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II.Samuel.

3 And the Beerethites fled to Gittaim, and were foiourners there untill this day.)

4 And Jonathan Sauls fon, bad a fon that was lame of his feet: and was five yeers old when the tidings cane of Saul and Ionathan out of tezreel,and his nurfe took him up.and fled: and it came to paffe as fhe made haft to Bee, that he fell, and became lane, and his maine was Mephibofheth.

5 And the fonnes of Riminon the Beeroahire Rechab and Baanah went, and came-about the heat of the day, to the boule of Khbofherh, who lay on a bed at noone.

6 And they came thither into the midft of the boufe, as though they would have fetched wheat and they finote him under the fift vibbe,and Rechab and Baanah bis brother efcaped.

7 And when they came into the houfe, he Jay on his bed in his bed chamber, and they finore him, and flew him, and beheaded jm.and tooke his head and gate them away horow the paine all night.

8 And they broughty head of 1hbofheth unro David to Hebron and faid to the King, Behold the head of Ifhbofhethy fon of Saul thine enemy Which fought thy life, and the LORD hath avenged my lord the King this diy of Sauland of his feed.

99 And David anfwered Rechab and Baanab his brother, the fons of Riminon the Beerothite, and faid unto them, as the Lord liueth, who hath redeemed my foule out of all adverfity.

10 When one told mee, faying Behold, Saul is dead (thinking to have brought good tidings) I took hold ofhim, and flew bin in Ziklag, who thought that I would bave given him a reward for his tidings:

11 How inuch more when wicked inen bave flaine a righteous perfon in his owne boufe, upon his bed Shall I not therefore Dow require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

12 And David commanded bis young men, and they flew them, and cut off their bands, and their feet, and banged them up over the poole in Hebron: but they tooke the head of Ishbofheth, and baried it in the fepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

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Hen came all the tribes of Ifrael to Da-
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hold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Alfo in time valt when Saul was king over us, thou waft he that leddeft out, and boroughreft in Ifrael: and the LORD faid to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Ifrael, and thou shalt be a captaine over Ifrael.

3 So all the Elders of Ifrael came to the king to Hebron & King David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD and they anointed David King over Ifrael.

4 David was thirty yeers old when be began to reigne,and he reigned forty yeeres.

David taketh Zion.

5 In Hebron he reigned over Iudah fe ven yeeres and fixe moneths: and in" ferufalen be reigned thirty and three yeeres over all Ifrael and ludah."

6 And the King and his men went un to Ierufalem unto the lebufites the inhabitants. oftheland: which fpake unto David, faying, Except thou take away the blinde and the laine, thou shalt not come in hither, Thinking David cannot come in bither.

7 Nevertheleffe, David tooke the strong hold of Zion, the fame is the city of David.

S And David faid on that day, Whofoever getteth up to the gutter, and finiteth the lebufites, and the lame, and the blind that are hated of Davids foule, het tha! be chief and Cap aine: wherefore they said, The blind and the lame fhall not come into she house.

9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it,The city of David, and David built round about from Millo inward

10 And David went on,and grew great, and the LORD God of boits was with him

11 And Hiram King of Tyre fent mef. fengers to David, and Cedar trees, and car penters, and mafons: and they built David an houfe.

12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him King over Ifrael, and that hee had exalted his kingdone for his people Mraels fake.

13 And David tooke bim inde concubines and wives out of Ierufalem, after hee was come froin Hebron, and there were yet fons and daughters borne to David.

14 And thefe be the names of thofe that' were borne unto him in ferufalein, Shammua,and Shobab,and Nathan,and Solomon, 15 Ibhar alto, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Iaphia.

16 And Elifhana,& Elizda,& Elipbalet. 17 But when the Philiftines beard that they had anointed David King over Ifrael, all the Philiftines came up to feeke David, and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

18 The Philifines alfo came and spread themfelves in the valley of Rephaim,

19 And David enquired of the LORD, faying, Shall I goe up to the Philiftines? wilt thou deliver their into mine hands? And the LORD faid un to David, Goe up: for I will doubtletle deliver the Philistines into thine hand:

20 And David came to Baal-Perazin,and David finote them there,& faid, The LORD hath broken forth upe mine enemies,before ine at the breach of waters. Therefore he cal. led the Name of the place Baal Perazim.

21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burnt then.

22 And the Philiftines came up yet againe, and fpread theinfelves in the valley of Rephaim.

The Arke is removed.

Chap vi vii.

23 And when David enquired of the Lord,be faid. Thou shalt not goe up but fetch a compaffe behind them, and come up. on then over again ft the mulberry trees.

24 And let it be when thou hearest the found of a going in the tops of y mulberry trees, that then thou fhalt ftitre thy felfe: for then fhally LORD goe out before thee, to finite the hofte of the Philistines.

25 And Divid did fo, as the LORD had cominanded him,and fmote the Philistines, from Geba, untill thou come to Gazer. CHAP. VI.

