of Israel answered the men of Judah and said We have ten parts in the king and we have also more right in David then ye why then dâ—d ye †Heb. set us at â—ight 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 then the words of the men of Israel CHAP. XX. 1 By occasion of the quarrel Sheba maketh a party in Israel 3 Davids ten concubines are shut up in perpetual prâ—son 4 Amasa made captain over Judah is slain by Jâ—ab 14 Joab pursueth Sheba unto Abel 16 A wise woman saveth the city by Sheba's head 23 Davids officers ANd there hapned to be there a man of Belial whose name was Sheba the son of Bâ—chri 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 So every man of Israel went up from after David and followed Sheba the son of Bâ—chri but the men of Judah clave unto their king from Jordan even to Jerusalem 3 ¶ And David came to his house at Jerusalem and the king took the ten women his * Chap. 16.22 concubines whom he had left to keep the house and put them in †Heb. a house of ward ward and fed them but went not in unto them so they were †Heb. bound shut up unto the day of their death †Heb. in widowhood of life living in widowhood 4 ¶ Then said the king to Amasa †Heb. Call Assemble me the men of Judah within three days and be thou here present 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah but he tarried longer then the set time which he had appointed him 6 And David said to Abishai Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm then did Absalom take thou thy lords servants and pursue after him lest he get him fenced cities and †Heb. deliver himself from our eyes escape us 7 And there went out after him Joabs men and the * Chap. 8.18 Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the mighty men and they went out of Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon Amasa went before them and Joabs garment that he had put on was girded unto him and upon it a girdle with a sword fastned upon his loyns in the sheath thereof and as he went forth it fell out 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 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joabs hand so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib and shed out his bowels to the ground and †Heb. dâ—ubled not 〈◊〉 stroke strook him not again and he died so Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri 11 And one of Joabs men stood by him and said He that favoureth Joab and he that is for David let him go after Joab 12 And Amasa wallowed in bloud in the midst of the high-way and when the man saw that all the people stood still he removed Amasa out of the high-way into the field and cast a cloth upon him when be saw that every one that came by him stood still 13 When he was removed oâ—t of the high-way all the people went on after Joab to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri 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 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah and they cast up a bank against the city and ‖ Or it stoâ—◠〈◊〉 the outmost 〈◊〉 it stood in the trench and all the people that were with Joab †Heb. â—â—â—ed to â—â—row down battered the wall to throw it down 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 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 woâ—ds of thine hand-maid And he answered I do hear 18 Then she spake saying ‖ Or Tâ—â—â—â—â—ainly spake in the beginning sayinâ— Surely they will ask of Abel and so make an end They were wont to speak in old time saying They shall surely ask counsel at Abel and so they ended 〈◊〉 matter 19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel thou seekeâ—t to destroy a city and a mother in Israel why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD 20 And Joab answered and said Far be it far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy 21 The matter is not so but a man of mount Ephraim Sheba the 〈◊〉 of Bichri †Heb. by 〈◊〉 name by name hath lift up his hand against the king even against David deliver him onely and I will depart from the câ—ty And the woman said unto Joab Behold his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall 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 †Heb. were sâ—aâ—â—â—â—ed retired from the city every man to his tent and Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king 23 ¶ Now * Chap. 8.16 Joab was over all the host of Israel and Benaiâ—h the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethâ—tes and over the Pelethites 24 And Adoram was over the tribute and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was ‖ Or remâ—mbrancâ—â— recorder 25 And Sheva was scribe and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests 26 And Ira also the Jairite was ‖ Or a 〈◊〉 a chief ruler about David CHAP. XXI 1 The three years famine for the Gibeonites cease by hangint seven of Sâ—uls sons 10 Râ—zpahs kindness unto the dead 12 David burieth the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his fathâ—rs sepulchre 15 Four battels against the Philistines wherein four vâ—liants of David slay four giants THen there was a famine in the days of David three yâ—ars year after year and David †Heb. sâ—uâ—â—t the faâ—e c. enquired of the LORD And the LORD answered It is for Saul and for his bloudy house because he â—lew the Gibeonites 2 And the king called the Gibeonites and said unto them now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel but * Josh 9.3 16 17. of the remnant of the Amorâ—tes 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 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites What
