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The book of 2 Samuel is an important part of the Old Testament which continues the narrative of the reign of King David, the second king of Israel. This book is full of historical accounts, political intrigues, and personal stories that showcase the rise and fall of David as a leader.
The book begins with David mourning the death of Saul, the first king of Israel, and his close friend Jonathan. David is anointed as the new king and establishes his capital in Jerusalem. Under his reign, Israel experiences a period of prosperity and military success. David defeats the Philistines and expands the kingdom's boundaries.
However, David's reign is not without its challenges. He falls into sin when he commits adultery with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah, one of his loyal soldiers. When Bathsheba becomes pregnant, David tries to cover up his wrongdoing by having Uriah killed in battle. Despite David's sins, God forgives him after he confesses and repents, but David still faces consequences within his own family.
One of the key incidents in 2 Samuel is the story of David and Bathsheba's firstborn son, who dies as a result of God's judgment against David's sin. This event illustrates the principle that God holds leaders accountable for their actions and emphasizes the importance of repentance and seeking forgiveness.
The book of 2 Samuel also highlights the covenant that God establishes with David, promising that his descendants will continue to rule Israel. This foreshadows the coming of Jesus, who is born from the lineage of David and fulfills the Messianic prophecies.
In conclusion, the book of 2 Samuel is a crucial part of the biblical narrative, detailing the reign of King David and the consequences of his actions. It showcases God's grace and forgiveness, as well as the importance of repentance and living according to God's will. The story of David's rise and fall serves as a reminder of the complexity of human nature and the need for true leadership guided by faith.
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2 Samuel chapter 1 Saul was dead and David returning after his victory over
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the amalekites had been at ziklag for 2 days on the third day a man arrived from
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Saul's camp with his clothes torn and Earth on his head when he came to David
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he fell to the ground and prostrated himself David asked him where have you
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come from I have escaped from the Israelite Camp he said David said what
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has happened tell me he replied the people fled from the battle and many of
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them have fallen and are dead Saul and his son Jonathan are dead too then David
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asked the young man who brought the news how do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead the young man replied
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I happened to be on Mount gilboa and there was Saul leaning on his spear with
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the Chariots and the Cavalry bearing down on him glancing behind him and seeing me he shouted to me I replied
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here I am he said who are you I replied I am an amalekite he then said come here
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and kill me my head is swimming although I still have all my strength so I went
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over to him and killed him him because I knew that once he fell he could not survive I then took the crown which he
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had on his head and the bracelet on his arm and have brought them here to my Lord David then took hold of his clothes
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and tore them and all the men with him did the same they mourned and wept and fasted until the evening for Saul and
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his son Jonathan for the people of Yahweh and for the house of Israel because they had fallen By The Sword
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David said to the young man who had brought the news where are you from he
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replied I am the son of a resident Foreigner an Amal cite David said how
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was it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy yahweh's anointed then David called one of the young men
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come here he said strike him down the man struck him and he died David said
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your blood be on your own head you convicted yourself out of your own mouth by saying I killed yahweh's anointing
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David sang the following lament over Saul and his son Jonathan it is for teaching archery to the children of
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Judah it is written in the book of the just does the Splendor of Israel lie dead on your Heights how did the heroes
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fall do not speak of it in gath nor broadcast it in the streets of ashalon
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for fear the daughters of the Philistines Rejoice for fear the daughters of the uncircumcised gloat you
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mountains of gilboa no Dew no rain fall on on you oh treacherous Fields where
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the hero's Shield lies Dishonored not greased with oil The Shield of Saul but
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with the blood of wounded men the fat of Warriors the bow of Jonathan never
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turned back the sword of Saul never came home unsated Saul and Jonathan beloved
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and handsome were divided neither in life nor in death swifter than Eagles
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were they stronger than Lions oh Daughters of Israel weep for Saul who
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gave you scarlet and fine linen to wear who pinned golden jewelry on your dresses how did the heroes fall in the
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thick of the battle Jonathan by your dying I too am stricken I am desolate
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for you Jonathan my brother very dear you were to Me Your Love More wonderful
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to me than the love of a woman how did the heroes fall and the weapons of war succumb
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2 Samuel chapter 2 after this David consulted Yahweh asking shall I go up to
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one of the towns of Judah Yahweh replied go up which one shall I go to David
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asked to Hebron was the reply so David went up with his two wives a hom of
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Jezreel and Abigail Widow of nabal of Carmel in addition David brought up the
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men who were with with him each with his family and they settled in the towns of Hein the men of Judah came and there
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they anointed David as king of the house of Judah they told David that the people of jabish and Gilead had given Saul
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burial so David sent Messengers to the people of jabish in Gilead may you be
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blessed by Yahweh he said for showing this faithful love to Saul your lord and
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for burying him and now may Yahweh show faithful love and constancy towards you
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I too shall treat you well because you have done this and now take courage and be Men of Valor Saul your lord is dead
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but the house of Judah has anointed me to be their King Abner son of n Saul's
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Army Commander had taken ishbal son of Saul and brought him over to Mahan name
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he had made him king of Gilead of the asites of Jezreel of Ephraim of Benjamin
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and indeed of all Israel ishbal son of Saul was 40 years old when he became
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king of Israel and he reigned for 2 years only the house of Judah supported
