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  2 Samuel

  1:1 Noes, and David had abodeo days in Ziklag;

  1:2 It came even to pass ohird day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul h, and did obeisance.

  1:3 And David said unto him, From he camp of Israel am I escaped.

  1:4 And David said unto him, Hohan his son are dead also.

  1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, Hohan his son be dead?

  1:6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by ce upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen folloer him.

  1:7 And o me. And I answered, Here am I.

  1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I anse.

  1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: fuish ise upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

  1:10 So I stood upon him, and sleo my lord.

  1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes, ahem; and likeh him:

  1:12 And they mourned, and he sword.

  1:13 And David said unto the young man that told him, Whe thou? And he anse.

  1:14 And David said unto him, Hoed?

  1:15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

  1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD"s anointed.

  1:17 And David lamented han his son:

  1:18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bohe book of Jasher.)

  1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: hoy fallen!

  1:20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not ireets of Askelohe daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

  1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no deh oil.

  1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the boy.

  1:23 Saul and Jonathan han lions.

  1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, s of gold upon your apparel.

  1:25 Hohine high places.

  1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me he love of women.

  1:27 Hohe ons of erished!

  2:1 And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

  2:2 So David e.

  2:3 And his men that ies of Hebron.

  2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeileadburied Saul.

  2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have sheo Saul, and have buried him.

  2:6 And nohing.

  2:7 Therefore nohem.

  2:8 But Abhe son of Ner, captain of Saul"s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

  2:9 And made him king ilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

  2:10 Ishbosheth Saul"s son he house of Judah followed David.

  2:11 And the time that David hs.

  2:12 And Abhe son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, o Gibeon.

  2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, he pool.

  2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men nohem arise.

  2:15 Then there arose and s of David.

  2:16 And they caught every one his fellohhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

  2:17 And there s of David.

  2:18 And thereas a wild roe.

  2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in goiurned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

  2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.

  2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel urn aside from following of him.

  2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from folloher?

  2:23 Hoill.

  2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun he wilderness of Gibeon.

  2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became oroop, and stood oop of an hill.

  2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the shren?

  2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, uhou hadst spoken, surely then in the m the people had gone up every one from folloher.

  2:28 So Joab blehey any more.

  2:29 And Abner and his men o Mahanaim.

  2:30 And Joab returned from follos neen men and Asahel.

  2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner"s men, so that three hundred and threesen died.

  2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father,break of day.

  3:1 Nohe house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

  3:2 And unto David ess;

  3:3 And his sed, Chileab, of Abigail the er of Talmai king of Geshur;

  3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

  3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David"s o David in Hebron.

  3:6 And it came to pass, he house of Saul.

  3:7 And Saul had a e, her"s e?

  3:8 Then his woman?

  3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath so him;

  3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dao Beersheba.

  3:11 And he could not answer Abner a wain, because he feared him.

  3:12 And Abner sent messeo David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league hee.

  3:13 And he said, Well; I o see my face.

  3:14 And David sent messeo Ishbosheth Saul"s son, saying, Deliver me my ines.

  3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

  3:16 And her husband urned.

  3:17 And Abner hadmunication o be king over you:

  3:18 Noheir enemies.

  3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner he whole house of Benjamin.

  3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, ay men .

  3:21 And Abner said unto David, Iin peace.

  3:22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoilhim away, and he was gone in peace.

  3:23 When Joab and all the host thathim away, and he is gone in peace.

  3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; e gone?

  3:25 Thou kno.

  3:26 And .

  3:27 And her.

  3:28 And afterhe son of Ner:

  3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father"s house; ahere not fail from the house of Joab ohat hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leh on a staff, or that falleth on the sh bread.

  3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slele.

  3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that he bier.

  3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and .

  3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

  3:34 Thy handsagain over him.

  3:35 And he sun be down.

  3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as he people.

  3:37 For all the people and all Israel uood that day that it he son of Ner.

  3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Knohis day in Israel?

  3:39 And I am this day o his wiess.

  4:1 And roubled.

  4:2 And Saul"s son hado men that o Benjamin.

  4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and his day.)

  4:4 And Jonathan, Saul"s son, had a son that h.

  4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah,noon.

  4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they her escaped.

  4:7 For .

  4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, his day of Saul, and of his seed.

  4:9 And David ansy,

  4:10 Wheold me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and sleidings:

  4:11 Hoh?

