2 Samuel
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Book of 2 Samuel Explained
Introduction:
See 1 Samuel for the introductory discussion.
First and Second Samuel were originally one book in the Hebrew Canon but
were divided by the translators of the Septuagint. Originally, 2 Samuel was
called 2 Kings, as it is in the Latin vulgate. The book now bears the name
of the first principal character to appear in 1 Samuel. The prophet Samuel
was already deceased before the events recorded in 2 Samuel. The content of
2 Samuel deals with the life and reign of King David and could have been
entitled the Book of David.
Historical Setting:
Second Samuel picks up the narration where 1 Samuel left off and serves as
a transition from the reign of Saul to the reign of David. An account of
the death of Saul opens the book, followed by the abortive reign of his son
Ish-bosheth. It then traces David's rise to power, first at Hebron in
Judah, and then at Jerusalem over all Israel. David's success is described
as the result of God's blessing on his life during a time when Israel's
neighbors, Egypt, Babylon and Assyria were in decline. By contrast, this
was the dawning of the golden era for the kingdom of Israel. The
consecutive 40 year reigns of David and his son Solomon established Israel
as one of the greatest nations of the ancient east.
Author:
As with 1 Samuel, the author is unknown. The prophets Nathan and Gad may
have recorded the events of 2 Samuel (see 1 Chronicles 29:29), adding to
the sections by Samuel himself. Since the division of the kingdom had
already taken place (1 Samuel 27:6); the final form of the two books must
have taken shape after the death of Solomon in 931 B.C.
The Davidic covenant is clearly set forth in 2 Samuel 7:4-17. It includes
God's promise to perpetuate the line of David until the coming of the
Messiah. Thus, the events in this book record God's providential protection
of the dynasty and of His covenant people, Israel.
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2 Samuel 1
2 Samuel Chapter 1
2 Samuel 1:1 "Now it came to pass after the
death of Saul, when David was returned from
the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David
had abode two days in Ziklag;"
2 Samuel 1:2 "It came even to pass on the
third day, that, behold, a man came out of
the camp from Saul with his clothes rent,
and earth upon his head: and [so] it was,
when he came to David, that he fell to the
earth, and did obeisance."
2 Samuel 1:3 "And David said unto him, From
whence comest thou? And he said unto him,
Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped."
2 Samuel 1:4 "And David said unto him, How
went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And
he answered, That the people are fled from
the battle, and many of the people also are
fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his
son are dead also."
2 Samuel 1:5 "And David said unto the young
man that told him, How knowest thou that
Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?"
2 Samuel 1:6 "And the young man that told
him said, As I happened by chance upon
mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his
spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen
followed hard after him."
2 Samuel 1:7 "And when he looked behind
him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I
answered, Here [am] I."
2 Samuel 1:8 "And he said unto me, Who
[art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an
Amalekite."
2 Samuel 1:9 "He said unto me again, Stand,
I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for
anguish is come upon me, because my life
[is] yet whole in me."
2 Samuel 1:10 "So I stood upon him, and
slew him, because I was sure that he could
not live after that he was fallen: and I
took the crown that [was] upon his head,
and the bracelet that [was] on his arm, and
have brought them hither unto my lord."
2 Samuel 1:11 "Then David took hold on his
clothes, and rent them; and likewise all
the men that [were] with him:"
2 Samuel 1:12 "And they mourned, and wept,
and fasted until even, for Saul, and for
Jonathan his son, and for the people of the
LORD, and for the house of Israel; because
they were fallen by the sword."
2 Samuel 1:13 "And David said unto the
young man that told him, Whence [art] thou?
And he answered, I [am] the son of a
stranger, an Amalekite."
2 Samuel 1:14 "And David said unto him, How
wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine
hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?"
2 Samuel 1:16 "And David said unto him, Thy
blood [be] upon thy head; for thy mouth
hath testified against thee, saying, I have
slain the LORD'S anointed."
2 Samuel 1:17 "And David lamented with this
lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his
son:"
2 Samuel 1:18 "(Also he bade them teach the
children of Judah [the use of] the bow:
behold, [it is] written in the book of
Jasher.)"
2 Samuel 1:19 "The beauty of Israel is
slain upon thy high places: how are the
mighty fallen!"
2 Samuel 1:20 "Tell [it] not in Gath,
publish [it] not in the streets of Askelon;
lest the daughters of the Philistines
rejoice, lest the daughters of the
uncircumcised triumph."
2 Samuel 1:21 "Ye mountains of Gilboa, [let
there be] no dew, neither [let there be]
rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings:
for there the shield of the mighty is
vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, [as
though he had] not [been] anointed with
oil."
2 Samuel 1:22 "From the blood of the slain,
from the fat of the mighty, the bow of
Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of
Saul returned not empty."
2 Samuel 1:23 "Saul and Jonathan [were]
lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not divided: they
were swifter than eagles, they were
stronger than lions."
2 Samuel 1:24 "Ye daughters of Israel, weep
over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with
[other] delights, who put on ornaments of
gold upon your apparel."
2 Samuel 1:25 "How are the mighty fallen in
the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, [thou
wast] slain in thine high places."
2 Samuel 1:26 "I am distressed for thee, my
brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou
been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful,
passing the love of women."
2 Samuel 1:27 "How are the mighty fallen,
and the weapons of war perished!"
2 Samuel 2
2 Samuel Chapter 2
2 Samuel 2:2 "So David went up thither, and
his two wives also, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the
Carmelite."
2 Samuel 2:3 "And his men that [were] with
him did David bring up, every man with his
household: and they dwelt in the cities of
Hebron."
2 Samuel 2:4 "And the men of Judah came,
and there they anointed David king over the
house of Judah. And they told David,
saying, [That] the men of Jabesh-gilead
[were they] that buried Saul."
2 Samuel 2:5 "And David sent messengers
unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said
unto them, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD,
that ye have showed this kindness unto your
lord, [even] unto Saul, and have buried
him."
2 Samuel 2:6 "And now the LORD show
kindness and truth unto you: and I also
will requite you this kindness, because ye
have done this thing."
2 Samuel 2:7 "Therefore now let your hands
be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for
your master Saul is dead, and also the
house of Judah have anointed me king over
them."
2 Samuel 2:8 "But Abner the son of Ner,
captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth
the son of Saul, and brought him over to
Mahanaim;"
2 Samuel 2:9 "And made him king over
Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over
Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over
Benjamin, and over all Israel."
2 Samuel 2:10 "Ish-bosheth Saul's son [was]
forty years old when he began to reign over
Israel, and reigned two years. But the
house of Judah followed David."
2 Samuel 2:11 "And the time that David was
king in Hebron over the house of Judah was
seven years and six months."
2 Samuel 2:12 "And Abner the son of Ner,
and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of
Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon."
2 Samuel 2:13 "And Joab the son of Zeruiah,
and the servants of David, went out, and
met together by the pool of Gibeon: and
they sat down, the one on the one side of
the pool, and the other on the other side
of the pool."
2 Samuel 2:14 "And Abner said to Joab, Let
the young men now arise, and play before
us. And Joab said, Let them arise."
2 Samuel 2:15 "Then there arose and went
over by number twelve of Benjamin, which
[pertained] to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul,
and twelve of the servants of David."
2 Samuel 2:16 "And they caught every one
his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his
sword in his fellow's side; so they fell
down together: wherefore that place was
called Helkath-hazzurim, which [is] in
Gibeon."
2 Samuel 2:17 "And there was a very sore
battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and
the men of Israel, before the servants of
David."
2 Samuel 2:18 "And there were three sons of
Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and
Asahel: and Asahel [was as] light of foot
as a wild roe."
2 Samuel 2:19 "And Asahel pursued after
Abner; and in going he turned not to the
right hand nor to the left from following
Abner."
2 Samuel 2:20 "Then Abner looked behind
him, and said, [Art] thou Asahel? And he
answered, I [am]."
2 Samuel 2:21 "And Abner said to him, Turn
thee aside to thy right hand or to thy
left, and lay thee hold on one of the young
men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel
would not turn aside from following of
him."
2 Samuel 2:22 "And Abner said again to
Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me:
wherefore should I smite thee to the
ground? How then should I hold up my face
to Joab thy brother?"
2 Samuel 2:23 "Howbeit he refused to turn
aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end
of the spear smote him under the fifth
[rib], that the spear came out behind him;
and he fell down there, and died in the
same place: and it came to pass, [that] as
many as came to the place where Asahel fell
down and died stood still."
2 Samuel 2:24 "Joab also and Abishai
pursued after Abner: and the sun went down
when they were come to the hill of Ammah,
that [lieth] before Giah by the way of the
wilderness of Gibeon."
2 Samuel 2:25 "And the children of Benjamin
gathered themselves together after Abner,
and became one troop, and stood on the top
of a hill."
2 Samuel 2:26 "Then Abner called to Joab,
and said, Shall the sword devour for ever?
knowest thou not that it will be bitterness
in the latter end? how long shall it be
then, ere thou bid the people return from
following their brethren?"
2 Samuel 2:27 "And Joab said, [As] God
liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely
then in the morning the people had gone up
every one from following his brother."
2 Samuel 2:28 "So Joab blew a trumpet, and
all the people stood still, and pursued
after Israel no more, neither fought they
any more."
2 Samuel 2:29 "And Abner and his men walked
all that night through the plain, and
passed over Jordan, and went through all
Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim."
2 Samuel 2:30 "And Joab returned from
following Abner: and when he had gathered
all the people together, there lacked of
David's servants nineteen men and Asahel."
2 Samuel 2:31 "But the servants of David
had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's
men, [so that] three hundred and threescore
men died."
2 Samuel 2:32 "And they took up Asahel, and
buried him in the sepulcher of his father,
which [was in] Beth-lehem. And Joab and his
men went all night, and they came to Hebron
at break of day."
2 Samuel 3
2 Samuel Chapter 3
2 Samuel 3:1 "Now
there was long war
between the house
of Saul and the
house of David: but
David waxed
stronger and
stronger, and the
house of Saul waxed
weaker and weaker."
2 Samuel 3:2″And
unto David were
sons born in
Hebron: and his
firstborn was
Amnon, of Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess;"
2 Samuel 3:3 "And
his second,
Chileab, of Abigail
the wife of Nabal
the Carmelite; and
the third, Absalom
the son of Maacah
the daughter of
Talmai king of
Geshur;"
2 Samuel 3:4 "And
the fourth,
Adonijah the son of
Haggith; and the
fifth, Shephatiah
the son of Abital;"
2 Samuel 3:5 "And
the sixth, Ithream,
by Eglah David's
wife. These were
born to David in
Hebron."
2 Samuel 3:6″And it
came to pass, while
there was war
between the house
of Saul and the
house of David,
that Abner made
himself strong for
the house of Saul."
2 Samuel 3:7 "And
Saul had a
concubine, whose
name [was] Rizpah,
the daughter of
Aiah: and
[Ish-bosheth] said
to Abner, Wherefore
hast thou gone in
unto my father's
concubine?"
2 Samuel 3:8 "Then
was Abner very
wroth for the words
of Ish-bosheth, and
said, [Am] I a
dog's head, which
against Judah do
show kindness this
day unto the house
of Saul thy father,
to his brethren,
and to his friends,
and have not
delivered thee into
the hand of David,
that thou chargest
me today with a
fault concerning
this woman?"
2 Samuel 3:9 "So do
God to Abner, and
more also, except,
as the LORD hath
sworn to David,
even so I do to
him;"
2 Samuel 3:10 "To
translate the
kingdom from the
house of Saul, and
to set up the
throne of David
over Israel and
over Judah, from
Dan even to
Beer-sheba."
2 Samuel 3:11 "And
he could not answer
Abner a word again,
because he feared
him."
2 Samuel 3:12″And
Abner sent
messengers to David
on his behalf,
saying, Whose [is]
the land? saying
[also], Make thy
league with me,
and, behold, my
hand [shall be]
with thee, to bring
about all Israel
unto thee."
2 Samuel 3:13″And
he said, Well; I
will make a league
with thee: but one
thing I require of
thee, that is, Thou
shalt not see my
face, except thou
first bring Michal
Saul's daughter,
when thou comest to
see my face."
2 Samuel 3:14 "And
David sent
messengers to
Ish-bosheth Saul's
son, saying,
Deliver [me] my
wife Michal, which
I espoused to me
for a hundred
foreskins of the
Philistines."
2 Samuel 3:15 "And
Ish-bosheth sent,
and took her from
[her] husband,
[even] from
Phaltiel the son of
Laish."
2 Samuel 3:16 "And
her husband went
with her along
weeping behind her
to Bahurim. Then
said Abner unto
him, Go, return.
And he returned."
