Exact Word Count returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; , when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. sure that he could not live after that he wass=hlblue>as fallen: and I took the crown that wass=hlblue>as upon his head, and the bracelet that wass=hlblue>as on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. kelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. though he had not been anointed with oil. wonderful, passing the love of women. hurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. king in Hebron over the house of Judah wass=hlblue>as seven years and six months. called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. a very sore battle that day; and Abner wass=hlblue>as beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. ahel: and ass=hlblue>Asahel wass=hlblue>as ass=hlgree>as light of foot ass=hlgree>as a wild roe. ahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. ahel? And he answered, I am. ide to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But ass=hlblue>Asahel would not turn ass=hlblue>aside from following of him. ahel, Turn thee ass=hlblue>aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? ide: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that ass=hlgree>as many ass=hlgree>as came to the place where ass=hlblue>Asahel fell down and died stood still. God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. ahel. ahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which wass=hlblue>as in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman? the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he wass=hlblue>as gone in peace. with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. returned to Hebron, Joab took him ass=hlblue>aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of ass=hlblue>Asahel his brother. ahel at Gibeon in the battle. a fool dieth? a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also wass=hlblue>as reckoned to Benjamin: lame of his feet. He wass=hlblue>as 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 pass, ass=hlgree>as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name wass=hlblue>as Mephibosheth. though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. with him. come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me? ide into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. told king David, saying, The Lord 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. so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. girded with a linen ephod. 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 before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. soon ass=hlgree>as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. well to the women ass=hlgree>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. the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, ass=hlgree>as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord. I have not dwelt in any house since the 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. with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. beforetime, since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house. I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God? thou hast said. he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wass=hlblue>as recorder; the scribe; over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. of the house of Saul a servant whose name wass=hlblue>as Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! I am? for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, ass=hlgree>as one of the king's sons. Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. lame on both his feet. 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. hamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: 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. expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. very beautiful to look upon. purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. thou livest, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. signed Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. well ass=hlgree>as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. dead, she mourned for her husband. 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. unto him ass=hlgree>as a daughter. come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that wass=hlblue>as come to him. greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, ass=hlgree>As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: very sick. dead: for they said, Behold, while the child wass=hlblue>as yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. alive; but when the child wass=hlblue>as dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it wass=hlblue>as set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she wass=hlblue>as a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab wass=hlblue>as a very subtil man. come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. for thee, thou shalt be ass=hlgree>as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. hes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that wass=hlblue>as on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. very wroth. Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled. thy servant said, so it is. soon ass=hlgree>as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. there three years. comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he wass=hlblue>as dead. toward Absalom. a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee. k thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: none to be so much praised ass=hlgree>as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there wass=hlblue>as no blemish in him. at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair wass=hlblue>as heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. Tamar: she wass=hlblue>as a woman of a fair countenance. so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. soon ass=hlgree>as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. far off. thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. seemeth good unto him. cent of mount Olivet, and wept ass=hlgree>as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that wass=hlblue>as with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping ass=hlgree>as they went up. come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of ass=hlblue>asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. ses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such ass=hlgree>as be faint in the wilderness may drink. Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still ass=hlgree>as he came. David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed ass=hlgree>as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence. ass=hlgree>as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so wass=hlblue>as all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou. a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much ass=hlgree>as one. not known. not gone over Jordan. not followed, he saddled his ass=hlblue>ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and wass=hlblue>as buried in the sepulchre of his father. a man's son, whose name wass=hlblue>as Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, in the wood of Ephraim; there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that wass=hlblue>as under him went away. yet alive in the midst of the oak. . ide, and stand here. And he turned ass=hlblue>aside, and stood still. that young man is. much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and ass=hlgree>as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king wass=hlblue>as grieved for his son. people being ass=hlblue>ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. he wass=hlblue>as come over Jordan; come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? s, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he wass=hlblue>as a very great man. come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place. Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. semble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. semble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and ass=hlgree>as he went forth it fell out. in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. k counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada wass=hlblue>as over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wass=hlblue>as recorder: scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: a chief ruler about David. a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. entreated for the land. 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. again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which wass=hlblue>as of the sons of the giant. again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear wass=hlblue>as like a weaver's beam. yet a battle in Gath, where wass=hlblue>as 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 wass=hlblue>as born to the giant. wroth. under his feet. seen upon the wings of the wind. my stay. for his statutes, I did not depart from them. also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. small ass=hlgree>as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them ass=hlgree>as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. soon ass=hlgree>as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, in my tongue. the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; ass=hlgree>as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: 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. Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where wass=hlblue>as a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines wass=hlblue>as then in Beth-lehem. by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. he not most honourable of three? therefore he wass=hlblue>as their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. ahel the brother of Joab wass=hlblue>as one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. the Lord commanded. a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee. entreated for the land, and the plague wass=hlblue>as stayed from Israel. |