  4:12 And Davidmanded his young men, and they slehe sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

  5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, hy flesh.

  5:2 Also in time past, ain over Israel.

  5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league ed David king over Israel.

  5:4 David y years.

  5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reighirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

  5:6 And the king and his men her.

  5:7 heless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

  5:8 And David said on that day, Whosetteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David"s soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall o the house.

  5:9 So David d from Millo and inward.

  5:10 And David h him.

  5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messeo David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.

  5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel"s sake.

  5:13 And David took him more es and o David.

  5:14 And these be the names of those that han, and Solomon,

  5:15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

  5:16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

  5:17 But he hold.

  5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

  5:19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? hine hand.

  5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach ofplace Baalperazim.

  5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burhem.

  5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

  5:23 And rees.

  5:24 A be, ines.

  5:25 And David did so, as the LORD hadmanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thoue to Gazer.

  6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

  6:2 And David arose, and he cherubims.

  6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a ne.

  6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab he ark.

  6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir imbrels, and on cos, and on cymbals.

  6:6 And .

  6:7 And the anger of the LORD he ark of God.

  6:8 And David his day.

  6:9 And David o me?

  6:10 So David e.

  6:11 And the ark of the LORD tinued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.

  6:12 And it h gladness.

  6:13 And it lings.

  6:14 And David danced before the LORD h a linen ephod.

  6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD .

  6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul"s daughter looked through a .

  6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, a in his place, in the midst of the taberhat David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt s and peace s before the LORD.

  6:18 And as soon as David had made an end ofburnt s and peace s, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.

  6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the o his house.

  6:20 Then David returo bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, Hoh himself!

  6:21 And David said unto Michal, It he LORD.

  6:22 And I hem shall I be had in honour.

  6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

  7:1 And it came to pass,from all his enemies;

  7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See noains.

  7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thi; for the LORD is hee.

  7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the han, saying,

  7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

  7:6 Whereas I have not dabernacle.

  7:7 In all the placesme an house of cedar?

  7:8 Noo be ruler over my people, over Israel:

  7:9 And I h.

  7:10 Moreover I ime,

  7:11 And as sihe time that Imanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he hee an house.

  7:12 And ablish his kingdom.

  7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I hrone of his kingdom for ever.

  7:14 I he children of men:

  7:15 But my mercy shall not depart ahee.

  7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

  7:17 Acc to all these o David.

  7:18 Then o?

  7:19 And this he manner of man, OD?

  7:20 And .

  7:21 For thy hem.

  7:22 Wherefore threat, od: for there is none like thee, her is there any God beside thee, acc to all that h our ears.

  7:23 And heir gods?

  7:24 For thou hast firmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art be their God.

  7:25 And no said.

  7:26 Ahy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: ahe house of thy servant David be established before thee.

  7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I hee.

  7:28 And no:

  7:29 Therefore no be blessed for ever.

  8:1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

  8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them s.

  8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he es.

  8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, ay thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

  8:5 And housand men.

  8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David .

  8:7 And David took the shields of gold that o Jerusalem.

  8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

  8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

  8:10 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 had h him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

  8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, ions which he subdued;

  8:12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

  8:13 And David gat him a name housand men.

  8:14 A garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David"s servants. And the LORD preserved David .

  8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justito all his people.

  8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah he son of Ahilud was recorder;

  8:17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, he scribe;

  8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada es; and David"s sons were chief rulers.

  9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shehan"s sake?

  9:2 And thereis he.

  9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may she.

  9:4 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, in Lodebar.

  9:5 Then king David sent, ached him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

  9:6 No!

  9:7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I inually.

  9:8 And he bo look upon such a dead dog as I am?

  9:9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul"s servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master"s son all that pertaio Saul and to all his house.

  9:10 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 als.

  9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, Acc to all that my lord the king hathmanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king"s sons.

  9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, h.

  9:13 So Mephibosheth d.

  10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his sned in his stead.

  10:2 Then said David, I he children of Ammon.

  10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thihou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sentforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthro?

  10:4 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, ahem away.

  10:5 Wheold it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men urn.

  10:6 And housand men.

  10:7 And y men.

  10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, he field.

  10:9 When Joab sahe Syrians:

  10:10 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.

  10:11 And he said, If the Syriao for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammoo for thee, then I hee.

  10:12 Be of good ce, a us play the men for our people, and for the cities of od: and the LORD do that h him good.

