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\h 2 Samuel 
\toc1 2 Samuel 
\toc2 2 Samuel 
\mt1 2 Samuel 
\c 1  
\s1 David Learns About Saul’s Death 
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Amalekites|strong="H6002"\w*, \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*. \w This|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* just \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w young|strong="H3117"\w* soldier \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Ziklag. \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w dirt|strong="H0127"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.\f + \fr 1:2  \fk clothes … head \ft This showed that the man was very sad.\f* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* face \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H0335"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* man \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2088"\w* \w just|strong="H2088"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w camp|strong="H4264"\w*.” 
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\v 4 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* won \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Our|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. \w Many|strong="H7235"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.” 
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\v 5 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* soldier, “\w How|strong="H0349"\w* do \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*?” 
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* soldier \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w happened|strong="H7122"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* be \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*. \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H2009"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w leaning|strong="H8172"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* Philistine \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* horse \w soldiers|strong="H5288"\w* \w were|strong="H2022"\w* \w coming|strong="H2009"\w* \w closer|strong="H1692"\w* \w and|strong="H7393"\w* \w closer|strong="H1692"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Saul|strong="H0559"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H0859"\w* \w Saul|strong="H0559"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w was|strong="H0559"\w*. \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w was|strong="H0559"\w* \w an|strong="H0559"\w* \w Amalekite|strong="H6003"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Saul|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am hurt badly. \w And|strong="H5975"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* anyway.’ 
\v 10 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* hurt \w so|strong="H3947"\w* badly \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* wouldn’t \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w crown|strong="H5145"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w bracelet|strong="H0685"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*.” 
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\v 11 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w show|strong="H2388"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* sad. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0854"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same \w thing|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\v 12 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* sad \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H5307"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* eat \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* dead. David \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* many \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* battle. 
\s1 David Orders \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Amalekite \w Killed|strong="H2719"\w* 
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* talked \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* soldier \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* Saul’s death. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H0335"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* soldier \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H2088"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H1616"\w*. \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w an|strong="H2088"\w* \w Amalekite|strong="H6003"\w*.” 
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\v 14 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* young soldier, “\w Why|strong="H0349"\w* \w were|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w kill|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H4899"\w* king\f + \fr 1:14  \fk chosen king \ft Literally, “anointed one.”\f*?” 
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\v 15-16 Then David told the Amalekite, “You are responsible for your own death. You said you killed the LORD’S chosen king, so your own words prove you are guilty.” Then David called one of his young servants and told him to kill the Amalekite. So the young Israelite killed him. 
\s1 David’s Song About Saul and Jonathan 
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\v 17 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* sang \w a|strong="H5921"\w* sad song \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*. 
\v 18 David \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* song \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w This|strong="H2009"\w* song \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w called|strong="H0559"\w* “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Bow|strong="H7198"\w*,” \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \bk \+w Book|strong="H5612"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Jashar|strong="H3477"\+w*\bk*.\f + \fr 1:18  \fk Book of Jashar \ft An ancient book about the wars of Israel.\f* 
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\q1
\v 19 “\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* beauty \w was|strong="H3478"\w* ruined \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* hills. 
\q2 Oh, \w how|strong="H0349"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w heroes|strong="H1368"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w*! 
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\v 20 \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w news|strong="H1319"\w* \w in|strong="H8055"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*.\f + \fr 1:20  \fk Gath \ft The Philistine capital city.\f* 
\q2 \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w announce|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H8055"\w* \w in|strong="H8055"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Ashkelon|strong="H0831"\w*.\f + \fr 1:20  \fk Ashkelon \ft One of the five major Philistine cities.\f* 
\q1 Those \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* cities would \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w*! 
\q2 Those foreigners\f + \fr 1:20  \fk foreigners \ft Literally, “uncircumcised.” This shows that the Philistines had not shared in Israel’s agreement with God.\f* would \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*. 
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\v 21 “\w May|strong="H0408"\w* \w no|strong="H0408"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w or|strong="H0408"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* fall 
\q2 \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*. 
\q1 \w May|strong="H0408"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w no|strong="H0408"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8641"\w* 
\q2 coming \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*. 
\q1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w shields|strong="H4043"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w heroes|strong="H1368"\w* rusted \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. 
\q2 \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* \w was|strong="H7586"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* rubbed \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w oil|strong="H8081"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w Jonathan’s|strong="H3083"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w killed|strong="H2491"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* share \w of|strong="H1818"\w* enemies, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w killed|strong="H2491"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* share! 
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* spilled \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* now \w dead|strong="H2491"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* cut \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w fat|strong="H2459"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w strong|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 23 “\w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H7586"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*—how dear \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H7586"\w* \w to|strong="H0157"\w* \w us|strong="H4194"\w*! 
\q2 \w In|strong="H3808"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* being together, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H7586"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w separate|strong="H6504"\w* \w them|strong="H0157"\w*! 
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H7586"\w* faster \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w eagles|strong="H5404"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="H7586"\w* \w stronger|strong="H1396"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*. 
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\v 24 \w Daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, cry \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*! 
\q2 \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w gave|strong="H3847"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* beautiful \w red|strong="H8144"\w* dresses 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w covered|strong="H1323"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w jewelry|strong="H5730"\w*! 
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\v 25 “\w Strong|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w have|strong="H5921"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. 
\q2 \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w is|strong="H5307"\w* \w dead|strong="H2491"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Gilboa’s hills. 
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\v 26 \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* miss \w you|strong="H5921"\w*! 
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* enjoyed \w your|strong="H5921"\w* friendship \w so|strong="H3966"\w* \w much|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q1 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w love|strong="H0160"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H0802"\w* \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w*, 
\q2 stronger \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w love|strong="H0160"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w Heroes|strong="H1368"\w* have \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w in|strong="H5307"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. 
\q2 \w Their|strong="H5307"\w* \w weapons|strong="H3627"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* \w lost|strong="H0006"\w*.” 
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\c  2  
\s1 David Is Anointed King of Judah 
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\v 1 \w Later|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* advice. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* control\f + \fr 2:1  \fk take control \ft Literally, “go up against.”\f* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3651"\w*.” 
\p \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H0575"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w To|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*.” 
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\v 2 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* moved \w to|strong="H8033"\w* Hebron. (\w His|strong="H1732"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w were|strong="H0802"\w* \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* Jezreel \w and|strong="H1732"\w* \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*, \w who|strong="H0802"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H1571"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w of|strong="H0802"\w* \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* Carmel.) 
\v 3 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w*. \w All|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* \w their|strong="H0834"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w* nearby. 
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Hebron \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.” 
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\v 5 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. \w These|strong="H2088"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w*: “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w shown|strong="H5973"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w burying|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.\f + \fr 2:5  \fk burying him \ft The bodies of both Saul and Jonathan were burned and their bones were buried. See 1 Sam. 31:12.\f* 
\v 6 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w kind|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H0571"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brave|strong="H2428"\w*. \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.” 
\s1 Ish Bosheth \w Becomes|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* 
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\v 8 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*. \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* Ish Bosheth\f + \fr 2:8  \fk Ish Bosheth \ft In the ancient Greek version and 1 Chron. 8:33; 9:39, his name is Ish Baal or Eshbaal. Later Hebrew scribes substituted Bosheth (“shame”) for Baal (“Lord”), because Baal was also the name for a Canaanite god.\f* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* 
\v 9 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, Asher, \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 2:9  \fk Israel \ft Sometimes this means the whole country, Judah and Israel. Here, it means only the tribes that were not united with Judah.\f* 
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\v 10 Ish Bosheth \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, \w but|strong="H0389"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\v 11 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* Deadly Contest 
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\v 12 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ish Bosheth \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w Zeruiah’s|strong="H6870"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w met|strong="H6298"\w* Abner \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Ish Bosheth’s \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. Abner’s group \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w side|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*. \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* group \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w other|strong="H2088"\w* \w side|strong="H2088"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, “\w Let’s|strong="H4994"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5288"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w a|strong="H5288"\w* \w contest|strong="H7832"\w* here.” 
\p \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w let’s|strong="H4994"\w* \w have|strong="H5288"\w* \w a|strong="H5288"\w* \w contest|strong="H7832"\w*.” 
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\v 15 \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*. \w The|strong="H6965"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w counted|strong="H4557"\w* \w their|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* contest. \w They|strong="H5674"\w* chose \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* fight \w for|strong="H5650"\w* Ish Bosheth \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5674"\w* chose \w twelve|strong="H6240"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Each|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w grabbed|strong="H2388"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w opponent’s|strong="H7453"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* stabbed \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w then|strong="H5307"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w why|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* “\w The|strong="H0834"\w* Field \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Sharp \w Knives|strong="H2719"\w*.”\f + \fr 2:16  \fk The Field of the Sharp Knives \ft Or “Helkath Hazzurim.”\f* 
\v 17 \w That|strong="H3117"\w* contest \w turned|strong="H1961"\w* \w into|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* terrible \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\s1 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* Kills Asahel 
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\v 18 \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*. \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w fast|strong="H7031"\w* runner, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w fast|strong="H7031"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* deer. 
\v 19 \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* ran straight \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w and|strong="H3225"\w* began \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w looked|strong="H6437"\w* \w back|strong="H6437"\w* \w and|strong="H6437"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*?” 
\p \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, it’s \w me|strong="H0310"\w*.” 
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\v 21 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* hurt \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, “\w Stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*—\w go|strong="H5493"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5288"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w could|strong="H5288"\w* easily \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* armor \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5921"\w*.” \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, “\w Stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w or|strong="H0776"\w* \w I|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w I|strong="H0776"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w not|strong="H3254"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* able \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w look|strong="H5375"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.” 
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\v 23 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w stop|strong="H5975"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w used|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w back|strong="H0310"\w* \w end|strong="H0310"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* pushed \w it|strong="H8033"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w Asahel’s|strong="H6214"\w* stomach. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* deep \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w Asahel’s|strong="H6214"\w* stomach \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w back|strong="H0310"\w*. \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w right|strong="H8478"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. 
\s1 Joab \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Abishai Chase \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* 
\p \w Asahel’s|strong="H6214"\w* \w body|strong="H4191"\w* \w lay|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H4725"\w*. \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w look|strong="H5307"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, 
\v 24 \w but|strong="H1992"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*\f + \fr 2:24  \fk Joab and Abishai \ft Brothers of Asahel, the man who Abner killed. See verse 18.\f* continued \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w going|strong="H0935"\w* \w down|strong="H1870"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* Ammah \w Hill|strong="H1389"\w*. (Ammah \w Hill|strong="H1389"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Giah|strong="H1520"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*.) 
\v 25 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*. 
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\v 26 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Must|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* fight \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w other|strong="H0251"\w* \w forever|strong="H5331"\w*? \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w only|strong="H5704"\w* \w end|strong="H5331"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* sadness. \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*.” 
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\v 27 \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0376"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H0376"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* something, \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.” 
\v 28 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w a|strong="H5750"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w anymore|strong="H5750"\w*. 
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\v 29 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* Valley. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w then|strong="H1980"\w* \w marched|strong="H1980"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* day until \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*. 
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\v 30 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7725"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* learned \w that|strong="H3605"\w* 19 \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w officers|strong="H6485"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* \w missing|strong="H6485"\w*, \w including|strong="H3605"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*. 
\v 31 \w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* 360 \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Abner’s|strong="H0074"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. 
\v 32 David’s officers \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w in|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w at|strong="H5375"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*. 
\p \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* marched \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* sun \w came|strong="H0376"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w just|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* reached \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. 
\c 3  
\s1 War Between Israel and Judah 
\p
\v 1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w long|strong="H0752"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w stronger|strong="H2390"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w stronger|strong="H2390"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w weaker|strong="H1800"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w weaker|strong="H1800"\w*. 
\s1 \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* Six Sons Born \w at|strong="H1732"\w* Hebron 
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\v 2 These \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*: 
\b
\li1 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* first \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*. \w Amnon’s|strong="H0550"\w* mother \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahinoam|strong="H0293"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Jezreel. 
\li1
\v 3 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w second|strong="H4932"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* Kileab. \w His|strong="H4428"\w* mother \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w Abigail|strong="H0026"\w*, \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* been \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nabal|strong="H5037"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Carmel. 
\li1 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* mother \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*. 
\li1
\v 4 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w fourth|strong="H7243"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adonijah|strong="H0138"\w*. \w Adonijah’s|strong="H0138"\w* mother \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w Haggith|strong="H2294"\w*. 
\li1 \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w*. Shephatiah’s mother \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abital|strong="H0037"\w*. 
\li1
\v 5 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* son \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w Ithream|strong="H3507"\w*. Ithream’s mother \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Eglah|strong="H5698"\w*. 
\b
\m \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w sons|strong="H3205"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* all \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. 
\s1 Abner Decides \w to|strong="H3205"\w* Join \w David|strong="H1732"\w* 
\p
\v 6 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w families|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* fought each other, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* more \w and|strong="H1004"\w* more \w powerful|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w army|strong="H4421"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w had|strong="H0001"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* slave \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w*. Ish Bosheth \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H4069"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* sexual \w relations|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* servant \w woman|strong="H1323"\w*?” 
\p
\v 8 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w been|strong="H0834"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* give \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H4672"\w* traitor working \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.\f + \fr 3:8  \fk I am not … Judah \ft Literally, “Am I a dog’s head of Judah?”\f* \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* bad \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*. 
\v 9-10 The LORD promised with an oath that he would take the kingdom away from Saul’s family and give it to David. And I swear I will make sure that happens. God will make David king of Judah and Israel. He will rule from Dan to Beersheba.\f + \fr 3:9-10  \fk Dan to Beersheba \ft This means the whole nation of Israel, north and south. Dan was a town in the northern part of Israel and Beersheba was in the southern part of Judah.\f*” 
\v 11 Ish Bosheth \w was|strong="H1697"\w* \w too|strong="H5750"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* response. 
\p
\v 12 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w think|strong="H0559"\w* \w should|strong="H0559"\w* \w rule|strong="H3027"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*? \w Make|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H7971"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* help \w you|strong="H3605"\w* become \w the|strong="H3605"\w* ruler \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.” 
\p
\v 13 David \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Good|strong="H2896"\w*! \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H0389"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*: \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* until \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.” 
\p
\v 14 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ish Bosheth. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* killed 100 \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w get|strong="H7971"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*.”\f + \fr 3:14  \fk I killed … to get her \ft Literally, “I paid for her with 100 Philistine foreskins.” See 1 Sam. 18:20-30; 25:44.\f* 
\p
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Ish Bosheth told \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* Michal \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* named \w Paltiel|strong="H6409"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Laish. 
\v 16 Michal’s \w husband|strong="H0376"\w*, Paltiel, \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w crying|strong="H1058"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w way|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*. \w Finally|strong="H5704"\w*, \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1980"\w* Paltiel \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\p
\v 17 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w sent|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* long \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w wanted|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* make \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w*! \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* talking \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.’” 
\p
\v 19 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* sounded \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\p
\v 20 \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* 20 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* party \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\p
\v 21 \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* bring \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H6965"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* wanted.” 
\p \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* leave \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. 
\s1 \w Abner’s|strong="H0074"\w* \w Death|strong="H5315"\w* 
\p
\v 22 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* battle. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* valuable \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* taken \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* enemy. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* just \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* leave \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\v 23 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* Hebron. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, “\w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* leave \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.” 
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\v 24 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* without hurting \w him|strong="H0413"\w*! \w Why|strong="H4100"\w*? 
\v 25 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* trick \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w learn|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*.” 
\p
\v 26 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w well|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H4397"\w* \w Sirah|strong="H5626"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H3045"\w*. 
\v 27 \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* arrived \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* met \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w gateway|strong="H8179"\w*, pulled \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w aside|strong="H5186"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* private, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w then|strong="H1696"\w* \w stabbed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* stomach. \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* got \w his|strong="H7725"\w* revenge \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w because|strong="H0413"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w had|strong="H3097"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*. 
\s1 David Cries \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* 
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\v 28 \w Later|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w news|strong="H0559"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w death|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* knows \w this|strong="H3651"\w*. 
\v 29 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w responsible|strong="H7218"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* cursed. Many troubles \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w come|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0408"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* sick \w with|strong="H0413"\w* leprosy, crippled, \w killed|strong="H2719"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w war|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w have|strong="H0001"\w* enough \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* eat!” 
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\v 30 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H0251"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*. 
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\v 31-32 David said to Joab and to all the people with Joab, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth. Cry for Abner.” They buried Abner in Hebron. David went to the funeral. King David and all the people cried at Abner’s grave. 
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\v 33 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David sang this sad song \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Abner’s|strong="H0074"\w* funeral: 
\b
\q1 “Did \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w like|strong="H4191"\w* some \w foolish|strong="H5036"\w* criminal? 
\q2
\v 34 Abner, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w tied|strong="H0631"\w*. 
\q2 \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H5066"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w chains|strong="H5178"\w*. 
\q1 \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, Abner, \w evil|strong="H5766"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*!” 
\b
\p \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* Abner. 
\v 35 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* encourage \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* special \w promise|strong="H7650"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w May|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* punish \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w give|strong="H3254"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* many troubles \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w goes|strong="H0935"\w* \w down|strong="H6440"\w*.” 
\v 36 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* saw \w what|strong="H0834"\w* happened, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\v 37 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w understood|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3117"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ner|strong="H5369"\w*. 
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\v 38 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3117"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* \w leader|strong="H8269"\w* \w died|strong="H5307"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 39 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* very \w same|strong="H0428"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* caused \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w a|strong="H4480"\w* lot \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*. \w May|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H7186"\w* \w them|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* punishment \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w deserve|strong="H0376"\w*.” 
\c 4  
\s1 Troubles Come to Saul’s Family 
\p
\v 1 \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* Ish Bosheth \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. Ish Bosheth \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* became very afraid. 
\v 2 \w Two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* see \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. These \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* army. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w Recab|strong="H7394"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Beeroth|strong="H0881"\w*. (\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* Benjamites \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* town \w Beeroth|strong="H0881"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. 
\v 3 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* people \w in|strong="H3117"\w* Beeroth \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Gittaim|strong="H1664"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w living|strong="H1481"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.) 
\p
\v 4 \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*. \w He|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w news|strong="H8052"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w*. \w The|strong="H0935"\w* \w woman|strong="H8034"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* cared \w for|strong="H7272"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w running|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*, she \w dropped|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* boy, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H8141"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w crippled|strong="H5223"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* both \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. 
\p
\v 5 \w Recab|strong="H7394"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*, \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rimmon|strong="H7417"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* Beeroth, \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Ish Bosheth’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w noon|strong="H6672"\w*. Ish Bosheth \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w resting|strong="H4904"\w* \w because|strong="H0413"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w hot|strong="H2527"\w*. 
