13:009:040 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begatMicah.
13:009:041 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,and Ahaz.
13:009:042 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
13:009:043 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son,Azel his son.
13:009:044 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan:these were the sons of Azel.
13:010:001 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men ofIsrael fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slainin mount Gilboa.
13:010:002 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after hissons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, andMalchishua, the sons of Saul.
13:010:003 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
13:010:004 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
13:010:005 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he felllikewise on the sword, and died.
13:010:006 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house diedtogether.
13:010:007 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
13:010:008 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines cameto strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallenin mount Gilboa.
13:010:009 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and hisarmour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about,to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
13:010:010 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, andfastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
13:010:011 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines haddone to Saul,
13:010:012 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body ofSaul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh,and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fastedseven days.
13:010:013 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed againstthe LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he keptnot, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiarspirit, to enquire of it;
13:010:014 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, andturned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
13:011:001 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron,saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
13:011:002 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wasthe that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thyGod said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thoushalt be ruler over my people Israel.
13:011:003 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron;and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD;and they anointed David king over Israel, according to theword of the LORD by Samuel.
13:011:004 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
13:011:005 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt notcome hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, whichis the city of David.
13:011:006 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall bechief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up,and was chief.
13:011:007 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it thecity of David.
13:011:008 And he built the city round about, even from Millo roundabout: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
13:011:009 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts waswith him.
13:011:010 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
13:011:011 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
13:011:012 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
13:011:013 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines weregathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground fullof barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
13:011:014 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, anddelivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD savedthem by a great deliverance.
13:011:015 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock toDavid, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of thePhilistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
13:011:016 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrisonwas then at Bethlehem.
13:011:017 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink ofthe water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
13:011:018 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.
13:011:019 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
13:011:020 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.
13:011:021 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
13:011:022 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
13:011:023 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
13:011:024 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the nameamong the three mighties.
13:011:025 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained notto the first three: and David set him over his guard.
13:011:026 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother ofJoab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
13:011:027 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
13:011:028 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
13:011:029 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
13:011:030 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah theNetophathite,
13:011:031 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to thechildren of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
13:011:032 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
13:011:033 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
13:011:034 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
13:011:035 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
13:011:036 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
13:011:037 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
13:011:038 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
13:011:039 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
13:011:040 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
13:011:041 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
13:011:042 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
13:011:043 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
13:011:044 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
13:011:045 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
13:011:046 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
13:011:047 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
13:012:001 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yetkept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and theywere among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
13:012:002 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right handand the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of abow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
13:012:003 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah theGibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; andBerachah, and Jehu the Antothite.
13:012:004 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, andover the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, andJosabad the Gederathite,
13:012:005 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, andShephatiah the Haruphite,
13:012:006 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,the Korhites,
13:012:007 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
13:012:008 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
13:012:009 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
13:012:010 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
13:012:011 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
13:012:012 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13:012:013 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
13:012:014 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
13:012:015 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
13:012:016 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
13:012:017 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said untothem, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heartshall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mineenemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God ofour fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
13:012:018 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of thecaptains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side,thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be tothine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David receivedthem, and made them captains of the band.
13:012:019 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came withthe Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped themnot: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent himaway, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardyof our heads.
13:012:020 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.
13:012:021 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for theywere all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
13:012:022 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.
13:012:023 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.
13:012:024 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were sixthousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
13:012:025 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war,seven thousand and one hundred.
13:012:026 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
13:012:027 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with himwere three thousand and seven hundred;
13:012:028 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father'shouse twenty and two captains.
13:012:029 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, threethousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept theward of the house of Saul.
13:012:030 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eighthundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house oftheir fathers.
13:012:031 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
13:012:032 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
13:012:033 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
13:012:034 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shieldand spear thirty and seven thousand.
13:012:035 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand andsix hundred.
13:012:036 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,forty thousand.
13:012:037 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and theGadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner ofinstruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twentythousand.
13:012:038 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with aperfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel:and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to makeDavid king.
13:012:039 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
13:012:040 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.
13:013:001 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
13:013:002 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:
13:013:003 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for weenquired not at it in the days of Saul.
13:013:004 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for thething was right in the eyes of all the people.
13:013:005 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
13:013:006 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, 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.