said Because thou hast hearkned unto the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying Thou shalt not eat of it cursed is the ground for thy sake in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it †Heb. cause to bud bring â—orth to thee and thou shalt eat the herb oâ— the field 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return unto the ground for out of it wast thou taken for duâ—t thou art and unto dust shalt thou return 20 And Adam called his wives name †Heb. Chavaâ— Eve because she was the mother oâ— all living 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins and clothed them 22 ¶ And the LORD God said Behold the man is become as one of us to know good and evil And now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live for ever 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden to till the ground from whence he was taken 24 So he drove out the man and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life CHAP. IV. 1 The birth trade and religion of Cain and Abel 8 The murder of Abel 11 The curse of Cain 17 Enoch the first city 19 Lamech and his two wives 25 The birth of Seth 26 and Enos ANd Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived and bare Cain and said I have gotten a man from the LORD 2 And she again bare his brother †Heb. Hebel Abel And Abel was †Heb. a feeder a keeper of sheep but Cain was a tiller of the ground 3 And †Heb. at the end of daâ—s in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD 4 And Abel he also brought of the firstlings of his †Heb. shâ—ep or goats flock and of the fat thereof And the LORD had * Heb. 11.4 respect unto Abel and to his offering 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect And Cain was very wroth and his countenance fell 6 And the LORD said unto Cain Why art thou wroth and why is thy countenance fallen 7 If thou doest well shalt thou not ‖ Or have the excellency be accepted and if thou doest not well sin lieth at the door And ‖ Or subject unto thee unto thee shall be his desire and thou shalt rule over him 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother and it came to pass when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and * Wisd 10.3 Mat. 23.35 1 Joh. 3.12 Jude 11. slew him 9 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain Where is Abel thy brother and he said I know not Am I my brothers keeper 10 And he said What hast thou done the voice of thy brothers †Heb. blouds bloud crieth unto me from the ground 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brothers bloud from thy hand 12 When thou tillest the ground it shall not henceforth yeeld unto thee her strength A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth 13 And Cain said unto the LORD ‖ Or mine iniquitâ— is greater then that it may be forgiven My punishment is greater then I can bear 14 Behold thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth and from thy face shall I be hid and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth and it shall come to pass that every one that findeth me shall slay me 15 And the LORD said unto him Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain vengeance shall be taken on him seven-fold And the LORD set a mark upon Cain lest any finding him should kill him 16 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the East of Eden 17 And Cain knew his wife and she conceived and bare †Heb. Câ—anoch Enoch and he builded a city and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad and Irad begat Mehujael and Mehujael begat Methusael and Methusael begat †Heb. Lemeâ—h Lamech 19 ¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives the name of the one was Adah and the name of the other Zillah 20 And Adah bare Jabal he was the father of such as dwell in tents and of such as have cattel 21 And his brothers name was Jubal he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ 22 And Zillah she also bare Tubal-cain an †Heb. whetter instructer of every artificer in brass and iron and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naâ—mah 23 And Lamech said unto his wives Adah and Zillah Hear my voice ye wives of Lamech hearken unto my speech for ‖ Or I would slay a man in my would c. I have slain a man to my wounding and a young man ‖ Or in my hurt to my hurt 24 If Cain shall be avenged seven fold truly Lamech seventy and seven-fold 25 ¶ And Adam â—new his wife again and she 〈◊〉 a son and called his name †Heb. Sâ—eth Seth For God said she hath appoâ—â—â—â—â— me another seed in stead of Abel whom Cain slew 26 And to Seth to him also there was born a son and he called his name †Heb. Enosh Enos then began men ‖ Or to call themselves by the name of the LORD to call upon the name of the LORD CHAP. V. 1 The genealogie age and death of the Patriarchs from Adam unto Noah 24 The godliness and translation of Enoch THis is the * 1 Chr. 1.1 book of the generations of Adam In the day that God created men in the * Wisd 2.23 likeness of God made he him 2 Male and female created he them and blessed them and called their name Adam in the day when they were created 3 ¶ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years and begat a son in his own likeness after his image and called his name Seth. 4 * 1 Chr. 1.1 c. And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years and he begat sons and daughters 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years and he dyed 6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years and begat Enos 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years and begat sons and daughters 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years and he dyed 9 ¶ And Enos lived ninety years and begat †Heb. Kenan Cainan 10 And Enos lived after
the one half of their beardâ— and cut off their garments in the middle even to their buttocks and sent them away 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 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 7 And when David heard of it he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men 8 And the children of Ammon came out and put the battel in aray at the entring in of the gate and the Syrians of Zoba and of Rehob and Ish-tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battel was against him before and behinde he chose of all the choice men of Israel and put them in aray against the Syrians 10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother that he might put them in aray against the children of Ammon 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 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 13 And Joab drew nigh and the people that were with him unto the battel against the Syrians and they fled before him 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled then fled they also before Abishai and entred into the city so Joab returned from the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem 15 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel they gathered themselves together 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 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 aray against David and fought with him 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians and fourty thousand horsâ—men and smote Shobach the captain of their host who died there 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 CHAP. XI 1 While Joab besieged Rabbah David committeth adultery with Bath-sheba 6Vriah sent for by David to cover the adultery would not