\v 6-7 Recab and Baanah came into the house as if they were going to get some wheat. Ish Bosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom, and they stabbed and killed him. Then they cut off his head and took it with them. They traveled all night on the road through the Jordan Valley. 
\v 8 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* Ish Bosheth’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\p Recab \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Baanah \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w Here|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, Ish Bosheth \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w tried|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* kill \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w but|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* punished \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H2233"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.” 
\p
\v 9 \w But|strong="H6030"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w Recab|strong="H7394"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w surely|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescued|strong="H6299"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* troubles! 
\v 10 \w Once|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w good|strong="H1319"\w* \w news|strong="H1319"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.’ \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w reward|strong="H1309"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w bringing|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w news|strong="H1319"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* grabbed \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w at|strong="H4191"\w* \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*. 
\v 11 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* remove \w this|strong="H6258"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H7563"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* good \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w sleeping|strong="H4904"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.” 
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\v 12 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* helpers\f + \fr 4:12  \fk young helpers \ft Young men who carried a soldier’s weapons into battle but were not yet soldiers themselves.\f* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* Recab \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Baanah. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w* \w cut|strong="H7112"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Recab \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Baanah \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* Ish Bosheth \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w Abner|strong="H0074"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. 
\c 5  
\s1 The Israelites Make David King 
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\v 1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2005"\w*, \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* family\f + \fr 5:1  \fk one family \ft Literally, “your flesh and blood.”\f*! 
\v 2 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* battle. \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* war. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* himself \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.’” 
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3772"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* 30 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* began \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w rule|strong="H4427"\w*. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w for|strong="H1732"\w* 40 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. 
\v 5 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 7 \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* 6 \w months|strong="H2320"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* 33 \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. 
\s1 David Captures \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* 
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* fight \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* city.\f + \fr 5:6  \fk You cannot come … city \ft The city of Jerusalem was built on a hill. It had high walls around it, making it hard to capture.\f* \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* crippled \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w can|strong="H0518"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” (\w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* city. 
\v 7 \w But|strong="H1931"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* did \w take|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* fort \w of|strong="H1732"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* fort became \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1732"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.) 
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\v 8 \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H3605"\w*, “\w Whenever|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w strike|strong="H5221"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, aim \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w throat|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.”\f + \fr 5:8  \fk Whenever … throat \ft Or “Whoever wants to attack the Jebusites must go through the shaft.” This might refer to a tunnel or shaft leading up into the city through Gihon Spring, which was outside the city walls.\f* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w hates|strong="H8130"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w left|strong="H0935"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* crippled \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w*. \w That|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w why|strong="H3651"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w lame|strong="H6455"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w blind|strong="H5787"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* allowed \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 5:8  \fk temple \ft Or “the king’s palace.”\f*” 
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\v 9 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* fort \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* “\w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.” \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Millo|strong="H4407"\w*\f + \fr 5:9  \fk Millo \ft This is probably the stone foundation walls that were built on the steep slopes on the east side of the City of David.\f* \w inward|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 5:9  \fk inward \ft Or “toward the Temple.”\f* 
\v 10 \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w became|strong="H1980"\w* stronger \w and|strong="H1980"\w* stronger \w because|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* All-Powerful \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hiram|strong="H2438"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w carpenters|strong="H2796"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w stonemasons|strong="H7023"\w*. \w They|strong="H4428"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* really \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* ruler \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* good \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w moved|strong="H3389"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w In|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w got|strong="H3947"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* slave \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*. \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 14 David’s sons \w who|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w born|strong="H3209"\w* \w in|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w Shammua|strong="H8051"\w*, \w Shobab|strong="H7727"\w*, \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*, 
\v 15 \w Ibhar|strong="H2984"\w*, \w Elishua|strong="H0474"\w*, \w Nepheg|strong="H5298"\w*, \w Japhia|strong="H3309"\w*, 
\v 16 \w Elishama|strong="H0476"\w*, \w Eliada|strong="H0450"\w*, \w and|strong="H0450"\w* \w Eliphelet|strong="H0467"\w*. 
\s1 David Fights Against \w the|strong="H0476"\w* Philistines 
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w anointed|strong="H4886"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* kill \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fort \w at|strong="H0413"\w* Jerusalem. 
\v 18 \w The|strong="H0935"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* camped \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*. 
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\v 19 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* fight \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* help \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* help \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.” 
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Baal Perazim \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Philistines \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w broke|strong="H6555"\w* \w through|strong="H6555"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w breaking|strong="H6555"\w* \w through|strong="H6555"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* dam.” \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H3651"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* “Baal Perazim.”\f + \fr 5:20  \fk Baal Perazim \ft This name means “the Lord breaks through.”\f* 
\v 21 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* Philistines \w left|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* statues \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* gods behind \w at|strong="H1732"\w* Baal Perazim. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w Again|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H6430"\w* camped \w in|strong="H5750"\w* \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w prayed|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w again|strong="H0310"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w got|strong="H5927"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w answer|strong="H0559"\w*: “\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* valley. \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* other \w side|strong="H0310"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w*. \w Attack|strong="H5927"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* other \w side|strong="H0310"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w balsam|strong="H1057"\w* \w trees|strong="H1057"\w*. 
\v 24 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* marching \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w balsam|strong="H1057"\w* \w trees|strong="H1057"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w act|strong="H1961"\w* quickly \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* sign \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w gone|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w defeat|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*.\f + \fr 5:24  \ft Or “From the top of the balsam trees you will be able to hear them marching into battle. Then you must act quickly, because at that time the LORD will go ahead of you and defeat the Philistines for you.”\f*” 
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\v 25 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* chased \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Gezer|strong="H1507"\w*, \w killing|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w along|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w way|strong="H3651"\w*. 
\c 6  
\s1 God’s Holy Box Is Moved to Jerusalem 
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\v 1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* gathered \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* best \w soldiers|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* 30,000 \w men|strong="H0970"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* Baalah \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Judah\f + \fr 6:2  \fk Baalah in Judah \ft Another name for Kiriath Jearim. See 1 Chron. 13:6.\f* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w take|strong="H5927"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \add \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* Holy Box \+w is|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w like|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God’s|strong="H0430"\+w* throne\add*—\w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* All-Powerful \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w sits|strong="H3427"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* angels \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* Box. 
\v 3 David’s \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w brought|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Box \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Abinadab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H7392"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H5375"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w wagon|strong="H5699"\w*. \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahio|strong="H0283"\w*, \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, \w were|strong="H0834"\w* driving \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* \w wagon|strong="H5699"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Holy Box \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Abinadab’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w hill|strong="H1389"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* sons \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Abinadab|strong="H0041"\w*, Uzzah \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Ahio|strong="H0283"\w*, \w drove|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* new wagon. \w Ahio|strong="H0283"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Holy Box. 
\v 5 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* dancing \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w playing|strong="H7832"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* musical instruments. \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w lyres|strong="H3658"\w*, \w harps|strong="H3658"\w*, drums, \w rattles|strong="H4517"\w*, instruments \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w cypress|strong="H1265"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cymbals|strong="H6767"\w*. 
\v 6 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* David’s men \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* Nacon, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w stumbled|strong="H8058"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box \w began|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w fall|strong="H0935"\w* \w off|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* wagon. \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w* \w caught|strong="H0270"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Holy Box. 
\v 7 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* mistake. \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w* showed \w he|strong="H8033"\w* did not honor \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* touched \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Holy Box, \w so|strong="H4191"\w* \w he|strong="H8033"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box. 
\v 8 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* upset \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* killed \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* “Perez \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w*.”\f + \fr 6:8  \fk Perez Uzzah \ft This name means “The Punishment of Uzzah.”\f* \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* Perez \w Uzzah|strong="H5798"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
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\v 9 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* became \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w How|strong="H0349"\w* \w can|strong="H0349"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* God’s Holy Box here \w now|strong="H3117"\w*?” 
\v 10 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w move|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w City|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H5493"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Box \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Obed Edom \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1663"\w*.\f + \fr 6:10  \fk Obed Edom from Gath \ft A person from the tribe of Levi who lived near Jerusalem.\f* 
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Obed Edom’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* Obed Edom \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. 
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\v 12 Later \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Obed Edom \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* owns, \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w*.” \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box \w from|strong="H5927"\w* Obed Edom’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* very \w happy|strong="H8057"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* excited. 
\v 13 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* men \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box \w had|strong="H3068"\w* walked \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w steps|strong="H6806"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* stopped \w and|strong="H3068"\w* David \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w bull|strong="H7794"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* fat calf. 
\v 14 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w dancing|strong="H3769"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w wearing|strong="H2296"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w linen|strong="H0906"\w* \w ephod|strong="H0646"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* excited—\w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w shouted|strong="H8643"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* blew \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. 
\v 16 \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w looking|strong="H7200"\w* \w out|strong="H8259"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w window|strong="H2474"\w*. \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* jumping \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w dancing|strong="H3769"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w she|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* upset \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Box. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* Israelites \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* Holy Box \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w under|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w After|strong="H8034"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w finished|strong="H3615"\w* \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* fellowship \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* All-Powerful. 
\v 19 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* gave \w a|strong="H5704"\w* share \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, \w a|strong="H5704"\w* \w raisin|strong="H0809"\w* \w cake|strong="H2471"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* date \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H0376"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\s1 Michal Scolds David 
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\v 20 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w but|strong="H3513"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* \w honor|strong="H3513"\w* \w himself|strong="H1540"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*! \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w off|strong="H1540"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* clothes \w in|strong="H1004"\w* front \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants’|strong="H5650"\w* girls. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* fool \w who|strong="H0834"\w* takes \w off|strong="H1540"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* clothes without shame!” 
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w not|strong="H1732"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w or|strong="H0001"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w leader|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* continue dancing \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w celebrating|strong="H7832"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 22 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w might|strong="H0834"\w* do \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w even|strong="H5750"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* embarrassing! Maybe \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* respect \w me|strong="H5973"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* girls \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* talking \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w proud|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*!” 
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\v 23 \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w Michal|strong="H4324"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w child|strong="H3206"\w*. \w She|strong="H3808"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w having|strong="H1961"\w* \w any|strong="H1961"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w*. 
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\s1 David Wants to Build a Temple 
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David moved \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* new \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5117"\w* \w him|strong="H5117"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w relief|strong="H5117"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w him|strong="H5117"\w*. 
\v 2 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* fancy \w house|strong="H1004"\w* made \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* wood, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* kept \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w tent|strong="H3407"\w*!” 
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\v 3 \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H5973"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* want \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*: 
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\v 5 “Go \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*: \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w*. 
\v 6 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w out|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w traveled|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w used|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 7 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* fancy \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w made|strong="H1696"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w cedar|strong="H0730"\w* wood.’ 
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\v 8 “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w must|strong="H3947"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H3541"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* All-Powerful \w says|strong="H0559"\w*: \w I|strong="H0589"\w* chose \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* pasture \w following|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H4480"\w* job \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w leader|strong="H5057"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 9 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* defeated \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* most \w famous|strong="H8034"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 10-11 And I chose a place for my people, the Israelites. I planted the Israelites. I gave them their own place to live so that they will not have to move from place to place anymore. In the past, I sent judges to lead my people, but evil people gave them many troubles. That will not happen now. I am giving you peace from all of your enemies. I promise that I will make your family a family of kings.\f + \fr 7:10-11  \fk make … family of kings \ft Literally, “make a house for you.”\f* 
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\v 12 “‘\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w finished|strong="H4390"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* die \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w be|strong="H0001"\w* buried \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w ancestors|strong="H0001"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w make|strong="H3559"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w own|strong="H4578"\w* \w children|strong="H2233"\w* \w become|strong="H4390"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* king. 
\v 13 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3559"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w make|strong="H3559"\w* \w his|strong="H3559"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* strong \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. 
\v 14 \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.\f + \fr 7:14  \fk father … son \ft God “adopted” the kings from David’s family, and they became his “sons.” See Psalm 2:7.\f* \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* sins, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w use|strong="H1931"\w* \w other|strong="H0376"\w* \w people|strong="H0120"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w punish|strong="H3198"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* whips. 
\v 15 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H5493"\w* loving \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* continue \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w my|strong="H0834"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pushed \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* kings \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w*—\w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w* depend \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w*! \w For|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4467"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*! \w Your|strong="H6440"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w stand|strong="H0539"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*!’” 
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\v 17 \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w vision|strong="H2384"\w*. \w He|strong="H3651"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0413"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w*. 
\s1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* Prays \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w God|strong="H0413"\w* 
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
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\pi1 “\w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w GOD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w why|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w Why|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w*? \w Why|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* made \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w*? 
\v 19 \w I|strong="H5650"\w* am nothing \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H1696"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w GOD|strong="H0136"\w*, \w you|strong="H0413"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* kind things \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H1696"\w* \w future|strong="H7350"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w GOD|strong="H0136"\w*, \w you|strong="H0413"\w* don’t always \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w people|strong="H0120"\w*, do \w you|strong="H0413"\w*? 
\v 20 \w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w continue|strong="H3254"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*? \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w GOD|strong="H0136"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* am only \w a|strong="H1696"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. 
\v 21 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* wonderful \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w because|strong="H5668"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w because|strong="H5668"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* want \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. \w And|strong="H5650"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* decided \w to|strong="H3820"\w* let \w me|strong="H5650"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*. 
\v 22 \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w GOD|strong="H0430"\w*, \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w why|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*! \w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w god|strong="H0430"\w* \w except|strong="H2108"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*! \w We|strong="H3588"\w* know \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* ourselves \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w*. 
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\v 23 “\w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w there|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H7760"\w* special \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* slaves, \w but|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H7760"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* free. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1420"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* wonderful \w things|strong="H1420"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 24 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w made|strong="H3559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. 
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\v 25 “\w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* please \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w promised|strong="H1696"\w*—\w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H1696"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* kings \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*! 
\v 26 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* honored \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. People \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* All-Powerful \w rules|strong="H5769"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* strong \w in|strong="H5921"\w* serving \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.’ 
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\v 27 “\w You|strong="H0859"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* All-Powerful, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w have|strong="H5650"\w* shown \w things|strong="H1540"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H1540"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w great|strong="H0430"\w*.’ \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w decided|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. 
\v 28 \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w GOD|strong="H0430"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w can|strong="H5650"\w* trust \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*. \w And|strong="H0430"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w these|strong="H2063"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w would|strong="H5650"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. 
\v 29 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w please|strong="H2974"\w*, \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Let|strong="H6258"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* stand \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w* \w GOD|strong="H0136"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0859"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w these|strong="H1696"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w yourself|strong="H0859"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w continue|strong="H1961"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*.” 
\c 8  
\s1 David Wins Many Wars 
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\v 1 \w Later|strong="H0310"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w control|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* large area \w of|strong="H3027"\w* land \w around|strong="H3027"\w* Gath.\f + \fr 8:1  \fk area of land around Gath \ft Or “villages controlled by the mother city” or “Metheg-Ammah.” See 1 Chron. 18:1.\f* 
\v 2 \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w*. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* forced \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w lie|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* long row. Using \w a|strong="H1961"\w* rope \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w measure|strong="H4058"\w*, \w those|strong="H0853"\w* within \w two|strong="H8147"\w* lengths \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* rope \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w those|strong="H0853"\w* within every third length \w were|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Moabites|strong="H4124"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* paid \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w an|strong="H5221"\w* area near \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w set|strong="H7725"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w a|strong="H5221"\w* \w monument|strong="H3027"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w himself|strong="H3027"\w*.\f + \fr 8:3  \fk David went … for himself \ft Or “David went to take control of the area near the Euphrates River.”\f* \w At|strong="H1732"\w* \w that|strong="H1732"\w* time \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*. 
\v 4 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3920"\w* 1000 \w chariots|strong="H7393"\w*, 7000 horse \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w*,\f + \fr 8:4  \fk David … soldiers \ft This is found in the ancient Greek version and a Hebrew scroll from Qumran. The standard Hebrew text has “1700 horse soldiers.”\f* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 20,000 \w foot|strong="H7273"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* Hadadezer. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* crippled \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w but|strong="H0376"\w* 100 \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* \w horses|strong="H6571"\w*.\f + \fr 8:4  \fk He cripples … horses \ft Or “He destroyed all but 100 chariots.”\f* 
\p
\v 5 \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*, \w but|strong="H0376"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w those|strong="H0376"\w* 22,000 \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Damascus|strong="H1834"\w*, \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w brought|strong="H1980"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H7760"\w* \w victory|strong="H3467"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*. 
\p
\v 7 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w shields|strong="H7982"\w*\f + \fr 8:7  \fk shields \ft Or “bow cases.”\f* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w belonged|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hadadezer’s|strong="H1909"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 8 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* things \w made|strong="H3947"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* Tebah\f + \fr 8:8  \fk Tebah \ft This is found in some ancient Greek copies. The standard Hebrew text has “Betah.” See 1 Chron. 18:8.\f* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Berothai. (Tebah \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Berothai \w were|strong="H1732"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*.) 
\p
\v 9 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Toi|strong="H8583"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Hamath|strong="H2574"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w Hadadezer’s|strong="H1909"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2426"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Toi|strong="H8583"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* past, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w Toi|strong="H8583"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w greeted|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Joram|strong="H3141"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* gifts \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bronze|strong="H5178"\w*. 
\v 11 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w dedicated|strong="H6942"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* taken \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* defeated: 
\v 12 \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*, \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*, \w Ammon|strong="H5983"\w*, Philistia, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amalek|strong="H6002"\w*. \w He|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* defeated \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*. 
\v 13 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* 18,000 Edomites\f + \fr 8:13  \fk Edomites \ft This is found in the ancient Greek and Syriac versions and a few Hebrew copies. The standard Hebrew text has “Arameans.”\f* \w in|strong="H8034"\w* \w Salt|strong="H4417"\w* \w Valley|strong="H1516"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w came|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H8034"\w*. 
\v 14 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* teams \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w Edom|strong="H0123"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* nation \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H7760"\w* \w victory|strong="H3467"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w*. 
\s1 \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* Rule 
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\v 15 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4427"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* good \w and|strong="H3478"\w* fair \w decisions|strong="H4941"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* captain \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*. \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* historian. 
\v 17 \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahimelech|strong="H0288"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w*. 
\v 18 \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* charge \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* Kerethites \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*,\f + \fr 8:18  \fk Kerethites and Pelethites \ft These were David’s special bodyguards. An ancient Aramaic version has “the archers and stone throwers.” This would mean these men were specially trained in using bows and arrows and slings.\f* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*.\f + \fr 8:18  \fk priests \ft Or “important leaders.”\f* 
\c 9  
\s1 David Is Kind to Saul’s Family 
\p
\v 1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*? \w I|strong="H0834"\w* want \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* person. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* want \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*.” 