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David the length of David's Reign Over Judah in Hein was 7 years and 6 months
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Abner son of n with the retainers of ishbal son of Saul marched out from
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Mahan name to gibian joab's son of zeruya with David's retainers also took
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the field encountering them at the pool of gibian there they halted one party on
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one side of the pool and the other opposite Abner then said to joab let the
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men come forward and fight it out between us joab replied let them come
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forward so they came forward and were numbered off 12 from Benjamin for ishbal
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Son of Saul and 12 of David's retainers each caught his opponent by the head and
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drove his sword into his side and thus they all fell together hence the place
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was called the field of sides it is at gibian that day a very fierce battle
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took place and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten by David's retainers
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the three sons of zeruya were there joab abishai and asahel now asahel could run
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like a wild gazelle asahel chased Abner not swerving to the right or left from
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pursuing him Abner turned and said asahel is that you he replied it is abna
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said turn to your right or your left catch one of the men and take his spoil
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but asahel would not break off the pursuit again Abner spoke to asahel stop
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following me unless you want me to strike you to the ground and then how could I look your brother joab in the
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face but he refused to be diverted so Abner struck him in the belly with the butt of his spear so that the shaft came
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out through his back and he fell at his feet and died on the on the spot on coming to the place where asahel had
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fallen and died everyone halted joab and abishai took up the pursuit of Abner and
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at Sunset reached the hill of Amma which is to the east of Gia on the road through the desert of gibian the
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benjaminites gathered in close formation behind Abner and halted on the top of a hill Abner called out to joab is the
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sword to go on devouring forever surely you see that this can only end in
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bitterness how long will it be before you order those people to stop pursuing their brothers joab replied as Yahweh
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lives if you had not spoken these men would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until morning joab then
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sounded the trumpet and all the troops halted they pursued Israel no further and fought no more all that night Abner
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and his men made their way through the araba they crossed the Jordan and marching throughout the morning came to
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Mahan joab having stopped pursuing Abner mustered the whole contingent David's
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retainers had lost 19 men in addition to asahel but it killed 360 of Benjamin
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Abner's men they took up asahel and buried him in his father's tomb which is
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at Bethlehem joab and his men then marched throughout the night reaching
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Hein at
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Daybreak second Samuel chapter 3 so the war dragged on between
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the house of Saul and the House of David but David grew steadily stronger and the house of Saul steadily weaker the sons
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born to David at Hein were his firstborn amnon by a hom of Jezreel his second
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Chile by Abigail Widow of nabal of Carmel the third absolum son of maca
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daughter of talmi King of gishu the fourth adania son of hagith the fifth
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shephatiah son of Abdel the sixth th by David's wife eiga these were born to
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David at Hein this is what took place during the war between the house of Saul and the House of David Abner took
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complete control in the house of Saul now there was a concubine of Sauls
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called Risa daughter of a and Abner took her ishbal said to Abner why have you
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slept with my father's concubine at these words of ishbal Abner flew into a
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r age am I a dog's head he shouted here am I full of faithful love towards the
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house of Saul your father his brothers and his friends not leaving you to the hands of David and now you find fault
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with me over a woman may God bring unnamable ills on Abner and worse ones
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too if I do not bring about what Yahweh has sworn to David to take the sovereignty from the house of Saul and
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establish David's Throne over Israel as well as Judah from Dan to beer Sheba
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ishbal dared not say a single word to Abner in reply as he was afraid of him
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Abner sent Messengers on his own behalf to say to David and furthermore come to
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an agreement with me and I will give you my support to win all Israel over to you
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very well David said I will come to an agreement with you I impose one
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condition however you will not be admitted to my presence unless you bring me Michael Saul's daughter when you come
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to see me David then sent Messengers to say to ishbal son of Saul give me back
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my wife Michael whom I acquired for 100 forkins of the Philistines so ishbal
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sent for her to be taken from her husband pel son of L her husband set off
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with her and followed her weeping as he went as far as borim but Abner said to
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him go back and he went now Abner conferred with the Elders of Israel for
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a long time now he said you have wanted David as your king now you must take
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action since Yahweh has said of David by the hand of my servant David I shall deliver My People Israel from the
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clutches of the Philistines and all their enemies Abner also spoke to the men of Benjamin and then went to Hein to
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tell David everything that had been agreed by Israel and the house of Benjamin Abner ACC companied by 20 men
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came to David at Hein and David Held A Feast for Abner and the men who were were with him abna then said to David I
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must get up and go I am going to Rally all Israel to my Lord the king so that
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they will make an alliance with you and you will reign over all that you desire so David allowed Abner to go and he went
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unmolested David's retainers were just then coming back with joab from a raid
