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2 Samuel 18:1--19:8

And David
<01732>

numbered
<06485> (8799)

the people
<05971>

that [were] with him, and set
<07760> (8799)

captains
<08269>

of thousands
<0505>

and captains
<08269>

of hundreds
<03967>

over them.

And David
<01732>

sent forth
<07971> (8762)

a third part
<07992>

of the people
<05971>

under the hand
<03027>

of Joab
<03097>_,

and a third part
<07992>

under the hand
<03027>

of Abishai
<052>

the son
<01121>

of Zeruiah
<06870>_,

Joab's
<03097>

brother
<0251>_,

and a third part
<07992>

under the hand
<03027>

of Ittai
<0863>

the Gittite
<01663>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the people
<05971>_,

I will surely
<03318> (8800)

go forth
<03318> (8799)

with you myself
<0589>

also.

But the people
<05971>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou shalt not go forth
<03318> (8799)_:

for if we flee
<05127> (8799)

away
<05127> (8800)_,

they will not care
<07760> (8799) <03820>

for us; neither if half
<02677>

of us die
<04191> (8799)_,

will they care
<07760> (8799) <03820>

for us: but now [thou art] worth
<03644>

ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

of us: therefore now [it is] better
<02896>

that thou succour
<05826> (8800) (8675) <05826> (8687)

us out of the city
<05892>_.

{care...: Heb. set their heart on us} {worth...: Heb. as ten thousand of us} {succour: Heb. be to succour or help}

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, What seemeth
<05869>

you best
<03190> (8799)

I will do
<06213> (8799)_.

And the king
<04428>

stood
<05975> (8799)

by the gate
<08179>

side
<03027>_,

and all the people
<05971>

came out
<03318> (8804)

by hundreds
<03967>

and by thousands
<0505>_.

And the king
<04428>

commanded
<06680> (8762)

Joab
<03097>

and Abishai
<052>

and Ittai
<0863>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

[Deal] gently
<0328>

for my sake with the young man
<05288>_,

[even] with Absalom
<053>_.

And all the people
<05971>

heard
<08085> (8804)

when the king
<04428>

gave all the captains
<08269>

charge
<06680> (8763)

concerning
<01697>

Absalom
<053>_.

So the people
<05971>

went out
<03318> (8799)

into the field
<07704>

against
<07125> (8800)

Israel
<03478>_:

and the battle
<04421>

was in the wood
<03293>

of Ephraim
<0669>_;

Where the people
<05971>

of Israel
<03478>

were slain
<05062> (8735)

before
<06440>

the servants
<05650>

of David
<01732>_,

and there was there a great
<01419>

slaughter
<04046>

that day
<03117>

of twenty
<06242>

thousand
<0505>

[men].

For the battle
<04421>

was there scattered
<06327> (8737)

over the face
<06440>

of all the country
<0776>_:

and the wood
<03293>

devoured
<0398> (8800)

more
<07235> (8686)

people
<05971>

that day
<03117>

than the sword
<02719>

devoured
<0398> (8804)_.

{devoured: Heb. multiplied to devour}

And Absalom
<053>

met
<07122> (8735)

the servants
<06440> <05650>

of David
<01732>_.

And Absalom
<053>

rode
<07392> (8802)

upon a mule
<06505>_,

and the mule
<06505>

went
<0935> (8799)

under the thick boughs
<07730>

of a great
<01419>

oak
<0424>_,

and his head
<07218>

caught hold
<02388> (8799)

of the oak
<0424>_,

and he was taken up
<05414> (8714)

between the heaven
<08064>

and the earth
<0776>_;

and the mule
<06505>

that [was] under him went away
<05674> (8804)_.

And a certain
<0259>

man
<0376>

saw
<07200> (8799)

[it], and told
<05046> (8686)

Joab
<03097>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, I saw
<07200> (8804)

Absalom
<053>

hanged
<08518> (8803)

in an oak
<0424>_.

