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2:1 And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying,
 Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?  And the LORD said unto him,
 Go up.  And David said, Whither shall I go up?  And he said, Unto Hebron.
2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the
 Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
2:3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his
 household:  and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the
 house of Judah.  And they told David, saying, That the men of
 Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto
 them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have showed this kindness unto
 your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
2:6 And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you:  and I also will
 requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
2:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant:  for
 your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king
 over them.
2:8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the
 son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2:9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel,
 and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
2:10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over
 Israel, and reigned two years.  But the house of Judah followed David.
2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was
 seven years and six months.
2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of
 Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2:13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and
 met together by the pool of Gibeon:  and they sat down, the one on the one
 side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before
 us.  And Joab said, Let them arise.
2:15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which
 pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of
 David.
2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his
 sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together:  wherefore that
 place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
2:17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and
 the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and
 Asahel:  and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right
 hand nor to the left from following Abner.
2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel?  And he
 answered, I am.
2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy
 left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. 
 But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: 
 wherefore should I smite thee to the ground?  how then should I hold up my
 face to Joab thy brother?
2:23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside:  wherefore Abner with the hinder end
 of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out
 behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place:  and it
 came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down
 and died stood still.
2:24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner:  and the sun went down when
 they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of
 the wilderness of Gibeon.
2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner,
 and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? 
 knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end?  how long
 shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their
 brethren?
2:27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then
 in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued
 after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
2:29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and
 passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to
 Mahanaim.
2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner:  and when he had gathered all
 the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and
 Asahel.
2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men,
 so that three hundred and threescore men died.
2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father,
 which was in Bethlehem.  And Joab and his men went all night, and they
 came to Hebron at break of day.

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3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David:
  but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker
 and weaker.
3:2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron:  and his firstborn was Amnon,
 of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3:3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and
 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
3:4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah
 the son of Abital;
3:5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife.  These were born to David
 in Hebron.
3:6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and
 the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah:
  and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my
 father's concubine?
3:8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I
 a dog's head, which against Judah do show kindness this day unto the house
 of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not
 delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a
 fault concerning this woman?
3:9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to
 David, even so I do to him;
3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the
 throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is
 the land?  saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand
 shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee:  but one thing I
 require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first
 bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver
 me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the
 Philistines.
3:15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from
 Phaltiel the son of Laish.
3:16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. 
 Then said Abner unto him, Go, return.  And he returned.
3:17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye
 sought for David in times past to be king over you:
3:18 Now then do it:  for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the
 hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of
 the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
3:19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin:  and Abner went also to
 speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and
 that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
3:20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him.  And David
 made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
3:21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all
 Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and
 that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth.  And David sent
 Abner away; and he went in peace.
3:22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a
 troop, and brought in a great spoil with them:  but Abner was not with
 David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told
 Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him
 away, and he is gone in peace.
3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?  behold,
 Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is
 quite gone?
3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to
 know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner,
 which brought him again from the well of Sirah:  but David knew it not.
3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate
 to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that
 he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
3:28 And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are
 guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
3:29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let
 there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a
 leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that
 lacketh bread.
3:30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their
 brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
3:31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him,
 Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. 
 And king David himself followed the bier.
3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron:  and the king lifted up his voice, and
 wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
3:34 Thy hands were not bound.  nor thy feet put into fetters:  as a man
 falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou.  And all the people wept
 again over him.
3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was
 yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste
 bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them:  as
 whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not
 of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince
 and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
3:39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons
 of Zeruiah be too hard for me:  the LORD shall reward the doer of evil
 according to his wickedness.

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4:1 And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were
 feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
4:2 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands:  the name of
 the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon
 a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin:  (for Beeroth also was reckoned
 to Benjamin.
4:3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until
 this day. )
4:4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet.  He
 was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of
 Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled:  and it came to pass, as she
 made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame.  And his name was
 Mephibosheth.
4:5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came
 about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at
 noon.
4:6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they
 would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib:  and
 Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
4:7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber,
 and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and
 gat them away through the plain all night.
4:8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said
 to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy,
 which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day
 of Saul, and of his seed.
4:9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the
 Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my
 soul out of all adversity,
4:10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have
 brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who
 thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
4:11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own
 house upon his bed?  shall I not therefore now require his blood of your
 hand, and take you away from the earth?
4:12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off
 their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. 
 But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of
 Abner in Hebron.

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5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake,
 saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest
 out and broughtest in Israel:  and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed
 my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
5:3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David
 made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD:  and they anointed David
 king over Israel.
5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
 forty years.
5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months:  and in
 Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
5:6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the
 inhabitants of the land:  which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take
 away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither:  thinking,
 David cannot come in hither.
5:7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion:  the same is the city
 of David.
5:8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and
 smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of
 David's soul, he shall be chief and captain.  Wherefore they said, The
 blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
5:9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David.  And David
 built round about from Millo and inward.
5:10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with
 him.
5:11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and
 carpenters, and masons:  and they built David an house.
5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel,
 and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
5:13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after
 he was come from Hebron:  and there were yet sons and daughters born to
 David.
5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem;
 Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
5:15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
5:16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
5:17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over
 Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it,
 and went down to the hold.
5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of
 Rephaim.
5:19 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the
 Philistines?  wilt thou deliver them into mine hand?  And the LORD said
 unto David, Go up:  for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine
 hand.
5:20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said,
 The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of
 waters.  Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
5:21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
5:22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the
 valley of Rephaim.
5:23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up;
 but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the
 mulberry trees.
5:24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of
 the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself:  for then shall
 the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
5:25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the
 Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

