The Old Testament of the
King James Version of the Bible
The Second Book of Samuel
Otherwise Called:
The Second Book of the Kings
1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of
Saul, when David was
returned from the slaughter of the
Amalekites, and David had abode two
days in Ziklag; 1:2 It came even to pass on
the third day, that,
behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul
with his clothes rent,
and earth upon his head: and so it was, when
he came to David, that he
fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
1:3 And David said unto him, From whence
comest thou? And he said unto
him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
1:4 And David said unto him, How went the
matter? I pray thee, tell
me.
And he answered, That the people are fled
from the battle, and many of
the people also are fallen and dead; and
Saul and Jonathan his son are
dead also.
1:5 And David said unto the young man that
told him, How knowest thou
that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? 1:6
And the young man that
told him said, As I happened by chance upon
mount Gilboa, behold, Saul
leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots
and horsemen followed
hard after him.
1:7 And when he looked behind him, he saw
me, and called unto me. And
I answered, Here am I.
1:8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I
answered him, I am an
Amalekite.
1:9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray
thee, upon me, and slay me:
for anguish is come upon me, because my life
is yet whole in me.
1:10 So I stood upon him, and slew him,
because I was sure that he
could not live after that he was fallen: and
I took the crown that was
upon his head, and the bracelet that was on
his arm, and have brought
them hither unto my lord.
1:11 Then David took hold on his clothes,
and rent them; and likewise
all the men that were with him: 1:12 And
they mourned, and wept, and
fasted until even, for Saul, and for
Jonathan his son, and for the
people of the LORD, and for the house of
Israel; because they were
fallen by the sword.
1:13 And David said unto the young man that
told him, Whence art thou?
And he answered, I am the son of a stranger,
an Amalekite.
1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou
not afraid to stretch
forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's
anointed? 1:15 And David
called one of the young men, and said, Go
near, and fall upon him. And
he smote him that he died.
1:16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be
upon thy head; for thy
mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I
have slain the LORD's
anointed.
1:17 And David lamented with this
lamentation over Saul and over
Jonathan his son: 1:18 (Also he bade them
teach the children of Judah
the use of the bow: behold, it is written in
the book of Jasher.)
1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy
high places: how are the
mighty fallen! 1:20 Tell it not in Gath,
publish it not in the
streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of
the Philistines rejoice,
lest the daughters of the uncircumcised
triumph.
1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no
dew, neither let there be
rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for
there the shield of the
mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of
Saul, as though he had not
been anointed with oil.
1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the
fat of the mighty, the bow
of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword
of Saul returned not empty.
1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and
pleasant in their lives, and in
their death they were not divided: they were
swifter than eagles, they
were stronger than lions.
1:24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you in
scarlet, with other delights, who put on
ornaments of gold upon your
apparel.
1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst
of the battle! O Jonathan,
thou wast slain in thine high places.
1:26 I am distressed for thee, my brother
Jonathan: very pleasant hast
thou been unto me: thy love to me was
wonderful, passing the love of
women.
1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the
weapons of war perished! 2:1
And it came to pass after this, that David
enquired of the LORD,
saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities
of Judah? And the LORD
said unto him, Go up. And David said,
Whither shall I go up? And he
said, Unto Hebron.
2:2 So David went up thither, and his two
wives also, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the
Carmelite.
2:3 And his men that were with him did David
bring up, every man with
his household: and they dwelt in the cities
of Hebron.
2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there
they anointed David king over
the house of Judah. And they told David,
saying, That the men of
Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men
of Jabeshgilead, and said
unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that
ye have shewed this
kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and
have buried him.
2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth
unto you: and I also will
requite you this kindness, because ye have
done this thing.
2:7 Therefore now let your hands be
strengthened, and be ye valiant:
for your master Saul is dead, and also the
house of Judah have
anointed me king over them.
