there upon earth1 as
 thy people ,israel1 whom  ,god went to 
redeem for a people to himself1 and to  
make him a name1 and  to do for them    
great and terrible things1 upon the     
earth1 before the  face of thy people1  
whom thou redeemedst to thyself out of  
,egypt1 from  the nations and their     
gods4    #g3bd4 ,for thou hast confirmed
 to thyself thy people ,israel to be an 
everlasting people3 and thou1 ,o ,lord  
,god1 art become their ,god4    #g3be4  
,and now1 ,o ,lord ,god1 raise up for   
ever the word that thou hast  spoken1   
concerning thy servant and concerning   
his house3 and do as thou  hast spoken1 
#g3bf4 ,that thy name may be magnified  
for ever1 and it may be said3 ,the      
,lord of hosts is ,god over ,israel4    
,and the house of thy servant ,david    

shall be established before the ,lord4  
#g3bg4 ,because thou1 ,o ,lord of hosts1
 ,god of ,israel1 hast revealed to the  
ear of thy servant1 saying3 ,i will     
build thee a house3 therefore hath  thy 
servant found in his heart to pray this 
prayer to thee4    #g3bh4 ,and now1 ,o  
,lord ,god1 thou art ,god1 and thy words
 shall be true3  for thou hast spoken to
 thy servant these good things4         
#g3bi4 ,and now begin1 and bless the    
house of thy servant1 that it may       
endure for ever before thee3 because    
thou1 ,o ,lord ,god1 hast spoken it1    
and with thy blessing let the house of  
thy servant be blessed for ever4    #b  
,kings ,chapter #h    ,david's          
victories1 and his chief officers4      
#h3a4 ,and it came to pass after this   
that ,david defeated the ,philistines1  
and brought them down1 and ,david took  
the bridle of tribute out of the  hand  
of the ,philistines1    #h3b4 ,and he   
defeated ,moab1 and measured them with a
 line1 casting them  down to the earth3 

and he measured with two lines1 one to  
put to death1  and one to save alive3   
and ,moab was made to serve ,david under
 tribute4    #h3c4 ,david defeated also 
,adarezer the son of ,rohob king of     
,soba1 when he  went to extend his      
dominion over the river ,euphrates4     
#h3d4 ,and ,david took from him a       
thousand and seven hundred horsemen1 and
  twenty thousand footmen1 and houghed  
all the chariot horses3 and only        
reserved of them for one hundred        
chariots4    #h3e4 ,and the ,syrians of 
,damascus came to succour ,adarezer the 
king of  ,soba3 and ,david slew of the  
,syrians two and twenty thousand men4   
#h3f4 ,and ,david put garrisons in      
,syria of ,damascus3 and ,syria served  
,david under tribute1 and the ,lord     
preserved ,david in all his             
enterprises1 whithersoever he went4     
#h3g4 ,and ,david took the arms of gold1
 which the servants of ,adarezer  wore  
and brought them to ,jerusalem4    #h3h4
 ,and out of ,bete1 and out of ,beroth1 

cities of ,adarezer1 king ,david  took  
and exceeding great quantity of brass4  
#h3i4 ,and ,thou the king of ,emath     
heard that ,david had defeated all the  
forces of ,adarezer4    #h3aj4 ,and     
,thou sent ,joram his son to king       
,david1 to salute him1 and to           
congratulate with him1 and to return him
 thanks3 because he had fought  against 
,adarezer1 and had defeated him4 ,for   
,thou was an enemy to  ,adarezer1 and in
 his hand were vessels of gold1 and     
vessels of silver1  and vessels of      
brass3    #h3aa4 ,and king ,david       
dedicated them to the ,lord1 together   
with the  silver and gold that he had   
dedicated of all the nations1 which he  
had  subdued3    #h3ab4 ,of ,syria1 and 
of ,moab1 and of the children ,ammon1   
and of the  ,philistines1 and of        
,amalec1 and of the spoils of ,adarezer 
the son of  ,rohob king of ,soba4       
#h3ac4 ,david also made himself a name1 
when he returned after taking  ,syria in
 the valley of the saltpits1 killing    

eighteen thousand3    #h3ad4 ,and he put
 guards in ,edom1 and placed there a    
garrison3 and all  ,edom was made to    
serve ,david3 and the ,lord preserved   
,david in all  enterprises he went      
about4    #h3ae4 ,and ,david reigned    
over all ,israel3 and ,david did        
judgment and  justice to all his people4
    #h3af4 ,and ,joab the son ,sarvia   
was over the army3 and ,josaphat the son
 of  ,ahilud was recorder3              
,recorder444 ,or chancellor4    #h3ag4  
,and ,sadoc the son of ,achitob1 and    
,achimelech the son of ,abiathar1  were 
the priests3 and ,saraias was the       
scribe3    ,scribe444 ,or secretary4    
#h3ah4 ,and ,banaias the son of ,joiada 
was over the ,cerethi and ,phelethi3    
and the sons of ,david were the princes4
    ,the ,cerethi and ,phelethi444 ,the 
king's guards4-,ibid4 ,princes444       
,literally priests4 7,cohen7 ,so called1
 by a title of honour1 and not from     
exercising the priestly functions4    #b
 ,kings ,chapter #i    ,david's kindness

 to ,miphiboseth for the sake of his    
father ,jonathan4    #i3a4 ,and ,david  
said3 ,is there any one1 think you1 left
 of the house of  ,saul1 that ,i may    
shew kindness to him for ,jonathan's    
sake8    #i3b4 ,now there was of the    
house of ,saul1 a servant named ,siba3  
and when  the king had called him to    
him1 he said to him3 ,art thou ,siba8   
,and he  answered3 ,i am ,siba thy      
servant4    #i3c4 ,and the king said3   
,is there any one left of the house of  
,saul1 that  ,i may shew the mercy of   
,god unto ,him8 ,and ,siba said to the  
king3 ,there  is a son of ,jonathan     
left1 who is lame of his feet4    #i3d4 
,where is he8 said he4 ,and ,siba said  
to the king3 ,behold he is in  the house
 of ,machir the son of ,ammiel in       
,lodabar4    #i3e4 ,then ,king ,david   
sent1 and brought him out of the house  
of ,machir  the son of ,ammiel of       
,lodabar4    #i3f4 ,and when            
,miphiboseth the son of ,jonathan the   
son of ,saul was come  to ,david1 he    

fell on his face and worshipped4 ,and   
,david said3  ,miphiboseth8 ,and he     
answered3 ,behold thy servant4    #i3g4 
,and ,david said to him3 ,fear not1 for 
,i will surely shew thee mercy  for     
,jonathan thy father's sake1 and ,i will
 restore the lands of ,saul the  father1
 and thou shalt eat bread at my table   
always4    #i3h4 ,he bowed down to him1 
and said3 ,who am ,i thy servant1 that  
thou  shouldst look upon such a dead dog
 as ,i am8    #i3i4 ,then the ,king     
called ,siba the servant of ,saul1 and  
said to him3 ,all  that belonged to     
,saul1 and all his house1 ,i have given 
to thy master's  son4    #i3aj4 ,thou   
therefore and the sons and thy servants 
shall till the land  for him3 and thou  
shalt bring in food for thy master's    
son1 that he may  be maintained3 and    
,miphiboseth the son of thy master shall
 always eat  bread at my table4 ,and    
,siba had fifteen sons and twenty       
servants4    #i3aa4 ,and ,siba said to  
the king3 ,as thou my lord the hast     

commanded thy  servant1 so will thy     
servant do3 and ,miphiboseth shall eat  
at my table1  as one of the sons of the 
,king4    #i3ab4 ,and ,miphiboseth had a
 young son whose name was ,micha3 and   
all that  kindred of the house of ,siba 
served ,miphiboseth4    #i3ac4 ,but     
,miphiboseth dwelt in ,jerusalem3       
because he ate always of the  king's    
table3 and he was lame of both feet4    
#b ,kings ,chapter #aj    ,the          
,ammonites shamefully abuse the         
ambassadors of ,david3 they hire the    
,syrians to the their assistance3 but   
are overthrown with their allies4       
#aj3a4 ,and it came to pass after this1 
that the king of the children of  ,ammon
 died1 and ,hanon his son reigned in his
 stead4    #aj3b4 ,and ,david said3 ,i  
will shew kindness to ,hanon the son of 
,daas1 as  his father shewed kindness to
 me4 ,so ,david sent his servants to    
comfort  him for the death of his       
father4 ,but when the servants of ,david
 were  come into the land of the        

children of ,ammon1    #aj3c4 ,the      
princes of the children of ,ammon said  
to ,hanon their lord3  ,thinkest thou   
that for the honour of thy father1      
,david hath sent  comforters to thee1   
and hath not ,david rather sent his     
servants to thee  to search1 and spy    
into the city1 and overthrow it8        
#aj3d4 ,wherefore ,hanon took the       
servants of ,david1 and shaved off the  
one  half of their beards1 and cut away 
half of their garments even to the      
buttocks1 and sent them away4    #aj3e4 
,when this was told ,david1 he sent to  
meet them3 for the men were  sadly put  
to confusion1 and ,david commanded them1
 saying3 ,stay at  ,jericho1 till your  
beards be grown1 and then return4       
#aj3f4 ,and the children of ,ammon      
seeing that they had done an injury to  
,david1 sent and hired the ,syrians of  
,rohob1 and the ,syrians of ,soba1      
twenty thousand footmen1 and of the king
 of ,maacha a thousand men1 and  of     
,istob twelve thousand men4    #aj3g4   

,and when ,david heard this1 he sent    
,joab and the whole army of  warriors4  
#aj3h4 ,and the children of ,ammon came 
out1 and set their men in array at  the 
entering in of the gate3 but the        
,syrians of ,soba1 and of ,rohob1 and   
of ,istob1 and of ,maacha were by       
themselves in the field4    #aj3i4 ,then
 ,joab seeing that the battle was       
prepared against him1 both  before and  
behind1 chose of all the choice men of  
,israel1 and put them  in array against 
the ,syrians3    #aj3aj4 ,and the rest  
of the people he delivered to ,abisai   
his brother1  who set them in array     
against the children of ,ammon4         
#aj3aa4 ,and ,joab said3 ,if the        
,syrians are too strong for me1 then    
thou  shalt help me1 but if the children
 of ,ammon are too strong for thee1     
then ,i will help thee4    #aj3ab4 ,be  
of good courage1 and let us fight for   
our people1 and for the  city of our    
,god3 and the ,lord will do what is good
 in his sight4    #aj3ac4 ,and ,joab and

 the people that were with him1 began to
 fight  against the ,syrians3 and they  
immediately fled before him4    #aj3ad4 
,and the children of ,ammon seeing that 
the ,syrians were fled1 they  fled also 
before ,abisai1 and entered into the    
city3 and ,joab returned  from the      
children of ,ammon1 and came to         
,jerusalem4    #aj3ae4 ,then the        
,syrians seeing that they had fallen    
before ,israel1  gathered themselves    
together4    #aj3af4 ,and ,adarezer sent
 and fetched the ,syrians1 that were    
beyond the  river1 and brought over     
their army3 and ,sobach1 the captain of 
the host  of ,adarezer1 was their       
general4    #aj3ag4 ,and when this was  
told ,david1 he gathered all ,israel    
together1  and passed over the ,jordan1 
and came to ,helam3 and the ,syrians set
  themselves in array against ,david1   
and fought against him4    #aj3ah4 ,and 
the ,syrians fled before ,israel1 and   
,david slew of the ,syrians  the men of 
seven hundred chariots1 and forty       

thousand horsemen3 and  smote ,sobach   
the captain of the army1 who presently  
died4    #aj3ai4 ,and all the kings that
 were auxiliaries of ,adarezer1 seeing  
themselves overcome by ,israel1 were    
afraid and fled away1 eight and  fifty  
thousand men before ,israel4 ,and they  
made peace with ,israel3 and  served    
them1 and all the ,syrians were afraid  
to help the children of  ,ammon any     
more4    #b ,kings ,chapter #aa         
,david falleth into the crime of        
adultery with ,bethsabee3 and not       
finding  other means to conceal it1     
causeth her husband ,urias to be slain4 
,then  marrieth her1 who beareth him a  
son4    #aa3a4 ,and it came to pass at  
the return of the year1 at the time when
  kings go forth to war1 that ,david    
sent ,joab and his servants with him1   
and all ,israel1 and they spoiled the   
children of ,ammon1 and besieged        
,rabba3 but ,david remained in          
,jerusalem4    #aa3b4 ,in the mean time 
it happened that ,david arose from his  

bed after  noon1 and walked upon the    
roof of the king's house3 ,and he saw   
from the  roof of his house a woman     
washing herself1 over against him3 and  
the  woman was very beautiful4    #aa3c4
 ,and the king sent1 and inquired who   
the woman was4 ,and it was told  him1   
that she was ,bethsabee the daughter of 
,eliam1 the wife of ,urias the          
,hethite4    #aa3d4 ,and ,david sent    
messengers1 and took her1 and she came  
in to him1  and he slept with her3 and  
presently she was purified from her     
uncleanness3    #aa3e4 ,and she returned
 to her house having conceived4 ,and she
 sent and  told ,david1 and said3 ,i    
have conceived4    #aa3f4 ,and ,david   
sent to ,joab1 saying3 ,send me ,urias  
the ,hethite4 ,and  ,joab sent ,urias to
 ,david4    #aa3g4 ,and ,urias came to  
,david4 ,and ,david asked how ,joab did1
 and the  people1 and how the war was   
carried on4    #aa3h4 ,and ,david said  
to ,urias3 ,go into thy house1 and wash 
thy feet4 ,and  ,urias went out from the