2 Samuel 3:17″And
Abner had
communication with
the elders of
Israel, saying, Ye
sought for David in
times past [to be]
king over you:"
2 Samuel 3:18 "Now
then do [it]: for
the LORD hath
spoken of David,
saying, By the hand
of my servant David
I will save my
people Israel out
of the hand of the
Philistines, and
out of the hand of
all their enemies."
2 Samuel 3:19 "And
Abner also spake in
the ears of
Benjamin: and Abner
went also to speak
in the ears of
David in Hebron all
that seemed good to
Israel, and that
seemed good to the
whole house of
Benjamin."
2 Samuel 3:20 "So
Abner came to David
to Hebron, and
twenty men with
him. And David made
Abner and the men
that [were] with
him a feast."
2 Samuel 3:21 "And
Abner said unto
David, I will arise
and go, and will
gather all Israel
unto my lord the
king, that they may
make a league with
thee, and that thou
mayest reign over
all that thine
heart desireth. And
David sent Abner
away; and he went
in peace."
2 Samuel 3:22 "And, behold, the servants of
David and Joab came from [pursuing] a
troop, and brought in a great spoil with
them: but Abner [was] not with David in
Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he
was gone in peace."
2 Samuel 3:23 "When Joab and all the host
that [was] with him were come, they told
Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to
the king, and he hath sent him away, and he
is gone in peace."
2 Samuel 3:24 "Then Joab came to the king,
and said, What hast thou done? behold,
Abner came unto thee; why [is] it [that]
thou hast sent him away, and he is quite
gone?"
2 Samuel 3:25 "Thou knowest Abner the son
of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and
to know thy going out and thy coming in,
and to know all that thou doest."
2 Samuel 3:26 "And when Joab was come out
from David, he sent messengers after Abner,
which brought him again from the well of
Sirah: but David knew [it] not."
2 Samuel 3:27 "And when Abner was returned
to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate
to speak with him quietly, and smote him
there under the fifth [rib], that he died,
for the blood of Asahel his brother."
2 Samuel 3:28 "And afterward when David
heard [it], he said, I and my kingdom [are]
guiltless before the LORD for ever from the
blood of Abner the son of Ner:"
2 Samuel 3:29 "Let it rest on the head of
Joab, and on all his father's house; and
let there not fail from the house of Joab
one that hath an issue, or that is a leper,
or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth
on the sword, or that lacketh bread."
2 Samuel 3:30 "So Joab and Abishai his
brother slew Abner, because he had slain
their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the
battle."
2 Samuel 3:31 "And David said to Joab, and
to all the people that [were] with him,
Rend your clothes, and gird you with
sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king
David [himself] followed the bier."
2 Samuel 3:32 "And they buried Abner in
Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice,
and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the
people wept."
2 Samuel 3:33 "And the king lamented over
Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool
dieth?"
2 Samuel 3:34 "Thy hands [were] not bound,
nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man
falleth before wicked men, [so] fellest
thou. And all the people wept again over
him."
2 Samuel 3:35 "And when all the people came
to cause David to eat meat while it was yet
day, David sware, saying, So do God to me,
and more also, if I taste bread, or ought
else, till the sun be down."
2 Samuel 3:36 "And all the people took
notice [of it], and it pleased them: as
whatsoever the king did pleased all the
people."
2 Samuel 3:37 "For all the people and all
Israel understood that day that it was not
of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner."
2 Samuel 3:38 "And the king said unto his
servants, Know ye not that there is a
prince and a great man fallen this day in
Israel?"
2 Samuel 3:39 "And I [am] this day weak,
though anointed king; and these men the
sons of Zeruiah [be] too hard for me: the
LORD shall reward the doer of evil
according to his wickedness."
2 Samuel 4
2 Samuel Chapter 4
2 Samuel 4:1 "And when Saul's son heard
that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands
were feeble, and all the Israelites were
troubled."
2 Samuel 4:2 "And Saul's son had two men
[that were] captains of bands: the name of
the one [was] Baanah, and the name of the
other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a
Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin:
(for Beeroth also was reckoned to
Benjamin."
2 Samuel 4:3 "And the Beerothites fled to
Gittaim, and were sojourners there until
this day.)"
2 Samuel 4:4 "And Jonathan, Saul's son, had
a son [that was] lame of [his] feet. He was
five years old when the tidings came of
Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his
nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to
pass, as she made haste to flee, that he
fell, and became lame. And his name [was]
Mephibosheth."
2 Samuel 4:5 "And the sons of Rimmon the
Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and
came about the heat of the day to the house
of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon."
2 Samuel 4:6 "And they came thither into
the midst of the house, [as though] they
would have fetched wheat; and they smote
him under the fifth [rib]: and Rechab and
Baanah his brother escaped."
2 Samuel 4:7 "For when they came into the
house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber,
and they smote him, and slew him, and
beheaded him, and took his head, and gat
them away through the plain all night."
2 Samuel 4:8 "And they brought the head of
Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said
to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth
the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought
thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord
the king this day of Saul, and of his
seed."
2 Samuel 4:9″And David answered Rechab and
Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the
Beerothite, and said unto them, [As] the
LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out
of all adversity,"
2 Samuel 4:10 "When one told me, saying,
Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have
brought good tidings, I took hold of him,
and slew him in Ziklag, who [thought] that
I would have given him a reward for his
tidings:"
2 Samuel 4:11 "How much more, when wicked
men have slain a righteous person in his
own house upon his bed? shall I not
therefore now require his blood of your
hand, and take you away from the earth?"
2 Samuel 4:12 "And David commanded his
young men, and they slew them, and cut off
their hands and their feet, and hanged
[them] up over the pool in Hebron. But they
took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried
[it] in the sepulcher of Abner in Hebron."
2 Samuel 5
2 Samuel Chapter 5
2 Samuel 5:1 "Then came all the tribes of
Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake,
saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy
flesh."
2 Samuel 5:2 "Also in time past, when Saul
was king over us, thou wast he that leddest
out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD
said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people
Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over
Israel."
2 Samuel 5:3 "So all the elders of Israel
came to the king to Hebron; and king David
made a league with them in Hebron before
the LORD: and they anointed David king over
Israel."
2 Samuel 5:4″David [was] thirty years old
when he began to reign, [and] he reigned
forty years."
2 Samuel 5:5 "In Hebron he reigned over
Judah seven years and six months: and in
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years
over all Israel and Judah."
2 Samuel 5:6″And the king and his men went
to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
inhabitants of the land: which spake unto
David, saying, Except thou take away the
blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in
hither: thinking, David cannot come in
hither."
2 Samuel 5:7 "Nevertheless David took the
strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city
of David."
2 Samuel 5:8 "And David said on that day,
Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and
smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the
blind, [that are] hated of David's soul,
[he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore
they said, The blind and the lame shall not
come into the house."
2 Samuel 5:9 "So David dwelt in the fort,
and called it the city of David. And David
built round about from Millo and inward."
2 Samuel 5:10 "And David went on, and grew
great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with
him."
2 Samuel 5:11″And Hiram king of Tyre sent
messengers to David, and cedar trees, and
carpenters, and masons: and they built
David a house."
2 Samuel 5:12 "And David perceived that the
LORD had established him king over Israel,
and that he had exalted his kingdom for his
people Israel's sake."
2 Samuel 5:13″And David took [him] more
concubines and wives out of Jerusalem,
after he was come from Hebron: and there
were yet sons and daughters born to David."
2 Samuel 5:14 "And these [be] the names of
those that were born unto him in Jerusalem;
Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and
Solomon,"
2 Samuel 5:15 "Ibhar also, and Elishua, and
Nepheg, and Japhia,"
2 Samuel 5:16 "And Elishama, and Eliada,
and Eliphalet."
2 Samuel 5:17 "But when the Philistines
heard that they had anointed David king
over Israel, all the Philistines came up to
seek David; and David heard [of it], and
went down to the hold."
2 Samuel 5:18 "The Philistines also came
and spread themselves in the valley of
Rephaim."
2 Samuel 5:19 "And David inquired of the
LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into
mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go
up: for I will doubtless deliver the
Philistines into thine hand."
2 Samuel 5:20 "And David came to
Baal-perazim, and David smote them there,
and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon
mine enemies before me, as the breach of
waters. Therefore he called the name of
that place Baal-perazim."
2 Samuel 5:21 "And there they left their
images, and David and his men burned them."
2 Samuel 5:22″And the Philistines came up
yet again, and spread themselves in the
valley of Rephaim."
2 Samuel 5:23 "And when David inquired of
the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up;
[but] fetch a compass behind them, and come
upon them over against the mulberry trees."
2 Samuel 5:24 "And let it be, when thou
hearest the sound of a going in the tops of
the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt
bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go
out before thee, to smite the host of the
Philistines."
2 Samuel 5:25 "And David did so, as the
LORD had commanded him; and smote the
Philistines from Geba until thou come to
Gazer."
2 Samuel 6
2 Samuel Chapter 6
2 Samuel 6:1 "Again, David gathered
together all [the] chosen [men] of Israel,
thirty thousand."
2 Samuel 6:2 "And David arose, and went
with all the people that [were] with him
from Baale of Judah, to bring up from
thence the ark of God, whose name is called
by the name of the LORD of hosts that
dwelleth [between] the cherubims."
2 Samuel 6:3 "And they set the ark of God
upon a new cart, and brought it out of the
house of Abinadab that [was] in Gibeah: and
Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove
the new cart."
2 Samuel 6:4 "And they brought it out of
the house of Abinadab which [was] at
Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and
Ahio went before the ark."
2 Samuel 6:5 "And David and all the house
of Israel played before the LORD on all
manner of [instruments made of] fir wood,
even on harps, and on psalteries, and on
timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals."
2 Samuel 6:6 "And when they came to
Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put forth
[his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold
of it; for the oxen shook [it]."
2 Samuel 6:7 And the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him
there for [his] error; and there he died by
the ark of God.
2 Samuel 6:8 "And David was displeased,
because the LORD had made a breach upon
Uzzah: and he called the name of the place
Perez-uzzah to this day."
2 Samuel 6:9 "And David was afraid of the
LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark
of the LORD come to me?"
2 Samuel 6:10 "So David would not remove
the ark of the LORD unto him into the city
of David: but David carried it aside into
the house of Obed-edom the Gittite."
2 Samuel 6:11 "And the ark of the LORD
continued in the house of Obed-edom the
Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed
Obed-edom, and all his household."
2 Samuel 6:12 "And it was told king David,
saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of
Obed-edom, and all that [pertaineth] unto
him, because of the ark of God. So David
went and brought up the ark of God from the
house of Obed-edom into the city of David
with gladness."
2 Samuel 6:13 "And it was [so], that when
they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone
six paces, he sacrificed oxen and
fatlings."
2 Samuel 6:14 "And David danced before the
LORD with all [his] might; and David [was]
girded with a linen ephod."
2 Samuel 6:15 "So David and all the house
of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD
with shouting, and with the sound of the
trumpet."
2 Samuel 6:16 "And as the ark of the LORD
came into the city of David, Michal Saul's
daughter looked through a window, and saw
king David leaping and dancing before the
LORD; and she despised him in her heart."
2 Samuel 6:17 "And they brought in the ark
of the LORD, and set it in his place, in
the midst of the tabernacle that David had
pitched for it: and David offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings before the
LORD."
2 Samuel 6:18 "And as soon as David had
made an end of offering burnt offerings and
peace offerings, he blessed the people in
the name of the LORD of hosts."
2 Samuel 6:19 "And he dealt among all the
people, [even] among the whole multitude of
Israel, as well to the women as men, to
every one a cake of bread, and a good piece
[of flesh], and a flagon [of wine]. So all
the people departed every one to his
house."
2 Samuel 6:20 "Then David returned to bless
his household. And Michal the daughter of
Saul came out to meet David, and said, How
glorious was the king of Israel to day, who
uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the
handmaids of his servants, as one of the
vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth
himself!"
2 Samuel 6:21 "And David said unto Michal,
[It was] before the LORD, which chose me
before thy father, and before all his
house, to appoint me ruler over the people
of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I
play before the LORD."
2 Samuel 6:22 "And I will yet be more vile
than thus, and will be base in mine own
sight: and of the maidservants which thou
hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in
honor."
2 Samuel 6:23 "Therefore Michal the
daughter of Saul had no child unto the day
of her death."
2 Samuel 7
2 Samuel Chapter 7
2 Samuel 7:1 "And it came to pass, when the
king sat in his house, and the LORD had
given him rest round about from all his
enemies;"
2 Samuel 7:2 "That the king said unto
Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an
house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth
within curtains."
2 Samuel 7:3 "And Nathan said to the king,
Go, do all that [is] in thine heart; for
the LORD [is] with thee."
2 Samuel 7:4 "And it came to pass that
night, that the word of the LORD came unto
Nathan, saying,"
2 Samuel 7:6 "Whereas I have not dwelt in
[any] house since the time that I brought
up the children of Israel out of Egypt,
even to this day, but have walked in a tent
and in a tabernacle."
