David returneth

BEFORE CHRIST 1023.

e ch. 5. 1.

f ch. 17. 25.

g Ruth 1.17.

11 And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.

14 And he bowed the heart of all h Judg.20.1. the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.

i Josh. 5. 9.

k ch. 16. 5. 1 Kings 2.8.

& 16. 1, 2.

15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to 'Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

16 ¶ And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

17 And there were a thousand men 1 ch. 9.2, 10. of Benjamin with him, and 'Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

2 Heb. the good in his eyes.

m 1 Sam. 22. 15.

n ch. 16. 5, 6, &c.

• ch. 13. 33.

p See ch. 16. 5.

q Ex. 22. 28. r ch. 16. 10.

1 Sam. 11. 13.

18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan ;

19 And said unto the king, "Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should "take it to his heart.

20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he a cursed the LORD's anointed?

to Jerusalem.

BEFORE CHRIST 1023. +1 Kings 2

8,9,37,46. ch.9.6.

25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with ch. 16. 17. me, Mephibosheth?

26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.

27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that 3 Heb. How many days I should go up with the king unto are the Jerusalem?

35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

years of

my life.

Ps. 90.10.

a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

k

14 ¶ And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.

15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and 12 Kings 10. they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab 3battered the wall, to throw it down.

32.

2 Or, it stood against the

outmost wall.

3 Heb. marred to throw down.

4 Or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying,

16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

18 Then she spake, saying, 'They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Surely they Abel: and so they ended the matter. 19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up m the inheritance of the LORD?

will ask of Abel, and so make an end: See Deut.20.11.

m1 Sam. 26. 19.

ch. 21.3.

5 Heb. by his name.

n Eccles. 9. 14, 15.

20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

22 Then the woman went unto all the people "in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And 6 Heb. were he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

scattered.

ooh.8.16,18.

p1 Kings 4.6.

q ch. 8. 16. 1 Kings 4.3.

7 Or,

remem

brancer.

23 Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

CHAPTER XXI.

1 The three years' famine for the Gibeonites ceaseth, by hanging seven of Saul's sons. 10 Rizpah's kindness unto the dead. 12 David burieth the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his father's sepulchre. 15 Four battles against the Philistines, wherein four valiants of David slay four giants.

there was a famine in the

Tdays of David three years, year

after year; and David3 enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Heb. sought the See Num.

face, &c. 27.21.

15, 16, 17.

2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Josh. 9.3, Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the in-bch. 20.19. heritance of the LORD?

24 And Adoram was Pover the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was 'recorder:

four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.

21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of "Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

CHAPTER XXII.

A psalm of thanksgiving for God's powerful deliverance, and manifold blessings. ND David "spake unto the LORD AN the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:

2 And he said, "The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

3 The God of my rock; din him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high stower, and my brefuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. 4 I will call on the LORD, who worthy to be praised: so shall I saved from mine enemies.

is

be

14.6.& 59. Jer. 16. 19.

16. & 71.7.

4 Or, pangs.

5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of 5 ungodly 5 Heb. men made me afraid;

Belial.

i Ps. 116. 3.

6 The sorrows of hell compassedOr, cords. me about; the snares of death prevented me;

7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did 'hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

Ps. 116.4. Jonah 2.2. Ex. 3.7.

& 120. 1.

Ps. 34. 6, 15, 17.

Ps. 77.18.

8 Then the earth shook and mJudg.5.4. trembled; "the foundations of hea-97.4. ven moved and shook, because he Job 26.11. was wroth.

9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kinelled by it.

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

7

Heb. by. Ps. 97.3. Heb. 12. 29.

Hab. 3. 5.

Ps. 144. 5.
Ex. 20. 21.

Is. 64. 1.

1Kings8.12. Ps. 97.2.

11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon Ps. 104.3. the wings of the wind.

8 ver. 10. Ps. 97.2.

12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, & Heb. and thick clouds of the skies.

13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14 The LORD "thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

binding of waters.

t ver. 9. u Judg.5.20.

1Sam. 2.10. P. 29.3.

