4 come into the Baalah, jearim. Jos.15.9,60. at which the name, even the name of the LORD of hosts, was called upon. 10 And David went 5 on, and grew great; and the LORD God of hosts was with him. 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and masons; and they built Davids going and an house. 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. c 1 Ki.5, made to ride. the stone of the wall. 8 or, the hill. 9 with. d De.17.17, 1 Ch.14.3. 25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. CHAP. VI. AGAIN, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale 3 of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, 4 whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts, that dwelleth between the cherubims. 5 And David, and all the horse of Israel, played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on 14 And these be the names of those that mon, 1 Ch.3.5. e 1 Ch.13.9. Chidon. f Nu.4.15. 15 Ibhar also, and 11 Elishua, and Ne-11 or, Elishapheg, and Japhia, 16 And Elishama, and 13 Eliada, and Eliphalet. 17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. ma. 1 Ch.3.6. 12 or, stum bled. 6 And when they came to Nachon's threshing-floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen 12 shook it. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled 13 or, Beelia-against' Uzzah, and God smote him there for his 14 error; and there he died by the da.. 1 Ch.14.7. 14 or, rash ness. 15 broken. 16 that is, the breach of gc.23.14. Uzzah. h1 Ch.11.15. i Jos.15.8. P.119.120. ark of God. 8. And David was displeased, because the LORD had 15 made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place 16 Perez-uzzah to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? 10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household. 12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was so, that when they that bare" the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 14 And David danced" before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. Joy on the Ark's restoration. c a Ps. 132. Le.26.11,12. God's covenant with David. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? 2 SAMUEL, VII. 15 So a David and all the house of Israel B. C. 1042. brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. 17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the LORD. 18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt-offerings and peaceofferings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. De.23.14. 2 Co.6.16. c Ps.47.1. c.17.6. d c.5.2. 1 Pe.5.2. 1 Ki.8.5,63. c.5.10. 4 from thy Ge.12.2. j Ex.39.43. 2 Ch.30.24. Ne.8.10. m Eze.28.24. Re.21.4. 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, from 2 following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: 4 9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, i like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 (Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither m shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, 11 And as since the time that I comman 20 Then David returned to bless "his Ps.30. title.ded judges to be over my people Israel, and o 1 Ki.11.38. household. And Michal, the daughter of 5 un ver.14,16. 1 Ki.8.20. Ps.132.11,12. 15.28. 21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before r 1 8a.13.14. thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and 6 of the maid-servants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child unto the day of her death. Ps.89.20-37. or, of the handmaids I.1.13, 34. 1 Sa.15.35. Jno.12.34. He.1.8. w1 Ch.17.1. Ps.18. title. have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies.) Also the LORD telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.° 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this, vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD; and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner 7 of man, O Lord GOD? 20 And what can David say more unto 8.16-19. thee? for thou, Lord GoD, knowest thy 1 Ch.22.8. servant. 28.3,&c. c Ps.138.2. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 32. e Is.45.5,18, 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house, Je.10.6,7, Eze.36.22, since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 22. 263 d 22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord GOD: for there is none like thee, neither David's conquests. 2 SAMUEL, IX. His kindness to Jonathan's son. is there any God beside thee, according to B. C. 1042. that were on the servants of Hadadezer, all that we have heard with our ears. and brought them to Jerusalem. 23 And what " one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel, to be a people unto thee for ever: and c thou, LORD, art become their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. 27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God 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. 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy 4 a Ps. 147.20. or, Thath. 2 or, Chun. 1 Ch.18.8. 3 Tou. 1 Ch.18.9. Hadoram. ask him of peace. 1 Ch.18.10. b De.26.18. c Ps. 48.14. was man wars with. 7 in his hand were. d'l Ki.7.51. 1 Ch.18.11. 8 And from 1 Betah, and from 2 Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 10 Then Toi sent 4 Joram his son unto king David, to 5 salute him, and to bless. him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: (for Hadadezer of had 6 wars with Toi:) and Joram 7 brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass; 11 Which also king David did dedicated 26.26. unto the LORD, with the silver and gola that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; Ps.72.2. 89.14. Am.5.15,24. k c.22.51. 1 Ki.4.3. 12 or, remembrencer or writer of chronicles. 1 Ch.24.3. 