  10:13 And Joab drehey fled before him.

  10:14 And o Jerusalem.

  10:15 And her.

  10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that hem.

  10:17 And h him.

  10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slehere.

  10:19 And he children of Ammon any more.

  11:1 And it came to pass, after the yearJerusalem.

  11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and o look upon.

  11:3 And David sent and enquired after the e?

  11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay o her house.

  11:5 And the h child.

  11:6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

  11:7 And he rospered.

  11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go dohe king.

  11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king"s house o his house.

  11:10 And hine house?

  11:11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide is; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie hing.

  11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrohe morrow.

  11:13 And o his house.

  11:14 And it came to pass in the m, that David he hand of Uriah.

  11:15 And he en, and die.

  11:16 And it came to pass,men were.

  11:17 And the men of the city e died also.

  11:18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things ing the war;

  11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the he king,

  11:20 And if so be that the king"s he wall?

  11:21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a e is dead also.

  11:22 So the messengerhim for.

  11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and e.

  11:24 And the shooters shot from off the e is dead also.

  11:25 Then David said unto the messehus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the shou him.

  11:26 AndUriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

  11:27 And he LORD.

  12:1 And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There her poor.

  12:2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

  12:3 But the poor man had nothing, save otle eer.

  12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his oo him.

  12:5 And David"s anger hing shall surely die:

  12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

  12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lod of Israel, I anoihee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

  12:8 And I gave thee thy master"s house, and thy master"s hings.

  12:9 Wherefore hast thou despised thema of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite he children of Ammon.

  12:10 Nohy wife.

  12:11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I his sun.

  12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I he sun.

  12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put a die.

  12:14 Hohee shall surely die.

  12:15 And Nathaed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah"swas very sick.

  12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and h.

  12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and hem.

  12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child he child is dead?

  12:19 But hey said, He is dead.

  12:20 Then David arose from the earth, and .

  12:21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast dohou didst fast andbread.

  12:22 And he said, While the child he child may live?

  12:23 But noo me.

  12:24 And Davidforted Bathsheba his he LORD loved him.

  12:25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

  12:26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

  12:27 And Joab sent messeo David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have takey of ers.

  12:28 Noer my name.

  12:29 And David gathered all the people together, and .

  12:30 Aook their king"s cro abundance.

  12:31 And he brought forth the people that o Jerusalem.

  13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, he son of David loved her.

  13:2 And Amnon o her.

  13:3 But Amnon had a friend, il man.

  13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king"s son, lean from day to day? er.

  13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee do her hand.

  13:6 So Amnon lay do her hand.

  13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go no.

  13:8 So Tamar he cakes.

  13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And theyevery man from him.

  13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes her.

  13:11 And er.

  13:12 And she anshis folly.

  13:13 And I, hee.

  13:14 Hoh her.

  13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred o her, Arise, be gone.

  13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me ao her.

  13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put noer her.

  13:18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for er her.

  13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, a her garment of divers colours that.

  13:20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been her Absalom"s house.

  13:21 But h.

  13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnoher good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

  13:23 And it came to pass aftero full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, he king"s sons.

  13:24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold no.

  13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my so us not all no blessed him.

  13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go hee?

  13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king"s sons go h him.

  13:28 No.

  13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom hadmahen all the king"s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.

  13:30 And it came to pass, .

  13:31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by .

  13:32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David"s brother, aamar.

  13:33 Nohe king"s sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

  13:34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the he hill side behind him.

  13:35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king"s sonse: as thy servant said, so it is.

  13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king"s sons came, and lifted up their voidvery sore.

  13:37 But Absalom fled, and he son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

  13:38 So Absalom fled, and hree years.

  13:39 And the soul of king David loo go forth unto Absalom: for he ed ing Amnon, seeing he was dead.

  14:1 Nooward Absalom.

  14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, ached thence a he dead:

  14:3 Ao the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the h.

  14:4 And he ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

  14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a oman, and mine husband is dead.

  14:6 And thy handmaid hado sons, and theyo strove together in the field, and there her, and slew him.

  14:7 And, behold, the h.

  14:8 And the king said unto the hee.

  14:9 And the less.

  14:10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

  14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou h.

  14:12 Then the he king. And he said, Say on.

  14:13 And the e again his banished.

  14:14 Forexpelled from him.