go home neither soler nor drunken 14 He carrieth to Joab the Letter of his death 18 Joab sendeth the news thereof to David 26 David taketh Bath-sheba to wife ANd it came to pass that †Heb. at the return of the year after the year was expired at the time when kings go forth to battel that * 1 Chr. 20.1 David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel and they destroved the children of Ammon and besieged Rabbah but David tarried still at Jerusalem 2 ¶ And it came to paâ—s in an evening-tide that David arose from off his bed and walked upon the roof of the kings house and from the roof he saw a woman washing her self and the woman was very beautiful to look upon 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman and one said Is not this Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam the wife of Uriah the Hittite 4 And David sent messengers and took her and she came in unto him and he lay with her ‖ Or and when she had purified her self c. she returned for she was * Lev. 15.19 18.19 purified from her uncleanness and she returned unto her house 5 And the woman conceived and sent and told David and said I am with childe 6 ¶ And David sent to Joab saying send me Uriah the Hittite And Joab sent Uriah to David 7 And when Uriah was come unto him David demanded of him †Heb. of the peace of c. how Joab did and how the people did and how the war prospered 8 And David said to Uriah Go down to thy house and wash thy feet And Uriah departed out of the kings house and there †Heb. went out after him followed him a mess of meat from the king 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the kings house with all the servants of his lord and went not down to his house 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 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 12 And David said to Uriah Tarry here to day also and to morrow I will let thee depart So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow 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 14 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah 15 And he wrote in the letter saying Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the †Heb. strong hottest battel and retire ye †Heb. from aftâ—â— him from him that he may be finitten and die 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 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 18 ¶ Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war 19 And charged the messenger saying When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king 20 And it so be that the kings 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 21 Who smote * Judgâ—â— 9. â—3 Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth did not a woman cast a piece of a milstone 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 22 ¶ So the messenger went and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for 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 entring of the gate 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants and some of the kings servants be dead and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also 25 Then David said unto the messenger Thus shalt thou say unto Joab Let not this thing †Heb. be evil in thine â—â—es displease thee for the sword devoureth †Heb. so and such one as well as another make thy battel more strong against the city and overthrow it and encourage thou him 25 ¶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead she mourned for her husband 27 And when the mourning was past David sent and fet her to his house and she became his wife and bare him a son but the thing that David had done †Heb. was evil in the eyes of displeased the LORD CHAP. XII 1 Nathans parable of the ew-lamb causeth David to be his own judge 7 David reproved by Nathan confesseth his sin and is pardoned 15 David mourneth and prayeth for the childe while it lived 24 Solomon is born and named Jedidiah 26 David taketh Rabbah and tortureth the people thereof 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 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds 3 But the poor man had nothing save one little ew-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 †Heb. morsel meat and drank of his own cup and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter 4 And there came a traveller 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 mans lamb and dressed it for the man that was come to him 5 And Davids anger was greatly kindled against the man and he said to Nathan As the LORD liveth the man that hath done this thing ‖ Or is worthy to die shall surely die 6 And he shall restore the lamb * Ex. 22.1 fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity 7 ¶ And Nathan said to David Thou art the man Thus saith the LORD God of Israel I * 1 Sam. 16.13 anointed thee king over Israel and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul 8 And I gave thee thy masters house and thy masters 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 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 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 11 Thus saith the LORD Behold I will raise up evil against thee our of thine own house and I will * Deut. 28 3â— Ch. 16.22 take thy wives before thine eyes and give them unto thy neighbour and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun 12 For thou didst it secretly but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun 13 And David said unto Nathan I have sinned against the LORD And Nathan said unto David * Ecclus 47.11 The LORD also hath put away thy sin thou shalt not die 14 Howbeit because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme the childe also that is born unto thee shall surely die 15 ¶ And Nathan departed unto his house and the LORD strook the childe that Uriahs wife bare unto David and it was very sick 16 David therefore besought God for the childe and David †Heb. fasted a fast fasted and went in and lay all night upon the earth 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 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the childe died and the servants of David feared to tell him that the childe was dead for they said Behold while the childe was yet alive we spake unto him and he would not hearken unto our voice how will he then †Heb. do hurt vex himself if we tell him that the childe is dead 19 But when David saw that his servants whispered David perceived that the childe was dead therefore David said unto his servants Is the childe dead And they said He is