Abner is slain by Joab. 0 B. C. her from her husband, even from 28 T And afterward when David about 1048. Phaltiel the son of Laish. heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: Heb. going and weeping. 01 Sam. 25. 44, Phalti. p ch. 19. 16. † Heb. both yesterday and the third day. q ver. 9. 16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to P Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. 17 ¶ And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David †in times past to be king over you: 18 Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 19 And Abner also spake in the ears r1 Chr. 12. 29. of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. . ver. 10, 12. t 1 Kings 11. 37. 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. 21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and 3will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 22 T And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, u 1 Sam. 29. 6. and to know "thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. Is. 37. 28. So ch. 20.9, 10. 26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. | B. C. about 1048. † Heb. bloods. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in e ch. 2. 23. the battle. 31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you & Josh. 7.6. with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. ch. 1. 2, 11. e Gen. 37. 34. † Heb. bed. 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a 'fool ch. 15. 12, 13, dieth? 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest † Heb. chil thou. And all the people wept again over him. 35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down. i dren of iniquity. ch. 12. 17. Jer. 16. 7. Ruth 1. 17. i ch. 1. 12. 27 And when Abner was returned x1 Kings 2.5. to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, AND when Saul's son heard that Or, peaceably. y ch. 4. 6. z ch. 2. 23. that he died, for the blood of 2 Asahel his brother. a 1 Kings 25, 6, 33, 34. Ps. 28. 4. & 62. 12. 2 Tim. 4. 14. Abner was dead in Hebron, his a Ezra 4. 4. hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were b troubled. 18. 13. 7. b Matt. 2. S Ish-bosheth murdered. B. C. 2 And Saul's son had two men that | bosheth, and buried it in the "sepulabout 1018. were captains of bands: the name of chre of Abner in Hebron. the one was Baanah, and the name +Heb. second. of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children Josh. 18. 25. of Benjamin: for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin : 4 Neh. 11. 33. e ch. 9.3. f1 Sam. 29. 1, IL 3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until day. CHAPTER V. The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David king over Israel. 4 His age. 6 He taketh Zion from the Jebusites and dwelleth in it. 11 Hiram sendeth to David. 13 Eleven sons are born to David in Jerusalem. 17 He smiteth the Philistines at Baal-perazim, 22 and again at the mulberry trees. a B. C. about 1048. n ch. 3. 32. THEN came all the tribes of Is-a1 Chr. 11. 1. his dad Jonathan, Saul's son, had Trael to David unto Hebron, and e a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan 'out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Or, Merib. Mephibosheth. Earl, 1 Chr. 2.34. & 9.40. ch. 2. 23. 10, 11. & 23. 15. & 25. 29. 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. 8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine 1 Sam 19.2, enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who Phath redeemed my soul out of all ad 6 ¶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in Or, saying, hither. 7 Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. "Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. 10 When one told me, saying, Be-house. hold, Saul is dead, † thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who Oh thought that I would have given him ard I gave a reward for his tidings: bim for his adings. was the re Gen. 9. 5,6. ch. 1. 15. 11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now 'require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? 12 And David m commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish David shall not, &c. m ver. 9. 1 Kings 2. 10. & 8. 1. n1 Chr. 11. 6 9. Or, Because "they had said even the blind and the lame, He shall not come into the house. o ver. 7. 10 And David went on, and grew† Heb. went going and great, and the LORD God of hosts was growing. with him. 11 ¶ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house. 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 13 And David took him more about 1043. + Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall. P1 Kings 5.2. 1 Chr. 14. 1. q Deut. 17. 17. 1 Chr. 3, 9. & 14. 3. 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in JerusaOr, Shimea, lem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 1 Chr. 3. 5. || Or, Elisha ma, 1 Chr. 3. 6. Or, Beeliada, 1 Chr. 14. 7. 1 Chr. 11. 16. & 14. 8. 1047. t ch. 23. 14. u Josh. 15. 8. Is. 17. 5. I ch. 2. 1. 4. & 30. 8. The ark brought to Zion. all the people that were with him 3 And they set the ark of God up- 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. 17But when the Philistines heard 19 And David inquired of the 1 Sam. 23. 2, LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. e So 2 Kings 7.6. d Judg. 4. 14. b 23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gib- | Or, The hill. eah, accompanying the ark of God: † Heb. with and Ahio went before the ark. b 1 Sam. 4. 4. Ps. 80. 1. c See Num. 7. 9. 1 Sam. 6, 7 5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir1 Sam. 7. 1. wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 6 ¶ And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. e 1 Chr. 13. 9, Chidon. I See Num. 4. 15. Or, stumbled. 8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon + Heb. broken. Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the arkh Ps. 119. 120. of the LORD come to me? 10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD 24 And let it be, when thou hear-blessed Obed-edom, and all his house-1 Gen. 30. 27. 25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the 1 Chr. 14. 16, Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. 12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. m So David went and brought m1 Chr. 15.25. up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was so, that when "they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. n Num. 4. 15. Josh. 3. S. 1 Chr. 15. 2, 15. o See 1 Kings 8. 5. 1 Chr. 15 26. 14 And David Pdanced before the LORD with all his might; and David P See Ex. 15. was girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 20. Ps. 30. 11. q 1 Sam. 2. 18. 1 Chr. 15, 2. : r1 Chr. 15, 28. 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's 1 Chr. 15. 29. daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. #1 Chr. 16. 3. about 1042. * Pa. 30, title. b. 14, 16. 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. 20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered him 1 Sam. 19. 24. self to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! Judg. 9. 4. Or, openly. 4: Sam. 13. 14. 15. 28. . Or, of the bermaids of my serv с 21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel therefore will I play before the LORD. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day 14 Matt 1. of her death. • See 1 Sam. 15. 15. 18. 22. AND it came w, and the LORD had given him rest round about 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, 1 Kings 8.17, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. 18. 1 Chr. 22. 7.& 23.2. God's promises to David. that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, B. C. 1042. servant, to f See 1 Kings 5 Go and tell my servant David, Heb. to my Thus saith the LORD, 'Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have i walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with "any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me a house of cedar? h Ex. 40. 18, 19, 34. i Lev.26.11,12. Deut. 23. 14. any of the judges, 1 Chr. 17. 6. k ch. 5. 2. Ps. 78. 71, 72. 11 Sam. 16. 11, 12. Ps. 78. 70. 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 'I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the Heb. from sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: after. m1 Sam. 18.14. ch. 5. 10. & 8. 6, 14. 9 And I was with thee 'whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, Heb. from and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. thy face. n 1 Sam. 31.6. Ps. 89. 23. o Gen. 12. 2. 80. 8. Jer. 24. 6. Am. 9. 15. 10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will Pplant P Ps. 44. 2. & them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wick-a Ps. 89. 22. edness afflict them any more, as beforetime, 11 And as "since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have 'caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee a house. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did 4 ¶ And it came to pass that night, Nathan speak unto David. 28. & 16. 14. e ver. 13. David's thanksgiving. B. C. 1042. f Gen. 32. 10. g ver. 12, 13. h Is. 55. 8. i Gen. 18. 19. Ps. 139. 1. k1 Chr. 16. 25. 2 Chr. 2. 5. Ps. 48. 1. & 86. 10. & 96. 4. & 135, 5. & 145.3. Jer. 10. 6. 1 Deut. 3. 24. & 4. 35, & 32. 39. 1 Sam. 2. 2. Ps. 86. 8. & II. SAMUEL. 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, 'Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto ? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. He subdueth his enemies. B. C. 1040. that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took a1 Chr. 18, 1, Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. &c. Or, The "bridle of Ammah. b Num. 24. 17. 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's d Ps. 72. 10. See 1 Sam. servants, and brought gifts. 10. 27. c ver. 6, & 14. rezer, 1 Chr. 18. 3. 3 David smote also Hadadezer, Or, Hada the son of Rehob, king of * Zobah, as he went to recover 'his border at the river Euphrates. e ch. 10. 6. Ps. 60, title. 4. Or, of his. As 1 Chr. 18 4 And David took from him a thou- | 22 Wherefore thou art great, Osand chariots, and seven hundred LORD God for 'there is none like horsemen, and twenty thousand footthee, neither is there any God besides men and David houghed all the thee, according to all that we have chariot horses, but reserved of them Josh. 11.6, 9. heard with our ears. for a hundred chariots. 23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like 89.6, 8. Is. 45. Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? 24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: Pand thou, LORD, art become their God. 25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. 27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God + Heb. opened of Israel, hast revealed to thy servthe car tant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant : 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him : for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. † Heb, was a And Joram + brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass : 11 Which also king David "did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. |