2 Samuel 7:7 "In all [the places] wherein I
have walked with all the children of Israel
spake I a word with any of the tribes of
Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people
Israel, saying, Why build ye not me a house
of cedar?"
2 Samuel 7:8 "Now therefore so shalt thou
say unto my servant David, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, I took thee from the
sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be
ruler over my people, over Israel:"
2 Samuel 7:9 "And I was with thee
whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut
off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and
have made thee a great name, like unto the
name of the great [men] that [are] in the
earth."
2 Samuel 7:10 "Moreover I will appoint a
place for my people Israel, and will plant
them, that they may dwell in a place of
their own, and move no more; neither shall
the children of wickedness afflict them any
more, as beforetime,"
2 Samuel 7:11 "And as since the time that I
commanded judges [to be] over my people
Israel, and have caused thee to rest from
all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth
thee that he will make thee a house."
2 Samuel 7:12 "And when thy days be
fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee,
which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and
I will establish his kingdom."
2 Samuel 7:13 "He shall build a house for
my name, and I will stablish the throne of
his kingdom for ever."
2 Samuel 7:14 "I will be his father, and he
shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I
will chasten him with the rod of men, and
with the stripes of the children of men:"
2 Samuel 7:15 "But my mercy shall not
depart away from him, as I took [it] from
Saul, whom I put away before thee."
2 Samuel 7:16 "And thine house and thy
kingdom shall be established for ever
before thee: thy throne shall be
established for ever."
2 Samuel 7:17 "According to all these
words, and according to all this vision, so
did Nathan speak unto David."
2 Samuel 7:18 "Then went king David in, and
sat before the LORD, and he said, Who [am]
I, O Lord GOD? and what [is] my house, that
thou hast brought me hitherto?"
2 Samuel 7:19 "And this was yet a small
thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou
hast spoken also of thy servant's house for
a great while to come. And [is] this the
manner of man, O Lord GOD?"
2 Samuel 7:20 "And what can David say more
unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy
servant."
2 Samuel 7:21 "For thy word's sake, and
according to thine own heart, hast thou
done all these great things, to make thy
servant know [them]."
2 Samuel 7:22 "Wherefore thou art great, O
LORD God: for [there is] none like thee,
neither [is there any] God beside thee,
according to all that we have heard with
our ears."
2 Samuel 7:23 "And what one nation in the
earth [is] like thy people, [even] like
Israel, whom God went to redeem for a
people to himself, and to make him a name,
and to do for you great things and
terrible, for thy land, before thy people,
which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt,
[from] the nations and their gods?"
2 Samuel 7:24 "For thou hast confirmed to
thyself thy people Israel [to be] a people
unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art
become their God."
2 Samuel 7:25 "And now, O LORD God, the
word that thou hast spoken concerning thy
servant, and concerning his house,
establish [it] for ever, and do as thou
hast said."
2 Samuel 7:26 "And let thy name be
magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of
hosts [is] the God over Israel: and let the
house of thy servant David be established
before thee."
2 Samuel 7:27 "For thou, O LORD of hosts,
God of Israel, hast revealed to thy
servant, saying, I will build thee a house:
therefore hath thy servant found in his
heart to pray this prayer unto thee."
2 Samuel 7:28 "And now, O Lord GOD, thou
[art] that God, and thy words be true, and
thou hast promised this goodness unto thy
servant:"
2 Samuel 7:29 "Therefore now let it please
thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may continue for ever before thee:
for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken [it]: and
with thy blessing let the house of thy
servant be blessed for ever."
2 Samuel 8
2 Samuel Chapter 8
2 Samuel 8:1 "And after this it came to
pass, that David smote the Philistines, and
subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah
out of the hand of the Philistines."
2 Samuel 8:2 "And he smote Moab, and
measured them with a line, casting them
down to the ground; even with two lines
measured he to put to death, and with one
full line to keep alive. And [so] the
Moabites became David's servants, [and]
brought gifts."
2 Samuel 8:3 "David smote also Hadadezer,
the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went
to recover his border at the river
Euphrates."
2 Samuel 8:4 "And David took from him a
thousand [chariots], and seven hundred
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and
David houghed all the chariot [horses], but
reserved of them [for] a hundred chariots."
2 Samuel 8:5 "And when the Syrians of
Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and
twenty thousand men."
2 Samuel 8:6 "Then David put garrisons in
Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became
servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And
the LORD preserved David whithersoever he
went."
2 Samuel 8:7 "And David took the shields of
gold that were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 8:8 "And from Betah, and from
Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David
took exceeding much brass."
2 Samuel 8:9 "When Toi king of Hamath heard
that David had smitten all the host of
Hadadezer,"
2 Samuel 8:10 "Then Toi sent Joram his son
unto king David, to salute him, and to
bless him, because he had fought against
Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer
had wars with Toi. And [Joram] brought with
him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold,
and vessels of brass:"
2 Samuel 8:11 "Which also king David did
dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and
gold that he had dedicated of all nations
which he subdued;"
2 Samuel 8:12 "Of Syria, and of Moab, and
of the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the
spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of
Zobah."
2 Samuel 8:13 "And David gat [him] a name
when he returned from smiting of the
Syrians in the valley of salt, [being]
eighteen thousand [men]."
2 Samuel 8:14 "And he put garrisons in
Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons,
and all they of Edom became David's
servants. And the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went."
2 Samuel 8:15 "And David reigned over all
Israel; and David executed judgment and
justice unto all his people."
2 Samuel 8:16 "And Joab the son of Zeruiah
[was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud [was] recorder;"
2 Samuel 8:17 "And Zadok the son of Ahitub,
and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were]
the priests; and Seraiah [was] the scribe;"
2 Samuel 8:18 "And Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites
and the Pelethites; and David's sons were
chief rulers."
2 Samuel 9
2 Samuel Chapter 9
2 Samuel 9:1 "And David said, Is there yet
any that is left of the house of Saul, that
I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's
sake?"
2 Samuel 9:2 "And [there was] of the house
of Saul a servant whose name [was] Ziba.
And when they had called him unto David,
the king said unto him, [Art] thou Ziba?
And he said, Thy servant [is he]."
2 Samuel 9:3 "And the king said, [Is] there
not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may shew the kindness of God unto him? And
Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet
a son, [which is] lame on [his] feet."
2 Samuel 9:4 "And the king said unto him,
Where [is] he? And Ziba said unto the king,
Behold, he [is] in the house of Machir, the
son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar."
2 Samuel 9:5 "Then king David sent, and
fetched him out of the house of Machir, the
son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar."
2 Samuel 9:6 "Now when Mephibosheth, the
son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come
unto David, he fell on his face, and did
reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth.
And he answered, Behold thy servant!"
2 Samuel 9:7 "And David said unto him, Fear
not: for I will surely show thee kindness
for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will
restore thee all the land of Saul thy
father; and thou shalt eat bread at my
table continually."
2 Samuel 9:8 "And he bowed himself, and
said, What [is] thy servant, that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I
[am]?"
2 Samuel 9:9 "Then the king called to Ziba,
Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have
given unto thy master's son all that
pertained to Saul and to all his house."
2 Samuel 9:10 "Thou therefore, and thy
sons, and thy servants, shall till the land
for him, and thou shalt bring in [the
fruits], that thy master's son may have
food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's
son shall eat bread always at my table. Now
Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants."
2 Samuel 9:11 "Then said Ziba unto the
king, According to all that my lord the
king hath commanded his servant, so shall
thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, [said
the king], he shall eat at my table, as one
of the king's sons."
2 Samuel 9:12 "And Mephibosheth had a young
son, whose name [was] Micha. And all that
dwelt in the house of Ziba [were] servants
unto Mephibosheth."
2 Samuel 9:13 "So Mephibosheth dwelt in
Jerusalem: For he did eat continually at
the king's table; and was lame on both his
feet."
2 Samuel 10
2 Samuel Chapter 10
2 Samuel 10:1 "And it came to pass after
this, that the king of the children of
Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in
his stead."
2 Samuel 10:2 "Then said David, I will show
kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as
his father showed kindness unto me. And
David sent to comfort him by the hand of
his servants for his father. And David's
servants came into the land of the children
of Ammon."
2 Samuel 10:3 "And the princes of the
children of Ammon said unto Hanun their
lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor
thy father, that he hath sent comforters
unto thee? hath not David [rather] sent his
servants unto thee, to search the city, and
to spy it out, and to overthrow it?"
2 Samuel 10:4 "Wherefore Hanun took David's
servants, and shaved off the one half of
their beards, and cut off their garments in
the middle, [even] to their buttocks, and
sent them away."
2 Samuel 10:5 "When they told [it] unto
David, he sent to meet them, because the
men were greatly ashamed: and the king
said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be
grown, and [then] return."
2 Samuel 10:6 "And when the children of
Ammon saw that they stank before David, the
children of Ammon sent and hired the
Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of
Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king
Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob
twelve thousand men."
2 Samuel 10:7 "And when David heard of
[it], he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men."
2 Samuel 10:8 "And the children of Ammon
came out, and put the battle in array at
the entering in of the gate: and the
Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob,
and Maacah, [were] by themselves in the
field."
2 Samuel 10:9 "When Joab saw that the front
of the battle was against him before and
behind, he chose of all the choice [men] of
Israel, and put [them] in array against the
Syrians:"
2 Samuel 10:10 "And the rest of the people
he delivered into the hand of Abishai his
brother, that he might put [them] in array
against the children of Ammon."
2 Samuel 10:11 "And he said, If the Syrians
be too strong for me, then thou shalt help
me: but if the children of Ammon be too
strong for thee, then I will come and help
thee."
2 Samuel 10:12 "Be of good courage, and let
us play the men for our people, and for the
cities of our God: and the LORD do that
which seemeth him good."
2 Samuel 10:13 "And Joab drew nigh, and the
people that [were] with him, unto the
battle against the Syrians: and they fled
before him."
2 Samuel 10:14 "And when the children of
Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then
fled they also before Abishai, and entered
into the city. So Joab returned from the
children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 10:15 "And when the Syrians saw
that they were smitten before Israel, they
gathered themselves together."
2 Samuel 10:16 "And Hadarezer sent, and
brought out the Syrians that [were] beyond
the river: and they came to Helam; and
Shobach the captain of the host of
Hadarezer [went] before them."
2 Samuel 10:17 "And when it was told David,
he gathered all Israel together, and passed
over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the
Syrians set themselves in array against
David, and fought with him."
2 Samuel 10:18 "And the Syrians fled before
Israel; and David slew [the men of] seven
hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty
thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the
captain of their host, who died there."
2 Samuel 10:19 "And when all the kings
[that were] servants to Hadarezer saw that
they were smitten before Israel, they made
peace with Israel, and served them. So the
Syrians feared to help the children of
Ammon any more."
2 Samuel 11
2 Samuel Chapter 11
2 Samuel 11:1 "And it came to pass, after
the year was expired, at the time when
kings go forth [to battle], that David sent
Joab, and his servants with him, and all
Israel; and they destroyed the children of
Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David
tarried still at Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 11:2 "And it came to pass in an
eveningtide, that David arose from off his
bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's
house: and from the roof he saw a woman
washing herself; and the woman [was] very
beautiful to look upon."
2 Samuel 11:3 "And David sent and inquired
after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not
this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the
wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
2 Samuel 11:4 "And David sent messengers,
and took her; and she came in unto him, and
he lay with her; for she was purified from
her uncleanness: and she returned unto her
house."
2 Samuel 11:5 "And the woman conceived, and
sent and told David, and said, I [am] with
child."
2 Samuel 11:6 "And David sent to Joab,
[saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And
Joab sent Uriah to David."
2 Samuel 11:7 "And when Uriah was come unto
him, David demanded [of him] how Joab did,
and how the people did, and how the war
prospered." David pretended that his reason
for calling Uriah home, was to see how the
war was going.
2 Samuel 11:8 "And David said to Uriah, Go
down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And
Uriah departed out of the king's house, and
there followed him a mess [of meat] from
the king."
2 Samuel 11:9 "But Uriah slept at the door
of the king's house with all the servants
of his lord, and went not down to his
house."
2 Samuel 11:10 "And when they had told
David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his
house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou
not from [thy] journey? why [then] didst
thou not go down unto thine house?"
2 Samuel 11:11 "And Uriah said unto David,
The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in
tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants
of my lord, are encamped in the open
fields; shall I then go into mine house, to
eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife?
[as] thou livest, and [as] thy soul liveth,
I will not do this thing."
2 Samuel 11:12 "And David said to Uriah,
Tarry here today also, and tomorrow I will
let thee depart. So Uriah abode in
Jerusalem that day, and the morrow."