 king's house1 and there went out after 
him a  mess of meat from the king4      
#aa3i4 ,but ,urias slept before the gate
 of the king's house1 with the  other   
servants of his lord1 and went not down 
to his own house4    #aa3aj4 ,and it was
 told ,david by some that said3 ,urias  
went not to his  house4 ,and ,david said
 to ,urias3 ,didst thou not come from   
thy journey8  why didst thou not go down
 to thy house8    #aa3aa4 ,and ,urias   
said to ,david3 ,the ark of ,god and    
,israel and ,juda dwell  in tents1 and  
my lord ,joab and the servants of my    
lord abide upon the  face of the earth3 
and shall ,i go into my house1 to eat   
and to drink1  and to sleep with my     
wife8 ,by thy welfare and by the welfare
 of thy soul  ,i will not do this thing4
    #aa3ab4 ,then ,david said to ,urias3
 ,tarry here to day1 and to morrow ,i   
will  send thee away4 ,urias tarried in 
,jerusalem that day and the next4       
#aa3ac4 ,and ,david called him to eat   
and to drink before him1 and he made    

him drunk3 and he went out in the       
evening1 and slept on his couch with    
the servants of his lord1 and went not  
down into his house4    #aa3ad4 ,and    
when the morning was come1 ,david wrote 
a letter to ,joab3 and  sent it by the  
hand of ,urias1    #aa3ae4 ,writing in  
the letter3 ,set ye ,urias in the front 
of the battle1  where the fight is      
strongest3 and leave ye him1 that he may
 be wounded  and die4    #aa3af4        
,wherefore as ,joab was besieging the   
city1 he put ,urias in the  place where 
he knew the bravest men were4    #aa3ag4
 ,and the men coming out of the city1   
fought against ,joab1 and  there fell   
some of the people of the servants of   
,david1 and ,urias the  ,hethite was    
killed also4    #aa3ah4 ,then ,joab     
sent1 and told ,david all things        
concerning the battle4    #aa3ai4 ,and  
he charged the messenger1 saying3 ,when 
thou hast told all the  words of the    
battle to the king1    #aa3bj4 ,if thou 
see him to be angry1 and he shall say3  

,why did you  approach so near to the   
wall to fight8 knew you not that many   
darts are  thrown from above off the    
wall8    #aa3ba4 ,who killed ,abimelech 
the son of ,jerobaal8 did not a woman   
cast a  piece of a millstone upon him   
from the wall and slew him in ,thebes8  
,why  did you go near the wall8 ,thou   
shalt say3 ,thy servant ,urias the      
,hethite  is also slain4    #aa3bb4 ,so 
the messenger departed1 and came and    
told ,david all that ,joab  had         
commanded him4    #aa3bc4 ,and the      
messenger said to ,david3 ,the men      
prevailed against us1  and they came out
 to us into the field3 and we vigorously
 charged and  pursued them even to the  
gate of the city4    #aa3bd4 ,and the   
archers shot their arrows at thy        
servants from off the  wall above3 and  
some of the king's servants are slain1  
and thy servant  ,urias the ,hethite is 
also dead4    #aa3be4 ,and ,david said  
to the messenger3 ,thus shalt thou say  
to ,joab3 ,let  not this thing          

discourage thee3 for various is the     
event of war3 and  sometimes one1       
sometimes another is consumed by the    
sword3 encourage thy  warriors against  
the city1 and exhort them that thou     
mayest overthrow  it4    #aa3bf4 ,and   
the wife of ,urias heard that ,urias her
 husband was dead1 and  she mourned for 
him4    #aa3bg4 ,and the mourning being 
over1 ,david sent and brought her into  
his  house1 and she became his wife1 and
 she bore him a son3 and this thing     
which ,david had done1 was displeasing  
to the ,lord4    #b ,kings ,chapter #ab 
,nathan's parable4 ,david confesseth his
 sin1 and is forgiven3 yet so as  to be 
sentenced to most severe temporal       
punishments4 ,the death of the  child4  
,the birth of ,solomon4 ,the taking of  
,rabbath4    #ab3a4 ,and the ,lord sent 
,nathan to ,david3 and when he was come 
to him1 he  said to him3 ,there were two
 men in one city1 the one rich1 and the 
other  poor4    #ab3b4 ,the rich man had
 exceeding many sheep and oxen4         

#ab3c4 ,but the poor man had nothing at 
all but one little ewe lamb1 which  he  
had bought and nourished up1 and which  
had grown up in his house  together with
 his children1 eating of his bread1 and 
drinking of his  cup1 and sleeping in   
his bosom3 and it was unto him as a     
daughter4    #ab3d4 ,and when a certain 
stranger was come to the rich man1 he   
spared to  take of his own sheep and    
oxen1 to make a feast for that stranger1
 who  was come to him1 but took the poor
 man's ewe1 and dressed it for the man  
that was come to him4    #ab3e4 ,and    
,david's anger being exceedingly kindled
 against that man1 he  said to ,nathan3 
,as the ,lord liveth1 the man that hath 
done this is a  child of death4         
#ab3f4 ,he shall restore the ewe        
fourfold1 because he did this thing1 and
  had no pity4    #ab3g4 ,and ,nathan   
said to ,david3 ,thou art the man4 ,thus
 saith the ,lord  the ,god of ,israel3  
,i anointed thee king over ,israel1 and 
,i delivered  thee from the hand of     

,saul1    #ab3h4 ,and gave thee thy     
master's house and thy master's wives   
into thy  bosom1 and gave thee the house
 of ,israel and ,juda3 and if these     
things  be little1 ,i shall add far     
greater things unto thee4    #ab3i4 ,why
 therefore hast thou despised the word  
of the ,lord1 to do evil  in my sight8  
,thou hast killed ,urias the ,hethite   
with the sword1 and hast  taken his wife
 to be thy wife1 and hast slain him with
 the sword of the  children of ,ammon4  
#ab3aj4 ,therefore the sword shall never
 depart from thy house1 because  thou   
hast despised me1 and hast taken the    
wife of ,urias the ,hethite to  be thy  
wife4    #ab3aa4 ,thus saith the ,lord3 
,behold1 ,i will raise up evil against  
thee  out of thy own house1 and ,i will 
take thy wives before thy eyes and give 
them to thy neighbour1 and he shall lie 
with thy wives in the sight of  this    
sun4    ,i will raise1 etc444 ,all these
 evils1 inasmuch as they were           
punishments1  came upon ,david by a just

 judgment of ,god1 for his sin1 and     
therefore  ,god says1 ,i will raise1    
etc42 but inasmuch as they were sins1 on
 the  part of ,absalom and his          
associates1 ,god was not the author of  
them1 but  only permitted them4         
#ab3ab4 ,for thou didst it secretly3 but
 ,i will do this thing in the sight  of 
all ,israel1 and in the sight of the    
sun4    #ab3ac4 ,and ,david said to     
,nathan3 ,i have sinned against the     
,lord4 ,and  ,nathan said to ,david3    
,the ,lord also hath taken away thy sin3
 thou shalt  not die4    #ab3ad4        
,nevertheless1 because thou hast given  
occasion to the enemies of  the ,lord to
 blaspheme1 for this thing1 the child   
that is born to thee1  shall surely die4
    #ab3ae4 ,and ,nathan returned to his
 house4 ,the ,lord also struck the child
  which the wife of ,urias had borne to 
,david1 and his life was despaired  of4 
#ab3af4 ,and ,david besought the ,lord  
for the child3 and ,david kept a fast1  
and going in by himself lay upon the    

ground4    #ab3ag4 ,and the ancients of 
his house came1 to make him rise from   
the  ground3 but he would not1 neither  
did he eat meat with them4    #ab3ah4   
,and it came to pass on the seventh day 
that the child died3 and  the servants  
of ,david feared to tell him1 that the  
child was dead4 ,for  they said3 ,behold
 when the child was yet alive1 we spoke 
to him1 and he  would not hearken to our
 voice3 how much more will he afflict   
himself if  we tell him that the child  
is dead8    #ab3ai4 ,but when ,david saw
 his servants whispering1 he understood 
that  the child was dead3 and he said to
 his servants3 ,is the child dead8 ,they
  answered him ,he is dead4    #ab3bj4  
,then ,david arose from the ground1 and 
washed and anointed  himself3 and when  
he had changed his apparel1 he went into
 the house of  the ,lord3 and           
worshipped1 and then he came into his   
own house1 and he  called for bread1 and
 ate4    #ab3ba4 ,and his servants said 
to him3 ,what thing is this that thou   

hast  done8 thou didst fast and weep for
 the child1 while it was alive1 but     
when the child was dead1 thou didst rise
 up1 and eat bread4    #ab3bb4 ,and he  
said3 ,while the child was yet alive1 ,i
 fasted and wept for  him3 for ,i said3 
,who knoweth whether the ,lord may not  
give him to me1  and the child may live8
    #ab3bc4 ,but now that he is dead1   
why should ,i fast8 ,shall ,i be able to
  bring him back any more8 ,i shall go  
to him rather3 but he shall not  return 
to me4    #ab3bd4 ,and ,david comforted 
,bethsabee his wife1 and went in unto   
her1 and  slept with her3 and she bore a
 son1 and he called his name ,solomon1  
and  the ,lord loved him4    #ab3be4    
,and he sent by the hand of ,nathan the 
prophet1 and called his  name1 ,amiable 
to the ,lord1 because the ,lord loved   
him4    ,amiable to the ,lord444 ,or1   
beloved of the ,lord4 ,in ,hebrew1      
,jedidiah4    #ab3bf4 ,and ,joab fought 
against ,rabbath of the children of     
,ammon1 and  laid close siege to the    

royal city4    #ab3bg4 ,and ,joab sent  
messengers to ,david1 saying3 ,i have   
fought against  ,rabbath1 and the city  
of waters is about to be taken4    ,the 
city of waters444 ,rabbath the royal    
city of the ,ammonites1 was  called the 
city of waters1 from being encompassed  
with waters4    #ab3bh4 ,now therefore  
gather thou the rest of the people      
together1 and  besiege the city and take
 it3 lest when the city shall be wasted 
by me1  the victory be ascribed to my   
name4    #ab3bi4 ,then ,david gathered  
all the people together1 and went out   
against  ,rabbath3 and after fighting1  
he took it4    #ab3cj4 ,and he took the 
crown of their king from his head1 the  
weight of  which was a talent of gold1  
set with most precious stones1 and it   
was  put upon ,david's head1 and the    
spoils of the city which were very great
  he carried away4    #ab3ca4 ,and      
bringing forth the people thereof he    
sawed them1 and drove  over them        
chariots armed with iron3 and divided   

them with knives1 and  made them pass   
through brickkilns3 so did he to all the
 cities of the  children of ,ammon3 and 
,david returned1 with all the army to   
,jerusalem4    #b ,kings ,chapter #ac   
,ammon ravisheth ,thamar4 ,for which    
,absalom killeth him1 and flieth to     
,gessur4    #ac3a4 ,and it came to pass 
after this that ,ammon the son of ,david
 loved  the sister of ,absalom the son  
of ,david1 who was very beautiful1 and  
her  name was ,thamar4    #ac3b4 ,and he
 was exceedingly fond of her1 so that he
 fell sick for the  love of her3 for as 
she was a virgin1 he thought it hard to 
do any thing  dishonestly with her4     
#ac3c4 ,now ,ammon had a friend1 named  
,jonadab the son of ,semmaa the  brother
 of ,david1 a very wise man3    ,a very 
wise man444 ,that is1 a crafty and      
subtle man3 for the counsel he  gave on 
this occasion shews that his wisdom was 
but carnal and worldly4    #ac3d4 ,and  
he said to him3 ,why dost thou grow so  
lean from day to day1 ,o  son of the    

king8 why dost thou not tell me the     
reason of it8 ,and ,ammon  said to him3 
,i am in love with ,thamar the sister of
 my brother ,absalom4    #ac3e4 ,and    
,jonadab said to him3 ,lie down upon thy
 bed1 and feign thyself  sick3 and when 
thy father shall come to visit thee1 say
 to him3 ,let my  sister ,thamar1 ,i    
pray thee1 come to me1 to give me to    
eat1 and to make  me a mess1 that ,i may
 eat it at her hand4    #ac3f4 ,so      
,ammon lay down1 and made as if he were 
sick3 and when the king  came to visit  
him1 ,ammon said to the king3 ,i pray   
thee let my sister  ,thamar come1 and   
make in my sight two little messes1 that
 ,i may eat at  her hand4    #ac3g4     
,then ,david sent home to ,thamar1      
saying3 ,come to the house of thy       
brother ,ammon1 and make him a mess4    
#ac3h4 ,and ,thamar came to the house of
 ,ammon her brother3 but he was laid    
down3 and she took meal and tempered it3
 and dissolving it in his sight  she    
made little messes4    #ac3i4 ,and      