\p
\v 2 There \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w from|strong="H0413"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*?” 
\p \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w I|strong="H5650"\w* am \w your|strong="H0413"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*.” 
\p
\v 3 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H0430"\w* \w there|strong="H0657"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w left|strong="H5750"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*? \w I|strong="H0559"\w* want \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H0376"\w* \w person|strong="H0376"\w*.” 
\p \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H5973"\w*, “\w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w has|strong="H0430"\w* \w a|strong="H5750"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w living|strong="H0376"\w*. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w crippled|strong="H5223"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* both \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.” 
\p
\v 4 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H0375"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*?” 
\p \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammiel|strong="H5988"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Lo|strong="H2009"\w* Debar.” 
\p
\v 5 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* some \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* officers \w to|strong="H7971"\w* Lo Debar \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* Jonathan’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammiel|strong="H5988"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Jonathan’s|strong="H3083"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* low \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* floor. 
\p \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*?” 
\p \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H2009"\w* sir, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w*, \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*.” 
\p
\v 7 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Mephibosheth, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* kind \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H0001"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w grandfather|strong="H0001"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H7704"\w* \w always|strong="H8548"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* able \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*.” 
\p
\v 8 Mephibosheth \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* David again \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* am no better \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* being very kind \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* owns \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w*, Mephibosheth. 
\v 10 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* farm \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*. \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w do|strong="H5647"\w* \w this|strong="H0398"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w harvest|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* crops. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w master’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w grandson|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w plenty|strong="H0398"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w always|strong="H8548"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*.” 
\p \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* 15 \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 20 \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. 
\v 11 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* am \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commands|strong="H6680"\w*.” 
\p \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* David’s \w table|strong="H7979"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w had|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3605"\w* \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Mica|strong="H4316"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* Ziba’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* became Mephibosheth’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* crippled \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* every day \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w table|strong="H7979"\w*. 
\c 10  
\s1 Hanun Shames David’s Men 
\p
\v 1 \w Later|strong="H0310"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* Nahash \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*. 
\v 2 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* kind \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0776"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* kind \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* death. 
\p \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w*. 
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5983"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w*, \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, “Do \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w is|strong="H5650"\w* trying \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w honor|strong="H3513"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w sending|strong="H7971"\w* some \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*? \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* these \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w spy|strong="H7270"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* plan \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H3513"\w* war \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
\p
\v 4 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w shaved|strong="H1548"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* one \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H5650"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w beards|strong="H2206"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* clothes \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* hips. \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w*. 
\p
\v 5 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* officers. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H0376"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* these \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w beards|strong="H2206"\w* \w grow|strong="H6779"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*.” 
\s1 War \w Against|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* Ammonites 
\p
\v 6 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w become|strong="H0887"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* enemies, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* Beth Rehob \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*. There \w were|strong="H1121"\w* 20,000 \w Aramean|strong="H0758"\w* \w foot|strong="H7273"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* 1000 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 12,000 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w Tob|strong="H2897"\w*. 
\p
\v 7 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w powerful|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* ready \w for|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* stood \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w The|strong="H3318"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rehob|strong="H7340"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Tob|strong="H2897"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maacah|strong="H4601"\w* \w did|strong="H0376"\w* \w not|strong="H1121"\w* stand together \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. 
\p
\v 9 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* enemies \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w behind|strong="H0268"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* best \w Israelite|strong="H3478"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* lined \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Joab \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H0251"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* lead \w against|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w*. 
\v 11 \w Joab|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Abishai, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H0518"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*, \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*, \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Be|strong="H3068"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* let \w us|strong="H5869"\w* fight bravely \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* decides \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H5869"\w*.” 
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H5066"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w attacked|strong="H4421"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 14 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* running \w away|strong="H7725"\w*, \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
\p \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* battle \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w Decide|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* Fight \w Again|strong="H7725"\w* 
\p
\v 15 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* came \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w into|strong="H7200"\w* \w one|strong="H7200"\w* big \w army|strong="H0622"\w*. 
\v 16 \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w*\f + \fr 10:16  \fk Hadadezer \ft The ancient Greek version has “Hadarezer.” Also in verse 19.\f* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* lived \w on|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H5676"\w* \w side|strong="H5676"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*. \w These|strong="H0834"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Helam|strong="H2431"\w*. \w Their|strong="H6440"\w* \w leader|strong="H8269"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w Shobach|strong="H7731"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Hadadezer’s|strong="H1909"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H5046"\w* \w about|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H5046"\w*, \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w*. \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Helam|strong="H2431"\w*. 
\p \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* prepared \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w battle|strong="H3898"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w attacked|strong="H0935"\w*, 
\v 18 \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* 700 \w chariot|strong="H7393"\w* drivers \w and|strong="H3478"\w* 40,000 horse \w soldiers|strong="H3967"\w* \w as|strong="H6440"\w* well \w as|strong="H6440"\w* \w Shobach|strong="H7731"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Aramean|strong="H0758"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w*. 
\p
\v 19 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w Hadadezer|strong="H1909"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* peace \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w became|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Arameans|strong="H0758"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*. 
\c 11  
\s1 David Meets Bathsheba 
\p
\v 1 \w In|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w spring|strong="H8666"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* war, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w*. \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* surrounded \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w capital|strong="H3427"\w* city, \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*. 
\p \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 2 \w One|strong="H0802"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w From|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w bathing|strong="H7364"\w*. \w She|strong="H1980"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H4758"\w*, 
\v 3 \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* officers \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w who|strong="H0802"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w*. \w An|strong="H7971"\w* officer \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w That|strong="H0559"\w* \w is|strong="H1732"\w* \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w*, \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Eliam|strong="H0463"\w*. \w She|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*.” 
\p
\v 4 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* Bathsheba \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* just \w purified|strong="H6942"\w* \w herself|strong="H1931"\w* \w after|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* monthly time \w of|strong="H1004"\w* bleeding. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w sexual|strong="H7901"\w* \w relations|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w then|strong="H3947"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 5 Later, Bathsheba became \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w*. She \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w word|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2030"\w*.” 
\s1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* Tries \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Hide \w His|strong="H1732"\w* Sin 
\p
\v 6 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*. “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\v 7 \w When|strong="H0935"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w how|strong="H7965"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w*, \w how|strong="H7965"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w were|strong="H1732"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w how|strong="H7965"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w going|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3318"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* relax.\f + \fr 11:8  \fk relax \ft Literally, “wash your feet.”\f*” 
\p \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3318"\w* \w gift|strong="H4864"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*. 
\v 9 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w outside|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*, \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rest|strong="H7901"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w*. 
\v 10 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* servants \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*.” 
\p \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w long|strong="H0413"\w* trip. \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*?” 
\p
\v 11 \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* Holy Box \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w staying|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* tents. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w camping|strong="H2583"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* right \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. \w As|strong="H1697"\w* \w surely|strong="H0518"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H2088"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*.” 
\p
\v 12 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, “\w Stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w here|strong="H2088"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w back|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w battle|strong="H3117"\w*.” 
\p \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* until \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w morning|strong="H4283"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* Uriah \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* see \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. Uriah \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w got|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w drunk|strong="H7937"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* Uriah \w still|strong="H7901"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w That|strong="H7121"\w* \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*, Uriah \w again|strong="H6440"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w rest|strong="H7901"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* king’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*. 
\s1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* Plans Uriah’s Death 
\p
\v 14 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w next|strong="H3027"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* carry \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w*. 
\v 15 \w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w letter|strong="H5612"\w* David \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w*: “\w Put|strong="H4191"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* lines \w where|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* fighting \w is|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* hardest. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* leave \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w there|strong="H7725"\w* alone, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* let \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.” 
\p
\v 16 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w watched|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* saw \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* bravest Ammonites \w were|strong="H0834"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* chose \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. 
\v 17 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0854"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*. \w Some|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w were|strong="H0376"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w them|strong="H3318"\w*. 
\p
\v 18 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w report|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w about|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. 
\v 19 \w Joab|strong="H0559"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3615"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w happened|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. 
\v 20 “\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w might|strong="H0834"\w* \w get|strong="H5927"\w* upset \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* Joab’s \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w*? \w Surely|strong="H0518"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H0559"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0518"\w* \w shoot|strong="H3384"\w* arrows \w down|strong="H3384"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H0559"\w*? 
\v 21 \w Surely|strong="H4191"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* remembers \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Thebez|strong="H8405"\w* \w a|strong="H5221"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Abimelech|strong="H0040"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jerub Besheth \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w top|strong="H5921"\w* \w part|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H5221"\w* grinding stone \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5066"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w close|strong="H5066"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*?’ \w If|strong="H1121"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* David \w says|strong="H0559"\w* something \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w Your|strong="H5921"\w* officer, \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*, \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.’” 
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* say. 
\v 23 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* Ammon \w attacked|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* fought \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* chased \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. 
\v 24 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* city \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w shot|strong="H3384"\w* arrows \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*. Some \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H5650"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*, \w including|strong="H1571"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*.” 
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\v 25 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w*, “\w Give|strong="H0398"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*: ‘\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* too \w upset|strong="H5869"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*. \w A|strong="H3588"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w can|strong="H5869"\w* \w kill|strong="H2719"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w person|strong="H0398"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* well \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w next|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Make|strong="H2388"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* \w attack|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* Rabbah \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* win.’ \w Encourage|strong="H2388"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.” 
\s1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* Marries Bathsheba 
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\v 26 Bathsheba \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w so|strong="H4191"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w mourned|strong="H5594"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 27 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* sadness, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* servants \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bring|strong="H3205"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\c 12  
\s1 Nathan Speaks to David 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w*. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w man|strong="H6223"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* lots \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*. 
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w* \w except|strong="H0518"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w little|strong="H6996"\w* \w female|strong="H1323"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w fed|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* man’s \w food|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w drank|strong="H8354"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w cup|strong="H3563"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* man’s chest. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w*. 
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\v 4 “\w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w traveler|strong="H1982"\w* \w stopped|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w visit|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H0935"\w* food \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w traveler|strong="H1982"\w*, \w but|strong="H0376"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* not want \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w any|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w or|strong="H0376"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* feed \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w traveler|strong="H1982"\w*. No, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rich|strong="H6223"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w poor|strong="H7326"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* cooked \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* visitor.” 
\p
\v 5 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* rich \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w should|strong="H0376"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*! 
\v 6 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* four times \w the|strong="H0853"\w* price \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3535"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* terrible \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2550"\w*.” 
\s1 Nathan Tells David \w About|strong="H5921"\w* \w His|strong="H5921"\w* Sin 
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H0859"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* rich \w man|strong="H0376"\w*! \w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w says|strong="H0559"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w chose|strong="H4886"\w*\f + \fr 12:7  \fk chose \ft Literally, “anointed.” See “anoint” in the Word List.\f* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w saved|strong="H5337"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*. 
\v 8 \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w take|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* king \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w As|strong="H1004"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3254"\w* \w been|strong="H4592"\w* \w enough|strong="H4592"\w*, \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*. 
\v 9 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* ignore \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w command|strong="H1697"\w*? \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w*? \w You|strong="H6213"\w* let \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* yourself \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w war|strong="H2719"\w*. 
\v 10 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3947"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* peace! \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Uriah’s|strong="H0223"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* showed \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* respect \w me|strong="H3947"\w*.’ 
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\v 11 “\w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*: ‘\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w bringing|strong="H5414"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w someone|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* very \w close|strong="H5973"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w sexual|strong="H7901"\w* \w relations|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w everyone|strong="H0802"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* know \w it|strong="H5414"\w*!\f + \fr 12:11  \fk and everyone will know it \ft Literally, “in the sight of the sun.”\f* 
\v 12 \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* sexual relations \w with|strong="H1697"\w* Bathsheba \w in|strong="H3478"\w* secret, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* punish \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* see \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.’”\f + \fr 12:12  \fk so that all … can see it \ft Literally, “before all Israel and before the sun.”\f* 
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\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, “\w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.” 
\p \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* forgive \w you|strong="H3808"\w*, \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. 
\v 14 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* did \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* lose \w their|strong="H3068"\w* respect \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w so|strong="H1571"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* new \w baby|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.” 
\s1 David \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Bathsheba’s \w Baby|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dies|strong="H4191"\w* 
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H0802"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* baby \w boy|strong="H3206"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Uriah’s|strong="H0223"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w become|strong="H3205"\w* very \w sick|strong="H0605"\w*. 
\v 16 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w prayed|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* baby. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* refused \w to|strong="H0935"\w* eat \w or|strong="H0776"\w* drink. \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* house \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w stayed|strong="H7901"\w* there \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H7901"\w* night. 
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* David’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w* came \w and|strong="H6965"\w* tried \w to|strong="H5921"\w* pull David \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* eat \w with|strong="H0854"\w* these \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w*. 
\v 18 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w we|strong="H3588"\w* tried \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w refused|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* might \w do|strong="H6213"\w* something \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w himself|strong="H3117"\w*.” 
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\v 19 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w whispering|strong="H3907"\w* \w and|strong="H5650"\w* \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w So|strong="H4191"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H5650"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.” 
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w floor|strong="H0776"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w washed|strong="H7364"\w* \w himself|strong="H7812"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w changed|strong="H2498"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w clothes|strong="H8071"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* dressed. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w*. \w After|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w something|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. \w His|strong="H3068"\w* servants \w gave|strong="H7760"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* some \w food|strong="H3899"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w*. 
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\v 21 David’s \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*? \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* refused \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. \w But|strong="H4191"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w ate|strong="H0398"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w*.” 
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\v 22 David \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* refused \w to|strong="H0559"\w* eat \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w*? Maybe \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* feel sorry \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H2603"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* let \w the|strong="H0559"\w* baby \w live|strong="H2416"\w*.’ 
\v 23 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* baby \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w refuse|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* eat? \w Can|strong="H3201"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* baby \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w life|strong="H5750"\w*? \w No|strong="H3808"\w*. Some day \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\s1 Solomon \w Is|strong="H2088"\w* \w Born|strong="H3808"\w* 
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\v 24 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w sexual|strong="H7901"\w* \w relations|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Bathsheba|strong="H1339"\w* \w became|strong="H3205"\w* pregnant again \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H0802"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* boy \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* 
\v 25 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* word \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* give \w Solomon|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jedidiah|strong="H3041"\w*.\f + \fr 12:25  \fk Jedidiah \ft This name means “loved by the LORD.”\f* \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* did \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\s1 \w David|strong="H3027"\w* Captures Rabbah 
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\v 26 \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* capital \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ammonites|strong="H5983"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w it|strong="H3920"\w*. 
\v 27 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* supply. 
\v 28 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w bring|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w* \w and|strong="H0853"\w* attack Rabbah. \w Capture|strong="H3920"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w do|strong="H0589"\w*, \w or|strong="H6435"\w* \w else|strong="H6435"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H0589"\w* \w be|strong="H8034"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.” 
\p
\v 29 \w So|strong="H0853"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5971"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w* \w and|strong="H1732"\w* went \w to|strong="H1732"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w fought|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H3898"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w* \w and|strong="H1732"\w* \w captured|strong="H3920"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city. 
\v 30 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.\f + \fr 12:30  \fk their king’s head \ft Or “Milcom’s head.” Milcom was a false god that the Ammonites worshiped.\f* \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w weighed|strong="H4948"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* 75 pounds.\f + \fr 12:30  \fk 75 pounds \ft Literally, “1 talent” (34.5 kg).\f* This \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w precious|strong="H3368"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w valuable|strong="H3368"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Rabbah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w work|strong="H7760"\w* \w with|strong="H1732"\w* \w saws|strong="H4050"\w*, \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w picks|strong="H2757"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w axes|strong="H4037"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* forced \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* build \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H1732"\w* bricks. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5983"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\c 13  
\s1 Amnon and Tamar 
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\v 1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*. \w Another|strong="H0269"\w* \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*,\f + \fr 13:1  \fk Amnon \ft Amnon was half-brother to Absalom and Tamar. They all had David as their father, but Amnon had a different mother. See 2 Sam. 3:2, 3.\f* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w with|strong="H1732"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*. 
\v 2 \w She|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w*. \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* wanted \w her|strong="H3588"\w* very much, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* possible \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* about \w her|strong="H3588"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* much \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*.\f + \fr 13:2  \fk He thought … sick \ft Or “Amnon thought of a plan to pretend he was sick.”\f* 
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\v 3 \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w a|strong="H0376"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shimeah|strong="H8093"\w*. (\w Shimeah|strong="H8093"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.) \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H0376"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* clever \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. 
\v 4 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H0589"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* always look \w so|strong="H3808"\w* sad? \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w me|strong="H5046"\w* what \w the|strong="H0853"\w* trouble \w is|strong="H4428"\w*!” 
\p \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* Jonadab, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w love|strong="H0157"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H5046"\w* half-brother \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.” 
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\v 5 \w Jonadab|strong="H3082"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Amnon, “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bed|strong="H4904"\w*. Pretend \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, ‘\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w give|strong="H0398"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* front \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.’” 
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w bed|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* pretended \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*. \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3027"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*. \w He|strong="H8147"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3027"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w*. \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H7200"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w cakes|strong="H3834"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w while|strong="H5869"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w watch|strong="H7200"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w eat|strong="H1262"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.” 
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\v 7 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* messengers \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Tamar’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon’s|strong="H0550"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* some \w food|strong="H1279"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w went|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w bed|strong="H7901"\w*. \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* some \w dough|strong="H1217"\w*, pressed \w it|strong="H1931"\w* together \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* hands, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* cooked \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cakes|strong="H3834"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* did \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* watched. 
\v 9 \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* Tamar \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* cakes \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pan|strong="H4958"\w* \w and|strong="H0398"\w* \w set|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H0376"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H3947"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w here|strong="H3318"\w*. \w Leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* alone!” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H0376"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* room. 
\s1 \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* Rapes Tamar 
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w food|strong="H1279"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* feed \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.” 
\p \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w cakes|strong="H3834"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w brother’s|strong="H0251"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*. 
\v 11 \w She|strong="H7901"\w* started \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w feed|strong="H0398"\w* Amnon, \w but|strong="H2388"\w* \w he|strong="H0559"\w* \w grabbed|strong="H2388"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* hand. \w He|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Sister|strong="H0269"\w*, \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 12 Tamar \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Amnon, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*! \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* force \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* shameful \w thing|strong="H5039"\w*! Terrible \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! 