2 Samuel 11:13 "And when David had called
him, he did eat and drink before him; and
he made him drunk: and at even he went out
to lie on his bed with the servants of his
lord, but went not down to his house."
2 Samuel 11:14 "And it came to pass in the
morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab,
and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah."
2 Samuel 11:15 "And he wrote in the letter,
saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of
the hottest battle, and retire ye from him,
that he may be smitten, and die."
2 Samuel 11:16 "And it came to pass, when
Joab observed the city, that he assigned
Uriah unto a place where he knew that
valiant men [were]."
2 Samuel 11:17 "And the men of the city
went out, and fought with Joab: and there
fell [some] of the people of the servants
of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also."
2 Samuel 11:18 "Then Joab sent and told
David all the things concerning the war;"
2 Samuel 11:19 "And charged the messenger,
saying, When thou hast made an end of
telling the matters of the war unto the
king,"
2 Samuel 11:20 "And if so be that the
king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee,
Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the
city when ye did fight? knew ye not that
they would shoot from the wall?"
2 Samuel 11:21 "Who smote Abimelech the son
of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast a
piece of a millstone upon him from the
wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye
nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant
Uriah the Hittite is dead also."
2 Samuel 11:22 "So the messenger went, and
came and showed David all that Joab had
sent him for."
2 Samuel 11:23 "And the messenger said unto
David, Surely the men prevailed against us,
and came out unto us into the field, and we
were upon them even unto the entering of
the gate."
2 Samuel 11:24 "And the shooters shot from
off the wall upon thy servants; and [some]
of the king's servants be dead, and thy
servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also."
2 Samuel 11:25 "Then David said unto the
messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab,
Let not this thing displease thee, for the
sword devoureth one as well as another:
make thy battle more strong against the
city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou
him."
2 Samuel 11:26 "And when the wife of Uriah
heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she
mourned for her husband."
2 Samuel 11:27 "And when the mourning was
past, David sent and fetched her to his
house, and she became his wife, and bare
him a son. But the thing that David had
done displeased the LORD."
2 Samuel 12
2 Samuel Chapter 12
2 Samuel 12:1 "And the LORD sent Nathan
unto David. And he came unto him, and said
unto him, There were two men in one city;
the one rich, and the other poor."
2 Samuel 12:2 "The rich [man] had exceeding
many flocks and herds:"
2 Samuel 12:3 "But the poor [man] had
nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he
had bought and nourished up: and it grew up
together with him, and with his children;
it did eat of his own meat, and drank of
his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was
unto him as a daughter."
2 Samuel 12:4 "And there came a traveler
unto the rich man, and he spared to take of
his own flock and of his own herd, to dress
for the wayfaring man that was come unto
him; but took the poor man's lamb, and
dressed it for the man that was come to
him."
2 Samuel 12:5 "And David's anger was
greatly kindled against the man; and he
said to Nathan, [As] the LORD liveth, the
man that hath done this [thing] shall
surely die:"
2 Samuel 12:6 "And he shall restore the
lamb fourfold, because he did this thing,
and because he had no pity."
2 Samuel 12:7 "And Nathan said to David,
Thou [art] the man. Thus saith the LORD God
of Israel, I anointed thee king over
Israel, and I delivered thee out of the
hand of Saul;"
2 Samuel 12:8 "And I gave thee thy master's
house, and thy master's wives into thy
bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel
and of Judah; and if [that had been] too
little, I would moreover have given unto
thee such and such things."
2 Samuel 12:9 "Wherefore hast thou despised
the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in
his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the
Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his
wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him
with the sword of the children of Ammon."
2 Samuel 12:10 "Now therefore the sword
shall never depart from thine house;
because thou hast despised me, and hast
taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be
thy wife."
2 Samuel 12:11 "Thus saith the LORD,
Behold, I will raise up evil against thee
out of thine own house, and I will take thy
wives before thine eyes, and give [them]
unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with
thy wives in the sight of this sun."
2 Samuel 12:12 "For thou didst [it]
secretly: but I will do this thing before
all Israel, and before the sun."
2 Samuel 12:13 "And David said unto Nathan,
I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan
said unto David, The LORD also hath put
away thy sin; thou shalt not die."
2 Samuel 12:14 "Howbeit, because by this
deed thou hast given great occasion to the
enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child
also [that is] born unto thee shall surely
die."
2 Samuel 12:15 "And Nathan departed unto
his house. And the LORD struck the child
that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it
was very sick."
2 Samuel 12:16 "David therefore besought
God for the child; and David fasted, and
went in, and lay all night upon the earth."
2 Samuel 12:17 "And the elders of his house
arose, [and went] to him, to raise him up
from the earth: but he would not, neither
did he eat bread with them."
2 Samuel 12:18 "And it came to pass on the
seventh day, that the child died. And the
servants of David feared to tell him that
the child was dead: for they said, Behold,
while the child was yet alive, we spake
unto him, and he would not hearken unto our
voice: how will he then vex himself, if we
tell him that the child is dead?"
2 Samuel 12:19 "But when David saw that his
servants whispered, David perceived that
the child was dead: therefore David said
unto his servants, Is the child dead? And
they said, He is dead."
2 Samuel 12:20 "Then David arose from the
earth, and washed, and anointed [himself],
and changed his apparel, and came into the
house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he
came to his own house; and when he
required, they set bread before him, and he
did eat."
2 Samuel 12:21 "Then said his servants unto
him, What thing [is] this that thou hast
done? thou didst fast and weep for the
child, [while it was] alive; but when the
child was dead, thou didst rise and eat
bread."
2 Samuel 12:22 "And he said, While the
child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for
I said, Who can tell [whether] GOD will be
gracious to me, that the child may live?"
2 Samuel 12:23 "But now he is dead,
wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him
back again? I shall go to him, but he shall
not return to me."
2 Samuel 12:24 "And David comforted
Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her,
and lay with her: and she bare a son, and
he called his name Solomon: and the LORD
loved him."
2 Samuel 12:25 "And he sent by the hand of
Nathan the prophet; and he called his name
Jedidiah, because of the LORD."
2 Samuel 12:26 "And Joab fought against
Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took
the royal city."
2 Samuel 12:27 "And Joab sent messengers to
David, and said, I have fought against
Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters."
2 Samuel 12:28 "Now therefore gather the
rest of the people together, and encamp
against the city, and take it: lest I take
the city, and it be called after my name."
2 Samuel 12:29 "And David gathered all the
people together, and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it, and took it."
2 Samuel 12:30 "And he took their king's
crown from off his head, the weight whereof
[was] a talent of gold with the precious
stones: and it was [set] on David's head.
And he brought forth the spoil of the city
in great abundance."
2 Samuel 12:31 "And he brought forth the
people that [were] therein, and put [them]
under saws, and under harrows of iron, and
under axes of iron, and made them pass
through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto
all the cities of the children of Ammon. So
David and all the people returned unto
Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 13
2 Samuel Chapter 13
2 Samuel 13:1 "And it came to pass after
this, that Absalom the son of David had a
fair sister, whose name [was] Tamar; and
Amnon the son of David loved her."
2 Samuel 13:2 "And Amnon was so vexed, that
he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she
[was] a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard
for him to do any thing to her."
2 Samuel 13:3 "But Amnon had a friend,
whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of
Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab [was]
a very subtil man."
2 Samuel 13:4 "And he said unto him, Why
[art] thou, [being] the king's son, lean
from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And
Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my
brother Absalom's sister."
2 Samuel 13:5 "And Jonadab said unto him,
Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself
sick: and when thy father cometh to see
thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my
sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and
dress the meat in my sight, that I may see
[it], and eat [it] at her hand."
2 Samuel 13:6 "So Amnon lay down, and made
himself sick: and when the king was come to
see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray
thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me
a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may
eat at her hand."
2 Samuel 13:8 "So Tamar went to her brother
Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And
she took flour, and kneaded [it], and made
cakes in his sight, and did bake the
cakes."
2 Samuel 13:9 "And she took a pan, and
poured [them] out before him; but he
refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out
all men from me. And they went out every
man from him."
2 Samuel 13:10 "And Amnon said unto Tamar,
Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may
eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes
which she had made, and brought [them] into
the chamber to Amnon her brother."
2 Samuel 13:11 "And when she had brought
[them] unto him to eat, he took hold of
her, and said unto her, Come lie with me,
my sister."
2 Samuel 13:12 "And she answered him, Nay,
my brother, do not force me; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israel: do not
thou this folly."
2 Samuel 13:13 "And I, whither shall I
cause my shame to go? And as for thee, thou
shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now
therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the
king; for he will not withhold me from
thee."
2 Samuel 13:14 "Howbeit he would not
hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger
than she, forced her, and lay with her."
2 Samuel 13:15 "Then Amnon hated her
exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith
he hated her [was] greater than the love
wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said
unto her, Arise, be gone."
2 Samuel 13:16 "And she said unto him,
[There is] no cause: this evil in sending
me away [is] greater than the other that
thou didst unto me. But he would not
hearken unto her."
2 Samuel 13:17 "Then he called his servant
that ministered unto him, and said, Put now
this [woman] out from me, and bolt the door
after her."
2 Samuel 13:18 "And [she had] a garment of
divers colors upon her: for with such robes
were the king's daughters [that were]
virgins appareled. Then his servant brought
her out, and bolted the door after her."
2 Samuel 13:19 "And Tamar put ashes on her
head, and rent her garment of divers colors
that [was] on her, and laid her hand on her
head, and went on crying."
2 Samuel 13:20 "And Absalom her brother
said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been
with thee? but hold now thy peace, my
sister: he [is] thy brother; regard not
this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in
her brother Absalom's house."
2 Samuel 13:21 "But when king David heard
of all these things, he was very wroth."
2 Samuel 13:22 "And Absalom spake unto his
brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for
Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced
his sister Tamar."
2 Samuel 13:23 "And it came to pass after
two full years, that Absalom had
sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which [is]
beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the
king's sons."
2 Samuel 13:24 "And Absalom came to the
king, and said, Behold now, thy servant
hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech
thee, and his servants go with thy
servant."
2 Samuel 13:25 "And the king said to
Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now
go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he
pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but
blessed him."
2 Samuel 13:26 "Then said Absalom, If not,
I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with
us. And the king said unto him, Why should
he go with thee?"
2 Samuel 13:27 "But Absalom pressed him,
that he let Amnon and all the king's sons
go with him."
2 Samuel 13:28 "Now Absalom had commanded
his servants, saying, Mark ye now when
Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when
I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him,
fear not: have not I commanded you? be
courageous, and be valiant."
2 Samuel 13:29 "And the servants of Absalom
did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded.
Then all the king's sons arose, and every
man gat him up upon his mule, and fled."
2 Samuel 13:30 "And it came to pass, while
they were in the way, that tidings came to
David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the
king's sons, and there is not one of them
left."
2 Samuel 13:31″ Then the king arose, and
tare his garments, and lay on the earth;
and all his servants stood by with their
clothes rent."
2 Samuel 13:32 "And Jonadab, the son of
Shimeah David's brother, answered and said,
Let not my lord suppose [that] they have
slain all the young men the king's sons;
for Amnon only is dead: for by the
appointment of Absalom this hath been
determined from the day that he forced his
sister Tamar."
2 Samuel 13:33 "Now therefore let not my
lord the king take the thing to his heart,
to think that all the king's sons are dead:
for Amnon only is dead."
2 Samuel 13:34 "But Absalom fled. And the
young man that kept the watch lifted up his
eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came
much people by the way of the hill side
behind him."
2 Samuel 13:35 "And Jonadab said unto the
king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy
servant said, so it is."
2 Samuel 13:36 "And it came to pass, as
soon as he had made an end of speaking,
that, behold, the king's sons came, and
lifted up their voice and wept: and the
king also and all his servants wept very
sore."
2 Samuel 13:37 "But Absalom fled, and went
to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of
Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son
every day."
2 Samuel 13:38 "So Absalom fled, and went
to Geshur, and was there three years."
2 Samuel 13:39 "And [the soul of] king
David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for
he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing
he was dead."
2 Samuel 14
2 Samuel Chapter 14
2 Samuel 14:1 "Now Joab the son of Zeruiah
perceived that the king's heart [was]
toward Absalom."
2 Samuel 14:2 "And Joab sent to Tekoah, and
fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto
her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a
mourner, and put on now mourning apparel,
and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as
a woman that had a long time mourned for
the dead:"
2 Samuel 14:3 "And come to the king, and
speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put
the words in her mouth."
2 Samuel 14:4 "And when the woman of Tekoah
spake to the king, she fell on her face to
the ground, and did obeisance, and said,
Help, O king."
2 Samuel 14:5 "And the king said unto her,
What aileth thee? And she answered, I [am]
indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is
dead."