dead 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 21 Then said his fervants unto him What thing is this that thou hast done thou didst fast and weep for the childe while it was alive but when the childe was dead thou didst rise and eat bread 22 And he said While the childe was yet alive I fasted and wept for I said Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me that the childe may live 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 24 ¶ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife and went in unto her and lay with her and * Mat. 1.6 she bare a son and * 1 Chr. 22.9 he called his name Solomon and the LORD loved him 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet and he called his name ‖ That is Beloved of the Lord Jedidiah because of the LORD 26 ¶ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon and took the royal city 27 And Joab sent messengers to David and said I have fought against Rabbah and have taken the city of waters 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together and encamp against the city and take it lest I take the city and †Heb. my name be called upon it it be called after my name 29 And David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it 30 * 1 Chr. 20.2 And he took their kings
what is in his mouth what he saith 6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom Absalom spake unto him saying Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner shall we do after his †Heb. word saying If not speak thou 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom The counsel that Ahithophel hath †Heb. counselled given is not good at this time 8 For said Hushai thou knowest thy father and his men that they be mighty men and they be †Heb. bitter of sâ—ul 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 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 †Heb. faln overthrown at the first that whosoever heareth it will say There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom 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 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 †Heb. that thy face or presence go c. that thou go to battel in thine own person 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 13 Moreover if he be gotten into a city then shall all Israel bring rope to that city and we will draw it into the river until there be not one small stone found there 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better then the counsel of Ahithophel for the LORD had †Heb. commanded appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom 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 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 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 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them and told Absalom but they went both of them away quickly and came to a mans house in Bahurim which had a well in his court whither they went down 19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the wells mouth and spread ground corn thereon and the thing was not known 20 And when Absaloms 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 finde them they returned to Jerusalem 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 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 23 ¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not †Heb. done followed he saddled his ass and arose and gat him home to his house to his city and †Heb. gave charge concerning his house put his houshold in order and hanged himself and died and was buried in the sepulchre of his father 24 Then David came to Mahanaim and Absalom passed over Jordan he and all the men of Israel with him 25 ¶ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab which Amasa was a mans son whose name was Ithra an Israelite that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash sister to Zeruiah Joabs mother 26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead 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 28 Brought beds and ‖ Or cups basons and earthen vessels and wheat and barley and flour and parched corn and beans and lentiles and parched pulse 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 CHAP. XVIII 1 David viewing the armies in their march giveth them charge of Absalom 6 The Israelites are sore smitten in the wood of Ephaim 9 Absalom hanging in an oak is slain by Joab and cast into a pit 18 Absaloms place 19 Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tiâ—ings to David 33 David mourneth for Absalom ANd David numbred the people that were with him and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them 2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab and a third part under the hand of Aâ—â—shai the son of Zeruiah Joabs brother and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gâ—ttite and the king said unto the people I will surely go forth with you my self also 3 But the people answered Thou shalt not go forth for if we flee away they will not †Heb. set their heart on us care for us neither if half of us die will they care for us but now thou art †Heb. as ten thousand of us worth ten thousand of us therefore now it is better that thou †Heb. be to succour succour us out of the city 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 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 6 ¶ So the people went out into the field against Israel and the battel was in the wood of Ephraim 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 8 For the battel was there scattered over the face of all the countrey and the wood †Heb. multiplied to devour devoured more people that day