\v 13 \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* get rid \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w shame|strong="H2781"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* think \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w just|strong="H6258"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* common criminal. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* marry \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 14 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* Amnon \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* Tamar. \w He|strong="H4480"\w* \w was|strong="H6963"\w* \w stronger|strong="H2388"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w she|strong="H7901"\w* \w was|strong="H6963"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* forced \w her|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w sexual|strong="H7901"\w* relations \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0854"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* began \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* Tamar. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w her|strong="H0559"\w* \w much|strong="H0834"\w* \w more|strong="H3966"\w* \w than|strong="H1419"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w her|strong="H0559"\w* before. \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w out|strong="H6965"\w* \w of|strong="H0559"\w* here!” 
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\v 16 Tamar \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Amnon, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*! \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w worse|strong="H7451"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w before|strong="H5973"\w*!” 
\p \w But|strong="H3808"\w* Amnon \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Tamar. 
\v 17 \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H7971"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* girl \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* room, \w now|strong="H4994"\w*! \w And|strong="H7971"\w* lock \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w her|strong="H7971"\w*.” 
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\v 18 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* Amnon’s \w servant|strong="H8334"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* Tamar \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* room \w and|strong="H4428"\w* locked \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w door|strong="H1817"\w*. 
\p Tamar \w was|strong="H4428"\w* wearing \w a|strong="H3588"\w* long \w robe|strong="H4598"\w* \w with|strong="H3847"\w* many colors.\f + \fr 13:18  \fk many colors \ft Or “stripes.”\f* \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w wore|strong="H5921"\w* \w robes|strong="H4598"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*. 
\v 19 \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w robe|strong="H3801"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* many colors \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* began \w crying|strong="H2199"\w*.\f + \fr 13:19  \fk Tamar tore … crying \ft This was the way people showed how very sad and upset they were.\f* 
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* Tamar’s \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*? Did \w he|strong="H1931"\w* hurt \w you|strong="H5973"\w*? \w Now|strong="H6258"\w*, calm \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*. \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \add \+w so|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w we|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w take|strong="H1961"\+w* care \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2088"\+w*\add*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w upset|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* too \w much|strong="H1697"\w*.” \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w* did \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w anything|strong="H1697"\w*. \w She|strong="H1931"\w* quietly \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 13:20  \fk She … Absalom’s house \ft Or “She lived in her brother Absalom’s house, a ruined woman.”\f* 
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\v 21 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* news \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*, \w but|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* did \w not|strong="H1732"\w* want \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w say|strong="H1697"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w upset|strong="H1697"\w* Amnon, \w because|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* loved \w him|strong="H0853"\w* since \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* firstborn son.\f + \fr 13:21  \fk but he did not … son \ft This is found in the ancient Greek version and a Hebrew scroll from Qumran but not in the standard Hebrew text.\f* 
\v 22 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* began \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*. \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* raped \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*. 
\s1 \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* Revenge 
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\v 23 Two \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Baal Hazor \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w cut|strong="H1494"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wool \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* sheep. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* watch. 
\v 24 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w cut|strong="H1494"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* wool \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* sheep. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H0935"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w watch|strong="H2009"\w*.” 
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\v 25 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w We|strong="H4994"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w too|strong="H5921"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* trouble \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.” 
\p \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* begged David \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w*. David \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w give|strong="H4994"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1288"\w*. 
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\v 26 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “If \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* want \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w my|strong="H0854"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*.” 
\p \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H5973"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H4994"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w*?” 
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\v 27 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* kept begging \w David|strong="H7971"\w*. Finally, \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. 
\s1 \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w Is|strong="H3605"\w* Murdered 
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\v 28 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, “\w Watch|strong="H7200"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w drunk|strong="H3196"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* feeling \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w give|strong="H6680"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w attack|strong="H5221"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w being|strong="H1961"\w* punished. \w After|strong="H1961"\w* all, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* only \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w obeying|strong="H3372"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w*. \w Now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w strong|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w brave|strong="H2428"\w*.” 
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\v 29 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* said. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* killed \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w*. \w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* David’s \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w escaped|strong="H5127"\w*. \w Each|strong="H0376"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w mule|strong="H6505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w escaped|strong="H5127"\w*. 
\s1 David Hears \w About|strong="H5921"\w* \w Amnon’s|strong="H0550"\w* Death 
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\v 30 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* town. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* got \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w message|strong="H8052"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w what|strong="H8052"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w message|strong="H8052"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w*, “\w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*! \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* alive.” 
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\v 31 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 13:31  \fk tore his clothes … ground \ft This showed that he was very sad and upset.\f* \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* David’s \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w standing|strong="H5324"\w* near \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*. 
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\v 32 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Shimeah|strong="H8093"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w think|strong="H0559"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*! \w Only|strong="H0905"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w planning|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* raped \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sister|strong="H0269"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*. 
\v 33 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w Only|strong="H0905"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.” 
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\v 34 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w ran|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w*. 
\p \w There|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H5288"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* guard standing \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* city wall. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w coming|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H6654"\w* \w side|strong="H6654"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w tell|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* king. 
\v 35 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w Jonadab|strong="H3122"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*! \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w coming|strong="H0935"\w*.” 
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\v 36 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w after|strong="H1961"\w* Jonadab \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w*. \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w crying|strong="H1058"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*. \w David|strong="H3615"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w crying|strong="H1058"\w*. \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w cried|strong="H1058"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w hard|strong="H1419"\w*. 
\v 37 \w David|strong="H3117"\w* cried \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\s1 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* Escapes \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w* 
\p \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Talmai|strong="H8526"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Ammihud, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*.\f + \fr 13:37  \fk Talmai … king of Geshur \ft Talmai was Absalom’s grandfather. See 2 Sam. 3:3.\f* 
\v 38 \w After|strong="H1961"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* run \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*, \w he|strong="H8033"\w* stayed \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w for|strong="H8033"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. 
\v 39 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w comforted|strong="H5162"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w Amnon|strong="H0550"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* missed \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* very \w much|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\c 14  
\s1 Joab Sends a Wise Woman to David 
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\v 1 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David missed \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w very|strong="H3045"\w* \w much|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 2 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* messengers \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Tekoa|strong="H8620"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w pretend|strong="H0056"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w sad|strong="H0060"\w*. \w Put|strong="H4191"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* sackcloth. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w dress|strong="H3847"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Act|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w who|strong="H0802"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* crying \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w someone|strong="H4191"\w* \w who|strong="H0802"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* using \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H7760"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H7760"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* wise \w woman|strong="H2088"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tekoa|strong="H8621"\w* talked \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. She \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w face|strong="H0639"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* she \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w King|strong="H4428"\w*, please \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*!” 
\p
\v 5 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H0802"\w*, “\w What’s|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H0559"\w* problem?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w a|strong="H0376"\w* \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*. \w My|strong="H0559"\w* \w husband|strong="H0376"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. 
\v 6 \w I|strong="H0259"\w* \w had|strong="H0369"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H0369"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w out|strong="H8147"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w fighting|strong="H5327"\w*. \w There|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* stop \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. \w One|strong="H0259"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Now|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* son \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.’ \w My|strong="H3605"\w* son \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w last|strong="H6965"\w* spark \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* fire. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w kill|strong="H2026"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* son, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* fire \w will|strong="H0834"\w* burn \w out|strong="H3423"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* finished. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w only|strong="H1571"\w* son \w left|strong="H7604"\w* \w alive|strong="H7604"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* father’s \w property|strong="H0834"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w* \w husband’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w property|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w someone|strong="H0376"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* removed \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w*.” 
\p
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, “Go \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* take \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* things \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H6680"\w*.” 
\p
\v 9 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Tekoa|strong="H8621"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “Let \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w blame|strong="H5771"\w* \w be|strong="H0113"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*.” 
\p
\v 10 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “If anyone \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w saying|strong="H0559"\w* bad \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w*, \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w bother|strong="H5060"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*.” 
\p
\v 11 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* woman \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, use \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w name|strong="H0559"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* swear \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* these \w people|strong="H1121"\w*. \w They|strong="H0518"\w* want \w to|strong="H0559"\w* punish \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* murdering \w his|strong="H3068"\w* brother. Swear \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.” 
\p David \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* hurt \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w son’s|strong="H1121"\w* \w head|strong="H5307"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.” 
\p
\v 12 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H1696"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w something|strong="H1697"\w* else \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Speak|strong="H1696"\w*.” 
\p
\v 13 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w planned|strong="H2803"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*? \w When|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* show \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w guilty|strong="H0818"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H1115"\w* \w brought|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* son \w who|strong="H0430"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* forced \w to|strong="H0559"\w* leave \w home|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\v 14 \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w all|strong="H0622"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w some|strong="H4480"\w* day. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w spilled|strong="H5064"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* back \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* know \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w forgives|strong="H5375"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w*. \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* \w plans|strong="H4284"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* forced \w to|strong="H4191"\w* run \w away|strong="H5375"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* safety—\w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* force \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* run \w away|strong="H5375"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*! 
\v 15 \w My|strong="H0834"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* myself, ‘\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w help|strong="H5971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 16 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H5337"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w save|strong="H5337"\w* \w me|strong="H5337"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* wants \w to|strong="H8085"\w* kill \w me|strong="H5337"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* just wants \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w keep|strong="H8085"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* getting \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H8085"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*.’ 
\v 17 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w rest|strong="H4496"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w from|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* know \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
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\v 18 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w question|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
\p \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H0834"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w question|strong="H1697"\w*.” 
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Did|strong="H0834"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w right|strong="H3231"\w*. \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* officer \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0834"\w* \w see|strong="H3045"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* differently. \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w happens|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.” 
\s1 Absalom Returns \w to|strong="H0430"\w* Jerusalem 
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w promised|strong="H0559"\w*. \w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.” 
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\v 22 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*.” 
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 24 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5437"\w* \w back|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w went|strong="H5437"\w* \w back|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w People|strong="H0376"\w* \w really|strong="H3966"\w* bragged \w about|strong="H1961"\w* how good-looking \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w handsome|strong="H3303"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. \w Every|strong="H3605"\w* part \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* body \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w perfect|strong="H3971"\w*—\w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w head|strong="H6936"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. 
\v 26 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w end|strong="H7093"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w every|strong="H3117"\w* \w year|strong="H3117"\w*, Absalom \w cut|strong="H1548"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hair|strong="H8181"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w hair|strong="H8181"\w* \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* five pounds.\f + \fr 14:26  \fk five pounds \ft Literally, “200 shekels by the king’s weight.”\f* 
\v 27 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*. \w Her|strong="H0802"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Tamar|strong="H8559"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w she|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w beautiful|strong="H3303"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*. 
\s1 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* Forces Joab \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Come|strong="H1961"\w* \w See|strong="H4758"\w* \w Him|strong="H3205"\w* 
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\v 28 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w two|strong="H3808"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* being allowed \w to|strong="H3389"\w* \w visit|strong="H7200"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 29 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, asking \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w permission|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w see|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w see|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*. \w Again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w see|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
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\v 30 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w next|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w has|strong="H5650"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* growing \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w*. Go \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*.” 
\p \w So|strong="H7200"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* started \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w*. 
\v 31 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w burn|strong="H3341"\w* \w my|strong="H0834"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w*?” 
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\v 32 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w here|strong="H2009"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* home \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* cannot \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w would|strong="H0053"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* \w been|strong="H6258"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* stay \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w let|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H3426"\w* sinned, \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*!” 
\s1 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* Visits \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H7971"\w* 
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\v 33 \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w low|strong="H0776"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w kissed|strong="H5401"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\c 15  
\s1 Absalom Makes Many Friends 
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\v 1 \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* got \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w for|strong="H3651"\w* \w himself|strong="H6440"\w*. \w He|strong="H0310"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* 50 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* drove \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w chariot|strong="H4818"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w get|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H7925"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.\f + \fr 15:2  \fk gate \ft This was where people came to do all of their business. This was also where many court cases were held.\f* \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* watch \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w anyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* problems \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w going|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3027"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* talk \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w*?” \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w such|strong="H2088"\w* \w tribe|strong="H7626"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w would|strong="H0053"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H7200"\w*, \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w right|strong="H5228"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w*.” 
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\v 4 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w would|strong="H0053"\w* \w also|strong="H0935"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Oh|strong="H4310"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w wish|strong="H4310"\w* \w someone|strong="H0376"\w* \w would|strong="H0053"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*! \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w could|strong="H4310"\w* help \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* problem. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0053"\w* help \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w get|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* fair solution \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* problem.” 
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\v 5 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* \w if|strong="H0376"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Absalom \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w*, Absalom \w would|strong="H0376"\w* \w treat|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w close|strong="H7126"\w* \w friend|strong="H0376"\w*—\w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w would|strong="H0376"\w* \w reach|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* touch \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* kiss \w him|strong="H7971"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*. \w In|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w way|strong="H1697"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w won|strong="H1589"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\s1 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w Plans|strong="H4941"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Take|strong="H0935"\w* David’s \w Kingdom|strong="H4428"\w* 
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\v 7 \w After|strong="H7093"\w* \w four|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*,\f + \fr 15:7  \fk four years \ft This is found in several ancient versions. The standard Hebrew text has “40 years.”\f* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David, “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* complete \w a|strong="H1961"\w* special \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H5087"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 8 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H5087"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w while|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H7725"\w* \w living|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Geshur|strong="H1650"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Aram|strong="H0758"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* brings \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* special way.’” 
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\v 9 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.” 
\p Absalom \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*. 
\v 10 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w spies|strong="H7270"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H0559"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H8085"\w*, “\w When|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hebron|strong="H2275"\w*!’” 
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\v 11 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* 200 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0854"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H1980"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0854"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w was|strong="H0376"\w* planning. 
\v 12 \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* advisors. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w Giloh|strong="H1542"\w*. \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w offering|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, \w he|strong="H1732"\w* invited \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w join|strong="H1980"\w*. \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* plans \w were|strong="H1961"\w* working \w very|strong="H7227"\w* well \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w more|strong="H7227"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w began|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* support \w him|strong="H7971"\w*. 
\s1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* Learns \w About|strong="H1961"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* Plans 
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\v 13 \w A|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w news|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* beginning \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.” 
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w still|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*, \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* trap \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w here|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w Hurry|strong="H4116"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* catches \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5221"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H5221"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* battle.” 
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w whatever|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\s1 David \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w People|strong="H0834"\w* Escape 
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\v 16 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H5800"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, except \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* slave \w women|strong="H0802"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w take|strong="H8104"\w* \w care|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* house \w following|strong="H7272"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w* \w on|strong="H5975"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w last|strong="H5975"\w* house. 
\v 18 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w And|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Kerethites, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Gittites|strong="H1663"\w* (600 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*) \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1663"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w going|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*? \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w foreigner|strong="H5237"\w*; \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* homeland. \w Go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* new \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 20 \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w join|strong="H1980"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* only \w yesterday|strong="H8543"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* don’t need \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w wander|strong="H5128"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w place|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w place|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Take|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w faithful|strong="H2617"\w*, loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*.” 
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\v 21 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* long \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* stay \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*!” 
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\v 22 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w*, “\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* come, let’s \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* Kidron Brook.” 
\p \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1663"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H2945"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* Kidron Brook. 
\v 23 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*\f + \fr 15:23  \fk people \ft Literally, “country.”\f* \w were|strong="H0776"\w* \w crying|strong="H1058"\w* \w loudly|strong="H6963"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Kidron|strong="H6939"\w* \w Brook|strong="H5158"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H6440"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. 
\v 24 \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w* \w carrying|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Box \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w Agreement|strong="H1285"\w*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w set|strong="H3332"\w* \w down|strong="H3332"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* said prayers\f + \fr 15:24  \fk said prayers \ft Literally, “went up.” This could mean “burn incense,” “offer sacrifices,” or it might mean simply that Abiathar stood to one side, by the Holy Box, until all the people passed by.\f* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H0430"\w* \w left|strong="H5927"\w* Jerusalem. 
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\v 25 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, “\w Take|strong="H7725"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Jerusalem. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H5869"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* let \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* Jerusalem \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* Temple. 
\v 26 \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2896"\w* \w with|strong="H5869"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w whatever|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* wants \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*.” 
\p
\v 27 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* seer. \w Go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.\f + \fr 15:27  \fk You are a seer … peace \ft Or “You do see, don’t you, that you should go back to the city in peace.”\f* \w Take|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*. 
\v 28 \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w waiting|strong="H5704"\w* \w near|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* places where \w people|strong="H7200"\w* cross \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w river|strong="H5704"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w will|strong="H1697"\w* \w wait|strong="H4102"\w* \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w hear|strong="H5046"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*.” 
\p
\v 29 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* Holy Box \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w stayed|strong="H3427"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. 
\s1 David’s Prayer \w Against|strong="H3389"\w* Ahithophel 
\p
\v 30 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* path \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Mount|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Olives|strong="H2132"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w crying|strong="H1058"\w*, \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* without sandals \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* feet. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w crying|strong="H1058"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0854"\w*. 
\p
\v 31 Someone \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w joined|strong="H7194"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* plot \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*.” \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w prayed|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w make|strong="H5046"\w* \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w give|strong="H5046"\w* only \w foolish|strong="H5528"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w*.” 
\v 32 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* got \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* mountain, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w down|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w worship|strong="H7812"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* noticed \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w Arkite|strong="H0757"\w*. Hushai’s \w coat|strong="H3801"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w torn|strong="H7167"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w dust|strong="H0127"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.\f + \fr 15:32  \fk coat was torn … head \ft This showed that he was very sad.\f* 
\p
\v 33 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Hushai, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* just \w one|strong="H0518"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* person \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\v 34 \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Jerusalem, \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w can|strong="H0518"\w* disagree \w with|strong="H0001"\w* \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* useless. \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, ‘\w King|strong="H4428"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w served|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w but|strong="H0518"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w serve|strong="H1961"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w*.’ 
\v 35 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 36 \w Zadok’s|strong="H6659"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Abiathar’s|strong="H0054"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w You|strong="H0834"\w* \w can|strong="H0834"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.” 
\p
\v 37 \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w friend|strong="H7463"\w* \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, just \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\c 16  
\s1 Ziba Meets David 
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\v 1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* went \w a|strong="H5921"\w* short \w way|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Mount \w of|strong="H7218"\w* Olives \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w met|strong="H7122"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*. \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w had|strong="H1732"\w* \w two|strong="H6776"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* saddles \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w carried|strong="H5921"\w* 200 \w loaves|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, 100 \w bunches|strong="H6778"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w raisins|strong="H6778"\w*, 100 \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* fruits, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* wineskin \w full|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*. 
\v 2 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w*?” 
\p \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H2543"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w summer|strong="H7019"\w* \w fruit|strong="H3899"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*. \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* refreshment \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w whoever|strong="H3287"\w* begins \w to|strong="H0413"\w* feel weak \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.” 