taking what she had boiled1 she poured  
it out1 and set it  before him1 but he  
would not eat3 and ,ammon said3 ,put out
 all persons  from me4 ,and when they   
had put all persons out1    #ac3aj4     
,ammon said to ,thamar3 ,bring the mess 
into the chamber1 that ,i may  eat at   
thy hand4 ,and ,thamar took the little  
messes which she had made1  and brought 
them in to her brother ,ammon in the    
chamber4    #ac3aa4 ,and when she had   
presented him the meat1 he took hold of 
her1 and  said3 ,come lie with me1 my   
sister4    #ac3ab4 ,she answered him3   
,do not so1 my brother1 do not force me3
 for no  such thing must be done in     
,israel4 ,do not thou this folly4       
#ac3ac4 ,for ,i shall not be able to    
bear my shame1 and thou shalt be as  one
 of the fools in ,israel3 but rather    
speak to the king1 and he will  not deny
 me to thee4    #ac3ad4 ,but he would   
not hearken to her prayers1 but being   
stronger  overpowered her and lay with  
her4    #ac3ae4 ,then ,ammon hated her  

with an exceeding great hatred3 so that 
the  hatred wherewith he hated her was  
greater than the love with which he  had
 loved her before4 ,and ,ammon said to  
her3 ,arise1 and get thee gone4         
#ac3af4 ,she answered him3 ,the evil    
which now thou dost against me1 in      
driving me away1 is greater than that   
which thou didst before4 ,and he  would 
not hearken to her3    #ac3ag4 ,but     
calling the servants that ministered to 
him1 he said3 ,thrust  this woman out   
from me3 and shut the door after her4   
#ac3ah4 ,and she was clothed with a long
 robe3 for the king's daughters  that   
were virgins1 used such kind of         
garments4 ,then his servant thrust  her 
out3 and shut the door after her4       
#ac3ai4 ,and she put ashes on her head1 
and rent her long robe and laid  her    
hands upon her head1 and went on crying4
    #ac3bj4 ,and ,absalom her brother   
said to her3 ,hath thy brother ,ammon   
lain  with thee8 but now1 sister1 hold  
thy peace1 he is thy brother3 and       

afflict not thy heart for this thing4   
,so ,thamar remained pining away in  the
 house of ,absalom her brother4         
#ac3ba4 ,and when king ,david heard of  
these things he was exceedingly         
grieved3 and he would not afflict the   
spirit of his son ,ammon1 for he  loved 
him1 because he was his firstborn4      
#ac3bb4 ,but ,absalom spoke not to      
,ammon neither good nor evil3 for       
,absalom  hated ,ammon because he had   
ravished his sister ,thamar4    #ac3bc4 
,and it came to pass after two years1   
that the sheep of ,absalom  were shorn  
in ,baalhasor1 which is near ,ephraim3  
and ,absalom invited all  the king's    
sons3    #ac3bd4 ,and he came to the    
king1 and said to him3 ,behold thy      
servant's  sheep are shorn4 ,let the    
king1 ,i pray1 with his servants come to
 his  servant4    #ac3be4 ,and the king 
said to ,absalom3 ,nay1 my son1 do not  
ask that we  should all come1 and be    
chargeable to thee4 ,and when he pressed
 him1 and  he would not go1 he blessed  

him4    #ac3bf4 ,and ,absalom said3 ,if 
thou wilt not come1 at least let my     
brother  ,ammon1 ,i beseech thee1 come  
with us4 ,and the king said to him3 ,it 
is not  necessary that he should go with
 thee4    #ac3bg4 ,but ,absalom pressed 
him1 so that he let ,ammon and all the  
king's  sons go with him4 ,and ,absalom 
made a feast as it were the feast of a  
king4    #ac3bh4 ,and ,absalom had      
commanded his servants1 saying3 ,take   
notice when  ,ammon shall be drunk with 
wine1 and when ,i shall say to you3     
,strike him1  and kill him1 fear not3   
for it is ,i that command you3 take     
courage1 and  be valiant men4    #ac3bi4
 ,and the servants of ,absalom did to   
,ammon as ,absalom had commanded  them4 
,and all the king's sons arose and got  
up every man upon his mule1  and fled4  
#ac3cj4 ,and while they were yet in the 
way1 a rumour came to ,david1  saying3  
,absalom hath slain all the king's sons1
 and there is not one  them left4       
#ac3ca4 ,then the king rose up1 and rent

 his garments3 and fell upon the        
ground1 and all his servants1 that stood
 about him1 rent their garments4        
#ac3cb4 ,but ,jonadab the son of ,semmaa
 ,david's brother answering1 said3  ,let
 not my lord the king think that all the
 king's sons are slain3 ,ammon  only is 
dead1 for he was appointed by the mouth 
of ,absalom from the day  that he       
ravished his sister ,thamar4    #ac3cc4 
,now therefore let not my lord the king 
take this thing into his  heart1 saying3
 ,all the king's sons are slain3 for    
,ammon only is dead4    #ac3cd4 ,but    
,absalom fled away3 and the young man   
that kept the watch1  lifted up his eyes
 and looked1 and behold there came much 
people by a  by-way on the side of the  
mountain4    #ac3ce4 ,and ,jonadab said 
to the king3 ,behold the king's sons are
 come3 as  thy servant said1 so it is4  
#ac3cf4 ,and when he made an end of     
speaking1 the king's sons also          
appeared3 and coming in they lifted up  
their voice1 and wept3 and the  king    

also and all his servants wept very     
much4    #ac3cg4 ,but ,absalom fled1 and
 went to ,tholomai the son of ,ammiud   
the king  of ,gessur4 ,and ,david       
mourned for his son every day4          
#ac3ch4 ,and ,absalom after he was fled1
 and come into ,gessur1 was there  three
 years4 ,and king ,david ceased to      
pursue after ,absalom1 because he  was  
comforted concerning the death of       
,ammon4    #b ,kings ,chapter #ad       
,joab procureth ,absalom's return1 and  
his admittance to the king's  presence4 
#ad3a4 ,and ,joab the son of ,sarvia1   
understanding that the king's heart  was
 turned to ,absalom1    #ad3b4 ,sent to 
,thecua1 and fetched from thence a wise 
woman3 and said to  her3 ,feign thyself 
to be a mourner1 and put on mourning    
apparel1 and be  not anointed with oil1 
that thou mayest be as a woman that had 
a long  time been mourning for one dead4
    #ad3c4 ,and thou shalt go in to the 
king1 and shalt speak to him in this    
manner4 ,and ,joab put the words in her 

mouth4    #ad3d4 ,and when the woman of 
,thecua was come in to the king1 she    
fell  before him upon the ground1 and   
worshipped1 and said3 ,save me1 ,o king4
    #ad3e4 ,and the king said to her3   
,what is the matter with thee8 ,she     
answered3 ,alas1 ,i am a widow woman3   
for my husband is dead4    #ad3f4 ,and  
thy handmaid had two sons3 and they     
quarrelled with each other  in the      
field1 and there was none to part them3 
and the one struck the  other1 and slew 
him4    #ad3g4 ,and behold the whole    
kindred rising against thy handmaid1    
saith3  ,deliver him that hath slain his
 brother1 that we may kill him for the  
life of his brother1 whom he slew1 and  
that we may destroy the heir3 and  they 
seek to quench my spark which is left1  
and will leave my husband no  name1 nor 
remainder upon the earth4    #ad3h4 ,and
 the king said to the woman3 ,go to thy 
house1 and ,i will give  charge         
concerning thee4    #ad3i4 ,and the     
woman of ,thecua said to the king3 ,upon

 me1 my lord be the  iniquity1 and upon 
the house of my father3 but may the king
 and his  throne be guiltless4          
#ad3aj4 ,and the king said3 ,if any one 
shall say ought against thee1 bring  him
 to me1 and he shall not touch thee any 
more4    #ad3aa4 ,and she said3 ,let the
 king remember the ,lord his ,god1 that 
the  next of kin be not multiplied to   
take revenge1 and that they may not     
kill my son4 ,and he said3 ,as the ,lord
 liveth1 there shall not one hair  of   
thy son fall to the earth4    #ad3ab4   
,the woman said3 ,let thy hand maid     
speak one word to my lord the  king4    
,and he said3 ,speak4    #ad3ac4 ,and   
the woman said3 ,why hast thou thought  
such a thing against  the people of     
,god1 and why hath the king spoken this 
word1 to sin1 and  not bring home again 
his own exile8    #ad3ad4 ,we all die1  
and like waters that return no more1 we 
fall down  into the earth3 neither will 
,god have a soul to perish1 but         
recalleth1  meaning that he that is cast

 off should not altogether perish4      
#ad3ae4 ,now therefore ,i am come1 to   
speak this word to my lord the king     
before the people4 ,and thy handmaid    
said3 ,i will speak to the king1 it     
maybe the king will perform the request 
of his handmaid4    #ad3af4 ,and the    
king hath hearkened to me to deliver his
 handmaid out of  the hand of all that  
would destroy me and my son together out
 of the  inheritance of ,god4    #ad3ag4
 ,then let thy handmaid say1 that the   
word of the ,lord the king be  made as a
 sacrifice4 ,for even as an angel of    
,god1 so is my lord the  king1 that he  
is neither moved with blessing nor      
cursing3 wherefore the  ,lord thy ,god  
is also with thee4    #ad3ah4 ,and the  
king answering1 said to the woman3 ,hide
 not from me the  thing that ,i ask     
thee4 ,and the woman said to him3       
,speak1 my lord the  king4    #ad3ai4   
,and the king said3 ,is not the hand of 
,joab with thee in all this8  ,the woman
 answered1 and said3 ,by the health of  

thy soul1 my lord1 ,o  king1 it is      
neither on the left hand1 nor on the    
right1 in all these  things which my    
lord the king hath spoken3 for thy      
servant ,joab1 he  commanded me1 and he 
put all these words into the mouth of   
thy handmaid4    #ad3bj4 ,that ,i should
 come about with this form of speech1   
thy servant  ,joab commanded this3 but  
thou1 my lord1 ,o king1 art wise1       
according to  the wisdom of an angel of 
,god1 to understand all things upon     
earth4    #ad3ba4 ,and the king said to 
,joab3 ,behold ,i am appeased and have  
granted  thy request3 ,go therefore and 
fetch back the boy ,absalom4    #ad3bb4 
,and ,joab falling down to the ground   
upon his face1 adored1 and  blessed the 
king3 and ,joab said3 ,this day thy     
servant hath understood1  that ,i have  
found grace in thy sight1 my lord1 ,o   
king3 for thou hast  fulfilled the      
request of thy servant4    ,blessed444  
,that is1 and gave thanks to the king4  
#ad3bc4 ,then ,joab arose and went to   

,gessur1 and brought ,absalom to        
,jerusalem4    #ad3bd4 ,but the king    
said3 ,let him return into his house1   
and let him not  see my face4 ,so       
,absalom returned into his house1 and   
saw not the king's  face4    #ad3be4    
,but in all ,israel there was not a man 
so comely1 and so  exceedingly beautiful
 as ,absalom3 from the sole of the foot 
to the crown  of his head there was no  
blemish in him4    #ad3bf4 ,and when he 
polled his hair 7now he was polled once 
a year1  because his hair was burdensome
 to him7 he weighed the hair of his head
  at two hundred sicles1 according to   
the common weight4    #ad3bg4 ,and there
 were born to ,absalom three sons3 and  
one daughter1  whose name was ,thamar1  
and she was very beautiful4    #ad3bh4  
,and ,absalom dwelt two years in        
,jerusalem1 and saw not the king's      
face4    #ad3bi4 ,he sent therefore to  
,joab1 to send him to the king3 but he  
would  not come to him4 ,and when he had
 sent the second time1 and he would not 

come to him1    #ad3cj4 ,he said to his 
servants3 ,you know the field of ,joab  
near my  field1 that hath a crop of     
barley3 go now and set it on fire4 ,so  
the  servants of ,absalom set the corn  
on fire4 ,and ,joab's servants coming   
with their garments rent1 said3 ,the    
servants of ,absalom have set part of   
the field on fire4    #ad3ca4 ,then     
,joab arose1 and came to ,absalom to his
 house1 and said3 ,why  have thy        
servants set my corn on fire8    #ad3cb4
 ,and ,absalom answered ,joab3 ,i sent  
to thee beseeching thee to come  to me1 
that ,i might send thee to the king1 to 
say to him3 ,wherefore am ,i  come from 
,gessur8 it had been better for me to be
 there3 ,i beseech thee  therefore that 
,i may see the face of the king3 and if 
he be mindful of  my iniquity1 let him  
kill me4    #ad3cc4 ,so ,joab going in  
to the king1 told him all3 and ,absalom 
was  called for1 and1 he went in to the 
king3 and prostrated himself on the     
ground before him3 and the king kissed  