& 7.10.

Is. 30. 30.
* Deut. 32.
Ps. 7.13.

15 And he sent out arrows, and 23. scattered them; lightning, and dis-&77.17. comfited them.

& 144. 6. Hab. 8. 11.

David's psalm

BEFORE CHRIST 1018.

y Ex. 15.8. Ps. 106. 9. Nah. 1. 4.

Matt. 8. 26. 2 Or, anger. Ps. 74. 1. z Ps. 144.7. 3 Or, great.

& ver. 1.

b Ps. 31. 8. & 118. 5.

c ch. 15. 26. Ps. 22. 8.

d ver. 25.

1Sam.26.23. 1Kings8.32. Ps. 7.8.

• Ps. 24. 4.

16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

of thanksgiving.

36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath 2 made me great. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that 3 feet did not my

slip. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen & under my feet.

40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou 'subdued under

me.

f Gen. 18.19. cording to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

Ps. 119. 3.
& 128. 1.
Prov. 8. 32.
g Deut.7.12.
Ps. 119. 30,
102.

h Gen. 6.9.
& 17.1.
Job 1.1.
4 Heb.
to him.

i ver. 21. 5 Heb. before his eyes.

22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.

h

24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine

Matt. 5.7. iniquity.

1 Lev. 26. 23, 24, 27, 28. 6 Or, wrestle. Ps. 18. 26.

m Ex. 3.7,8.

Ps.72.12, 13.

25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.

26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.

27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and 'with the froward 8 Or, broken thou wilt 'shew thyself unsavoury. 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save but thine eyes are upon "the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

• Deut.32.4. Dan. 4. 37. Rev. 15. 3. p Ps. 12.6. & 119. 140. Prov. 30.5.

9 Or, refined.

q1 Sam. 2.2.

Is. 45. 5, 6.

r Ex. 15. 2.
Ps. 27. 1. &
28.7,8. &
31. 4.
Is. 12. 2.
2 Heb. rid-
deth, or,
looseth.

Heb. 13. 21.

t Deut. 18.

13.

Job 22. 3.

Ps. 101. 2, 6. & 119. 1. 3 Heb. equalleth. a.ch. 2. 18. Hab. 3. 19. x Deut. 32. 13.

Is. 33. 16.

& 58. 14.

y Ps. 144. 1.

4 Heb. for

the war.

7

Ex. 23. 27. Josh. 10. 24.

42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he Job 27.9. answered them not.

43 Then did I beat them as small f as the dust of the earth; I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.

Prov. 1. 28. Is. 1. 15.

Mic. 3. 4. 12 Kings 13. Ps. 35. 5.

7.

Dan. 2. 35. g Is. 10. 6.

Zech. 10. 5. hch.3.1. & 5.

44 h Thou also hast delivered me Mic. 7. 10. from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be 'head of the hea-1.& 19. 9,14. then: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

5

45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.

46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid 'out of their close places.

47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of salvation. my 48 It is God that avengeth me, and that " bringeth down the people under me,

& 20.1,2,22.

Deut.28.13.

ch. 8.1-14, Ps. 2.8.

Is. 55. 5.
Heb. Sons

of the stranger.

Or, vield obedience.

feigned

7 Heb. lie: See Deut.

33.29. 81.15.

Ps. 66. 3. &

1 Mic. 7. 17. m Ps. 89. 26.

8 Heb. giveth avenge

ment forme. 1Sam.25.39. ch. 18.19,31. n Ps. 144. 2.

• Ps. 140. 1.

50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among P the hea-pRom. 15.9. then, and I will sing praises unto thy

51 He is the tower of salvation for Ps. 144. 10. his king: and sheweth mercy to his

* anointed, unto David, and to his Ps. 89. 20. seed for evermore.

CHAPTER XXIII.

1 David, in his last words, professeth his faith in God's promises to be beyond sense or experience. 6 The different state of the wicked. 8 A catalogue of David's mighty men.

mine arms.

David. David the son of Jesse

ch.7.12.13. Ps. 89.29.