t 28 And now, O LORD God, thou | f 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son art that God, and thy words be true, unto king David, to salute him, and and thou hast promised this good- to bless him, because he had fought ness unto thy servant : against Hadadezer, and smitten him: d 29 Therefore now let it please (for Hadadezer had wars with Toi.) thee to bless the house of thy ser-And Joram brought with him vessels vant, that it may continue for ever of silver, and vessels of gold, and before thee for thou, O LORD God, vessels of brass: hast spoken it and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

CHAP. VIII.

11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he sub

it came to pass,dued;

6 AND after visit came Philis 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and

tines, and subdued them and Da- of the children of Ammon, and of vid took Metheg-ammah out of the the Philistines, and of Amalek, and hand of the Philistines. of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Re

f 2 And he smote Moab, and mea-hob, king of Zobah. sured them with a line, casting them 13 And David gat him a name down to the ground; even with two when he returned from smiting of lines measured he to put to death, the Syrians in the valley of Salt, and with one full line to keep alive. being eighteen thousand men. And so the Moabites became Dag 14 ¶ And he put garrisons in vid's servants, and brought gifts. Edom; throughout all Edom put he g3¶ David smote also Hadadezer, garrisons, and all they of Edom bethe son of Rehob, king of Zobah, came David's servants. And the as he went to recover his border at LORD preserved David whithersothe river Euphrates. ever he went.

f 4 And David took from him ad 15 And David reigned over all thousand chariots, and seven hun-Israel; and David executed judg dred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen and David houghed all the chariot-horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.

ment and justice unto all his people. f 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

ƒ 5 And when the Syrians of Da- 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, mascus came to succour Hadadezer and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, king of Zobab, David slew of the Sy-were the priests; and Seraiah was rians two and twenty thousand men. the scribe;

b 6 Then David put garrisons in 18 And Benaiah the son of JeSyria of Damascus and the Syri-hoiada was over both the Cherethites ans became servants to David, and the Pelethites; and David's sons and brought gifts. And the LORD were chief rulers. preserved David whithersoever he

went.

f7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

g 8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. g 9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

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CHAP. IX.

ND 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 nos

yet any of the house of Saul, that 1 may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

Ziba were servants unto Mephibo-
sheth.

g 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Je-
rusalem: for he did eat continually
at the king's table; and was lame
on both his feet.
CHAP. X.

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, it AND it came to pass after this,

Lo-debar.

f

that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

2 Then said David, I will shew

51 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-kindness unto Hanun the son of Nadebar. hash, 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.

f3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto

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! f7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continu-thee, to search the city, and to spy ally. it out, and to overthrow it? 8 And he bowed himself, and 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's said, What is thy servant, that thou servants, and shaved off the one shouldest look upon such a dead dog half of their beards, and cut off as 1 am ? their garments in the middle, even f9Then the king called to Zi-to their buttocks, and sent them ba, Saul's servant, and said unto away. him, I have given unto thy master's g 5 When they told it unto David, son all that pertained to Saul, and he sent to meet them, because the to all his house. men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

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 g 6 T And when the children of have food to eat but Mephibosheth Ammon saw that they stank before thy master's son shall eat bread al- David, the children of Ammon sent way at my table. Now Ziba had and hired the Scythians of Bethfifteen sons and twenty servants. rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.

11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servaut do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's

sons.

12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of

7 And when David heard of it, be sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

g 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 Zobah and of

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 Ammon any more.

Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah
were by themselves in the field.
f9 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.

CHAP. XI.

AND it came to pass, after the

year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and 11 And he said, If the Syrians be they destroyed the children of Amtoo strong for me, then thou shalt mon, and besieged Rabbah. But help me but if the children of Am-David tarried still at Jerusalem. mon be too strong for thee, then 12 ¶ And it came to pass in an will come and help thee.

:

u 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

f13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

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 washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

g 14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were 4 And David sent messengers fled, then fled they also before Abi-and took her and she came in unto shai, and entered into the city. So him, and he lay with her; (for she Joab returned from the children of was purified from her uncleanness :) Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. and she returned unto her house. f 15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. g 16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

g 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.

f18 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 lings the

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.

7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded 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 g 21 Who smote Abimelech the journey why then didst thou not son of Jerub-besheth? did not a go down unto thy house? woman cast a piece of a mill-stone 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.

11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into my 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.

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

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day gate. and the morrow.

24 And the shooters shot from u 13 And when David had called off the wall upon thy servants: and him, he did eat and drink before some of the king's servants be dead, him; and he made him drunk and and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is at even he went out to lie on his bed dead also. with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. f 14 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well another make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it and encourage thou

* 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront him. of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, heard that Uriah her husband was and die.

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.

f 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.

f 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,

26 And when the wife of Uriah

dead, she mourned for her husband, t 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 displeased the LORD.

CHAP. XII.

i ND the LORD sent Nathan

Anto David. And he came

unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds :

3 But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe-lamb, which he 20 And if so be that the king's had brought and nourished up: and wrath arise, and he say unto thee, it grew up together with him, and Wherefore approached ye so nigh with his children; it did eat of his unto the city when ye did fight? own meat, and drank of his own knew ye not that they would shoot cup, and lay in his bosom, and was from the wall? unto him as a daughter.