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And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.3"},{"verseId":10001004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) 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](/person/saul_2478) and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son are dead also.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.4"},{"verseId":10001005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son be dead?","osisRef":"2Sam.1.5"},{"verseId":10001006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount [Gilboa](/place/mount_gilboa_837), behold, [Saul](/person/saul_2478) leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.6"},{"verseId":10001007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here _am_ I.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.7"},{"verseId":10001008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And he said unto me, Who _art_ thou? And I answered him, I _am_ an Amalekite.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.8"},{"verseId":10001009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.9"},{"verseId":10001010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.10"},{"verseId":10001011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that _were_ with him:","osisRef":"2Sam.1.11"},{"verseId":10001012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and for [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son, and for the people of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.12"},{"verseId":10001013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto the young man that told him, Whence _art_ thou? And he answered, I _am_ the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.13"},{"verseId":10001014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) anointed?","osisRef":"2Sam.1.14"},{"verseId":10001015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) called one of the young men, and said, Go near, _and_ fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.15"},{"verseId":10001016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto him, Thy blood _be_ upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) anointed.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.16"},{"verseId":10001017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) lamented with this lamentation over [Saul](/person/saul_2478) and over [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son:","osisRef":"2Sam.1.17"},{"verseId":10001018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"(Also he bade them teach the children of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) _the_ _use_ _of_ the bow: behold, _it_ _is_ written in the book of [Jasher](/person/jasher_737)).","osisRef":"2Sam.1.18"},{"verseId":10001019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!","osisRef":"2Sam.1.19"},{"verseId":10001020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Tell _it_ not in [Gath](/place/gath_442), publish _it_ not in the streets of [Askelon](/place/ashkelon_103); lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.20"},{"verseId":10001021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Ye mountains of [Gilboa](/place/gilboa_474), _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](/person/saul_2478), _as_ _though_ _he_ _had_ not _been_ anointed with oil.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.21"},{"verseId":10001022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) turned not back, and the sword of [Saul](/person/saul_2478) returned not empty.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.22"},{"verseId":10001023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"[Saul](/person/saul_2478) and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) _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.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.23"},{"verseId":10001024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Ye daughters of Israel, weep over [Saul](/person/saul_2478), who clothed you in scarlet, with _other_ delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.24"},{"verseId":10001025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), _thou_ _wast_ slain in thine high places.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.25"},{"verseId":10001026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"I am distressed for thee, my brother [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692): very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.","osisRef":"2Sam.1.26"},{"verseId":10001027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!","osisRef":"2Sam.1.27"}]},{"title":"2Sam 2","chapterNum":2,"osisRef":"2Sam.2","verses":[{"verseId":10002001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass after this, that [David](/person/david_994) enquired of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of [Judah](/person/judah_1751)? And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto him, Go up. And [David](/person/david_994) said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto [Hebron](/place/hebron_551).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.1"},{"verseId":10002002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) went up thither, and his two wives also, [Ahinoam](/person/ahinoam_153) the [Jezreelitess](/place/jezreel_642), and [Abigail](/person/abigail_26) [Nabal’s](/person/nabal_2126) wife the [Carmelite](/place/carmel_278).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.2"},{"verseId":10002003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And his men that _were_ with him did [David](/person/david_994) bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of [Hebron](/place/hebron_551).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.3"},{"verseId":10002004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) came, and there they anointed [David](/person/david_994) king over the house of [Judah](/person/judah_1751). And they told [David](/person/david_994), saying, _That_ the men of [Jabesh-gilead](/place/jabesh-gilead_611) _were_ _they_ that buried [Saul](/person/saul_2478).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.4"},{"verseId":10002005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) sent messengers unto the men of [Jabesh-gilead](/place/jabesh-gilead_611), and said unto them, Blessed _be_ ye of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, _even_ unto [Saul](/person/saul_2478), and have buried him.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.5"},{"verseId":10002006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And now the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.6"},{"verseId":10002007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master [Saul](/person/saul_2478) is dead, and also the house of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) have anointed me king over them.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.7"},{"verseId":10002008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"But [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181), captain of [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) host, took [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622) the son of Saul, and brought him over to [Mahanaim](/place/mahanaim_756);","osisRef":"2Sam.2.8"},{"verseId":10002009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And made him king over [Gilead](/place/gilead_475), and over the Ashurites, and over [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_643), and over [Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206), and over [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463), and over all Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.9"},{"verseId":10002010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"[Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622) [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) son _was_ forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) followed [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.10"},{"verseId":10002011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the time that [David](/person/david_994) was king in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551) over the house of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) was seven years and six months.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.11"},{"verseId":10002012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181), and the servants of [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622) the son of Saul, went out from [Mahanaim](/place/mahanaim_756) to [Gibeon](/place/gibeon_470).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.12"},{"verseId":10002013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055), and the servants of [David](/person/david_994), went out, and met together by the pool of [Gibeon](/place/gibeon_470): and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.13"},{"verseId":10002014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Abner](/person/abner_57) said to [Joab](/person/joab_1617), Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) said, Let them arise.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.14"},{"verseId":10002015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Then there arose and went over by number twelve of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463), which _pertained_ to [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622) the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.15"},{"verseId":10002016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"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](/place/helkath-hazzurim_559), which _is_ in [Gibeon](/place/gibeon_470).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.16"},{"verseId":10002017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And there was a very sore battle that day; and [Abner](/person/abner_57) was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.17"},{"verseId":10002018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And there were three sons of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055) there, [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and [Abishai](/person/abishai_50), and [Asahel](/person/asahel_320): and [Asahel](/person/asahel_320) _was_ _as_ light of foot as a wild roe.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.18"},{"verseId":10002019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Asahel](/person/asahel_320) pursued after [Abner](/person/abner_57); and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following [Abner](/person/abner_57).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.19"},{"verseId":10002020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Then [Abner](/person/abner_57) looked behind him, and said, _Art_ thou [Asahel](/person/asahel_320)? And he answered, I _am_.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.20"},{"verseId":10002021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Abner](/person/abner_57) 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 armour. But [Asahel](/person/asahel_320) would not turn aside from following of him.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.21"},{"verseId":10002022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Abner](/person/abner_57) said again to [Asahel](/person/asahel_320), Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to [Joab](/person/joab_1617) thy brother?","osisRef":"2Sam.2.22"},{"verseId":10002023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore [Abner](/person/abner_57) 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](/person/asahel_320) fell down and died stood still.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.23"},{"verseId":10002024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"[Joab](/person/joab_1617) also and [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) pursued after [Abner](/person/abner_57): and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of [Ammah](/place/ammah_57), that _lieth_ before [Giah](/place/giah_464) by the way of the wilderness of [Gibeon](/place/gibeon_470).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.24"},{"verseId":10002025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And the children of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463) gathered themselves together after [Abner](/person/abner_57), and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.25"},{"verseId":10002026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Then [Abner](/person/abner_57) called to [Joab](/person/joab_1617), 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?","osisRef":"2Sam.2.26"},{"verseId":10002027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) said, _As_ [God](/person/god_1324) liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.27"},{"verseId":10002028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"So [Joab](/person/joab_1617) blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.28"},{"verseId":10002029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And [Abner](/person/abner_57) and his men walked all that night through the [plain](/place/arabah_79), and passed over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653), and went through all Bithron, and they came to [Mahanaim](/place/mahanaim_756).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.29"},{"verseId":10002030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) returned from following [Abner](/person/abner_57): and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of [David’s](/person/david_994) servants nineteen men and [Asahel](/person/asahel_320).","osisRef":"2Sam.2.30"},{"verseId":10002031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"But the servants of [David](/person/david_994) had smitten of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463), and of [Abner’s](/person/abner_57) men, _so_ _that_ three hundred and threescore men died.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.31"},{"verseId":10002032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And they took up [Asahel](/person/asahel_320), and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which _was_ _in_ [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218). And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) and his men went all night, and they came to [Hebron](/place/hebron_551) at break of day.","osisRef":"2Sam.2.32"}]},{"title":"2Sam 3","chapterNum":3,"osisRef":"2Sam.3","verses":[{"verseId":10003001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of [David](/person/david_994): but [David](/person/david_994) waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.1"},{"verseId":10003002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And unto [David](/person/david_994) were sons born in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551): and his firstborn was [Amnon](/person/amnon_232), of [Ahinoam](/person/ahinoam_153) the [Jezreelitess](/place/jezreel_642);","osisRef":"2Sam.3.2"},{"verseId":10003003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And his second, [Chileab](/person/daniel_939), of [Abigail](/person/abigail_26) the wife of [Nabal](/person/nabal_2126) the [Carmelite](/place/carmel_278); and the third, [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) the son of [Maacah](/person/maacah_1839) the daughter of [Talmai](/person/talmai_2819) king of [Geshur](/place/geshur_461);","osisRef":"2Sam.3.3"},{"verseId":10003004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the fourth, [Adonijah](/person/adonijah_97) the son of [Haggith](/person/haggith_1353); and the fifth, [Shephatiah](/person/shephatiah_2657) the son of [Abital](/person/abital_54);","osisRef":"2Sam.3.4"},{"verseId":10003005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the sixth, [Ithream](/person/ithream_655), by [Eglah](/person/eglah_1036) [David’s](/person/david_994) wife. These were born to [David](/person/david_994) in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551).","osisRef":"2Sam.3.5"},{"verseId":10003006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of [David](/person/david_994), that [Abner](/person/abner_57) made himself strong for the house of Saul.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.6"},{"verseId":10003007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And Saul had a concubine, whose name _was_ [Rizpah](/person/rizpah_2444), the daughter of [Aiah](/person/aiah_177): and _[Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622)_ said to [Abner](/person/abner_57), Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?","osisRef":"2Sam.3.7"},{"verseId":10003008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Then was [Abner](/person/abner_57) very wroth for the words of [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622), and said, _Am_ I a dog’s head, which against [Judah](/person/judah_1751) do shew 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](/person/david_994), that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?","osisRef":"2Sam.3.8"},{"verseId":10003009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"So do [God](/person/god_1324) to [Abner](/person/abner_57), and more also, except, as the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath sworn to [David](/person/david_994), even so I do to him;","osisRef":"2Sam.3.9"},{"verseId":10003010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of [David](/person/david_994) over Israel and over [Judah](/person/judah_1751), from [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323) even to [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170).","osisRef":"2Sam.3.10"},{"verseId":10003011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And he could not answer [Abner](/person/abner_57) a word again, because he feared him.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.11"},{"verseId":10003013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"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](/person/michal_2073) [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) daughter, when thou comest to see my face.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.13"},{"verseId":10003014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) sent messengers to [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622) [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) son, saying, Deliver _me_ my wife [Michal](/person/michal_2073), which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.14"},{"verseId":10003015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622) sent, and took her from _her_ husband, _even_ from [Phaltiel](/person/phaltiel_2326) the son of [Laish](/person/laish_1807).","osisRef":"2Sam.3.15"},{"verseId":10003016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to [Bahurim](/place/bahurim_154). Then said [Abner](/person/abner_57) unto him, Go, return. And he returned.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.16"},{"verseId":10003017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Abner](/person/abner_57) had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for [David](/person/david_994) in times past _to_ _be_ king over you:","osisRef":"2Sam.3.17"},{"verseId":10003018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Now then do _it_: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath spoken of [David](/person/david_994), saying, By the hand of my servant [David](/person/david_994) I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.18"},{"verseId":10003019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Abner](/person/abner_57) also spake in the ears of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463): and [Abner](/person/abner_57) went also to speak in the ears of [David](/person/david_994) in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551) all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463).","osisRef":"2Sam.3.19"},{"verseId":10003020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"So [Abner](/person/abner_57) came to [David](/person/david_994) to [Hebron](/place/hebron_551), and twenty men with him. And [David](/person/david_994) made [Abner](/person/abner_57) and the men that _were_ with him a feast.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.20"},{"verseId":10003021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Abner](/person/abner_57) said unto [David](/person/david_994), 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](/person/david_994) sent [Abner](/person/abner_57) away; and he went in peace.