,absalom4    #b ,kings ,chapter #ae     
,absalom's policy and conspiracy4 ,david
 is obliged to flee4    #ae3a4 ,now     
after these things ,absalom made himself
 chariots1 and  horsemen1 and fifty men 
to run before him4    #ae3b4 ,and       
,absalom rising up early stood by the   
entrance of the gate1 and  when any man 
had business to come to the king's      
judgment1 ,absalom called  him to him1  
and said3 ,of what city art thou8 ,he   
answered1 and said3 ,thy  servant is of 
such tribe of ,israel4    #ae3c4 ,and   
,absalom answered him3 ,thy words seem  
to me good and just4 ,but  there is no  
man appointed by the king to hear thee4 
,and ,absalom said3    #ae3d4 ,o that   
they would make me judge over the land1 
that all that have  business might come 
to me1 that ,i might do them justice4   
#ae3e4 ,moreover when any man came to   
him to salute him1 he put forth his     
hand1 and took him1 and kissed him4     
#ae3f4 ,and this he did to all ,israel  
that came for judgment1 to be heard  by 

the king1 and he enticed the hearts of  
the men of ,israel4    #ae3g4 ,and after
 forty years1 ,absalom said to king     
,david3 ,let me go1 and  pay my vows    
which ,i have vowed to the ,lord in     
,hebron4    #ae3h4 ,for thy servant made
 a vow1 when he was in ,gessur of       
,syria1  saying3 ,if the ,lord shall    
bring me again into ,jerusalem1 ,i will 
offer  sacrifice to the ,lord4    #ae3i4
 ,and king ,david said to him3 ,go in   
peace4 ,and he arose1 and went to       
,hebron4    #ae3aj4 ,and ,absalom sent  
spies into all the tribes of ,israel1   
saying3 ,as  soon as you shall hear the 
sound of the trumpet1 say ye3 ,absalom  
reigneth in ,hebron4    #ae3aa4 ,now    
there went with ,absalom two hundred men
 out of ,jerusalem that  were called1   
going with simplicity of heart1 and     
knowing nothing of the  design4         
#ae3ab4 ,absalom also sent for          
,achitophel the ,gilonite1 ,david's     
counsellor1 from his city ,gilo4 ,and   
while he was offering sacrifices1  there

 was a strong conspiracy1 and the people
 running together increased  with       
,absalom4    #ae3ac4 ,and there came a  
messenger to ,david1 saying3 ,all       
,israel with  their whole heart         
followeth ,absalom4    #ae3ad4 ,and     
,david said to his servants1 that were  
with him in ,jerusalem3  ,arise and let 
us flee3 for we shall not escape else   
from the face of  ,absalom3 make haste  
to go out1 lest he come and overtake us1
 and bring  ruin upon us1 and smite the 
city with the edge of the sword4        
#ae3ae4 ,and the king's servants said to
 him3 ,whatsoever our lord the king     
shall command1 we thy servants will     
willingly execute4    #ae3af4 ,and the  
king went forth1 and all his household  
on foot3 and the  king left ten women   
his concubines to keep the house3       
,concubines444 ,that is1 wives of an    
inferior degree4    #ae3ag4 ,and the    
king going forth and all ,israel on     
foot1 stood afar off  from the house3   
#ae3ah4 ,and all his servants walked by 

him1 and the bands of the ,cerethi1  and
 the ,phelethi1 and all the ,gethites1  
valiant warriors1 six hundred  men who  
had followed him from ,geth on foot1    
went before the king4    #ae3ai4 ,and   
the king said to ,ethai the ,gethite3   
,why comest thou with us3  return and   
dwell with the king1 for thou art a     
stranger1 and art come  out of thy own  
place4    #ae3bj4 ,yesterday thou       
camest1 and to day shalt thou be forced 
to go  forth with us8 but ,i shall go   
whither ,i am going3 return thou1 and   
take  back thy brethren with thee1 and  
the ,lord will shew thee mercy1 and     
truth1 because thou hast shewn grace and
 fidelity4    #ae3ba4 ,and ,ethai       
answered the king1 saying3 ,as the ,lord
 liveth1 and as  my lord the king       
liveth3 in what place soever thou shalt 
be1 my lord1 ,o  king1 either in death1 
or in life1 there will thy servant be4  
#ae3bb4 ,and ,david said to ,ethai3     
,come1 and pass over4 ,and ,ethai the   
,gethite passed1 and all the men that   

were with him1 and the rest of the      
people4    #ae3bc4 ,and they all wept   
with a loud voice1 and all the people   
passed  over3 the king also himself went
 over the brook ,cedron1 and all the    
people marched towards the way that     
looketh to the desert4    #ae3bd4 ,and  
,sadoc the priest also came1 and all the
 ,levites with him  carrying the ark of 
the covenant of ,god1 and they set down 
the ark of  ,god3 and ,abiathar went up1
 till all the people that was come out  
of the  city had done passing4          
#ae3be4 ,and the king said to ,sadoc3   
,carry back the ark of ,god into the    
city3 if ,i shall find grace in the     
sight of the ,lord1 he will bring me    
again1 and he will shew me it1 and his  
tabernacle4    #ae3bf4 ,but if he shall 
say to me3 ,thou pleasest me not3 ,i am 
ready1 let  him do that which is good   
before him4    #ae3bg4 ,and the king    
said to ,sadoc the priest3 ,o seer1     
return into the  city in peace3 and let 
,achimaas thy son1 and ,jonathan the son

 of  ,abiathar1 your two sons1 be with  
you4    #ae3bh4 ,behold ,i will lie hid 
in the plains of the wilderness1 till   
there  come word from you to certify me4
    #ae3bi4 ,so ,sadoc and ,abiathar    
carried back the ark of ,god into       
,jerusalem3  and they tarried there4    
#ae3cj4 ,but ,david went up by the      
ascent of mount ,olivet1 going up and   
weeping1 walking barefoot1 and with his 
head covered1 and all the people  that  
were with them1 went up with their heads
 covered weeping4    ,weeping1 etc444   
,david on this occasion wept for his    
sins1 which he knew  were the cause of  
all his sufferings4    #ae3ca4 ,and it  
was told ,david that ,achitophel also   
was in the conspiracy  with ,absalom1   
and ,david said3 ,infatuate1 ,o ,lord1  
,i beseech thee1 the  counsel of        
,achitophel4    #ae3cb4 ,and when ,david
 was come to the top of the mountain1   
where he was  about to adore the ,lord1 
behold ,chusai the ,arachite1 came to   
meet him  with his garment rent and his 

head covered with earth4    #ae3cc4 ,and
 ,david said to him3 ,if thou come with 
me1 thou wilt be a  burden to me3       
#ae3cd4 ,but if thou return into the    
city1 and wilt say to ,absalom3 ,i am   
thy servant1 ,o king3 as ,i have been   
thy father's servant1 so ,i will be  thy
 servant3 thou shalt defeat the counsel 
of ,achitophel4    #ae3ce4 ,and thou    
hast with thee ,sadoc1 and soever thou  
shalt hear out of  the king's house1    
thou shalt tell it to ,sadoc and        
,abiathar the priests4    #ae3cf4 ,and  
there are with them their two sons      
,achimaas2 the son of  ,sadoc1 and      
,jonathan the son of ,abiathar3 and you 
shall send by them to  me every thing   
that you shall hear4    #ae3cg4 ,then   
,chusai the friend of ,david went into  
the city1 and ,absalom  came into       
,jerusalem4    #b ,kings ,chapter #af   
,siba bringeth provisions to ,david4    
,semei curseth him4 ,absalom defileth   
his father's wives4    #af3a4 ,and when 
,david was a little past the top of the 

hill1 behold ,siba  the servant of      
,miphiboseth came to meet him with two  
asses1 laden with  two hundred loaves of
 bread1 and a hundred bunches of        
raisins1 a hundred  cakes of figs1 and a
 vessel of wine4    #af3b4 ,and the king
 said to ,siba3 ,what mean these things8
 ,and ,siba  answered3 ,the asses are   
for the king's household to sit on3 and 
the  loaves and the figs for thy        
servants to eat1 and the wine to drink  
if  any man be faint in the desert4     
#af3c4 ,and the king said3 ,where is thy
 master's son8 ,and ,siba answered  the 
king3 ,he remained in ,jerusalem1       
saying3 ,to day1 will the house of      
,israel restore me the kingdom of my    
father4    #af3d4 ,and the king said to 
,siba3 ,i give thee all that belonged to
  ,miphiboseth4 ,and ,siba said3 ,i     
beseech thee let me find grace before   
thee1 my lord1 ,o king4    #af3e4 ,and  
king ,david came as far as ,bahurim3 and
 behold there came out  from thence a   
man of the kindred of the house of ,saul

 named ,semei1 the  son of ,gera1 and   
coming out he cursed as he went on1     
#af3f4 ,and he threw stones at ,david1  
and at all the servants of king  ,david3
 and all the people1 and all the        
warriors walked on the right1 and  on   
the left side of the king4    #af3g4    
,and thus said ,semei when he cursed the
 king3 ,come out1 come out1  thou man of
 blood1 and thou man of ,belial4        
#af3h4 ,the ,lord hath repaid thee for  
all the blood of the house of ,saul3    
because thou hast usurped the kingdom in
 his stead1 and the ,lord hath  given   
the kingdom into the hand of ,absalom   
thy son3 and behold thy evils  press    
upon thee1 because thou art a man of    
blood4    #af3i4 ,and ,abisai the son of
 ,sarvia said to the king3 ,why should  
this  dead dog curse my lord the king8  
,i will go1 and cut off his head4       
#af3aj4 ,and the king said3 ,what have  
,i to do with you1 ye sons of ,sarvia8  
,let him alone and let him curse3 for   
the ,lord hath bid him curse ,david3    

and who is he that shall dare say1 why  
hath he done so8    ,hath bid him       
curse444 ,not that the ,lord was the    
author of ,semei's sin1  which proceeded
 purely from his own malice1 and the    
abuse of his free  will4 ,but that      
knowing1 and suffering his malicious    
disposition to break  out on this       
occasion1 he made use of him as his     
instrument to punish  ,david for his    
sins4    #af3aa4 ,and the king said to  
,abisai1 and to all his servants3       
,behold my  son1 who came forth from my 
bowels1 seeketh my life3 how much more  
now a  son of ,jemini8 let him alone    
that he may curse as the ,lord hath     
bidden  him4    #af3ab4 ,perhaps the    
,lord may look upon my affliction1 and  
the ,lord may  render me good for the   
cursing of this day4    #af3ac4 ,and    
,david and his men with him went by the 
way4 ,and ,semei by the  hill's side    
went over against him1 cursing1 and     
casting stones at him1  and scattering  
earth4    #af3ad4 ,and the king and all 

the people with him came weary1 and     
refreshed themselves there4    #af3ae4  
,but ,absalom and all his people came   
into ,jerusalem1 and  ,achitophel was   
with him4    #af3af4 ,and when ,chusai  
the ,arachite1 ,david's friend1 was come
 to  ,absalom1 he said to him3 ,god save
 thee1 ,o king1 ,god save thee1 ,o king4
    #af3ag4 ,and ,absalom said to him1  
,is this thy kindness to thy friend8    
,why  wentest thou not with thy friend8 
#af3ah4 ,and ,chusai answered ,absalom3 
,nay3 for ,i will be his1 whom the      
,lord hath chosen1 and all this people1 
and all ,israel1 and with him will  ,i  
abide4    #af3ai4 ,besides this1 whom   
shall ,i serve8 is it not the king's    
son8 as ,i  have served thy father1 so  
will ,i serve thee also4    #af3bj4 ,and
 ,absalom said to ,achitophel3 ,consult 
what we are to do4    #af3ba4 ,and      
,achitophel said to ,absalom3 ,go in to 
the concubines of thy  father1 whom he  
hath left to keep the house3 that when  
all ,israel shall  hear that thou hast  

disgraced thy father1 their hands may be
  strengthened with thee4    ,their     
hands may be strengthened1 etc444 ,the  
people might apprehend lest  ,absalom   
should be reconciled to his father1 and 
therefore they folllowed  him with some 
fear of being left in the lurch1 till   
they saw such a  crime committed as     
seemed to make a reconciliation         
impossible4      #af3bb4 ,so they spread
 a tent for ,absalom on the top of the  
house1 and he  went in to his father's  
concubines before all ,israel4          
#af3bc4 ,now the counsel of ,achitophel1
 which he gave in those days1 was  as if
 a man should consult ,god3 so was all  
the counsel of ,achitophel1  both when  
he was with ,david1 and when he was with
 ,absalom4    #b ,kings ,chapter #ag    
,achitophel's counsel is defeated by    
,chusai3 who sendeth intelligence to    
,david4 ,achitophel hangeth himself4    
#ag3a4 ,and ,achitophel said to         
,absalom3 ,i will choose me twelve      
thousand  men1 and ,i will arise and    

pursue after ,david this night4         
#ag3b4 ,and coming upon him 7for he is  
now weary1 and weak handed7 ,i will     
defeat him3 and when all the people is  
put to flight that is with him1 ,i  will
 kill the king who will be left alone4  
#ag3c4 ,and ,i will bring back all the  
people1 as if they were but one man3    
for thou seekest but one man3 and all   
the people shall be in peace4    #ag3d4 
,and his saying pleased ,absalom1 and   
all the ancients of ,israel4    #ag3e4  
,but ,absalom said3 ,call ,chusai the   
,arachite1 and let us hear what  he also
 saith4    #ag3f4 ,and when ,chusai was 
come to ,absalom1 ,absalom said to him3 
,achitophel hath spoken after this      
manner3 shall we do it or not8 what     
counsel dost thou give8    #ag3g4 ,and  
,chusai said to ,absalom3 ,the counsel  
that ,achitophel hath given  this time  
is not good4    #ag3h4 ,and again       
,chusai said3 ,thou knowest thy father1 
and the men that  are with him1 that    
they are very valiant1 and bitter in    