\p
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w where|strong="H0346"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* Mephibosheth\f + \fr 16:3  \fk Mephibosheth \ft Literally, “your master’s grandson.”\f*?” 
\p \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “Mephibosheth \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w staying|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.’” 
\p
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w*, “\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H5869"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w now|strong="H2009"\w* give \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* belonged \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*.” 
\p \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w bow|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* pray \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* always \w be|strong="H0113"\w* able \w to|strong="H0559"\w* please \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
\s1 Shimei Curses David 
\p
\v 5 \w As|strong="H5704"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*, \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w family|strong="H4940"\w*, \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gera|strong="H1617"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7043"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* again \w and|strong="H1121"\w* again. 
\p
\v 6 Shimei began throwing \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w*. \w Both|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H5650"\w* gathered around \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H5650"\w* protect \w him|strong="H0853"\w*—\w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H5650"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* around \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\v 7 \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* David. \w He|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Get|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w get|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, \w you|strong="H0376"\w* no-good murderer\f + \fr 16:7  \fk murderer \ft Literally, “man of blood.”\f*! 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w punishing|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* killed \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* stole \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w place|strong="H8478"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4427"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H0853"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* happening \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4410"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* murderer.” 
\p
\v 9 \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w dying|strong="H4191"\w* \w dog|strong="H3611"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w*, \w my|strong="H5493"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*? \w Let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w cut|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5493"\w* Shimei’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.” 
\p
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*? \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, Shimei \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w cursing|strong="H7043"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w ask|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*?” 
\v 11 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w also|strong="H0637"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w very|strong="H6258"\w* \w own|strong="H5315"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* trying \w to|strong="H0413"\w* kill \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w so|strong="H3318"\w* \w why|strong="H0834"\w* shouldn’t \w this|strong="H6258"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Benjamin \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H0637"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H0853"\w*? \w Leave|strong="H3318"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* alone. \w Let|strong="H0637"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* continue \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H0637"\w* \w this|strong="H6258"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Maybe|strong="H0194"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5771"\w* things \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* happening \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* something \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w every|strong="H3117"\w* bad \w thing|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* Shimei says \w today|strong="H3117"\w*.” 
\p
\v 13 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H1732"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w down|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*. \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* kept \w following|strong="H1980"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w other|strong="H0376"\w* \w side|strong="H6763"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w by|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w side|strong="H6763"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w*. \w He|strong="H1732"\w* kept \w cursing|strong="H7043"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w on|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*. \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w threw|strong="H6080"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w dirt|strong="H6083"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
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\v 14 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H5314"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan River. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w tired|strong="H5889"\w*, \w so|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* rested \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w refreshed|strong="H5314"\w* themselves \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w Meanwhile|strong="H0376"\w*, \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\v 16 \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w friend|strong="H7463"\w*, \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Arkite|strong="H0757"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Long|strong="H0413"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*! \w Long|strong="H0413"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*!” 
\p
\v 17 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w* David? \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w leave|strong="H1980"\w* Jerusalem \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*?” 
\p
\v 18 \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w chooses|strong="H0977"\w*. \w These|strong="H2088"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w chose|strong="H0977"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 19 \w In|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* past, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*. \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w now|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, David’s \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.” 
\s1 Absalom Asks Ahithophel \w for|strong="H3651"\w* Advice 
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\v 20 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w*, “Please \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.” 
\p
\v 21 \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, “\w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w left|strong="H3240"\w* \w some|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* slave women here \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H2388"\w* \w care|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* sexual \w relations|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* humiliated \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w encouraged|strong="H2388"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w support|strong="H2388"\w*.” 
\p
\v 22 \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w tent|strong="H0168"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \w of|strong="H0168"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* house. \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* sexual \w relations|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* wives\f + \fr 16:22  \fk wives \ft Or “concubines.” See “slave woman” in the Word List.\f* \w so|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* could \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w happened|strong="H0935"\w*. 
\v 23 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Ahithophel’s|strong="H0302"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w very|strong="H3651"\w* important. \w Both|strong="H1571"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* accepted \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w though|strong="H1571"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. 
\c 17  
\s1 Ahithophel’s Advice About David 
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\v 1 \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* 12,000 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w tonight|strong="H3915"\w*. 
\v 2 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* catch \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* tired \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w weak|strong="H3605"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w frighten|strong="H2729"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w*. \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w only|strong="H0905"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3027"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*. \w If|strong="H0834"\w* David \w is|strong="H0834"\w* dead, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*.” 
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\v 4 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w plan|strong="H1697"\w* \w seemed|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H3474"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 5 \w But|strong="H8085"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Now|strong="H4994"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Arkite|strong="H0757"\w*. \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* want \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*.” 
\s1 \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* Ruins Ahithophel’s \w Advice|strong="H6310"\w* 
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\v 6 \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w*, “\w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w plan|strong="H1697"\w* \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w gave|strong="H0559"\w*. \w Should|strong="H0518"\w* \w we|strong="H0518"\w* follow \w it|strong="H0518"\w*? \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w*, \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p
\v 7 \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*, “\w Ahithophel’s|strong="H0302"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*.” 
\v 8 \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w added|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w strong|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w as|strong="H5315"\w* dangerous \w as|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* something \w has|strong="H0376"\w* taken \w its|strong="H0853"\w* cubs. \w Your|strong="H3045"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* skilled fighter. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H0376"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stay|strong="H3885"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* night \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. 
\v 9 \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* probably \w already|strong="H6258"\w* \w hiding|strong="H2244"\w* \w in|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* cave \w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w some|strong="H0259"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*. \w If|strong="H2009"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* father attacks \w your|strong="H0834"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w first|strong="H0259"\w*, \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w news|strong="H0559"\w* \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w think|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* followers \w are|strong="H0834"\w* losing!’ 
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* bravest \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* frightened, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w powerful|strong="H1368"\w* soldier \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w very|strong="H2428"\w* \w brave|strong="H2428"\w*. 
\p
\v 11 “\w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* suggest: \w You|strong="H0834"\w* must \w gather|strong="H0622"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w*.\f + \fr 17:11  \fk Dan to Beersheba \ft This means the whole nation of Israel, north and south. Dan was a town in the northern part of Israel, and Beersheba was in the southern part of Judah.\f* \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w there|strong="H7230"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*, \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5921"\w* must \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w battle|strong="H7128"\w*. 
\v 12 \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* catch David \w wherever|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* hiding \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w attack|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* many \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* covers \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*. \w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* kill David \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*—\w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* alive. 
\v 13 \w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w David|strong="H0622"\w* escapes \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H0518"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w can|strong="H0518"\w* \w bring|strong="H5375"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* pull \w its|strong="H3605"\w* walls down \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w*. \w Not|strong="H3808"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H0518"\w* small \w stone|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w left|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.” 
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\v 14 \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Hushai’s \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w Ahithophel’s|strong="H0302"\w*.” \w Actually|strong="H0935"\w*, \w Ahithophel’s|strong="H0302"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, \w but|strong="H0376"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H5668"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w decided|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* make \w Ahithophel’s|strong="H0302"\w* \w advice|strong="H6098"\w* useless. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H0376"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* punish \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. 
\s1 \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* Sends \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w Warning|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* David 
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\v 15 \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w*, \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* suggested \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w of|strong="H2205"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Hushai|strong="H2365"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H2063"\w* \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w himself|strong="H0413"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* suggested. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
\v 16 “\w Send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* message \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*! \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w spend|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w places|strong="H0559"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w cross|strong="H5674"\w* \w into|strong="H3915"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H6160"\w*. \w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w go|strong="H7971"\w* \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan River \w at|strong="H1732"\w* once. \w If|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* crosses \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* caught.” 
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\v 17 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* priests’ sons, \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w*, \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* want \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w waited|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* En Rogel. \w A|strong="H3588"\w* \w servant|strong="H8198"\w* \w girl|strong="H8198"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w gave|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* message. \w Then|strong="H1980"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w carried|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* message \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w boy|strong="H5288"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* Jonathan \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Ahimaaz \w and|strong="H0935"\w* ran \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. Jonathan \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Ahimaaz ran \w away|strong="H0935"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4120"\w*. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Bahurim|strong="H0980"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w well|strong="H0875"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w courtyard|strong="H2691"\w*.\f + \fr 17:18  \fk courtyard \ft An open area outside the house. Many houses were built around courtyards so that people could work, cook, or eat outside.\f* Jonathan \w and|strong="H0935"\w* Ahimaaz \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H5046"\w* \w well|strong="H0875"\w*. 
\v 19 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w man’s|strong="H0802"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* sheet \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w well|strong="H0875"\w* \w and|strong="H0802"\w* covered \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w grain|strong="H7383"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w well|strong="H0875"\w* looked \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* pile \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w grain|strong="H7383"\w*, \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w would|strong="H1697"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* look \w there|strong="H3045"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H0346"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*?” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, “\w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* already \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w brook|strong="H4323"\w*.” 
\p \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w then|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w look|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* could \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w After|strong="H0310"\w* Absalom’s servants \w left|strong="H1961"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H0559"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* Ahimaaz \w climbed|strong="H5927"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w well|strong="H0875"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w Hurry|strong="H4120"\w*, \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w river|strong="H3588"\w*. \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w planning|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* do something \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
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\v 22 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*. \w By|strong="H1242"\w* sunrise, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w*. \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H6965"\w* behind. 
\s1 Ahithophel Kills \w Himself|strong="H3808"\w* 
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\v 23 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Israelites \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* suggested, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saddled|strong="H2280"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w donkey|strong="H2543"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w back|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* hometown. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w plans|strong="H6098"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w then|strong="H6965"\w* hanged \w himself|strong="H0413"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w tomb|strong="H6913"\w*. 
\s1 Absalom Crosses \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Jordan \w River|strong="H3588"\w* 
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\v 24 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River. 
\v 25-26 Absalom and the Israelites made their camp in the land of Gilead. Absalom had made Amasa the new captain of the army. He took Joab’s place.\f + \fr 17:25-26  \fk He took Joab’s place \ft Joab still supported David. Joab was one of the three captains in David’s army when David was running away from Absalom. See 2 Sam. 18:2.\f* Amasa was the son of Ithra the Ishmaelite.\f + \fr 17:25-26  \fk Ishmaelite \ft This is from the ancient Greek version. The standard Hebrew text has “Israelite,” but see 1 Chron. 2:17.\f* His mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, the sister of Joab’s mother, Zeruiah.\f + \fr 17:25-26  \fk His mother … Zeruiah \ft Literally, “Ithra had sexual relations with Abigail, the daughter of Nahash sister of Zeruiah.”\f* 
\s1 Shobi, Makir, and Barzillai 
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\v 27 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w Mahanaim|strong="H4266"\w*, \w Shobi|strong="H7629"\w*, \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w*. \w Shobi|strong="H7629"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nahash|strong="H5176"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5983"\w* town \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rabbah|strong="H7237"\w*. \w Makir|strong="H4353"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ammiel|strong="H5988"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* Lo Debar. \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w Rogelim|strong="H7274"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* Gilead. 
\v 28-29 These three men said, “The people are tired, hungry, and thirsty from the desert.” So they brought many things to David and those with him. They brought beds, bowls, and other kinds of dishes. They also brought wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, dried seeds, honey, butter, sheep, and cheese made from cow’s milk. 
\c 18  
\s1 David Gets Ready for Battle 
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\v 1 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w counted|strong="H6485"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3967"\w* chose \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* 1000 \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* 100 \w to|strong="H5921"\w* lead \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\v 2 \w He|strong="H1732"\w* separated \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w three|strong="H7992"\w* \w groups|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*, \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*, \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w another|strong="H0251"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w*. \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1663"\w* \w led|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* last \w third|strong="H7992"\w*. 
\p \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.” 
\p
\v 3 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*! \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H4191"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*. \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w run|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* battle, Absalom’s \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* care. \w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w only|strong="H0518"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w are|strong="H6235"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w*, Absalom’s \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* care. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6235"\w* worth 10,000 \w of|strong="H3820"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*! \w It|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* stay \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Then|strong="H1961"\w*, \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* need \w help|strong="H5826"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H0518"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w help|strong="H5826"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w best|strong="H3190"\w*.” 
\p \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* groups \w of|strong="H4428"\w* 100 \w and|strong="H3967"\w* 1000. 
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w*. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6680"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*: \w Be|strong="H1697"\w* gentle \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*!” \w Everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w orders|strong="H6680"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w*. 
\s1 David’s \w Army|strong="H5971"\w* Defeats \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w Army|strong="H5971"\w* 
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\v 6 David’s \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w against|strong="H7125"\w* Absalom’s \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H5971"\w* fought \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. 
\v 7 \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5062"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w defeat|strong="H4046"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* 20,000 \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* killed \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w spread|strong="H6327"\w* \w throughout|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* died \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. 
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\v 9 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w happened|strong="H7122"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* found \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*. \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* jumped \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w mule|strong="H6505"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* tried \w to|strong="H0935"\w* escape, \w but|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w mule|strong="H6505"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w branches|strong="H7730"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w oak|strong="H0424"\w* tree. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w branches|strong="H7730"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w thick|strong="H7730"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* got \w caught|strong="H2388"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* tree. \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w mule|strong="H6505"\w* ran \w out|strong="H2388"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w* \w hanging|strong="H5414"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.\f + \fr 18:9  \fk above the ground \ft Literally, “between heaven and earth.”\f* 
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\v 10 \w Someone|strong="H0376"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H5046"\w* happen \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, “\w I|strong="H2009"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w hanging|strong="H8518"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w an|strong="H7200"\w* \w oak|strong="H0424"\w* tree.” 
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\v 11 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* fall \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*? \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* belt \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*!” 
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w would|strong="H3863"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* try \w to|strong="H0413"\w* hurt \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* 1000 pieces \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w command|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ittai|strong="H0863"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Be|strong="H3808"\w* \w careful|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* hurt \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.’ 
\v 13 \w If|strong="H0176"\w* \w I|strong="H1697"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* killed Absalom, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* find \w out|strong="H4480"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* punish \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.\f + \fr 18:13  \fk you would punish me \ft Or “you would have opposed me.”\f*” 
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\v 14 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w waste|strong="H3176"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w time|strong="H3820"\w* \w here|strong="H3651"\w* \w with|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*!” 
\p \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* hanging \w in|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w oak|strong="H0424"\w* tree. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* sticks \w in|strong="H5750"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* hit \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5750"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* helpers \w gathered|strong="H5437"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w and|strong="H3097"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. 
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\v 16 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* called \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w stop|strong="H0310"\w* \w chasing|strong="H0310"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 17 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* Joab’s \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* body \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* hole \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w forest|strong="H3293"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* covered \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*. 
\p \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H7993"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w home|strong="H0168"\w*. 
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\v 18 \w While|strong="H5704"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H3947"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w memorial|strong="H3027"\w* \w stone|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w King’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w keep|strong="H2142"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w alive|strong="H2416"\w*.” \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w monument|strong="H3027"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w himself|strong="H3027"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* “\w Absalom’s|strong="H0053"\w* \w Monument|strong="H3027"\w*” \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\s1 \w Joab|strong="H0559"\w* Sends \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w News|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H3117"\w* 
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\v 19 \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w May|strong="H4994"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* take \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w news|strong="H1319"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3027"\w*? I’ll \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* destroyed \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*.” 
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\v 20 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* Ahimaaz, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w carry|strong="H1319"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* message \w today|strong="H3117"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H2088"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w some|strong="H0376"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*.” 
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\v 21 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H7200"\w* \w from|strong="H7200"\w* \w Ethiopia|strong="H3569"\w*, “Go, \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*.” 
\p \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* David. 
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\v 22 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* begged \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, “\w No|strong="H0369"\w* matter \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w*!” 
\p \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w want|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w carry|strong="H1309"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w news|strong="H1309"\w*? \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* get \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w reward|strong="H1309"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w news|strong="H1309"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w*.” 
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\v 23 \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “No matter \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w happens|strong="H1961"\w*, \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* David.” 
\p \w Joab|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w*, “All right, \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* David!” 
\p \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w ran|strong="H7323"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* Jordan \w Valley|strong="H3603"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w*. 
\s1 David Hears \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w News|strong="H0559"\w* 
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\v 24 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w between|strong="H0996"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w roof|strong="H1406"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w*. 
\v 25 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David. 
\p \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* man \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w*, \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* bringing \w news|strong="H1309"\w*.” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* man \w came|strong="H1980"\w* closer \w and|strong="H1980"\w* closer \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* city. 
\v 26 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w then|strong="H2009"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w*. \w He|strong="H0376"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gatekeeper|strong="H7778"\w*, “\w Look|strong="H2009"\w*! \w Another|strong="H0312"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w running|strong="H7323"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w*.” 
\p \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w He|strong="H0376"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w bringing|strong="H1319"\w* \w news|strong="H1319"\w*.” 
\p
\v 27 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w think|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w runs|strong="H0935"\w* \w like|strong="H0376"\w* \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*.” 
\p \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w bringing|strong="H0935"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w news|strong="H1309"\w*.” 
\p
\v 28 \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w All|strong="H0376"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w well|strong="H7965"\w*!” \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w face|strong="H0639"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* front \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Praise|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*! \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* defeated \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.” 
\p
\v 29 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H4100"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* right?” 
\p \w Ahimaaz|strong="H0290"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w When|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* some \w great|strong="H1419"\w* excitement, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H3045"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w*.” 
\p
\v 30 \w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Step \w over|strong="H5437"\w* \w here|strong="H3541"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w wait|strong="H5975"\w*.” Ahimaaz \w went|strong="H5437"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* waiting. 
\p
\v 31 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w* \w arrived|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w News|strong="H1319"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* punished \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w were|strong="H3117"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!” 
\p
\v 32 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H0834"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* right?” 
\p \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Ethiopian|strong="H3569"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w May|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, \w or|strong="H4428"\w* \w whoever|strong="H3605"\w* tries \w to|strong="H0413"\w* hurt \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w suffer|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* same \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w man|strong="H5288"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
\p
\v 33 So the king knew Absalom was dead and he became very upset. He went upstairs to the room over the gate, crying, “O my son Absalom! My son Absalom, I wish I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son!” 
\c 19  
\s1 Joab Scolds David 
\p
\v 1 \w People|strong="H1121"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H0559"\w* \w what|strong="H4310"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* happened, “Look, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w crying|strong="H1058"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* mourning \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w*.” 
\v 2 \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w joy|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* victory turned \w to|strong="H5921"\w* sadness \w for|strong="H5921"\w* everyone. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* very sad day \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w heard|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H2009"\w* \w mourning|strong="H0056"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* son.” 