  14:15 No of his handmaid.

  14:16 For the king ance of God.

  14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The hee.

  14:18 Then the king anshe king now speak.

  14:19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab hine handmaid:

  14:20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab dohis thing: and my lord is h.

  14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold nohe young man Absalom again.

  14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bo.

  14:23 So Joab arose and o Jerusalem.

  14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his ohe king"s face.

  14:25 But in all Israel there here was no blemish in him.

  14:26 And .

  14:27 And unto Absalom there enance.

  14:28 So Absalom dhe king"s face.

  14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he e.

  14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab"s field is near mine, ah barley there; go a on fire. And Absalom"s servants set the field on fire.

  14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

  14:32 And Absalom ans him kill me.

  14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and he king kissed Absalom.

  15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

  15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the ribes of Israel.

  15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no maed of the king to hear thee.

  15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I ice!

  15:5 And it ook him, and kissed him.

  15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

  15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vohe LORD, in Hebron.

  15:8 For thy servant vohe LORD.

  15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and o Hebron.

  15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reih in Hebron.

  15:11 And hing.

  15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David"s sellor, from his city, even from Giloh, h Absalom.

  15:13 And there came a messeo David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

  15:14 And David said unto all his servants that he sword.

  15:15 And the king"s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do .

  15:16 And the king he house.

  15:17 And the kingwas far off.

  15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men he king.

  15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefoest thou alser, and also an exile.

  15:20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and dohee.

  15:21 And Ittai ans be.

  15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ohat h him.

  15:23 And all the try he wilderness.

  15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites y.

  15:25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he ion:

  15:26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

  15:27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and youro sons har.

  15:28 See, I ify me.

  15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

  15:30 And Davidup.

  15:31 And oold David, saying, Ahithophel is among the spirators o foolishness.

  15:32 And it came to pass, that h upon his head:

  15:33 Unto o me:

  15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I hophel.

  15:35 And hast thou not there s.

  15:36 Behold, they have thereyehear.

  15:37 So Hushai David"s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

  16:1 And le of wine.

  16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meahou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king"s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the youo eat; and the he wilderness may drink.

  16:3 And the king said, And her.

  16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find gra thy sight, my lord, O king.

  16:5 And ill as he came.

  16:6 And he cast sto David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men .

  16:7 And thus said Shimei hou man of Belial:

  16:8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, ina bloody man.

  16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.

  16:10 And the king said, What have I to do hou done so?

  16:11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, h bidden him.

  16:12 It may be that the LORD his day.

  16:13 And as David and his men .

  16:14 And the king, and all the people that here.

  16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel h him.

  16:16 And it came to pass, he king.

  16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kio thy friend? hy friend?

  16:18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but h him will I abide.

  16:19 And again, hy presence.

  16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give sel among youwe shall do.

  16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father"s es, rong.

  16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upoop of the house; and Absalomof all Israel.

  16:23 And the sel of Ahithophel, h Absalom.

  17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me no:

  17:2 And I he king only:

  17:3 And I he people shall be in peace.

  17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom he elders of Israel.

  17:5 Then said Absalom, Call noh.

  17:6 And hou.

  17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The sel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.

  17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knohe people.

  17:9 Behold, he is hid no follow Absalom.

  17:10 And he also that is valiant,men.

  17:11 Therefore I sel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dao Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

  17:12 So shallso much as one.

  17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and here.

  17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The sel of Hushai the Archite is better than the sel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appoio defeat the good sel of Ahithophel, to the ihat the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

  17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel sel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I selled.

  17:16 Noh him.

  17:17 Noold king David.

  17:18 heless a lad sa down.

  17:19 And theknown.

  17:20 And o Jerusalem.

  17:21 And it came to pass, after theyyou.

  17:22 Then David arose, and all the people thatgone over Jordan.

  17:23 And her.

  17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel h him.

  17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: her.

  17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

  17:27 And it came to pass, e elim,

  17:28 Brought beds, and basons, ahen vessels, and iles, and parched pulse,

  17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that he wilderness.

  18:1 And David numbered the people that hem.

  18:2 And David sent forth a third part of the people uhe hand of Joab, and a third part uhe hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab"s brother, and a third part uhe hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I h you myself also.

  18:3 But the people ansy.

  18:4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I housands.

  18:5 And the kingmanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake ains charge ing Absalom.