their mind1 as a  bear raging in the    
wood when her whelps are taken away3 and
 thy father  is a warrior1 and will not 
lodge with the people4    #ag3i4        
,perhaps he now lieth hid in pits1 or in
 some other place where he  liest3 and  
when any one shall fall at the first1   
every one that heareth  it shall say3   
,there is a slaughter among the people  
that followed  ,absalom4    #ag3aj4 ,and
 the most valiant man whose heart is as 
the heart of a lion1  shall melt for    
fear3 for all the people of ,israel know
 thy father to be  a valiant man1 and   
that all who are with him are valiant4  
#ag3aa4 ,but this seemeth to me to be   
good counsel3 ,let all ,israel be       
gathered to thee1 from ,dan to          
,bersabee1 as the sand of the sea which 
cannot be numbered3 and thou shalt be in
 the midst of them4    #ag3ab4 ,and we  
shall come upon him in what place soever
 he shall be  found3 and we shall cover 
him1 as the dew falleth upon the ground1
 and  we shall not leave of the men that

 are with him1 not so much as one4      
#ag3ac4 ,and if he shall enter into any 
city1 all ,israel shall cast ropes      
round about that city1 and we will draw 
it into the river1 so that there  shall 
not be found so much as one small stone 
thereof4    #ag3ad4 ,and ,absalom1 and  
all the men of ,israel said3 ,the       
counsel of  ,chusai the ,arachite is    
better than the counsel of ,achitophel3 
and by the  will of the ,lord the       
profitable counsel of ,achitophel was   
defeated1 that  the ,lord might bring   
evil upon ,absalom4    #ag3ae4 ,and     
,chusai said to ,sadoc and ,abiathar the
 priests3 ,thus and thus  did           
,achitophel counsel ,absalom1 and the   
ancients of ,israel3 and thus and  thus 
did ,i counsel them4    #ag3af4 ,now    
therefore send quickly1 and tell ,david1
 saying3 ,tarry not  this night in the  
plains of the wilderness1 but without   
delay pass over3  lest the king be      
swallowed up1 and all the people that is
 with him4    #ag3ag4 ,and ,jonathan and

 ,achimaas stayed by the fountain       
,rogel3 and there  went a maid and told 
them3 and they went forward1 to carry   
the message  to king ,david1 for they   
might not be seen1 nor enter into the   
city4    #ag3ah4 ,but a certain boy saw 
them1 and told ,absalom3 but they making
  haste went into the house of a certain
 man in ,bahurim1 who had a well in  his
 court1 and they went down into it4     
#ag3ai4 ,and a woman took1 and spread a 
covering over the mouth of the  well1 as
 it were to dry sodden barley and so the
 thing was not known4    #ag3bj4 ,and   
when ,absalom's servants were come into 
the house1 they said  to the woman3     
,where is ,achimaas and ,jonathan8 and  
the woman answered  them3 ,they passed  
on in haste1 after they had tasted a    
little water4 ,but  they that sought    
them1 when they found them not1 returned
 into  ,jerusalem4    #ag3ba4 ,and when 
they were gone1 they came up out of the 
well1 and going  on told king ,david1   
and said3 ,arise1 and pass quickly over 

the river3  for this manner of counsel  
has ,achitophel given against you4      
#ag3bb4 ,so ,david arose1 and all the   
people that were with him1 and they     
passed over the ,jordan1 until it grew  
light1 and not one of them was  left    
that was not gone ever the river4       
#ag3bc4 ,but ,achitophel seeing that his
 counsel was not followed1 saddled  his 
ass1 and arose and went home to his     
house and to his city1 and  putting his 
house in order1 hanged himself1 and was 
buried in the  sepulchre of his father4 
#ag3bd4 ,but ,david came to the camp1   
and ,absalom passed over the ,jordan1   
he and all the men of ,israel with him4 
,to the camp444 ,the city of ,mahanaim1 
the name of which1 in ,hebrew1          
signifies ,the camp4 ,it was a city of  
note at that time1 as appears from  its 
having been chosen by ,isboseth for the 
place of his residence4    #ag3be4 ,now 
,absalom appointed ,amasa in ,joab's    
stead over the army3 and  ,amasa was the
 son of a man who was called ,jethra1 of

 ,jezrael1 who went  in to ,abigail the 
daughter of ,naas1 the sister of ,sarvia
 who was the  mother of ,joab4          
#ag3bf4 ,and ,israel camped with        
,absalom in the land of ,galaad4        
#ag3bg4 ,and when ,david was come to the
 camp1 ,sobi the son of ,naas of        
,rabbath of the children of ,ammon1 and 
,machir the son of ,ammihel of  ,lodabar
 and ,berzellai the ,galaadite of       
,rogelim1    #ag3bh4 ,brought him beds1 
and tapestry1 and earthen vessels1 and  
wheat1  and barley1 and meal1 and       
parched corn1 and beans1 and lentils1   
and  fried pulse1    #ag3bi4 ,and honey1
 and butter1 and sheep1 and fat calves1 
and they gave  to ,david and the people 
that were with him1 to eat3 for they    
suspected  that the people were faint   
with hunger and thirst in the           
wilderness4    #b ,kings ,chapter #ah   
,absalom is defeated1 and slain by      
,joab4 ,david mourneth for him4         
#ah3a4 ,and ,david1 having reviewed his 
people1 appointed over them  captains of

 thousands and of hundreds1    #ah3b4   
,and sent forth a third part of the     
people under the hand of ,joab1  and a  
third part under the hand of ,abisai the
 son of ,sarvia ,joab's  brother1 and a 
third part under the hand of ,ethai1 who
 was of ,geth3 and  the king said to the
 people3 ,i also will go forth with you4
    #ah3c4 ,and the people answered3    
,thou shalt not go forth3 for if we flee
  away1 they will not much mind us3 or  
if half of us should fall1 they  will   
not greatly care3 for thou alone art    
accounted for ten thousand3 it  is      
better therefore that thou shouldst be  
in the city to succour us4    #ah3d4    
,and the king said to them3 ,what       
seemeth good to you1 that will ,i  do4  
,and the king stood by the gate3 and all
 the people went forth by  their troops1
 by hundreds and by thousands4    #ah3e4
 ,and the king commanded ,joab1 and     
,abisai1 and ,ethai1 saying3 ,save  me  
the boy ,absalom4 ,and all the people   
heard the king giving charge to  all the

 princes concerning ,absalom4    #ah3f4 
,so the people went out into the field  
against ,israel1 and the  battle was    
fought in the forest of ,ephraim4       
#ah3g4 ,and the people of ,israel were  
defeated there by ,david's army1 and  a 
great slaughter was made that day of    
twenty thousand men4    #ah3h4 ,and the 
battle there was scattered over the face
 of all the  country1 and there were    
many more of the people whom the forest 
consumed1 than whom the sword devoured  
that day4    ,consumed444 ,viz41 by pits
 and precipices4    #ah3i4 ,and it      
happened that ,absalom met the servants 
of ,david1 riding on  a mule3 and as the
 mule went under a thick and large oak1 
his head stuck  in the oak3 and while he
 hung between the heaven and the earth1 
the mule  on which he rode passed on4   
#ah3aj4 ,and one saw this and told      
,joab1 saying3 ,i saw ,absalom hanging  
upon an oak4    #ah3aa4 ,and ,joab said 
to the man that told him3 ,if thou      
sawest him1 why  didst thou not stab him

 to the ground1 and ,i would have given 
thee ten  sicles of silver1 and a belt8 
#ah3ab4 ,and he said to ,joab3 ,if thou 
wouldst have paid down in my hands a    
thousand pieces of silver1 ,i would not 
lay my hands upon the king's son  for in
 our hearing the king charged thee1 and 
,abisai1 and ,ethai1 saying3  ,save me  
the boy ,absalom4    #ah3ac4 ,yea and if
 ,i should have acted boldly against my 
own life1 this  could not have been hid 
from the king1 and wouldst thou have    
stood by  me8    #ah3ad4 ,and ,joab     
said3 ,not as thou wilt1 but ,i will set
 upon him in thy  sight4 ,so he took    
three lances in his hand1 and thrust    
them into the  heart of ,absalom3 and   
whilst he yet panted for life1 sticking 
on the  oak1    #ah3ae4 ,ten young men1 
armourbearers of ,joab1 ran up1 and     
striking him  slew him4    #ah3af4 ,and 
,joab sounded the trumpet1 and kept back
 the people from  pursuing after ,israel
 in their flight1 being willing to spare
 the  multitude4    #ah3ag4 ,and they   

took ,absalom1 and cast him into a great
 pit in the  forest1 and they laid an   
exceeding great heap of stones upon him3
 but  all ,israel fled to their own     
dwellings4    #ah3ah4 ,now ,absalom had 
reared up for himself1 in his lifetime1 
a pillar1  which is in the king's       
valley3 for he said3 ,i have no son1 and
 this  shall be the monument of my name4
 ,and he called the pillar by his own   
name1 and it is called the hand of      
,absalom1 to this day4    ,no son444    
,the sons mentioned above1 chap4 #ad4bg1
 were dead when this  pillar was        
erected3 unless we suppose he raised    
this pillar before they  were born4     
#ah3ai4 ,and ,achimaas the son of ,sadoc
 said3 ,i will run and tell the king1   
that the ,lord hath done judgment for   
him from the hand of his enemies4       
#ah3bj4 ,and ,joab said to him3 ,thou   
shalt not be the messenger this day1    
but shalt bear tidings another day3 this
 day ,i will not have thee bear         
tidings1 because the king's son is dead4

    #ah3ba4 ,and ,joab said to ,chusai3 
,go1 and tell the king what thou hast   
seen4 ,chusai bowed down to ,joab1 and  
ran4    #ah3bb4 ,then ,achimaas the son 
of ,sadoc said to ,joab again3 ,why     
might not  ,i also run after ,chusai8   
,and ,joab said to him3 ,why wilt thou  
run1 my  son8 thou wilt not be the      
bearer of good tidings4    #ah3bc4 ,he  
answered3 ,but what if ,i run8 ,and he  
said to him3 ,run4 ,then  ,achimaas     
running by a nearer way passed ,chusai4 
#ah3bd4 ,and ,david sat between the two 
gates3 and the watchman that was on  the
 top of the gate upon the wall1 lifting 
up his eyes1 saw a man  running alone4  
#ah3be4 ,and crying out he told the     
king3 and the king said3 ,if he be      
alone1 there are good tidings in his    
mouth4 ,and as he was coming apace1  and
 drawing nearer1    #ah3bf4 ,the        
watchman saw another man running1 and   
crying aloud from  above1 he said3 ,i   
see another man running alone4 ,and the 
king said3 ,he  also is a good          

messenger4    #ah3bg4 ,and the watchman 
said3 ,the running of the foremost      
seemeth to me  like the running of      
,achimaas the son of ,sadoc4 ,and the   
king said3 ,he is  a good man3 and      
cometh with good news4    #ah3bh4 ,and  
,achimaas crying out1 said to the king3 
,god save thee1 ,o king4  ,and falling  
down before the king with his face to   
the ground1 he said3  ,blessed be the   
,lord thy ,god1 who hath shut up the men
 that have lifted  up their hands       
against the lord my king4    #ah3bi4    
,and the king said3 ,is the young man   
,absalom safe8 ,and ,achimaas  said3 ,i 
saw a great tumult1 ,o king1 when thy   
servant ,joab sent me thy  servant3 ,i  
know nothing else4    #ah3cj4 ,and the  
king said to him3 ,pass1 and stand here4
    #ah3ca4 ,and when he had passed1 and
 stood still1 ,chusai appeared and      
coming up he said3 ,i bring good        
tidings1 my lord1 the king1 for the     
,lord  hath judged for thee this day    
from the hand of all that have risen up 

against thee4    #ah3cb4 ,and the king  
said to ,chusai3 ,is the young man      
,absalom safe8 ,and  ,chusai answering  
him1 said3 ,let the enemies of my lord1 
the king1 and  all that rise against him
 unto evil1 be as the young man is4     
#ah3cc4 ,the king therefore being much  
moved1 went up to the high chamber  over
 the gate1 and wept4 ,and as he went he 
spoke in this manner3 ,my son  ,absalom1
 ,absalom my son3 would to ,god that ,i 
might die for thee1 ,absalom  my son1 my
 son ,absalom4    ,would to ,god444     
,david lamented the death of ,absalom1  
because of the  wretched state in which 
he died3 and therefore would have been  
glad to  have saved his life1 even by   
dying for him4 ,in which he was a figure
 of  ,christ weeping1 praying and dying 
for his rebellious children1 and even   
for them that crucified him4    #b      
,kings ,chapter #ai    ,david1 at the   
remonstrances of ,joab1 ceaseth his     
mourning4 ,he is invited  back and met  
by ,semei and ,miphiboseth3 a strife    

