And I have consumed them, and Yea, they are fallen under my feet. 40) For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me 'those that rose up against me. 41) Thou hast also made mine enemies 'turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that 42 (43 44 45 hate me. They looked, but there was none to save; Even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of Thou also hast delivered me from A people 'whom' I 'have' not 'known! 'The strangers shall 1osubmit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear 'of me', they shall obey' me. The strangers shall fade away, And shall come trembling' out of their close places. (30 31 For by thee I run upon a troop: He is a 'shield unto all them that trust in him. (46 32 For who is God, save the LORD? 33) God is my 'strong fortress!: And he "guideth the perfect 'in his! my rock; of my salvation: And exalted be the God of the rock feet: (48 And setteth me upon my high places. Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, 35) He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend' a bow (49 36 Thou hast also given me the shield And thy gentleness hath made me And bringeth down 'peoples' under me, And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that 'rise up against me: Thou deliverest me from the violent man. Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the Inations', And will sing praises unto thy name. 121 Great 18deliverance giveth he 'tol his king: 10 Or, yield feigned obedience Heb. lie. 11 So Ps. xviii. 45. The text has, gird themselves. 12 Another reading is, He is a tower of deliverance. 13 Heb. salvations. VERSION OF 1611.-24 upright before.. have; 26 (And).. upright.. upright; 27 froward.. unsavoury; 30 (have).. through.. have.. leaped; 31 buckler to; 33 strength and power.. maketh my 34 my; 35 steel is broken by; 37 So that.. did.. slip; 38 And turned not.. until I had.. them; 39 wounded..could not; 40 to.. Them; 41 given.. the necks of.. destroy; 43 (as)..street; 44 heathen.. which.. knew; 45 be obedient unto; 46 (they).. be afraid; 48 It is.. avengeth.. (that).. the people; 49 also hast lifted.. (on high). . rose.. hast delivered; 50 heathen.. (1); 51 is the tower of salvation for. = [78] And sheweth lovingkindness' to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. 23 (1 Now these be the last words of David. 2 3 (4 5 6 7 (8 David the son of Jesse 'saith', And the man who was raised on high 'saith', The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel : The spirit of the LORD spake by me, And his word was 'upon' my tongue. The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: 81One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God, He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds; When the tender grass 'springeth out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain. Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all my desire, Although he 'maketh it not to And they shall be utterly burned▸ with fire in 'their place. 8These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: 9Joshebi basshebeth a Tahchemonite1, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred 9 slain at one time. And after him was Eleazar the son of 'Dodai' the Ison of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they 1 Heb. pleasant in the psalms of Israel. 2 Or, linl Or, There shall be one... and lit! shall be as &c. 4 Heb. a righteous one. 5 Or, For is not my house so with God? for he... for all my .. defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the 10 men of Israel 10were gone away: he arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him 11 only to spoil. And after him was Shammah the son of Agee la1 Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together 12into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Phi12 listines. But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD 13 wrought a great victory, And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines Iwere encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 14 And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines 15) was then in Beth-lehem. And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: 'but' he would not drink thereof, but poured 17 it out unto the LORD. And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men that went 13in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did 18 the three mighty men. And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had la 19 name among the three. Was he not most honourable of the three? therefore he was made their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first 20 three. And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of 15a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds', he slew the two sons of VERSION OF 1611.-mercy. Unto. -XXIII. 1 said.. (up).. said; 2 in ; 3 He.. must be just, Ruling; 4 (And)..(Even). . As.. springing.. By; 5 Although..be..this.. make; 6 sons of Belial.. Because.. hands; 7 shall touch. . fenced. . burnt. . the same; 8 The Tachmonite that sat in the seat among..(he lift up his spear).. whom he slew; 9 Dodo; 11 the.. piece; 12 ground; 13 pitched; 14 a; 15 of the; 16 nevertheless; 17 is not this..these; 18 among.. lift. . the; 20 many acts..lionlike men. = [67] Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit 21 in time of snow: and he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with 22 his own spear. These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had lal name among the three mighty 23 men. He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his 'guard. 24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of 25 Dodo of Beth-lehem; °Shammah the 26 Harodite, Elika the Harodite; Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the 27 Tekoite; Abiezer the 'Anathothite', 28 Mebunnai the Hushathite; Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netopha(29 thite; Heleb the son of Baanah the! Netophathite; Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benja30 min; Benaiah la Pirathonite, Hidd 31 dai of the brooks of Gaash; °Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhu(32 mite; Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the 33 sons of Jashen, Jonathan; °Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar 34 the Araritel; Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilo35 nite; Hezro1 the Carmelite, Paarai 36 the Arbite; Igal the son of Nathan 37 of Zobah, Bani the Gadite; Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearers to Joab the son of 38 Zeruiah; Ira the Ithrite, Gareb 39 the Ithrite; Uriah the Hittite : thirty and seven in all. 241 And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, 2 Go, number Israel and Judah. °¡And1 the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may (3) know the sum of the people. And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why doth my lord the 4 king delight in this thing? Notwith standing the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the 5 people of Israel. And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that 'is' in the middle of the valley of Gad, 6 and unto Jazer: then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, 7 and round' about to Zidon, and came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites and they went out to the 8 south of Judah, 'at' Beer-sheba. : So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months 9 and twenty days. And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. 