that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

10 Then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to 4 salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: (for Hadade-4 zer 5 had wars with Toi) and Joram 6 brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: 11 Which also king David dedicated to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 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.

6

Before CHRIST, 1040.

Heb. ask him of peace.

a

5 Heb. was man of wars with.

Heb. in his hand were.

7 Heb his

smiting.

8 or, remem. 13 And David made him a name when brancer,or, he returned from 7 smiting of the Syri-writer of chronicles. ans in the valley of Salt, being eighteen thousand men.

14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved Da vid whithersoever he went.

91 Chr. 18.

16, Abime

lech. 10 or, secre

tary.

15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice 1 Chr. 18. to all his people.

16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was 8 recorder;

17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests and Seraiah was the 10 scribe;

17.

11 or, princes.

a c. 4. 4.

18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the "1 Chr. 19.1. Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

CHAP. IX.

1 David by Ziba sendeth for Mephibosheth. 7 For Jonathan's sake he entertaineth_him at his table, and restoreth to him all that was Saul's: 9 He maketh Ziba his farmer.

ND David said, Is there yet any that may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him to David, the king said to him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him? and Ziba said to the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, who is a lame in his feet.

4 And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

5¶ Then king David sent, and brought him from the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, had come to David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. 1 Heb. in thy And he answered, Behold thy servant!

eyes doth

7¶ And David said to him, Fear not: David? for I will surely show thee kindness for

the sake of Jonathan thy father, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldst look upon such a dead dog as I am?

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

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 always at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

11 Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded 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.

12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micah. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.

13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he ate continually at the king's table; and was lame in both his feet. CHAP. X.

1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash, are villainously treated. 6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syri ans, are overcome by Joab and Abishai. 15 Shobach making a new supply of the Syri ans at Helam, is slain by David.

AND it came to pass after this, that

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

2 Then said David, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to 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.

3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, 1 Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters to thee? hath not David rather sent his servants to thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

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, and sent them away.

5 When they told it to David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards are grown, and then return.

6¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve Ithousand men.

7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he selected of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:

10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.

11 And he said, If the Syrians shall be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon shall be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

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

13 And Joab and the people that were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians and they fled before him.

14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, then fled they also before Abashai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they assembled themselves.

16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

17 And when it was told David, he assembled all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against Ďavid, and fought with him.

18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

Before CHRIST,

1037.

a 1 Chr.20.1.

2or, and

when she

had purified herself, here

turned.

Lev. 15. 19. & 18. 19.

19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were 3 Heb. of the smitten before Israel, they made peace peace of, with Israel, and served them. So the &c. Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

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

4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; 2 for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned to her house.

5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

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

7 And when Uriah had come to him, David inquired of him 3 how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there 4 followed him a mess of meat from the king.

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down to his house, David said to Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down to thy house?

11 And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

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

13 And when David had called him, he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk: and at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

14 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the front of the's hottest battle, and retire ye 6 from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

16 And it came to pass, when Joab obto a place where he knew that valiant served the city, that he assigned Uriah

men were.

17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

18 T Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,

53.

1035.

21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a Judges 9. piece of a mill-stone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

23 And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were upon them even to the entrance of the gate.

24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants: and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

7 Heb. be evil in thy eyes.

8 Heb. so and such.

Heb. was evil in the eyes of.

sel.

25 Then David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword de-1 Heb. morvoureth 8 one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

26 ¶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.

27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

CHAP. XII.

1 Nathan's parable of the swe-lamb, causeth David to be his own judge. 7 David reprov.

2or, is wor thy to die.

a Ex. 22. 1.

13.

of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul;

8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given to thee such and such things.

9 Why hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thy own house, and I will take thy wives before thy eyes, and give them to thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

13 And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said to David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

14 But, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to thee shall surely die.

15 And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.

16 David therefore besought God for

in, and lay all night upon the earth.

ND the LORD sent Nathan to David.

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

2 The rich man had very numerous flocks and herds:

3 But the poor man had nothing save one little ewe-lamb, which he had bought and nourished: and it grew up together with him, and with his children: it fed of his own 1 meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.

4 And there came a traveler to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the way-faring man that had come to him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that had come to him.

5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing 2 shall surely die:

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

7¶ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God!

17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

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 was dead: for they said, Behold while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how will he then 4 be grieved, if we tell him that the child is dead?

19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate..

21 Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but after the child. was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

22 And he said, While the child was

the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

6 So Amnon lay down and made himself sick: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make for me a couple of cakes in

his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and he called

d

5 That is,

7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's

him.

the LORD.

25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name 56 Heb. Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

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

27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 28 Now therefore collect the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and 6 it be called after my name. 29 And David collected all the people, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight of which was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city 7 in great abundance.

2

my name be called upon it.

1 Chr.

20.2.

7 Heb. very great.

Heb. it was marvelous, or, hidden in the eyes of Amnon.

Heb. thin.

3 Heb. morn. ing by

morning.

31 And he brought forth the people that were in it, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. So 4 or, paste. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

CHAP. XIII.

5 Heb. hum. ble me.

1 Amnon loving Tamar, by Jonadab's counsel feigning himself sick, ravisheth her: 15 He hateth her, and shamefully turneth her away. 19 Absalom entertaineth her, and concealeth his purpose. 23 At a sheep-shearing, among all the king's sons, he killeth Amnon. 30" Lev. 18. 9. David grieving at the news, is comforted by Jonadab. 37 Absalom fleeth to Talmai at Geshur.

6 Heb.

ND it came to pass after this, that it ought not

AND

sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

so to be

done.

7 Heb. with great hatred

2 And Amnon was so afflicted, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and 1 Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. 3 But Amnon had a friend, whose greatly. name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took 4 flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

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 they went out every man from him.

10 And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from thy hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

11 And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.

12 And she answered him, Nay, my thing ought to be done in Israel: do not brother, do not 5 force me; for 6 no such thou this folly.

13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou wilt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

14 Howbeit, he would not hearken to her voice: but being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

15 Then Amnon hated her 7 exceedingly; so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone.

16 And she said to him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst to me. But he would not hearken to her.

17 Then he called his servant that ministered to him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.

18 And she had a garment of divers colors upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins appareled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers

being the king's son, 2 pining 3 from day

to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

heart.

desolate.

5 And Jonadab said to him, Lay thee 9 Heb. and down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say to him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me food, and dress

on her head, and went on crying.

20 And Absalom her brother said to her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; 8 regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate

in her brother Absalom's house.

21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.