cir. 1022. CHAP. XX. He is beheaded. Before CHRIST cir. 1022. shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Heb. des after Sheba the son of Bichri. 11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the high 1 By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba maketh a was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: a ch. 19. 43. and he blew a trumpet, and said, "We have no part in David, neither have we 61 Kings 12. inheritance in the son of Jesse: "every man to his tents, O Israel. 16. 2 Chron. 10. 16. & 16. 21, 22. + Heb. an house of 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. C 3¶ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten e ch. 15. 16. women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in +ward, and fed them, but went not in ward. unto them. So they were shut up +Heb.bound. unto the day of their death, †living in dowhood of widowhood. life. + Heb. in wi d ch. 19. 13. 4¶ Then said the king to Amasa, d+As+ Heb. Call. semble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 1 Kings 1.33. 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 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 after him, lest + Heb. deli- he get him fenced cities, and escape us. 7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the 'Cherethites, and the Pe1 Kings 1.38. lethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. ver himself from our eyes. f ch. 8. 18. 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. bled not his stroke. k 2 Kings 15 29. 2 Chron. 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gather- 164 ed together, and went also after him. 16 ¶ Then cried a wise woman out of threw down. the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying, || They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. 21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against Heb. by his the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 14 15 22 Then the woman went unto all the people "in her wisdom. And they cut eles. S off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. Before 23¶ Now Joab was over all the host cir. 1022 of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoi6 ch. 8. 16, ada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: p1 Kings 4. 18. 24 And Adoram was over the trich. & 16 bute: and "Jehoshaphat the son of AhiKings 4-3 lud was || recorder: ¡Or, remem brancer. reh.6.17 Kings 44sch. 23. 38. 1 Or, a 25 And Sheva was scribe: and 'Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 26 And Ira also the Jairite was Prince Gen. chief ruler about David. 41.45 Exod. 2. 16. ch.8. 18. 1021. +Heb. sought the CHAP. XXI. a 1 The three years' famine for the Gibeonites HEN there was a famine in the days Tuf David three years, year after year; and David †enquired of the LORD. fact, c. See And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. Namb. 27. 21. 15, 16, 17. 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites 1 Josh. 9-3 were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) 5 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, bch. 22. 19. that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, ; Or, It is We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, gold that we nor of his house; neither for us shalt with Sauter thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them. 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of 'Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of || Michal the Heb. bare daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: chal's sister. Seven of Saul's sons hanged. CHRIST of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them Before in the hill before the LORD: and they cir. 1019. fell all seven together, and were put to g ch. 6. 17. death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. 3.7. 21.93. 10 ¶ And Rizpah the daughter of hver. 8. ch. Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, 'from the beginning of i See Deut. harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, 1 Sam. 31. which had stolen them from the street of 11, 12, 13. Beth-shan, where the Philistines had 11 Sam. 31. hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in "Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that " God was intreated for the land. 15¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went cir. 1018. 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 10r,Rapha. spear weighed three hundred shekels of Heb. the staff, or, the brass in weight, he being girded with a head. new sword, thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go ch. 18. 3no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the P+light of Israel. David's psalms of thanksgiving Before CHRIST 1018. 1 Or, reproached, 1 Sam. 17. 10, 25, 26. u 1 Sam. 16. 9, Shammah. x 1 Chron. 20.8 a Exod. 15. 1. Judg. 5.1. b Ps. 18. title. & Ps. 34. 19. e Deut. 32. 4. Ps. 18. 2, &c. & 31.3. & 71.3. & 91. 2. & 144.2. d Hebr. 2.13. f Luke 1.69. e Gen. 15. 1. g Prov. 18. 10. h Ps. 9. 9.& 14.6. & 59. 16. & 71. 7. Jer. 16. 19. Or, pangs. + Heb. Belial. 1 Or, cords. iPs. 116. 3. k P's. 116. 4. Jonah 2. 2. Ps. 34. 6, 15, m Jndg. S n Job 26. 11. + Heb. by. Ps. 97. 3. Hebr. 12. 29. Hab. 3. 5. Pe. 144. 5Isai. 64. 1. q Exod. 20. 21. 1 Kings 8. 12. Ps. 97. 2. 2 SAMUEL. 21 And when he || defied Israel, Jonathan the son of "Shimeah the brother of David slew him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. CHAP. XXII. A psalm of thanksgiving for God's powerful my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. d 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he re22 For I have kept the ways of the compensed me. & 118. 5- P. 22. 8. d ver. 25 Sam. 26. 332. P. 7. 23. 1 Kings 8. e Ps. 24. 4 Gen. 18. 19. AND David spake unto the LORD the LORD, and have not wickedly departed. 1. Prov 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; din him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. h 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death compass- 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me 8 Then the earth shook and trem- 9 There went up a smoke + out of his nostrils, and "fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and Ps. 104.3 did fly: and he was seen 'upon the wings of the wind. 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 the LORD will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have || run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is || tried: he is buckler to all them that trust in him. 32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? 53 God is my strength and power: and he +maketh my way perfect. 34 He+maketh my feet "like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places, + Hebrid 35 He teacheth my hands to war; eth, or, loca so that a bow of steel is broken by mines Hebr. 13 arms. r 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath +made me great. & 119. 140. Prov. 30. 5- Exod. 15 2. Ps. 27. 1. & 28.7, 8. & 31.4 12.2 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps un-ch. 2. 