10) And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done but now, O LORD, 'put' away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very fool11 ishly. °1And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's 12 seer, saying, Go and speak unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of 13 them, that I may do it unto thee. So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before Ithy foes while they pursue thee? or Ishall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise thee', and Iconsider what answer I shall return 14 to him that sent me. And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of 15 man. So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer16) sheba seventy thousand men. And Another reading is, armourbearer. 4 See 1 Chr. xxi. 5 Or, Itoward 6 Or, lay upon 1 Or, many VERSION OF 1611.-22 the; 27 Anethothite; 29 a.. (out); 30 the; 32 (of); 33 Hararite; 35 Hezrai; 37 armourbearer; 38 an. . an. —————— -XXIV. 1 to say; 2 For..number; 3 (that); 5 lieth .. midst.. river.. toward; 7 even to; 9 number; 10 and.. take; 11 For.. was; 12 say; 13 thine enemies.. that.. see. = [32] when the angel stretched out his hand Itoward' Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of 'Arau17 nah the Jebusite. And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done 'perversely but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. 18 : And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshing19) floor of Araunah the Jebusite. And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as the LORD commanded. 20 And Araunah looked forth', and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king 21 with his face to the ground. And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be 22 stayed from the people. And Áraunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, 'the' oxen for the burnt offering!, and the threshing instruments and the furniture of 23) the oxen for the wood: all this, O king, 'doth' Araunah give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. (24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the 25 oxen for fifty shekels of silver. And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. 11 THE FIRST BOOK OF Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with (2 clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and cherish him ; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my 3 lord the king may get heat. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought 4 her to the king. And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the 5 king knew her not. Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and 6) fifty men to run before him. And his father had not displeased him at any 1 Or, Ornah In Chr. xxi. 15, Ornan. THE KINGS. time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he was also a very goodly man; and he was born after Absa7 lom. And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest and they following Adoni8 jah helped him. But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Ado9 nijah. And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and 'fatlings' by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside1 En-rogel; and he called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah 10 the king's servants: but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he 11 called not. Then Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solo 2 Or, passing over 3 Or, all this did Araunah the king give &c. Or, lall his life 5 Or, Isacrificed VERSION OF 1611.-16 upon. . threshingplace; 17 wickedly; 20 on.. upon; 22 here be.. sacrifice ..other instruments; 23 these things did.. as a; 24 surely.. (of that). . (doth). I. KINGS.-I. 2 (let her); 3 a; 6 his mother bare him; 9 fat cattle.. by; 11 Wherefore. = [30] mon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it 12 not? "Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and 13 the life of thy son Solomon. Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Ado14 nijah reign? Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy 15 words. "And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the 16 king. And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. (18) And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; land thou, my lord the king, knowest 19 it not: and he hath slain oxen and 'fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not 20 called. And thou, my lord 'the' king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my 21 lord the king after him. Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be (22 counted offenders. And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan 23 the prophet came in. And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the 24 ground. And Nathan said, My lord, Ŏ king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon 25 my throne? For he is gone down, this day, and hath slain oxen and fatlings' and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and 1 Another reading is, and now, my lord the king, thou &c. Or, Isacrificed о drink before him, and say, God save 26 king Adonijah. But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. (27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed unto thy servants' who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 °Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood 29 before the king. And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, who' hath redeemed my soul out of all 30 ladversity', verily as I sware unto thee by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; 31 verily so will I do this day. Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did lobeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king Da32 vid live for ever. And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came be33 fore the king. And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and 34 bring him down to Gihon: and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 35 Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah. 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen : the LORD, the God of my lord the 37 king, say so too. As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my 38 lord king David. So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought 39 him to Gihon. And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the 'Tent', and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people 40 said, God save king Solomon. And 5 Another reading is, servant. 6 Or, leader 3 Another reading is, now. VERSION OF 1611.-18 (now); 19 fat cattle; 20 0; 22 (also); 25 fat cattle; 27 (it).. servant ; 29 that.. distress; 30 even..even..certainly; 31 reverence; 33 also; 35 that.. may. . ruler; 39 a.. tabernacle. = [21] |