\p
\v 3 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H1931"\w* quietly \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* defeated \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H3117"\w*. 
\v 4 \w The|strong="H0834"\w* king \w had|strong="H0834"\w* covered \w his|strong="H0834"\w* face \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* crying loudly, “O \w my|strong="H0834"\w* son Absalom, O Absalom, \w my|strong="H0834"\w* son, \w my|strong="H0834"\w* son!” 
\p
\v 5 Joab came into \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* palace \w and|strong="H1121"\w* said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w You|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* humiliating every \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* officers! Look, \w they|strong="H4428"\w* saved \w your|strong="H6440"\w* life today \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* lives \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* daughters \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* wives \w and|strong="H1121"\w* slave women. 
\v 6 \w It|strong="H6440"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* love \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* hate \w you|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* hate \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* love \w you|strong="H3605"\w*! \w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* \w it|strong="H6440"\w* \w clear|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* mean \w nothing|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*. \w It|strong="H6440"\w* appears \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w if|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* perfectly happy \w if|strong="H1121"\w* Absalom \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w lived|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* killed \w today|strong="H3117"\w*! 
\v 7 \w Now|strong="H3117"\w* get \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* go encourage \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w swear|strong="H3588"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* LORD, \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0369"\w* go \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*, \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w man|strong="H4191"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* tonight. \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* worse \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* trouble \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w had|strong="H0369"\w* \w since|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5869"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* child.” 
\p
\v 8 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* city gate.\f + \fr 19:8  \fk city gate \ft This was where the public meetings were held.\f* \w The|strong="H3605"\w* news \w spread|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* gate, \w so|strong="H3318"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w see|strong="H0935"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w except|strong="H0518"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Israelites \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* run \w away|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* homes. 
\s1 David \w Is|strong="H0369"\w* \w King|strong="H5921"\w* \w Again|strong="H1696"\w* 
\p
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* tribes \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w began|strong="H0935"\w* discussing what \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* next. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w King|strong="H4428"\w* David saved \w us|strong="H5046"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Philistines \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w*. David \w left|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* country \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w he|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* running \w away|strong="H5127"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* Absalom. 
\v 10 \w We|strong="H6258"\w* anointed \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* killed \w in|strong="H5921"\w* battle. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w we|strong="H6258"\w* \w should|strong="H0559"\w* \w bring|strong="H1961"\w* David back \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w again|strong="H1961"\w*.” 
\p
\v 11 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w sent|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* message \w to|strong="H4191"\w* Zadok \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Abiathar \w the|strong="H0853"\w* priests. David said, “Speak \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H4428"\w* tell \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* last tribe \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*? \w See|strong="H0834"\w*, all \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Israelites \w are|strong="H0834"\w* talking \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w bringing|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w home|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\v 12 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* brothers, \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \w so|strong="H7971"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w last|strong="H0314"\w* tribe \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*?’ 
\v 13 \w Also|strong="H0853"\w* tell Amasa, ‘\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w part|strong="H0859"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* family. \w I|strong="H4100"\w* swear \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w make|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* captain \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* army \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H0251"\w* \w place|strong="H1961"\w*.’” 
\p
\v 14 \w David|strong="H3117"\w* touched \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hearts \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* Judah, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* agreed \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* Judah \w sent|strong="H0559"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* message \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w officers|strong="H8269"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w* back!” 
\p
\v 15 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan River. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Gilgal \w to|strong="H0413"\w* meet \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* across \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan River. 
\s1 Shimei Asks \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Forgive \w Him|strong="H0413"\w* 
\p
\v 16 Shimei son \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Gera, \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Benjamin, lived \w in|strong="H0935"\w* Bahurim. Shimei rushed down \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David, \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* rest \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* people \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\v 17 \w About|strong="H4428"\w* 1000 \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Benjamin \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*. Ziba \w the|strong="H0834"\w* servant \w from|strong="H3381"\w* Saul’s family \w also|strong="H1732"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w*. Ziba \w brought|strong="H3381"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* 15 \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* 20 \w servants|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H5973"\w*. \w All|strong="H0376"\w* \w these|strong="H0834"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w hurried|strong="H4116"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Jordan River \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w meet|strong="H7125"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\p
\v 18 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0376"\w* \w across|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w to|strong="H0376"\w* help bring \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w back|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* Judah. \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H0376"\w* whatever \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* wanted. \w While|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w was|strong="H7586"\w* crossing \w the|strong="H6440"\w* river, Shimei \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Gera \w came|strong="H0376"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*. \w He|strong="H0376"\w* bowed \w down|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ground \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. 
\v 19 \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w* said \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w My|strong="H6440"\w* lord, don’t \w think|strong="H5869"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* wrong things \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. \w My|strong="H6440"\w* lord \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, don’t remember \w the|strong="H0853"\w* bad things \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* left Jerusalem. 
\v 20 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* know \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* sinned. \w That|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w why|strong="H0834"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* am \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w person|strong="H3820"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* Joseph’s family\f + \fr 19:20  \fk Joseph’s family \ft This probably means the Israelites who followed Absalom. Many times the name Ephraim (a son of Joseph) is used for all the tribes in northern Israel.\f* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w down|strong="H7760"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w meet|strong="H3318"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.” 
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\v 21 Abishai son \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Zeruiah said, “Let’s kill \w him|strong="H0935"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bad \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* said \w about|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H0113"\w* \w chosen|strong="H3045"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.\f + \fr 19:21  \fk chosen king \ft Literally, “anointed one.”\f*” 
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\v 22 David \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H2063"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*? \w Are|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* trying \w to|strong="H0559"\w* cause \w me|strong="H4191"\w* trouble? \w No|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Israel today! Today \w I|strong="H3588"\w* know \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* king \w over|strong="H0853"\w* Israel.” 
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\v 23 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Shimei, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.” \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w promise|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Shimei \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w himself|strong="H3045"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* Shimei.\f + \fr 19:23  \ft David did not kill Shimei. But a few years later, David’s son Solomon ordered Shimei to be put to death. See 1 Kings 2:44-46.\f* 
\s1 \w Mephibosheth|strong="H3808"\w* Goes \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w See|strong="H3045"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* 
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\v 24 Saul’s grandson,\f + \fr 19:24  \fk grandson \ft Literally, “son.”\f* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H3808"\w*, \w came|strong="H0413"\w* down \w to|strong="H0413"\w* meet \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David. \w Mephibosheth|strong="H3808"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cared \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* feet, trimmed \w his|strong="H3808"\w* mustache, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* washed \w his|strong="H3808"\w* clothes since \w the|strong="H0559"\w* day \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* left Jerusalem. 
\v 25 \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w met|strong="H7125"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* Jerusalem, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* said, “\w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*, \w why|strong="H0834"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* ran \w away|strong="H4480"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* Jerusalem?” 
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\v 26 \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H1961"\w* lord \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w my|strong="H1961"\w* servant tricked \w me|strong="H0935"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* crippled \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* servant, Ziba, ‘\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* saddle \w a|strong="H1961"\w* donkey \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w* \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.’ 
\v 27 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* tricked \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* bad things \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* angel \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0559"\w*. Do whatever \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w think|strong="H0559"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* right. 
\v 28 \w You|strong="H6213"\w* could \w have|strong="H5869"\w* killed all \w my|strong="H5650"\w* grandfather’s\f + \fr 19:28  \fk grandfather’s \ft Literally, “father’s.”\f* family, \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* not \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H5869"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H0430"\w*, \w you|strong="H6213"\w* included \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w among|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w people|strong="H5869"\w* \w who|strong="H5650"\w* eat \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0413"\w* \w own|strong="H5869"\w* table. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* don’t \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w a|strong="H4428"\w* \w right|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* complain \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* anything.” 
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\v 29 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H3808"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* say \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* problems. \w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* decided: \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* Ziba \w will|strong="H1961"\w* divide \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.” 
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\v 30 Mephibosheth \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w My|strong="H1696"\w* lord \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w it|strong="H1696"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* enough \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* come home \w in|strong="H4428"\w* peace. Let \w Ziba|strong="H6717"\w* \w have|strong="H0859"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w*.” 
\s1 David \w Asks|strong="H0559"\w* Barzillai \w to|strong="H0559"\w* Come \w With|strong="H1696"\w* \w Him|strong="H0853"\w* 
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\v 31 Barzillai \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Gilead \w came|strong="H0935"\w* down \w from|strong="H0935"\w* Rogelim \w to|strong="H0413"\w* cross \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan River \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w and|strong="H0935"\w* send \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. 
\v 32 \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* very old man, 80 years old. \w He|strong="H0853"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* given \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* food \w and|strong="H4428"\w* other things \w when|strong="H7971"\w* \w David|strong="H7971"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* staying \w at|strong="H3383"\w* Mahanaim. \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* could \w do|strong="H3381"\w* this because \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H7971"\w* very rich man. 
\v 33 David said \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w*, “Come across \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w river|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* take care \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* live \w in|strong="H8141"\w* Jerusalem \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w*.” 
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\v 34 \w But|strong="H0859"\w* \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “Do \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w know|strong="H0854"\w* how old \w I|strong="H0559"\w* am? Do \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w think|strong="H0559"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* can \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*? 
\v 35 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am 80 \w years|strong="H3117"\w* old! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am too old \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* bad \w or|strong="H3117"\w* good. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* cannot taste \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* eat \w or|strong="H3117"\w* drink \w or|strong="H3117"\w* hear \w the|strong="H0559"\w* voices \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w men|strong="H8147"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* women singers. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* want \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* bothered \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*? 
\v 36 \w I|strong="H0834"\w* don’t need \w any|strong="H5750"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w want|strong="H6963"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w give|strong="H0398"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* cross \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Jordan River \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. 
\v 37 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* please let \w me|strong="H5650"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* back \w so|strong="H5674"\w* \w that|strong="H5674"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* die \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5650"\w* own town \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* buried \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* grave \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5650"\w* father \w and|strong="H4428"\w* mother. \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w here|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* Kimham; take \w him|strong="H0853"\w* back \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w* \w as|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H4592"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w my|strong="H5650"\w* lord \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w Do|strong="H4100"\w* \w whatever|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0853"\w* want \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*.” 
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\v 38 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w answered|strong="H7725"\w*, “\w Kimham|strong="H3643"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w kind|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* anything \w for|strong="H4191"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
\s1 \w David|strong="H5973"\w* Goes \w Back|strong="H7725"\w* \w Home|strong="H7725"\w* 
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\v 39 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* kissed Barzillai \w and|strong="H4428"\w* blessed \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. Barzillai went back home, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* went \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river. 
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\v 40 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* River \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Gilgal. Kimham \w went|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H3605"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H4428"\w* half \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w* led David \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* river. 
\s1 Israelites Argue \w With|strong="H3605"\w*  //  \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w People|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Judah 
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\v 41 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* came \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, “Why did \w our|strong="H3605"\w* brothers, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, steal \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w away|strong="H5973"\w*? Why did \w they|strong="H5971"\w* bring \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* family back \w across|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Jordan River \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w*?” 
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\v 42 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H4069"\w* \w it|strong="H0935"\w* \w because|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w close|strong="H5973"\w* \w relative|strong="H0251"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* angry \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w about|strong="H0413"\w* \w this|strong="H3605"\w*? \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* eaten \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* expense. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H4069"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* \w give|strong="H0935"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* gifts.” 
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\v 43 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* ten shares \w in|strong="H5921"\w* David,\f + \fr 19:43  \fk ten shares in David \ft Judah and Benjamin were two of the tribes that later became the kingdom of Judah after the kingdom split. The other ten tribes were in the kingdom of Israel.\f* \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H0376"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* right \w to|strong="H0413"\w* David \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* ignore \w us|strong="H0413"\w*? \w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w first|strong="H2088"\w* \w ones|strong="H7138"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w bringing|strong="H5375"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w back|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w replied|strong="H6030"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* louder \w and|strong="H3063"\w* angrier \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. 
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\s1 Sheba Leads Israel Away From David 
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\v 1 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w place|strong="H8033"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bicri. \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w worthless|strong="H1100"\w* troublemaker \w from|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Benjamin. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w a|strong="H3808"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* gather \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* together \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w We|strong="H8033"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w share|strong="H2506"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\q2 \w We|strong="H8033"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* part \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*. 
\q1 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, let’s \w all|strong="H0376"\w* go \w home|strong="H0168"\w*.” 
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\v 2 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*\f + \fr 20:2  \fk Israelites \ft Here, this means the tribes not united with Judah.\f* \w left|strong="H5927"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bicri. \w But|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w stayed|strong="H1692"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w left|strong="H5414"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* slave \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w care|strong="H4931"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w these|strong="H0834"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* special \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.\f + \fr 20:3  \fk David … special house \ft David’s son Absalom had ruined David’s concubines by having sexual relations with them. See 2 Sam. 16:21-22.\f* \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w guards|strong="H8104"\w* around \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* stayed \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w this|strong="H0834"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w care|strong="H4931"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sexual|strong="H3947"\w* \w relations|strong="H0413"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w lived|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w widows|strong="H0491"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w died|strong="H4194"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* meet \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w here|strong="H6311"\w*, too.” 
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\v 5 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w called|strong="H2199"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w together|strong="H2199"\w*, \w but|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* longer \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* king \w had|strong="H0834"\w* told \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. 
\s1 David Tells Abishai \w to|strong="H3063"\w* Kill Sheba 
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\v 6 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w*, “\w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bicri \w is|strong="H5650"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* dangerous \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w Absalom|strong="H0053"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w*. \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w*. Hurry \w before|strong="H5869"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w gets|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* walls. \w If|strong="H6435"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* \w gets|strong="H3947"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* well-protected \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w we|strong="H6435"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H6435"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* able \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Kerethites \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*\f + \fr 20:7  \fk Kerethites and Pelethites \ft David’s special group of fighting men. Also in verse 23.\f* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bicri. 
\s1 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* Kills Amasa 
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\v 8 \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* army \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* Big \w Rock|strong="H0068"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w meet|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w wearing|strong="H2296"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* uniform \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* belt \w that|strong="H0834"\w* held \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w knife|strong="H8593"\w*. \w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* walked \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w knife|strong="H8593"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* belt \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w*, “\w How|strong="H7965"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w doing|strong="H3027"\w*, \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*?” \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* reached \w out|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* grabbed \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w beard|strong="H2206"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w greet|strong="H7965"\w* \w him|strong="H0559"\w* \w with|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H0559"\w* kiss. 
\v 10 \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w see|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* knife \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w now|strong="H0310"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w other|strong="H0251"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w stabbed|strong="H5221"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w belly|strong="H2570"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Amasa’s \w intestines|strong="H4578"\w* \w spilled|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. \w There|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* need \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* stab \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w again|strong="H0310"\w*; \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* already \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. 
\s1 David’s \w Men|strong="H1121"\w* Continue \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Look \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* 
\p \w Then|strong="H0310"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* resumed \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w chase|strong="H7291"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bicri. 
\v 11 \w One|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Joab’s|strong="H3097"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* stood \w by|strong="H5921"\w* Amasa’s body \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w All|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* support \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, let’s \w follow|strong="H0310"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*.” 
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\v 12 \w Amasa|strong="H6021"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* road, \w lying|strong="H7993"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* young soldier \w noticed|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w kept|strong="H5975"\w* stopping \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* body, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w rolled|strong="H1556"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* body \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* road \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* covered \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w cloth|strong="H0899"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Once|strong="H0310"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* body \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* simply \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w it|strong="H0834"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* joined \w up|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bicri. 
\s1 \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* Escapes \w to|strong="H0376"\w* Abel Beth Maacah 
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\v 14 \w Sheba|strong="H5674"\w* son \w of|strong="H7626"\w* Bicri \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w through|strong="H5674"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H7626"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w* Beth Maacah. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Berites|strong="H1276"\w*\f + \fr 20:14  \fk Berites \ft The Greek and Latin versions have “Bicrites.”\f* \w joined|strong="H0935"\w* together \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H5674"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w When|strong="H0834"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w* Beth Maacah, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* surrounded \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* piled dirt \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w began|strong="H0935"\w* breaking stones \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H5975"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*. 
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\v 16 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w there|strong="H2008"\w* \w was|strong="H0802"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w that|strong="H8085"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w who|strong="H0802"\w* \w shouted|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*! \w Tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H7126"\w* \w here|strong="H2008"\w*. \w I|strong="H5704"\w* want \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
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\v 17 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w went|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*. She \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*?” 
\p \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “Yes, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w*.” 
\p \w Then|strong="H0859"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w listening|strong="H8085"\w*.” 
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\v 18 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* woman \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w In|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w past|strong="H7223"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘\w Ask|strong="H7592"\w* \w for|strong="H7592"\w* help \w in|strong="H1696"\w* \w Abel|strong="H0059"\w* \w and|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* will get \w what|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H3651"\w* \w need|strong="H3651"\w*.’ 
\v 19 \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w am|strong="H0595"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* peaceful, \w loyal|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5159"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* \w town|strong="H5892"\w*. \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* trying \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w destroy|strong="H4191"\w* \w an|strong="H1245"\w* important \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w want|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w destroy|strong="H4191"\w* something \w that|strong="H3068"\w* belongs \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*?” 
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\v 20 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0518"\w* don’t want \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* anything. \w I|strong="H0518"\w* don’t want \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w ruin|strong="H7843"\w* \w your|strong="H0518"\w* city. 
\v 21 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \w country|strong="H2022"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w named|strong="H8034"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bicri. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* rebelled \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w Bring|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* leave \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w*.” 
\p \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, “\w All|strong="H1697"\w* \w right|strong="H3651"\w*. \w His|strong="H5414"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.” 
\p
\v 22 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0413"\w* very \w wisely|strong="H2451"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sheba|strong="H7652"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Bicri \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w threw|strong="H7993"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* wall \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*. 
\p \w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w blew|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w left|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H0168"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w People|strong="H5971"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* David’s Staff 
\p
\v 23 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* captain \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H6635"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* led \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Kerethites \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pelethites|strong="H6432"\w*. 
\v 24 \w Adoniram|strong="H0151"\w* led \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w forced|strong="H4522"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* do hard work. \w Jehoshaphat|strong="H3092"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahilud|strong="H0286"\w* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* historian. 
\v 25 Sheva \w was|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w secretary|strong="H5608"\w*. \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w Abiathar|strong="H0054"\w* \w were|strong="H0054"\w* \w the|strong="H6659"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*. 