18. der me; so that my + feet did not slip. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and 13 Isai 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. a b y F. L. + Heb. for the war. +Heb. maitiplied me. 2 Prov. 42 + Heb. a Mal. 4-3 40 For thou hast girded me with ankles. strength to battle: them that rose up b Ps. 18. No2, against me hast thou + subdued under me. 39 e Ps 445 41 Thou hast also given me the necks + Heb of mine enemies, that I might destroyed to bo them that hate me. e Gen. 4. & Exod. 23. ST. Josh. 10. 24 e Job 2-$ 42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he Prov. A answered them not. Isai. 1. 15 David's last words. Before CHRIST 1018. СНАР. ХХПІ. 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 7. P. 35-5 them abroad. fa Kings 13 Dan. 2. 35 g Isai. 10. 6. Zech. 10. 5 44 Thou also hast delivered me from V the strivings of my people, thou hast kept h ch. 3. 1. & me to be head of the heathen: * a people which I knew not shall serve me. 1.& 199, 14. & 20. 1, 2, 22. i Deut. k 45 Strangers shall submit then13. ch. 8.1, selves unto me: as soon as they hair, Isa. 55. 5. they shall be obedient unto me. -14. Ps. 2.8. + Heb. Sons of the stranger. 1 Or, wield frigned obedence. ↑ Heb. lic. See Deut.3323. Ps. 66.3. & 81. 15 1 Mic. 7. 17. m Ps. 89. 26. + Heb. gio dh avenge 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. 47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the "rock of my salvation. 48 It is God that †avengeth me, and that "bringeth down the people under ne, 49 And that bringeth me forth fram mine enemies: thou also hast lifted ne 1 Sam. 25.39. up on high above them that rose up ch. 18. 1931 against me: thou hast delivered me fron P. 140. 1. the ° violent man. Rom. 15.9. ment for me. a Ps. 144, 2. 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, "the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleh over men must be just, ruling in the far of God. 4 And the shall be as the light of the 1253 morning, when the sun riseth, even a 15ds- $31. morning without clouds; as the tender FRO. 4-18 grass springing out of the earth by clar Sce P. 3. shining after rain. 5 Although my house be not so with 15 God; yet he hath made with me n 153 everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, aid all my desire, although he make it not o grow. 6 But the sons of Belial shall be all ɔf them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 7 But the man that shall touch them ↑ Hebelled. must be †fenced with iron and the stiff of a spear; and they shall be uttely burned with fire in the same place. A catalogue of David's mighty men. CHRIST Tachmonite, three. 8 ¶ These be the names of the mighty Before men whom David had: || The Tachmon- 1018. ite that sat in the seat, chief among the or, Joshebcaptains; the same was Adino the Ez- bassebet the nite: he lift up his spear against eight head of the hundred, † whom he slew at one time. 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three +Heb. stain. mighty men with David, when they defied h1 Chron. the Philistines that were there gathered 4 together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: 14 And David was then in an hold, nch. 5. 18. and the garrison of the Philistines was 4,5 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! 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless 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 jeo- PLev. 17, 18, pardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. A catalogue of David's mighty men. 2 SAMUIL. David numbereth the people. +lionlike men of Moab: he went down I moved David against them to say, Go, also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit nunber Israel and Judah. + Heb. lions in time of snow: Before CHRIST 1018. of God. + Heb. a night: call 21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodman of coun- ly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in tenance, or his hand; but he went down to him with ed, 1 Chron, a staff, and plucked the spear out of the of great sta- Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 11.23, a man Lure. Or, honourable among. the thirty. t ch. 8. 18. & 20. 23 Or, council. + Heb. at his command. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. 23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. 24 "Asahel the brother of Joab was 1 Sam.22.14. one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of u ch. 2. 18. Dodo of Beth-lehem, x See 1 Chron. 11. 27. 25 *Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Before CHRIST 1017. : For the king said to Joab the cap- b1 Chron. tai of the host, which was with him, 27. 23, 24Co now through all the tribes of Israel, 1 Or, Comfrom Dan even to Beer-sheba, and num- eJudg. 20. 1. ber ye the people, that I may know the d Jer. 17.5 number of the people. 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfoll, and that the eyes of my lord the kirg may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 51 And they passed over Jordan, and piched in Aroer, on the right side of Deut. 2. 36. the city that lieth in the midst of the 27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebun-iver of Gad, and toward 'Jazer: nai the Hushathite, 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, a ch. 1 3,6. 39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. 1017. a ch. 21. 1. Satan, See 1 Chron. 21. 1. James 1. 13, 14 CHAP. XXIV. 1 David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the people. 5 The captains, in nine months and twenty days, bring the muster of thirteen hundred thousand fighting men. 10 David, having three plagues propounded by Gad, repenteth, and chooseth the three 'days' pestilence. 15 After the death of threescore and ten thousand, David by repentance preventeth the destruction of Jerusalem. 18 David, by Gad's direction, purchaseth Araunah's threshing floor: where having sacrificed, the plague stayeth. AND again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he L'Or, valley. f Numb. 32. 1,3 Josh-19-47 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they Or, nether land newly, came to Dan-jaan, and about to "Zidon, inhabited. 7 And came to the strong hold of f Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, h Josh. 19. aid of the Canaanites: and they went 28. Judg. 18 out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 1 Chroa. 21. 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: 1and i See there were in Israel eight hundred thou-s said valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. 10 And David's heart smote him k1 Sam. 24. after that he had numbered the people. Aid David said unto the LORD, I have 1 ch. 12. 13simed greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have one very foolishly. 11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came uno the prophet "Gad, David's secr, n 1 Sam. 22. saying, 2 Go and say unto David, Thus saih the LORD, I offer thee three things; chose thee one of them, that I may do it into thee. S01 Sam. 9e Chron. 29 29. |