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.21"},{"verseId":10003022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And, behold, the servants of [David](/person/david_994) and [Joab](/person/joab_1617) came from _pursuing_ a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but [Abner](/person/abner_57) _was_ not with [David](/person/david_994) in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551); for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.22"},{"verseId":10003023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"When [Joab](/person/joab_1617) and all the host that _was_ with him were come, they told [Joab](/person/joab_1617), saying, [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181) came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.23"},{"verseId":10003024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Then [Joab](/person/joab_1617) came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, [Abner](/person/abner_57) came unto thee; why _is_ it _that_ thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?","osisRef":"2Sam.3.24"},{"verseId":10003025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Thou knowest [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181), that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.25"},{"verseId":10003026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And when [Joab](/person/joab_1617) was come out from [David](/person/david_994), he sent messengers after [Abner](/person/abner_57), which brought him again from the well of [Sirah](/place/sirah_1100): but [David](/person/david_994) knew _it_ not.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.26"},{"verseId":10003027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And when [Abner](/person/abner_57) was returned to [Hebron](/place/hebron_551), [Joab](/person/joab_1617) 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](/person/asahel_320) his brother.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.27"},{"verseId":10003028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And afterward when [David](/person/david_994) heard _it_, he said, I and my kingdom _are_ guiltless before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) for ever from the blood of [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181):","osisRef":"2Sam.3.28"},{"verseId":10003029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Let it rest on the head of [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of [Joab](/person/joab_1617) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.29"},{"verseId":10003030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"So [Joab](/person/joab_1617) and [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) his brother slew [Abner](/person/abner_57), because he had slain their brother [Asahel](/person/asahel_320) at [Gibeon](/place/gibeon_470) in the battle.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.30"},{"verseId":10003031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and to all the people that _were_ with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before [Abner](/person/abner_57). And king [David](/person/david_994) _himself_ followed the bier.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.31"},{"verseId":10003032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And they buried [Abner](/person/abner_57) in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551): and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of [Abner](/person/abner_57); and all the people wept.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.32"},{"verseId":10003033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And the king lamented over [Abner](/person/abner_57), and said, Died [Abner](/person/abner_57) as a fool dieth?","osisRef":"2Sam.3.33"},{"verseId":10003034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.34"},{"verseId":10003035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And when all the people came to cause [David](/person/david_994) to eat meat while it was yet day, [David](/person/david_994) sware, saying, So do [God](/person/god_1324) to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.35"},{"verseId":10003036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"And all the people took notice _of_ _it_, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.36"},{"verseId":10003037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay [Abner](/person/abner_57) the son of [Ner](/person/ner_2181).","osisRef":"2Sam.3.37"},{"verseId":10003038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?","osisRef":"2Sam.3.38"},{"verseId":10003039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And I _am_ this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055) _be_ too hard for me: the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.","osisRef":"2Sam.3.39"}]},{"title":"2Sam 4","chapterNum":4,"osisRef":"2Sam.4","verses":[{"verseId":10004001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And when [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) son heard that [Abner](/person/abner_57) was dead in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551), his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.","osisRef":"2Sam.4.1"},{"verseId":10004002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) son had two men _that_ _were_ captains of bands: the name of the one _was_ [Baanah](/person/baanah_582), and the name of the other [Rechab](/person/rechab_2402), the sons of [Rimmon](/person/rimmon_2441) a Beerothite, of the children of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463): (for [Beeroth](/place/beeroth_168) also was reckoned to [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463):","osisRef":"2Sam.4.2"},{"verseId":10004003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the Beerothites fled to [Gittaim](/place/gittaim_481), and were sojourners there until this day).","osisRef":"2Sam.4.3"},{"verseId":10004004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) son, had a son _that_ _was_ lame of _his_ feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) out of [Jezreel](/place/jezreel_644), 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](/person/mephibosheth_1999).","osisRef":"2Sam.4.4"},{"verseId":10004005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the sons of [Rimmon](/person/rimmon_2441) the Beerothite, [Rechab](/person/rechab_2402) and [Baanah](/person/baanah_582), went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622), who lay on a bed at noon.","osisRef":"2Sam.4.5"},{"verseId":10004006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"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](/person/rechab_2402) and [Baanah](/person/baanah_582) his brother escaped.","osisRef":"2Sam.4.6"},{"verseId":10004007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"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](/place/arabah_79) all night.","osisRef":"2Sam.4.7"},{"verseId":10004008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And they brought the head of [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622) unto [David](/person/david_994) to [Hebron](/place/hebron_551), and said to the king, Behold the head of [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622) the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.","osisRef":"2Sam.4.8"},{"verseId":10004009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) answered [Rechab](/person/rechab_2402) and [Baanah](/person/baanah_582) his brother, the sons of [Rimmon](/person/rimmon_2441) the Beerothite, and said unto them, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,","osisRef":"2Sam.4.9"},{"verseId":10004010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"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](/place/ziklag_1259), who _thought_ that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:","osisRef":"2Sam.4.10"},{"verseId":10004011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"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?","osisRef":"2Sam.4.11"},{"verseId":10004012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) 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](/place/hebron_551). But they took the head of [Ish-bosheth](/person/ish-bosheth_622), and buried _it_ in the sepulchre of [Abner](/person/abner_57) in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551).","osisRef":"2Sam.4.12"}]},{"title":"2Sam 5","chapterNum":5,"osisRef":"2Sam.5","verses":[{"verseId":10005001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then came all the tribes of Israel to [David](/person/david_994) unto [Hebron](/place/hebron_551), and spake, saying, Behold, we _are_ thy bone and thy flesh.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.1"},{"verseId":10005002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.2"},{"verseId":10005003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"So all the elders of Israel came to the king to [Hebron](/place/hebron_551); and king [David](/person/david_994) made a league with them in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551) before the [LORD](/person/god_1324): and they anointed [David](/person/david_994) king over Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.3"},{"verseId":10005004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"[David](/person/david_994) _was_ thirty years old when he began to reign, _and_ he reigned forty years.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.4"},{"verseId":10005005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"In [Hebron](/place/hebron_551) he reigned over [Judah](/person/judah_1751) seven years and six months: and in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"2Sam.5.5"},{"verseId":10005006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And the king and his men went to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto [David](/person/david_994), saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, [David](/person/david_994) cannot come in hither.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.6"},{"verseId":10005007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Nevertheless [David](/person/david_994) took the strong hold of [Zion](/place/zion_1263): the same _is_ the city of [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.5.7"},{"verseId":10005008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) 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](/person/david_994) soul, _he_ _shall_ _be_ _chief_ _and_ _captain_. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.8"},{"verseId":10005009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of [David](/person/david_994). And [David](/person/david_994) built round about from [Millo](/place/millo_802) and inward.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.9"},{"verseId":10005010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) went on, and grew great, and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of hosts _was_ with him.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.10"},{"verseId":10005011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Hiram](/person/hiram_1532) king of [Tyre](/place/tyre_1184) sent messengers to [David](/person/david_994), and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built [David](/person/david_994) an house.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.11"},{"verseId":10005012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) perceived that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.12"},{"verseId":10005013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) took _him_ more concubines and wives out of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), after he was come from [Hebron](/place/hebron_551): and there were yet sons and daughters born to [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.5.13"},{"verseId":10005014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And these _be_ the names of those that were born unto him in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636); [Shammua](/person/shammua_2547), and [Shobab](/person/shobab_2715), and [Nathan](/person/nathan_2152), and [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762),","osisRef":"2Sam.5.14"},{"verseId":10005015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"[Ibhar](/person/ibhar_1584) also, and [Elishua](/person/elishua_1163), and [Nepheg](/person/nepheg_2179), and [Japhia](/person/japhia_728),","osisRef":"2Sam.5.15"},{"verseId":10005016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Elishama](/person/elishama_1156), and [Eliada](/person/eliada_1078), and [Eliphalet](/person/eliphalet_1143).","osisRef":"2Sam.5.16"},{"verseId":10005017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed [David](/person/david_994) king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek [David](/person/david_994); and [David](/person/david_994) heard _of_ _it_, and went down to the hold.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.17"},{"verseId":10005018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of [Rephaim](/place/valley_of_rephaim_1214).","osisRef":"2Sam.5.18"},{"verseId":10005019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) enquired of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) said unto [David](/person/david_994), Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.19"},{"verseId":10005020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) came to [Baal-perazim](/place/baal-perazim_146), and [David](/person/david_994) smote them there, and said, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place [Baal-perazim](/place/baal-perazim_146).","osisRef":"2Sam.5.20"},{"verseId":10005021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And there they left their images, and [David](/person/david_994) and his men burned them.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.21"},{"verseId":10005022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of [Rephaim](/place/valley_of_rephaim_1214).","osisRef":"2Sam.5.22"},{"verseId":10005023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And when [David](/person/david_994) enquired of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), he said, Thou shalt not go up; _but_ fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.23"},{"verseId":10005024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.","osisRef":"2Sam.5.24"},{"verseId":10005025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) did so, as the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from [Geba](/place/geba_448) until thou come to [Gazer](/place/gezer_463).","osisRef":"2Sam.5.25"}]},{"title":"2Sam 6","chapterNum":6,"osisRef":"2Sam.6","verses":[{"verseId":10006001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Again, [David](/person/david_994) gathered together all _the_ chosen _men_ of Israel, thirty thousand.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.1"},{"verseId":10006002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) arose, and went with all the people that _were_ with him from [Baale](/place/baale-judah_139) of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), to bring up from thence the ark of [God](/person/god_1324), whose name is called by the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts that dwelleth _between_ the cherubims.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.2"},{"verseId":10006003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And they set the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of [Abinadab](/person/abinadab_43) that _was_ in Gibeah: and [Uzzah](/person/uzzah_2916) and [Ahio](/person/ahio_154), the sons of [Abinadab](/person/abinadab_43), drave the new cart.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.3"},{"verseId":10006004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And they brought it out of the house of [Abinadab](/person/abinadab_43) which _was_ at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of [God](/person/god_1324): and [Ahio](/person/ahio_154) went before the ark.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.4"},{"verseId":10006005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) and all the house of Israel played before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) on all manner of _instruments_ _made_ _of_ fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.5"},{"verseId":10006006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, [Uzzah](/person/uzzah_2916) put forth _his_ _hand_ to the ark of [God](/person/god_1324), and took hold of it; for the oxen shook _it_.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.6"},{"verseId":10006007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And the anger of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was kindled against [Uzzah](/person/uzzah_2916); and [God](/person/god_1324) smote him there for _his_ error; and there he died by the ark of [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.6.7"},{"verseId":10006008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) was displeased, because the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had made a breach upon [Uzzah](/person/uzzah_2916): and he called the name of the place [Perez-uzzah](/place/perez-uzzah_935) to this day.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.8"},{"verseId":10006009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) was afraid of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) that day, and said, How shall the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) come to me?","osisRef":"2Sam.6.9"},{"verseId":10006010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) would not remove the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) unto him into the city of [David](/person/david_994): but [David](/person/david_994) carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.10"},{"verseId":10006011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) blessed Obed-edom, and all his household.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.11"},{"verseId":10006012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And it was told king [David](/person/david_994), saying, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that _pertaineth_ unto him, because of the ark of [God](/person/god_1324). So [David](/person/david_994) went and brought up the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) from the house of Obed-edom into the city of [David](/person/david_994) with gladness.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.12"},{"verseId":10006014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) danced before the [LORD](/person/god_1324) with all _his_ might; and [David](/person/david_994) _was_ girded with a linen ephod.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.14"},{"verseId":10006015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"So [David](/person/david_994) and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.15"},{"verseId":10006016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And as the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came into the city of [David](/person/david_994), [Michal](/person/michal_2073) [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) daughter looked through a window, and saw king [David](/person/david_994) leaping and dancing before the [LORD](/person/god_1324); and she despised him in her heart.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.16"},{"verseId":10006017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And they brought in the ark of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that [David](/person/david_994) had pitched for it: and [David](/person/david_994) offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.6.17"},{"verseId":10006018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And as soon as [David](/person/david_994) had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.18"},{"verseId":10006019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.19"},{"verseId":10006020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) returned to bless his household. And [Michal](/person/michal_2073) the daughter of Saul came out to meet [David](/person/david_994), 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!","osisRef":"2Sam.6.20"},{"verseId":10006021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Michal](/person/michal_2073), _It_ _was_ before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), over Israel: therefore will I play before the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.6.21"},{"verseId":10006022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"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 honour.