2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of
Saul's host, took Ishbosheth
the son of Saul, and brought him over to
Mahanaim; 2:9 And made him
king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites,
and over Jezreel, and over
Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all
Israel.
2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years
old when he began to reign
over Israel, and reigned two years. But the
house of Judah followed
David.
2:11 And the time that David was king in
Hebron over the house of
Judah was seven years and six months.
2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the
servants of Ishbosheth the son
of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the
servants of David, went out,
and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and
they sat down, the one on
the one side of the pool, and the other on
the other side of the pool.
2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young
men now arise, and play
before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2:15 Then there arose and went over by
number twelve of Benjamin,
which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of
Saul, and twelve of the
servants of David.
2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by
the head, and thrust his
sword in his fellow's side; so they fell
down together: wherefore that
place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is
in Gibeon.
2:17 And there was a very sore battle that
day; and Abner was beaten,
and the men of Israel, before the servants
of David.
2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah
there, Joab, and Abishai,
and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot
as a wild roe.
2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in
going he turned not to the
right hand nor to the left from following
Abner.
2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said,
Art thou Asahel? And he
answered, I am.
2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside
to thy right hand or to
thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the
young men, and take thee his
armour.
But Asahel would not turn aside from
following of him.
2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn
thee aside from following
me: wherefore should I smite thee to the
ground? how then should I
hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 2:23
Howbeit he refused to turn
aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end
of the spear smote him
under the fifth rib, that the spear came out
behind him; and he fell
down there, and died in the same place: and
it came to pass, that as
many as came to the place where Asahel fell
down and died stood still.
2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after
Abner: and the sun went down
when they were come to the hill of Ammah,
that lieth before Giah by
the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered
themselves together after
Abner, and became one troop, and stood on
the top of an hill.
2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said,
Shall the sword devour for
ever? knowest thou not that it will be
bitterness in the latter end?
how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the
people return from
following their brethren? 2:27 And Joab
said, As God liveth, unless
thou hadst spoken, surely then in the
morning the people had gone up
every one from following his brother.
2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the
people stood still, and
pursued after Israel no more, neither fought
they any more.
2:29 And Abner and his men walked all that
night through the plain,
and passed over Jordan, and went through all
Bithron, and they came to
Mahanaim.
2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner:
and when he had gathered
all the people together, there lacked of
David's servants nineteen men
and Asahel.
2:31 But the servants of David had smitten
of Benjamin, and of Abner's
men, so that three hundred and threescore
men died.
2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him
in the sepulchre of his
father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and
his men went all night,
and they came to Hebron at break of day.
3:1 Now there was long war between the house
of Saul and the house of
David: but David waxed stronger and
stronger, and the house of Saul
waxed weaker and weaker.
3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron:
and his firstborn was
Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; 3:3 And
his second, Chileab, of
Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and
the third, Absalom the
son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of
Geshur; 3:4 And the
fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the
fifth, Shephatiah the son
of Abital; 3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by
Eglah David's wife. These
were born to David in Hebron.
3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war
between the house of Saul
and the house of David, that Abner made
himself strong for the house
of Saul.
3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was
Rizpah, the daughter of
Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner,
Wherefore hast thou gone in unto
my father's concubine? 3:8 Then was Abner
very wroth for the words of
Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head,
which against Judah do shew
kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy
father, to his brethren,
and to his friends, and have not delivered
thee into the hand of
David, that thou chargest me to day with a
fault concerning this
woman? 3:9 So do God to Abner, and more
also, except, as the LORD
hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
3:10 To translate the
kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set
up the throne of David over
Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to
Beersheba.
3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word
again, because he feared
him.
3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on
his behalf, saying, Whose
is the land? saying also, Make thy league
with me, and, behold, my
hand shall be with thee, to bring about all
Israel unto thee.
3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league
with thee: but one thing
I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not
see my face, except thou
first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when
thou comest to see my face.
3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth
Saul's son, saying,
Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused
to me for an hundred
foreskins of the Philistines.