13 or, the bridle of Ammah. Lazy. dued them: and David took 13 Methegam- chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them, for an hundred chariots. c.12.31. r1 Sa.30.14. & ver.6.14. t 1 Sa.10.27. 16 or, Hadare zer. 1 Ch.18.3. u 1 Sa.20.14. Pr.27.10. 17 or, of his. 1Ch.18.4. v c.16.1,4. z Jos.11.6,9. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zo-y1 Ki.11.23. bah, David slew of the Syrians two and 2 c.4.4. twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became a c.17.27. servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever b ver. 14. he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold 264 AND David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness" for Jonathan's sake? 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba: " and when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. 3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame Z on his feet. 4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir," the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. 5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth! And he answered, Behold thy servant. 7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will re-2 store thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog d as I am? B. C. 1037. called Me ribbaal. 1 Ch.8.34. a Ge.34.30. Ex.5.21. 1 Sa.13.4. c.8.3,5. or The men of Tob. c c.23.8. d c.16.9. 9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's e ver.6. servant, and said unto him, I have given c.19.29. unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul, and to all his house. 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and g Jos.8.21,22. thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth, thy master's son, shall eat bread alway h at my table. Now Zibah ver.7.13. had fifteen sons, and twenty servants. 11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. i c.19.17. of David's servants. greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. b 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank " before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of 2 Ish-tob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. e 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: 10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. 11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the 1 Co.16.13. cities of our God: and the LORD do that' which seemeth him good. j De.31.6. Jos.1.6,7,9. k 1 Sa.4.9. 7 Ju.10.15. 1. Sa.3.18. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micah. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants1 Ch.8.34. unto Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. 0 CHAP. X. Ps.68.1,12. 2 Ki.25.29. ANDP it came to pass after this, that p1 Ch.19.1. the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nabash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him, by the hand of his servants, for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. Thai Euphrates. 4 or, Shophach, 1 Ch.19.16. eyes doth David? 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, 5 Think-5 In thine est thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy 9 Ge.42.9. it out, and to overthrow it? 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled " before him. 14 And when the children of Ammou saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond 3 the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. 17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen," and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. 19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. " So the Syrians feared to help the children of Am mon any more. go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, 1 Ki.20.22,26. b1 Ch.20:1. 2 And it came to pass in an evening-tide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman wash-c Ge.34.2. c ing herself; and the woman was very beautiful d to look upon. 3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of 5 Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 Job 31.1. 4 Bath-shua. 1 Ch.3.5. 4 And David sent messengers, and took her: and she came in unto him, and ƒ hef lay with her, 6 (for she was purified from her uncleanness:) and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. 6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 8 she had pu 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David, and Uriah the Hittite died also. 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And 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. P.51. Ja.1.14,15. or, and when rified herself, 21 Who smote Abimelech the son of she returned. Jerubbesheth? 7 did not a woman cast a g Le.15.19-28. piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 18.19. Ju.9.53. 7 Ju.6.32. 8 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, of the peace and how the people did, and how the war prospered. of. 8 And David said to Uriah, Gò down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah i Ge.18.4. departed out of the king's house, and there ? followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? went out after. 10 be evil in thine eyes. Ec.9.2,3,12. 11 so and such. c.12.26. 11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; 1 c.7.2,6. and my lord m Joab, and the servants of mc.20.6. my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I " then go into mine house, to eat, and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. n Is.22.12 14. 22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants, and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing 10 displease thee; for the sword devoureth 11 one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it; and encourage thou him. 26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done 12 the eyes of displeased P the LORD. o De.22.29. 12 was evil in |