  18:6 So the people he wood of Ephraim;

  18:7 Where the people of Israel housand men.

  18:8 For the battle he sword devoured.

  18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the muleaway.

  18:10 And a certain man saold Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

  18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou saen shekels of silver, and a girdle.

  18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet he young man Absalom.

  18:13 Other me.

  18:14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus he oak.

  18:15 And ten youhat bare Joab"s armourpassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

  18:16 And Joab blehe people.

  18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the .

  18:18 Nohis day, Absalom"s place.

  18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me noh avenged him of his enemies.

  18:20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king"s son is dead.

  18:21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king o Joab, and ran.

  18:22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But hoidings ready?

  18:23 But hohe plain, and overran Cushi.

  18:24 And David sat been theo gates: and the ed up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

  18:25 And the h. And he came apace, and drew near.

  18:26 And the idings.

  18:27 And the idings.

  18:28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is he king.

  18:29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz ans was.

  18:30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. Aurned aside, and stood still.

  18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avehee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

  18:32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi ans young man is.

  18:33 And the king hee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  19:1 And it h and mouh for Absalom.

  19:2 And the victory that day he king was grieved for his son.

  19:3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal ale.

  19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried h a loud voiy son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  19:5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, hy es;

  19:6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thardest her prinor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all hee well.

  19:7 Noil now.

  19:8 Then the king arose, and sat ie. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit ie. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

  19:9 And all the people he land for Absalom.

  19:10 And Absalom, he king back?

  19:11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last t the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel ise to the king, even to his house.

  19:12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: he king?

  19:13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me tinually in the room of Joab.

  19:14 And he bos.

  19:15 So the kiurned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to duct the king over Jordan.

  19:16 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite,king David.

  19:17 And there he king.

  19:18 And there he king, as he wase over Jordan;

  19:19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, her do thou remember that .

  19:20 For thy servant doth knohe king.

  19:21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah ansed?

  19:22 And David said, What have I to do his day king over Israel?

  19:23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king so him.

  19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came dohe day he came again in peace.

  19:25 And it came to pass, h?

  19:26 And he ans is lame.

  19:27 Ah slahy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore hine eyes.

  19:28 For all of my father"s house he king?

  19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

  19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king ise again in peato his own house.

  19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came do him over Jordan.

  19:32 No man.

  19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, e thou over h me in Jerusalem.

  19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, Hoo Jerusalem?

  19:35 I am this day fourscore years old: andI dis been good and evil?thy servant taste he king?

  19:36 Thy servant h such a reward?

  19:37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine ohee.

  19:38 And the king anshee.

  19:39 And all the people o his own place.

  19:40 Then the king he people of Israel.

  19:41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee ah him, over Jordan?

  19:42 And all the men of Judah ans?

  19:43 And the men of Israel anshe men of Israel.

  20:1 And there happeo be there a man of Belial, s, O Israel.

  20:2 So every man of Israel o Jerusalem.

  20:3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten h, living in widowhood.

  20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah .

  20:5 So Amasa ed him.

  20:6 And David said to Abishai, Noies, and escape us.

  20:7 And there he son of Bichri.

  20:8 When they .

  20:9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou ih, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard o kiss him.

  20:10 But Amasa took o the she son of Bichri.

  20:11 And one of Joab"s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, ahat is for David, let him go after Joab.

  20:12 And Amasa ill.

  20:13 When he he son of Bichri.

  20:14 And he er him.

  20:15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood irench: and all the people thatdown.

  20:16 Then cried a hee.

  20:17 And hine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

  20:18 Then she spake, saying, They er.

  20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: he LORD?

  20:20 And Joab ansroy.

  20:21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I he wall.

  20:22 Then the he king.

  20:23 Noes:

  20:24 And Adoram he son of Ahilud was recorder:

  20:25 And Sheva s:

  20:26 And Ira also the JairiteDavid.

  21:1 Then there es.

  21:2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (nohe children of Israel and Judah.)

  21:3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and he LORD?

  21:4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, Wewill I do for you.

  21:5 And they anss of Israel,

  21:6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and hem.

  21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD"s oath that he son of Saul.

  21:8 But the king took theo sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, e:

  21:9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hahem in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and .

  21:10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until .

  21:11 And it he e of Saul, had done.

  21:12 And David ines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

  21:13 And he brought up from thehe bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

  21:14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the try of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the kingmanded. And after that God he land.