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.22"},{"verseId":10006023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Therefore [Michal](/person/michal_2073) the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.","osisRef":"2Sam.6.23"}]},{"title":"2Sam 7","chapterNum":7,"osisRef":"2Sam.7","verses":[{"verseId":10007001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had given him rest round about from all his enemies;","osisRef":"2Sam.7.1"},{"verseId":10007002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"That the king said unto [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) dwelleth within curtains.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.2"},{"verseId":10007003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) said to the king, Go, do all that _is_ in thine heart; for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _is_ with thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.3"},{"verseId":10007004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And it came to pass that night, that the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came unto [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153), saying,","osisRef":"2Sam.7.4"},{"verseId":10007005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Go and tell my servant [David](/person/david_994), Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?","osisRef":"2Sam.7.5"},{"verseId":10007006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Whereas I have not dwelt in _any_ house since the time that I brought up the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) out of [Egypt](/place/egypt_362), even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.6"},{"verseId":10007007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"In all _the_ _places_ wherein I have walked with all the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) 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 an house of cedar?","osisRef":"2Sam.7.7"},{"verseId":10007008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant [David](/person/david_994), Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:","osisRef":"2Sam.7.8"},{"verseId":10007009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.9"},{"verseId":10007010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"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,","osisRef":"2Sam.7.10"},{"verseId":10007011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) telleth thee that he will make thee an house.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.11"},{"verseId":10007012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.12"},{"verseId":10007013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.13"},{"verseId":10007014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"2Sam.7.14"},{"verseId":10007015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took _it_ from Saul, whom I put away before thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.15"},{"verseId":10007016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.16"},{"verseId":10007017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) speak unto [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.7.17"},{"verseId":10007018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then went king [David](/person/david_994) in, and sat before the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and he said, Who _am_ I, O [Lord](/person/god_1324) GOD? and what _is_ my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?","osisRef":"2Sam.7.18"},{"verseId":10007019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O [Lord](/person/god_1324) 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](/person/god_1324) GOD?","osisRef":"2Sam.7.19"},{"verseId":10007020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And what can [David](/person/david_994) say more unto thee? for thou, [Lord](/person/god_1324) GOD, knowest thy servant.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.20"},{"verseId":10007021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know _them_.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.21"},{"verseId":10007022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Wherefore thou art great, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) God: for _there_ _is_ none like thee, neither _is_ _there_ _any_ [God](/person/god_1324) beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.22"},{"verseId":10007023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And what one nation in the earth _is_ like thy people, _even_ like Israel, whom [God](/person/god_1324) 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](/place/egypt_362), _from_ the nations and their gods?","osisRef":"2Sam.7.23"},{"verseId":10007024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel _to_ _be_ a people unto thee for ever: and thou, [LORD](/person/god_1324), art become their [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.7.24"},{"verseId":10007025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And now, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish _it_ for ever, and do as thou hast said.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.25"},{"verseId":10007026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts _is_ the [God](/person/god_1324) over Israel: and let the house of thy servant [David](/person/david_994) be established before thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.26"},{"verseId":10007027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"For thou, O [LORD](/person/god_1324) of hosts, [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.27"},{"verseId":10007028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And now, O [Lord](/person/god_1324) GOD, thou _art_ that [God](/person/god_1324), and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:","osisRef":"2Sam.7.28"},{"verseId":10007029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324) GOD, hast spoken _it_: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.","osisRef":"2Sam.7.29"}]},{"title":"2Sam 8","chapterNum":8,"osisRef":"2Sam.8","verses":[{"verseId":10008001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And after this it came to pass, that [David](/person/david_994) smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and [David](/person/david_994) took [Metheg-ammah](/place/metheg-ammah_791) out of the hand of the Philistines.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.1"},{"verseId":10008002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he smote [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815), 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](/person/david_994) servants, _and_ brought gifts.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.2"},{"verseId":10008004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) took from him a thousand _chariots_, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and [David](/person/david_994) houghed all the chariot _horses_, but reserved of them _for_ an hundred chariots.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.4"},{"verseId":10008005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And when the Syrians of [Damascus](/place/damascus_322) came to succour [Hadadezer](/person/hadarezer_1340) king of [Zobah](/place/zobah_1272), [David](/person/david_994) slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.5"},{"verseId":10008006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) put garrisons in [Syria](/place/aram_82) of [Damascus](/place/damascus_322): and the Syrians became servants to [David](/person/david_994), _and_ brought gifts. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) preserved [David](/person/david_994) whithersoever he went.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.6"},{"verseId":10008007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) took the shields of gold that were on the servants of [Hadadezer](/person/hadarezer_1340), and brought them to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Sam.8.7"},{"verseId":10008008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And from [Betah](/place/betah_182), and from [Berothai](/place/berothai_180), cities of [Hadadezer](/person/hadarezer_1340), king [David](/person/david_994) took exceeding much brass.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.8"},{"verseId":10008009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"When [Toi](/person/toi_2877) king of [Hamath](/place/hamath_516) heard that [David](/person/david_994) had smitten all the host of [Hadadezer](/person/hadarezer_1340),","osisRef":"2Sam.8.9"},{"verseId":10008010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Then [Toi](/person/toi_2877) sent [Joram](/person/joram_1705) his son unto king [David](/person/david_994), to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against [Hadadezer](/person/hadarezer_1340), and smitten him: for [Hadadezer](/person/hadarezer_1340) had wars with [Toi](/person/toi_2877). And _[Joram](/person/joram_1705)_ brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:","osisRef":"2Sam.8.10"},{"verseId":10008011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Which also king [David](/person/david_994) did dedicate unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;","osisRef":"2Sam.8.11"},{"verseId":10008012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Of [Syria](/place/edom_357), and of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815), and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of [[Amalek](/person/amalek_197)](/place/amalek_53), and of the spoil of [Hadadezer](/person/hadarezer_1340), son of [Rehob](/person/rehob_2410), king of [Zobah](/place/zobah_1272).","osisRef":"2Sam.8.12"},{"verseId":10008013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) gat _him_ a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of [salt](/place/valley_of_salt_1215), _being_ eighteen thousand _men_.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.13"},{"verseId":10008014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he put garrisons in [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357); throughout all [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357) put he garrisons, and all they of [[Edom](/person/esau_1216)](/place/edom_357) became [David’s](/person/david_994) servants. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) preserved [David](/person/david_994) whithersoever he went.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.14"},{"verseId":10008015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) reigned over all Israel; and [David](/person/david_994) executed judgment and justice unto all his people.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.15"},{"verseId":10008016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055) _was_ over the host; and [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_806) the son of [Ahilud](/person/ahilud_142) _was_ recorder;","osisRef":"2Sam.8.16"},{"verseId":10008017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the son of [Ahitub](/person/ahitub_164), and [Ahimelech](/person/ahimelech_149) the son of [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20), _were_ the priests; and [Seraiah](/person/shavsha_2493) _was_ the scribe;","osisRef":"2Sam.8.17"},{"verseId":10008018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792) _was_ _over_ both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and [David’s](/person/david_994) sons were chief rulers.","osisRef":"2Sam.8.18"}]},{"title":"2Sam 9","chapterNum":9,"osisRef":"2Sam.9","verses":[{"verseId":10009001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for [Jonathan’s](/person/jonathan_1692) sake?","osisRef":"2Sam.9.1"},{"verseId":10009002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And _there_ _was_ of the house of Saul a servant whose name _was_ [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060). And when they had called him unto [David](/person/david_994), the king said unto him, _Art_ thou [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060)? And he said, Thy servant _is_ _he_.","osisRef":"2Sam.9.2"},{"verseId":10009003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the king said, _Is_ there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of [God](/person/god_1324) unto him? And [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) said unto the king, [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) hath yet a son, _which_ _is_ lame on _his_ feet.","osisRef":"2Sam.9.3"},{"verseId":10009004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the king said unto him, Where _is_ he? And [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) said unto the king, Behold, he _is_ in the house of [Machir](/person/machir_1878), the son of [Ammiel](/person/ammiel_221), in [Lo-debar](/place/lo-debar_732).","osisRef":"2Sam.9.4"},{"verseId":10009005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Then king [David](/person/david_994) sent, and fetched him out of the house of [Machir](/person/machir_1878), the son of [Ammiel](/person/ammiel_221), from [Lo-debar](/place/lo-debar_732).","osisRef":"2Sam.9.5"},{"verseId":10009006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Now when [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999), the son of [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692), the son of Saul, was come unto [David](/person/david_994), he fell on his face, and did reverence. And [David](/person/david_994) said, [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999). And he answered, Behold thy servant!","osisRef":"2Sam.9.6"},{"verseId":10009007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.","osisRef":"2Sam.9.7"},{"verseId":10009008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And he bowed himself, and said, What _is_ thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I _am_?","osisRef":"2Sam.9.8"},{"verseId":10009009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Then the king called to [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060), [Saul’s](/person/saul_2478) servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.","osisRef":"2Sam.9.9"},{"verseId":10009010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"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](/person/mephibosheth_1999) thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) had fifteen sons and twenty servants.","osisRef":"2Sam.9.10"},{"verseId":10009011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Then said [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999), _said_ _the_ _king_, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons.","osisRef":"2Sam.9.11"},{"verseId":10009012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999) had a young son, whose name _was_ [Micha](/person/micah_2055). And all that dwelt in the house of [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) _were_ servants unto [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999).","osisRef":"2Sam.9.12"},{"verseId":10009013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"So [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999) dwelt in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636): for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet.","osisRef":"2Sam.9.13"}]},{"title":"2Sam 10","chapterNum":10,"osisRef":"2Sam.10","verses":[{"verseId":10010001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and [Hanun](/person/hanun_1404) his son reigned in his stead.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.1"},{"verseId":10010002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"Then said [David](/person/david_994), I will shew kindness unto [Hanun](/person/hanun_1404) the son of [Nahash](/person/nahash_2137), as his father shewed kindness unto me. And [David](/person/david_994) sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And [David’s](/person/david_994) servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.2"},{"verseId":10010003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto [Hanun](/person/hanun_1404) their lord, Thinkest thou that [David](/person/david_994) doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not [David](/person/david_994) _rather_ sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?","osisRef":"2Sam.10.3"},{"verseId":10010004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Wherefore [Hanun](/person/hanun_1404) took [David’s](/person/david_994) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.4"},{"verseId":10010005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"When they told _it_ unto [David](/person/david_994), he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at [Jericho](/place/jericho_634) until your beards be grown, and _then_ return.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.5"},{"verseId":10010006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before [David](/person/david_994), the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of [Beth-rehob](/place/beth-rehob_230), and the Syrians of [Zoba](/place/zobah_1272), twenty thousand footmen, and of king [Maacah](/place/maacah_743) a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.6"},{"verseId":10010007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And when [David](/person/david_994) heard of _it_, he sent [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and all the host of the mighty men.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.7"},{"verseId":10010008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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](/place/zobah_1272), and of [Rehob](/place/rehob_987), and Ish-tob, and [Maacah](/place/maacah_743), _were_ by themselves in the field.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.8"},{"verseId":10010009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"When [Joab](/person/joab_1617) 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:","osisRef":"2Sam.10.9"},{"verseId":10010010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) his brother, that he might put _them_ in array against the children of Ammon.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.10"},{"verseId":10010011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.11"},{"verseId":10010012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our [God](/person/god_1324): and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) do that which seemeth him good.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.12"},{"verseId":10010013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) drew nigh, and the people that _were_ with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.13"},{"verseId":10010014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before [Abishai](/person/abishai_50), and entered into the city. So [Joab](/person/joab_1617) returned from the children of Ammon, and came to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Sam.10.14"},{"verseId":10010015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.15"},{"verseId":10010016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Hadarezer](/person/hadarezer_1340) sent, and brought out the Syrians that _were_ beyond the [river](/place/euphrates_421): and they came to [Helam](/place/helam_552); and [Shobach](/person/shobach_2717) the captain of the host of [Hadarezer](/person/hadarezer_1340) _went_ before them.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.16"},{"verseId":10010017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And when it was told [David](/person/david_994), he gathered all Israel together, and passed over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653), and came to [Helam](/place/helam_552). And the Syrians set themselves in array against [David](/person/david_994), and fought with him.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.17"},{"verseId":10010018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And the Syrians fled before Israel; and [David](/person/david_994) slew _the_ _men_ _of_ seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote [Shobach](/person/shobach_2717) the captain of their host, who died there.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.18"},{"verseId":10010019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And when all the kings _that_ _were_ servants to [Hadarezer](/person/hadarezer_1340) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.10.19"}]},{"title":"2Sam 11","chapterNum":11,"osisRef":"2Sam.11","verses":[{"verseId":10011001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth _to_ _battle_, that [David](/person/david_994) sent [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged [Rabbah](/place/rabbah_966). But [David](/person/david_994) tarried still at [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Sam.11.1"},{"verseId":10011002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that [David](/person/david_994) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.2"},{"verseId":10011003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) sent and enquired after the woman. And _one_ said, _Is_ not this [Bath-sheba](/person/bathsheba_416), the daughter of [Eliam](/person/eliam_1089), the wife of [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) the Hittite?","osisRef":"2Sam.11.3"},{"verseId":10011004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.4"},{"verseId":10011005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the woman conceived, and sent and told [David](/person/david_994), and said, I _am_ with child.