Darziar aismissed. 11. SAMUEL. CHAP. XX. Sheba's revolt. while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, our king? And the words of the men Come thou over with me, and I will of Judah were fiercer than the words feed thee with me in Jerusalem. of the men of Israel. 24 And Barzillar said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem ? 35 1am this day fourscore years old; and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing-men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? We AND there happened to be there a 3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn women his concubines, whom he had back again, that I may die in mine own left to keep the house, and put them city, and be buried by the grave of my in ward, and fed them, but went not father and of my mother: but behold in unto them: so they were shut up thy servant Chimham; let him go over unto the day of their death, living iù with my lord the king; and do to bim widowhood. what shall seem good unto thee. 4 T Then said the king to Amaṇa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present, 5 So Amasa went to assemble the 33 And the king auswered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee; and whatsoever thou shalt remen of Judah: but he tarried longer quire of me, that will I do for thee. than the set time which he had ap pointed him. 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place. 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri ́do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, after him, lest he get bim fenced cities, and Chimham went on with him and jand escape us. all the people of Judah conducted the 7 And there went out after him Joab's king, and also half the people of Is-men, and the Cheretrites, and the Perael. 41 T And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the ting, Why have our brethren, the mei. Judah, stolen thee away, and have org the king and his house. hold, and a.. David's men with him, over Jordan ? lethites, and all the mighty meu; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri, S When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasă went be fore them; and Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened 42 And all the men of Judah answer-upon his loins in the sheath thereof; ed the men of Israel, Because the king and as he went forth it fell out. is near of kin to us: wherefore then 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou be ye angry for this matter? have we in health, my brother? And Joab tooà eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered 10 But Amasa took no heed to the the men of Judah, and said, We have sword that was in Joab's hand: so le ten parts in the king, and we have also smote him therewith in the fifth rib, more right in David than ye: why and shed out his bowels to the ground, Amasa stain. CHAP. XXI. Sheba beheaded. and struck him not again: and he 22 Then the woman went unto all died. So Joab and Abishai his brother the people in her wisdom. And they pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri, cut off the head of Sheba, the son of 11. And one of Joab's men stood by | Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, he blew a trumpet, and they retired and be that is for David, let him go from the city, every man to his tent. after Joab. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king, 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when 23 ¶ Now Joab was over all the host the man saw that all the people stood of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jestill, he removed Amasă out of the|hoiada was over the Cherethites and highway into the field,and cast a cloth over the Pelethites: upon him, when he saw that every 24 And Adoram was over the trib one that came by him stood still. ute: and Jehosaphat the son of Abi lud was recorder: 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 14 T And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel,and to Bethmaachab, and all the Berites; and; they were gathered together, and went a'so after hin. 15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray vou, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 25 And Sheba was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 26 And Ira also the Jarite was a chief ruler about David. CHAP. XXI. HEN there was a famine in the Tdays of David three years, year 17 And when he was coine near unto them in his zeal to the children of La her, the woman said, Art thou Joab?rael and Judah :) And he answered, I am he. Then she 3 Wherefore David said unto the said unto him, Hear the words of thy | Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? handmaid. And he answered, I do and wherewith shall I make the atonehear. ment, that ye may bless the inherit auce of the LORD? 18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, say 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, mg, They shall surely ask counsel at We will have no silver nor gold of Abel: and so they ended the matter. Saul, nor of his house; neither for 19. I am one of them that are peace-us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. able and faithful in Israel: thou seek-And he said, What ye shall say, that est to destroy a city and a mother in will I do for you. Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the 5 And they answered the king, The inheritance of the Loud? man that consumed us, and that de20 And Joab answered and said, Farvised against us that we should be De it, far be it from me, that I should destroyed from remaining in any of swellow up or destroy. the coasts of Israel, 21 The matter is not so: but a man 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivof mount Ephraim, Sheba the son offered unto us, and we will hang them Bichri by name, hath lifed up his up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, hand against the king, even against whom the Lonu did choose. And the David: deliver him only, and I will king said, I will give them. depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall 7 But the king spared Mephiboshetb, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the Lond's oath that was Saul's sons siain. II. SAMUEL. Danid's thanksgiving. between them, between David and David sware unto him, saying, Thou Jonathan the son of Saul. shalt go no more out with us to battle, 8 But the king took the two sons of that thou quench not the light of Israel. Rizpah the daughter of Aiab, whom 18 And it came to pass after this, that she bare unto Saul, Armoui and Me-there was again a battle with the phibosheth; and the five sons of Mi-|Philistines al Gob: then Sibbechai the chal, the daughter of Saul, whom she Hushathite slew Saph, which was of brought up from Adriel the son of Bar-the sons ofthe giant. zillai the Meholathite: 19 And there was again a battle in 9 And he delivered them into the Gob with the Philistines, where Elbanands of the Gibeonites, and they hang-nan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethed them in the hill before the LORD: lebemite, slew the brother of Goliath and they fell all seven together, and the Gittite, the staff of whose spear were put to death in the days of har-was like a weaver's beam. vest, in the first days, in the begin- 20 And there was yet a battle in ning of barley-harvest. Gath, where was a man of great stat 10 T And Rizpali the daughter of Ai-ure,that had on every hand six fingers, ah took sackcloth, and spread it for and on every foot six toes, four and her upon the rock, from the beginning twenty in number; and he also was of harvest until water dropped upon boru to the giant. them out of heaven, and suffered nei-] 21 And when he defiled Israel, Jonther the birds of the air to rest on athan the son of Shimeah the brother them by day, nor the beasts of the field of David slew him. by night. 