c Jos.9.3-21. 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, And said unto them: (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of d c.24.25. the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah;) 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, 5 We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 3 or, Rapha. € c.20.19. 4 the staff, or, the head. 5 or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul neither per 13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. b 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father, and they performed all that the king commanded: and after that, God was intreated for the land. 15 Moreover, the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 4 3 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, (the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight,) he, being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David: 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and or his house, killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the 7 light of Israel. tains it to us to kill. c.18.3. 5 And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against ƒ Ps.49.6,7. us that we should be destroyed from re-or cut us off. maining in any of the coasts of Israel, 7 candle, or, 6 Let seven men of his sons be deliver-1.11.36. lamp. ed unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them. k Eze.18.19. 1 Ch.20.4. 8 or, chosen of the LORD. 9 or, Sippai. 11 or, Jair. 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was be-1 Sa.20.15. tween them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 13 or, Michal's sister. 14 or, reproached. 1 Sa. 17.10, 15 bare to 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah m the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare mc.3.7. unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; 12 or, Rapha. and the five sons of 13 Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she 15 brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in p Ps.116.2,3. the beginning of barley-harvest. 10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest 25,26. h 18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai/ the Hushathite slew Saph, 9 which was of the sons of 1o the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of 11 Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to 12 the giant. 21 And when he 14 defied Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimeah," the brother of David, slew him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, " and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn" of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the 16 waves of death compassed me, the floods of 17 ungodly men made me afraid; David's song of praise. 1 2 SAMUEL, XXIII. or, cords. 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me B. C. 1019. about; the snares of death prevented me; 1 7 In my distress "I called upon the LORD, 2 or, broken. and cried to my God; and he did hear my Ps.34.6,15. voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter 3 or, refined. into his ears. 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven d moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. h out of his 10 He bowed the heaven also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings the wind. 9 of 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. n 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows,' and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. 16 And the channels of the sea peared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his 12 nostrils. ap a Jon.2.2. Ju.5.4. d Job 26.11. Hab.3.6,10. 4 by. 5 riddeth or looseth. e Ps.97.3,4. 6 equalleth. f Hab.3.19. g Is.64.1. for the war. h Ps.97.2. i Eze.9.3. 8 Ps.104.3. multiplied me. 9 binding of waters. 10 ankles. P.29.3. Is.30.30. De.32.23. Mal.4.3. n Na.1.4. o Ps.44.5. caused to bow. p Ge.49.8. Jos.10.24. 12 or, anger. Ps.74.I. 17 He sent from above, he took me: he 13 or, great. drew me out of 13 many waters; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. Is.43.2. r Pr.1.28. MI.3.4. 82 Ki.13.7. 19 They prevented me in the day of my Mi.7.10. calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 20 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. u c.3.1. 19.9,14. 20.1,2,22. v c.15.26. w Ps.2.8. 1 Sa.26.23. y Job 17.9. 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the y cleanness of my hands hath he recom-14 Sons of the pensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from God. my. 23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also upright 17 before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. 15 stranger. lie, or, yield feigned obe De.33.29. dience. Ps.66.3. z Pr.8.32. a Mi.7.17. Ps.119.30. 16 giveth avengement for me. 1 Sa.25.39. c.18.19,31. 17 to him. 25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; ac18 before his cording to my cleanness in his eye-sight. eyes. 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew c Ps.52.1,5,8. thyself merciful, and with the upright mana Mat.5.7. thou wilt shew thyself upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt 19 shew thyself unsavoury. 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29 For thou art my 20 lamp, O LORD; and] 2 Th.3.2. e Le.26.23. 19 or, wrestle. g Da.4.37 278 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen " under my feet. 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou 11 subdued under me. 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, ' He that ruleth over men must be just, d ruling in the fear of God: 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. David's mighty men. B. C. 1018. | brought it to David: nevertheless he would a Ps.78.70,71. not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD; b Lu.24.44. c 2 Pe.1.21. 1 or, be thou Ps.72.6. slain. h c.7.14-16. i Ps.73.25,26. 7 But the man that shall touch them must be 5 fenced with iron, and the staff filled. of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. 8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: 7 The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he 'slew at one time. 6 a man of Mat.3.10. head of the 9 or, honour 17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three: and he lift up his spear against three hundred, 2 and slew them, and had the name among three. 19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, 3 who had done many acts, he slew two lion-like men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. 21 And he slew an Egyptian, 6 a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. 