between the men of ,juda  and the men of
 ,israel4    #ai3a4 ,and it was told    
,joab1 that the king wept and mourned   
for his son3    #ai3b4 ,and the victory 
that day was turned into mourning unto  
all the  people3 for the people heard   
say that day3 ,the king grieveth for his
  son4    #ai3c4 ,and the people shunned
 the going into the city that day as a  
people would do that hath turned their  
backs1 and fled away from the  battle4  
#ai3d4 ,and the king covered his head1  
and cried with a loud voice3 ,o my  son 
,absalom1 ,o ,absalom my son1 ,o my son4
    #ai3e4 ,then ,joab going into the   
house to the king1 said3 ,thou hast     
shamed  this day the faces of all thy   
servants1 that have saved thy life1 and 
the lives of thy sons1 and of thy       
daughters1 and the lives of thy wives1  
and the lives of thy concubines4        
#ai3f4 ,thou lovest them that hate thee1
 and thou hatest them that love  thee3  
and thou hast shewn this day that thou  
carest not for thy nobles1  nor for thy 

servants3 and ,i now plainly perceive   
that if ,absalom had  lived1 and all we 
had been slain1 then it would have      
pleased thee4    #ai3g4 ,now therefore  
arise1 and go out1 and speak to the     
satisfaction of  thy servants3 for ,i   
swear to thee by the ,lord1 that if thou
 wilt not go  forth1 there will not     
tarry with thee so much as one this     
night3 and  that will be worse to thee1 
than all the evils that have befallen   
thee  from thy youth until now4         
#ai3h4 ,then the king arose and sat in  
the gate3 and it was told to all  the   
people that the king sat in the gate3   
and all the people came before  the     
king1 but ,israel fled to their own     
dwellings4    #ai3i4 ,and all the people
 were at strife in all the tribes of    
,israel1  saying3 ,the king delivered us
 out of the hand of our enemies1 and he 
saved us out of the hand of the         
,philistines3 and now he is fled out of 
the land for ,absalom4    #ai3aj4 ,but  
,absalom1 whom we anointed over us1 is  

dead in the battle3 how  long are you   
silent1 and bring not back the king8    
#ai3aa4 ,and king ,david sent to ,sadoc1
 and ,abiathar the priests1 saying3     
,speak to the ancients of ,juda1 saying3
 ,why are you the last to bring the     
king back to his house8 7,for the talk  
of all ,israel was come to the king  in 
his house47    #ai3ab4 ,you are my      
brethren1 you are my bone1 and my flesh1
 why are you  the last to bring back the
 king8    #ai3ac4 ,and say ye to ,amasa3
 ,art not thou my bone1 and my flesh8   
,so do  ,god to me and add more1 if thou
 be not the chief captain of the army   
before me always in the place of ,joab4 
#ai3ad4 ,and he inclined the heart of   
all the men of ,juda1 as it were of  one
 man3 and they sent to the king1 saying3
 ,return thou1 and all thy  servants4   
#ai3ae4 ,and the king returned and came 
as far as the ,jordan1 and all ,juda    
came as far as ,galgal to meet the king1
 and to bring him over the  ,jordan4    
#ai3af4 ,and ,semei the son of ,gera the

 son of ,jemini of ,bahurim1 made  haste
 and went down with the men of ,juda to 
meet king ,david1    #ai3ag4 ,with a    
thousand men of ,benjamin1 and ,siba the
 servant of the  house of ,saul3 and his
 fifteen sons1 and twenty servants were 
with him3  and going over the ,jordan1  
#ai3ah4 ,they passed the fords before   
the king1 that they might help over  the
 king's household1 and do according to  
his commandment4 ,and ,semei the  son of
 ,gera falling down before the king1    
when he was come over the  ,jordan1     
#ai3ai4 ,said to him3 ,impute not to me1
 my lord1 the iniquity1 nor  remember   
the injuries of thy servant on the day  
that thou1 my lord1 the  king1 wentest  
out of ,jerusalem1 nor lay it up in thy 
heart1 ,o king4    #ai3bj4 ,for ,i thy  
servant acknowledge my sin3 and         
therefore ,i am come  this day the first
 of all the house of ,joseph1 and am    
come down to meet  my lord the king4    
#ai3ba4 ,but ,abisai the son of ,sarvia 
answering1 said3 ,shall ,semei for      

these words not be put to death1 because
 he cursed the ,lord's anointed8        
#ai3bb4 ,and ,david said3 ,what have ,i 
to do with you1 ye sons of ,sarvia8  why
 are you a satan this day to me8 shall  
there any man be killed this  day in    
,israel8 do not ,i know that this day ,i
 am made king over ,israel8    #ai3bc4  
,and the king said to ,semei3 ,thou     
shalt not die4 ,and he swore unto  him4 
#ai3bd4 ,and ,miphiboseth the son of    
,saul came down to meet the king1 and   
he had neither washed his feet1 nor     
trimmed his beard3 nor washed his       
garments from the day that the king went
 out1 until the day of his  return in   
peace4    #ai3be4 ,and when he met the  
king at ,jerusalem1 the king said to    
him3 ,why  camest thou not with me1     
,miphiboseth8    #ai3bf4 ,and he        
answering1 said3 ,my lord1 ,o king1 my  
servant despised me3  for ,i thy servant
 spoke to him to saddle me an ass1 that 
,i might get on  and go with the king3  
for ,i thy servant am lame4    #ai3bg4  

,moreover he hath also accused me thy   
servant to thee1 my lord the  king3 but 
thou my lord the king art as an angel of
 ,god1 do what pleaseth  thee4          
#ai3bh4 ,for all of my father's house   
were no better than worthy of death     
before my lord the king2 and thou hast  
set me thy servant among the  guests of 
thy table3 what just complaint therefore
 have ,i8 or what right  to cry any more
 to the king8    #ai3bi4 ,then the king 
said to him3 ,why speakest thou any     
more8 what ,i  have said is determined3 
thou and ,siba divide the possessions4  
#ai3cj4 ,and ,miphiboseth answered the  
king3 ,yea1 let him take all1  forasmuch
 as my lord the king is returned        
peaceably into his house4    #ai3ca4    
,berzellai also the ,galaadite coming   
down from ,rogelim1 brought  the king   
over the ,jordan1 being ready also to   
wait on him beyond the  river4          
#ai3cb4 ,now ,berzellai the ,galaadite  
was of a great age1 that is to say1     
fourscore years old1 and he provided the

 king with sustenance when he  abode in 
the camp3 for he was a man exceeding    
rich4    #ai3cc4 ,and the king said to  
,berzellai3 ,come with me that thou     
mayest  rest secure with me in          
,jerusalem4    #ai3cd4 ,and ,berzellai  
said to the king3 ,how many are the days
 of the  years of my life1 that ,i      
should go up with the king to           
,jerusalem8    #ai3ce4 ,i am this day   
fourscore years old1 are my senses quick
 to discern  sweet and bitter8 or can   
meat or drink delight thy servant8 or   
can ,i  hear any more the voice of      
singing men and singing women8 why      
should thy  servant be a burden to my   
lord1 the king8    #ai3cf4 ,i thy       
servant will go on a little way from the
 ,jordan with thee3  ,i need not this   
recompense4    #ai3cg4 ,but ,i beseech  
thee let thy servant return1 and die in 
my own  city1 and be buried by the      
sepulchre of my father1 and of my       
mother4 ,but  there is thy servant      
,chamaam1 let him go with thee1 my lord1

 the king1  and do to him whatsoever    
seemeth good to thee4    #ai3ch4 ,then  
the king said to him3 ,let ,chamaam go  
over with me1 and ,i  will do for him   
whatsoever shall please thee1 and all   
that thou shalt  ask of me1 thou shalt  
obtain4    #ai3ci4 ,and when all the    
people and the king had passed over the 
,jordan1  the king kissed ,berzellai1   
and blessed him3 and he returned to his 
own  place4    #ai3dj4 ,so the king went
 on to ,galgal1 and ,chamaam with him4  
,now all the  people of ,juda had       
brought the king over1 and only half of 
the people of  ,israel were there4      
#ai3da4 ,therefore all the men of       
,israel running together to the king1   
said to him3 ,why have our brethren the 
men of ,juda stolen thee away1 and  have
 brought the king and his household over
 the ,jordan1 and all the men  of ,david
 with him8    #ai3db4 ,and all the men  
of ,juda answered the men of ,israel3   
,because the  king is nearer to me3 why 
art thou angry for this matter8 have we 

eaten  any thing of the king's1 or have 
any gifts been given us8    #ai3dc4 ,and
 the men of ,israel answered the men of 
,juda1 and said3 ,i have  ten parts in  
the king more than thou1 and ,david     
belongeth to me more  than to thee3 why 
hast thou done me a wrong1 and why was  
it not told me  first1 that ,i might    
bring back my king8 ,and the men of     
,juda answered  more harshly than the   
men of ,israel4    #b ,kings ,chapter   
#bj    ,seba's rebellion4 ,amasa is     
slain by ,joab4 ,abela is besieged1 but 
upon  the citizens casting over the wall
 the head of ,seba1 ,joab departeth with
  all his army4    #bj3a4 ,and there    
happened to be there a man of ,belial1  
whose name was  ,seba1 the son of       
,bochri1 a man of ,jemini3 and he       
sounded the trumpet1  and said3 ,we have
 no part in ,david1 nor inheritance in  
the son of ,isai3  return to thy        
dwellings1 ,o ,israel4    #bj3b4 ,and   
all ,israel departed from ,david1 and   
followed ,seba the son of  ,bochri3 but 

the men of ,juda stuck to their king    
from the ,jordan unto  ,jerusalem4      
#bj3c4 ,and when the king was come into 
his house at ,jerusalem1 he took  the   
ten women his concubines1 whom he had   
left to keep the house1 and  put them   
inward1 allowing them provisions3 and he
 went not in unto them1  but they were  
shut up unto the day of their death     
living in widowhood4    #bj3d4 ,and the 
king said to ,amasa3 ,assemble to me all
 the men of ,juda  against the third    
day1 and be thou here present4    #bj3e4
 ,so ,amasa went to assemble the men of 
,juda1 but he tarried beyond  the set   
time which the king had appointed him4  
#bj3f4 ,and ,david said to ,abisai3 ,now
 will ,seba the son of ,bochri do us    
more harm than did ,absalom3 take thou  
therefore the servants of thy  lord1 and
 pursue after him1 lest he find fenced  
cities1 and escape us4    #bj3g4 ,so    
,joab's men went out with him1 and the  
,cerethi and the ,phelethi3  and all the
 valiant men went out of ,jerusalem to  

pursue after ,seba the  son of ,bochri4 
#bj3h4 ,and when they were at the great 
stone which is in ,gabaon1 ,amasa       
coming met them4 ,and ,joab had on a    
close coat of equal length with his     
habit1 and over it was girded with a    
sword hanging down to his flank1 in  a  
scabbard1 made in such manner as to come
 out with the least motion and  strike4 
#bj3i4 ,and ,joab said to ,amasa3 ,god  
save thee1 my brother4 ,and he took     
,amasa by the chin with his right hand  
to kiss him4    #bj3aj4 ,but ,amasa did 
not take notice of the sword1 which     
,joab had1 and  he struck him in the    
side1 and shed out his bowels to the    
ground1 and  gave him not a second      
wound1 and he died4 ,and ,joab1 and     
,abisai his  brother pursued after ,seba
 the son of ,bochri4    #bj3aa4 ,in the 
mean time some men of ,joab's company   
stopping at the dead  body of ,amasa1   
said3 ,behold he that would have been in
 ,joab's stead the  companion of ,david4
    #bj3ab4 ,and ,amasa imbrued with    

blood1 lay in the midst of the way4 ,a  
certain man saw this that all the people
 stood still to look upon him1  so he   
removed ,amasa out of the highway into  
the field1 and covered him  with a      
garment1 that they who passed might1 not
 stop on his account4    #bj3ac4 ,and   
when he was removed out of the way1 all 
the people went on  following ,joab to  
pursue after ,seba the son of ,bochri4  
#bj3ad4 ,now he had passed through all  
the tribes of ,israel unto ,abela and   
,bethmaacha3 and all the chosen men were
 gathered together unto him4    ,abela  
and ,bethmaacha444 ,cities of the tribe 
of ,nephtali4    #bj3ae4 ,and they came1
 and besieged him in ,abela1 and in     
,bethmaacha1 and  they cast up works    
round the city1 and the city was        
besieged3 and all  the people that were 
with ,joab1 laboured to throw down the  
walls4    #bj3af4 ,and a wise woman     
cried out from the city3 ,hear1 hear1   
and say to  ,joab3 ,come near hither1   
and ,i will speak with thee4    #bj3ag4 