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6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty
 thousand.
6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from
 Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is
 called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the
 cherubims.
6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the
 house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah:  and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of
 Abinadab, drave the new cart.
6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah,
 accompanying the ark of God:  and Ahio went before the ark.
6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all
 manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries,
 and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his
 hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him
 there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah:
  and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark
 of the LORD come to me?
6:10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of
 David:  but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite
 three months:  and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of
 Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. 
 So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into
 the city of David with gladness.
6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone
 six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was
 girded with a linen ephod.
6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD
 with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's
 daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing
 before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in
 the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it:  and David
 offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and
 peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of
 Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a
 good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.  So all the people departed
 every one to his house.
6:20 Then David returned to bless his household.  And Michal the daughter of
 Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel
 to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his
 servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me
 before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the
 people of the LORD, over Israel:  therefore will I play before the LORD.
6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own
 sight:  and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I
 be had in honour.
6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her
 death.

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7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had
 given him rest round about from all his enemies;
7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house
 of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for
 the LORD is with thee.
7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto
 Nathan, saying,
7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me
 an house for me to dwell in?
7:6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up
 the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a
 tent and in a tabernacle.
7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of
 Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to
 feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
7:8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the
 LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to
 be ruler over my people, over Israel:
7:9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all
 thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto
 the name of the great men that are in the earth.
7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant
 them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more;
 neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as
 beforetime,
7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people
 Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies.  Also the LORD
 telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers,
 I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels,
 and I will establish his kingdom.
7:13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of
 his kingdom for ever.
7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son.  If he commit iniquity, I
 will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children
 of men:
7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul,
 whom I put away before thee.
7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before
 thee:  thy throne shall be established for ever.
7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did
 Nathan speak unto David.
7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am
 I, O Lord GOD?  and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast
 spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come.  And is
 this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
7:20 And what can David say more unto thee?  for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy
 servant.
7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done
 all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God:  for there is none like thee,
 neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard
 with our ears.
7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like
 Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a
 name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy
 people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and
 their gods?
7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people
 unto thee for ever:  and thou, LORD, art become their God.
7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy
 servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou
 hast said.
7:26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is
 the God over Israel:  and let the house of thy servant David be established
 before thee.
7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant,
 saying, I will build thee an house:  therefore hath thy servant found in
 his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and
 thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
7:29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
 that it may continue for ever before thee:  for thou, O Lord GOD, hast
 spoken it:  and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed
 for ever.

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8:1 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and
 subdued them:  and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the
 Philistines.
8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to
 the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one
 full line to keep alive.  And so the Moabites became David's servants,
 and brought gifts.
8:3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went
 to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred
 horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen:  and David hocked all the chariot
 horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of
 Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus:  and the Syrians became
 servants to David, and brought gifts.  And the LORD preserved David
 whithersoever he went.
8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
 Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8:8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took
 exceeding much brass.
8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of
 Hadadezer,
8:10 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 vessels of
 silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and
 gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
8:12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the
 Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob,
 king of Zobah.
8:13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians
 in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and
 all they of Edom became David's servants.  And the LORD preserved David
 whithersoever he went.
8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and
 justice unto all his people.
8:16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the
 son of Ahilud was recorder;
8:17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were
 the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the
 Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

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9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that
 I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
9:2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. 
 And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou
 Ziba?  And he said, Thy servant is he.
9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
 may show the kindness of God unto him?  And Ziba said unto the king,
 Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
9:4 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 Lodebar.
9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the
 son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
9:6 Now when 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!
9:7 And David said unto him, Fear not:  for I will surely show 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.
9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou
 shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
9:9 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.
9:10 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.
9:11 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.
9:12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha.  And all that
 dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
9:13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem:  for he did eat continually at the
 king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

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10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon
 died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
10:2 Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as
 his father showed kindness unto me.  And David sent to comfort him by the
 hand of his servants for his father.  And David's servants came into the
 land of the children of Ammon.
10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord,
 Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent
 comforters unto thee?  hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee,
 to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
10:4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of
 their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their
 buttocks, and sent them away.
10:5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men
 were greatly ashamed:  and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your
 beards be grown, and then return.
10:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the
 children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians
 of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of
 Ishtob twelve thousand men.
10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
 mighty men.
10:8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the
 entering in of the gate:  and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and
 Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
10:9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and
 behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array
 against the Syrians:
10:10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his
 brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong 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.
10:12 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 seemeth him good.
10:13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the
 battle against the Syrians:  and they fled before him.
10:14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then
 fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city.  So Joab returned
 from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they
 gathered themselves together.
10:16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the
 river:  and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of
 Hadarezer went before them.
10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and
 passed over Jordan, and came to Helam.  And the Syrians set themselves in
 array against David, and fought with him.
10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven
 hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote
 Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
10:19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they
 were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. 
 So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.