Davia subdueth his enemies.

BEFORE CHRIST

cir. 1040.

8 Josh. 11. 6, 9.

b1 Kings 11. 23, 24, 25,

1 ver. 2. k ver. 14. ch. 7.9.

1 Seel Kings 10. 16.

8 Or, Tibhath.

8 Or, Chun,

1 Chr. 18.8.

4 Tou,

1 Chr. 18.9.

m1 Chr. 18. 10, Hadoram. 5 Heb. ask him of peace. • Heb. was a man of wars with. 7 Heb.

footmen and David houghed all

CHAPTER IX.

5 And when the Syrians of Da

mascus came to succour

ling of zobah, David sladadezer Syrians two and twenty thousand

8 And from 2 Betah, and from 3 Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

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 vesin his hand sels of silver, and vessels of gold, and

were.

☐ 1 Kings 7. 51.

7

vessels of brass:

11 Which also king David did 1 Chr.18.11. dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

& 26. 26.

For Jonathan's sake he entertaineth him at his table, and restoreth him all that was Saul's. 9 He maketh Ziba his farmer.

ND David said, Is there yet any

A that is left at the house of Saul,

BEFORE

CHRIST cir. 1040.

that I may ashew him kindness for 15cm.18.8. Jonathan's sake?

& 20. 14, 15, 16, 17, 42. Prov. 27.10.

& 19. 17, 29.

2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. ch.16., 19 And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

14.

3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto 1 Sam. 20. him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son,' which is a lame on his feet.

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 Lo-debar.

5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

6 Now when 2 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!

d ch. 4. 4.

e ch. 17. 27.

Called, 1 Chr. 8.34.

Merib-baal,

7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew ver. 1, 8. 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.

8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

h

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.

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.

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. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young

1 Sam. 24. ch. 16. 9.

14.

See ch. 16.

4. & 19. 29.

David's adultery.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1035.

b Deut. 22.

8.

Gen. 34. 2. Matt. 5. 28.

Job 31. 1.

? Or, Bathshuah,

1 Chr. 3. 5.

8 Or, Ammiel.

4 ch. 25. 39.

• Ps. 51, title.

Jam. 1. 14.

4 Or, and

when she had purified herself, &c. she returned.

f Lev. 15.19,

28. & 18. 19.

6 Heb. of the peace of, &c.

& Gen. 18.4.

& 19.2.

Heb. went

out after him.

1 ch. 20. 6.

Uriah is slain.

to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1035.

15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye 2 Heb. 3 from him, that he may n be smitten, and die.

16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.

17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.

18 T Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the

war;

19 And charged the messenger,

how did,

7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him Joab did, and how the people and how the war prospered.

8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

11 And Uriah said unto David, bch. 7.2, 6. The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

* Gen. 19. 33, 35.

1 ver. 9.

m See

1 Kings 21. 8,9.

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the mor

row.

13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him * drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed 1 with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

14 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter

21 Who smote Abimelech the Judg. 9. 53. son of P Jerubbesheth? did not a p Judg. 6. woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

22 ¶ So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

1

Parable of the ewe lamb.

BEFORE CHRIST

cir. 1034.

cir. 1034.

a Ps. 51, title.

b See

ch. 14.5, &c. 1 Kings 20. 35-41.

Is. 5. 3.

? Heb. morsel.

8 Or, is worthy to die, or, is a son of death,

1 Sam. 26. 16.

• Ex. 22. 1. Luke 19. 8.

CHAPTER XII. 1 Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb causeth David to be his own judge. 7 David, reproved by Nathan, confesseth his sin, and is pardoned. 15 David mourneth and prayeth for the child, while it lived. 24 Solomon is

born, and named Jedidiah. 26 David taketh Rabbah, and tortureth the people thereof. ND the LORD sent Nathan unto AND David. And a he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own 2 meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. * 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die :

6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the d1 Sam. 16. LORD God of Israel, Id anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

13.

• See

1 Sam. 15. 19.

f Num. 15. 31. ch. 11. 15, 16, 17, 27.

h Amos 7.9.

1 Deut. 28. 80. ch. 16. 22.

8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

f

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will 'take thy wives before thine eyes, and give

David confesseth his sin.

CHRIST

them unto thy neighbour, and he BEFORE shall lie with thy wives in the sight-cir. 1034. of this sun.

12 For thou didst it secretly: butch. 16. 22. I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

13 'And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD P to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

15 T And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then 3 vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.

See
24.
Job. 20.
Ps. 32. 5..

1 Sam. 15.

m ch. 24. 10.

& 51. 4. Prov. 28.13.

ch. 24. 10. Ps. 32. 1. Zech. 3. 4. Is. 52. 5.

Job 7.21.

Mic. 7. 18.

Ezek. 86. 20, 23. Rom. 2. 24.

2 Heb. fast.

fasted a

q ch. 13. 31.

8 Heb. do hurt.

20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed Ruth 8.8. himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and

B

worshipped: then he came to his own Job 1. 20. house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.

21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GoD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

b 1 Chr. 20.

2.

great.

24 ¶ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon and the LORD loved him.

25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

2

26 T And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of

waters.

28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after

my name.

29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.

b

30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the Heb. very spoil of the city in great abundance. 31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

Heb. thin. 7 Heb.

morning by morning.

3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

Amnon forceth Tamar.

me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1032.

6 ¶ So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and d maked Gen. 18. 6. me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took 2 flour, and 2Or, paste. kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.

e

9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out Gen. 45. 1. all men from me. And they went out every man from him.

10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.

11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold Gen. 39. of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for gno such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee,

25.

See ch. 12. 11. 6 Heb. with great hatred greatly.