Saul's overthrow and death. CHẠP. X, XI.

David made king

of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and 5 And when his armour-bearer saw that the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the and the spices. sword, and died.

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

7 And when all the men of Israel that

31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Ko-were in the valley saw that they fled, and rahite, had the set office over the things that Saul and his sons were dead, then that were made in the pans. they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, shew-bread, to prepare it every sabbath. when the Philistines came to strip the

33 And these are the singers, chief of slain, that they found Saul and his sons the fathers of the Levites, who remaining fallen in mount Gilboa. in the chambers were free: for they were 9 And when they had stripped him, employed in that work day and night. they took his head, and his armour, and 34 These chief fathers of the Levites sent into the land of the Philistines round were chief throughout their generations; about, to carry tidings unto their idols, these dwelt at Jerusalem. and to the people.

10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

11 ¶ And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

35 ¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:

36 And his first-born son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

13 So Saul died for his transgression

38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. 39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat which he committed against the LORD, Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Mal-even against the word of the LORD, which chi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one thathad a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;

14 And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. CHAP. XI.

40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Merib-baal begat Micah.

41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.

42 And Ahaz begat Jarah: and Jarah

begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri;

Israel themselves

and Zimri begat Moza;

David unto Hebron, saying, Be

to

son.

43 And Moza begat Binea; and Re-hold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. phaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his 2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt and feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, Hanan: these were the sons of Azel. CHAP. X.

3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel

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the to and David made a

rael; and the men of Israel fled from covenant with them in Hebron before the before the Philistines, and fell down slain LORD; and they anointed David king over in mount Gilboa. Israel, according to the word of the LORD 2 And the Philistines followed hard by Samuel. after Saul, and after his sons; and the Phi- 4 T And David and all Israel went to listines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the JeMalchi-shua, the sons of Saul. busites were, the inhabitants of the land.

3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion,

4 Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, which is the city of David. Draw thy sword, and thrust me through 6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth therewith, lest these uncircumcised come the Jebusites first shall be chief and capand abuse me. But his armour-bearer tain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went would not; for he was sore afraid. So first up, and was chief. Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

7 And David dwelt in the castle; there

A catalogue of

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David's mighty men.

fore they called it, The city of David. 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of 8 And he built the city round about, great stature, five cubits high; and in the even from Millo round about: and Joab Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's repaired the rest of the city. beam; and he went down to him with a

9 So David waxed greater and greater: staff, and plucked the spear out of the for the LORD of hosts was with him. Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his

10 T These also are the chief of the own spear. mighty men whom David shad, who 24 These things did Benaiah the son of strengthened themselves with him in his Jehoiada, and had the name among the kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him three mighties. king according to the word of the LORD 25 Behold, he was honourable among concerning Israel. the thirty, but attained not to the first three and David set him over his guard. a 26 T Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,

29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.

12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Aholite, who was one of the three mighties.

13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

16 And David was then in the hold, and] the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlchem.

17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate! of Ezbai,

18 And the three brake through the host 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar of the Philistines, and drew water out of the son of Haggeri,

the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the but David would not drink of it, but son of Zeruiah,

poured it out to the LORD,

40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,

Ahlai,

19 And said, My God forbid it me, that 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their] 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenlives in jeopardy! for with the jeopardy of ite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty their lives they brought it. Therefore he with him,

would not drink it. These things did 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Jothese three mightiest. shaphat the Mithnite,

20 T And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the the Moabite, first three.,

33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,

35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son

44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,

45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah

47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Me

22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son sobaite. of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done he slew

men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

CHAP. XII.

Now these are they that came to Da

vid to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of

Those who came to David at

CHAP. XII. Ziklag und Hebron. Kish and they were among the mighty David, when he came with the Philistines men, helpers of the war. against Saul to battle: but they helped

2 They were armed with bows, and them not: for the lords of the Philistines could use both the right hand and the left upon advisement sent him away, saying, in hurling stones, and shooting arrows out He will fall to his master Saul to the jesof a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Ben- pardy of our heads.

jamin.

3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

21 And they helped David against the

4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; band of the rovers: for they were all and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, mighty men of valour, and were captains and Jozabad the Gederathite, in the host.