,and when he was come near to her1 she  
said to him3 ,art thou ,joab8  ,and he  
answered3 ,i am4 ,and she spoke thus to 
him3 ,hear the words of thy  handmaid4  
,he answered3 ,i do hear4    #bj3ah4    
,and she again said3 ,a saying was used 
in the old proverb3 ,they  that inquire1
 let them inquire in ,abela3 and so they
 made an end4    #bj3ai4 ,am not ,i she 
that answer truth in ,israel1 and thou  
seekest to  destroy the city1 and to    
overthrow a mother in ,israel8 ,why wilt
 thou  throw down the inheritance of the
 ,lord8    #bj3bj4 ,and ,joab answering 
said3 ,god forbid1 ,god forbid that ,i  
should1 ,i  do not throw down1 nor      
destroy4    #bj3ba4 ,the matter is not  
so1 but a man of mount ,ephraim1 ,seba  
the son of  ,bochri by name1 hath lifted
 up his hand against king ,david3       
deliver him  only1 and we will depart   
from the city4 ,and the woman said to   
,joab3  ,behold his head shall be thrown
 to thee from the wall4    #bj3bb4 ,so  
she went to all the people1 and spoke to

 them wisely3 and they  cut off the head
 of ,seba the son of ,bochri1 and cast  
it out to ,joab4 ,and  he sounded the   
trumpet1 and they departed from the     
city1 every one to  their home3 and     
,joab returned to ,jerusalem to the     
king4    #bj3bc4 ,so ,joab was over all 
the army of ,israel3 and ,banaias the   
son of  ,joiada was over the ,cerethites
 and ,phelethites1    #bj3bd4 ,but      
,aduram over the tributes3 and ,josaphat
 the son of ,ahilud was  recorder4      
#bj3be4 ,and ,siva was scribe3 and      
,sadoc and ,abiathar1 priests4          
#bj3bf4 ,and ,ira the ,jairite was the  
priest of ,david4    #b ,kings ,chapter 
#ba    ,a famine of three years1 for the
 sin of ,saul against the ,gabaonites1  
at  whose desire seven of ,saul's race  
are crucified4 ,war again with the      
,philistines4    #ba3a4 ,and there was a
 famine in the days of ,david for three 
years  successively3 and ,david         
consulted the oracle of the ,lord4 ,and 
the ,lord  said3 ,it is for ,saul1 and  

his bloody house1 because he slow the   
,gabaonites4    #ba3b4 ,then the king1  
calling for the ,gabaonites1 said to    
them3 7,now the  ,gabaonites were not of
 the children of ,israel1 but the       
remains of the  ,amorrhites3 and the    
children of ,israel had sworn to them1  
and ,saul  sought to slay them out of   
zeal1 as it were for the children of    
,israel  and ,juda37    #ba3c4 ,david   
therefore said to the ,gabaonites3 ,what
 shall ,i do for you8  and what shall be
 the atonement or you1 that you may     
bless the  inheritance of the ,lord8    
#ba3d4 ,and the ,gabaonites said to him3
 ,we have no contest about silver  and  
gold1 but against ,saul and against his 
house3 neither do we desire  that any   
man be slain of ,israel4 ,and the king  
said to them3 ,what will  you then that 
,i should do for you8    #ba3e4 ,and    
they said to the king3 ,the man that    
crushed us and oppressed  us unjustly1  
we must destroy in such manner that     
there be not so much as  one left of his

 stock in all the coasts of ,israel4    
#ba3f4 ,let seven men of his children be
 delivered unto us1 that we may  crucify
 them to the ,lord in ,gabaa of ,saul1  
once the chosen of the ,lord4  ,and the 
king said3 ,i will give them4    #ba3g4 
,and the king spared ,miphiboseth the   
son of ,jonathan the son of  ,saul1     
because of the oath of the ,lord1 that  
had been between ,david and  ,jonathan  
the son of ,saul4    #ba3h4 ,so the king
 took the two sons of ,respha the       
daughter of ,aia1 whom  she bore to     
,saul1 ,armoni1 and ,miphiboseth3 and   
the five sons of ,michol  the daughter  
of ,saul1 whom she bore to ,hadriel the 
son of ,berzellai1  that was of         
,molathi3    ,of ,michol444 ,they were  
the sons of ,merob1 who was married to  
,hadriel3  but they are here called the 
sons of ,michol1 because she adopted    
them1  and brought them up as her own4  
#ba3i4 ,and gave them into the hands of 
the ,gabaonites3 and they crucified     
them on a hill before the ,lord3 and    

these seven died together in the  first 
days of the harvest1 when the barley    
began to be reaped4    #ba3aj4 ,and     
,respha the daughter of ,aia took       
haircloth1 and spread it  under her upon
 the rock from the beginning of the     
harvest1 till water  dropped upon them  
out of heaven3 and suffered neither the 
birds to tear  them by day1 nor the     
beasts by night4    #ba3aa4 ,and it was 
told ,david1 what ,respha the daughter  
of ,aia1 the  concubine of ,saul1 had   
done4    #ba3ab4 ,and ,david went1 and  
took the bones of ,saul1 and the bones  
of  ,jonathan his son from the men of   
,jabes ,galaad1 who had stolen them from
  the street of ,bethsan1 where the     
,philistines had hanged them when they  
had slain ,saul in ,gelboe4    #ba3ac4  
,and he brought from thence the bones of
 ,saul1 and the bones of  ,jonathan his 
son1 and they gathered up the bones of  
them that were  crucified1    #ba3ad4   
,and they buried them with the bones of 
,saul1 and of ,jonathan his  son in the 

land of ,benjamin1 in the side1 in the  
sepulchre of ,cis his  father3 and they 
did all that the king had commanded1 and
 ,god shewed  mercy again to the land   
after these things4    #ba3ae4 ,and the 
,philistines made war again against     
,israel1 and ,david went  down1 and his 
servants with him1 and fought against   
the ,philistines4 ,and  ,david growing  
faint1    #ba3af4 ,jesbibenob1 who was  
of the race of ,arapha1 the iron of     
whose  spear weighed three hundred      
ounces1 being girded with a new sword1  
attempted to kill ,david4    #ba3ag4    
,and ,abisai the son of ,sarvia rescued 
him1 and striking the  ,philistine      
killed him4 ,then ,david's men swore    
unto him saying3 ,thou  shalt go no more
 out with us to battle1 lest thou put   
out the lamp of  ,israel4    #ba3ah4    
,there was also a second battle in ,gob 
against the ,philistines3  then         
,sobochai of ,husathi slew ,saph of the 
race of ,arapha of the family  of the   
giants4    #ba3ai4 ,and there was a     

third battle in ,gob against the        
,philistines1 in  which ,adeodatus the  
son of the ,forrest an embroiderer of   
,bethlehem slew  ,goliath the ,gethite1 
the shaft of whose spear was like a     
weaver's beam4    ,adeodatus the son of 
the ,forrest444 ,so it is rendered in   
the ,latin  ,vulgate1 by giving the     
interpretation of the ,hebrew names1    
which are  ,elhanan the son of ,jaare4  
#ba3bj4 ,a fourth battle was in ,geth3  
where there was a man of great  stature1
 that had six fingers on each hand1 and 
six toes on each foot1  four and twenty 
in all1 and he was of the race of       
,arapha4    #ba3ba4 ,and he reproached  
,israel3 and ,jonathan the son of ,samae
 the  brother of ,david slew him4       
#ba3bb4 ,these four were born of ,arapha
 in ,geth1 and they fell by the hand  of
 ,david1 and of his servants4    #b     
,kings ,chapter #bb    ,king ,david's   
psalm of thanksgiving for his           
deliverance from all his  enemies4      
#bb3a4 ,and ,david spoke to the ,lord   

the words of this canticle1 in the day  
that the ,lord delivered him out of the 
hand of all his enemies1 and out  of the
 hand of ,saul1    #bb3b4 ,and he said3 
,the ,lord is my rock1 and my strength1 
and my saviour4    #bb3c4 ,god is my    
strong one1 in him will ,i trust3 my    
shield1 and the horn  of my salvation3  
he lifteth me up1 and is my refuge3 my  
saviour1 thou  wilt deliver me from     
iniquity4    #bb3d4 ,i will call on the 
,lord who is worthy to be praised3 and  
,i shall  be saved from my enemies4     
#bb3e4 ,for the pangs of death have     
surrounded me3 the floods of ,belial    
have made me afraid4    #bb3f4 ,the     
cords of hell compassed me3 the snares  
of death prevented me4    #bb3g4 ,in my 
distress ,i will call upon the ,lord1   
and ,i will cry to my  ,god3 and he will
 hear my voice out of his temple1 and my
 cry shall come  to his ears4    #bb3h4 
,the earth shook and trembled1 the      
foundations of the mountains  were      
moved1 and shaken1 because he was angry 

with them4    #bb3i4 ,a smoke went up   
from his nostrils1 and a devouring fire 
out of his  mouth3 coals were kindled by
 it4    #bb3aj4 ,he bowed the heavens1  
and came down3 and darkness was under   
his  feet4    #bb3aa4 ,and he rode upon 
the cherubims1 and flew3 and slid upon  
the wings  of the wind4    #bb3ab4 ,he  
made darkness a covering round about    
him3 dropping waters out  of the clouds 
of the heavens4    #bb3ac4 ,by the      
brightness before him1 the coals of fire
 were kindled4    #bb3ad4 ,the ,lord    
shall thunder from heaven3 and the most 
high shall give  forth his voice4       
#bb3ae4 ,he shot arrows and scattered   
them3 lightning1 and consumed them4     
#bb3af4 ,and the overflowings of the sea
 appeared1 and the foundations of  the  
world were laid open at the rebuke of   
the ,lord1 at the blast of the  spirit  
of his wrath4    #bb3ag4 ,he sent from  
on high1 and took me1 and drew me out of
 many  waters4    #bb3ah4 ,he delivered 
me from my most mighty enemy1 and from  

them that  hated me3 for they were too  
strong for me4    #bb3ai4 ,he prevented 
me in the day of my affliction1 and the 
,lord became  my stay4    #bb3bj4 ,and  
he brought me forth into a large place1 
he delivered me1  because ,i pleased    
him4    #bb3ba4 ,the ,lord will reward  
me according to my justice3 and         
according to  the cleanness of my hands 
he will render to me4    #bb3bb4        
,because ,i have kept the ways of the   
,lord1 and have not wickedly  departed  
from my ,god4    #bb3bc4 ,for all his   
judgments are in my sight3 and his      
precepts ,i have  not removed from me4  
#bb3bd4 ,and ,i shall be perfect with   
him3 and shall keep myself from my      
iniquity4    #bb3be4 ,and the ,lord will
 recompense me according to my justice3 
and  according to the cleanness of my   
hands in the sight of his eyes4         
#bb3bf4 ,with the holy one thou wilt be 
holy3 and with the valiant  perfect4    
#bb3bg4 ,with the elect thou wilt be    
elect3 and with the perverse thou  wilt 

be perverted4    #bb3bh4 ,and the poor  
people thou wilt save3 and with thy eyes
 thou shalt  humble the haughty4        
#bb3bi4 ,for thou art my lamp ,o ,lord3 
and thou1 ,o ,lord1 wilt enlighten my   
darkness4    #bb3cj4 ,for in thee ,i    
will run girded3 in my ,god ,i will leap
 over the  wall4    #bb3ca4 ,god1 his   
way is immaculate1 the word of the ,lord
 is tried by  fire3 he is the shield of 
all that trust in him4    #bb3cb4 ,who  
is ,god but the ,lord3 and who is strong
 but our ,god8    #bb3cc4 ,god who hath 
girded me with strength1 and made my way
 perfect4    #bb3cd4 ,making my feet    
like the feet of harts1 and setting me  
upon my  high places4    #bb3ce4 ,he    
teacheth my hands to war3 and maketh my 
arms like a bow of  brass4    #bb3cf4   
,thou hast given me the shield of my    
salvation3 and thy mildness  hath       
multiplied me4    #bb3cg4 ,thou shalt   
enlarge my steps under me3 and my ankles
 shall not  fail4    #bb3ch4 ,i will    
pursue after my enemies1 and crush them3

 and will not  return again till ,i     
consume them4    #bb3ci4 ,i will consume
 them and break them in pieces1 so that 
they shall  not rise3 they shall fall   
under my feet4    #bb3dj4 ,thou hast    
girded me with strength to battle3 thou 
hast made them  that resisted me to bow 
under me4    #bb3da4 ,my enemies thou   
hast made to turn their back to me3 them
 that  hated me1 and ,i shall destroy   
them4    #bb3db4 ,they shall cry1 and   
there shall be none to save3 to the     
,lord1 and  he shall not hear them4     
#bb3dc4 ,i shall beat them as small as  
the dust of the earth3 ,i shall  crush  
them and spread them abroad like the    
mire of the streets4    #bb3dd4 ,thou   
wilt save me from the contradictions of 
my people3 thou wilt  keep me to be the 
head of the ,gentiles3 the people which 
,i know not1  shall serve me1    #bb3de4
 ,the sons of the stranger will resist  
me1 at the hearing of the  ear they will
 obey me4    #bb3df4 ,the strangers are 
melted away1 and shall be straitened in 

their  distresses4    #bb3dg4 ,the ,lord
 liveth1 and my ,god is blessed3 and the
 strong ,god of my  salvation shall be  
exalted3    #bb3dh4 ,god who giveth me  
revenge1 and bringest down people under 
me1    #bb3di4 ,who bringest me forth   
from my enemies1 and liftest me up from 
them that resist me3 from the wicked man
 thou shalt deliver me4    #bb3ej4      
,therefore will ,i give thanks to thee1 
,o ,lord1 among the ,gentiles1  and will
 sing to thy name4    #bb3ea4 ,giving   
great salvation to his king1 and shewing
 mercy to ,david  his anointed1 and to  
his seed for ever4    #b ,kings ,chapter
 #bc    ,the last words of ,david4 ,a   
catalogue of his valiant men4    #bc3a4 
,now these are ,david's last words4     
,david the son of ,isai said3 ,the  man 
to whom it was appointed concerning the 
,christ of the ,god of ,jacob1  the     
excellent psalmist of ,israel said3     
#bc3b4 ,the spirit of the ,lord hath    
spoken by me and his word by my  tongue4
    #bc3c4 ,the ,god of ,israel said to 