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.5"},{"verseId":10011006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) sent to [Joab](/person/joab_1617), _saying_, Send me [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) the Hittite. And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) sent [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) to [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.11.6"},{"verseId":10011007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And when [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) was come unto him, [David](/person/david_994) demanded _of_ _him_ how [Joab](/person/joab_1617) did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.7"},{"verseId":10011008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898), Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess _of_ _meat_ from the king.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.8"},{"verseId":10011009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"But [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.9"},{"verseId":10011010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And when they had told [David](/person/david_994), saying, [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) went not down unto his house, [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898), Camest thou not from _thy_ journey? why _then_ didst thou not go down unto thine house?","osisRef":"2Sam.11.10"},{"verseId":10011011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) said unto [David](/person/david_994), The ark, and Israel, and [Judah](/person/judah_1751), abide in tents; and my lord [Joab](/person/joab_1617), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.11"},{"verseId":10011012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898), Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) abode in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) that day, and the morrow.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.12"},{"verseId":10011013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And when [David](/person/david_994) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.13"},{"verseId":10011014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And it came to pass in the morning, that [David](/person/david_994) wrote a letter to [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and sent _it_ by the hand of [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898).","osisRef":"2Sam.11.14"},{"verseId":10011015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.15"},{"verseId":10011016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Joab](/person/joab_1617) observed the city, that he assigned [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) unto a place where he knew that valiant men _were_.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.16"},{"verseId":10011017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the men of the city went out, and fought with [Joab](/person/joab_1617): and there fell _some_ of the people of the servants of [David](/person/david_994); and [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) the Hittite died also.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.17"},{"verseId":10011018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then [Joab](/person/joab_1617) sent and told [David](/person/david_994) all the things concerning the war;","osisRef":"2Sam.11.18"},{"verseId":10011019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,","osisRef":"2Sam.11.19"},{"verseId":10011020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"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?","osisRef":"2Sam.11.20"},{"verseId":10011021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Who smote [Abimelech](/person/abimelech_42) the son of [Jerubbesheth](/person/jerubbesheth_881)? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in [Thebez](/place/thebez_1157)? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) the Hittite is dead also.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.21"},{"verseId":10011022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"So the messenger went, and came and shewed [David](/person/david_994) all that [Joab](/person/joab_1617) had sent him for.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.22"},{"verseId":10011023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And the messenger said unto [David](/person/david_994), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.23"},{"verseId":10011024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and _some_ of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) the Hittite is dead also.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.24"},{"verseId":10011025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto [Joab](/person/joab_1617), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.25"},{"verseId":10011026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And when the wife of [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) heard that [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.","osisRef":"2Sam.11.26"},{"verseId":10011027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And when the mourning was past, [David](/person/david_994) sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that [David](/person/david_994) had done displeased the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.11.27"}]},{"title":"2Sam 12","chapterNum":12,"osisRef":"2Sam.12","verses":[{"verseId":10012001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) unto [David](/person/david_994). And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.1"},{"verseId":10012002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"The rich _man_ had exceeding many flocks and herds:","osisRef":"2Sam.12.2"},{"verseId":10012003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.3"},{"verseId":10012004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"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 man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.4"},{"verseId":10012005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [David’s](/person/david_994) anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153), _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, the man that hath done this _thing_ shall surely die:","osisRef":"2Sam.12.5"},{"verseId":10012006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.6"},{"verseId":10012007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) said to [David](/person/david_994), Thou _art_ the man. Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324) God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;","osisRef":"2Sam.12.7"},{"verseId":10012008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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](/person/judah_1751); and if _that_ _had_ _been_ too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.8"},{"verseId":10012009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.9"},{"verseId":10012010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of [Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) the Hittite to be thy wife.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.10"},{"verseId":10012011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), 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 neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.11"},{"verseId":10012012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"For thou didst _it_ secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.12"},{"verseId":10012013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153), I have sinned against the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) said unto [David](/person/david_994), The [LORD](/person/god_1324) also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.13"},{"verseId":10012014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) to blaspheme, the child also _that_ _is_ born unto thee shall surely die.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.14"},{"verseId":10012015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) departed unto his house. And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) struck the child that [Uriah’s](/person/uriah_2898) wife bare unto [David](/person/david_994), and it was very sick.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.15"},{"verseId":10012016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"[David](/person/david_994) therefore besought [God](/person/god_1324) for the child; and [David](/person/david_994) fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.16"},{"verseId":10012017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.17"},{"verseId":10012018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of [David](/person/david_994) 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?","osisRef":"2Sam.12.18"},{"verseId":10012019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"But when [David](/person/david_994) saw that his servants whispered, [David](/person/david_994) perceived that the child was dead: therefore [David](/person/david_994) said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.19"},{"verseId":10012021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.21"},{"verseId":10012022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell _whether_ [GOD](/person/god_1324) will be gracious to me, that the child may live?","osisRef":"2Sam.12.22"},{"verseId":10012023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.23"},{"verseId":10012024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) comforted [Bath-sheba](/person/bathsheba_416) his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name [Solomon](/person/solomon_2762): and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) loved him.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.24"},{"verseId":10012025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And he sent by the hand of [Nathan](/person/nathan_2153) the prophet; and he called his name [Jedidiah](/person/solomon_2762), because of the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.12.25"},{"verseId":10012026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) fought against [Rabbah](/place/rabbah_966) of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.26"},{"verseId":10012027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) sent messengers to [David](/person/david_994), and said, I have fought against [Rabbah](/place/rabbah_966), and have taken the city of waters.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.27"},{"verseId":10012028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.28"},{"verseId":10012029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) gathered all the people together, and went to [Rabbah](/place/rabbah_966), and fought against it, and took it.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.29"},{"verseId":10012030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"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](/person/david_994) head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.","osisRef":"2Sam.12.30"},{"verseId":10012031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"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](/person/david_994) and all the people returned unto [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Sam.12.31"}]},{"title":"2Sam 13","chapterNum":13,"osisRef":"2Sam.13","verses":[{"verseId":10013001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass after this, that [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) the son of [David](/person/david_994) had a fair sister, whose name _was_ [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822); and [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) the son of [David](/person/david_994) loved her.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.1"},{"verseId":10013002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822); for she _was_ a virgin; and [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.2"},{"verseId":10013003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"But [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) had a friend, whose name _was_ [Jonadab](/person/jonadab_1688), the son of [Shimeah](/person/shammah_2700) [David’s](/person/david_994) brother: and [Jonadab](/person/jonadab_1688) _was_ a very subtil man.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.3"},{"verseId":10013004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"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](/person/amnon_232) said unto him, I love [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822), my brother [Absalom’s](/person/absalom_59) sister.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.4"},{"verseId":10013005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [Jonadab](/person/jonadab_1688) 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](/person/tamar_2822) come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see _it_, and eat _it_ at her hand.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.5"},{"verseId":10013006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"So [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) said unto the king, I pray thee, let [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822) my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.6"},{"verseId":10013007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) sent home to [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822), saying, Go now to thy brother [Amnon’s](/person/amnon_232) house, and dress him meat.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.7"},{"verseId":10013008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"So [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822) went to her brother [Amnon’s](/person/amnon_232) house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded _it_, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.8"},{"verseId":10013009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And she took a pan, and poured _them_ out before him; but he refused to eat. And [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.9"},{"verseId":10013010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) said unto [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822), Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822) took the cakes which she had made, and brought _them_ into the chamber to [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) her brother.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.10"},{"verseId":10013011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.11"},{"verseId":10013012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.12"},{"verseId":10013013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.13"},{"verseId":10013014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.14"},{"verseId":10013015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Then [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her _was_ greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) said unto her, Arise, be gone.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.15"},{"verseId":10013016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.16"},{"verseId":10013017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this _woman_ out from me, and bolt the door after her.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.17"},{"verseId":10013018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And _she_ _had_ a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters _that_ _were_ virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.18"},{"verseId":10013019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822) put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that _was_ on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.19"},{"verseId":10013020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) her brother said unto her, Hath [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he _is_ thy brother; regard not this thing. So [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822) remained desolate in her brother [Absalom’s](/person/absalom_59) house.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.20"},{"verseId":10013021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"But when king [David](/person/david_994) heard of all these things, he was very wroth.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.21"},{"verseId":10013022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) spake unto his brother [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) neither good nor bad: for [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) hated [Amnon](/person/amnon_232), because he had forced his sister [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822).","osisRef":"2Sam.13.22"},{"verseId":10013023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And it came to pass after two full years, that [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) had sheepshearers in [Baal-hazor](/place/baal-hazor_142), which _is_ beside [Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206): and [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) invited all the king’s sons.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.23"},{"verseId":10013024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.24"},{"verseId":10013025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And the king said to [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.25"},{"verseId":10013026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"Then said [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), If not, I pray thee, let my brother [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?","osisRef":"2Sam.13.26"},{"verseId":10013027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"But [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) pressed him, that he let [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) and all the king’s sons go with him.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.27"},{"verseId":10013028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Now [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) had commanded his servants, saying, [Mark](/person/mark_1679) ye now when [Amnon’s](/person/amnon_232) heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite [Amnon](/person/amnon_232); then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.28"},{"verseId":10013029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And the servants of [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) did unto [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) as [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.29"},{"verseId":10013030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to [David](/person/david_994), saying, [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) hath slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.30"},{"verseId":10013031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.31"},{"verseId":10013032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And [Jonadab](/person/jonadab_1688), the son of [Shimeah](/person/shammah_2700) [David’s](/person/david_994) brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose _that_ they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for [Amnon](/person/amnon_232) only is dead: for by the appointment of [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister [Tamar](/person/tamar_2822).","osisRef":"2Sam.13.32"},{"verseId":10013033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"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](/person/amnon_232) only is dead.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.33"},{"verseId":10013034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"But [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.34"},{"verseId":10013035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And [Jonadab](/person/jonadab_1688) said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.35"},{"verseId":10013036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.36"},{"verseId":10013037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"But [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) fled, and went to [Talmai](/person/talmai_2819), the son of [Ammihud](/person/ammihud_226), king of [Geshur](/place/geshur_461). And _[David](/person/david_994)_ mourned for his son every day.