3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from
her husband, even from
Phaltiel the son of Laish.
3:16 And her husband went with her along
weeping behind her to
Bahurim.
Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he
returned.
3:17 And Abner had communication with the
elders of Israel, saying, Ye
sought for David in times past to be king
over you: 3:18 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.
3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears 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.
3:20 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.
3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise
and go, and will 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.
3:22 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.
3:23 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.
3:24 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? 3:25 Thou knowest
Abner the son of Ner, that he
came to deceive thee, and to know thy going
out and thy coming in, and
to know all that thou doest.
3:26 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.
3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron,
Joab took him aside in the
gate to speak with him quietly, and smote
him there under the fifth
rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel
his brother.
3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he
said, I and my kingdom are
guiltless before the LORD for ever from the
blood of Abner the son of
Ner: 3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab,
and on all his father's
house; and let there not fail from the house
of Joab one that hath an
issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth
on a staff, or that falleth
on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
3:30 So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew
Abner, because he had slain
their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the
battle.
3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the
people that were with him,
Rend your clothes, and gird you with
sackcloth, and mourn before
Abner. And king David himself followed the
bier.
3:32 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.
3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and
said, Died Abner as a fool
dieth? 3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor
thy feet put into fetters:
as a man falleth before wicked men, so
fellest thou. And all the
people wept again over him.
3:35 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 ought else, till the sun be
down.
3:36 And all the people took notice of it,
and it pleased them: as
whatsoever the king did pleased all the
people.
3:37 For all the people and all Israel
understood that day that it was
not of the king to slay Abner the son of
Ner.
3:38 And the king said unto his servants,
Know ye not that there is a
prince and a great man fallen this day in
Israel? 3:39 And I am this
day weak, though anointed king; and these
men the sons of Zeruiah be
too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the
doer of evil according to
his wickedness.
4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was
dead in Hebron, his hands
were feeble, and all the Israelites were
troubled.
4:2 And Saul's son had two men that were
captains of bands: the name
of the one was Baanah, and the name of the
other Rechab, the sons of
Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of
Benjamin: (for Beeroth also
was reckoned to Benjamin.
4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and
were sojourners there
until this day.) 4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's
son, had 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 Mephibosheth.
4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite,
Rechab and Baanah, went,
and came about the heat of the day to the
house of Ishbosheth, who lay
on a bed at noon.
4:6 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.
4:7 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.
4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth
unto David to Hebron, and
said to the king, Behold the head of
Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine
enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD
hath avenged my lord the
king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his
brother, the sons of
Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them,
As the LORD liveth, who
hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
4:10 When one told me,
saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to
have brought good tidings, I
took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag,
who thought that I would
have given him a reward for his tidings:
4:11 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? 4:12 And David
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 Ishbosheth,
and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in
Hebron.
5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to
David unto Hebron, and
spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and
thy flesh.
5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king
over us, thou wast he that
leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and
the LORD said to thee, Thou
shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt
be a captain over Israel.
5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the
king to Hebron; and king
David made a league with them in Hebron
before the LORD: and they
anointed David king over Israel.
5:4 David was thirty years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned
forty years.
5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven
years and six months: and in
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years
over all Israel and Judah.
5:6 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 hither.
5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold
of Zion: the same is the
city of David.
5:8 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 house.
5:9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called
it the city of David. And
David built round about from Millo and
inward.
5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and
the LORD God of hosts was
with him.
5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers
to David, and cedar trees,
and carpenters, and masons: and they built
David an house.
5:12 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.
5:13 And David took him more concubines and
wives out of Jerusalem,
after he was come from Hebron: and there
were yet sons and daughters
born to David.
5:14 And these be the names of those that
were born unto him in
Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan,
and Solomon, 5:15 Ibhar
also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
5:16 And Elishama, and
Eliada, and Eliphalet.
5:17 But when the Philistines heard that
they had anointed David king
over Israel, all the Philistines came up to
seek David; and David
heard of it, and went down to the hold.
