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the_o israelite_n count_v long_o 36._o saul_n be_v first_o by_o samuel_n private_o anoint_v 10._o chap._n 10._o and_o afterward_o public_o declare_v king_n at_o mizpah_n not_o long_o after_o a_o month_n it_o be_v think_v jabesh-gilead_n be_v besiege_v by_o nahash_n 11._o chap._n 11._o who_o refuse_v to_o grant_v peace_n to_o the_o inhabitant_n upon_o any_o other_o term_n than_o to_o put_v out_o all_o their_o right_a eye_n and_o lay_v this_o for_o a_o reproach_n upon_o israel_n they_o desire_v truce_n but_o for_o seven_o day_n in_o which_o space_n jabesh-gilead_n raise_v the_o siege_n at_o jabesh-gilead_n if_o no_o relief_n come_v they_o promise_v to_o come_v out_o to_o he_o but_o saul_n hear_v of_o their_o distress_n get_v together_o a_o army_n of_o 300000_o of_o israel_n and_o 30000_o of_o judah_n with_o which_o he_o easy_o overthrow_v the_o ammonite_n and_o raise_v the_o siege_n hereupon_o at_o the_o procurement_n of_o samuel_n the_o people_n again_o meet_v at_o gilgall_n where_o the_o kingdom_n be_v establish_v and_o confirm_v unto_o saul_n at_o which_o time_n samuel_n upbraid_v they_o with_o their_o unthankfulness_n to_o god_n and_o he_o terrify_v they_o with_o thunder_n and_o rain_n in_o wheat_n harvest_n and_o again_o comfort_v they_o in_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n saul_n have_v reign_v two_o year_n etc._n chap._n 13._o etc._n etc._n the_o philistine_n again_o afflict_v the_o land_n with_o who_o he_o have_v sore_a war_n all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n he_o fight_v against_o his_o enemy_n round_o about_o against_o moab_n the_o child_n of_o ammon_n edom_n and_o the_o king_n of_o zobah_n he_o smite_v the_o amalekite_n and_o deliver_v his_o people_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o they_o that_o spoil_v they_o yet_o his_o heart_n not_o be_v upright_o before_o the_o lord_n god_n choose_v he_o out_o a_o man_n after_o his_o own_o heart_n and_o reject_v he_o and_o his_o family_n this_o man_n be_v david_n anoint_v david_n anoint_v the_o young_a son_n of_o jesse_n of_o bethlehem-judah_n who_o samuel_n be_v send_v to_o anoint_v some_o year_n before_o his_o own_o death_n and_o more_o before_o that_o of_o saul_n in_o this_o space_n saul_n persecute_v he_o from_o place_n to_o place_n yet_o such_o ardent_a affection_n be_v there_o betwixt_o jonathan_n his_o son_n and_o david_n that_o the_o love_n of_o a_o kingdom_n itself_o join_v with_o the_o deep_a displeasure_n of_o a_o father_n be_v nothing_o able_a to_o interrupt_v it_o 37._o the_o apostle_n paul_n declare_v that_o 13.21_o act_n 13.21_o after_o god_n have_v destroy_v seven_o nation_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o divide_v their_o land_n to_o they_o by_o lot_n he_o give_v unto_o they_o judge_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 150_o year_n until_o samuel_n the_o prophet_n and_o afterward_o they_o desire_v a_o king_n and_o god_n give_v they_o saul_n the_o son_n of_o kiss_n a_o man_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n by_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o year_n some_o take_v the_o word_n as_o give_v so_o many_o year_n to_o his_o reign_n alone_o but_o by_o general_a consent_n the_o government_n of_o samuel_n be_v to_o be_v include_v in_o they_o 25._o 1_o sam._n 25._o samuel_n seem_v to_o have_v die_v not_o long_o before_o saul_n two_o year_n it_o be_v suppose_v at_o such_o time_n as_o david_n be_v provoke_v by_o the_o churlishness_n of_o nabal_n 55._o verse_n 55._o and_o be_v say_v to_o have_v judge_v israel_n all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n hence_o be_v it_o certain_a that_o saul_n reign_v not_o alone_o all_o those_o forty_o year_n and_o probable_a that_o samuel_n have_v govern_v alone_o for_o one_o half_a of_o they_o have_v still_o a_o hand_n in_o the_o public_a affair_n of_o the_o nation_n at_o length_n saul_n be_v overthrow_v in_o battle_n by_o the_o philistine_n 10._o chap._n 31._o and_o 1_o chron._n 10._o and_o lose_v his_o three_o son_n himself_o saul_n three_o son_n slay_v and_o he_o kill_v himself_o jonathan_n abinadab_n and_o melchisua_n and_o he_o himself_o be_v sore_o wound_v after_o he_o can_v not_o prevail_v with_o his_o armour-bearer_n to_o kill_v he_o fall_v upon_o his_o own_o sword_n and_o die_v his_o son_n isbosheth_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o abner_n captain_n of_o his_o host_n he_o