Baanah and Rechab slain. CHRIST cir. 1043. II. SAMUEL. Before Eleven sons born to David. Before 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his? 13 And David took him more concubines and * bed in his bed chamber; and they smote him, and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from He- CHRIST slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and bron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to Ps. 1, 4.&gat them away through the plain all night. David. i Job 18, 5. 37, 2. ↑ Heb. soul, 10. & 23, 15. 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul thine enemy, 1 Sam. 20, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged Prov. 23, 15. my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said} Gen. 49, unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, & 29, 10. Mat. 2, 20. 23. 1 ch 1, 4, 5, 10, 15. Gen.9, 5. m x Gen. 25, 5. fi 14 And these be the names of those that were born Deut. 17,17 unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. 171 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. a 2 18 The Philistines also came, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 10 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, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: 19 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up; Pam, shall I not therefore now require his blood of your for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine Ezek. 9, 18, hand, and take you away from the earth? hand. 12 And David commanded his young men, and Mat. 7,2 they slew them, and cut off their hands and their o Deut. 21, feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it ch. 5, 52. in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. e cir. 1047. 1 Chr. 1 Rev. 11, 18. 16. & 14, 8. z Ps. 2, 1, 2. Rev. 17, 14. a Josh. 9,14. verse 9. Ps. 73, 28. & 112, 5. b 14,5. 21. Gen 14, c. Num. 27, Judg. 1, 1. 20 And David came to "Baal-perazim, and David 1 Sam. 25,9 smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken 40, 7. forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of Isa. 28, 21. waters. Therefore he called the name of that place e1 Chr. 14, Baal-perazim. 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burnt them. 22 ¶ And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberrytrees. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against estab-Uzzah, and God smote him there for his error; and 1 Sam. 6, 7. there he died by the ark of God. 12 And David perceived that the LORD had lished him king over Israel, and that he had exalted Re 13,4 his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. Misa 1, 20. 8 And David was displeased, because the LORD 2 10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD James 1,5. unto him into the city of David; but David carried 1 Chr. 15, it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house Joshan 21, of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household. 21. ⚫ Mat. 6, 33. 25. CHRIST cir. 1042. ft Chr. 17, 4. Isa. 34, 6. 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, 'Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dweit in any house since the Kings 3,5 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. 1 Chr. 17 5, 6. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the ch.5, 2 tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my peo12 And it was told king David, saying, "The LORDple Israel, saying, Why build ye not me a house of 1 Chr. 15, hath blessed 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. A verse 3. X 13 And it was so, that when they that bare the 1 Chr. 15, ark of the LORD had gone six paces,' he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 14 And David danced before the LORD with all his 11 Sam. 2, might: and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the b 1 Chr. 15, Sound of the trumpet. a 1 Chr. 15, 24. e ch. 3, 14. c 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 d Acts 2,13. 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 burntChr. 15, 1. Offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord. 1 Cor. 2, 14. Jude 10. ↑ Heb. stretched, 2 19. 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt Acts 13,36 sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and 18 And as soon as David had made an end of offer-will establish his kingdom. 1 Chr. 16, ing burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. f Gen. 18, Josh. 24, 15. verse 18. Ps. 101, 2. gverse 17. Mat. 12, 34. 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. 20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David, 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 1 Pet. 5, t. fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! I Acts 13, 22. Rom. 1, 3. 13 He shall build a 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. Heb. 3, 3. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the urs. 45, 6. rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of xJohn1,18 men: Heb. 1,3. 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, 2 Cor. 5, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. z Neb. 12, 6. a Acts 13, 16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be s established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. b Dan. 2, 44. e Jer. 21, 20 d Gen. 22, Judg. 6, 15 17 According to all these words, and according Mat. 28, 20. 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 Plan, S. 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 1 house for a great while to come. And is this the † manner of man, O LORD GOD? e 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou LORD GOD, knowest thy servant. 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. AND it came to pass, when the king sat in his 22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD GOD: for about from all his enemies, 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See e flag. 1, now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of d Ex. 26, 1. God dwelleth within curtains. e 1 Cor. 13, 9. e 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart: for the LORD is with thee. 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, The Philistines and Moabites subdued. Before P CHRIST before thy people, which thou" redeemedst to thee? 13 And David gat him a name when he returned Before CHRIST from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of Salt, cir. 1040 being eighteen thousand men. 1042. n Ex. S, 7. 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Titus 2, 14. Israel, to be a people unto thee for ever; and thou, Ps. 147, LORD, art become their God. 19, 20. q Ezek. 36. 37. r 14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all P ch. 17, ? Edom put he garrisons: and all they of Edom became 12 Kings David's servants. And the LORD' preserved David whithersoever he went. 14, 7. s Ps. 12 44. t verse 6. 25 And now, O LORD GOD, the word that thou hast Gen.17,7. spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, say-executed judgment and justice unto all his people. ing, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel and 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was " over the host; & let the house of thy servant David be established be- and Jehoshaphat the son of Abilud was recorder; fore thee. 