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.37"},{"verseId":10013038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"So [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) fled, and went to [Geshur](/place/geshur_461), and was there three years.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.38"},{"verseId":10013039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And _the_ _soul_ _of_ king [David](/person/david_994) longed to go forth unto [Absalom](/person/absalom_59): for he was comforted concerning [Amnon](/person/amnon_232), seeing he was dead.","osisRef":"2Sam.13.39"}]},{"title":"2Sam 14","chapterNum":14,"osisRef":"2Sam.14","verses":[{"verseId":10014001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055) perceived that the king’s heart _was_ toward [Absalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.14.1"},{"verseId":10014002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) sent to [Tekoah](/place/tekoa_1142), 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:","osisRef":"2Sam.14.2"},{"verseId":10014003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So [Joab](/person/joab_1617) put the words in her mouth.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.3"},{"verseId":10014004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And when the woman of [Tekoah](/place/tekoa_1142) spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.4"},{"verseId":10014005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I _am_ indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.5"},{"verseId":10014006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.6"},{"verseId":10014007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.7"},{"verseId":10014008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.8"},{"verseId":10014009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the woman of [Tekoah](/place/tekoa_1142) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.9"},{"verseId":10014010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the king said, Whosoever saith _ought_ unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.10"},{"verseId":10014011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324), that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.11"},{"verseId":10014012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak _one_ word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.12"},{"verseId":10014013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of [God](/person/god_1324)? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.13"},{"verseId":10014014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"For we must needs die, and _are_ as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth [God](/person/god_1324) respect _any_ person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.14"},{"verseId":10014015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.15"},{"verseId":10014016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.14.16"},{"verseId":10014017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of [God](/person/god_1324), so _is_ my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) will be with thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.17"},{"verseId":10014018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.18"},{"verseId":10014019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And the king said, _Is_ _not_ the hand of [Joab](/person/joab_1617) 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](/person/joab_1617), he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:","osisRef":"2Sam.14.19"},{"verseId":10014020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant [Joab](/person/joab_1617) done this thing: and my lord _is_ wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of [God](/person/god_1324), to know all _things_ that _are_ in the earth.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.20"},{"verseId":10014021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And the king said unto [Joab](/person/joab_1617), Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) again.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.21"},{"verseId":10014022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and [Joab](/person/joab_1617) said, To day 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.22"},{"verseId":10014023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"So [Joab](/person/joab_1617) arose and went to [Geshur](/place/geshur_461), and brought [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Sam.14.23"},{"verseId":10014024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.24"},{"verseId":10014025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.25"},{"verseId":10014026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.26"},{"verseId":10014027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And unto [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name _was_ [Tamar](/person/tamar_2823): she was a woman of a fair countenance.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.27"},{"verseId":10014028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"So [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) dwelt two full years in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and saw not the king’s face.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.28"},{"verseId":10014029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"Therefore [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) sent for [Joab](/person/joab_1617), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.29"},{"verseId":10014030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"Therefore he said unto his servants, See, [Joab’s](/person/joab_1617) field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And [Absalom’s](/person/absalom_59) servants set the field on fire.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.30"},{"verseId":10014031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"Then [Joab](/person/joab_1617) arose, and came to [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) unto _his_ house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?","osisRef":"2Sam.14.31"},{"verseId":10014032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) answered [Joab](/person/joab_1617), Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from [Geshur](/place/geshur_461)? _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.","osisRef":"2Sam.14.32"},{"verseId":10014033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"So [Joab](/person/joab_1617) came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed [Absalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.14.33"}]},{"title":"2Sam 15","chapterNum":15,"osisRef":"2Sam.15","verses":[{"verseId":10015001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it came to pass after this, that [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.1"},{"verseId":10015002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) 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](/person/absalom_59) called unto him, and said, Of what city _art_ thou? And he said, Thy servant _is_ of one of the tribes of Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.2"},{"verseId":10015003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) said unto him, See, thy matters _are_ good and right; but _there_ _is_ no man _deputed_ of the king to hear thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.3"},{"verseId":10015004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"[Absalom](/person/absalom_59) 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!","osisRef":"2Sam.15.4"},{"verseId":10015005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.5"},{"verseId":10015006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And on this manner did [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) stole the hearts of the men of Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.6"},{"verseId":10015007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And it came to pass after forty years, that [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551).","osisRef":"2Sam.15.7"},{"verseId":10015008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at [Geshur](/place/geshur_461) in [Syria](/place/aram_82), saying, If the [LORD](/person/god_1324) shall bring me again indeed to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), then I will serve the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.15.8"},{"verseId":10015009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to [Hebron](/place/hebron_551).","osisRef":"2Sam.15.9"},{"verseId":10015010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"But [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) reigneth in [Hebron](/place/hebron_551).","osisRef":"2Sam.15.10"},{"verseId":10015011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And with [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) went two hundred men out of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), _that_ _were_ called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.11"},{"verseId":10015012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) sent for [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) the Gilonite, [David’s](/person/david_994) counsellor, from his city, _even_ from [Giloh](/place/giloh_479), while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with [Absalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.15.12"},{"verseId":10015013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And there came a messenger to [David](/person/david_994), saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after [Absalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.15.13"},{"verseId":10015014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto all his servants that _were_ with him at [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not _else_ escape from [Absalom](/person/absalom_59): make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.14"},{"verseId":10015015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And the king’s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants _are_ _ready_ _to_ _do_ whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.15"},{"verseId":10015016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, _which_ _were_ concubines, to keep the house.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.16"},{"verseId":10015017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.17"},{"verseId":10015018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"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](/place/gath_442), passed on before the king.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.18"},{"verseId":10015019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Then said the king to [Ittai](/person/ittai_656) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.19"},{"verseId":10015020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.20"},{"verseId":10015021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Ittai](/person/ittai_656) answered the king, and said, _As_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.21"},{"verseId":10015022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Ittai](/person/ittai_656), Go and pass over. And [Ittai](/person/ittai_656) the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that _were_ with him.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.22"},{"verseId":10015023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook [Kidron](/place/kidron_687), and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.23"},{"verseId":10015024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And lo [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) also, and all the Levites _were_ with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of [God](/person/god_1324): and they set down the ark of [God](/person/god_1324); and [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.24"},{"verseId":10015025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And the king said unto [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973), Carry back the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), he will bring me again, and shew me _both_ it, and his habitation:","osisRef":"2Sam.15.25"},{"verseId":10015026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.26"},{"verseId":10015027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"The king said also unto [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) the priest, _Art_ _not_ thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) thy son, and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1693) the son of [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20).","osisRef":"2Sam.15.27"},{"verseId":10015028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.28"},{"verseId":10015029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"[Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) therefore and [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) carried the ark of [God](/person/god_1324) again to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636): and they tarried there.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.29"},{"verseId":10015030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) went up by the ascent of _mount_ [Olivet](/place/mount_of_olives_861), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.30"},{"verseId":10015031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And _one_ told [David](/person/david_994), saying, [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) _is_ among the conspirators with [Absalom](/person/absalom_59). And [David](/person/david_994) said, O [LORD](/person/god_1324), I pray thee, turn the counsel of [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) into foolishness.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.31"},{"verseId":10015032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And it came to pass, that _when_ [David](/person/david_994) was come to the top _of_ _the_ _mount_, where he worshipped [God](/person/god_1324), behold, [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:","osisRef":"2Sam.15.32"},{"verseId":10015033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"Unto whom [David](/person/david_994) said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:","osisRef":"2Sam.15.33"},{"verseId":10015034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"But if thou return to the city, and say unto [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), 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](/person/ahithophel_162).","osisRef":"2Sam.15.34"},{"verseId":10015035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"And _hast_ _thou_ not there with thee [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) and [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) 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](/person/zadok_2973) and [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the priests.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.35"},{"verseId":10015036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"Behold, _they_ _have_ there with them their two sons, [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) [Zadok’s](/person/zadok_2973) _son_, and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1693) [Abiathar’s](/person/abiathar_20) _son_; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.","osisRef":"2Sam.15.36"},{"verseId":10015037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"So [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) [David’s](/person/david_994) friend came into the city, and [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) came into [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Sam.15.37"}]},{"title":"2Sam 16","chapterNum":16,"osisRef":"2Sam.16","verses":[{"verseId":10016001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And when [David](/person/david_994) was a little past the top _of_ _the_ _hill_, behold, [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) the servant of [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999) met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred _loaves_ of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.1"},{"verseId":10016002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the king said unto [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060), What meanest thou by these? And [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.2"},{"verseId":10016003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the king said, And where _is_ thy master’s son? And [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636): for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.3"},{"verseId":10016004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then said the king to [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060), Behold, thine _are_ all that _pertained_ unto [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999). And [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) said, I humbly beseech thee _that_ I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.4"},{"verseId":10016005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And when king [David](/person/david_994) came to [Bahurim](/place/bahurim_154), behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name _was_ [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684), the son of [Gera](/person/gera_1299): he came forth, and cursed still as he came.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.5"},{"verseId":10016006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And he cast stones at [David](/person/david_994), and at all the servants of king [David](/person/david_994): and all the people and all the mighty men _were_ on his right hand and on his left.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.6"},{"verseId":10016007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And thus said [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:","osisRef":"2Sam.16.7"},{"verseId":10016008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) thy son: and, behold, thou _art_ _taken_ in thy mischief, because thou _art_ a bloody man.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.8"},{"verseId":10016009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"Then said [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.9"},{"verseId":10016010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055)? so let him curse, because the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath said unto him, Curse [David](/person/david_994). Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?","osisRef":"2Sam.16.10"},{"verseId":10016011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Abishai](/person/abishai_50), 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](/person/god_1324) hath bidden him.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.11"},{"verseId":10016012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"It may be that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will look on mine affliction, and that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will requite me good for his cursing this day.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.12"},{"verseId":10016013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And as [David](/person/david_994) and his men went by the way, [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.13"},{"verseId":10016014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And the king, and all the people that _were_ with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.14"},{"verseId":10016015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), and all the people the men of Israel, came to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), and [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) with him.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.15"},{"verseId":10016016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) the Archite, [David’s](/person/david_994) friend, was come unto [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), that [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) said unto [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), [God](/person/god_1324) save the king, [God](/person/god_1324) save the king.