then the sword devoured 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 10 And a certain man saw it and told Joab and said Behold I saw Absalom hanged in an oak 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 12 And the man said unto Joab Though I should †Heb. weigh upon mine hand receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand yet would I not put forth mine hand against the kings son for in our hearing the king charged thee Abishai and Ittai saying †Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of c. Beware that none touch the young man Absalom 13 Otherwise I should have wrought falshood against mine own life for there is no matter hid from the king and thou thy self wouldest have set thy self against me 14 Then said Joab I may not tarry thus †Heb. before thee 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 †Heb. hurt midst of the oak 15 And ten young men that bare Joabs armour compassed about and smote Absalom and slew him 16 And Joab blew the trumpet and the people returned from pursuing after Israel for Joab held back the people 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 18 ¶ Now Absalom in his life-time had taken and reared up for himself a pillar which is in * Gen. 14.17 the kings 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 Absaloms place 19 ¶ Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok Let me now run and bear the king tidings how that the LORD hath †Heb. judged him from the hand c. avenged him of his enemies 20 And Joab said unto him Thou shalt not †Heb. be a man of tidings bear tidings this day but thou shalt bear tidings another day but this day thou shalt bear no tidings because the kings son is dead 21 Then said Joab to Cushi Go tell the king what thou hast seen And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab and ran 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab But †Heb. be what may 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 ‖ Or convenient ready 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 24 And David sat between the two gates and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall and lift up his eyes and looked and behold a man running alone 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 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 27 And the watchman said †Heb. I see the running 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 28 And Ahimaaz called and said unto the king ‖ Or Peace be to thee 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 †Heb. Peace delivered up the men that lift up their hand against my hand the king 29 And the king said †Heb. shut up Iâ— the young man Absalom safe And Ahimaaz answered When Joab sent the king servant me thy servant I saw a great tumult but I knew not whaâ— it was 30 And the king said unto him Turn aside and stand here And he turned aside and stood still 31 And behold Cushi came and Cushi said †Heb. Is there peace Tidings my lord the king for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee 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 33 ¶ And the king was much moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and went and as he went thâ—â— he said O my son Absalom my son my son Absalom would God I had died for thee O Aâ—salom my son my son CHAP. XIX 1 Joab causeth the king to cease his mourning 9 The Israelites are earnest to bring the king back 11 David sendeth to the priests incite them of Judah 18 Shimei is pardoned 24 Mephibâ—sheth excused 32 Barzillai dismissed Chimham his son is taken into the kings family 41 The Israelites expostulate with Judah fâ—r bringing hâ—me the king without them ANd it was told Joab Behold the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom 2 And the †Heb. salvation â—r dâ—liverance victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people for the people hearâ— say that day how the king was grieved for his son 3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city as people being ashamed steal away when they thee in battel 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 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 6 †Heb. bâ— loving c. In that thou lovest thine enemies and hatest thy friends for thou hast declared this day †Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee 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 7 Now therefore arise go forth and speak †Heb. to the heart of thy servants confortably 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 then
it and brought it to David nevertheless he would not drink thereof but poured it out unto the LORD 17 And he said Be it far from me O LORD that I should do this is not this the bloud of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives therefore he would not drink it These things did these three mighty men 18 And * 1 Chr 11 2â— Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah was chief among three and he lift up his spear against three hundred †Hâ—â— staâ—â— and slew them and had the name among three 19 Was he not most honourable of three therefore he was their captain howbeit he attained not unto the first three 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel †Hâ—b great of acts who had done many acts he slew two †â—eb lionâ— of God lion-like men of Moab he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow 21 And he slew an Egyptian †Heb. a man of councenance or sight called 1 Chr. 11.23 a man of great stature 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 Egyptians hand and slew hâ—m with his own spear 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had the name among three mighty men 23 He was ‖ Or honourable among the thirty more honourable then the thirty but he attained not to the first three and David set him over his ‖ Or counsel †Heb. at his command guard 24 * Ch. 2.18 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty Ethanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem 25 Shammah the Harodite Elika the Harodite 26 Helez the * 1 Chr. 11.27 Paltite Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite 27 Abiezer the Anethothite Mebunnai the Hushathite 28 Zalmon the Ahohite Maharai the Netophathite 29 Heleb the son of Baanah a Netophathite Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite Hiddai of the ‖ Or. valleys brooks of Gaash 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite Azmaveth the Barhumite 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite of the sons of Jashen Jonathan 33 Shammah the Hararite Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai the son of the Maachathite Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite 35 Hezrai the Carmelite Paarai the Arbite 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah Bani the Gadite 37 Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah 38 Ira an Ithrite Gareb an Ithrite 39 Uriah the Hittite thirty and seven in all CHAP. XXIV 1 David tempted by Satan forceth Joab to number the people 5 The captains in nine moneths and twenty days bring the muster of thirteen hundred thousand fighting men 10 David having three plagues propounded by Gad repeateth and chooseth the three days pestilence 15 After the death of three score and ten thousand David by repentance preventeth the destruction of Jerusalem 18 David by Gads direction purchaseth Araunahs threshing-floor where having sacrificed the