23 He was 9 more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his 10 guard. 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one 1 Sa.22.14. of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem. 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of slain. Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty able among men with David, when they defied the,the, &c. Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away; 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. 11 And after him was Shammah, the son of Agee the Hararite: and the Philistines 10 at his com- aging. 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the were gathered together 11 into a troop, or, for for- Netophathite, 29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite; Ittai the son of Ribai, out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin; 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the 12 brooks of Gaash, 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite; of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite; Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, The people numbered. b 2 SAMUEL, XXIV. 38 Iraan Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. B. C. 1018. a c.20.26. b c.11.3, &c. 1 Satan. 1 Ch.21.1, A was kindled against Israel, and he Jac3,14. moved David against them to say, Go, dd1 Ch.27.23, number Israel and Judah. 3 2 or, many. 42. The numbering punished. there be three days' pestilence in thy land? Now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let and oft the Lotus (fall now into the 2 great, ) and let me not fall into the hand of man. 15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, seventy thousand men. Je.17.5. 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye 3 or, compass. the people, that I may know the number of the people. Is.47.6. Ex.12.23. Ps.90.13. 135.14. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how i many soever they be, an hundred-fold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see j Joel 2.13,14. it: but why doth my lord the king delight| in this thing? 1s.27.8. 57.16. 2 Ch.3.1. 4 Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host: and Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the peo-m Ps.74.1. ple of Israel. Jos.13.9,16. 4 or, valley. 5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, " on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river 4 of Gad, and toward Jazer: " 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the Araniah. land 6 of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon, 6 or, nether land newly inhabited. p Ju.18.29. 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, Jos.19.23. and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. Ge.23.8-16. 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and & Nu.16.47-50 there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. t 1 Sa.24.5. 10 And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned c.12.13. greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away w the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly." 11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad," David's seer, saying, 12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it b b unto thee. w Hos.14.2. 17 And David spake unto the LORD, when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, m what have they done? Let thine hand I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. 18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshing-floor of Araunah 5 the Jebusite. 19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up, as the LORD commanded. 20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen " for burnt-sacrifice, and threshinginstruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. I 23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king: and Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God Job 42.8,9. accept thee. y 1 Sa.13.13. Eze.20.40,41. a 1 Sa.22.5. Le.26.41,43. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shek els of silver. 25 And David built there an altar unto 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of 1 Ch.21.12. the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings and famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that The First Book of KINGS, commonly called CHAP. I. 1 Niwking, and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. 4 2 3 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin; and let her stand before the king, and let her 5 cherish him, and lets her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. days. into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said,2 What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou be a cherish-swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne: 4 And the damsel was very fair, and cher-a ver.7-9. ished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. 5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: reign. and he prepared him chariots and horse-2 Sa.15.1. men, and fifty men to run before him. 6 Ánd his father had not displeased him 7 at any time in saying, Why hast thou 7 from his done so? and he also was a very goodly days. man; and his mother bare him after Absa-e c.2.10. lom. 8 his words were. c.2.28. 288.20.25. 10 helped after Adonijah. 9 sinners. 8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men c.4.18. i which belonged to David, were not withi 2 Sa.23.8, Adonijah. &c. 11 or, the well 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by 11 En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men; ver.19. of Judah the king's servants: 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? 13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, 13 before the O king, swearTM unto thine handmaid, say-m ver.30. ing, Assuredly "Solomon thy son shall 1 Ch.22.6 reign after me, and he shall sit upon my 2 Sa.4.9. throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? 14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after ver. 13.17. thee, and 14 confirm thy words. 15 And Bath-sheba went in unto the king 14 fill up. 281 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not: 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath hẹ not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 9 22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest: and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, 12 God save king Adonijah. 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came 13 into the king's presence, and stood before the king. |