22 These four were born to the giant 11 And it was told David what Riz-in Gath, and fell by the hand of David pal the daughter of Aiab, the concu-and by the hand of his servants. bine of Saul, bad done, 12 ↑ And David went and took the CHAP. XXII. ND David spake unto the LORD boues of Saul and the bones of Jona-Ahe words of this song, in the day than his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from chat the LORD had delivered him out The street of Beth-shan,where the Phil- of the hand of all his enemies, and istines had hanged them, when the out of the band of Saul: Philistines bad slain Saul in Gilboa: 2 And he said,The Lorn is my rock, 13 And he brought up from thence and my fortress, and my deliverer; the bones of Saul and the bones of Jon- 3 The God of my rock; in him will atban his son; and they gathered the I trust; he is my shield, and the horn bones of them that were banged. of my salvation, my high tower, and 14 And the bones of Saul and Jona- my refuge, my saviour; thou savest than his son buried they in the country me from violence. of Benjamin in Zelab, in the sepulchre 4 I will call on the Lond who is worof Kish his father: and they performed thy to be praised: so shall I be saved all that the king commanded. And from mine enemies. after that God was entreated for the and. 15 ¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philis tine, and killed him. Then the men of 5 When the waves of death compassed me,the floods of ungodly men inade me afraid; 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; 7 In my distress I called upon the Lond, and cried to my God; and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. David's psalm CHAP. XXII. of thanksgiving. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and and the LORD will lighten my dark came down ; and darkness was under his feet. 11. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. ness. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, bis way is perfect; Uie word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in bim. 32 For who is God, save the Lonu? and who is a rock, save our God? 33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. 34 He maketh my feet like hinds' 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows, and scat-feet and setteth me upon my ligh tered them; lightning, and discomfit-[places. ed them. arms. 35 He teacheth my hands to war; so 16 And the channels of the sea ap-that a bow of steel is broken by mine peared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity but the LORD was my stay 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. 40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up 21 The LORD rewarded me, accord-Jagainst me hast thou subdued under ing to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands bath he recompensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly depart ed from my God. 23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. 25 Therefore the Loan hath recompensed me according to my righteous ness; according to my cleanness in his eye-sight. me. 41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 42 They looked, but there was one to save; cvcn unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. 45 Strangers shall submit theraselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they 26 With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt show thy-shall be obedient unto me. self pure; and with the froward thou 46 Strangers shall fade away, wilt show thyself unsavoury. they shall be afraid out of their close places. 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save; but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29. For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and 47 The Lonp liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 45 It is God that avengeth me, and David's last words. 11. SAMUEL David's mighty men. that bringeth down the people under until his nand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the me, 49 And that bringeth me forth from Lond wrought a great victory that mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me day; and the people returned after up on high above them that rose up him only to spoil. against me: thou hast delivered me 11 And after him was Shammah the from the violent man. son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fed from the Philistines. 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. 13. And three of the thirty chiefs went 14 And David was then in a bold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! 4. And he shall be as the light of the 16 And the three mighty men brake morning when the sun riseth, even a through the host of the Philistines, morning without clouds; as the ten-aud drew water out of the well of der grass springing out of the earth Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and by clear shining after rain. took it and brought it to David; neyertheless he would not drink thereof but poured it out unto the Lord. 17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this; is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he wouhl not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 6 ¶ But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the stall of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. 18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiali, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. 8 These be the names of the mighty 19 Was be not most honourable of men whom David had: The Tach-three? therefore he was their captain. monite that sat in the seat, chief among howbeit he attained not unto the first the captains; the same was Adino the three. Eznite: he lifted up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9. And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the inen of Israel were gone away. 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzcel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion-like men of Moab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: 21 And he slew an Egyptian,a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in bis hand; but he went down to him 10 He arose, and smote thePhilistines [with a staff; and plucked the spear out |