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CHAP. VII.
Forbiddeth David to build him an
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at the king faid unto Nathan the =, See now, I dwell in an houfe , but the ark of God dwelleth curtains.

d Nathan faid to the king, Go, that is in thine heart: for the with thee.

And it came to pass that night, word of the LORD came unto faying,

and tell my fervant David, thus e LORD, Shalt thou build me an or me to dwell in?

hereas I have not dwelt in any Ence the time that I brought up dren of Ifrael out of Egypt, even ay, but have walked in a tent arabernacle.

all the places wherein I have with all the children of Ifrael, word with any of the tribes of whom I commanded to feed my frael, faying, Why build ye not Dufe of cedar?

will fet up thy feed after thee, which fhall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

13 He fhall build an houfe for my name, and I will ftablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

14 I will be his father, and he fhall be my fon: if he commit iniquity, I will chaften him with the rod of men, and with the ftripes of the children of men:

15 But my mercy fhall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

16 And thine houfe, and thy kingdom fhall be established for ever before thee: thy throne fhall be established for ever.

17 According to all these words, and according to all this vifion, fo did Nathan fpeak unto David.

18 Then went king David in, and fat before the LORD, and he faid, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my houfe, that thou haft brought me hitherto?

19 And this was yet a small thing in thy fight, O Lord GOD; but thou haft spoken alfo of thy fervants houfe for a great while to come; and is this the manner of man, O Lord God?

20 And what can David fay more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knoweft thy fervant.

21 For thy words fake, and according to thine own heart haft thou done all therefore fo fhalt thou fay un-thefe great things, to make thy fervant ervant David, Thus faith the know them. hofts, I took thee from the fheepom following the fheep, to be er my people, over Ifrael.

I was with thee which erfoever teft, and have cut off all thine out of thy fight, and have ee a great name, like unto the the great men that are in the

Ioreover, I will appoint a place people Ifrael, and will plant at they may dwell in a place of , and move no more: neither children of wickedness affli&

22 Wherefore thou art great,O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God befide thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

23 And what one nation in the earth like thy people, even like Ifrael,whom God went to redeem for a people to himfelf, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things, and terrible, for thy land, before thy people which thou redeemedft to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

24 For thou haft confirmed to thy felf

David flayeth the Syrians:

Chap. viii, ix. His kindness to Mephibofbeth.

hat thou haft fpoken concerning thy fervant, and concerning his houfe,eftablish z for ever, and do as thou haft faid.

26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, faying, The LORD of hofts is the God over Ifrael: and let the house of thy fervant David be established before thee.

127 For thou, O LORD of hofts, God of Ifrael, haft revealed to thy fervant, faying, I will build thee an houfe: therefore hath thy fervant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou haft promised this goodness unto thy fervant.

29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy fervant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, haft fpoken it, and with thy blefling let the house of thy fervant be bleffed for ever.

CHA P. VIII.

I David fubdueth the Philistines, and the Moabites. 3 He fmiteth Hadadezer and the Syrians. 16 His officers.

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

9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had fmitten all the hoft of Hadadezer,

10 Then Toi fent Joram his fon unto king David to falute him, and to blefs him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and fmitten him: (for Hadadezer had wars with Toi) and Foram brought with him veffels of filver, and veffels of gold, and veffels of brafs;

II Which alfo king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the filver and gold that he had dedicate of all nations which he fubdued:

12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philiftines, and of Amalek, and of the fpoil of Hadadezer fon of Rehob, king of Zobah.

13 And David gat him a name when he returned from fmiting of the Syrians in the valley of falt, being eighteen thou fand men.

14 And he put garifons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garifons,

fubdued them: and David took Metheg- fervants: and the LORD preferved Daammah out of the hand of the Phili-vid whitherfoever he went. ftines.

2 And he fmote Moab, and measured them with a line, cafting them down to the ground: even with two lines meafured he, to put to death; and with one full line, to keep alive and so the Moabites became Davids fervants, and brought gifts.

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15 And David reigned over all Ifrael, andDavid executed judgment and juftice unto all his people.

16 And Joab the fon of Zeruiah was over the hoft; and Jehoshaphat the fon of Ahilud was recorder ;

17 And Zadok the fon of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the fon of Abiathar were the 3David fmote alfo Hadadezer the pricfts; and Seraiah was the fcribe; fon of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went 18 And Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada to recover his border at the river Eu-was over both the Cherethites and the phrates. Pelethites; and Davids fons were chief

CHAP. IX.