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahime- 4 & lech the son of Abiathar, were the priests: and Seraiah was the scribe; AND after this it came to pass, the David Unvid house of Saul, that any s the theokret any of the semants, s unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan Sam. 20 hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. b Num. 24, took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 6 Now when || Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, Merihbaal, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his Cur. 8,34 face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibo g ch. 19, 18. and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousandsheth! And he answered, Behold thy servant. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots hh, footmen: and David "houghed all the chariot horses, 7 And David said unto him, e Fear not: for I will but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's verse a 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to suc-sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy cour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table con- g Mat 6,11 Syrians 'two and twenty thousand men. tinually. 8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 9 I When Toi king of" Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: (for Hadadezer Het was at had wars with Toi:) and Joram brought with him vesof arsels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass; 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated Chr. 23, of all nations which he subdued; 15. cn. 3, 8. & 16, 9. i verse 12 9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son ch. 19, 26 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 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 always at my table. Now Ziba 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 k cb. 12, 28, the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. The Ammonites and Syrians overcome. Before CHAPTER X. CHAPTER X....XI. David's adultery with Bath-sheba. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David CHRIST David's messengers are sent to comfort Hanun the son of slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote eir. 1037. a 1 Sam. 11, J. 1 Chr. 19, 1. 1. Deut. 23, 7. Nahash. AND it came to pass after this, that the king of Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. b 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Sam. 22,4 Hanun the son of Nahash, 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. 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth c honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto 1 Cor. 13, thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? dt Lev. 19, 27. 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, 1 Chr. 19,5 and sent them away. 14. e Ps. 109, 4. 1. 20, 4. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and Kings 16, the king said, Tarry at ' Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. f Josh 6, 24. 54 g Gen. 34, 30. 1 Sam. 13, 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they 01. 5, 21. 8 stank before David, the children of Ammon sent 4.27, 12. and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syri1 Chr. 19, ans of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve chap. 8, 5. thousand men. t 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Neh.4,14 the LORD do that which seemeth him good. 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 Ammon 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 the river: and they came to p 1 Chr. 19, Helam; and Shobach, the captain of the host of Hadarezer, went before them. 16. 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. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David de- Lev. 19, 17. manded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the 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? 11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and “ Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, p Mat. 10, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the 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. qt Kings Ps. 19, 13 Jer. 9, 1 13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants, of his lord, but went not down to his house. 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, † Set ye Uriah in the fore-front of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the Hosea, 12 Heb. Bring Uriah over against the t battic. chap. 12, 9. P. 51.4 Jer. 10, 28. Uriah is slain. CHRIST cir. 1035. II. SAMUEL Nathan reproveth David. CHRIST cir. 1034. Before city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he { 8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy Before knew that valiant men were. master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would, moreover, have given unto thee such and such things. 17 And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab and there fell some of the people of the Acts, servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. r1 Sam. 22, 17. verses 4,12. s Judges 9, 53. Judg. 7,1. called Je rubbaal. Baal is put 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; m 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the command- 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? 21 Who smote Abimelech the son of JerubbeThe ard sheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone but, and be 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. sheth put in, that is, shame. 10 Now therefore, the "sword shall never depart Rev 13, from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up o Amos 7,9 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. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 And David said unto Nathan, I have P sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath † put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the Is. 25, 16 child died. And the servants of David feared to tell Jer. 1, him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, Zech. 12, Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb, causeth David to be his while the child was yet alive we spake unto him, and 10, 11. own judge. he would not hearken unto our voice; how will he CHAPTER XII. b AND the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And by Judg. 9, poor. Isa. 5, 3. c ch. 3, 5. 5, 13. rerse 8. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and? herds: 3 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 d Mic. 7, 5. own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. e Job 1, 7. Hleb. is a child of death, 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man; and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, Gen. 20, 3. the man that hath done this thing † shall surely die: 6 And he shall restore the lamb' fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and "anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he re- X quired, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 21 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. 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. x ch. 6, 17. y Job 1, 21. z 1 Kings 1, 13. |