plague stayeth ANd again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel and ‖ Satan See 1 Chr. 21.1 he moved David against them to say Go number Israel and Judah 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host which was with him ‖ Or Compass Go now through all the tribes of Israel from Dan even to Beersheba and number ye the people that I may know the number of the people 3 And Joab said unto the king Now the LORD thy God add unto the people how many soever they be an hundred-fold and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing 4 Notwithstanding the kings 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 Iâ—rael 5 ¶ And they passed over Jordan and pitched in Aroer on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the ‖ Or valley river of Gad and toward Jazer 6 Then they came to Gilead and to the ‖ Or nether-land newly inhabited land of Tahtim-hodshi and they came to Dan-jâ—aâ— and about to Zidon 7 And câ—me 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 8 So when they had gone through all the land they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine moneths and twenty days 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 10 ¶ And Davids heart smote him after that he had numbred 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 11 For when David was up in the morning the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad Davids seer saying 12 Go and say unto David Thus saith the LORD I offer thee three things choose thee one of them that I may do it unto thee 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 moneths 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 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 ‖ Or many great and let me not fall into the hand of man 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 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it * 1 Sam. 15.11 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 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 fathers house 18 ¶ And Gad came that day to David and said unto him Go up rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite 19 And David according to
the father of Ziph and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron 43 And the sons of Hebron Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema 44 And Shema begat Raham the father of Jorkoam and Rekem begat Shammai 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon and Maon was the father of Beth-zur 46 And Ephah Calebs concubine bare Haran and Moza and Gazez and Haran begat Gazez 47 And the sons of Jahdai Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph 48 Maachah Calebs concubine bare Sheber and Tirhanah 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah Shevah the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea and the daughter of Caleb was * Josh 15.17 Achsa 50 ¶ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur the first-born of Ephratah Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem Hareph the father of Beth-gader 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons ‖ Or Reaiah Chap. 4.2 Haroeh and ‖ Or half of the Menuchiteâ— or Hatsihanunâ—â—u-choth half of the Manahethites 53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim the Ithrites and the Puhites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites of them came the Zareathites and the Eshtaulites 54 The sons of Salma Beth-lehem and the Netophathites ‖ Or Atarites or crowns of the house of Joab Ataroth the house of Joab and half of the Manahethites the Zorites 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez the Tirathites the Shimeathites and Suchathites These are the * Judg. 1.16 Kenites that came of Hemath the father of the house of * Jer. 35.2 Rechab CHAP. III. 1 The sons of David 10 His line to Zedekiab 17 The successours of Jeconiah NOw these were the sons of David which were born unto him in Hebron the first-born * 2 Sam. 3.2 Amnon of Ahinoam the * Jos 15.56 Jezreelitess the second ‖ Or Chileab 2 Sam. 3.5 Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess 2 The third Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur the fourth Adonijah the son of Haggith 3 The fifth Shephatiah of Abital the sixth Ithream by * 2 Sam. 3.5 Eglah his wife 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron and there he reigned seven years and six moneths and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years 5 * 2 Sam. 5.14 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem ‖ Or Shammua 2 Sam. 5.14 Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon four of ‖ Or Hathsheba 2 Sam. 11.3 Bath-shua the daughter of ‖ Or Eliam 2 Sam. 11.3 Ammiel 6 Ibhar also and ‖ Or Elishua 2 Sam 5.15 Elishama and Eliphelet 7 And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia 8 And Elishama and ‖ Or Beliada Chap. 14.7 Eliada and Eliphelet nine 9 These were all the sons of David beside the sons of the concubines and * 2 Sam. 13.1 Tamar their sister 10 ¶ And Solomons son was * 1 King 11.43 and 15.6 Rehoboam ‖ Or Abijam 1 Kin. 15.1 Abia his son Asa his son lehoshaphat his son 11 Joram his son ‖ Or Azariah 2 Chr. 22.6 21.17 Ahaziah his son Joash his son 12 Amaziah his son ‖ Or Vzziah 2 King 15.30 Azariah his son Jotham his son 13 Ahaz his son Hezekiah his son Manasseh his son 14 Amon his son Josiah his son 15 And the sons of Josiah were the first-born ‖ Or Jehoahaz 2 Ki. 23.30 Johanan the second ‖ Or Eliakim 2 Ki. 23 34. Jehoiakim the third ‖ Or Mattaniab 2 Ki. 24.17 Zedekiah the fourth Shallum 16 And the sons of * Mat. 1.11 Jehoiakim ‖ Or Jehoiachin 2 Kin. 24.6 or Coniah Jer. 22.24 Jeconiah his son Zedekiah * 2 Ki. 24.17 being his uncle his son 17 ¶ And the sons of Jeconiah Assir †Heb. Shealtiel Salathiel * Mat. 1.12 his son 18 Malchiram also and Pedaiah and Shenazar Jecamiah Hoshama and Nedabiah 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei and the sons of Zerubbabel Meshullam and Hananiah and Shelomith their sister 20 And Hashubah and Ohel and Berechiah and Hasadiah Jushab-hesed five 21 And the sons of Hananiah Pelatiah and Jesaiah the sons of Rephaiah the sons of Arnan the sons of Obadiah the sons of Shechaniah 22 And the sons of Shechaniah Shemaiah and the sons of Shemaiah Huttush and Igeal and Bariah and Neariah and Shaphat six 23 And the sons of Neariah Elioenai and †Heb. Hizkijaha Hezekiah and Azrikam three 24 And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaiah and Eliashib and Pelaiah and Akkub and Johanan and Dalaiah and Anani seven CHAP. IV. 