Joab killeth Abner. · Chap. iv. 13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou fhalt not fee my face, except thou firft bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comeft to fee my face. 14 And David fent meffengers to Ifhbofheth Saul's fon, faying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I efpoufed to me for an hundred forefkins of the Philiftines. 15 And Ifh-bofheth fent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the fon of Laifh. David mourneth for Abner. 26 And when Joab was come out from David, he fent meffengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him afide in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Afahel his brother. 28 ¶ And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of 'Abner the fon of Ner: 16 And her husband went with her 29 Let it reft on the head of Joab, and along weeping behind her to Bahurim. on all his father's houfe; and let there Then faid Abner unto him, Go, return.not fail from the houfe of Joab one that And he returned. hath an iffue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the fword, or that lacketh bread. 17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Ifrael, faying, Ye fought for David in times paft to be king over you: 18 Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, faying, By the hand of my fervant David I will fave my people Ifrael out of the hand of the Philiftines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 19 And Abner alfo spake in the ears of Benjamin and Abner went alfo to fpeak in the ears of David in Hebron all that feemed good to Ifrael, and that feemed good to the whole houfe of Benjamin. 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. 21 And Abner faid unto David, I will arife and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayeft reign over all that thine heart defireth. And David fent Abner away; and he went in peace. 22 And, behold, the fervants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great fpoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had fent him away, and he was gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the hoft that was with him were come, they told Joab, faying, Abner the fon of Ner came to the king, and he hath fent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and faid, What haft thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou haft fent him away, and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knoweft Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doeft. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother flew Abner, because he had flain their brother Afahel at Gibeon in the battle. 31 And David faid to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with fackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himfelf followed the bier. 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, fo felleft thou. And all the people wept again over him. 35 And when all the people came to caufe David to eat meat while it was yet day, David fware, faying, So do God to me, and more alfo, if I tafte bread, or ought elfe, till the fun be down. 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. 37 For all the people and all Ifrael understood that day that it was hot of the king to flay Abner the fon of Ner. 38 And the king faid unto his fervants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Ifrael? 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the fons of Zeruiah. be too hard for me: the LORD fhall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. Ish-bofbeth murdered. II. SAMUEL. were feeble, and all the Ifraelites were troubled. 2 ¶ And Saul's fon had two men that quere captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the fons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth alfo was reckoned to Benjamin: 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were fojourners there until this day.) 4 And Jonathan, Saul's fon, had a fon that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pafs, as he made hafte to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibofheth. 5 And the fons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the houfe of Ish-bofheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 6 And they came thither into the midft of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they fmote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. David taketh Zion, CHAP. V. I The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David king over Ifrael. 6 He taketh Zion from the Jebusites. HEN came all the tribes of Ifrael THE to David unto Hebron, and spake, faying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flefh. 2 Alfo in time paft, when Saul was king over us, thou waft he that leddeft out and broughteft in Ifrael and the LORD faid to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Ifrael, and thou shalt be a captain over Ifrael. 3 So all the elders of Ifrael came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron be fore the LORD: and they anointed David king over Ifrael. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah feven years and fix months: and in Jerufalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Ifrael and Judah. 6¶ And the king and his men went to Jerufalem unto the Jebufites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, faying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. 7 For when they came into the houfe, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they fmote him, and flew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. · 7 Nevertheless David took the strong 8 And they brought the head of Ifh-hold of Zion: the fame is the city of bofheth unto David to Hebron, and faid to the king, Behold the head of Ifh-bofheth the fon of Saul thine enemy, which fought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his feed. 9 And David answered Rechab and Banaah his brother, the fons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and faid unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my foul out of all adverfity, 10 When one told me, faying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and flew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: David. 8 And David faid on that day, Whofoever getteth up to the gutter, and fmiteth the Jebufites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's foul, he fhall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hotts was with him. 11 And Hiram king of Tyre fent meffengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and mafons: and they built David an houfe, II How much more, when wicked men have flain a righteous perfon in his 12 And David perceived that the LORD own house upon his bed? fhall I not had established him king over Ifrael, and therefore now require his blood of your that he had exalted his kingdom for his hand, and take you away from the earth? people Ifrael's fake. 12 And David commanded his young 13 And David took him more concumen, and they flew them, and cut off bines and wives out of Jerufalem, after their hands and their feet, and hanged he was come from Hebron and there them up over the poolin Hebron. But they were yet fons and daughters born to took the head of Ifh-bofheth, and buried David. it in the fepulchre of Abner in Hebron. 14 And these be the names of thofe that David fetcheth the ark Chap. vi. from Kirjath-jearim. that were born unto him in Jerufalem ; | Uzzah and Ahio, the fons of Abinadab, Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, drave the new cart. and Solomon, 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. 17 But when the Philiftines heard that they had anointed David king over Ifrael, all the Philistines came up to feek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 18 The Philistines alfo came and fpread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 19 And David enquired of the LORD, faying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD faid unto David, Go up: for I will doubtlefs deliver the Philiftines into thine hand. 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David fmote them there, and faid, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. 22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he faid, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compafs behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 24 And let it be, when thou heareft the found of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt beftir thyself for then fhall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 25 And David did fo, as the LORD had commanded him; and fmote the Philiftines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. 1 David fetcheth the ark from Kirjathjearim on a new cart. 6 Uzzab is fmitten. 