13:013:007 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
13:013:008 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, and with trumpets.
13:013:009 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
13:013:010 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and hesmote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there hedied before God.
13:013:011 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breachupon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to thisday.
13:013:012 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
13:013:013 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city ofDavid, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom theGittite.
13:013:014 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in hishouse three months. And the LORD blessed the house ofObededom, and all that he had.
13:014:001 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
13:014:002 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
13:014:003 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat moresons and daughters.
13:014:004 Now these are the names of his children which he had inJerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
13:014:005 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
13:014:006 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
13:014:007 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
13:014:008 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.
13:014:009 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
13:014:010 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against thePhilistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? Andthe LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them intothine hand.
13:014:011 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there.Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by minehand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they calledthe name of that place Baalperazim.
13:014:012 And when they had left their gods there, David gave acommandment, and they were burned with fire.
13:014:013 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in thevalley.
13:014:014 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
13:014:015 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
13:014:016 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote thehost of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
13:014:017 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORDbrought the fear of him upon all nations.
13:015:001 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared aplace for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
13:015:002 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but theLevites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark ofGod, and to minister unto him for ever.
13:015:003 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bringup the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had preparedfor it.
13:015:004 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
13:015:005 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren anhundred and twenty:
13:015:006 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren twohundred and twenty:
13:015:007 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren anhundred and thirty:
13:015:008 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethrentwo hundred:
13:015:009 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethrenfourscore:
13:015:010 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethrenan hundred and twelve.
13:015:011 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
13:015:012 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
13:015:013 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.
13:015:014 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
13:015:015 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
13:015:016 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
13:015:017 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
13:015:018 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, andElipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
13:015:019 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
13:015:020 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
13:015:021 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, andJeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
13:015:022 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: heinstructed about the song, because he was skilful.
13:015:023 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
13:015:024 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 Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
13:015:025 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains overthousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of theLORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
13:015:026 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare theark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered sevenbullocks and seven rams.
13:015:027 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all theLevites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah themaster of the song with the singers: David also had upon himan ephod of linen.
13:015:028 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORDwith shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and withtrumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries andharps.
13:015:029 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORDcame to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saullooking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing:and she despised him in her heart.
13:016:001 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of thetent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burntsacrifices and peace offerings before God.
13:016:002 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offeringsand the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name ofthe LORD.
13:016:003 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, toevery one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and aflagon of wine.
13:016:004 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before theark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise theLORD God of Israel:
13:016:005 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
13:016:006 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpetscontinually before the ark of the covenant of God.
13:016:007 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank theLORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
13:016:008 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known hisdeeds among the people.
13:016:009 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all hiswondrous works.
13:016:010 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice thatseek the LORD.
13:016:011 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
13:016:012 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,and the judgments of his mouth;
13:016:013 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, hischosen ones.
13:016:014 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
13:016:015 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which hecommanded to a thousand generations;
13:016:016 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of hisoath unto Isaac;
13:016:017 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israelfor an everlasting covenant,
13:016:018 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot ofyour inheritance;
13:016:019 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
13:016:020 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdomto another people;
13:016:021 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kingsfor their sakes,
13:016:022 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
13:016:023 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to dayhis salvation.
13:016:024 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous worksamong all nations.
13:016:025 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also isto be feared above all gods.
13:016:026 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD madethe heavens.
13:016:027 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladnessare in his place.
13:016:028 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto theLORD glory and strength.
13:016:029 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
13:016:030 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall bestable, that it be not moved.
13:016:031 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and letmen say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
13:016:032 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fieldsrejoice, and all that is therein.
13:016:033 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence ofthe LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
13:016:034 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercyendureth for ever.
13:016:035 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
13:016:036 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
13:016:037 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:
13:016:038 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight;Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
13:016:039 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before thetabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
13:016:040 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
13:016:041 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that werechosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to theLORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
13:016:042 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals forthose that should make a sound, and with musical instrumentsof God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
13:016:043 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
13:017:001 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
13:017:002 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart;for God is with thee.
13:017:003 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God cameto Nathan, saying,
13:017:004 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shaltnot build me an house to dwell in:
13:017:005 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I broughtup Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, andfrom one tabernacle to another.
