268 Abner Mayesh Ajahel. Ifrael, and reigned two years. houfe of Judah followed David. But the fand became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah, was feven years and fix months. 12 And Abner the fon of Ner, and the fervants of botheth the fon of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13 And Joab the fon of Zeruiah, and the fervants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they fat down, the one on the one fide of the pool, and the other on the other fide of the pool. 14 And Abner faid to Joab, Let the young men now arife, and play before us. And Joab faid, Let them arife. 26 Then Abner called to Joab,and said, Shall the fword devour forever? Knoweft thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then,ere thou bid the people return from follow. ing their brethren? 27 And Joab faid, As God liveth, un. lefs thou hadft fpoken, furely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. 28 So joab blew a trumpet, and all the people ftood ftill,and purfued after Ifrael no more, neither fought they any more. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and paffed 15 Then there arofe,and went over by over Jordan and went through ali Bithnumber twelve of Benjamin, which per-ron, and they came to Mahanaim tained to Ifhbotheth the fon of Saul, and twelve of the fervants of David. : 30 And Joab returned from following Abner and when he had gathered_all 16 And they caught every one his fel-the people together, there lacked of Da low by the head, and thrust his fword in vid's fervants nineteen men and Afahel. his fellow's fide; fo they fell down together; wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 17 And there was a very fore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Iírael, before the fervants of David. 31 But the fervants of David had fmitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threefcore men died. 82 And they took up Afahel, and bu ried him in the fepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to 18 And there were three fons of Zer-Hebron at break of day. uiah there, Joab, and Abifhai, and Afahel and Afahel was as light of foot as a 1 wild roe. : 19 And Afahel purfued after Abner ; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 20 Then Abner looked behind him and faid, Art thou Asahel? And he anfwered, I am. CHAP. III. 22 During the war David fill waxeth NOW there was a long war between the house of_Saul and the house of David but David waxed ftronger and ftronger, and the houfe of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 21 And Abner faid to him, Turn thee afide to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young 2 And unto David were fons born in men, and take thee his armour. But Hebron: and his first born was Amnon, Afahel would not turn aside from follow-of Ahinoam the Jezreelitefs; ing of him. 22 And Abner faid again to Afahel, Turn thee aide from following me Wherefore should I fmite thee to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 23 Howbeit, he refused to turn afide : wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the fpear fmote him under the fifth rib, that the fpear came out behind him, and he fell down there, and died in the fame place and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Afahel fell down and died, flood ftill. 3 And his fecond, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third Abfalom the fon of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Gefhur; 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the fon of Abital; 5 And the fixth. Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. Thefe were born to David in Hebron. 6¶ And it came to pafs, while there was war between the houfe of Saul and the houfe of David, that Abner made himfelf ftrong for the houfe of Saul. 7 And Saul had a concubine, whofe 24 Joab alfo and Abishai purfued after Abner and the fun went down when name : they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. 25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ibbofheth faid to Abner, Wherefore haft thou gone in unto my father's concubine? 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Imbosheth, and faid, am I a dog's Abner revolteth to David. Chap. iii, Joab Layerb Abner. 269 dog's head, which against Judah do fhew bron; for he had fent him away, and he kindness this day unto the house of Saul was gone in peace. thy father, to his brethren, and to his 25 When Joab and all the hoft that was friends, and have not delivered thee into with him were come, they told Joab, faythe hand of David, that thou chargeft me ing, Abner the fon of Ner came to the today with a fault concerning this wom-king, and he hath fent him away, and he is gone in peace, an ? 9 So do God to Abner, and more alfo, except, as the LORD hath fworn to David, even fo I do to him; 10 To tranflate the kingdom from the houfe of Saul, and to fet up the throne of David over Ifrael and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. 11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. 24 Thenjoab came to the king, and faid, What haft thou done? behold, Abner came uuto thee; Why is it that thou haft fent him away, and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knoweft Abner the fon 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. 26 And when Joab was come out from 12 And Abner fent meffengers to Da-David, he fent meffengers after Abner, vid on his behalf, faying, Whofe is the wluch brought him again from the well land? faying alfo, Make thy league with of Sirah: but David knew it not. me, and, behold, my hand ball be with 27 And when Abner was returned to thee, to bring about all Ifrael unto thee Hebron, Joab took him alide in the gate 13 And he faid, Well; I will make a to fpeak with him quietly, and fmote him league with thee: but one thing I re-there under the fifth rib, that he died, for quire of thee, that is, Thou shalt not fee the blood of Afahel his brother. my face, except thou firft bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to fee my face. 28 And afterward when David heard it,he faid, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever trom the blood 14 And David fent meffengers to Ih-of Abner the fos of Ner: botheth Saul's fon, faying, Deliver me my 29 Let it reft on the head of Joab, and wife Michal, which I efpoufed to me for on all his father's house; and let there an hundred foreskins of the Philiftines.not fail from the house of Joab one that 15 And Ithbotheth sent, and took her hath an iffue, or that is a leper, or that from ber husband, even from Phaltiel the leaneth on a staff, or that faileth on the fon of Laith. fword, or that lacketh bread. 