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.16"},{"verseId":10016017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) said to [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577), _Is_ this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?","osisRef":"2Sam.16.17"},{"verseId":10016020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"Then said [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) to [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162), Give counsel among you what we shall do.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.20"},{"verseId":10016021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) said unto [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that _are_ with thee be strong.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.21"},{"verseId":10016022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"So they spread [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) a tent upon the top of the house; and [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.16.22"},{"verseId":10016023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And the counsel of [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162), which he counselled in those days, _was_ as if a man had enquired at the oracle of [God](/person/god_1324): so _was_ all the counsel of [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) both with [David](/person/david_994) and with [Absalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.16.23"}]},{"title":"2Sam 17","chapterNum":17,"osisRef":"2Sam.17","verses":[{"verseId":10017001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Moreover [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) said unto [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after [David](/person/david_994) this night:","osisRef":"2Sam.17.1"},{"verseId":10017002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"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:","osisRef":"2Sam.17.2"},{"verseId":10017003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.3"},{"verseId":10017004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"And the saying pleased [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) well, and all the elders of Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.4"},{"verseId":10017005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Then said [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), Call now [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.5"},{"verseId":10017006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And when [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) was come to [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) spake unto him, saying, [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) hath spoken after this manner: shall we do _after_ his saying? if not; speak thou.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.6"},{"verseId":10017007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) said unto [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), The counsel that [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) hath given _is_ not good at this time.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.7"},{"verseId":10017008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"For, said [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.8"},{"verseId":10017009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.17.9"},{"verseId":10017010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.10"},{"verseId":10017011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323) even to [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170), as the sand that _is_ by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.11"},{"verseId":10017012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.12"},{"verseId":10017013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.13"},{"verseId":10017014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) the Archite _is_ better than the counsel of [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162). For the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had appointed to defeat the good counsel of [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162), to the intent that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) might bring evil upon [Absalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.17.14"},{"verseId":10017015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Then said [Hushai](/person/hushai_1577) unto [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) and to [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the priests, Thus and thus did [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) counsel [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.15"},{"verseId":10017016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Now therefore send quickly, and tell [David](/person/david_994), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.16"},{"verseId":10017017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"Now [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1693) and [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) stayed by [En-rogel](/place/en-rogel_395); 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](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.17.17"},{"verseId":10017018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told [Absalom](/person/absalom_59): but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man’s house in [Bahurim](/place/bahurim_154), which had a well in his court; whither they went down.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.18"},{"verseId":10017019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.19"},{"verseId":10017020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And when [Absalom’s](/person/absalom_59) servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where _is_ [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1693)? 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](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Sam.17.20"},{"verseId":10017021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king [David](/person/david_994), and said unto [David](/person/david_994), Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) counselled against you.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.21"},{"verseId":10017022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) arose, and all the people that _were_ with him, and they passed over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653): by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653).","osisRef":"2Sam.17.22"},{"verseId":10017023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"And when [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) 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 sepulchre of his father.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.23"},{"verseId":10017024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"Then [David](/person/david_994) came to [Mahanaim](/place/mahanaim_756). And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) passed over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653), he and all the men of Israel with him.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.24"},{"verseId":10017025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) made [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) captain of the host instead of [Joab](/person/joab_1617): which [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) _was_ a man’s son, whose name _was_ [Ithra](/person/jether_907) an Israelite, that went in to [Abigail](/person/abigail_27) the daughter of [Nahash](/person/nahash_2138), sister to [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055) [Joab’s](/person/joab_1617) mother.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.25"},{"verseId":10017026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"So Israel and [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) pitched in the land of [Gilead](/place/gilead_475).","osisRef":"2Sam.17.26"},{"verseId":10017027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when [David](/person/david_994) was come to [Mahanaim](/place/mahanaim_756), that [Shobi](/person/shobi_2722) the son of [Nahash](/person/nahash_2139) of [Rabbah](/place/rabbah_966) of the children of Ammon, and [Machir](/person/machir_1878) the son of [Ammiel](/person/ammiel_221) of [Lo-debar](/place/lo-debar_732), and [Barzillai](/person/barzillai_411) the Gileadite of [Rogelim](/place/rogelim_1012),","osisRef":"2Sam.17.27"},{"verseId":10017028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched _corn_, and beans, and lentiles, and parched _pulse_,","osisRef":"2Sam.17.28"},{"verseId":10017029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for [David](/person/david_994), and for the people that _were_ with him, to eat: for they said, The people _is_ hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.","osisRef":"2Sam.17.29"}]},{"title":"2Sam 18","chapterNum":18,"osisRef":"2Sam.18","verses":[{"verseId":10018001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) numbered the people that _were_ with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.1"},{"verseId":10018002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and a third part under the hand of [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055), [Joab’s](/person/joab_1617) brother, and a third part under the hand of [Ittai](/person/ittai_656) the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.2"},{"verseId":10018003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"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 succour us out of the city.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.3"},{"verseId":10018004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.4"},{"verseId":10018005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And the king commanded [Joab](/person/joab_1617) and [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) and [Ittai](/person/ittai_656), saying, _Deal_ gently for my sake with the young man, _even_ with [Absalom](/person/absalom_59). And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning [Absalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.18.5"},{"verseId":10018006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of [Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206);","osisRef":"2Sam.18.6"},{"verseId":10018007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of [David](/person/david_994), and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand _men_.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.7"},{"verseId":10018008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.8"},{"verseId":10018009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) met the servants of [David](/person/david_994). And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.9"},{"verseId":10018010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And a certain man saw _it_, and told [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and said, Behold, I saw [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) hanged in an oak.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.10"},{"verseId":10018011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.11"},{"verseId":10018012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And the man said unto [Joab](/person/joab_1617), 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](/person/abishai_50) and [Ittai](/person/ittai_656), saying, Beware that none _touch_ the young man [Absalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.18.12"},{"verseId":10018013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"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_.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.13"},{"verseId":10018014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"Then said [Joab](/person/joab_1617), I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), while he _was_ yet alive in the midst of the oak.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.14"},{"verseId":10018015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And ten young men that bare [Joab’s](/person/joab_1617) armour compassed about and smote [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), and slew him.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.15"},{"verseId":10018016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for [Joab](/person/joab_1617) held back the people.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.16"},{"verseId":10018017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And they took [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.17"},{"verseId":10018018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Now [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which _is_ in the king’s [dale](/place/valley_of_shaveh_692): 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](/person/absalom_59) place.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.18"},{"verseId":10018019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Then said [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) the son of [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973), Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath avenged him of his enemies.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.19"},{"verseId":10018020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.20"},{"verseId":10018021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"Then said [Joab](/person/joab_1617) to [Cushi](/person/cushi_964), Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And [Cushi](/person/cushi_964) bowed himself unto [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and ran.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.21"},{"verseId":10018022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Then said [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) the son of [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) yet again to [Joab](/person/joab_1617), But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after [Cushi](/person/cushi_964). And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?","osisRef":"2Sam.18.22"},{"verseId":10018023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"But howsoever, _said_ _he_, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) ran by the way of the plain, and overran [Cushi](/person/cushi_964).","osisRef":"2Sam.18.23"},{"verseId":10018024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.24"},{"verseId":10018025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.25"},{"verseId":10018026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.26"},{"verseId":10018027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) the son of [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973). And the king said, He _is_ a good man, and cometh with good tidings.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.27"},{"verseId":10018028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) 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](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324), which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.28"},{"verseId":10018029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And the king said, Is the young man [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) safe? And [Ahimaaz](/person/ahimaaz_144) answered, When [Joab](/person/joab_1617) sent the king’s servant, and _me_ thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what _it_ _was_.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.29"},{"verseId":10018030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And the king said _unto_ _him_, Turn aside, _and_ stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.30"},{"verseId":10018031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And, behold, [Cushi](/person/cushi_964) came; and [Cushi](/person/cushi_964) said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.31"},{"verseId":10018032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"And the king said unto [Cushi](/person/cushi_964), Is the young man [Absalom](/person/absalom_59) safe? And [Cushi](/person/cushi_964) answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do _thee_ hurt, be as _that_ young man _is_.","osisRef":"2Sam.18.32"},{"verseId":10018033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"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](/person/absalom_59), my son, my son [Absalom](/person/absalom_59)! would [God](/person/god_1324) I had died for thee, O [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), my son, my son!","osisRef":"2Sam.18.33"}]},{"title":"2Sam 19","chapterNum":19,"osisRef":"2Sam.19","verses":[{"verseId":10019001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And it was told [Joab](/person/joab_1617), Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for [Absalom](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.19.1"},{"verseId":10019002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.2"},{"verseId":10019003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.3"},{"verseId":10019004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), O [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), my son, my son!","osisRef":"2Sam.19.4"},{"verseId":10019005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) 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;","osisRef":"2Sam.19.5"},{"verseId":10019006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"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](/person/absalom_59) had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.6"},{"verseId":10019007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the [LORD](/person/god_1324), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.7"},{"verseId":10019008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.8"},{"verseId":10019009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"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](/person/absalom_59).","osisRef":"2Sam.19.9"},{"verseId":10019010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Absalom](/person/absalom_59), whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.10"},{"verseId":10019011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And king [David](/person/david_994) sent to [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) and to [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.11"},{"verseId":10019012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Ye _are_ my brethren, ye _are_ my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.12"},{"verseId":10019013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And say ye to [Amasa](/person/amasa_207), _Art_ thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? [God](/person/god_1324) do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of [Joab](/person/joab_1617).","osisRef":"2Sam.19.13"},{"verseId":10019014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he bowed the heart of all the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), even as _the_ _heart_ _of_ one man; so that they sent _this_ _word_ unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.14"},{"verseId":10019015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"So the king returned, and came to [Jordan](/place/jordan_653). And [Judah](/person/judah_1751) came to [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476), to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653).","osisRef":"2Sam.19.15"},{"verseId":10019016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) the son of [Gera](/person/gera_1299), a Benjamite, which _was_ of [Bahurim](/place/bahurim_154), hasted and came down with the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) to meet king [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.19.16"},{"verseId":10019017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And _there_ _were_ a thousand men of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463) with him, and [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653) before the king.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.17"},{"verseId":10019018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) the son of [Gera](/person/gera_1299) fell down before the king, as he was come over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653);","osisRef":"2Sam.19.18"},{"verseId":10019019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"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](/place/jerusalem_636), that the king should take it to his heart.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.19"},{"verseId":10019020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of [Joseph](/person/joseph_1710) to go down to meet my lord the king.