  21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet .

  21:16 And Ishbibenob, o have slain David.

  21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David s of Israel.

  21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there .

  21:19 And there aff of whose spear was like a weaver"s beam.

  21:20 And there .

  21:21 And her of David slew him.

  21:22 These four s.

  22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the he hand of Saul:

  22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

  22:3 The God of my rock; in himme from violence.

  22:4 I o be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

  22:5 When the he floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

  22:6 The sorroed me;

  22:7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

  22:8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he h.

  22:9 There .

  22:10 He bo.

  22:11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he he wind.

  22:12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark he skies.

  22:13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

  22:14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

  22:15 And he sent out arrohem.

  22:16 And the els of the sea appeared, the foundations of the rils.

  22:17 He sent from above, he took me; he dreers;

  22:18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they rong for me.

  22:19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD ay.

  22:20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

  22:21 The LORD reh he rpensed me.

  22:22 For I have kept the ed from my God.

  22:23 For all his judgments hem.

  22:24 I y.

  22:25 Therefore the LORD hath rpensed me acc to my righteousness; acc to my ness in his eye sight.

  22:26 With the merciful thou .

  22:27 With the pure thou hyself unsavoury.

  22:28 And the afflicted people thou hem down.

  22:29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD en my darkness.

  22:30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.

  22:31 As fod, hisin him.

  22:32 For he LORD? and who is a rock, save od?

  22:33 God is my strength and po.

  22:34 He maketh my feet like hinds" feet: ah me upon my high places.

  22:35 He teacheth my hands to eel is broken by mine arms.

  22:36 Thou hast also givehe shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.

  22:37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.

  22:38 I have pursued mine enemies, aroyed them; and turned not again until I had ed them.

  22:39 And I have ed them, and .

  22:40 For thou hast girded me hou subdued under me.

  22:41 Thou hast also givehe neine ehat I might destroy them that hate me.

  22:42 They looked, but there .

  22:43 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.

  22:44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a peopleshall serve me.

  22:45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

  22:46 Strangers shall fade aheir close places.

  22:47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; aed be the God of the roy salvation.

  22:48 It is God that aveh me, and that brih dohe people under me.

  22:49 And that brih me forth from mine ehou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

  22:50 Therefore I hy name.

  22:51 He is the too his seed for evermore.

  23:1 No of Israel, said,

  23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his ongue.

  23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

  23:4 And he shall be as the light of the m, er rain.

  23:5 Although my house be not so o grow.

  23:6 But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust ah hands:

  23:7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced he same place.

  23:8 These be the names of the mighty men ime.

  23:9 And after him he men of Israel were gone away:

  23:10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand o spoil.

  23:11 And after him ines.

  23:12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defe, and sleory.

  23:13 And three of the thirty chief he valley of Rephaim.

  23:14 And David hlehem.

  23:15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one e!

  23:16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drehe LORD.

  23:17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that y men.

  23:18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, hree.

  23:19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he hree.

  23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, ime of snow:

  23:21 And he sleh his own spear.

  23:22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.

  23:23 Hehim over his guard.

  23:24 Asahel the brother of Joab hlehem,

  23:25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

  23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

  23:27 Abiezer the hothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

  23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the ophathite,

  23:29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a ophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

  23:30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,

  23:31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

  23:32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,

  23:33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,

  23:34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

  23:35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,

  23:36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

  23:37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

  23:38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,

  23:39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

  24:1 And again the anger of the LORD o say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

  24:2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, he people.

  24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Nohing?

  24:4 Nithstanding the king"s he people of Israel.

  24:5 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:

  24:6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,

  24:7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the aanites: and they o Beersheba.

  24:8 So y days.

  24:9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there housand men.

  24:10 And David"s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and no; for I have done very foolishly.

  24:11 Fad, David"s seer, saying,

  24:12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

  24:13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famio thee in thy land? orme.

  24:14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall nohe hand of man.

  24:15 So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the m even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dao Beersheba seventy thousand men.

  24:16 And e.

  24:17 And David spake unto the LORD her"s house.

  24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD ihreshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  24:19 And David, acc to the saying of Gad, he LORDmanded.

  24:20 And Araunah looked, and sahe ground.

  24:21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the kio his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

  24:22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up he oxen for wood.

  24:23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

  24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I y shekels of silver.

  24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt s and peace s. So the LORD ayed from Israel.