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2SA-13:39 And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto

Absalom:for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was

dead. <amnon> <comforted> <concerning> <david> <dead> <forth>

2SA-14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's

heart [was] toward Absalom. <heart> <joab> <now> <perceived>

2SA-14:2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise

woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a

mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself

with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the

dead:<anoint> <apparel> <dead> <feign> <fetched> <had> <joab>

2SA-14:3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him.

So Joab put the words in her mouth. <come> <him> <joab> <king>

2SA-14:4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she

fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said,

Help, O king. <did> <face> <fell> <ground> <help> <king>

2SA-14:5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she

answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

2SA-14:6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove

together in the field, and [there was] none to part them, but

the one smote the other, and slew him. <field> <had> <handmaid>

2SA-14:7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine

handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother,

that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew;

and we will destroy the heir also:and so they shall quench my

coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither]

name nor remainder upon the earth. <against> <also> <behold>

2SA-14:8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house,

and I will give charge concerning thee. <charge> <concerning>

2SA-14:9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O

king, the iniquity [be] on me, and on my father's house:and the

king and his throne [be] guiltless. <guiltless> <house>

2SA-14:10 And the king said, Whosoever saith [ought] unto thee,

bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. <any>

2SA-14:11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the

LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of

blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said,

[As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall

to the earth. <any> <blood> <destroy> <earth> <fall> <god>

2SA-14:12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee,

speak [one] word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

2SA-14:13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought

such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak

this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not

fetch home again his banished. <again> <against> <banished>

2SA-14:14 For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilled on

the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God

respect [any] person:yet doth he devise means, that his banished

be not expelled from him. <again> <any> <are> <banished>

2SA-14:15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing

unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people have made me

afraid:and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it

may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

2SA-14:16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of

the hand of the man [that would] destroy me and my son together

out of the inheritance of God. <deliver> <destroy> <god> <hand>

2SA-14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king

shall now be comfortable:for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord

the king to discern good and bad:therefore the LORD thy God will

be with thee. <angel> <bad> <comfortable> <discern> <god> <good>

2SA-14:18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide

not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And

the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. <answered> <ask>

2SA-14:19 And the king said, [Is not] the hand of Joab with thee

in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul

liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to

the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken:for thy

servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the

mouth of thine handmaid:<all> <answered> <bade> <can> <hand>

2SA-14:20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant

Joab done this thing:and my lord [is] wise, according to the

wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in

the earth. <all> <angel> <are> <done> <earth> <fetch> <form>

2SA-14:21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done

this thing:go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.

2SA-14:22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed

himself, and thanked the king:and Joab said, To day thy servant

knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king,

in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

2SA-14:23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom

to Jerusalem. <arose> <brought> <geshur> <jerusalem> <joab> <so>

<went>

2SA-14:24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and

let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house,

and saw not the king's face. <face> <him> <house> <king> <let>

2SA-14:25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised

as Absalom for his beauty:from the sole of his foot even to the

crown of his head there was no blemish in him. <all> <beauty>

2SA-14:26 And when he polled his head, ( for it was at every

year's end that he polled [it] :because [the hair] was heavy on

him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at

two hundred shekels after the king's weight. <after> <because>

2SA-14:27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one

daughter, whose name [was] Tamar:she was a woman of a fair

countenance. <born> <countenance> <daughter> <fair> <name> <one>

2SA-14:28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw

not the king's face. <dwelt> <face> <full> <jerusalem> <saw>

2SA-14:29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to

the king; but he would not come to him:and when he sent again

the second time, he would not come. <again> <come> <have> <him>

2SA-14:30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field

is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire.

And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. <barley> <field>

2SA-14:31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto [his] house,

and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on

fire? <arose> <came> <field> <fire> <have> <him> <house> <joab>

2SA-14:32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee,

saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say,

Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to

have been] there still:now therefore let me see the king's face;

and if there be [any] iniquity in me, let him kill me.

2SA-14:33 So Joab came to the king, and told him:and when he had

called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on

his face to the ground before the king:and the king kissed

Absalom. <before> <bowed> <called> <came> <face> <ground> <had>

2SA-15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared

him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

2SA-15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of

the gate:and it was [so] , that when any man that had a

controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called

unto him, and said, Of what city [art] thou? And he said, Thy

servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel. <any> <art>

2SA-15:3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters [are] good

and right; but [there is] no man [deputed] of the king to hear

thee. <are> <deputed> <good> <hear> <him> <king> <man> <matters>

2SA-15:4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the

land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come

unto me, and I would do him justice! <any> <cause> <come> <do>

2SA-15:5 And it was [so] , that when any man came night [to him]