4 And David took from him a thou- rulers. fand chariots, and seven hundred horfemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and 1 David fendeth for Mephibofbeth, and David houghed all the chariot-horses, for Fonathans fake reftoreth him. but reserved of them for an hundred cha-A is left of the houfe of Saul, that I Nd David faid, Is there yet any that

riots.

5 And when the Syrians of Damaf- may fhew him kindness for Jonathans cus came to fuccour Hadadezer king of fake? Zobah, David flew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

6 Then David put garisons in Syria of Damafcus: and the Syrians became fervants to David, and brought gifts: and the LORD preferved David whicherfoever he went.

7 And David took the fhields of gold that were on the fervants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerufalem,

2 And there was of the houfe of Saul, a fervant whose name was Ziba: and when they had called him unto David, the king faid unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he faid, Thy fervant is he.

3 And the king faid, Is there not yet any of the houfe of Saul, that I may fhew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba faid unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a fon which is lame on his feet.

Meffengers fent to comfort Hanun. II. Samuel. Ammon and Syria difcomfited.

4 And the king faid unto him, Where is he? And Ziba faid unto the king, Behold, he is in the houfe of Machir, the fon of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.

5 Then king David fent and fet him out of the houfe of Machir, the fon of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

6 Now when Mephibofheth the fon of Jonathan the fon of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David faid, MephiboTheth. And he answered, Behold, thy fervant.

And David faid unto him, Fear not for I will furely fhew thee kindnefs, for Jonathan thy fathers fake, and will reftore thee all the land of Saul thy father, and thou fhalt eat bread at my table continually.

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8 And he bowed himself, and faid, What is thy fervant, that thou fhouldft look upon fuch a dead dog as I am?

9Then the king called to Ziba Sauls fervant, and faid unto him, I have given unto thy mafters fon all that pertained to Saul, and to all his house.

10 Thou therefore and thy fons and thy fervants fhall till the land for him, and thou fhalt bring in the fruits, that thy mafters fon may have food to eat: but Mephibofheth thy mafters fon fhall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen fons and twenty fervants.

I Then faid Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his fervant, fo fhall thy fervant do. As for Mephibofheth, faid the king, he fhall eat at my table, as one of the kings fons.

12 And Mephibofheth had a young fon whofe name was Micha: and all that dwelt in the house of Ziba, were servants unto Mephibofhech.

13 So Mephibofheth dwelt in Jerufalem: for he did eat continually at the kings table; and was lame on both his feet.

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CHA P. X. Davids meffengers fent to comfort Hanun, are villanously treated. The Am

monites are overcome.

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Nd it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his fon reigned in his ftead.

2 Then faid David, I will fhew kindnefs unto Hanun the fon of Nabafh, as his father Thewed kindness unto me. And David fent to comfort him by the hand of his fervants for his father. And Davids fervants came into the land of the ldren of Ammon.

3 And the princes of the children of Ammon faid unto Hanun their lord, Thinkeft thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath fent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather fent his fervants unto thee to fearch the city, and to fpy it out, and to overthrow it?

4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids fervants, and fhaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and fent them away.

5 When they told it unto David, he fent to meet them, because the men were greatly afhamed: and the king faid, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

6 And when the children of Ammon faw that they ftank before David, the children of Ammon fent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maachah a thousand men, and of If-tob twelve thousand men.

7 And when David heard of it, he fent Joab and all the boft of the mighty men.

8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in aray at the entring in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba and of Rehob, and Ifh-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

9 When Joab faw that the front of the battle was againft him before and behind, he chofe of all the choice men of Ifrael, and put them in aray against the Syrians.

10 And the reft of the people he de livered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in aray against the children of Ammon.

11 And he faid, If the Syrians be too ftrong for me, then thou shalt help me : but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.

12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which feemech him good.

13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle againft the Syrians: and they fled before him.

14 And when the children of Ammon faw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entred into the city: fo Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came toTM Jerufalem.

15 And when the Syrians saw that they

Davids adultery.

Chap. xi. they were fmitten before Ifrael, they gathered themselves together.

16 And Hadarezer fent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the hoft of Hadarezer went before them.

17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Ifrael together, and paffed over Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Syrians fet themselves in aray against David, and fought with him.

18 And the Syrian, fled before Ifrael, and David flew the men of feven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thoufand horfemen, and fmote Shobach the captain of their hoft, who died there.

19 And when all the kings that were fervants to Hadarezer faw that they were fmitten before Ifrael, they made peace with Ifrael, and ferved them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

CHA P. XI.

1 Foab befiegeth Rabbah. 2 David committeth adultery with Bath-fbeba. 6 riah is flain. 26 David taketh BathSheba to wife.