\v 26 \w And|strong="H3548"\w* \w Ira|strong="H5896"\w* \w from|strong="H1961"\w* Jair \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* personal \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.\f + \fr 20:26  \fk personal priest \ft Or “chief servant” or “advisor.”\f* 
\c 21  
\s1 Saul’s Family Punished 
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\v 1 \w While|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w king|strong="H5921"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w continued|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w prayed|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* murderers\f + \fr 21:1  \fk family of murderers \ft Literally, “house of blood.”\f* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w reason|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*.” 
\v 2 (\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* group \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w promised|strong="H7650"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* hurt \w them|strong="H0413"\w*,\f + \fr 21:2  \fk The Israelites … them \ft This happened in Joshua’s time when the Gibeonites tricked the Israelites. Read Josh. 9:3-15.\f* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w tried|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* strong feelings \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.) 
\p \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w* together \w and|strong="H1121"\w* talked \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\v 3 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* take away Israel’s sin, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5159"\w*?” 
\p
\v 4 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H5973"\w*, “\w There|strong="H0369"\w* isn’t \w enough|strong="H6213"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*. \w But|strong="H0369"\w* \w we|strong="H4191"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0369"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* right \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0376"\w* else \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.” 
\p \w David|strong="H5973"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Well|strong="H5973"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*?” 
\p
\v 5 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* Gibeonites \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w David|strong="H3615"\w*, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w person|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w plotted|strong="H3615"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w us|strong="H0413"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w Saul|strong="H0559"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* tried \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w living|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H1366"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w chosen|strong="H0972"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,\f + \fr 21:6  \fk chosen king \ft Literally, “anointed one.”\f* \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w we|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w hang|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* front \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* Mount \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w*.” 
\p \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w All|strong="H0376"\w* right, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.” 
\v 7 \w But|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* protected \w Jonathan’s|strong="H3083"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*. \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H3083"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w promise|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* name \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*.\f + \fr 21:7  \fk David had made … to Jonathan \ft David and Jonathan promised each other they would not harm each other’s families. Read 1 Sam. 20:12-23, 42.\f* \w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H1732"\w* let \w them|strong="H5921"\w* hurt \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*. 
\v 8 David \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w Armoni|strong="H0764"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mephibosheth|strong="H4648"\w*.\f + \fr 21:8  \fk Mephibosheth \ft This is another man named Mephibosheth, not Jonathan’s son.\f* \w These|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w*. \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* named \w Merab|strong="H4324"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w Adriel|strong="H5741"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w*, \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Meholah. David \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Merab|strong="H4324"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Adriel|strong="H5741"\w*. 
\v 9 \w David|strong="H3117"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w these|strong="H1992"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* men \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Gibeonites|strong="H1393"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H5307"\w* \w brought|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w Mount|strong="H2022"\w* Gibeah \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w hanged|strong="H3363"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* men \w died|strong="H4191"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* spring, \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w*. 
\s1 \w David|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Rizpah 
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\v 10 \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w Aiah|strong="H0345"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* mourning cloth \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rock|strong="H6697"\w*.\f + \fr 21:10  \fk rock \ft This might be the Big Rock at Gibeon (read 2 Sam. 20:8), the rock that the bodies were lying on, or a rock that marked the place where her sons were buried.\f* \w That|strong="H4480"\w* cloth stayed \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w began|strong="H8462"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* rains \w came|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* \w watched|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* bodies \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. \w She|strong="H3808"\w* protected \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* during \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w day|strong="H3119"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*. 
\p
\v 11 \w People|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* slave \w woman|strong="H1323"\w* \w Rizpah|strong="H7532"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*. 
\v 12 \w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*. (\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jabesh|strong="H3003"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w got|strong="H3947"\w* \w these|strong="H0834"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w at|strong="H1732"\w* \w Gilboa|strong="H1533"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* bodies \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* wall \w in|strong="H3117"\w* Beth Shan.\f + \fr 21:12  \fk Beth Shan \ft Or possibly, “Beth Shean.”\f* \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beth Shan went \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w stole|strong="H1589"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* bodies \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* public area.) 
\v 13 \w David|strong="H5927"\w* \w brought|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3083"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Jabesh Gilead \w and|strong="H1121"\w* buried \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w with|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* bodies \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* seven \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w hanged|strong="H3363"\w*. 
\v 14 \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w area|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* tunnels \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Saul’s|strong="H7586"\w* \w father|strong="H0001"\w* \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w again|strong="H0310"\w* \w listened|strong="H6279"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w prayers|strong="H6279"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\s1 War \w With|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Philistines 
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\v 15 \w The|strong="H1961"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* out \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* very \w tired|strong="H5774"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* weak. 
\v 16 \w Ishbi-Benob|strong="H3430"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* giants.\f + \fr 21:16  \fk one of the giants \ft Or “a son of Rapha (Rephaim).” Also in verses 18, 20, 22.\f* \w His|strong="H1732"\w* \w spear|strong="H7013"\w* \w weighed|strong="H4948"\w* \w over|strong="H0853"\w* 7 pounds.\f + \fr 21:16  \fk over 7 pounds \ft Literally, “300 shekels of bronze” (3.45 kg).\f* \w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w put|strong="H2296"\w* \w on|strong="H2296"\w* \w new|strong="H2319"\w* armor \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H1732"\w* able \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w kill|strong="H5221"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. 
\v 17 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w this|strong="H0376"\w* giant \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* saved \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w life|strong="H5750"\w*. 
\p \w Then|strong="H0227"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w made|strong="H7650"\w* \w him|strong="H5221"\w* \w promise|strong="H7650"\w* \w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w anymore|strong="H5750"\w*. \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0376"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H3318"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w might|strong="H1121"\w* lose \w its|strong="H0853"\w* brightest leader.” 
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\v 18 \w Later|strong="H0310"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Gob|strong="H1359"\w*. \w Sibbecai|strong="H5444"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Hushathite|strong="H2843"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w Saph|strong="H5593"\w*, \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w one|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H3211"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* giants. 
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\v 19 \w Later|strong="H1961"\w*, \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Gob|strong="H1359"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. \w Elhanan|strong="H0445"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jaare Oregim \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Bethlehem \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \add Lahmi, \+w the|strong="H0853"\+w* brother \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*\add* \w Goliath|strong="H1555"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1663"\w*.\f + \fr 21:19  \fk Lahmi … Gath \ft See 1 Chron. 20:5.\f* \w His|strong="H1961"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* big \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* post.\f + \fr 21:19  \fk post \ft Literally, “a weaver’s rod,” the large beam across a loom.\f* 
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\v 20 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H5750"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w at|strong="H4421"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H1571"\w* large \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w toes|strong="H0676"\w* \w on|strong="H3027"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* 24 \w fingers|strong="H0676"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w toes|strong="H0676"\w* \w in|strong="H0376"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w*. \w This|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H3205"\w* giants. 
\v 21 This \w man|strong="H1121"\w* challenged \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H5221"\w* fun \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, \w but|strong="H5221"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* this \w man|strong="H1121"\w*. (This \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*.) 
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\v 22 All \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* giants \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Gath|strong="H1661"\w*. \w They|strong="H0428"\w* \w were|strong="H0428"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w men|strong="H5650"\w*. 
\c 22  
\s1 David’s Song of Praise to the Lord 
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\v 1  \f + \fr 22:1  \fk Chapter 22 \ft This song is also found in Psalm 18.\f* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w sang|strong="H1696"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w song|strong="H7892"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H5337"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w Saul|strong="H7586"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 2 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w Rock|strong="H5553"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* fortress, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* place \w of|strong="H3068"\w* safety. 
\q2
\v 3 \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3467"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w the|strong="H3467"\w* \w Rock|strong="H6697"\w* I \w run|strong="H4498"\w* \w to|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H0430"\w* \w protection|strong="H2620"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3467"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w*; \w by|strong="H0430"\w* \w his|strong="H0430"\w* power I \w am|strong="H0430"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w*.\f + \fr 22:3  \fk by his power I am saved \ft Literally, “He is the horn of my salvation.”\f* 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3467"\w* hiding place, \w my|strong="H3467"\w* place \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w safety|strong="H3468"\w*, high \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3467"\w* hills. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w my|strong="H3467"\w* \w savior|strong="H3467"\w*, \w the|strong="H3467"\w* one 
\q2 \w who|strong="H0430"\w* rescues \w me|strong="H3467"\w* \w from|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3467"\w* cruel enemy. 
\q1
\v 4 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* worth \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w*! 
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\q1
\v 5 \w Waves|strong="H4867"\w* \w of|strong="H4194"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w* \w were|strong="H4194"\w* crashing around \w me|strong="H3588"\w*. 
\q2 \w A|strong="H3588"\w* \w deadly|strong="H4194"\w* flood was carrying \w me|strong="H3588"\w* away. 
\q1
\v 6 \w The|strong="H5437"\w* \w ropes|strong="H2256"\w* \w of|strong="H4194"\w* \w the|strong="H5437"\w* grave wrapped \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w me|strong="H5437"\w*. 
\q2 \w Death|strong="H4194"\w* \w set|strong="H5437"\w* its \w trap|strong="H4170"\w* right there \w in|strong="H7585"\w* front \w of|strong="H4194"\w* \w me|strong="H5437"\w*. 
\q1
\v 7 \w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w trouble|strong="H6862"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\q2 Yes, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w help|strong="H7775"\w*. 
\q1 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w help|strong="H7775"\w*. 
\q1
\v 8 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w shook|strong="H7493"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* shivered. 
\q2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w trembled|strong="H7264"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w shook|strong="H7493"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*! 
\q1
\v 9 \w Smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w nose|strong="H0639"\w*. 
\q2 \w Burning|strong="H0784"\w* flames \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H4480"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*. 
\q2 Red-hot \w coals|strong="H1513"\w* \w fell|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w him|strong="H0398"\w*. 
\q1
\v 10 \w He|strong="H5186"\w* tore open \w the|strong="H8478"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w came|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H5186"\w* stood \w on|strong="H8478"\w* \w a|strong="H5186"\w* \w thick|strong="H6205"\w*, \w dark|strong="H6205"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6205"\w*. 
\q1
\v 11 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w flew|strong="H5774"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sky, \w riding|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* \w Cherub|strong="H3742"\w* \w angel|strong="H5774"\w*, 
\q2 gliding \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wings|strong="H3671"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*. 
\q1
\v 12 \w He|strong="H2822"\w* wrapped \w himself|strong="H4325"\w* \w in|strong="H4325"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w that|strong="H4325"\w* covered \w him|strong="H7896"\w* \w like|strong="H5439"\w* \w a|strong="H7896"\w* tent. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H2822"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* hidden \w by|strong="H4325"\w* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* filled \w with|strong="H4325"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. 
\q1
\v 13 \w Out|strong="H0784"\w* \w of|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H5048"\w* \w brightness|strong="H5051"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w him|strong="H5048"\w*, 
\q2 flashes \w of|strong="H5048"\w* lightning came down. 
\q1
\v 14 \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w thundered|strong="H7481"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*. 
\q2 \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w Most|strong="H4480"\w* High \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w heard|strong="H6963"\w*. 
\q1
\v 15 \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6327"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* enemy \w with|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w*— 
\q2 \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w lightning|strong="H1300"\w* bolts \w that|strong="H7971"\w* threw \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w into|strong="H2000"\w* \w confusion|strong="H2000"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 16 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* shouted \w his|strong="H3068"\w* command, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H7200"\w* powerful \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* began \w to|strong="H3068"\w* blow.\f + \fr 22:16  \fk and … blow \ft Or “and a blast of breath came from his nose.”\f* 
\q1 \w Then|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* could \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* earth’s \w foundations|strong="H4146"\w* \w were|strong="H8398"\w* \w uncovered|strong="H1540"\w*. 
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\q1
\v 17 \w The|strong="H3947"\w* Lord \w reached|strong="H7971"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w above|strong="H4791"\w* \w and|strong="H7971"\w* grabbed \w me|strong="H7971"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H7971"\w* \w pulled|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* deep \w water|strong="H4325"\w*. 
\q1
\v 18 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w saved|strong="H5337"\w* \w me|strong="H8130"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w my|strong="H5337"\w* powerful \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, \w who|strong="H3588"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w me|strong="H8130"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* were \w too|strong="H4480"\w* \w strong|strong="H5794"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H8130"\w*, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saved|strong="H5337"\w* \w me|strong="H8130"\w*. 
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\v 19 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* attacked \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* trouble, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* support \w me|strong="H1961"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* was \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w* \w with|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w*, \w so|strong="H3318"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* rescued \w me|strong="H3318"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3318"\w* \w me|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* safe \w place|strong="H4800"\w*. 
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\v 21 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w rewarded|strong="H1580"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w doing|strong="H3027"\w* what \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H6666"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* good \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6666"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8104"\w* \w him|strong="H0430"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* turned \w against|strong="H8104"\w* \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* always remembered \w his|strong="H3605"\w* laws. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5493"\w* following \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w rules|strong="H2708"\w*. 
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\v 24 He knows \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w did|strong="H8104"\w* nothing \w that|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w wrong|strong="H5771"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H1961"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* myself \w from|strong="H1961"\w* sinning. 
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\v 25 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w rewarded|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* doing what \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H6666"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* could \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w innocent|strong="H6666"\w*. 
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\v 26 Lord, \w you|strong="H5973"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w those|strong="H5973"\w* \w who|strong="H1368"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* faithful. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H5973"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* good \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w those|strong="H5973"\w* \w who|strong="H1368"\w* \w are|strong="H1368"\w* good. 
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\v 27 \w You|strong="H5973"\w* never do wrong \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w those|strong="H5973"\w* \w who|strong="H6141"\w* \w have|strong="H5973"\w* done no wrong. 
\q2 \w But|strong="H6617"\w* \w you|strong="H5973"\w* outsmart \w the|strong="H5973"\w* wicked, no matter how clever they \w are|strong="H5973"\w*. 
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\v 28 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H6041"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w humble|strong="H6041"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H5921"\w* as soon as \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w see|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w proud|strong="H7311"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* humiliate \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. 
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\v 29 \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamp|strong="H5216"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H0859"\w*, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, turn \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* around \w me|strong="H3588"\w* into \w light|strong="H5050"\w*. 
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\v 30 \w With|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* help \w I|strong="H3588"\w* can defeat \w an|strong="H3588"\w* army. 
\q2 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w with|strong="H0430"\w* \w me|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* can climb over enemy \w walls|strong="H7791"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w God’s|strong="H0410"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8549"\w*. 
\q2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w promise|strong="H0565"\w* always proves \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w true|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* protects \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* trust \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*. 
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\v 32 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w except|strong="H1107"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\q2 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H4310"\w* \w Rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w except|strong="H1107"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. 
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\v 33 \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w my|strong="H1870"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w fortress|strong="H4581"\w*. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H0410"\w* clears \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H1870"\w* need \w to|strong="H1870"\w* take. 
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\v 34 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* makes \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w as|strong="H5975"\w* steady \w as|strong="H5975"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w deer|strong="H0355"\w*. 
\q2 \w Even|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* steep mountains \w he|strong="H5921"\w* keeps \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* falling. 
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\v 35 \w He|strong="H3027"\w* \w trains|strong="H3925"\w* \w me|strong="H3925"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* 
\q2 \w so|strong="H3027"\w* \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H3027"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* \w can|strong="H2220"\w* \w bend|strong="H5181"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* most powerful \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*. 
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\v 36 Lord, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w shield|strong="H4043"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* protect \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. 
\q2 \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H4043"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* help \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H5414"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* great. 
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\v 37 \w You|strong="H3808"\w* cleared \w a|strong="H3808"\w* path \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w my|strong="H8478"\w* \w feet|strong="H7166"\w* 
\q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H8478"\w* could walk \w without|strong="H3808"\w* stumbling. 
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\v 38 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* defeated \w them|strong="H7725"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H7291"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*. 
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\v 39 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H0398"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w struck|strong="H5307"\w* \w them|strong="H0398"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w again|strong="H6965"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*. 
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\v 40 Lord, \w you|strong="H6965"\w* made \w me|strong="H3766"\w* \w strong|strong="H2428"\w* \w in|strong="H6965"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H6965"\w* made \w my|strong="H6965"\w* \w enemies|strong="H6965"\w* fall \w before|strong="H8478"\w* \w me|strong="H3766"\w*. 
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\v 41 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w turn|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H6203"\w* run away. 
\q2 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H6789"\w* \w those|strong="H8130"\w* \w who|strong="H8130"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*. 
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\v 42 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w looked|strong="H8159"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w help|strong="H3467"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* cried \w out|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*. 
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\v 43 \w I|strong="H0776"\w* \w beat|strong="H7833"\w* my enemies \w to|strong="H0776"\w* pieces 
\q2 \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0776"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\q1 \w I|strong="H0776"\w* smashed \w them|strong="H7833"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* walked \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w them|strong="H7833"\w* 
\q2 \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w mud|strong="H2916"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0776"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*. 
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\v 44 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* saved \w me|strong="H8104"\w* \w from|strong="H1471"\w* those \w who|strong="H8104"\w* fought \w against|strong="H8104"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H5647"\w* ruler \w over|strong="H7218"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. 
\q2 \w People|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* now \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w*. 
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\v 45 \w Foreigners|strong="H5236"\w* fall helpless before \w me|strong="H1121"\w*! 
\q2 \w As|strong="H1121"\w* soon \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H8085"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w*, \w they|strong="H8085"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* ready \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w obey|strong="H8085"\w*. 
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\v 46 They lose all their courage 
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H2296"\w* out \w of|strong="H1121"\w* their hiding places shaking \w with|strong="H2296"\w* fear. 
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\v 47 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*! 
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H1288"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w Rock|strong="H6697"\w*! 
\q2 How \w great|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* saves \w me|strong="H7311"\w*! 
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\v 48 \w He|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H0410"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w who|strong="H0410"\w* punishes \w my|strong="H5414"\w* enemies \w for|strong="H8478"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, 
\q2 \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H0410"\w* \w who|strong="H0410"\w* \w puts|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* rule. 
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\v 49 \w He|strong="H0376"\w* \w saves|strong="H5337"\w* \w me|strong="H7311"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*! 
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\q1 \w You|strong="H6965"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w* \w me|strong="H7311"\w* defeat \w those|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w attack|strong="H6965"\w* \w me|strong="H7311"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H6965"\w* \w save|strong="H5337"\w* \w me|strong="H7311"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* cruel \w people|strong="H0376"\w*. 
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\v 50 \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*. 
\q2 \w That|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w sing|strong="H2167"\w* songs \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H3034"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*. 
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\v 51 \w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w help|strong="H3444"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* win battle \w after|strong="H2233"\w* battle. 
\q2 \w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w faithful|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H5704"\w* \w chosen|strong="H4899"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w*,\f + \fr 22:51  \fk your chosen one \ft Literally, “his anointed one.”\f* 
\q2 \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*! 