ishbosheth_n succee_v he_o succeed_v he_o at_o the_o age_n of_o forty_o year_n etc._n 2_o sam._n 2.3_o etc._n etc._n but_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n anoint_v david_n king_n over_o they_o in_o hebron_n who_o have_v former_o be_v consecrate_v to_o this_o office_n by_o samuel_n and_o he_o reign_v over_o that_o tribe_n alone_o seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n 2944._o a._n m._n 2944._o isbosheth_n be_v say_v to_o have_v reign_v over_o israel_n two_o year_n which_o be_v to_o be_v interpret_v peaceable_o and_o not_o disturb_v by_o war_n as_o his_o father_n be_v say_v to_o have_v reign_v one_o year_n 13.1_o 1_o sam._n 13.1_o viz._n unmolested_a by_o the_o philistine_n 38._o for_o after_o these_o two_o year_n be_v expire_v a_o long_a war_n ensue_v betwixt_o david_n and_o he_o his_o side_n grow_v weak_a and_o weak_a as_o david_n grow_v strong_a and_o strong_a david_n to_o strengthen_v himself_o marry_v maacha_n the_o daughter_n of_o talma_n king_n of_o geshur_n on_o which_o he_o beget_v absolom_n and_o tamar_n etc._n 2_o sam._n 2.3_o etc._n etc._n at_o length_n abner_n conceive_v a_o displeasure_n against_o ishbosheth_n because_o he_o have_v reprove_v he_o for_o meddle_v with_o his_o father_n concubine_n revolt_v to_o david_n and_o labour_v to_o transfer_v the_o kingdom_n to_o he_o but_o come_v to_o visit_v himabout_o this_o affair_n he_o be_v treacherous_o slay_v by_o joab_n david_n general_n and_o nephew_n by_o his_o sister_n zerviah_n all_o be_v out_o of_o order_n now_o in_o israel_n baanah_n and_o recab_n two_o benjamite_n the_o servant_n of_o ishbosheth_n slay_v their_o
lord_n as_o he_o sleep_v in_o his_o chamber_n and_o bring_v his_o head_n unto_o david_n year_n ishbosheth_n slay_v after_o seven_o year_n he_o reward_v they_o with_o death_n 12._o 1_o chron._n 12._o and_o be_v by_o the_o captain_n and_o all_o the_o elder_n of_o the_o tribe_n anoint_v the_o three_o time_n king_n at_o hebron_n over_o all_o israel_n which_o government_n he_o hold_v 33_o year_n etc._n 2_o sam._n 5.6_o 7._o etc._n etc._n a_o little_a after_o this_o instalment_n he_o take_v jerusalem_n from_o the_o jebusite_n and_o make_v it_o the_o seat_n of_o his_o kingdom_n himself_o build_v and_o fortify_v the_o city_n of_o zion_n and_o joab_n repair_v the_o rest_n then_o twice_o he_o overthrow_v the_o philistine_n in_o rephidim_n who_o come_v up_o against_o he_o after_o they_o hear_v he_o be_v make_v king_n etc._n 1_o chron._n 12._o etc._n etc._n the_o ark_n of_o god_n he_o remove_v from_o kiriath-jearim_a to_o the_o house_n of_o obed_n edom_n the_o gittite_n and_o thence_o after_o three_o month_n into_o zion_n he_o purpose_v to_o build_v god_n a_o house_n but_o be_v forbid_v because_o a_o man_n of_o blood_n that_o work_n which_o be_v to_o be_v reserve_v for_o solomon_n for_o beside_o his_o war_n in_o his_o young_a time_n all_o the_o space_n betwixt_o this_o and_o the_o birth_n of_o solomon_n seem_v employ_v in_o war_n wherein_o he_o overcome_v the_o philistine_n amalekite_n moabite_n ammonite_n idumaean_n and_o syrian_n the_o border_n of_o his_o empire_n he_o very_o much_o enlarge_v not_o only_o from_o shihor_n of_o egypt_n to_o the_o enter_v in_o of_o hamath_n but_o also_o as_o far_o as_o euphrates_n the_o utmost_a limit_n promise_v by_o god_n unto_o abraham_n and_o only_o possess_v by_o he_o and_o his_o son_n and_o successor_n solomon_n murder_n david_n adultery_n and_o murder_n 39_o solomon_n be_v the_o second_o son_n beget_v on_o bathsheba_n 13._o 1_o sam._n 11.12_o 13._o the_o wife_n of_o uriah_n the_o hittite_n with_o which_o woman_n david_n first_o commit_v adultery_n and_o then_o for_o a_o cover_n add_v to_o it_o the_o murder_n of_o her_o husband_n after_o he_o have_v be_v reprove_v by_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n he_o repent_v and_o write_v the_o 51_o psalm_n upon_o this_o occasion_n punish_v punish_v yet_o the_o infant_n conceive_v in_o adultery_n die_v as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v bear_v and_o though_o solomon_n be_v bear_v the_o next_o year_n at_o its_o thought_n 2957._o a._n m._n 2957._o yet_o this_o sin_n escape_v not_o without_o a_o further_a punishment_n for_o within_o awhile_o 14._o davidis_fw-la 14._o his_o elder_a son_n amnon_n ravish_v his_o half-sister_n tamar_n tamar_n amnon_n ravish_v tamar_n and_o for_o that_o be_v kill_v by_o absalon_n some_o year_n after_o 18._o chap._n 15.16_o 17_o 18._o absalon_n by_o the_o advice_n