2 Samuel 14:6 "And thy handmaid had two
sons, and they two strove together in the
field, and [there was] none to part them,
but the one smote the other, and slew him."
2 Samuel 14:7 "And, behold, the whole
family is risen against thine handmaid, and
they said, Deliver him that smote his
brother, that we may kill him, for the life
of his brother whom he slew; and we will
destroy the heir also: and so they shall
quench my coal which is left, and shall not
leave to my husband [neither] name nor
remainder upon the earth."
2 Samuel 14:9 "And the woman of Tekoah said
unto the king, My lord, O king, the
iniquity [be] on me, and on my father's
house: and the king and his throne [be]
guiltless."
2 Samuel 14:10 "And the king said,
Whosoever saith [ought] unto thee, bring
him to me, and he shall not touch thee any
more."
2 Samuel 14:11 "Then said she, I pray thee,
let the king remember the LORD thy God,
that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers
of blood to destroy any more, lest they
destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD
liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son
fall to the earth."
2 Samuel 14:12 "Then the woman said, Let
thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one]
word unto my lord the king. And he said,
Say on."
2 Samuel 14:13 "And the woman said,
Wherefore then hast thou thought such a
thing against the people of God? for the
king doth speak this thing as one which is
faulty, in that the king doth not fetch
home again his banished."
2 Samuel 14:14 "For we must needs die, and
[are] as water spilt on the ground, which
cannot be gathered up again; neither doth
God respect [any] person: yet doth he
devise means that his banished be not
expelled from him.
2 Samuel 14:15 "Now therefore that I am
come to speak of this thing unto my lord
the king, [it is] because the people have
made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I
will now speak unto the king; it may be
that the king will perform the request of
his handmaid."
2 Samuel 14:16 "For the king will hear, to
deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the
man [that would] destroy me and my son
together out of the inheritance of God."
2 Samuel 14:17 "Then thine handmaid said,
The word of my lord the king shall now be
comfortable: for as an angel of God, so
[is] my lord the king to discern good and
bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be
with thee."
2 Samuel 14:18 "Then the king answered and
said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I
pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee.
And the woman said, Let my lord the king
now speak."
2 Samuel 14:19 "And the king said, [Is not]
the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And
the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul
liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to
the right hand or to the left from ought
that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy
servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all
these words in the mouth of thine
handmaid:"
2 Samuel 14:20 "To fetch about this form of
speech hath thy servant Joab done this
thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to
the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all
[things] that [are] in the earth."
2 Samuel 14:21 "And the king said unto
Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing:
go therefore, bring the young man Absalom
again."
2 Samuel 14:22 "And Joab fell to the ground
on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked
the king: and Joab said, Today thy servant
knoweth that I have found grace in thy
sight, my lord, O king, in that the king
hath fulfilled the request of his servant."
2 Samuel 14:23 "So Joab arose and went to
Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 14:24 "And the king said, Let him
turn to his own house, and let him not see
my face. So Absalom returned to his own
house, and saw not the king's face."
2 Samuel 14:25 "But in all Israel there was
none to be so much praised as Absalom for
his beauty: from the sole of his foot even
to the crown of his head there was no
blemish in him."
2 Samuel 14:26 "And when he polled his
head, (for it was at every year's end that
he polled [it]: because [the hair] was
heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he
weighed the hair of his head at two hundred
shekels after the king's weight."
2 Samuel 14:27 "And unto Absalom there were
born three sons, and one daughter, whose
name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair
countenance."
2 Samuel 14:28 "So Absalom dwelt two full
years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's
face."
2 Samuel 14:29 "Therefore Absalom sent for
Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he
would not come to him: and when he sent
again the second time, he would not come."
2 Samuel 14:30 "Therefore he said unto his
servants, See, Joab's field is near mine,
and he hath barley there; go and set it on
fire. And Absalom's servants set the field
on fire."
2 Samuel 14:31 "Then Joab arose, and came
to Absalom unto [his] house, and said unto
him, Wherefore have thy servants set my
field on fire?"
2 Samuel 14:32 "And Absalom answered Joab,
Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come
hither, that I may send thee to the king,
to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur?
[it had been] good for me [to have been]
there still: now therefore let me see the
king's face; and if there be [any] iniquity
in me, let him kill me."
2 Samuel 14:33 "So Joab came to the king,
and told him: and when he had called for
Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed
himself on his face to the ground before
the king: and the king kissed Absalom."
2 Samuel 15
2 Samuel Chapter 15
2 Samuel 15:1 "And it came to pass after
this, that Absalom prepared him chariots
and horses, and fifty men to run before
him."
2 Samuel 15:2 "And Absalom rose up early,
and stood beside the way of the gate: and
it was [so], that when any man that had a
controversy came to the king for judgment,
then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of
what city [art] thou? And he said, Thy
servant [is] of one of the tribes of
Israel."
2 Samuel 15:3 "And Absalom said unto him,
See, thy matters [are] good and right; but
[there is] no man [deputed] of the king to
hear thee."
2 Samuel 15:4 "Absalom said moreover, Oh
that I were made judge in the land, that
every man which hath any suit or cause
might come unto me, and I would do him
justice!"
2 Samuel 15:5 "And it was [so], that when
any man came nigh [to him] to do him
obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took
him, and kissed him."
2 Samuel 15:6 "And on this manner did
Absalom to all Israel that came to the king
for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts
of the men of Israel."
2 Samuel 15:7 "And it came to pass after
forty years, that Absalom said unto the
king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my
vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in
Hebron."
2 Samuel 15:8 "For thy servant vowed a vow
while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying,
If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to
Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD."
2 Samuel 15:10 "But Absalom sent spies
throughout all the tribes of Israel,
saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the
trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom
reigneth in Hebron."
2 Samuel 15:11 "And with Absalom went two
hundred men out of Jerusalem, [that were]
called; and they went in their simplicity,
and they knew not any thing."
2 Samuel 15:12 "And Absalom sent for
Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor,
from his city, [even] from Giloh, while he
offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was
strong; for the people increased
continually with Absalom."
2 Samuel 15:13 "And there came a messenger
to David, saying, The hearts of the men of
Israel are after Absalom."
2 Samuel 15:14 "And David said unto all his
servants that [were] with him at Jerusalem,
Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not
[else] escape from Absalom: make speed to
depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and
bring evil upon us, and smite the city with
the edge of the sword."
2 Samuel 15:15 "And the king's servants
said unto the king, Behold, thy servants
[are ready to do] whatsoever my lord the
king shall appoint."
2 Samuel 15:16 "And the king went forth,
and all his household after him. And the
king left ten women, [which were]
concubines, to keep the house."
2 Samuel 15:17 "And the king went forth,
and all the people after him, and tarried
in a place that was far off."
2 Samuel 15:18 "And all his servants passed
on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and
all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites,
six hundred men which came after him from
Gath, passed on before the king."
2 Samuel 15:19 "Then said the king to Ittai
the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with
us? return to thy place, and abide with the
king: for thou [art] a stranger, and also
an exile."
2 Samuel 15:20 "Whereas thou camest [but]
yesterday, should I this day make thee go
up and down with us? seeing I go whither I
may, return thou, and take back thy
brethren: mercy and truth [be] with thee."
2 Samuel 15:21 "And Ittai answered the
king, and said, [As] the LORD liveth, and
[as] my lord the king liveth, surely in
what place my lord the king shall be,
whether in death or life, even there also
will thy servant be."
2 Samuel 15:22 "And David said to Ittai, Go
and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed
over, and all his men, and all the little
ones that [were] with him."
2 Samuel 15:23 "And all the country wept
with a loud voice, and all the people
passed over: the king also himself passed
over the brook Kidron, and all the people
passed over, toward the way of the
wilderness."
2 Samuel 15:24 "And lo Zadok also, and all
the Levites [were] with him, bearing the
ark of the covenant of God: and they set
down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up,
until all the people had done passing out
of the city."
2 Samuel 15:25 "And the king said unto
Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the
city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of
the LORD, he will bring me again, and show
me [both] it, and his habitation:"
2 Samuel 15:26 "But if he thus say, I have
no delight in thee; behold, [here am] I,
let him do to me as seemeth good unto him."
2 Samuel 15:27 "The king said also unto
Zadok the priest, [Art not] thou a seer?
return into the city in peace, and your two
sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and
Jonathan the son of Abiathar."
2 Samuel 15:28 "See, I will tarry in the
plain of the wilderness, until there come
word from you to certify me."
2 Samuel 15:29 "Zadok therefore and
Abiathar carried the ark of God again to
Jerusalem: and they tarried there."
2 Samuel 15:30 "And David went up by the
ascent of [mount] Olivet, and wept as he
went up, and had his head covered, and he
went barefoot: and all the people that
[was] with him covered every man his head,
and they went up, weeping as they went up."
2 Samuel 15:31 "And [one] told David,
saying, Ahithophel [is] among the
conspirators with Absalom. And David said,
O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of
Ahithophel into foolishness."
2 Samuel 15:32 "And it came to pass, that
[when] David was come to the top [of the
mount], where he worshipped God, behold,
Hushai the Archite came to meet him with
his coat rent, and earth upon his head:"
2 Samuel 15:33 "Unto whom David said, If
thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be
a burden upon me":
2 Samuel 15:34 "But if thou return to the
city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy
servant, O king; [as] I [have been] thy
father's servant hitherto, so [will] I now
also [be] thy servant: then mayest thou for
me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel."
2 Samuel 15:35 "And [hast thou] not there
with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?
therefore it shall be, [that] what thing
soever thou shalt hear out of the king's
house, thou shalt tell [it] to Zadok and
Abiathar the priests."
2 Samuel 15:36 "Behold, [they have] there
with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's
[son], and Jonathan Abiathar's [son]; and
by them ye shall send unto me every thing
that ye can hear."
2 Samuel 15:37 "So Hushai David's friend
came into the city, and Absalom came into
Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 16
2 Samuel Chapter 16
2 Samuel 16:1 "And when David was a little
past the top [of the hill], behold, Ziba
the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a
couple of asses saddled, and upon them two
hundred [loaves] of bread, and a hundred
bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer
fruits, and a bottle of wine."
2 Samuel 16:2 "And the king said unto Ziba,
What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said,
The asses [be] for the king's household to
ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for
the young men to eat; and the wine, that
such as be faint in the wilderness may
drink."
2 Samuel 16:3 "And the king said, And where
[is] thy master's son? And Ziba said unto
the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem:
for he said, Today shall the house of
Israel restore me the kingdom of my
father."
2 Samuel 16:4 "Then said the king to Ziba,
Behold, thine [are] all that [pertained]
unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly
beseech thee [that] I may find grace in thy
sight, my lord, O king."
2 Samuel 16:5 "And when king David came to
Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of
the family of the house of Saul, whose name
[was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came
forth, and cursed still as he came."
2 Samuel 16:6 "And he cast stones at David,
and at all the servants of king David: and
all the people and all the mighty men
[were] on his right hand and on his left."
2 Samuel 16:7 "And thus said Shimei when he
cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody
man, and thou man of Belial:"
2 Samuel 16:8 "The LORD hath returned upon
thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in
whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD
hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of
Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou [art
taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art]
a bloody man."
2 Samuel 16:9 "Then said Abishai the son of
Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead
dog curse my lord the king? let me go over,
I pray thee, and take off his head."
2 Samuel 16:10 "And the king said, What
have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?
so let him curse, because the LORD hath
said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then
say, Wherefore hast thou done so?"
2 Samuel 16:11 "And David said to Abishai,
and to all his servants, Behold, my son,
which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my
life: how much more now [may this]
Benjamite [do it]? let him alone, and let
him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him."
2 Samuel 16:12 "It may be that the LORD
will look on mine affliction, and that the
LORD will requite me good for his cursing
this day."
2 Samuel 16:13 "And as David and his men
went by the way, Shimei went along on the
hill's side over against him, and cursed as
he went, and threw stones at him, and cast
dust."
2 Samuel 16:14 "And the king, and all the
people that [were] with him, came weary,
and refreshed themselves there."
2 Samuel 16:15 "And Absalom, and all the
people the men of Israel, came to
Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him."
2 Samuel 16:16 "And it came to pass, when
Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was
come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto
Absalom, God save the king, God save the
king."
2 Samuel 16:17 "And Absalom said to Hushai,
[Is] this thy kindness to thy friend? why
wentest thou not with thy friend?"
2 Samuel 16:18 "And Hushai said unto
Absalom,
In answer to his questions.
2 Samuel 16:19 "And again, whom should I
serve? [should I] not [serve] in the
presence of his son? as I have served in
thy father's presence, so will I be in thy
presence."
2 Samuel 16:20 "Then said Absalom to
Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we
shall do."