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13 And it was fo that when they that bare the Arke of the LORD, had gone fixe paces.be facrificed ox en and fatlings.

14 And David danced before the LORD with all bis might, and David was girded with a linnen Ephod.

15 So David and all the houfe of Ifraek brought up the Arke of the LORD with fhouting, and w the found of the trumpet.

16 And as the Arke of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Sauls daughter looked thorow a window & faw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord

A Gaine David gathered together all the and the defpifed him in her heart.

chofen men of Ifrael, thirty thoufand. 2 And David arofe,and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale of lusab, to bring up from thence the Arke of God, whofe name is called by the Name of the LORD of hofles, that dwelleth be. tweens the Cherubims.

3 And they fet the Arke of God upon a new cart,and brought it out of the house of Abinadaby was at Shiloh: and Vzzah and Ahio the fonnes of Abinadab,drew the new

cart.

4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accom panying the Arke of God: and Ahio went before the Arke.

And David and all the men of Ifrael played before the LORD on all maner of in@uments made of Firre wood, even on harpes,and on Pfalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

69 And when they came to Nachons threshing floore. Vzzah put forth his hand to the Arke of God and tooke fold of it, for the oxen fhoot it.

7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled againa Vzzah and God fmore him there for his errour, and there he died by the Arke of God.

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And David was difpleafed, becaufe the LORD bad made a breach upon Vzzah: And be called the name of that place, PerezVzzah unto this day.

9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day,and faid, How hally Arke of the LORD come to ine?

10 So Dauid would not remove the Arke of the LORD unto him into the city of David but David carried it afide into the houfe of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

11 And the Arke of the LORD continued in the houfe of Obed Edom Gittite three noneths,and the LORD bleffed Osed Edoin and all his boufhold.

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12 And it was told King David, fay ing.The LORD bath bleffed the boule of Obed-Edom, and all that pertwined unto him, becaule of the Arke of God, So David went and brought up the Arke of God, from the boufe of Obed-Edom into the city of David with gladnelle.

17 And they brought the Arke of the LORD, and fet it in his place in the midt of the Tabernacle that David had pitched for it:and David offered burnt offerings, and peace offerings before the LORD,

13 And affoone as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings, and peace offerings, he bleffed the people in the Name of the LORD of hoftes.

19 And be dealt, among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Ifrael. as well to the women as men, to every one cake of bread, & a good piece of fiel,and a flagon of wine: fo the people departed every one to his house,

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20 Then David returned to bleffe his boufhold, and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David,and faid. How glo rious was the King of Ifrael to day, who uncovered himfelfe to day in the eyes of the bandmaid of bis fervants, as one of the vaine fellowes fhamelely uncovereth bifelfe.

21. And David faid unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chofe me before thy father, and before all his houfe, to ap point me ruler over the people of LORD over Ifrael, therefore wil I play before y lord

22 And I will be yet inore vile then thus, and will be bafe in mine owne fight; and of the maid fervants, which thou haft fpoken of,of them fhall I be had in honour.

23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of ber death. CHAP. VI.

it came to paffe when the King fare Am his houfe, and the LORD had given bun reft round about from all his enemies.

2 That the King faid unto Nathan the Propher, See now, Idwell in a houfe of Cedar but the Arke of Goldwelleth with in curtaines

And Natban faid unto the King,Goe 3 do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

4 And it came to paffe that night, that the word of the LORD caine unto Nathan, faying.

5 Goe and tell my fervaat David, Thus faith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an houfe for me to dwell in? L4 where

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any houfe fince the time that I brought up the children of Ifrael out of Egypt, even to this day,but have walked in a Tent and in a Taberna. de:

7. In the places wherein I have wal ked with all the children of Ifrael fpake I á word with any of the tribes of Ifrael,

whom I commanded to feed my people If rael, faying, why build ye not me an houfe of Cedar,

Now therefore, fo fhalt thou fay unto my fervant David. Thus faith the LORD of hofes, I tooke thee from the fheepe coat, from following the free pe, to be ruler over my people, over Ifrael.

9 And I was with thee witherfoever thou wenteft, and have cut off all thine ene. anies out of thy fight, and have made thee a great name like to the name of the great ten that are in the earth.

10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for any people Ifrael, and will plant them, that they inay dovell in a place of their owne, and moove no more: neither fhall the chil. Fren of darkenelle afflict them any more as Before time.

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to David and brought gifs and the LORD Ion his face, and did revence and bid faid, Meghibofheih; and, he anfyvmed, preterved David whitherfoever he went. 7 And David tooke the fields of gold that were on the fervants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Ierufalem.

8 And from Betah, and from Berothai cities of Hadadezer, king David tooke ex. ceeding inuch braffe.

9 When Toj king of Hamath heard that David bad fmitten allthe hoft of Hadadezer, 110 Then Toi fent Ioram his ton unto king David to falute him & to bleffe him,becaufe he had fought against Hadadezer, and finit ten him,(for Hadadezer had wars with Toi) aud Ioram brought with him veffels of filver, and veffels of gold and veffels of braffe.