12 David danceth before the ark. 20 Michal's barrennefs. GAIN, David gathered together 4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. s And David and all the houfe of Ifrael played before the LORD on all manner of inftruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on pfalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 6 ¶ And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen fhook it. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and faid, 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 afide into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. II And the ark of the LORD continued in the houfe of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD bleffed Obed-edom, and all his houshold. 12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath bleffed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was fo, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone fix paces, he facrificed oxen and fatlings. 14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Ifrael brought up the ark of the LORD with fhouting, and with the found of the trumpet. 16 as ark of the LORD came A all the chofen men of Ifrael, thirty into the city of David, Michal Saul' daughter looked through a window, and faw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and the despised him in her heart. 17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and fet it in his place, in the midft of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. God's promife to David. 18 And as foon as David had made an 8 Now therefore fo fhalt thou fay unto end of offering burnt offerings and peace my fervant David, Thus faith the LORD offerings, he bleffed the people in the of hofts, I took thee from the fheepcote, name of the LORD of hofts. from following the fheep, to be ruler over my people, over Ifrael: 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Ifrael, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of fefb, and a flagon of wine, So all the people departed every one to his house, 20 T Then David returned to bless his houthold. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and faid, How glorious was the king of Ifrael to day, who uncovered himfelf to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his fervants, as one of the vain fellows fnameleЛly unco vereth himself! 21 And David faid unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chofe me before thy father, and before all his houfe, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, Over Ifrael: therefore will I play before the LORD. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own fight: and of the maidservants which thou haft spoken of, of them shall I be had in ho nour. 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. CHAP. VII. I God forbiddeth David to build him an boufe. 18 His prayer and thanksgiving. A fat in his houfe, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; ND it came to pass, when the king 2 That the king faid unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an houfe of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth | within curtains. 3 And Nathan faid to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. 4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, faying, 5 Go and tell my fervant David, Thus faith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an houfe for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not, dwelt in any houfe fince the time that I brought up the children of Ifrael out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Ifrael spake I a word with any of the tribes of Ifrael, whom I commanded to feed my people Ifrael, faying, Why build ye not me an houfe of cedar? 9 And I was with thee whitherfoever thou wenteft, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy fight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Ifrael, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither fhall the children of wickednefs afflict them any more, as beforetime, II And as fince the time that I com, manded judges to be over my people Ifrael, and have caufed thee to reft from all thine enemies. Alfo the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou fhalt fleep with thy fathers, I will fet up thy feed after thee, which fhall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will eftablish his kingdom. 13 He fhall build an houfe for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my fon. If he commit iniquity, I will chaften him with the rod of men, and with the ftripes of the children of men ; 15 But my mercy fhall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thine house and thy kingdom fhall be established for ever before thee; thy throne fhall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vifion, fo did Nathan speak unto David. 18 ¶ Then went king David in, and fat before the LORD, and he faid, Who am I, O LORD God? and what is my house, that thou haft brought me hitherto ? 19 And this was yet a fmall thing in thy fight, O LORD God; but thou haft fpoken alfo of thy fervant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O LORD God? 20 And what can David fay more unta thee? for thou, LORD God, knowest thy fervant. 21 For thy word's fake, and according to thine own heart, haft thou done all thefe great things, to make thy servant know them. 22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God befide thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And what one nation in the earth is His officers. 6 Then David put garrifons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became fervants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whitherfoever he went. David fubdueth the Philistines: Chap. viii, ix. like thy people, even like Ifrael, whom God went to redeem for a people to himfelf, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou re deemedft to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Ifrael to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou haft fpoken concerning thy fervant, and concerning his houfe, eftablifh it for ever, and do as thou bast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, faying, The LORD of hofts is the God over Ifrael: and let the houfe of thy fervant David be established before thee. 27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Ifrael, haft revealed to thy fervant, faying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy fervant 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 haft promised this goodness unto thy fervant: 29 Therefore now let it please thee to blefs the house of thy fervant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O LORD God, haft spoken it and with thy bleffing let the house of thy fervant be bleffed for ever. 7 And David took the fhields of gold that were on the fervants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerufalem. 8 And from Betah, and from 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, Io Then Toi fent Joram his fon unto king David, to falute him, and to blefs him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him : for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him veffels of filver, and veffels of gold, and veffels of brafs : II Which alfo king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the filver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he fubdued; 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philiftines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Ha dadezer, fon of Rehob, king of Zobah. 13 And David gat him a name when he returned from fmiting of the Syrians in the valley of falt, being eighteen thou fand men. 14 And he put garrifons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's fervants. And the LORD preserved Da vid whitherfoever he went. 15 ¶ And David reigned over all Ifrael; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. 16 ¶ And Joab the son of Zeruiah was. over the hoft; and Jehoshaphat the fon of Ahilud avas recorder ; 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the fon of Abiathar, were the priefts; and Seraiah was the fcribe; 18 And Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's fons were chief 3 David fmote alfo Hadadezer, the rulers. fon of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river 1 Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and feven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horfes, but referved of them for an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Damafcus came to fuccour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David flew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. . CHAP. IX. David fendeth for Mephibosheth, 7 and for Jonathan's fake reftoreth him. AND David faid, Is there yet any that is left of the houfe of Saul, that I may fhew him kindness for Jonathan's fake? 2 And there was of the house of Saul a fervant whofe name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king faid unto him, Art thou Ziba? and he faid, Thy fervant is he. |