2 Samuel 16:22 "So they spread Absalom a
tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom
went in unto his father's concubines in the
sight of all Israel."
2 Samuel 16:23 "And the counsel of
Ahithophel, which he counselled in those
days, [was] as if a man had inquired at the
oracle of God: so [was] all the counsel of
Ahithophel both with David and with
Absalom."
2 Samuel 17
2 Samuel Chapter 17
2 Samuel 17:1 "Moreover Ahithophel said
unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve
thousand men, and I will arise and pursue
after David this night:"
2 Samuel 17:2 "And I will come upon him
while he [is] weary and weak handed, and
will make him afraid: and all the people
that [are] with him shall flee; and I will
smite the king only:"
2 Samuel 17:3 "And I will bring back all
the people unto thee: the man whom thou
seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all
the people shall be in peace."
2 Samuel 17:4 "And the saying pleased
Absalom well, and all the elders of
Israel."
2 Samuel 17:5 "Then said Absalom, Call now
Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear
likewise what he saith."
2 Samuel 17:6 "And when Hushai was come to
Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying,
Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner:
shall we do [after] his saying? if not;
speak thou."
2 Samuel 17:7 "And Hushai said unto
Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath
given [is] not good at this time."
2 Samuel 17:8 "For, said Hushai, thou
knowest thy father and his men, that they
[be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in
their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps
in the field: and thy father [is] a man of
war, and will not lodge with the people."
2 Samuel 17:9 "Behold, he is hid now in
some pit, or in some [other] place: and it
will come to pass, when some of them be
overthrown at the first, that whosoever
heareth it will say, There is a slaughter
among the people that follow Absalom."
2 Samuel 17:10 "And he also [that is]
valiant, whose heart [is] as the heart of a
lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel
knoweth that thy father [is] a mighty man,
and [they] which [be] with him [are]
valiant men."
2 Samuel 17:11 "Therefore I counsel that
all Israel be generally gathered unto thee,
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand
that [is] by the sea for multitude; and
that thou go to battle in thine own
person."
2 Samuel 17:12 "So shall we come upon him
in some place where he shall be found, and
we will light upon him as the dew falleth
on the ground: and of him and of all the
men that [are] with him there shall not be
left so much as one."
2 Samuel 17:13 "Moreover, if he be gotten
into a city, then shall all Israel bring
ropes to that city, and we will draw it
into the river, until there be not one
small stone found there."
2 Samuel 17:14 "And Absalom and all the men
of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the
Archite [is] better than the counsel of
Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to
defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to
the intent that the LORD might bring evil
upon Absalom."
2 Samuel 17:15 "Then said Hushai unto Zadok
and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus
did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the
elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I
counselled."
2 Samuel 17:16 "Now therefore send quickly,
and tell David, saying, Lodge not this
night in the plains of the wilderness, but
speedily pass over; lest the king be
swallowed up, and all the people that [are]
with him."
2 Samuel 17:17 "Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz
stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be
seen to come into the city: and a wench
went and told them; and they went and told
king David."
2 Samuel 17:18 "Nevertheless a lad saw
them, and told Absalom: but they went both
of them away quickly, and came to a man's
house in Bahurim, which had a well in his
court; whither they went down."
2 Samuel 17:19 "And the woman took and
spread a covering over the well's mouth,
and spread ground corn thereon; and the
thing was not known."
2 Samuel 17:20 "And when Absalom's servants
came to the woman to the house, they said,
Where [is] Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the
woman said unto them, They be gone over the
brook of water. And when they had sought
and could not find [them], they returned to
Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 17:21 "And it came to pass, after
they were departed, that they came up out
of the well, and went and told king David,
and said unto David, Arise, and pass
quickly over the water: for thus hath
Ahithophel counselled against you."
2 Samuel 17:22 "Then David arose, and all
the people that [were] with him, and they
passed over Jordan: by the morning light
there lacked not one of them that was not
gone over Jordan."
2 Samuel 17:23 "And when Ahithophel saw
that his counsel was not followed, he
saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him
home to his house, to his city, and put his
household in order, and hanged himself, and
died, and was buried in the sepulcher of
his father."
2 Samuel 17:24 "Then David came to
Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan,
he and all the men of Israel with him."
2 Samuel 17:25 "And Absalom made Amasa
captain of the host instead of Joab: which
Amasa [was] a man's son, whose name [was]
Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail
the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah
Joab's mother."
2 Samuel 17:26 "So Israel and Absalom
pitched in the land of Gilead."
2 Samuel 17:27 "And it came to pass, when
David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the
son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of
Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of
Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of
Rogelim,"
2 Samuel 17:28 "Brought beds, and basins,
and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,
and flour, and parched [corn], and beans,
and lentiles, and parched [pulse],"
2 Samuel 17:29 "And honey, and butter, and
sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and
for the people that [were] with him, to
eat: for they said, The people [is] hungry,
and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."
2 Samuel 18
2 Samuel Chapter 18
2 Samuel 18:1 "And David numbered the
people that [were] with him, and set
captains of thousands and captains of
hundreds over them."
2 Samuel 18:2 "And David sent forth a third
part of the people under the hand of Joab,
and a third part under the hand of Abishai
the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a
third part under the hand of Ittai the
Gittite. And the king said unto the people,
I will surely go forth with you myself
also."
2 Samuel 18:3 "But the people answered,
Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee
away, they will not care for us; neither if
half of us die, will they care for us: but
now [thou art] worth ten thousand of us:
therefore now [it is] better that thou
succor us out of the city."
2 Samuel 18:4 "And the king said unto them,
What seemeth you best I will do. And the
king stood by the gate side, and all the
people came out by hundreds and by
thousands."
2 Samuel 18:5 "And the king commanded Joab
and Abishai and Ittai, saying, [Deal]
gently for my sake with the young man,
[even] with Absalom. And all the people
heard when the king gave all the captains
charge concerning Absalom."
2 Samuel 18:6 "So the people went out into
the field against Israel: and the battle
was in the wood of Ephraim;"
2 Samuel 18:7 "Where the people of Israel
were slain before the servants of David,
and there was there a great slaughter that
day of twenty thousand [men]."
2 Samuel 18:8 "For the battle was there
scattered over the face of all the country:
and the wood devoured more people that day
than the sword devoured."
2 Samuel 18:9 "And Absalom met the servants
of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and
the mule went under the thick boughs of a
great oak, and his head caught hold of the
oak, and he was taken up between the heaven
and the earth; and the mule that [was]
under him went away."
2 Samuel 18:10 "And a certain man saw [it],
and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
Absalom hanged in an oak.
2 Samuel 18:11 "And Joab said unto the man
that told him, And, behold, thou sawest
[him], and why didst thou not smite him
there to the ground? And I would have given
thee ten [shekels] of silver, and a
girdle."
2 Samuel 18:12 "And the man said unto Joab,
Though I should receive a thousand
[shekels] of silver in mine hand, [yet]
would I not put forth mine hand against the
king's son: for in our hearing the king
charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying,
Beware that none [touch] the young man
Absalom."
2 Samuel 18:13 "Otherwise I should have
wrought falsehood against mine own life:
for there is no matter hid from the king,
and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself
against [me]."
2 Samuel 18:14 "Then said Joab, I may not
tarry thus with thee. And he took three
darts in his hand, and thrust them through
the heart of Absalom, while he [was] yet
alive in the midst of the oak."
2 Samuel 18:15 "And ten young men that bare
Joab's armor compassed about and smote
Absalom, and slew him."
2 Samuel 18:16 "And Joab blew the trumpet,
and the people returned from pursuing after
Israel: for Joab held back the people."
2 Samuel 18:17 "And they took Absalom, and
cast him into a great pit in the wood, and
laid a very great heap of stones upon him:
and all Israel fled every one to his tent."
2 Samuel 18:18 "Now Absalom in his lifetime
had taken and reared up for himself a
pillar, which [is] in the king's dale: for
he said, I have no son to keep my name in
remembrance: and he called the pillar after
his own name: and it is called unto this
day, Absalom's place."
2 Samuel 18:19 "Then said Ahimaaz the son
of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king
tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him
of his enemies."
2 Samuel 18:20 "And Joab said unto him,
Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but
thou shalt bear tidings another day: but
this day thou shalt bear no tidings,
because the king's son is dead."
2 Samuel 18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go
tell the king what thou hast seen. And
Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
2 Samuel 18:22 "Then said Ahimaaz the son
of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever,
let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi.
And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my
son, seeing that thou hast no tidings
ready?"
2 Samuel 18:23 "But howsoever, [said he],
let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then
Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and
overran Cushi."
2 Samuel 18:24 "And David sat between the
two gates: and the watchman went up to the
roof over the gate unto the wall, and
lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold
a man running alone."
2 Samuel 18:25 "And the watchman cried, and
told the king. And the king said, If he
[be] alone, [there is] tidings in his
mouth. And he came apace, and drew near."
2 Samuel 18:26 "And the watchman saw
another man running: and the watchman
called unto the porter, and said, Behold
[another] man running alone. And the king
said, He also bringeth tidings."
2 Samuel 18:27 "And the watchman said, Me
thinketh the running of the foremost is
like the running of Ahimaaz the son of
Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a good
man, and cometh with good tidings."
2 Samuel 18:28 "And Ahimaaz called, and
said unto the king, All is well. And he
fell down to the earth upon his face before
the king, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD
thy God, which hath delivered up the men
that lifted up their hand against my lord
the king."
2 Samuel 18:29 "And the king said, Is the
young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz
answered, When Joab sent the king's
servant, and [me] thy servant, I saw a
great tumult, but I knew not what [it
was]."
2 Samuel 18:30 "And the king said [unto
him], Turn aside, [and] stand here. And he
turned aside, and stood still."
2 Samuel 18:31 "And, behold, Cushi came;
and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king:
for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of
all them that rose up against thee."
2 Samuel 18:32 "And the king said unto
Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And
Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the
king, and all that rise against thee to do
[thee] hurt, be as [that] young man [is]."
2 Samuel 18:33 "And the king was much
moved, and went up to the chamber over the
gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he
said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son
Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O
Absalom, my son, my son!"
2 Samuel 19
2 Samuel Chapter 19
2 Samuel 19:1 "And it was told Joab,
Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for
Absalom."
2 Samuel 19:2 "And the victory that day was
[turned] into mourning unto all the people:
for the people heard say that day how the
king was grieved for his son."
2 Samuel 19:3 "And the people gat them by
stealth that day into the city, as people
being ashamed steal away when they flee in
battle."
2 Samuel 19:4 "But the king covered his
face, and the king cried with a loud voice,
O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my
son!"
2 Samuel 19:5 "And Joab came into the house
to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed
this day the faces of all thy servants,
which this day have saved thy life, and the
lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and
the lives of thy wives, and the lives of
thy concubines;"
2 Samuel 19:6 "In that thou lovest thine
enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou
hast declared this day, that thou regardest
neither princes nor servants: for this day
I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and
all we had died this day, then it had
pleased thee well."
2 Samuel 19:7 "Now therefore arise, go
forth, and speak comfortably unto thy
servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou
go not forth, there will not tarry one with
thee this night: and that will be worse
unto thee than all the evil that befell
thee from thy youth until now."
2 Samuel 19:8 "Then the king arose, and sat
in the gate. And they told unto all the
people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit
in the gate. And all the people came before
the king: for Israel had fled every man to
his tent."
2 Samuel 19:9 "And all the people were at
strife throughout all the tribes of Israel,
saying, The king saved us out of the hand
of our enemies, and he delivered us out of
the hand of the Philistines; and now he is
fled out of the land for Absalom."
2 Samuel 19:10 "And Absalom, whom we
anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now
therefore why speak ye not a word of
bringing the king back?"
2 Samuel 19:11 "And king David sent to
Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why
are ye the last to bring the king back to
his house? seeing the speech of all Israel
is come to the king, [even] to his house."
2 Samuel 19:12 "Ye [are] my brethren, ye
[are] my bones and my flesh: wherefore then
are ye the last to bring back the king?"
2 Samuel 19:13 "And say ye to Amasa, [Art]
thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God
do so to me, and more also, if thou be not
captain of the host before me continually
in the room of Joab."
2 Samuel 19:15 "So the king returned, and
came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal,
to go to meet the king, to conduct the king
over Jordan."
2 Samuel 19:16 "And Shimei the son of Gera,
a Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted
and came down with the men of Judah to meet
king David."
2 Samuel 19:17 "And [there were] a thousand
men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the
servant of the house of Saul, and his
fifteen sons and his twenty servants with
him; and they went over Jordan before the
king."
2 Samuel 19:18 And there went over a ferry
boat to carry over the king's household,
and to do what he thought good. And Shimei
the son of Gera fell down before the king,
as he was come over Jordan; One trip with
the ferry boat, would not have carried this
large family of David over Jordan. It is
like most ferries, that make several trips
in a day. They made several trips to carry
them all over.