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.20"},{"verseId":10019021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"But [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055) answered and said, Shall not [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684) be put to death for this, because he cursed the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) anointed?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.21"},{"verseId":10019022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055), 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?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.22"},{"verseId":10019023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Therefore the king said unto [Shimei](/person/shimei_2684), Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.23"},{"verseId":10019024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.24"},{"verseId":10019025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And it came to pass, when he was come to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999)?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.25"},{"verseId":10019026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.26"},{"verseId":10019027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king _is_ as an angel of [God](/person/god_1324): do therefore _what_ _is_ good in thine eyes.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.27"},{"verseId":10019028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"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?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.28"},{"verseId":10019029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and [Ziba](/person/ziba_3060) divide the land.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.29"},{"verseId":10019030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"And [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999) said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.30"},{"verseId":10019031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"And [Barzillai](/person/barzillai_411) the Gileadite came down from [Rogelim](/place/rogelim_1012), and went over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653) with the king, to conduct him over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653).","osisRef":"2Sam.19.31"},{"verseId":10019032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"Now [Barzillai](/person/barzillai_411) was a very aged man, _even_ fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at [Mahanaim](/place/mahanaim_756); for he _was_ a very great man.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.32"},{"verseId":10019033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"And the king said unto [Barzillai](/person/barzillai_411), Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Sam.19.33"},{"verseId":10019034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"And [Barzillai](/person/barzillai_411) said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636)?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.34"},{"verseId":10019035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"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?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.35"},{"verseId":10019036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"Thy servant will go a little way over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653) with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.36"},{"verseId":10019037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"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](/person/chimham_941); let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.37"},{"verseId":10019038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"And the king answered, [Chimham](/person/chimham_941) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.38"},{"verseId":10019039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And all the people went over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653). And when the king was come over, the king kissed [Barzillai](/person/barzillai_411), and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.39"},{"verseId":10019040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"Then the king went on to [Gilgal](/place/gilgal_476), and [Chimham](/person/chimham_941) went on with him: and all the people of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.40"},{"verseId":10019041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all [David’s](/person/david_994) men with him, over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653)?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.41"},{"verseId":10019042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"And all the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) 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?","osisRef":"2Sam.19.42"},{"verseId":10019043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"And the men of Israel answered the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more _right_ in [David](/person/david_994) 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](/person/judah_1751) were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.19.43"}]},{"title":"2Sam 20","chapterNum":20,"osisRef":"2Sam.20","verses":[{"verseId":10020001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name _was_ [Sheba](/person/sheba_2570), the son of [Bichri](/person/bichri_493), a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in [David](/person/david_994), neither have we inheritance in the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903): every man to his tents, O Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.1"},{"verseId":10020002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"So every man of Israel went up from after [David](/person/david_994), _and_ followed [Sheba](/person/sheba_2570) the son of [Bichri](/person/bichri_493): but the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) clave unto their king, from [Jordan](/place/jordan_653) even to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636).","osisRef":"2Sam.20.2"},{"verseId":10020003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) came to his house at [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636); 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.3"},{"verseId":10020004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Then said the king to [Amasa](/person/amasa_207), Assemble me the men of [Judah](/person/judah_1751) within three days, and be thou here present.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.4"},{"verseId":10020005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"So [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) went to assemble _the_ _men_ _of_ [Judah](/person/judah_1751): but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.5"},{"verseId":10020006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said to [Abishai](/person/abishai_50), Now shall [Sheba](/person/sheba_2570) the son of [Bichri](/person/bichri_493) do us more harm than _did_ [Absalom](/person/absalom_59): take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.6"},{"verseId":10020007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And there went out after him [Joab’s](/person/joab_1617) men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636), to pursue after [Sheba](/person/sheba_2570) the son of [Bichri](/person/bichri_493).","osisRef":"2Sam.20.7"},{"verseId":10020008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"When they _were_ at the great stone which _is_ in [Gibeon](/place/gibeon_470), [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) went before them. And [Joab’s](/person/joab_1617) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.8"},{"verseId":10020009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) said to [Amasa](/person/amasa_207), _Art_ thou in health, my brother? And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) took [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.9"},{"verseId":10020010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"But [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) took no heed to the sword that _was_ in [Joab’s](/person/joab_1617) 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](/person/joab_1617) and [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) his brother pursued after [Sheba](/person/sheba_2570) the son of [Bichri](/person/bichri_493).","osisRef":"2Sam.20.10"},{"verseId":10020011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And one of [Joab’s](/person/joab_1617) men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and he that _is_ for [David](/person/david_994), _let_ _him_ _go_ after [Joab](/person/joab_1617).","osisRef":"2Sam.20.11"},{"verseId":10020012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed [Amasa](/person/amasa_207) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.12"},{"verseId":10020013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after [Joab](/person/joab_1617), to pursue after [Sheba](/person/sheba_2570) the son of [Bichri](/person/bichri_493).","osisRef":"2Sam.20.13"},{"verseId":10020014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto [Abel](/place/abel_4), and to [Beth-maachah](/place/beth-maacah_221), and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.14"},{"verseId":10020015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And they came and besieged him in [Abel](/place/abel_4) of [Beth-maachah](/place/beth-maacah_221), and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that _were_ with [Joab](/person/joab_1617) battered the wall, to throw it down.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.15"},{"verseId":10020016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto [Joab](/person/joab_1617), Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.16"},{"verseId":10020017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, _Art_ thou [Joab](/person/joab_1617)? And he answered, I _am_ _he_. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.17"},{"verseId":10020018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask _counsel_ at [Abel](/place/abel_4): and so they ended _the_ _matter_.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.18"},{"verseId":10020019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"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](/person/god_1324)?","osisRef":"2Sam.20.19"},{"verseId":10020020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.20"},{"verseId":10020021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"The matter _is_ not so: but a man of mount [Ephraim](/person/ephraim_1206), [Sheba](/person/sheba_2570) the son of [Bichri](/person/bichri_493) by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, _even_ against [David](/person/david_994): deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto [Joab](/person/joab_1617), Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.21"},{"verseId":10020022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of [Sheba](/person/sheba_2570) the son of [Bichri](/person/bichri_493), and cast _it_ out to [Joab](/person/joab_1617). And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) returned to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) unto the king.","osisRef":"2Sam.20.22"},{"verseId":10020023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"Now [Joab](/person/joab_1617) _was_ over all the host of Israel: and [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792) _was_ over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:","osisRef":"2Sam.20.23"},{"verseId":10020024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And [Adoram](/person/adoniram_102) _was_ over the tribute: and [Jehoshaphat](/person/jehoshaphat_806) the son of [Ahilud](/person/ahilud_142) _was_ recorder:","osisRef":"2Sam.20.24"},{"verseId":10020025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [Sheva](/person/shavsha_2493) _was_ scribe: and [Zadok](/person/zadok_2973) and [Abiathar](/person/abiathar_20) _were_ the priests:","osisRef":"2Sam.20.25"},{"verseId":10020026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"And [Ira](/person/ira_608) also the Jairite was a chief ruler about [David](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.20.26"}]},{"title":"2Sam 21","chapterNum":21,"osisRef":"2Sam.21","verses":[{"verseId":10021001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Then there was a famine in the days of [David](/person/david_994) three years, year after year; and [David](/person/david_994) enquired of the [LORD](/person/god_1324). And the [LORD](/person/god_1324) answered, _It_ _is_ for Saul, and for _his_ bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.1"},{"verseId":10021002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites _were_ not of the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682), but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of [Israel](/person/israel_682) and [Judah](/person/judah_1751)).","osisRef":"2Sam.21.2"},{"verseId":10021003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"Wherefore [David](/person/david_994) 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](/person/god_1324)?","osisRef":"2Sam.21.3"},{"verseId":10021004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.4"},{"verseId":10021005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"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,","osisRef":"2Sam.21.5"},{"verseId":10021006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466) of Saul, _whom_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) did choose. And the king said, I will give _them_.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.6"},{"verseId":10021007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"But the king spared [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_1999), the son of [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) the son of Saul, because of the [LORD’S](/person/god_1324) oath that _was_ between them, between [David](/person/david_994) and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) the son of Saul.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.7"},{"verseId":10021008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"But the king took the two sons of [Rizpah](/person/rizpah_2444) the daughter of [Aiah](/person/aiah_177), whom she bare unto Saul, [Armoni](/person/armoni_309) and [Mephibosheth](/person/mephibosheth_2000); and the five sons of [Michal](/person/merab_2001) the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for [Adriel](/person/adriel_105) the son of [Barzillai](/person/barzillai_412) the Meholathite:","osisRef":"2Sam.21.8"},{"verseId":10021009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the [LORD](/person/god_1324): 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.9"},{"verseId":10021010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [Rizpah](/person/rizpah_2444) the daughter of [Aiah](/person/aiah_177) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.10"},{"verseId":10021011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And it was told [David](/person/david_994) what [Rizpah](/person/rizpah_2444) the daughter of [Aiah](/person/aiah_177), the concubine of Saul, had done.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.11"},{"verseId":10021012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son from the men of [Jabesh-gilead](/place/jabesh-gilead_611), which had stolen them from the street of [Beth-shan](/place/beth-shan_232), where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in [Gilboa](/place/gilboa_474):","osisRef":"2Sam.21.12"},{"verseId":10021013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.13"},{"verseId":10021014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And the bones of Saul and [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1692) his son buried they in the country of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463) in [Zelah](/place/zela_1247), in the sepulchre of [Kish](/person/kish_1784) his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that [God](/person/god_1324) was intreated for the land.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.14"},{"verseId":10021015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and [David](/person/david_994) went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and [David](/person/david_994) waxed faint.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.15"},{"verseId":10021016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And [Ishbi-benob](/person/ishbi-benob_621), which _was_ of the sons of the [giant](/person/the_giant_in_gath_2848), 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](/person/david_994).","osisRef":"2Sam.21.16"},{"verseId":10021017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"But [Abishai](/person/abishai_50) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055) succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of [David](/person/david_994) sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.17"},{"verseId":10021018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at [Gob](/place/gob_483): then [Sibbechai](/person/sibbechai_2737) the Hushathite slew [Saph](/person/sippai_2471), which _was_ of the sons of the [giant](/person/the_giant_in_gath_2848).","osisRef":"2Sam.21.18"},{"verseId":10021019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And there was again a battle in [Gob](/place/gob_483) with the Philistines, where [Elhanan](/person/elhanan_1070) the son of [Jaare-oregim](/person/jair_664), a Beth-lehemite, slew _the_ _brother_ _of_ [Goliath](/person/goliath_1327) the Gittite, the staff of whose spear _was_ like a weaver’s beam.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.19"},{"verseId":10021020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And there was yet a battle in [Gath](/place/gath_442), 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](/person/the_giant_in_gath_2848).","osisRef":"2Sam.21.20"},{"verseId":10021021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And when he defied Israel, [Jonathan](/person/jonadab_1688) the son of Shimea the brother of [David](/person/david_994) slew him.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.21"},{"verseId":10021022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"These four were born to the [giant](/person/the_giant_in_gath_2848) in [Gath](/place/gath_442), and fell by the hand of [David](/person/david_994), and by the hand of his servants.","osisRef":"2Sam.21.22"}]},{"title":"2Sam 22","chapterNum":22,"osisRef":"2Sam.22","verses":[{"verseId":10022001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) spake unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) the words of this song in the day _that_ the [LORD](/person/god_1324) had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:","osisRef":"2Sam.22.1"},{"verseId":10022002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"And he said, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) _is_ my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;","osisRef":"2Sam.22.2"},{"verseId":10022003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"The [God](/person/god_1324) 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 saviour; thou savest me from violence.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.3"},{"verseId":10022004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"I will call on the [LORD](/person/god_1324), _who_ _is_ worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.4"},{"verseId":10022006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;","osisRef":"2Sam.22.6"},{"verseId":10022007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"In my distress I called upon the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and cried to my [God](/person/god_1324): and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry _did_ _enter_ into his ears.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.7"},{"verseId":10022008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.8"},{"verseId":10022009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.9"},{"verseId":10022010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness _was_ under his feet.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.10"},{"verseId":10022011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.11"},{"verseId":10022012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, _and_ thick clouds of the skies.