to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and

kissed him. <any> <came> <do> <forth> <hand> <him> <kissed>

2SA-15:6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came

to the king for judgment:so Absalom stole the hearts of the men

of Israel. <all> <came> <did> <hearts> <israel> <judgment>

2SA-15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom

said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which

I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. <after> <came> <forty>

2SA-15:8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in

Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to

Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD. <again> <bring> <geshur>

2SA-15:9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose,

and went to Hebron. <arose> <go> <hebron> <him> <king> <peace>

2SA-15:10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of

Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet,

then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. <all> <hear>

2SA-15:11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem,

[that were] called; and they went in their simplicity, and they

knew not any thing. <any> <called> <hundred> <jerusalem> <knew>

2SA-15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's

counsellor, from his city, [even] from Giloh, while he offered

sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people

increased continually with Absalom. <ahithophel> <city>

2SA-15:13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The

hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. <after> <are>

<there>

2SA-15:14 And David said unto all his servants that [were] with

him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not

[else] escape from Absalom:make speed to depart, lest he

overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city

with the edge of the sword. <all> <arise> <bring> <city> <david>

2SA-15:15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold,

thy servants [are ready to do] whatsoever my lord the king shall

appoint. <appoint> <are> <behold> <do> <king> <lord> <ready>

2SA-15:16 And the king went forth, and all his household after

him. And the king left ten women, [which were] concubines, to

keep the house. <after> <all> <concubines> <forth> <him> <house>

2SA-15:17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him,

and tarried in a place that was far off. <after> <all> <far>

2SA-15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the

Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six

hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the

king. <after> <all> <before> <beside> <came> <cherethites>

2SA-15:19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore

goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the

king:for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile. <also> <art>

2SA-15:20 Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday, should I this day

make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may,

return thou, and take back thy brethren:mercy and truth [be]

with thee. <back> <brethren> <camest> <day> <down> <go> <make>

2SA-15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, [As] the LORD

liveth, and [as] my lord the king liveth, surely in what place

my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there

also will thy servant be. <also> <answered> <death> <even>

2SA-15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai

the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little

ones that [were] with him. <all> <david> <gittite> <go> <him>

<with>

2SA-15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all

the people passed over:the king also himself passed over the

brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of

the wilderness. <all> <also> <brook> <country> <himself>

2SA-15:24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites [were] with him,

bearing the ark of the covenant of God:and they set down the

ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done

passing out of the city. <all> <also> <ark> <bearing> <city>

2SA-15:25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of

God into the city:if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD,

he will bring me again, and show me [both] it, and his

habitation:<again> <ark> <back> <both> <bring> <carry> <city>

2SA-15:26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold,

[here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. <behold>

2SA-15:27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, [Art not]

thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons

with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

<zadok>

2SA-15:28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness,

until there come word from you to certify me. <certify> <come>

2SA-15:29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God

again to Jerusalem:and they tarried there. <again> <ark>

2SA-15:30 And David went up by the ascent of [mount] Olivet, and

wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went

barefoot:and all the people that [was] with him covered every

man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. <all>

2SA-15:31 And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among

the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray

thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2SA-15:32 And it came to pass, that [when] David was come to the

top [of the mount] , where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the

Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his

head:<archite> <behold> <came> <coat> <come> <david> <earth>

2SA-15:33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then

thou shalt be a burden unto me:<burden> <david> <on> <passest>

2SA-15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom,

I will be thy servant, O king; [as] I [have been] thy father's

servant hitherto, so [will] I now also [be] thy servant:then

mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.

2SA-15:35 And [hast thou] not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar

the priests? therefore it shall be, [that] what thing soever

thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell [it] to

Zadok and Abiathar the priests. <hast> <hear> <house> <priests>

2SA-15:36 Behold, [they have] there with them their two sons,

Ahimaaz Zadok's [son] , and Jonathan Abiathar's [son] ; and by

them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.

2SA-15:37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and

Absalom came into Jerusalem. <came> <city> <friend> <hushai>

2SA-16:1 And when David was a little past the top [of the hill] ,

behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple

of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread,

and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer

fruits, and a bottle of wine. <asses> <behold> <bottle> <bread>

<ziba>

2SA-16:2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by

these? And Ziba said, The asses [be] for the king's household to

ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat;

and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

2SA-16:3 And the king said, And where [is] thy master's son? And

Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem:for he

said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of

my father. <behold> <day> <father> <house> <israel> <jerusalem>

2SA-16:4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine [are] all

that [pertained] unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly

beseech thee [that] I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O

king. <all> <are> <behold> <beseech> <find> <grace> <humbly>

2SA-16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence

came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name

[was] Shimei, the son of Gera:he came forth, and cursed still as

he came. <bahurim> <behold> <came> <cursed> <david> <family>

2SA-16:6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of

king David:and all the people and all the mighty men [were] on

his right hand and on his left. <all> <cast> <david> <hand>

2SA-16:7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out,

thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:<belial> <bloody>

2SA-16:8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the

house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD

hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son:and,

behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] a

bloody man. <all> <art> <because> <behold> <blood> <bloody>

2SA-16:9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why

should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I

pray thee, and take off his head. <curse> <dead> <dog> <go>

2SA-16:10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons

of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto

him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done

so? <because> <curse> <david> <do> <done> <hast> <hath> <have>

2SA-16:11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants,

Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life:

how much more now [may this] Benjamite [do it] ? let him alone,

and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him. <all> <alone>

2SA-16:12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction,

and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.