2 Samuel 19:19 "And said unto the king, Let
not my lord impute iniquity unto me,
neither do thou remember that which thy
servant did perversely the day that my lord
the king went out of Jerusalem, that the
king should take it to his heart."
2 Samuel 19:20 "For thy servant doth know
that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am
come the first this day of all the house of
Joseph to go down to meet my lord the
king."
2 Samuel 19:21 "But Abishai the son of
Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei
be put to death for this, because he cursed
the LORD'S anointed?"
2 Samuel 19:22 "And David said, What have I
to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye
should this day be adversaries unto me?
Shall there any man be put to death this
day in Israel? for do not I know that I
[am] this day king over Israel?"
2 Samuel 19:23 "Therefore the king said
unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the
king sware unto him."
2 Samuel 19:24 "And Mephibosheth the son of
Saul came down to meet the king, and had
neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his
beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day
the king departed until the day he came
[again] in peace."
2 Samuel 19:25 "And it came to pass, when
he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king,
that the king said unto him, Wherefore
wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?"
2 Samuel 19:26 "And he answered, My lord, O
king, my servant deceived me: for thy
servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that
I may ride thereon, and go to the king;
because thy servant [is] lame."
2 Samuel 19:27 "And he hath slandered thy
servant unto my lord the king; but my lord
the king [is] as an angel of God: do
therefore [what is] good in thine eyes."
2 Samuel 19:28 "For all [of] my father's
house were but dead men before my lord the
king: yet didst thou set thy servant among
them that did eat at thine own table. What
right therefore have I yet to cry any more
unto the king?"
2 Samuel 19:29 "And the king said unto him,
Why speakest thou any more of thy matters?
I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the
land."
2 Samuel 19:30 "And Mephibosheth said unto
the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch
as my lord the king is come again in peace
unto his own house."
2 Samuel 19:31 "And Barzillai the Gileadite
came down from Rogelim, and went over
Jordan with the king, to conduct him over
Jordan."
2 Samuel 19:32 "Now Barzillai was a very
aged man, [even] fourscore years old: and
he had provided the king of sustenance
while he lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] a
very great man."
2 Samuel 19:33 "And the king said unto
Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I
will feed thee with me in Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 19:34 "And Barzillai said unto the
king, How long have I to live, that I
should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?"
2 Samuel 19:35 "I [am] this day fourscore
years old: [and] can I discern between good
and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat
or what I drink? can I hear any more the
voice of singing men and singing women?
wherefore then should thy servant be yet a
burden unto my lord the king?"
2 Samuel 19:36 "Thy servant will go a
little way over Jordan with the king: and
why should the king recompense it me with
such a reward?"
2 Samuel 19:37 "Let thy servant, I pray
thee, turn back again, that I may die in
mine own city, [and be buried] by the grave
of my father and of my mother. But behold
thy servant Chimham; let him go over with
my lord the king; and do to him what shall
seem good unto thee."
2 Samuel 19:38 "And the king answered,
Chimham shall go over with me, and I will
do to him that which shall seem good unto
thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of
me, [that] will I do for thee."
2 Samuel 19:39 "And all the people went
over Jordan. And when the king was come
over, the king kissed Barzillai, and
blessed him; and he returned unto his own
place."
2 Samuel 19:40 "Then the king went on to
Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and
all the people of Judah conducted the king,
and also half the people of Israel."
2 Samuel 19:41 "And, behold, all the men of
Israel came to the king, and said unto the
king, Why have our brethren the men of
Judah stolen thee away, and have brought
the king, and his household, and all
David's men with him, over Jordan?"
2 Samuel 19:42 "And all the men of Judah
answered the men of Israel, Because the
king [is] near of kin to us: wherefore then
be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten
at all of the king's [cost]? Or hath he
given us any gift?"
2 Samuel 19:43 "And the men of Israel
answered the men of Judah, and said, We
have ten parts in the king, and we have
also more [right] in David than ye: why
then did ye despise us, that our advice
should not be first had in bringing back
our king? And the words of the men of Judah
were fiercer than the words of the men of
Israel."
2 Samuel 20
2 Samuel Chapter 20
2 Samuel 20:1 "And there happened to be
there a man of Belial, whose name [was]
Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and
he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no
part in David, neither have we inheritance
in the son of Jesse: every man to his
tents, O Israel."
2 Samuel 20:2 "So every man of Israel went
up from after David, [and] followed Sheba
the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah
clave unto their king, from Jordan even to
Jerusalem."
2 Samuel 20:3 "And David came to his house
at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten
women [his] concubines, whom he had left to
keep the house, and put them in ward, and
fed them, but went not in unto them. So
they were shut up unto the day of their
death, living in widowhood."
2 Samuel 20:4 "Then said the king to Amasa,
Assemble me the men of Judah within three
days, and be thou here present."
2 Samuel 20:5 "So Amasa went to assemble
[the men of] Judah: but he tarried longer
than the set time which he had appointed
him."
2 Samuel 20:6 "And David said to Abishai,
Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us
more harm than [did] Absalom: take thou thy
lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest
he get him fenced cities, and escape us."
2 Samuel 20:7 "And there went out after him
Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and
they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after
Sheba the son of Bichri."
2 Samuel 20:8 "When they [were] at the
great stone which [is] in Gibeon, Amasa
went before them. And Joab's garment that
he had put on was girded unto him, and upon
it a girdle [with] a sword fastened upon
his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he
went forth it fell out."
2 Samuel 20:9 "And Joab said to Amasa,
[Art] thou in health, my brother? And Joab
took Amasa by the beard with the right hand
to kiss him."
2 Samuel 20:10 "But Amasa took no heed to
the sword that [was] in Joab's hand: so he
smote him therewith in the fifth [rib], and
shed out his bowels to the ground, and
struck him not again; and he died. So Joab
and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba
the son of Bichri."
2 Samuel 20:11 "And one of Joab's men stood
by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab,
and he that [is] for David, [let him go]
after Joab."
2 Samuel 20:12 "And Amasa wallowed in blood
in the midst of the highway. And when the
man saw that all the people stood still, he
removed Amasa out of the highway into the
field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he
saw that every one that came by him stood
still."
2 Samuel 20:13 "When he was removed out of
the highway, all the people went on after
Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of
Bichri."
2 Samuel 20:14 "And he went through all the
tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to
Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they
were gathered together, and went also after
him."
2 Samuel 20:15 "And they came and besieged
him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast
up a bank against the city, and it stood in
the trench: and all the people that [were]
with Joab battered the wall, to throw it
down."
2 Samuel 20:16 "Then cried a wise woman out
of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you,
unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may
speak with thee."
2 Samuel 20:17 "And when he was come near
unto her, the woman said, [Art] thou Joab?
And he answered, I [am he]. Then she said
unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid.
And he answered, I do hear."
2 Samuel 20:18 "Then she spake, saying,
They were wont to speak in old time,
saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at
Abel: and so they ended [the matter]."
2 Samuel 20:19 "I [am one of them that are]
peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou
seekest to destroy a city and a mother in
Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the
inheritance of the LORD?"
2 Samuel 20:20 "And Joab answered and said,
Far be it, far be it from me, that I should
swallow up or destroy."
2 Samuel 20:21 "The matter [is] not so: but
a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of
Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand
against the king, [even] against David:
deliver him only, and I will depart from
the city. And the woman said unto Joab,
Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee
over the wall."
2 Samuel 20:22 "Then the woman went unto
all the people in her wisdom. And they cut
off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri,
and cast [it] out to Joab. And he blew a
trumpet, and they retired from the city,
every man to his tent. And Joab returned to
Jerusalem unto the king."
2 Samuel 20:23 "Now Joab [was] over all the
host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and
over the Pelethites:"
2 Samuel 20:24 "And Adoram [was] over the
tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud
[was] recorder:"
2 Samuel 20:25 "And Sheva [was] scribe: and
Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests:"
2 Samuel 20:26 "And Ira also the Jairite
was a chief ruler about David."
2 Samuel 21
2 Samuel Chapter 21
2 Samuel 21:1 "Then there was a famine in
the days of David three years, year after
year; and David inquired of the LORD. And
the LORD answered, [It is] for Saul, and
for [his] bloody house, because he slew the
Gibeonites."
2 Samuel 21:2 "And the king called the
Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the
Gibeonites [were] not of the children of
Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites;
and the children of Israel had sworn unto
them: and Saul sought to slay them in his
zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)"
2 Samuel 21:3 "Wherefore David said unto
the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you?
and wherewith shall I make the atonement,
that ye may bless the inheritance of the
LORD?"
2 Samuel 21:4 "And the Gibeonites said unto
him, We will have no silver nor gold of
Saul, nor of his house; neither for us
shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he
said, What ye shall say, [that] will I do
for you."
2 Samuel 21:5 "And they answered the king,
The man that consumed us, and that devised
against us [that] we should be destroyed
from remaining in any of the coasts of
Israel,"
2 Samuel 21:6 "Let seven men of his sons be
delivered unto us, and we will hang them up
unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, [whom] the
LORD did choose. And the king said, I will
give [them]."
2 Samuel 21:7 "But the king spared
Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son
of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that
[was] between them, between David and
Jonathan the son of Saul."
2 Samuel 21:8 "But the king took the two
sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom
she bare unto Saul, Armoni and
Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal
the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up
for Adriel the son of Barzillai the
Meholathite:"
2 Samuel 21:9 "And he delivered them into
the hands of the Gibeonites, and they
hanged them in the hill before the LORD:
and they fell [all] seven together, and
were put to death in the days of harvest,
in the first [days], in the beginning of
barley harvest."
2 Samuel 21:10 "And Rizpah the daughter of
Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her
upon the rock, from the beginning of
harvest until water dropped upon them out
of heaven, and suffered neither the birds
of the air to rest on them by day, nor the
beasts of the field by night."
2 Samuel 21:11 "And it was told David what
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine
of Saul, had done."
2 Samuel 21:12 "And David went and took the
bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his
son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which
had stolen them from the street of
Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged
them, when the Philistines had slain Saul
in Gilboa:"
2 Samuel 21:13 "And he brought up from
thence the bones of Saul and the bones of
Jonathan his son; and they gathered the
bones of them that were hanged."
2 Samuel 21:14 "And the bones of Saul and
Jonathan his son buried they in the country
of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulcher of
Kish his father: and they performed all
that the king commanded. And after that God
was entreated for the land."
2 Samuel 21:15 "Moreover the Philistines
had yet war again with Israel; and David
went down, and his servants with him, and
fought against the Philistines: and David
waxed faint."
2 Samuel 21:16 "And Ishbi-benob, which
[was] of the sons of the giant, the weight
of whose spear [weighed] three hundred
[shekels] of brass in weight, he being
girded with a new [sword], thought to have
slain David."
2 Samuel 21:17 "But Abishai the son of
Zeruiah succored him, and smote the
Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of
David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go
no more out with us to battle, that thou
quench not the light of Israel."
2 Samuel 21:18 "And it came to pass after
this, that there was again a battle with
the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the
Hushathite slew Saph, which [was] of the
sons of the giant."
2 Samuel 21:19 "And there was again a
battle in Gob with the Philistines, where
Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a
Beth-lehemite, slew [the brother of]
Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose
spear [was] like a weaver's beam."
2 Samuel 21:20 "And there was yet a battle
in Gath, where was a man of [great]
stature, that had on every hand six
fingers, and on every foot six toes, four
and twenty in number; and he also was born
to the giant."
2 Samuel 21:21 "And when he defied Israel,
Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of
David slew him."
2 Samuel 21:22 "These four were born to the
giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants."
2 Samuel 22
2 Samuel Chapter 22
2 Samuel 22:1 "And David spake unto the
LORD the words of this song in the day
[that] the LORD had delivered him out of
the hand of all his enemies, and out of the
hand of Saul:"
2 Samuel 22:2 "And he said, The LORD [is]
my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer;"
2 Samuel 22:3 "The God of my rock; in him
will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the
horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my
refuge, my savior; thou savest me from
violence."
2 Samuel 22:4 "I will call on the LORD,
[who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I
be saved from mine enemies."
2 Samuel 22:5 "When the waves of death
compassed me, the floods of ungodly men
made me afraid;"
2 Samuel 22:6 "The sorrows of hell
compassed me about; the snares of death
prevented me;"
2 Samuel 22:7 "In my distress I called upon
the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did
hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry
[did enter] into his ears."
2 Samuel 22:8 "Then the earth shook and
trembled; the foundations of heaven moved
and shook, because he was wroth."
2 Samuel 22:9 "There went up a smoke out of
his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
devoured: coals were kindled by it."
2 Samuel 22:10 "He bowed the heavens also,
and came down; and darkness [was] under his
feet."