And Joab
<03097>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the man
<0376>

that told
<05046> (8688)

him, And, behold, thou sawest
<07200> (8804)

[him], and why didst thou not smite
<05221> (8689)

him there to the ground
<0776>_?

and I would have given
<05414> (8800)

thee ten
<06235>

[shekels] of silver
<03701>_,

and a
<0259>

girdle
<02290>_.

And the man
<0376>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Joab
<03097>_,

Though
<03863>

I should receive
<08254> (8802)

a thousand
<0505>

[shekels] of silver
<03701>

in mine hand
<03709>_,

[yet] would I not put forth
<07971> (8799)

mine hand
<03027>

against the king's
<04428>

son
<01121>_:

for in our hearing
<0241>

the king
<04428>

charged
<06680> (8765)

thee and Abishai
<052>

and Ittai
<0863>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Beware
<08104> (8798)

that none [touch] the young man
<05288>

Absalom
<053>_.

{receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand} {Beware...: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc}

Otherwise
<0176>

I should have wrought
<06213> (8804)

falsehood
<08267>

against mine own life
<05315>_:

for there is no matter
<01697>

hid
<03582> (8735)

from the king
<04428>_,

and thou thyself wouldest have set
<03320> (8691)

thyself against [me].

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Joab
<03097>_,

I may not tarry
<03176> (8686)

thus with thee
<06440>_.

And he took
<03947> (8799)

three
<07969>

darts
<07626>

in his hand
<03709>_,

and thrust
<08628> (8799)

them through the heart
<03820>

of Absalom
<053>_,

while he [was] yet alive
<02416>

in the midst of the oak
<0424>_.

{with...: Heb. before thee} {midst: Heb. heart}

And ten
<06235>

young men
<05288>

that bare
<05375> (8802)

Joab's
<03097>

armour
<03627>

compassed about
<05437> (8799)

and smote
<05221> (8686)

Absalom
<053>_,

and slew
<04191> (8686)

him.

And Joab
<03097>

blew
<08628> (8799)

the trumpet
<07782>_,

and the people
<05971>

returned
<07725> (8799)

from pursuing
<07291> (8800)

after
<0310>

Israel
<03478>_:

for Joab
<03097>

held back
<02820> (8804)

the people
<05971>_.

And they took
<03947> (8799)

Absalom
<053>_,

and cast
<07993> (8686)

him into a great
<01419>

pit
<06354>

in the wood
<03293>_,

and laid
<05324> (8686)

a very
<03966>

great
<01419>

heap
<01530>

of stones
<068>

upon him: and all Israel
<03478>

fled
<05127> (8804)

every one
<0376>

to his tent
<0168>_.

Now Absalom
<053>

in his lifetime
<02416>

had taken
<03947> (8804)

and reared up
<05324> (8686)

for himself a pillar
<04678>_,

which [is] in the king's
<04428>

dale
<06010>_:

for he said
<0559> (8804)_,

I have no son
<01121>

to keep my name
<08034>

in remembrance
<02142> (8687)_:

and he called
<07121> (8799)

the pillar
<04678>

after his own name
<08034>_:

and it is called
<07121> (8735)

unto this day
<03117>_,

Absalom's
<053>

place
<03027>_.

Then said
<0559> (8804)

Ahimaaz
<0290>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>_,

Let me now run
<07323> (8799)_,

and bear
<01319> (0)

the king
<04428>

tidings
<01319> (8762)_,

how that the LORD
<03068>

hath avenged
<08199> (8804)

him of his enemies
<03027> <0341> (8802)_.

{avenged...: Heb. judged him from the hand, etc}

And Joab
<03097>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thou
<0376>

shalt not bear tidings
<01309>

this day
<03117>_,

but thou shalt bear tidings
<01319> (8765)

another
<0312>

day
<03117>_:

but this day
<03117>

thou shalt bear no tidings
<01319> (8762)_,

because the king's
<04428>

son
<01121>

is dead
<04191> (8804)_.