2SA-16:13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went

along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went,

and threw stones at him, and cast dust. <against> <along>

2SA-16:14 And the king, and all the people that [were] with him,

came weary, and refreshed themselves there. <all> <came> <him>

2SA-16:15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel,

came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. <ahithophel> <all>

2SA-16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's

friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom,

God save the king, God save the king. <archite> <came> <come>

2SA-16:17 And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this thy kindness to

thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? <friend>

2SA-16:18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD,

and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I

be, and with him will I abide. <all> <choose> <him> <hushai>

<with>

2SA-16:19 And again, whom should I serve? [should I] not [serve]

in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's

presence, so will I be in thy presence. <again> <have>

2SA-16:20 Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among

you what we shall do. <ahithophel> <among> <counsel> <do> <give>

2SA-16:21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy

father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and

all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father:then

shall the hands of all that [are] with thee be strong.

2SA-16:22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the

house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the

sight of all Israel. <all> <concubines> <house> <israel> <sight>

2SA-16:23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in

those days, [was] as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God:

so [was] all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with

Absalom. <ahithophel> <all> <both> <counsel> <counselled>

2SA-17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now

choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue

after David this night:<after> <ahithophel> <arise> <choose>

2SA-17:2 And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak

handed, and will make him afraid:and all the people that [are]

with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:<afraid>

2SA-17:3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee:the man

whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned:[so] all the people

shall be in peace. <all> <back> <bring> <man> <peace> <people>

2SA-17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders

of Israel. <all> <elders> <israel> <pleased> <saying> <well>

2SA-17:5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also,

and let us hear likewise what he saith. <also> <archite> <call>

<what>

2SA-17:6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto

him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner:shall we

do [after] his saying? if not; speak thou. <after> <ahithophel>

2SA-17:7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that

Ahithophel hath given [is] not good at this time. <ahithophel>

2SA-17:8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men,

that they [be] mighty men, and they [be] chafed in their minds,

as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field:and thy father [is]

a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. <bear>

<with>

2SA-17:9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some [other]

place:and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown

at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a

slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. <among> <behold>

2SA-17:10 And he also [that is] valiant, whose heart [is] as the

heart of a lion, shall utterly melt:for all Israel knoweth that

thy father [is] a mighty man, and [they] which [be] with him

[are] valiant men. <all> <also> <are> <father> <heart> <him>

2SA-17:11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally

gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that

[is] by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in

thine own person. <all> <battle> <beersheba> <counsel> <dan>

2SA-17:12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall

be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the

ground:and of him and of all the men that [are] with him there

shall not be left so much as one. <all> <are> <come> <dew>

2SA-17:13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all

Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the

river, until there be not one small stone found there. <all>

2SA-17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The

counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of

Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good

counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring

evil upon Absalom. <ahithophel> <all> <appointed> <archite>

2SA-17:15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the

priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the

elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.

2SA-17:16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying,

Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but

speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the

people that [are] with him. <all> <are> <david> <him> <king>

2SA-17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they

might not be seen to come into the city:and a wench went and

told them; and they went and told king David. <ahimaaz> <city>

2SA-17:18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom:but they

went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in

Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

2SA-17:19 And the woman took and spread a covering over the

well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was

not known. <corn> <covering> <ground> <known> <mouth> <over>

2SA-17:20 And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the

house, they said, Where [is] Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman

said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when

they had sought and could not find [them] , they returned to

Jerusalem. <ahimaaz> <brook> <came> <could> <find> <gone> <had>

2SA-17:21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that

they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and

said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water:for thus

hath Ahithophel counselled against you. <after> <against>

2SA-17:22 Then David arose, and all the people that [were] with

him, and they passed over Jordan:by the morning light there

lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. <all>

2SA-17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not

followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to

his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and

hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his

father. <ahithophel> <arose> <ass> <buried> <city> <counsel>

<when>

2SA-17:24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over

Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. <all> <came>

2SA-17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of

Joab:which Amasa [was] a man's son, whose name [was] Ithra an

Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash,

sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. <amasa> <captain> <daughter>

2SA-17:26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

2SA-17:27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim,

that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon,

and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the

Gileadite of Rogelim, <ammiel> <ammon> <barzillai> <came>

<when>

2SA-17:28 Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and

wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn] , and beans,

and lentiles, and parched [pulse] , <barley> <basins> <beans>

2SA-17:29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine,

for David, and for the people that [were] with him, to eat:for

they said, The people [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in

the wilderness. <butter> <cheese> <david> <eat> <him> <honey>

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