1 11 The posterity of Judah by Caleb the son of Hur. 5 Of Ashur the posthumus son of Hezron 9 Of Jabez and his prayer 21 The posterity of Shelab 24 The posterity and cities of Simeon 39 Their conquest of Gedor and of the Amalekites in mount Seir. THe sons of Judah * Gen. 38.29 46.12 Pharez Hezron and ‖ Or Chelubai Chap. 2.9 or Caleb Chap. 2.18 Carmi and Hur and Shobal 2 And ‖ Or Haroch Chap. 2.52 Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad These are the families of the Zorathites 3 And these were of the father of Etam Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah These are the sons of Hur the first-born of Ephratah the father of Beth lehem 5 ¶ And * Chap. 2.24 Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives Helah Naarah 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari These were the sons of Naarah 7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth and Jezoar and Ethnan 8 And Coz begat Anub and Zobebah and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum 9 ¶ And Jabez was more honourable then his brethren and his mother called his name ‖ That is sorrowful Jabez saying Because I bare him with sorrow 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying †Heb. if thou wilt c. Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed and enlarge my coast and that thine hand might be with me and that thou wouldest †Heb. do me keep me from evil that it may not grieve me And God granted him that which he requested 11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir which was the father of Eshton 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha and Paseah and Tehinnah the father of ‖ Or the city of Nahash Irnahash These are the men of Rechah 13 And the sons of Kenaz Othniel and Seraiah and the sons of Othniel ‖ Or Hathath Meonothai who begat c. Hathath 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah and Seraiah begat Joab the father of the ‖ Or inhabitants of the valley Charashim for they were craftsmen 15 And the sons of Caleb the
armour in the house of their gods and fastned his head in the temple of Dagon 11 ¶ And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the valiant men and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days 13 ¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he †Heb. transgressed committed against the LORD * 1 Sam. 15.23 even against the word of the LORD which he kept not and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit * 1 Sam. 28.7 to enquire of it 14 And enquired not of the LORD therefore he slew him and turned the kingdom unto David the son of †Heb. Isai Jesse CHAP. XI 1 David by a general consent is made king at Hebron 4 He winneth the castle of Zion from the Jebusites by Joabs valour 10 A catalogue of Davids mighty men THen * 2 Sam. 5.1 all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron saying Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh 2 And moreover †Heb both yesterday and the third day in time past even when Saul was king thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel and the LORD thy God said unto thee Thou shalt ‖ Or rule feed my people Israel and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD and they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of the LORD †Heb. by the hand of by * 1 Sam. 16.13 Samuel 4 ¶ And David and all Israel * 2 Sam. 5.6 went to Jerusalem which is Jebus where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David Thou shalt not come hither Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion which is the city of David 6 And David said Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be †Heb. head chief and captain So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up and was chief 7 And David dwelt in the castle therefore they called ‖ That is Zion 2 Sam. 5.7 iâ— The city of David 8 And he built the city round about even from Millo round about and loab †Heb. revived repaired the rest of the city 9 So David †Heb. went in going and increasing waxed greater and greater for the LORD of hosts was with him 10 ¶ * â— Sam. 23.8 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had who ‖ Or â—â—ld strongly with him strengthned themselves with him in his kingdom and with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had Jashobeam ‖ Or son of Hachmoni an Hachmonite the chief of the captains he lift up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite who was one of the three mighties 13 He was with David at ‖ Or Ephisdamrim 1 Sam. 17.1 Pas-dammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battel where was a parcel of ground full of barley and the people fled from before the Philistines 14 And they ‖ Or stood set themselves in the midst of that parcel and delivered it and slew the Philistines and the LORD saved them by a great ‖ Or salvation deliverance 15 ¶ Now ‖ Or three captains over the thirty three of the thirty captains * 2 Sam. 13.12 went down to the rock to David into the cave of Adullam and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim 16 And David was then in the hold and the Philistines garison was then at Beth-lehem 17 And David longed and said Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem that is at the gate 18 And the three 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 but David would not drink of it but poured it out to the LORD 19 And said My God forbid it me that I should do this thing shall I drink the bloud of these men †Heb. with their lives that have put their lives in jeopardy for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it therefore he would not drink it These things did these three mightiest 20 ¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab he was chief of the three for lifting up his spear against three hundred he slew them and had a name among the three 21 * 1 Sam. 23.19 c. Or the three he was more honourable then the two for he was their captain howbeit he attained not unto the first three 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel †Heb. great of deeds who had done many acts he slew two lion-like men of Moab also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy-day 23 And he slew an Egyptian †Heb. a maâ— of measure a man of great stature five cubits high and in the Egyptians hand was a spear like a weavers beam and he went down to him with a staff and pluckt the spear out of the Egyptians hand and slew him with his own spear 24 These thing did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and had the name among the