{bear tidings this: Heb. be a man of tidings, etc}

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Joab
<03097>

to Cushi
<03569>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)

tell
<05046> (8685)

the king
<04428>

what thou hast seen
<07200> (8804)_.

And Cushi
<03569>

bowed
<07812> (8691)

himself unto Joab
<03097>_,

and ran
<07323> (8799)_.

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Ahimaaz
<0290>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>

yet again
<03254> (8686)

to Joab
<03097>_,

But howsoever
<04100>_,

let me, I pray thee, also run
<07323> (8799)

after
<0310>

Cushi
<03569>_.

And Joab
<03097>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Wherefore wilt thou run
<07323> (8801)_,

my son
<01121>_,

seeing that thou hast no tidings
<01309>

ready
<04672> (8802)_?

{howsoever: Heb. be what may} {ready: or, convenient}

But howsoever, [said he], let me run
<07323> (8799)_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Run
<07323> (8798)_.

Then Ahimaaz
<0290>

ran
<07323> (8799)

by the way
<01870>

of the plain
<03603>_,

and overran
<05674> (8799)

Cushi
<03569>_.

And David
<01732>

sat
<03427> (8802)

between the two
<08147>

gates
<08179>_:

and the watchman
<06822> (8802)

went up
<03212> (8799)

to the roof
<01406>

over the gate
<08179>

unto the wall
<02346>_,

and lifted up
<05375> (8799)

his eyes
<05869>_,

and looked
<07200> (8799)_,

and behold a man
<0376>

running
<07323> (8801)

alone.

And the watchman
<06822> (8802)

cried
<07121> (8799)_,

and told
<05046> (8686)

the king
<04428>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

If he [be] alone, [there is] tidings
<01309>

in his mouth
<06310>_.

And he came
<03212> (8799)

apace
<01980> (8800)_,

and drew near
<07131>_.

And the watchman
<06822> (8802)

saw
<07200> (8799)

another
<0312>

man
<0376>

running
<07323> (8801)_:

and the watchman
<06822> (8802)

called
<07121> (8799)

unto the porter
<07778>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold [another] man
<0376>

running
<07323> (8801)

alone. And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

He also bringeth tidings
<01319> (8764)_.

And the watchman
<06822> (8802)

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Me thinketh
<07200> (8802)

the running
<04794>

of the foremost
<07223>

is like the running
<04794>

of Ahimaaz
<0290>

the son
<01121>

of Zadok
<06659>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

He [is] a good
<02896>

man
<0376>_,

and cometh
<0935> (8799)

with good
<02896>

tidings
<01309>_.

{Me...: Heb. I see the running}

And Ahimaaz
<0290>

called
<07121> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>_,

All is well
<07965>_.

And he fell down
<07812> (8691)

to the earth
<0776>

upon his face
<0639>

before the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[be] the LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>_,

which hath delivered up
<05462> (8765)

the men
<0582>

that lifted up
<05375> (8804)

their hand
<03027>

against my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_.

{All...: or, Peace be to thee: Heb. Peace} {delivered...: Heb. shut up}

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Is the young man
<05288>

Absalom
<053>

safe
<07965>_?

And Ahimaaz
<0290>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

When Joab
<03097>

sent
<07971> (8800)

the king's
<04428>

servant
<05650>_,

and [me] thy servant
<05650>_,

I saw
<07200> (8804)

a great
<01419>

tumult
<01995>_,

but I knew
<03045> (8804)

not what [it was]. {Is...: Heb. Is there peace?}

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

[unto him], Turn aside
<05437> (8798)_,

[and] stand
<03320> (8690)

here
<03541>_.

And he turned aside
<05437> (8735)_,

and stood still
<05975> (8799)_.

And, behold, Cushi
<03569>

came
<0935> (8802)_;

and Cushi
<03569>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Tidings
<01319> (8691)_,

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

hath avenged
<08199> (8804)

thee this day
<03117>

of all them
<03027>

that rose up
<06965> (8801)

against thee. {Tidings: Heb. Tidings is brought}

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Cushi
<03569>_,

Is the young man
<05288>

Absalom
<053>

safe
<07965>_?