and_o policy_n of_o achitophel_n seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n rebell_v absolom_n rebell_v david_n hereupon_o flee_v to_o god_n as_o his_o rock_n of_o refuge_n and_o compose_v the_o 3d._n and_o the_o 55_o psalm_n then_o oppose_v force_n to_o force_v overthrow_v absolom_n in_o the_o wood_n of_o ephraim_n by_o joab_n his_o general_n who_o thrust_v the_o young_a man_n through_o with_o a_o dart_n as_o he_o hang_v in_o a_o oak_n contrary_a to_o david_n order_n who_o have_v charge_v all_o the_o captain_n to_o deal_v gentle_o with_o he_o for_o his_o sake_n this_o rebellion_n be_v follow_v by_o a_o new_a sedition_n raise_v among_o the_o israelite_n by_o one_o sheba_n upon_o this_o occasion_n 19.20_o chap._n 19.20_o because_o they_o have_v not_o the_o chief_a hand_n above_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n sheba_n the_o conspiracy_n of_o sheba_n in_o bring_v back_o the_o king_n to_o his_o house_n but_o this_o be_v happy_o suppress_v after_o joab_n have_v procure_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o abel_n to_o cut_v off_o sheba_n head_n 40._o after_o these_o thing_n several_a battle_n ensue_v with_o the_o philistine_n 20._o 2_o sam._n 21._o 1_o chron._n 20._o in_o one_o of_o which_o the_o last_o wherein_o he_o be_v present_a david_n hardly_o escape_v the_o hand_n of_o ishbi-benob_a one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o the_o giant_n be_v rescue_v by_o abishai_n his_o nephew_n who_o slay_v the_o philistin_n not_o 24._o not_o 2_o sam._n 24._o long_o after_o tempt_v by_o satan_n and_o his_o own_o ambition_n he_o number_v the_o people_n for_o which_o god_n be_v angry_a propose_v to_o he_o three_o sort_n of_o punishment_n people_n david_n number_v the_o people_n viz._n famine_n sword_n 20.7_o 1_o chron._n 20.7_o or_o pestilence_n as_o to_o which_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n then_o of_o man_n then_o god_n send_v a_o plague_n whereby_o perish_v in_o one_o day_n 70000_o man_n but_o as_o the_o angel_n be_v also_o about_o to_o destroy_v jerusalem_n he_o be_v command_v to_o desist_v david_n at_o length_n have_v arrive_v at_o seventy_o year_n of_o age_n be_v so_o decay_v and_o spend_v by_o his_o many_o labour_n and_o trouble_n 1._o 1_o king_n 1._o that_o he_o can_v not_o receive_v any_o heat_n from_o clothes_n and_o therefore_o a_o young_a maid_n one_o abisag_n 28.29_o 1_o chron._n 28.29_o a_o shunamite_n be_v choose_v out_o to_o lie_v in_o his_o bosom_n adoniah_n his_o son_n take_v advantage_n at_o this_o infirmity_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o joab_n the_o general_n and_o abiathar_n the_o priest_n seize_v upon_o the_o kingdom_n king_n make_v solomon_n king_n when_o he_o have_v notice_n thereof_o according_a to_o the_o prediction_n of_o god_n and_o his_o promise_n unto_o bathsheba_n he_o establish_v solomon_n in_o his_o throne_n and_o have_v give_v he_o a_o charge_n die_v die_v die_v about_o six_o month_n after_o when_o he_o have_v reign_v over_o judah_n alone_o in_o hebron_n seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n and_o in_o jerusalem_n over_o all_o israel_n and_o judah_n 33_o year_n in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n according_a to_o the_o vulgar_a way_n of_o reckon_n without_o take_v in_o the_o 100_o year_n former_o mention_v in_o the_o 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they_o shall_v undoubted_o perish_v he_o the_o jew_n constrain_v jeremiah_n to_o go_v down_o with_o they_o into_o egypt_n where_o they_o stone_n he_o they_o notwithstanding_o this_o warning_n go_v down_o and_o constrain_v he_o with_o barach_n to_o accompany_v they_o where_o by_o the_o leave_n of_o pharaoh_n they_o inhabit_v near_o tahpane_n here_o the_o prophet_n often_o reprehend_v they_o for_o their_o idolatry_n and_o foretell_v both_o their_o destruction_n and_o the_o ruin_n of_o those_o that_o harbour_v they_o be_v by_o their_o wretched_a and_o ingrateful_a hand_n jerem._n hand_n xonaras_n tomo_n 1._o tertullian_n in_o scorpiaco_n cap._n 10._o jerem._n stone_v to_o death_n but_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v exceed_o honour_a by_o the_o egyptian_n so_o that_o alexander_n the_o great_a translate_v his_o bone_n into_o alexandria_n in_o the_o 23th_o year_n of_o nebuchadnesar_n who_o then_o besiege_v tyre_n nebuzaradan_n 4._o sect_n 4._o captain_n of_o his_o guard_n carry_v away_o the_o 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