me1 the strong one of ,israel spoke1 the
  ruler of men1 the just ruler in the   
fear of ,god4    #bc3d4 ,as the light of
 the morning1 when the sun riseth1      
shineth in the  morning without clouds1 
and as the grass springeth out of the   
earth by  rain4    ,as the light1 etc444
 ,so shall be the kingdom of ,christ4   
#bc3e4 ,neither is my house so great    
with ,god1 that he should make with me  
an eternal covenant1 firm in all things 
and assured4 ,for he is all my          
salvation1 and all my will3 neither is  
there ought thereof that  springeth not 
up4    ,neither is my house1 etc444 ,as 
if he should say3 ,this everlasting     
covenant was not due to my house3 but   
purely owing to his bounty2 who is  all 
my salvation1 and my will3 that is1 who 
hath always saved me1 and  granted me   
what ,i beseeched of him2 so that ,i and
 my house1 through his  blessing1 have  
sprung up1 and succeeded in all things4 
#bc3f4 ,but transgressors shall all of  
them be plucked up as thorns3 which  are

 not taken away with hands4    #bc3g4   
,and if a man will touch them1 he must  
be armed with iron and with  the staff  
of a lance3 but they shall be set on    
fire and burnt to  nothing4    #bc3h4   
,these are the names of the valiant men 
of ,david3 ,jesbaham sitting  in the    
chair was the wisest chief among the    
three1 he was like the most  tender     
little worm of the wood1 who killed     
eight hundred men at one  onset4        
,jesbaham444 ,the son of ,hachamoni4    
,for this was the name of this hero1 as 
appears from #a ,chron4 or ,paralip4    
#aa4-;,ibid4 ,most tender1 etc444 ,he   
appeared like one tender and weak1 but  
was indeed most valiant and  strong4 ,it
 seems the ,latin has here given the    
interpretation of the  ,hebrew name of  
the hero1 to whom ,jesbaham was like1   
instead of the name  itself1 which was  
,adino the ,eznite1 one much renowned of
 old for his  valour4    #bc3i4 ,after  
him was ,eleazar the son of ,dodo the   
,ahohite1 one of the  three valiant men 

that were with ,david when they defied  
the ,philistines1  and they were there  
gathered together to battle4    ,dodo444
 ,in ,latin1 ,patrui ejus1 which is the 
interpretation of the ,hebrew  name     
,dodo4 ,the same occurs in ver4 #bd4    
#bc3aj4 ,and when the men of ,israel    
were gone away1 he stood and smote the  
,philistines till his hand was weary1   
and grew stiff with the sword3 and  the 
,lord wrought a great victory that day3 
and the people that were fled  away1    
returned to take spoils of them that    
were slain4    #bc3aa4 ,and after him   
was ,semma the son of ,age of ,arari4   
,and the  ,philistines were gathered    
together in a troop3 for there was a    
field  full of lentils4 ,and when the   
people were fled from the face of the   
,philistines1    #bc3ab4 ,he stood in   
the midst of the field1 and defended it1
 and defeated  the ,philistines3 and the
 ,lord gave a great victory4    #bc3ac4 
,moreover also before this the three who
 were princes among the  thirty1 went   

down and came to ,david in the harvest  
time into the cave of  ,odollam3 and the
 camp of the ,philistines was in the    
valley of the  giants4    #bc3ad4 ,and  
,david was then in a hold3 and there was
 a garrison of the  ,philistines then in
 ,bethlehem4    #bc3ae4 ,and ,david     
longed1 and said3 ,o that some man would
 get me a drink  of the water out of the
 cistern1 that is in ,bethlehem1 by the 
gate4    #bc3af4 ,and the three valiant 
men broke through the camp of the       
,philistines1 and drew water out of the 
cistern of ,bethlehem1 that was by  the 
gate1 and brought it to ,david3 but he  
would not drink1 but offered  it to the 
,lord1    #bc3ag4 ,saying3 ,the ,lord be
 merciful to me1 that ,i may not do     
this3 shall  ,i drink the blood of these
 men that went1 and the peril of their  
lives8  therefore he would not drink4   
,these things did these three mighty    
men4    #bc3ah4 ,abisai also the brother
 of ,joab1 the son of ,sarvia1 was chief
  among three3 and he lifted up his     

spear against three hundred whom he     
slew1 and he was renowned among the     
three1    #bc3ai4 ,and the noblest of   
three1 and was their chief1 but to the  
three  first he attained not4    #bc3bj4
 ,and ,banaias the son of ,joiada a most
 valiant man1 of great deeds1  of       
,cabseel3 he slew the two lions of      
,moab1 and he went down1 and slew a     
lion in the midst of a pit1 in the time 
of snow4    #bc3ba4 ,he also slew an    
,egyptian1 a man worthy to be a sight1  
having a  spear in his hand3 but he went
 down to him with a rod1 and forced the 
spear out of the hand of the ,egyptian1 
and slew him with his own spear4        
#bc3bb4 ,these things did ,banaias the  
son of ,joiada4    #bc3bc4 ,and he was  
renowned among the three valiant men1   
who were the  most honourable among the 
thirty3 but he attained not to the first
  three3 and ,david made him of his     
privy council4    #bc3bd4 ,asael the    
brother of ,joab was one of the thirty1 
,elehanan the son  of ,dodo of          

,bethlehem4    #bc3be4 ,semma of        
,harodi1 ,elica of ,harodi1    #bc3bf4  
,heles of ,phalti1 ,hira the son of     
,acces of ,thecua1    #bc3bg4 ,abiezer  
of ,anathoth1 ,mobonnai of ,husati1     
#bc3bh4 ,selmon the ,ahohite1 ,maharai  
the ,netophathite1    #bc3bi4 ,heled the
 son of ,baana1 also a ,netophathite1   
,ithai the son of  ,ribai of ,gabaath of
 the children of ,benjamin1    #bc3cj4  
,banaia the ,pharathonite1 ,heddai of   
the torrent ,gaas1    #bc3ca4 ,abialbon 
the ,arbathite1 ,azmaveth of ,beromi1   
#bc3cb4 ,eliaba of ,salaboni4 ,the sons 
of ,jassen1 ,jonathan1    #bc3cc4 ,semma
 of ,orori1 ,aliam the son of ,sarar the
 ,arorite1    #bc3cd4 ,eliphelet the son
 of ,aasbai the son of ,machati1 ,eliam 
the son of  ,achitophel the ,gelonite1  
#bc3ce4 ,hesrai of ,carmel1 ,pharai of  
,arbi1    #bc3cf4 ,igaal the son of     
,nathan of ,soba1 ,bonni of ,gadi1      
#bc3cg4 ,selec of ,ammoni1 ,naharai the 
,berothite1 armourbearer of ,joab the   
son of ,sarvia1    #bc3ch4 ,ira the     

,jethrite1 ,gareb also a ,jethrite2     
#bc3ci4 ,urias the ,hethite1 thirty and 
seven in all4    #b ,kings ,chapter #bd 
,david numbereth the people3 ,god       
sendeth a pestilence1 which is stopt by 
,david's prayer and sacrifice4    #bd3a4
 ,and the anger of the ,lord was again  
kindled against ,israel1 and  stirred up
 ,david among them1 saying3 ,go1 number 
,israel and ,juda4    ,stirred up1      
etc444 ,this stirring up was not the    
doing of ,god1 but of  ,satan2 as it is 
expressly declared1 #a ,chron4 or       
,paralip4 #ba4a4    #bd3b4 ,and the king
 said to ,joab the general of his army3 
,go through all  the tribes of ,israel  
from ,dan to ,bersabee1 and number ye   
the people that  ,i may know the number 
of them4    #bd3c4 ,and ,joab said to   
the king3 ,the ,lord thy ,god increase  
thy people1  and make them as many more 
as they are now1 and again multiply them
 a  hundredfold in the sight of my lord 
the king3 but what meaneth my lord  the 
king by this kind of thing8    #bd3d4   

,but the king's words prevailed over the
 words of ,joab1 and of the  captains of
 the army3 and ,joab1 and the captains  
of the soldiers went  out from the      
presence of the king1 to number the     
people of ,israel4    #bd3e4 ,and when  
they had passed the ,jordan1 they came  
to ,aroer to the  right side of the     
city1 which is in the vale of ,gad4     
#bd3f4 ,and by ,jazer they passed into  
,galaad1 and to the lower land of       
,hodsi1 and they came into the woodlands
 of ,dan4 ,and going about by  ,sidon1  
#bd3g4 ,they passed near the walls of   
,tyre1 and all the land of the  ,hevite1
 and the ,chanaanite1 and they came to  
the south of ,juda into  ,bersabee3     
#bd3h4 ,and having gone through the     
whole land1 after nine months and       
twenty days1 they came to ,jerusalem4   
#bd3i4 ,and ,joab gave up the sum of the
 number of the people to the king1  and 
there were found of ,israel eight       
hundred thousand valiant men that  drew 
the sword3 and of ,juda five hundred    

thousand fighting men4    #bd3aj4 ,but  
,david's heart struck him1 after the    
people were numbered3 and  ,david said  
to the ,lord3 ,i have sinned very much  
in what ,i have done3 but  ,i pray thee1
 ,o ,lord1 to take away the iniquity of 
thy servant1 because ,i  have done      
exceeding foolishly4    ,david's heart  
struck him1 after the people were       
numbered444 ,that is he  was touched    
with a great remorse for the vanity and 
pride which had put  him upon numbering 
the people4    #bd3aa4 ,and ,david arose
 in the morning1 and the word of the    
,lord came to  ,gad the prophet and the 
seer of ,david1 saying3    #bd3ab4 ,go1 
and say to ,david3 ,thus saith the      
,lord3 ,i give thee thy choice  of three
 things1 choose one of them which thou  
wilt1 that ,i may do it to  thee4       
#bd3ac4 ,and when ,gad was come to      
,david1 he told him1 saying3 ,either    
seven  years of famine shall come to    
thee in thy land3 or thou shalt flee    
three  months before thy adversaries1   

and they shall pursue thee3 or for three
  days there shall be a pestilence in   
thy land4 ,now therefore deliberate1    
and see what answer ,i shall return to  
him that sent me4    #bd3ad4 ,and ,david
 said to ,gad3 ,i am in a great strait3 
but it is better  that ,i should fall   
into the hands of the ,lord 7for his    
mercies are many7  than into the hands  
of men4    #bd3ae4 ,and the ,lord sent a
 pestilence upon ,israel1 from the      
morning unto  the time appointed1 and   
there died of the people from ,dan to   
,bersabee  seventy thousand men4        
#bd3af4 ,and when the angel of the ,lord
 had stretched out his hand over        
,jerusalem to destroy it1 the ,lord had 
pity on the affliction1 and said  to the
 angel that slew the people3 ,it is     
enough3 now hold thy hand4 ,and  the    
angel of the ,lord was by the           
thrashingfloor of ,areuna the ,jebusite4
    #bd3ag4 ,and ,david said to the     
,lord1 when he saw the angel striking   
the  people3 ,it is ,i2 ,i am he that   

have sinned1 ,i have done wickedly3     
these  that are the sheep1 what have    
they done8 let thy hand1 ,i beseech     
thee1  be turned against me1 and against
 my father's house4    #bd3ah4 ,and ,gad
 came to ,david that day1 and said3 ,go 
up1 and build an  altar to the ,lord in 
the thrashingfloor of ,areuna the       
,jebusite4    #bd3ai4 ,and ,david went  
up according to the word of ,gad which  
the ,lord had  commanded him4    #bd3bj4
 ,and ,areuna looked1 and saw the king  
and his servants coming  towards him3   
#bd3ba4 ,and going out he worshipped the
 king1 bowing with his face to the      
earth1 and said3 ,wherefore is my lord  
the king come to his servant8 ,and      
,david said to him3 ,to buy the         
thrashingfloor of thee1 and build an    
altar  to the ,lord1 that the plague1   
which rageth among the people1 may      
cease4    #bd3bb4 ,and ,areuna said to  
,david3 ,let my lord the king take1 and 
offer1  as it seemeth good to him3 thou 
hast here oxen for a holocaust1 and the 

wain1 and the yokes of the oxen for     
wood4    #bd3bc4 ,all these things      
,areuna as a king gave to the king3 and 
,areuna  said to the king3 ,the ,lord   
thy ,god receive thy vow4    #bd3bd4    
,and the king answered him1 and said3   
,nay1 but ,i will buy it of  thee1 at a 
price1 and ,i will not offer to the     
,lord my ,god holocausts  free cost4 ,so
 ,david bought the floor1 and the oxen1 
for fifty sicles of  silver3    #bd3be4 
,and ,david built there an altar to the 
,lord1 and offered  holocausts and peace
 offerings3 and the ,lord became        
merciful to the  land1 and the plague   
was stayed from ,israel4