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Nd it came to pafs, that after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David fent Joab and his fervants with him, and all Ifrael; and they deftroyed the children of Ammon, and befieged Rabbah: but David tarried ftill at Jerufalem.

2 And it came to pafs in an eveningtide, that David arofe from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the kings houfe: and from the roof he faw a woman washing her felf, and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

3 And David fent and enquired after the woman: and one faid, Is not this Bath-fheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

4 And David fent meffengers, and took her; and fhe came in unto him, and he lay with her (for fhe was purified from her uncleannefs) and the returned unto her house.

5 And the woman conceived, and fent and told David, and said, I am with child.

6 And David fent to Joab, Jaying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab fent Uriah to David.

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

Uriah flain.

8 And David faid to Uriah, Go down to thy houfe, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the kings houfe, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king,

9 But Uriah flept at the door of the kings houfe, with all the fervants of his lord, and went not down to his houfe.

10 And when they had told David, faying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David faid unto Uriah, Cameft thou not from thy journey? why then didftthou not go down unto thine houfe?

11 And Uriah faid unto David, Thei ark and Ifrael, and Judah abide in tents, and my lord Joab, and the fervants of my lord, are encamped in the open! field; fhall I then go into mine houfe to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou liveft, and as thy foul liveth, I will not do this thing.

12 And David faid to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerufalem that day and the morrow."

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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 with the fervants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and fent is by the hand of Uriah.

15 And he wrote in the letter, faying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hotteft battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be fmitten, and die.

16 And it came to pass when Joab obferved the city, that he affigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that vali

ant men were.

17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell fome of the people of the fervants of David. and Uriah the Hittite died alfo.

18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war:

19 And charged the meffenger, faying, When thou haft made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

20 And if fo be that the kings wrath arife, and he fay unto thee, Wherefore approached ye fo nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would fhoot from the wall?

21 Who fmore Abimelech the son of Jerubbefheth? did not a woman caft a piece of a milftone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then fay thou, T

Nat hans parable.

II. Samuel. fervant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22 So the meffenger went, and came and fhewed David all that Joab had, fent him for.

Davids repentance.

7 And Nathan faid to David, Thou art the man. Thus faith the LORD God of Ifrael, I anointed thee king over Ifrael, and I delivered thee out of the

23 And the meffenger faid unto Da-hand of Saul: vid, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entring of the gate.

24 And the fhooters fhot from off the wall upon thy fervants, and fome of the kings fervants be dead, and thy fervant Uriah the Hittite is dead alfo.

25 Then David faid unto the meffenger, Thus fhalt thou lay unto Joab, Let not this thing difpleafe thee: for the fword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more ftrong against the city, and overthrow it; and encourage thou him.

26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, fhe mourned for her husband.

27 And when the mourning was paft, David fent, and fet her to his houfe, and the became his wife, and bare him a fon: but the thing that David had done, difpleafed the LORD.

CHA P. XII. Nathans parable. 7 David confeffeth his fin, and is pardoned. 24 Solomon is born. 26 Rabbah is taken.

And the fent Nathan

vid: : and he came unto him, and laid 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 fave one little ew-lamb,which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up toge ther with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own 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 fpared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd to drefs for the way-faring man that was come unto him, but took the poor mans lamb, and dreffed it for the man that was come to him.

5 And Davids anger was greatly kindled againft the man, and he faid to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing, fhall furely die.

8 And I gave thee thy mafters house, and thy mafters wives into thy bufom, and gave thee the houfe of Ifrael and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee fuch and fuch things.

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

10 Now therefore the sword shall ne ver depart from thine houfe; because thou haft defpifed me, and haft taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

II Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will raife up evil against thee out of thine own houfe, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he fhall lie with thy wives in the fight of this fun.

12 For thou didst it fecretly but I will do this thing before all Ifrael, and before the fun.

13 And David faid unto Nathan, I have

faid unto David, The LORD alfo hath put away thy fin; thou shalt not die.

14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou haft given great occafion to the enemies of the LORD to blafpheme, the child alfo that is born unto thee, fhall furely die.

15 And Nathan departed unto his houfe: and the LORD ftruck the child that Uriahs wife bare unto David, and it was very fick.

16 David therefore befought God for the child, and David fafted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

17 And the elders of his houfe arofe, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth but he would not, neither did he cac bread with them.

18 And it came to pass on the feventh day, that the child died: and the fervants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they faid, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we fpake unto him, and he would nor hearken unto our voice: how will he then 6 And he fhall reftore the lamb four-vex himfelf, if we tell him that the fold, because he did this thing, and be-child is dead? caufe he had no pity. t

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