And Cushi
<03569>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

The enemies
<0341> (8802)

of my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_,

and all that rise
<06965> (8804)

against thee to do [thee] hurt
<07451>_,

be as [that] young man
<05288>

[is].

And the king
<04428>

was much moved
<07264> (8799)_,

and went up
<05927> (8799)

to the chamber
<05944>

over the gate
<08179>_,

and wept
<01058> (8799)_:

and as he went
<03212> (8800)_,

thus he said
<0559> (8804)_,

O my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_!

would God I had died
<04191> (8800)

for thee
<05414> (8799)_,

O Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>_!

And it was told
<05046> (8714)

Joab
<03097>_,

Behold, the king
<04428>

weepeth
<01058> (8802)

and mourneth
<056> (8691)

for Absalom
<053>_.

And the victory
<08668>

that day
<03117>

was [turned] into mourning
<060>

unto all the people
<05971>_:

for the people
<05971>

heard
<08085> (8804)

say
<0559> (8800)

that day
<03117>

how the king
<04428>

was grieved
<06087> (8738)

for his son
<01121>_.

{victory: Heb. salvation, or, deliverance}

And the people
<05971>

gat
<0935> (8800)

them by stealth
<01589> (8691)

that day
<03117>

into the city
<05892>_,

as people
<05971>

being ashamed
<03637> (8737)

steal away
<01589> (8691)

when they flee
<05127> (8800)

in battle
<04421>_.

But the king
<04428>

covered
<03813> (8804)

his face
<06440>_,

and the king
<04428>

cried
<02199> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

voice
<06963>_,

O my son
<01121>

Absalom
<053>_,

O Absalom
<053>_,

my son
<01121>_,

my son
<01121>_!

And Joab
<03097>

came
<0935> (8799)

into the house
<01004>

to the king
<04428>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou hast shamed
<03001> (8689)

this day
<03117>

the faces
<06440>

of all thy servants
<05650>_,

which this day
<03117>

have saved
<04422> (8764)

thy life
<05315>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy sons
<01121>

and of thy daughters
<01323>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy wives
<0802>_,

and the lives
<05315>

of thy concubines
<06370>_;

In that thou lovest
<0157> (8800)

thine enemies
<08130> (8802)_,

and hatest
<08130> (8800)

thy friends
<0157> (8802)_.

For thou hast declared
<05046> (8689)

this day
<03117>_,

that thou regardest neither princes
<08269>

nor servants
<05650>_:

for this day
<03117>

I perceive
<03045> (8804)_,

that if
<03863>

Absalom
<053>

had lived
<02416>_,

and all we had died
<04191> (8801)

this day
<03117>_,

then it had pleased thee well
<03477> <05869>_.

{in...: Heb. By loving, etc} {that thou regardest...: Heb. that princes or servants are not to thee}

Now therefore arise
<06965> (8798)_,

go forth
<03318> (8798)_,

and speak
<01696> (8761)

comfortably
<03820>

unto thy servants
<05650>_:

for I swear
<07650> (8738)

by the LORD
<03068>_,

if thou go not forth
<03318> (8802)_,

there will not tarry
<03885> (8799)

one
<0376>

with thee this night
<03915>_:

and that will be worse
<07489> (8804)

unto thee than all the evil
<07451>

that befell
<0935> (8804)

thee from thy youth
<05271>

until now. {comfortably...: Heb. to the heart of thy servants}

Then the king
<04428>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and sat
<03427> (8799)

in the gate
<08179>_.

And they told
<05046> (8689)

unto all the people
<05971>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, the king
<04428>

doth sit
<03427> (8802)

in the gate
<08179>_.

And all the people
<05971>

came
<0935> (8799)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_:

for Israel
<03478>

had fled
<05127> (8804)

every man
<0376>

to his tent
<0168>_.

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