three mighties 25 Behold he was honourable among the thirty but attained not to the first three and David set him over his guard 26 ¶ Also the valiant men of the armies were Asah-el the brother of Joab Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem 27 Shammoth the ‖ Or Harodite 2 Sam. 23.25 Harorite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite Abiezer the Antothite 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Netophathite Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah that pertained to the children of Benjamin Benaiah the Pirathonite 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite Eliahba the Shaalbonite 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the son of Ur 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Anijah the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite Naarai the son of Ezbai 38 Joel the brother of Nathan Mibhar ‖ Or the Haggerite the son of Haggeri 39 Zelek the Ammonite Naharai the Berothite the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah 40 Ira the Ithrite Gareb the Ithrite 41 Uriah the Hittite Zabad the son of Ahlai 42 Adina the son of Saiza the Reubenite a captain of
after this * 2 Sam. 8.1 c. it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines 2 And he smote Moab and the Moabites became Davids servants and brought gifts 3 ¶ And David smote ‖ Or Hadarezer in Sam. Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand hors-men and twenty thousand footmen David also houghed all the chariot horses but reserved of them an hundred chariots 5 And when the Syrians of †Heb. Darmeseb Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men 6 Then David put garisons in Syria-Damascus and the Syrians became Davids servants and brought gifts Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezers and brought them to Jerusalem 8 Likewise from ‖ Called in the book of Sam. Beta and Berothai Tibhath and from Chun cities of Hadarezer brought David very much brass wherewith * 1 Kin. 7.13 2 Chr. 4.15 Solomon made the brasen sea and the pillars and the vessels of brass 9 ¶ Now when ‖ Or Toi 2 Sam. 8.9 Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah 10 He sent ‖ Or Joram 2 Sam. 8.10 Hadoram his son to king David ‖ Or to salute to enquire of his welfare and †Heb. to bless to congratulate him because he had sought against Hadarezer and smitten him for Hadarezer †Heb. was the man of wars had warred with Tou and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass 11 ¶ Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations from Edom and from Moab and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand 13 ¶ And he put garisons in Edom and all the Edomites became Davids servants Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went 14 ¶ So David reigned over all Israel and executed judgement and justice among all his people 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud ‖ Or. remembrancer recorder 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub and ‖ Called Abimelech in Sam. Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests and ‖ Called Seraiah in Sam. and Shisha 1 Kin 4.3 Shavsha was scribe 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites and the sons of David were chief †Heb. at the bank of the king about the king CHAP. XIX 1 Davids messengers sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash are villainously entreated 6 The Ammonites strengthned by the Syriam are overcome by Joab and Abishai 16 Shopback making a new supply of the Syrians is slain by David NOw * 2 Sam. 10. 1 c. it came to pass after this that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died and his son reigned in his stead 2 And David said I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash because his father shewed kindness to me And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father so the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun †Heb In thine eyes doth David c. Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father that he hath sent comforters unto thee are not his servants come unto thee for to search and to overthrow and to spie out the land 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks and sent them away 5 Then there went certain and told David how the men were served and he sent to meet them for the men were greatly ashamed and the king said Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown and then return 6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves †Heb. to stink odious to David Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and hors-men out of Mesopotamia and out of Syria-maachah and out of Zobah 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots and the king of Maachah and his people who came and pitched before Medeba And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities and came to battel 8 And when David heard of it he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men 9 And the children of Ammon came out and put the battel in aray before the gate of the city and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field 10 Now when Joab saw that †Heb. the face of the battel was the battel was set against him before and behinde he chose out of all the ‖ Or young men choise of Israel and put them in aray against the Syrians 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of †Heb. Abshai Abishai his brother and they set themselves in aray against the children of Ammon 12 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 help thee 13 Be of good courage and let us he have our selves valiantly for our people and for the cities of our God and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battel and they fled before him 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled they likewise fled before Abishai his brother and entred into the city Then Joab came to Jerusalem 16 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they sent messengers and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the ‖ That is Euphrates river and ‖ Or Shobach 2 Sam. 10.16 Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them 17 And it was told David and he gathered all Israel and passed over Jordan and came upon them and set the battel in aray against them so when David had put the battel in aray against the Syrians they sought with him 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots and fourty thousand footmen and killed Shophach the captain of the host 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they