5:18 The Philistines also came and spread
themselves in the valley of
Rephaim.
5:19 And David enquired of the 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.
5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and
David smote them there, and
said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine
enemies before me, as the
breach of waters. Therefore he called the
name of that place
Baalperazim.
5:21 And there they left their images, and
David and his men burned
them.
5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again,
and spread themselves in
the valley of Rephaim.
5:23 And when David enquired 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.
5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the
sound of a going in the tops
of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt
bestir thyself: for then
shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite
the host of the
Philistines.
5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had
commanded him; and smote the
Philistines from Geba until thou come to
Gazer.
6:1 Again, David gathered together all the
chosen men of Israel,
thirty thousand.
6:2 And David arose, and went with all the
people that were with him
from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence
the ark of God, whose
name is called by the name of the LORD of
hosts that dwelleth between
the cherubims.
6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new
cart, and brought it out of
the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah:
and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons
of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
6:4 And they brought it out of the house of
Abinadab which was at
Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and
Ahio went before the ark.
6:5 And David and all the house of Israel
played before the LORD on
all manner of instruments made of fir wood,
even on harps, and on
psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets,
and on cymbals.
6:6 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.
6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled
against Uzzah; and God smote
him there for his error; and there he died
by the ark of God.
6:8 And David was displeased, because the
LORD had made a breach upon
Uzzah: and he called the name of the place
Perezuzzah to this day.
6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that
day, and said, How shall the
ark of the LORD come to me? 6:10 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 Obededom the Gittite.
6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in
the house of Obededom the
Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed
Obededom, and all his
household.
6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The
LORD hath blessed the
house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth
unto him, because of the
ark of God. So David went and brought up the
ark of God from the house
of Obededom into the city of David with
gladness.
6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare
the ark of the LORD had
gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and
fatlings.
6:14 And David danced before the LORD with
all his might; and David
was girded with a linen ephod.
6:15 So David and all the house of Israel
brought up the ark of the
LORD with shouting, and with the sound of
the trumpet.
6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into
the city of David, Michal
Saul's daughter looked through a window, and
saw king David leaping
and dancing before the LORD; and she
despised him in her heart.
6:17 And they brought in the ark of the
LORD, and set it in his place,
in the midst of the tabernacle that David
had pitched for it: and
David offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings before the LORD.
6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of
offering burnt offerings
and peace offerings, he blessed the people
in the name of the LORD of
hosts.
6:19 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.
6:20 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
himself to day in the eyes of
the handmaids of his servants, as one of the
vain fellows shamelessly
uncovereth himself! 6:21 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.
6:22 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.
6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul
had no child unto the day
of her death.
7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat
in his house, and the LORD
had given him rest round about from all his
enemies; 7:2 That the king
said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I
dwell in an house of cedar,
but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all
that is in thine heart;
for the LORD is with thee.
7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the
word of the LORD came
unto Nathan, saying, 7:5 Go and tell my
servant David, Thus saith the
LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to
dwell in? 7:6 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.
7:7 In all the places wherein I have 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 an
house of cedar? 7:8 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 sheep, to be ruler over
my people, over Israel: 7:9
And I was with thee whithersoever thou
wentest, and have cut off all
thine enemies out of thy sight, and have
made thee a great name, like
unto the name of the great men that are in
the earth.
7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my
people Israel, and will
plant them, that they may dwell in a place
of their own, and move no
more; neither shall the children of
wickedness afflict them any more,
as beforetime, 7:11 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 an house.
7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and
thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee,
which shall proceed out of
thy bowels, and I will establish his
kingdom.
7:13 He shall build an house for my name,
and I will stablish the
throne of his kingdom for ever.
7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be
my son. If he commit
iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of
men, and with the stripes
of the children of men: 7:15 But my mercy
shall not depart away from
him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away
before thee.
7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall
be established for ever
before thee: thy throne shall be established
for ever.