2 Samuel 22:11 "And he rode upon a cherub,
and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings
of the wind."
2 Samuel 22:12 "And he made darkness
pavilions round about him, dark waters,
[and] thick clouds of the skies."
2 Samuel 22:13 "Through the brightness
before him were coals of fire kindled."
2 Samuel 22:14 "The LORD thundered from
heaven, and the most High uttered his
voice."
2 Samuel 22:15 "And he sent out arrows, and
scattered them; lightning, and discomfited
them."
2 Samuel 22:16 "And the channels of the sea
appeared, the foundations of the world were
discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at
the blast of the breath of his nostrils."
2 Samuel 22:17 "He sent from above, he took
me; he drew me out of many waters;"
2 Samuel 22:18 "He delivered me from my
strong enemy, [and] from them that hated
me: for they were too strong for me."
2 Samuel 22:19 "They prevented me in the
day of my calamity: but the LORD was my
stay."
2 Samuel 22:20 "He brought me forth also
into a large place: he delivered me,
because he delighted in me."
2 Samuel 22:21 "The LORD rewarded me
according to my righteousness: according to
the cleanness of my hands hath he
recompensed me."
2 Samuel 22:22 "For I have kept the ways of
the LORD, and have not wickedly departed
from my God."
2 Samuel 22:23 " For all his judgments
[were] before me: and [as for] his
statutes, I did not depart from them."
2 Samuel 22:24 "I was also upright before
him, and have kept myself from mine
iniquity."
2 Samuel 22:25 "Therefore the LORD hath
recompensed me according to my
righteousness; according to my cleanness in
his eye sight."
2 Samuel 22:26 "With the merciful thou wilt
show thyself merciful, [and] with the
upright man thou wilt show thyself
upright."
2 Samuel 22:27 "With the pure thou wilt
show thyself pure; and with the froward
thou wilt shew thyself unsavory."
2 Samuel 22:28 "And the afflicted people
thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon
the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring
[them] down."
2 Samuel 22:29 "For thou [art] my lamp, O
LORD: and the LORD will lighten my
darkness."
2 Samuel 22:30 "For by thee I have run
through a troop: by my God have I leaped
over a wall."
2 Samuel 22:31 "[As for] God, his way [is]
perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried:
he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in
him."
2 Samuel 22:32 "For who [is] God, save the
LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God?"
2 Samuel 22:33 "God [is] my strength [and]
power: And he maketh my way perfect."
2 Samuel 22:34 "He maketh my feet like
hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high
places."
2 Samuel 22:35 "He teacheth my hands to
war; so that a bow of steel is broken by
mine arms."
2 Samuel 22:36 "Thou hast also given me the
shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness
hath made me great."
2 Samuel 22:37 "Thou hast enlarged my steps
under me; so that my feet did not slip."
2 Samuel 22:38 I have pursued mine enemies,
and destroyed them; and turned not again
until I had consumed them.
2 Samuel 22:39 "And I have consumed them,
and wounded them, that they could not
arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet."
2 Samuel 22:40 "For thou hast girded me
with strength to battle: them that rose up
against me hast thou subdued under me."
2 Samuel 22:41 "Thou hast also given me the
necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy
them that hate me."
2 Samuel 22:42 "They looked, but [there
was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD,
but he answered them not."
2 Samuel 22:43 "Then did I beat them as
small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp
them as the mire of the street, [and] did
spread them abroad."
2 Samuel 22:44 "Thou also hast delivered me
from the strivings of my people, thou hast
kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a
people [which] I knew not shall serve me."
2 Samuel 22:45 "Strangers shall submit
themselves unto me: as soon as they hear,
they shall be obedient unto me."
2 Samuel 22:46 "Strangers shall fade away,
and they shall be afraid out of their close
places."
2 Samuel 22:47 "The LORD liveth; and
blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the
God of the rock of my salvation."
2 Samuel 22:48 "It [is] God that avengeth
me, and that bringeth down the people under
me,"
2 Samuel 22:49 "And that bringeth me forth
from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me
up on high above them that rose up against
me: thou hast delivered me from the violent
man."
2 Samuel 22:50 "Therefore I will give
thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the
heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy
name."
2 Samuel 22:51 "[He is] the tower of
salvation for his king: and showeth mercy
to his anointed, unto David, and to his
seed for evermore."
2 Samuel 23
2 Samuel Chapter 23
2 Samuel 23:1 "Now these [be] the last
words of David. David the son of Jesse
said, and the man [who was] raised up on
high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and
the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,"
2 Samuel 23:2 'The spirit of the LORD spake
by me, and his word [was] in my tongue."
2 Samuel 23:3 "The God of Israel said, the
Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth
over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear
of God."
2 Samuel 23:4 "And [he shall be] as the
light of the morning, [when] the sun
riseth, [even] a morning without clouds;
[as] the tender grass [springing] out of
the earth by clear shining after rain."
2 Samuel 23:5 "Although my house [be] not
so with God; yet he hath made with me an
everlasting covenant, ordered in all
[things], and sure: for [this is] all my
salvation, and all [my] desire, although he
make [it] not to grow."
2 Samuel 23:6 "But [the sons] of Belial
[shall be] all of them as thorns thrust
away, because they cannot be taken with
hands:"
2 Samuel 23:7 "But the man [that] shall
touch them must be fenced with iron and the
staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly
burned with fire in the [same] place."
2 Samuel 23:8 "These [be] the names of the
mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite
that sat in the seat, chief among the
captains; the same [was] Adino the Eznite:
[he lift up his spear] against eight
hundred, whom he slew at one time."
2 Samuel 23:9 "And after him [was] Eleazar
the son of Dodo the Ahohite, [one] of the
three mighty men with David, when they
defied the Philistines [that] were there
gathered together to battle, and the men of
Israel were gone away:"
2 Samuel 23:10 "He arose, and smote the
Philistines until his hand was weary, and
his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD
wrought a great victory that day; and the
people returned after him only to spoil."
2 Samuel 23:11 "And after him [was] Shammah
the son of Agee the Hararite. And the
Philistines were gathered together into a
troop, where was a piece of ground full of
lentiles: and the people fled from the
Philistines."
2 Samuel 23:12 "But he stood in the midst
of the ground, and defended it, and slew
the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a
great victory."
2 Samuel 23:13 "And three of the thirty
chief went down, and came to David in the
harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and
the troop of the Philistines pitched in the
valley of Rephaim."
2 Samuel 23:14 "And David [was] then in an
hold, and the garrison of the Philistines
[was] then [in] Beth-lehem."
2 Samuel 23:15 "And David longed, and said,
Oh that one would give me drink of the
water of the well of Beth-lehem, which [is]
by the gate!"
2 Samuel 23:16 "And the three mighty men
brake through the host of the Philistines,
and drew water out of the well of
Beth-lehem, that [was] by the gate, and
took [it], and brought [it] to David:
nevertheless he would not drink thereof,
but poured it out unto the LORD."
2 Samuel 23:17 "And he said, Be it far from
me, O LORD, that I should do this: [is not
this] the blood of the men that went in
jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would
not drink it. These things did these three
mighty men."
2 Samuel 23:18 "And Abishai, the brother of
Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among
three. And he lifted up his spear against
three hundred, [and] slew [them], and had
the name among three."
2 Samuel 23:19 "Was he not most honorable
of three? therefore he was their captain:
howbeit he attained not unto the [first]
three."
2 Samuel 23:20 "And Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of
Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew
two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also
and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in
time of snow:"
2 Samuel 23:21 "And he slew an Egyptian, a
goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in
his hand; but he went down to him with a
staff, and plucked the spear out of the
Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own
spear."
2 Samuel 23:22 "These [things] did Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among
three mighty men."
2 Samuel 23:23 "He was more honorable than
the thirty, but he attained not to the
[first] three. And David set him over his
guard."
2 Samuel 23:24 "Asahel the brother of Joab
[was] one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of
Dodo of Beth-lehem,"
2 Samuel 23:25 "Shammah the Harodite, Elika
the Harodite,"
2 Samuel 23:26 "Helez the Paltite, Ira the
son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,"
2 Samuel 23:27 "Abi-ezer the Anethothite,
Mebunnai the Hushathite,"
2 Samuel 23:28 "Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai
the Netophathite,"
2 Samuel 23:29 "Heleb the son of Baanah, a
Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of
Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,"
2 Samuel 23:30 "Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,"
2 Samuel 23:31 "Abi-albon the Arbathite,
Azmaveth the Barhumite,"
2 Samuel 23:32 "Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of
the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,"
2 Samuel 23:33 "Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam
the son of Sharar the Hararite,"
2 Samuel 23:34 "Eliphelet the son of
Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam
the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,"
2 Samuel 23:35 "Hezrai the Carmelite,
Paarai the Arbite,"
2 Samuel 23:36 "Igal the son of Nathan of
Zobah, Bani the Gadite,"
2 Samuel 23:37 "Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari
the Beerothite, armor-bearer to Joab the
son of Zeruiah,"
2 Samuel 23:38 "Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an
Ithrite,"
2 Samuel 23:39 "Uriah the Hittite: thirty
and seven in all."
2 Samuel 24
2 Samuel Chapter 24
2 Samuel 24:1 "And again the anger of the
LORD was kindled against Israel, and he
moved David against them to say, Go, number
Israel and Judah."
2 Samuel 24:3 "And Joab said unto the king,
Now the LORD thy God add unto the people,
how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and
that the eyes of my lord the king may see
[it]: but why doth my lord the king delight
in this thing?"
2 Samuel 24:4 "Notwithstanding the king's
word prevailed against Joab, and against
the captains of the host. And Joab and the
captains of the host went out from the
presence of the king, to number the people
of Israel."
2 Samuel 24:5 "And they passed over Jordan,
and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of
the city that [lieth] in the midst of the
river of Gad, and toward Jazer:"
2 Samuel 24:6 "Then they came to Gilead,
and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they
came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,"
2 Samuel 24:7 "And came to the strong hold
of Tyre, and to all the cities of the
Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they
went out to the south of Judah, [even] to
Beer-sheba."
2 Samuel 24:8 "So when they had gone
through all the land, they came to
Jerusalem at the end of nine months and
twenty days."
2 Samuel 24:9 "And Joab gave up the sum of
the number of the people unto the king: and
there were in Israel eight hundred thousand
valiant men that drew the sword; and the
men of Judah [were] five hundred thousand
men."
2 Samuel 24:10 "And David's heart smote him
after that he had numbered the people. And
David said unto the LORD, I have sinned
greatly in that I have done: and now, I
beseech thee, O LORD, take away the
iniquity of thy servant; for I have done
very foolishly."
2 Samuel 24:11 "For when David was up in
the morning, the word of the LORD came unto
the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,"
2 Samuel 24:13 "So Gad came to David, and
told him, and said unto him, Shall seven
years of famine come unto thee in thy land?
Or wilt thou flee three months before thine
enemies, while they pursue thee? or that
there be three days' pestilence in thy
land? Now advise, and see what answer I
shall return to him that sent me."
2 Samuel 24:14 "And David said unto Gad, I
am in a great strait: let us fall now into
the hand of the LORD; for his mercies [are]
great: and let me not fall into the hand of
man."
2 Samuel 24:15 "So the LORD sent a
pestilence upon Israel from the morning
even to the time appointed: and there died
of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba
seventy thousand men."
2 Samuel 24:16 "And when the angel
stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to
destroy it, the LORD repented him of the
evil, and said to the angel that destroyed
the people, It is enough: stay now thine
hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the
threshing place of Araunah the Jebusite."
2 Samuel 24:17 "And David spake unto the
LORD when he saw the angel that smote the
people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I
have done wickedly: but these sheep, what
have they done? let thine hand, I pray
thee, be against me, and against my
father's house."
2 Samuel 24:19 "And David, according to the
saying of Gad, went up as the LORD
commanded."
2 Samuel 24:20 "And Araunah looked, and saw
the king and his servants coming on toward
him: and Araunah went out, and bowed
himself before the king on his face upon
the ground."
2 Samuel 24:21 "And Araunah said, Wherefore
is my lord the king come to his servant?
And David said, To buy the threshing floor
of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD,
that the plague may be stayed from the
people."
2 Samuel 24:22 "And Araunah said unto
David, Let my lord the king take and offer
up what [seemeth] good unto him: behold,
[here be] oxen for burnt sacrifice, and
threshing instruments and [other]
instruments of the oxen for wood."
2 Samuel 24:23 "All these [things] did
Araunah, [as] a king, give unto the king.
And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD
thy God accept thee."
2 Samuel 24:24 "And the king said unto
Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of
thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt
offerings unto the LORD my God of that
which doth cost me nothing. So David bought
the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty
shekels of silver."
2 Samuel 24:25 "And David built there an
altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD
was entreated for the land, and the plague
was stayed from Israel."
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