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\c  23  
\s1 David’s Last Words 
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\v 1 \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0428"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w last|strong="H0314"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w This|strong="H0428"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jesse|strong="H3448"\w*. 
\q2 \w This|strong="H0428"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w made|strong="H3448"\w* \w great|strong="H0430"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H0430"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* king \w chosen|strong="H4899"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w*, 
\q2 \w the|strong="H5002"\w* sweet singer \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.\f + \fr 23:1  \fk the sweet singer of Israel \ft Or “The most pleasant of the songs of Israel.”\f* 
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w Spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*. 
\q2 \w His|strong="H5921"\w* \w word|strong="H1696"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w*. 
\q2 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Rock|strong="H6697"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w me|strong="H1696"\w*, 
\q1 ‘Whoever \w rules|strong="H4910"\w* \w people|strong="H0120"\w* \w fairly|strong="H6662"\w*, 
\q2 \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w rules|strong="H4910"\w* \w with|strong="H1696"\w* respect \w for|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, 
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\v 4 \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w dawn|strong="H0216"\w*, 
\q2 \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H0776"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*. 
\q1 \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H0776"\w* \w like|strong="H0776"\w* \w sunshine|strong="H5051"\w* \w after|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H0776"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* 
\q2 \w that|strong="H3808"\w* makes \w tender|strong="H1877"\w* \w grass|strong="H1877"\w* grow \w from|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.’ 
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\v 5 “\w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w* \w strong|strong="H0410"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w secure|strong="H8104"\w*.\f + \fr 23:5  \fk God … secure \ft Or “Hasn’t God made my family strong?”\f* 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w forever|strong="H5769"\w*. 
\q1 \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* sure \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w was|strong="H1004"\w* 
\q2 \w good|strong="H2656"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w secure|strong="H8104"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\q1 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* victory. 
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* want! 
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\v 6 “\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w evil|strong="H1100"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w*. 
\q2 \w People|strong="H3808"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* hold \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w*. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* throw \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w If|strong="H0376"\w* \w someone|strong="H0376"\w* \w touches|strong="H5060"\w* \w them|strong="H0376"\w*, 
\q2 \w it|strong="H5060"\w* hurts \w like|strong="H0376"\w* \w a|strong="H0376"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w made|strong="H8313"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w iron|strong="H1270"\w*. 
\q1 Yes, evil \w people|strong="H0376"\w* \w are|strong="H0376"\w* \w like|strong="H0376"\w* thorns. 
\q2 \w They|strong="H0376"\w* \w will|strong="H0376"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* thrown \w into|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w will|strong="H0376"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w completely|strong="H8313"\w* \w burned|strong="H8313"\w*.” 
\s1 \w The|strong="H4390"\w* Three Heroes 
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\v 8 \w These|strong="H0428"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w names|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* special \w soldiers|strong="H1368"\w*: 
\p Josheb Basshebeth \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Tahkemonite\f + \fr 23:8  \fk Josheb Basshebeth the Tahkemonite \ft Or “Jashobeam the Hacmonite.” See 1 Chron. 11:11.\f* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* captain \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* king’s special forces.\f + \fr 23:8  \fk king’s special forces \ft A special group of soldiers who formed three-man squads and went on special missions for the king.\f* \w He|strong="H0834"\w* used \w his|strong="H5921"\w* spear \w to|strong="H5921"\w* kill 800 \w men|strong="H1368"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w*.\f + \fr 23:8  \fk Josheb Basshebeth … time \ft The Hebrew text here is unclear. The translation follows 1 Chron. 11:11 and the ancient Greek version.\f* 
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\v 9 Next, \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Dodai\f + \fr 23:9  \fk Eleazar son of Dodai \ft Or “Eleazar his cousin.”\f* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w when|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H0310"\w* challenged \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w had|strong="H3478"\w* \w gathered|strong="H0622"\w* \w for|strong="H8033"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*. \w The|strong="H0310"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* ran \w away|strong="H0622"\w*, 
\v 10 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* Eleazar \w stood|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* fought \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w became|strong="H7725"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w tired|strong="H3021"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* cramped \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* handle. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* won \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H0389"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* dead. 
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\v 11 Next \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* Shammah \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Agee|strong="H0089"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Harar. \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w together|strong="H0622"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* fight. \w They|strong="H8033"\w* fought \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w lentils|strong="H5742"\w*.\f + \fr 23:11  \fk lentils \ft Small round beans.\f* \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w ran|strong="H5127"\w* \w away|strong="H0622"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. 
\v 12 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* Shammah \w stood|strong="H3320"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w field|strong="H2513"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w defended|strong="H5337"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w defeated|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w*. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H6213"\w* Israel \w a|strong="H5221"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w victory|strong="H8668"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* day. 
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\v 13 \w Once|strong="H3381"\w* during \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w time|strong="H7218"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w at|strong="H2583"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w cave|strong="H4631"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w three|strong="H7970"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Thirty|strong="H7970"\w* Heroes\f + \fr 23:13  \fk Thirty Heroes \ft Or “the king’s special forces.” These men were David’s famous group of very brave soldiers. Also in verses 23, 24.\f* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* meet \w him|strong="H0413"\w* there. \w At|strong="H2583"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* same \w time|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w army|strong="H6010"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w camped|strong="H2583"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w Rephaim|strong="H7497"\w*.\f + \fr 23:13  \fk three … Rephaim \ft The Hebrew text here is hard to understand, but compare 1 Chron. 11:15.\f* 
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\v 14 Another \w time|strong="H0227"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w in|strong="H1035"\w* \w the|strong="H0227"\w* fortress, \w and|strong="H1732"\w* \w a|strong="H1732"\w* group \w of|strong="H1732"\w* \w Philistines|strong="H6430"\w* soldiers \w was|strong="H1732"\w* stationed \w in|strong="H1035"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*. 
\v 15 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* thirsty \w for|strong="H4325"\w* some \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H4325"\w* \w his|strong="H1732"\w* hometown, \w so|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Oh|strong="H4310"\w*, \w if|strong="H0834"\w* only \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w could|strong="H4310"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* some \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H4325"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w well|strong="H0877"\w* \w by|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w in|strong="H1035"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*.” 
\v 16 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w Heroes|strong="H1368"\w*\f + \fr 23:16  \fk Three Heroes \ft These were David’s three bravest soldiers. Also in verses 18, 22.\f* fought \w their|strong="H3068"\w* way \w through|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Philistine|strong="H6430"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* got some \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w well|strong="H0877"\w* \w near|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H8179"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*. \w They|strong="H0834"\w* \w took|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w it|strong="H5375"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* poured \w it|strong="H5375"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* ground \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w offering|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\v 17 David \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H5315"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* water. \w It|strong="H6213"\w* \w would|strong="H0014"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* risked \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H5315"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.” \w This|strong="H2063"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H3808"\w* David \w refused|strong="H0014"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* water. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w Heroes|strong="H1368"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many brave \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*. 
\s1 \w Other|strong="H0428"\w* Brave \w Soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* 
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\v 18 \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*. \w Abishai|strong="H0052"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w leader|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* Heroes. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* used \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* 300 enemies \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H2491"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* became \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Three|strong="H7969"\w*. 
\v 19 Abishai \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* famous \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* Heroes. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w leader|strong="H8269"\w*, \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w them|strong="H0935"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w there|strong="H8432"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w*, \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w Kabzeel|strong="H6909"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H5221"\w* powerful \w man|strong="H0376"\w*.\f + \fr 23:20  \fk powerful man \ft That is, a man from the warrior class. He is ready to protect his people in war.\f* \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w did|strong="H0376"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* brave \w things|strong="H8147"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* best \w soldiers|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w Moab|strong="H4124"\w*. \w One|strong="H0376"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* snowing, \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H8432"\w* \w a|strong="H5221"\w* hole \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* ground \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w a|strong="H5221"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*. 
\v 21 Benaiah \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* big \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* soldier. \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* Benaiah only \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w club|strong="H7626"\w*. \w He|strong="H0834"\w* grabbed \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Egyptian’s|strong="H4713"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w took|strong="H0853"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w away|strong="H1497"\w* \w from|strong="H3381"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* Benaiah \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Egyptian|strong="H4713"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w spear|strong="H2595"\w*. 
\v 22 \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3077"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* many more brave \w things|strong="H0428"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H1121"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w famous|strong="H8034"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1141"\w* \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* \w Heroes|strong="H1368"\w*. 
\v 23 Benaiah \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w* famous \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Thirty|strong="H7970"\w* Heroes, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* become \w a|strong="H7760"\w* member \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Three|strong="H7969"\w* Heroes. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H7760"\w* Benaiah \w the|strong="H0413"\w* leader \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H7760"\w* bodyguards. 
\s1 \w The|strong="H0413"\w* \w Thirty|strong="H7970"\w* Heroes 
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\v 24 \w The|strong="H3097"\w* following \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w among|strong="H0251"\w* \w the|strong="H3097"\w* \w Thirty|strong="H7970"\w* Heroes: 
\b
\li1 \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w*, \w the|strong="H3097"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*; 
\li1 \w Elhanan|strong="H0445"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Dodo|strong="H1734"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bethlehem|strong="H1035"\w*; 
\li1
\v 25 \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* \w the|strong="H8048"\w* \w Harodite|strong="H2733"\w*; 
\li1 \w Elika|strong="H0470"\w* \w the|strong="H8048"\w* \w Harodite|strong="H2733"\w*; 
\li1
\v 26 \w Helez|strong="H2503"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Paltite|strong="H6407"\w*; 
\li1 \w Ira|strong="H5896"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ikkesh|strong="H6142"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Tekoa|strong="H8621"\w*; 
\li1
\v 27 \w Abiezer|strong="H0044"\w* from \w Anathoth|strong="H6069"\w*; 
\li1 \w Mebunnai|strong="H4012"\w* \w the|strong="H0044"\w* \w Hushathite|strong="H2843"\w*; 
\li1
\v 28 \w Zalmon|strong="H6756"\w* \w the|strong="H4121"\w* \w Ahohite|strong="H0266"\w*; 
\li1 \w Maharai|strong="H4121"\w* from Netophah; 
\li1
\v 29 \w Heled|strong="H2460"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Netophah; 
\li1 \w Ithai|strong="H0863"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ribai|strong="H7380"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*; 
\li1
\v 30 \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w* \w the|strong="H1141"\w* \w Pirathonite|strong="H6553"\w*; 
\li1 \w Hiddai|strong="H1914"\w* from \w the|strong="H1141"\w* Brooks of \w Gaash|strong="H1608"\w*; 
\li1
\v 31 Abi Albon \w the|strong="H0045"\w* \w Arbathite|strong="H6164"\w*; 
\li1 \w Azmaveth|strong="H5820"\w* \w the|strong="H0045"\w* Barhumite; 
\li1
\v 32 \w Eliahba|strong="H0455"\w* \w the|strong="H3083"\w* \w Shaalbonite|strong="H8170"\w*; 
\li1 \w the|strong="H3083"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jashen|strong="H3464"\w*; 
\li1 \w Jonathan|strong="H3083"\w* 
\v 33 \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shammah|strong="H8048"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Harar; 
\li1 \w Ahiam|strong="H0279"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Sharar|strong="H8325"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Harar; 
\li1
\v 34 \w Eliphelet|strong="H0467"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahasbai|strong="H0308"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maacathite|strong="H4602"\w*; 
\li1 \w Eliam|strong="H0463"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ahithophel|strong="H0302"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gilonite|strong="H1526"\w*; 
\li1
\v 35 \w Hezro|strong="H2695"\w* \w the|strong="H2695"\w* \w Carmelite|strong="H3761"\w*; 
\li1 \w Paarai|strong="H6474"\w* \w the|strong="H2695"\w* \w Arbite|strong="H0701"\w*; 
\li1
\v 36 \w Igal|strong="H3008"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zobah|strong="H6678"\w*; 
\li1 \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w* \w the|strong="H5416"\w* \w Gadite|strong="H1425"\w*; 
\li1
\v 37 \w Zelek|strong="H6768"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w*; 
\li1 \w Naharai|strong="H5171"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* Beeroth (\w Naharai|strong="H5171"\w* \w carried|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w armor|strong="H3627"\w* \w for|strong="H3627"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zeruiah|strong="H6870"\w*); 
\li1
\v 38 \w Ira|strong="H5896"\w* \w the|strong="H5896"\w* \w Ithrite|strong="H3505"\w*; 
\li1 \w Gareb|strong="H1619"\w* \w the|strong="H5896"\w* \w Ithrite|strong="H3505"\w*; 
\li1
\v 39 \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hittite|strong="H2850"\w*. 
\b
\m \w There|strong="H3605"\w* were 37 \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*. 
\c 24  
\s1 David Decides to Count His Army 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* caused \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* turn \w against|strong="H2734"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “Go \w count|strong="H4487"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* people \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.” 
\p
\v 2 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w captain|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H4994"\w* \w through|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w*,\f + \fr 24:2  \fk Dan to Beersheba \ft This means the whole nation of Israel, north and south. Dan was a town in the northern part of Israel, and Beersheba was in the southern part of Judah. Also in verse 15.\f* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w count|strong="H4557"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w many|strong="H4557"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w*.” 
\p
\v 3 \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w May|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w give|strong="H3254"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* 100 \w times|strong="H6471"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, no \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* \w how|strong="H4100"\w* \w many|strong="H4100"\w* \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w*! \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w happen|strong="H1697"\w*. \w But|strong="H7200"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H4100"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*?” 
\p
\v 4 \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w strongly|strong="H2388"\w* commanded \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* other \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* count \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*. \w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* count \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 
\v 5 \w After|strong="H0413"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w crossed|strong="H5674"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jordan|strong="H3383"\w* \w River|strong="H5158"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H0834"\w* \w their|strong="H8432"\w* \w camp|strong="H2583"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Aroer|strong="H6177"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w side|strong="H3225"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. (\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w middle|strong="H8432"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* \w of|strong="H8432"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* way \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jazer|strong="H3270"\w*.) 
\p
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* east \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w*, \w all|strong="H5439"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* way \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Tahtim Hodshi. \w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* north \w to|strong="H0413"\w* Dan Jaan \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Sidon|strong="H6721"\w*. 
\v 7 \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fort \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*. \w They|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Hivites|strong="H2340"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w south|strong="H5045"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w southern|strong="H5045"\w* part \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\v 8 \w It|strong="H3605"\w* \w took|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H0935"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* 20 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w them|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w through|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* 20 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w back|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. 
\p
\v 9 \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w list|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* 800,000 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w could|strong="H0376"\w* \w use|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*. \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* 500,000 \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. 
\s1 \w The|strong="H0853"\w* Lord Punishes David 
\p
\v 10 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w felt|strong="H5608"\w* ashamed \w after|strong="H0310"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w counted|strong="H5608"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w*! \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w beg|strong="H4994"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*, forgive \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*. \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w been|strong="H6258"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5528"\w*.” 
\p
\v 11 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H0559"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, \w David’s|strong="H1732"\w* \w seer|strong="H2374"\w*: 
\v 12 “\w Go|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, ‘\w This|strong="H3541"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3541"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H0559"\w*: \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* ways \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w can|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* punished. \w Choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* want.’” 
\p
\v 13 \w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “Choose \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w these|strong="H1931"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w*: \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*\f + \fr 24:13  \fk seven \ft 1 Chron. 21:12 and the ancient Greek version have “three.”\f* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*, \w being|strong="H1961"\w* \w chased|strong="H7291"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* enemies \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w disease|strong="H1697"\w* \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. \w Think|strong="H7200"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w decide|strong="H7200"\w* \w which|strong="H1931"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w you|strong="H0518"\w* want. \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w must|strong="H0518"\w* \w give|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w one|strong="H1931"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*.” 
\p
\v 14 \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w*, “\w This|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* terrible situation \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w better|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* punished \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w than|strong="H7227"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w anyone|strong="H0120"\w* \w else|strong="H3027"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* merciful.” 
\p
\v 15 \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* disease \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w It|strong="H5414"\w* began \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* continued \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* chosen \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* stop. \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w Dan|strong="H1835"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Beersheba|strong="H0884"\w* 70,000 \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*. 
\v 16 \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* raised \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w* \w over|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w ready|strong="H6258"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*, \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* felt \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w sorry|strong="H5162"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H5973"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “That’s \w enough|strong="H7227"\w*! \w Put|strong="H7971"\w* \w down|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w arm|strong="H3027"\w*.” \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD’S|strong="H3068"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w*\f + \fr 24:16  \fk Araunah \ft Also spelled “Ornan.” Also in verses 18, 22, 24.\f* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.\f + \fr 24:16  \fk Jebusite \ft A person who lived in Jerusalem before the Israelites took the city. “Jebus” was the old name for Jerusalem.\f* 
\s1 \w David|strong="H5973"\w* Buys Araunah’s \w Threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w Floor|strong="H1637"\w* 
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\v 17 \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w angel|strong="H4397"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*! \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w*! \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* only \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H0595"\w* \w told|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*—\w they|strong="H3068"\w* only followed \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* nothing \w wrong|strong="H2398"\w*. \w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w punishment|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w family|strong="H1004"\w*.” 
\p
\v 18 \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w build|strong="H6965"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Jebusite|strong="H2983"\w*.” 
\v 19 \w So|strong="H5927"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w Gad|strong="H1410"\w* \w told|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H6680"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w*. \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* wanted \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w see|strong="H0834"\w* Araunah. 
\v 20 \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* David \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w officers|strong="H5650"\w* \w coming|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H0639"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*. 
\v 21 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*?” 
\p \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w buy|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H5650"\w* \w can|strong="H0935"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* disease \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H6113"\w*.” 
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\v 22 \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, “\w My|strong="H7200"\w* \w lord|strong="H0113"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w you|strong="H7200"\w* \w can|strong="H7200"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w anything|strong="H3627"\w* \w you|strong="H7200"\w* want \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* sacrifice. Here \w are|strong="H5869"\w* some \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offering|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w threshing|strong="H4173"\w* boards \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w yokes|strong="H3627"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*. 
\v 23 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*!” \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w May|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7521"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.” 
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\v 24 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Araunah|strong="H0728"\w*, “\w No|strong="H3808"\w*! \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H0853"\w* \w pay|strong="H3701"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* everything. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w offer|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w cost|strong="H4242"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w*.” 
\p \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* 50 \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*. 
\v 25 \w Then|strong="H5927"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w an|strong="H1129"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w peace|strong="H8002"\w* \w offerings|strong="H8002"\w*. 
\p \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6279"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w prayer|strong="H6279"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w country|strong="H0776"\w*. \w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w stopped|strong="H6113"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* disease \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. 