13:017:006 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word toany of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed mypeople, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
13:017:007 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thussaith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, evenfrom following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over mypeople Israel:
13:017:008 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, andhave cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have madethee a name like the name of the great men that are in theearth.
13:017:009 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and willplant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall bemoved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness wastethem any more, as at the beginning,
13:017:010 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over mypeople Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee anhouse.
13:017:011 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thoumust go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seedafter thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establishhis kingdom.
13:017:012 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13:017:013 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
13:017:014 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
13:017:015 According to all these words, and according to all thisvision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
13:017:016 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
13:017:017 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
13:017:018 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
13:017:019 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine ownheart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known allthese great things.
13:017:020 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any Godbeside thee, according to all that we have heard with ourears.
13:017:021 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
13:017:022 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
13:017:023 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
13:017:024 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
13:017:025 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
13:017:026 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
13:017:027 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thyservant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thoublessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
13:018:001 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote thePhilistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns outof the hand of the Philistines.
13:018:002 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants,and brought gifts.
13:018:003 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as hewent to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
13:018:004 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
13:018:005 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer kingof Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousandmen.
13:018:006 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syriansbecame David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORDpreserved David whithersoever he went.
13:018:007 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
13:018:008 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
13:018:009 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
13:018:010 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
13:018:011 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
13:018:012 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
13:018:013 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
13:018:014 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment andjustice among all his people.
13:018:015 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphatthe son of Ahilud, recorder.
13:018:016 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son ofAbiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
13:018:017 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
13:019:001 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
13:019:002 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
13:019:003 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
13:019:004 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
13:019:005 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
13:019:006 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
13:019:007 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
13:019:008 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
13:019:009 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle inarray before the gate of the city: and the kings that werecome were by themselves in the field.
13:019:010 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him beforeand behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and putthem in array against the Syrians.
13:019:011 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand ofAbishai his brother, and they set themselves in array againstthe children of Ammon.
13:019:012 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thoushalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong forthee, then I will help thee.
13:019:013 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly forour people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD dothat which is good in his sight.
13:019:014 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before theSyrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
13:019:015 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
13:019:016 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worsebefore Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth theSyrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captainof the host of Hadarezer went before them.
13:019:017 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passedover Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in arrayagainst them. So when David had put the battle in arrayagainst the Syrians, they fought with him.
13:019:018 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
13:019:019 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
13:020:001 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
13:020:002 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, andfound it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were preciousstones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he broughtalso exceeding much spoil out of the city.
13:020:003 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut themwith saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even sodealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. AndDavid and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
13:020:004 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezerwith the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathiteslew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and theywere subdued.
13:020:005 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
13:020:006 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.
13:020:007 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David'sbrother slew him.
13:020:008 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by thehand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
13:021:001 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David tonumber Israel.
13:021:002 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
13:021:003 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
13:021:004 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
13:021:005 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
13:021:006 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for theking's word was abominable to Joab.
13:021:007 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smoteIsrael.
13:021:008 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
13:021:009 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
13:021:010 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
13:021:011 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
13:021:012 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
13:021:013 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
13:021:014 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
13:021:015 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as hewas destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of theevil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, staynow thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by thethreshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
13:021:016 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORDstand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn swordin his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and theelders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upontheir faces.
13:021:017 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the peopleto be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evilindeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thinehand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father'shouse; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
13:021:018 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
13:021:019 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in thename of the LORD.
13:021:020 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sonswith him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
13:021:021 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
13:021:022 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
13:021:023 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
13:021:024 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
13:021:025 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
13:021:026 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
13:021:027 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
13:021:028 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him inthe threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificedthere.
13:021:029 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in thewilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at thatseason in the high place at Gibeon.
13:021:030 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he wasafraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
13:022:001 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and thisis the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
13:022:002 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that werein the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stonesto build the house of God.
13:022:003 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for thedoors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass inabundance without weight;
13:022:004 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they ofTyre brought much cedar wood to David.
13:022:005 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
13:022:006 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to buildan house for the LORD God of Israel.
13:022:007 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in mymind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
13:022:008 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shedblood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt notbuild an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much bloodupon the earth in my sight.
13:022:009 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man ofrest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies roundabout: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peaceand quietness unto Israel in his days.
13:022:010 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
13:022:011 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
13:022:012 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.