7:17 According to all these words, and
according to all this vision,
so did Nathan speak unto David.
7:18 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? 7:19 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? 7:20 And
what can David say more unto thee? for thou,
Lord GOD, knowest thy
servant.
7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to
thine own heart, hast thou
done all these great things, to make thy
servant know them.
7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God:
for there is none like
thee, neither is there any God beside thee,
according to all that we
have heard with our ears.
7:23 And what one nation in the earth is
like thy people, even like
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? 7:24 For thou hast
confirmed to thyself thy
people Israel to be a people unto thee for
ever: and thou, LORD, art
become their God.
7:25 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.
7:26 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.
7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of
Israel, hast revealed to thy
servant, saying, I will build thee an house:
therefore hath thy
servant found in his heart to pray this
prayer unto thee.
7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God,
and thy words be true,
and thou hast promised this goodness unto
thy servant: 7:29 Therefore
now let it please thee to bless the house of
thy servant, that it may
continue for ever before thee: for thou, O
Lord GOD, hast spoken it:
and with thy blessing let the house of thy
servant be blessed for
ever.
8:1 And after this it came to pass that
David smote the Philistines,
and subdued them: and David took Methegammah
out of the hand of the
Philistines.
8:2 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 servants, and brought gifts.
8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of
Rehob, king of Zobah, as he
went to recover his border at the river
Euphrates.
8:4 And David took from him a thousand
chariots, and seven hundred
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and
David houghed all the
chariot horses, but reserved of them for an
hundred chariots.
8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to
succour Hadadezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and
twenty thousand men.
8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of
Damascus: and the Syrians
became servants to David, and brought gifts.
And the LORD preserved
David whithersoever he went.
8:7 And David took the shields of gold that
were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai,
cities of Hadadezer, king David
took exceeding much brass.
8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David
had smitten all the host
of Hadadezer, 8:10 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. And Joram brought
with him vessels of silver, and vessels of
gold, and vessels of brass:
8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto
the LORD, with the silver
and gold that he had dedicated of all
nations which he subdued; 8:12
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.
8:13 And David gat him a name when he
returned from smiting of the
Syrians in the valley of salt, being
eighteen thousand men.
8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom;
throughout all Edom put he
garrisons, and all they of Edom became
David's servants. And the LORD
preserved David whithersoever he went.
8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and
David executed judgment
and justice unto all his people.
8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over
the host; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud was recorder; 8:17 And
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the
priests; and Seraiah was the
scribe; 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was over both the
Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's
sons were chief rulers.
9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is
left of the house of
Saul, that I may shew him kindness for
Jonathan's sake? 9:2 And there
was of the house of Saul a servant whose
name was Ziba. And when they
had called him unto David, the king said
unto him, Art thou Ziba? And
he said, Thy servant is he.
9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any
of the house of Saul, that
I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And
Ziba said unto the king,
Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on
his feet.
9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he?
And Ziba said unto the
king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir,
the son of Ammiel, in
Lodebar.
9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him
out of the house of Machir,
the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
9:6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of
Jonathan, the son of Saul, was
come unto David, he fell on his face, and
did reverence. And David
said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold
thy servant! 9:7 And
David said unto him, Fear not: for I will
surely shew thee kindness
for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will
restore thee all the land of
Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at
my table continually.
9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is
thy servant, that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
9:9 Then the king called
to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him,
I have given unto thy
master's son all that pertained to Saul and
to all his house.
9:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy
servants, shall till the
land for him, and thou shalt bring in the
fruits, that thy master's
son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth
thy master's son shall eat
bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had
fifteen sons and twenty
servants.
9:11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According
to all that my lord the
king hath commanded his servant, so shall
thy servant do. As for
Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at
my table, as one of the
king's sons.
9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose
name was Micha. And all
that dwelt in the house of Ziba were
servants unto Mephibosheth.
9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for
he did eat continually at
the king's table; and was lame on both his
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