5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,

6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 7 And Joelab, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.

14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.

8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war shield and spear were six thousand and fit for the battle, that could handle shield eight hundred, ready armed to the war. and buckler, whose faces were like the 25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes men of valour for the war, seven thousand upon the mountains; and one hundred.

9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

23 ¶ And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

24 The children of Judah that bare

26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;

28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.

29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

15 These are they that went over Jor- 30 And of the children of Ephraim dan in the first month, when it had over-twenty thousand and eight hundred, flown all his banks; and they put to flight mighty men of valour, famous throughall them of the valleys, both toward the out the house of their fathers. east, and toward the west.

31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh

16 And there came of the children of eighteen thousand, which were expressed Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. by name, to come and make David king.

17 And David went out to meet them, 32 And of the children of Issachar, which and answered and said unto them, If ye were men that had understanding of the be come peaceably unto me to help me, times, to know what Israel ought to do; the my heart shall be knit unto you: but if heads of them were two hundred; and all ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, their brethren were at their commandment. seeing there is no wrong in my hands, 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to the God of our fathers look thereon, and battle, expert in war, with all instruments rebuke it. of war, fifty thousand, which could keep 18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, rank: they were not of double heart.who was chief of the captains, and he said, 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, and with them with shield and spear thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thirty and seven thousand. thee, and peace be to thy helpers; 35 And of the Danites exert in war for thy God helpeth thee. Then David twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. received them, and made them captains of 36 And of Asher, such aswent forth to the band. battle, expert in war, forty housand. 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to

37 And on the other side of Jordan, of

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Hiram's kindness to David. the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of to this day. instruments of war for the battle, a hun- 12 And David was afraid of God that dred and twenty thousand. day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had. Obed CHAP. XIV.

39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

40 Moreover, they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

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TOW Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of

CHAP. XIII.

AND David consulted with the captains his people Israel.

hundreds,

of thousands, with every leader.

2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.

4 And all the congregation said that they would do so for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.

6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it. a

7 And they carried the ark of God in new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

3 T And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, 6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

8 T And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.

9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

10 And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thy hand.

11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine. enemies by my hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, 13 And the Philistines yet again spread and with trumpets. themselves abroad in the valley.

12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

9 ¶ And when they came unto the 14 Therefore David inquired again of threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth God: and God said unto him, Go not up his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry10 And he anger of the LORD was kin-trees.

stumbled.

dled agains Uzza, and he smote him, be-| 15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear cause he puthis hand to the ark: and there a sound of going in the tops of the mulberhe died before God. ry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to bat

11 And David was displeased because tle: for God is gone forth before thee, to the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza :smite the host of the Philistines.

The removing of the ark. CHAP. XV, XVI. David's joy on that occasion.

16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Miknei-. ah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and

ND David made him houses in the Ethan, were appointed to sound with cyma

17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations. CHAP. XV.

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for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and She2 Then David said, None ought to car-miramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliry the ark of God but the Levites: for them ab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalhath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of teries on Alamoth;

God, and to minister unto him for ever. 21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and 3 And David gathered all Israel toge- Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and ther to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith the LORD unto his place, which he had pre- to excel. pared for it.

4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer,the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark.

25 So David and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and 27 And David was clothed with a robe Eliel, and Amminadab, of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare

26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify the master of the song with the singers: yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that David also had upon him an ephod of linen. ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city

14 So the priests and the Levites sanc-of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul tified themselves to bring up the ark of the looking out at a window saw king David LORD God of Israel. dancing and playing: and she despised

15 And the children of the Levites bare him in her heart. the ark of God upon their shoulders with

the staves thereon, as Moses commanded, according to the word of the Lord.

the ark of and set

thin the midst of the tent that David

16 And David spake to the chief of the had pitched for it: and they offered burntLevites to appoint their brethren to be the sacrifices and peace-offerings before God. singers with instruments of music, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offerings and the peaceofferings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Me- both man and woman, to every one a loaf rari their brethren, Ethan the son of Ku- of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a shaiah;

flaggon of wine.

5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty:

8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred : 9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

CHAP. XVI.