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.12"},{"verseId":10022013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.13"},{"verseId":10022014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.14"},{"verseId":10022015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.15"},{"verseId":10022016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.16"},{"verseId":10022017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;","osisRef":"2Sam.22.17"},{"verseId":10022018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"He delivered me from my strong enemy, _and_ from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.18"},{"verseId":10022019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was my stay.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.19"},{"verseId":10022020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.20"},{"verseId":10022021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.21"},{"verseId":10022022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"For I have kept the ways of the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and have not wickedly departed from my [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.22.22"},{"verseId":10022023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"For all his judgments _were_ before me: and _as_ _for_ his statutes, I did not depart from them.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.23"},{"verseId":10022024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.24"},{"verseId":10022025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"Therefore the [LORD](/person/god_1324) hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.25"},{"verseId":10022026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, _and_ with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.26"},{"verseId":10022027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.27"},{"verseId":10022028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes _are_ upon the haughty, _that_ thou mayest bring _them_ down.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.28"},{"verseId":10022029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"For thou _art_ my lamp, O [LORD](/person/god_1324): and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) will lighten my darkness.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.29"},{"verseId":10022030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"For by thee I have run through a troop: by my [God](/person/god_1324) have I leaped over a wall.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.30"},{"verseId":10022031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"_As_ _for_ [God](/person/god_1324), his way _is_ perfect; the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) _is_ tried: he _is_ a buckler to all them that trust in him.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.31"},{"verseId":10022032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"For who _is_ [God](/person/god_1324), save the [LORD](/person/god_1324)? and who _is_ a rock, save our [God](/person/god_1324)?","osisRef":"2Sam.22.32"},{"verseId":10022033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"[God](/person/god_1324) _is_ my strength _and_ power: and he maketh my way perfect.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.33"},{"verseId":10022034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"He maketh my feet like hinds’ _feet_: and setteth me upon my high places.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.34"},{"verseId":10022035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.35"},{"verseId":10022036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.36"},{"verseId":10022037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.37"},{"verseId":10022038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.38"},{"verseId":10022039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.39"},{"verseId":10022040,"verseNum":40,"mdText":"For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.40"},{"verseId":10022041,"verseNum":41,"mdText":"Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.41"},{"verseId":10022042,"verseNum":42,"mdText":"They looked, but _there_ _was_ none to save; _even_ unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), but he answered them not.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.42"},{"verseId":10022043,"verseNum":43,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.43"},{"verseId":10022044,"verseNum":44,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.44"},{"verseId":10022045,"verseNum":45,"mdText":"Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.45"},{"verseId":10022046,"verseNum":46,"mdText":"Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.46"},{"verseId":10022047,"verseNum":47,"mdText":"The [LORD](/person/god_1324) liveth; and blessed _be_ my rock; and exalted be the [God](/person/god_1324) of the rock of my salvation.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.47"},{"verseId":10022048,"verseNum":48,"mdText":"It _is_ [God](/person/god_1324) that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me,","osisRef":"2Sam.22.48"},{"verseId":10022049,"verseNum":49,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.49"},{"verseId":10022050,"verseNum":50,"mdText":"Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O [LORD](/person/god_1324), among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.50"},{"verseId":10022051,"verseNum":51,"mdText":"_He_ _is_ the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto [David](/person/david_994), and to his seed for evermore.","osisRef":"2Sam.22.51"}]},{"title":"2Sam 23","chapterNum":23,"osisRef":"2Sam.23","verses":[{"verseId":10023001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"Now these _be_ the last words of [David](/person/david_994). [David](/person/david_994) the son of [Jesse](/person/jesse_903) said, and the man _who_ _was_ raised up on high, the anointed of the [God](/person/god_1324) of [Jacob](/person/israel_682), and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,","osisRef":"2Sam.23.1"},{"verseId":10023002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"The [Spirit](/person/holy_spirit_7400) of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) spake by me, and his word _was_ in my tongue.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.2"},{"verseId":10023003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"The [God](/person/god_1324) of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men _must_ _be_ just, ruling in the fear of [God](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.23.3"},{"verseId":10023004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.4"},{"verseId":10023005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"Although my house _be_ not so with [God](/person/god_1324); 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.5"},{"verseId":10023006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"But _the_ _sons_ of Belial _shall_ _be_ all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:","osisRef":"2Sam.23.6"},{"verseId":10023007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.7"},{"verseId":10023008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"These _be_ the names of the mighty men whom [David](/person/david_994) had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same _was_ [Adino](/person/adino_89) the Eznite: _he_ _lift_ _up_ _his_ _spear_ against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.8"},{"verseId":10023009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And after him _was_ [Eleazar](/person/eleazar_1064) the son of [Dodo](/person/dodo_1021) the Ahohite, _one_ of the three mighty men with [David](/person/david_994), when they defied the Philistines _that_ were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:","osisRef":"2Sam.23.9"},{"verseId":10023010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.10"},{"verseId":10023011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"And after him _was_ [Shammah](/person/shammah_2539) the son of [Agee](/person/agee_110) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.11"},{"verseId":10023012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the [LORD](/person/god_1324) wrought a great victory.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.12"},{"verseId":10023014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) _was_ then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines _was_ then _in_ [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218).","osisRef":"2Sam.23.14"},{"verseId":10023015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218), which _is_ by the gate!","osisRef":"2Sam.23.15"},{"verseId":10023016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218), that _was_ by the gate, and took _it_, and brought _it_ to [David](/person/david_994): nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324).","osisRef":"2Sam.23.16"},{"verseId":10023017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And he said, Be it far from me, O [LORD](/person/god_1324), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.17"},{"verseId":10023018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Abishai](/person/abishai_50), the brother of [Joab](/person/joab_1617), the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055), was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, _and_ slew _them_, and had the name among three.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.18"},{"verseId":10023019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the _first_ three.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.19"},{"verseId":10023020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792), the son of a valiant man, of [Kabzeel](/place/kabzeel_660), who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of [[Moab](/person/moab_2103)](/place/moab_815): he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:","osisRef":"2Sam.23.20"},{"verseId":10023021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"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.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.21"},{"verseId":10023022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"These _things_ did [Benaiah](/person/benaiah_439) the son of [Jehoiada](/person/jehoiada_792), and had the name among three mighty men.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.22"},{"verseId":10023023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the _first_ three. And [David](/person/david_994) set him over his guard.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.23"},{"verseId":10023024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"[Asahel](/person/asahel_320) the brother of [Joab](/person/joab_1617) _was_ one of the thirty; [Elhanan](/person/elhanan_1071) the son of [Dodo](/person/dodo_1022) of [Beth-lehem](/place/bethlehem_218),","osisRef":"2Sam.23.24"},{"verseId":10023025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"[Shammah](/person/shammah_2540) the [Harodite](/place/harod_529), [Elika](/person/elika_1133) the [Harodite](/place/harod_529),","osisRef":"2Sam.23.25"},{"verseId":10023026,"verseNum":26,"mdText":"[Helez](/person/helez_1482) the Paltite, [Ira](/person/ira_609) the son of [Ikkesh](/person/ikkesh_596) the Tekoite,","osisRef":"2Sam.23.26"},{"verseId":10023027,"verseNum":27,"mdText":"[Abiezer](/person/abiezer_24) the Anethothite, [Mebunnai](/person/sibbechai_2737) the Hushathite,","osisRef":"2Sam.23.27"},{"verseId":10023028,"verseNum":28,"mdText":"[Zalmon](/person/ilai_2982) the Ahohite, [Maharai](/person/maharai_1890) the [Netophathite](/place/netophah_890),","osisRef":"2Sam.23.28"},{"verseId":10023029,"verseNum":29,"mdText":"[Heleb](/person/heleb_1480) the son of [Baanah](/person/baanah_583), a [Netophathite](/place/netophah_890), [Ittai](/person/ittai_657) the son of [Ribai](/person/ribai_2440) out of [Gibeah](/place/gibeah_466) of the children of [Benjamin](/person/benjamin_463),","osisRef":"2Sam.23.29"},{"verseId":10023030,"verseNum":30,"mdText":"[Benaiah](/person/benaiah_440) the [Pirathonite](/place/pirathon_949), [Hiddai](/person/hurai_1521) of the brooks of [Gaash](/place/gaash_429),","osisRef":"2Sam.23.30"},{"verseId":10023031,"verseNum":31,"mdText":"Abi-albon the Arbathite, [Azmaveth](/person/azmaveth_555) the [Barhumite](/place/bahurim_154),","osisRef":"2Sam.23.31"},{"verseId":10023032,"verseNum":32,"mdText":"[Eliahba](/person/eliahba_1083) the Shaalbonite, of the [sons](/person/sons_of_jashen_2769) of [Jashen](/person/jashen_736), [Jonathan](/person/jonathan_1694),","osisRef":"2Sam.23.32"},{"verseId":10023033,"verseNum":33,"mdText":"[Shammah](/person/shage_2541) the Hararite, [Ahiam](/person/ahiam_129) the son of [Sharar](/person/sharar_2558) the Hararite,","osisRef":"2Sam.23.33"},{"verseId":10023034,"verseNum":34,"mdText":"[Eliphelet](/person/eliphelet_1147) the son of [Ahasbai](/person/ahasbai_116), the son of the [Maachathite](/place/maacah_743), [Eliam](/person/eliam_1090) the son of [Ahithophel](/person/ahithophel_162) the [Gilonite](/place/gilo_478),","osisRef":"2Sam.23.34"},{"verseId":10023035,"verseNum":35,"mdText":"[Hezrai](/person/hezrai_1518) the [Carmelite](/place/carmel_278), [Paarai](/person/paarai_2262) the Arbite,","osisRef":"2Sam.23.35"},{"verseId":10023036,"verseNum":36,"mdText":"[Igal](/person/igal_1599) the son of [Nathan](/person/nathan_2154) of [Zobah](/place/zobah_1272), [Bani](/person/bani_388) the Gadite,","osisRef":"2Sam.23.36"},{"verseId":10023037,"verseNum":37,"mdText":"[Zelek](/person/zelek_3034) the Ammonite, [Naharai](/person/naharai_2135) the [Beerothite](/place/beeroth_168), armourbearer to [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the son of [Zeruiah](/person/zeruiah_3055),","osisRef":"2Sam.23.37"},{"verseId":10023038,"verseNum":38,"mdText":"[Ira](/person/ira_610) an Ithrite, [Gareb](/person/gareb_1279) an Ithrite,","osisRef":"2Sam.23.38"},{"verseId":10023039,"verseNum":39,"mdText":"[Uriah](/person/uriah_2898) the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.","osisRef":"2Sam.23.39"}]},{"title":"2Sam 24","chapterNum":24,"osisRef":"2Sam.24","verses":[{"verseId":10024001,"verseNum":1,"mdText":"And again the anger of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was kindled against Israel, and he moved [David](/person/david_994) against them to say, Go, number Israel and [Judah](/person/judah_1751).","osisRef":"2Sam.24.1"},{"verseId":10024002,"verseNum":2,"mdText":"For the king said to [Joab](/person/joab_1617) the captain of the host, which _was_ with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323) even to [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170), and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.2"},{"verseId":10024003,"verseNum":3,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) said unto the king, Now the [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see _it_: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?","osisRef":"2Sam.24.3"},{"verseId":10024004,"verseNum":4,"mdText":"Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against [Joab](/person/joab_1617), and against the captains of the host. And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.4"},{"verseId":10024005,"verseNum":5,"mdText":"And they passed over [Jordan](/place/jordan_653), and pitched in [Aroer](/place/aroer_94), on the right side of the city that _lieth_ in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward [Jazer](/place/jazer_628):","osisRef":"2Sam.24.5"},{"verseId":10024006,"verseNum":6,"mdText":"Then they came to [Gilead](/place/gilead_475), and to the land of [Tahtim-hodshi](/place/kadesh_662); and they came to [Dan-jaan](/place/dan_323), and about to [Zidon](/place/sidon_1093),","osisRef":"2Sam.24.6"},{"verseId":10024007,"verseNum":7,"mdText":"And came to the strong hold of [Tyre](/place/tyre_1184), and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the [south](/place/negeb_885) of [Judah](/person/judah_1751), _even_ to [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170).","osisRef":"2Sam.24.7"},{"verseId":10024008,"verseNum":8,"mdText":"So when they had gone through all the land, they came to [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) at the end of nine months and twenty days.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.8"},{"verseId":10024009,"verseNum":9,"mdText":"And [Joab](/person/joab_1617) 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](/person/judah_1751) _were_ five hundred thousand men.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.9"},{"verseId":10024010,"verseNum":10,"mdText":"And [David’s](/person/david_994) heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And [David](/person/david_994) said unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O [LORD](/person/god_1324), take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.10"},{"verseId":10024011,"verseNum":11,"mdText":"For when [David](/person/david_994) was up in the morning, the word of the [LORD](/person/god_1324) came unto the prophet [Gad](/person/gad_1263), [David’s](/person/david_994) seer, saying,","osisRef":"2Sam.24.11"},{"verseId":10024012,"verseNum":12,"mdText":"Go and say unto [David](/person/david_994), Thus saith the [LORD](/person/god_1324), I offer thee three _things_; choose thee one of them, that I may _do_ _it_ unto thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.12"},{"verseId":10024013,"verseNum":13,"mdText":"So [Gad](/person/gad_1263) came to [David](/person/david_994), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.13"},{"verseId":10024014,"verseNum":14,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) said unto [Gad](/person/gad_1263), I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the [LORD](/person/god_1324); for his mercies _are_ great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.14"},{"verseId":10024015,"verseNum":15,"mdText":"So the [LORD](/person/god_1324) sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from [[Dan](/person/dan_973)](/place/dan_323) even to [Beer-sheba](/place/beersheba_170) seventy thousand men.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.15"},{"verseId":10024016,"verseNum":16,"mdText":"And when the angel stretched out his hand upon [Jerusalem](/place/jerusalem_636) to destroy it, the [LORD](/person/god_1324) 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](/person/god_1324) was by the threshingplace of [Araunah](/person/ornan_289) the Jebusite.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.16"},{"verseId":10024017,"verseNum":17,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) spake unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.17"},{"verseId":10024018,"verseNum":18,"mdText":"And [Gad](/person/gad_1263) came that day to [David](/person/david_994), and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) in the threshingfloor of [Araunah](/person/ornan_289) the Jebusite.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.18"},{"verseId":10024019,"verseNum":19,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994), according to the saying of [Gad](/person/gad_1263), went up as the [LORD](/person/god_1324) commanded.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.19"},{"verseId":10024020,"verseNum":20,"mdText":"And [Araunah](/person/ornan_289) looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and [Araunah](/person/ornan_289) went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.20"},{"verseId":10024021,"verseNum":21,"mdText":"And [Araunah](/person/ornan_289) said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And [David](/person/david_994) said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), that the plague may be stayed from the people.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.21"},{"verseId":10024022,"verseNum":22,"mdText":"And [Araunah](/person/ornan_289) said unto [David](/person/david_994), 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.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.22"},{"verseId":10024023,"verseNum":23,"mdText":"All these _things_ did [Araunah](/person/ornan_289), _as_ a king, give unto the king. And [Araunah](/person/ornan_289) said unto the king, The [LORD](/person/god_1324) thy [God](/person/god_1324) accept thee.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.23"},{"verseId":10024024,"verseNum":24,"mdText":"And the king said unto [Araunah](/person/ornan_289), Nay; but I will surely buy _it_ of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324) my [God](/person/god_1324) of that which doth cost me nothing. So [David](/person/david_994) bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.24"},{"verseId":10024025,"verseNum":25,"mdText":"And [David](/person/david_994) built there an altar unto the [LORD](/person/god_1324), and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the [LORD](/person/god_1324) was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.","osisRef":"2Sam.24.25"}]}]}]}},"pageContext":{"lookupName":"2sam"}}}