16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then faid Abner unto him, Go return. And he returned. 17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Ifrael, faying, Ye fought for David in times past 10 be king over you: 18 Now thendo: for the LORD hath fpoken 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 fpake 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. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother flew Abner, becaufe 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 Da vid bimself 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 faid, 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. $5 And when all the people came to caufe David to eat meat while it was yet day, David fware, faying, So do God to 21 And Abner faid unto David, Iwill me, and more alfo, if I tafte bread, or arife and go, and will gather all Ifrael un-aught elfe, till the fun be down. to my lord the king, that they may make 36 And all the people took notice of it, a league with thee, and that thou mayeft and it pleafed them as whatsoever the reign over all that thine heart defireth. king did pleafed all the people. And David fent Abner away; and he $7 For all the people and all Ifrael unwent in peace. derstood that day, that it was not of the 22 And, behold, the fervants of Da-king to flay Abner the fon of Ner. vid and Joab came from purfuing a troop, 88 And the king faid unto his fervants, and brought in a great spoil with them: Know ye not that there is a prince and a but Abner was not with David in He-great man fallen this day in Ifrael? 1 The tribes come 10 Hebron to anoint David over Ifrael. 6 He taketh Zion from the Jebuhtes. AND when Saul's fon heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were fee- THEN came all the tribes of Ifrael to ble, and all the Ifraelites were troubled. David unto Hebron, and fpake, faying, 2¶And Saul's fon had two men that Behold, we are thy bone and thy fleth. were captains of bands; the name of the 2 Alfo in time paft, when Saul was one was Baanah, and the name of the king over us, thou wat he that leddeft other Rechab, the fons of Rimmon a Beer-out and broughteft in Ifrael: and the othite, of the children of Benjamin: (for LORD faid to thee, Thou shalt feed my Beeroth alfo was reckoned to Benjamin: people Ifrael, and thou shalt be a captain 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, over Ifrael. 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 year's old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurfe took him up, and fled: and it came to pafs, as the made hafte to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibofheth. 3 So all the elders of Ifrael came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before 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 5 And the fons of Rimmon the Beer-feven years and fix months and in Jeothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and rufalem he reigned thirty and three years came about the heat of the day to the over all Ifrael and Judah. house of Ishbotheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 6 And the king and his men went to Jerufalem unto the Jebufites, the in6 And they came thither into the midft habitants of the land: which spake unto of the houfe, as though they would have David, faying, Except thou take away the fetched wheat: and they fmote him un-blind and the lame, thou shalt not come der the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baa-in hither: thinking, David cannot come nah his brother escaped. in hither. 7 For when they came into the house, 7 Nevertheless, David took the strong he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and hold of Zion: the fame is the city of they fmote him, and flew him, and be-David. headed him, and took his head, and gat 8 And David faid on that day, Whothem away through the plain all night. foever getteth up to the gutter, and fmi8 And they brought the head of 1h-teth the Jebufites, and the lame, and the bofheth unto David to Hebron, and faid blind, that are hated of David's foul, be to the king, Behold the head of Imbo-ball be chief and captain. Wherefore theth the fon of Saul thine enemy, which they faid, 'The blind and the lame fall fought thy life and the LORD hath not come into the house. avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his feed. 9 And David anfwered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the fons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and faid unto them, As the LORD liveth who hath redeemed my foul out of all adversity, 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: 11 How much more when wicked men have flain a righteous perfon in his own. houfe upon his bed? Shall I not therefore 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 hofts was with him,” 11 And Hiram king of Tyre fent mef. fengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and mafons: and they built David an house. 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Ifrael, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Ifrael's fake. 13And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerufalem, after he was come Dawid fetcheth the ark Gitap. VI. from Kirjathjearm. come from Hebron: and there were yet Uzzah and Ahio, the fons of Abinadab, ons and daughters born to David. drave the new cart. 14 And these be the names of those! And they brought it out of the houfe that were born unto him in Jerufalem; of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, acShammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan,companying the ark of God: and Ahio and Solomon, went before the ark. 15 Ibhar allo, and Elifhua, and Nepheg, 5 And David and all the house of Ifrael played before the LORD on all manner of and Japhia, 16 And Elifhama, and Eliada, and E-inftruments made of fir wood, even on phalet. 17 But when the Philiftines heard that they had anointed David king over Ifrael, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 18 The Philifines alfo came and fpread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 19 And David inquired 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 Philistines into thine hand. 20 And David came to Baalperazim, 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 Baalperazım. harps, and on pfalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 6 And when they came to Nachon's threming floor, Uzzah put forth his band to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen fhook it. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled againft Uzzah; and God fmote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was difpleafed, becaufe the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and faid, How fhall 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 21 And there they left their images, the house of Obededom the Gittite. and David and his men burned them. 11 And the ark of the LORD continued 22 And the Philiftines came up yet a-in the houfe of Obededom the Gittite gain, and fpread themselves in the valley three months and the LORD bleffed of Rephaim. Obededom, and all his household. 23 And when David inquired of the 12 And it was told king David, layLORD, he faid, Thou shalt not go uping, The LORD hath bleffed the house of but fetch a compafs behind them, and Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto gome upon them over against the mul-him, because of the ark of God. So Daberry trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the found of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt beftir thyfelf for then fhall the LORD go out before thee, to fmite 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. CHAP. VI. vid went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom 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 houfe of Ifrael brought up the ark of the LORD with fhouting, and with the found of the 1 David fetcbeth the ark from Kirjathjea- trumpet. rim on a new cart. 6 Uzzab ́is fmit-, 16 And as the ark of the LORD came ten. 12 David danceth before the ark. into the city of David, Michal Saul's 20 Michal's barrenness. daughter looked through a window, and AGAIN, David gathered together all faw king David leaping and dancing bethe chofen men of Ifrael, thirty thou-fore the LORD; and the defpifed him in fand. her heart. 2 And David arofe, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whofe name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. 3 And they fet the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the houfe of Abinadab that was in Gibeah; and 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 foon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he bleifed the people in the name of the LORD of hofts. 272 Michal's barrenness. H. SAMUEL God's promife to David. 19 And he dealt among all the people, thee a great name, like unto the name of even among the whole multitude of Ifrael, the great men that are in the earth. as well to the women as men, to every 10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for one a cake of bread, and a good piece of my people Ifrael, and will plant them, Afb, and a flagon.of wine. So all the peo-that they may dwell in a place of their ple departed every one to his house. own, and move no more; neither shall 20 Then David returned to bless his the children of wickedness afflict them houfehold. And Michal the daughter of any more, as beforetime, Saul came out to meet David, and faid, 11 And as fince the time that I comHow glorious was the king of Ifrael to-manded judges to be over my people Ifday, who uncovered himself today in the frael, and have caused thee to reft from all eyes of the handmaids of his fervants, as thine enemies. Alfo the LORD telleth one of the vain fellows thamelessly un- thee that he will make thee an houfe. Covereth 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 12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou fhalt deep with thy fathers, I will fet up thy feed after thee, which fhall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will eftablish his kingdom. 15 He hall build an houfe for my name, and I will eftablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 22 And I will yet he more vile than thus, and will be bafe in mine own fight: 14 I will be his father, and he shall be and of the maidfervants which thou haft my fon. If he commit iniquity, I will fpoken of,of them shall I be had in honour.chaften him with the rod of men, and 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of with the ftripes of the children of men : Saul had no child until the day of her death. CHAP, VII. 15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom put away before thee. I 1 God forbiddeth David to build him an 16 And thine house and thy kingdom boufe 18 His prayer and bankgiving. fhall be established for ever before thee: AND it came to país, when the king thy throne fhall be established for ever. fat in his houfe, and the LORD had giv- 17 According to all these words, and en him reft round about from all his en-according to all this vifion, fo did Nathan emies ; fpeak unto David 2 That the king faid unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an houfe of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth with-I, in curtains. S And Nathan said 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, Laying, 18 Then went king David in, and fat before the LORD, and he faid, Who am O LORD God? and, What is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto ? 19 And this was yet a final 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 unto thee: for thou, LORD God, knoweft 5 Go and tell my fervant David, Thus faith the LORD, Shalt thou build me anthy.iervant. 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 cut of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. I 7 In all the places wherein I have walk. ed with all the children of Ifrael. fpake 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? 8 Now, therefore, fo fhalt thou fay unto my fervant David, Thus faith the LORD of hofts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over iny people, over Ifrael: 9 And I was with thee whitherfoever thou wenteft, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy fight, and have made 21 For thy word's fake, and according to thine own heart, haft thou done all these great things to make thy fervant know them. 22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God for there is none like thee, neither is there any God betide thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And, What one nation in the earth is 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 redeemedft to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For thou haft confirmed to thy felf thy people Ifrael, to be a people unto thee for ever and thou, LORD, art become their God. |