11 Which alfo king David did dedicate unto the Lord with y filver & goldy he had dedicated of a I nations which he fubdued 12 Of Syria and of Moab,and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the fpoile of Hadadezer fon of Rebob king of Zobah,

13 And David gate him a name, when be returned from finitting of the Syrians in the valley of falt being eighteene thousand inen, 14 And he put garifons in Edom thorow our all Edom pur be garifons, & all they of Edon became Davids fervants, and the Lord preferved David whitherfoever he went.

15 And David reigned over all Ifrael,and David executed Iudgment and iuftice unto all bis people. Sunt

16 And loab the fonne of Zerviah was over the hoft, and Iehofhaphat the Lonne of Ahilud was recorder.

17 And Zadok the fonne of Abitub, and. Abimelech the fonpe of Abiathar, were the Priefts and Seraiah was the Scribe,

18 And Benaiah the fon of lehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Peletbites and Davids fons were chiefe Rulers. CHAP. IX.

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And David faid, is there yet any that left of the houfe of Saul,that I may fhew him kindneffe farlonathans fake;

2. And there was of the houfe of Saula, fervant whofe name was Ziba and when they had called him unto David, the king faid unto bun, Art thou Ziba; And bee faid, Thy fervant is hee.

Andthe king faid, Is there not yet any of the houfe of Saul, that kinay fhew the Kindneffe of God unto hrt; And Ziba faid unto the king, lona han hath yet a fonne, which is lane on his feet.

4 And the King faid unto him, where is be And Ziba faid unto the king, Behold be is in the houfe of Machit the fou of Amiel in Lcdebar.

Then king David fent, and fet bin out of the houfe of Machir the fen of Ans mie! from Lodebar P

6 Now when Mepbibofheth thefon of toBathan, fon of Saul vasconie onto David

"behold thy fervant,"

7 And David faid unto him. Feare not for I willfarely fhew thee kindnes, for lo nanthan thy fathers fake & wil reftore thee all the land of Saul thy father,and thou shalt eate at my table continually.

S And he bowed himselfe and faid.what is thy fervant, that thou shouldeft looke u ponfuch a dead dog as Lam,

9 Then the king calledto Ziba, Sauls fervant and faid unto bim I have given unio thy mafters fon all that pertained to Saul and to all his houfe.

10 Thou therefore, and thy fons and thy fervants fhall till the land for him, and thou halt bring in the fruits, that thy mafters fonnes may have foode to eate: But Mephi bofheth thy Mafters fonne fhall eate bread alway at my:able. Now Ziba had fifteene fonnes and twenty fervants.

11 Then faid Ziba unto the king, Accor1 ding to all that my lord the king bath.com. manded his fervant,fo fhall hisfervant doe as for Mephibofheth faid the king, He fhall eate at my table as one of the kings fons.

12 And Mephibofheth had a yong fonne whofe name was Micha; and all that dwelt in the house of Ziba, were fervanis unto Mephibofheth.

13 So Mephibofheth dwelt in Ierufalem for he did eat contionally at the kings ta ble,and was lame on both his feet. CHAP. X.

And it came to paffe after this, that the

king ofthe children of Ammon died, and Hanun his fon reigned in his tead:

2 Then faid David I will fhew kindnes unto Hatun the fon of Nahaih,as his father fhewed kindnele antoine. And David fent to comfort him by the band of his fervants, for his father and Davids fervants caine in to the land of the children of Ammon.

3 Andy Princes of the children of Ammon faid unto Hanun their lord, Thinkeft-thou that David doeth honor thy father,y he hath feat comforters unto thee? bath not Dayid rather tent his fervants unto thee; to search ry city & to pie it out, and to overthrow it; 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids fervants and faved off the one halfeof their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and feat them away.

When they told it unto David he fent to meet them, becaufe the men were greatly afhained, and the kingfaid. Tarry at Jericho untill your beards be grown & then return.

6 And when the children of Aminon fav that they ftanck before David, the chil. dring of Ammon fent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians Zoba twenty thousand foounen, And of king Maatan a thousand footmen, and of nob, welye hafland men.

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And the Syrians fled before Ifrael and David flew the men of feven hundred charers of the Syrians, and fourty thousand? horfenen, and anore Shobach the captaine of their hoft who died there.

19 And when all the kings that were fexwants to Hadarezer faw that they were faittep before Ifrael, they made peace with fra eland ferved them: fo the Syrians feared to helpe the children of Ifrael any inore. CH-A P. XI.

3 And David fent and enquired after the woman and on- faid,isnet this, Bathfheba the daughter of Eliam the wife of Vriah the Hittite?

4. And David fent meffengers and tooke her, and the came unto him, and he lay with her (for fhe was purified from her unclean nefe) and the returned unto her house.

S And the woman conceived and fent, and told David, and faid,1 ain with child.