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bringing a great quantity of booty with them Abner was no longer with David at Hein since David had allowed him to go
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and he had gone unmolested when joab and the whole company with him had arrived
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joab was told Abner son of naah has been to the king and the King has allowed
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Abner to go away unmolested joab then went to the king and said what have you
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done Abner comes to you and you let him go away and now he has gone why you know
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Abner son of nah he came to trick you to discover your every move to find out
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what you are doing joab left David's presence and sent Messengers after Abner and these unknown to David brought him
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back from the storage well at s when Abner reached Hein joab took him aside
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in the Town Gate as if to have a quiet word with him and there struck him a mortal blow in the belly to avenge the
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blood of his brother asahel afterwards when David heard of this he said I and
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my kingdom are forever innocent before Yahweh of the blood of Abner son of nah may it fall on the head of joab and on
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all his family may the house of joab never be free of men Afflicted with Hemorrhage or a virulent skin disease
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whose strength is in the distaff who fall by the sword who lack food joab and
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his brother abishai had murdered Abner because he killed their brother asahel at the Battle of
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gibian David then said to joab and the whole company with him tear your clothes
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put on sackcloth and mourn over Abner and King David walked behind a beer they
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buried Abner at Hein and the King wept aloud on his grave and the people all
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wept too the king made this lament over Abner should Abner have died as a brute
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dies your hands were not tied your feet not chained you fell as a man falls at
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the hands of criminals and all the people wept for him louder than ever the
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people then all tried to persuade David to have some food while it was still daylight but David swore this soath may
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God bring unnamable ills on me and worse ills too if I taste bread or anything
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whatever until the sun is down all the people took note of this and it pleased them indeed everything the king did
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pleased the people that day all the people and all Israel understood that the king had had no part in the murder
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of Abner's son of n the king said to his retainers do you not realize that a
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prince a great man has fallen in Israel today I though anointed king am weak at
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present and these men the sons of zeruya are too strong for me May Yahweh repay
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the criminal as his crime
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deserves 2 Samuel 4 when Saul's son heard that
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Abner had died at Hein his heart failed him and all Israel was alarmed now
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Saul's son had two free booting Chieftains one was called banah the
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other reab they were the sons of ran of beo and benjaminites for biroth is
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regarded as belonging to Benjamin the people of biroth had taken refuge in game where they have remained to this
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day as resident foreigners Jonathan's son of Saul had a son with crippled feet
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he was 5 years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel his
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nurse picked him up and fled but as she hurried away he fell and was lamed his
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name was Maribel the sons of ran of beeroth reab and bana set out they came
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to ish bal's house at the hottest part of the day when he was taking his midday rest the woman who kept the door had
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been cleaning wheat and had drowsed off to sleep reab and his brother bana stole
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past her and entered the house where he was lying on his bed in his bedroom they
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struck him and killed him then cut off his head and taking the head with him
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traveled all night by way of the arabah they brought ish bal's head to David at
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Hein here they said to the king is the head of ishbal son of Saul your enemy
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who meant to take your life Yahweh has Avenged my Lord the King today on Saul
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and on his offspring but David answered reab and his brother bana the sons of
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rimon by saying as Yahweh Lives who has rescued me from every danger when
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someone told me Saul is dead supposing himself to be bringing me good news I
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seized and put him to death at ziklag and that was how I rewarded him for his news how much more when Bandits have
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killed an upright man in his house and on his bed am I not to demand an account
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of his blood from you and rid the Earth of you David then gave an order to the men who put them to death cut off their
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hands and feet and hung them up beside the pool of Hein ish bal's head they
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took and buried in Abner's grave at
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Hein 2 Samuel chapter 5 all the tribes
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of Israel then came to David at Hein and said look we are your own flesh and bone
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in days pass when Saul was our King it was you who led Israel on its campaigns
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and to you it was that Yahweh Promised You Are to Shepherd My People Israel and be leader of Israel so all the Elders of
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Israel came to the king at Hein and King David made a pack with them in yahweh's Presence at Hein and they anointed David
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as king of Israel David was 30 years old when he became king and he reigned for
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40 years in Hein he reigned over Judah for 7 years and 6 months then he reigned
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in Jerusalem over all Israel and Judah for 33 years the king and his men then
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marched on Jerusalem on the jebusites living in the territory these said to
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David you will not get in here the Blind and the lame will hold you off that is
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to say David will never get in here but David captured the Citadel of Zion that
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is the city of David that day David said whoever gets up the tunnel and kills a
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jebusite as for the Blind and the lame David hated them with his whole being
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hence the saying the Blind and the lame may not enter the temple David went to
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live in The Citadel and called it the city of David David then built a wall around it from the Millow inwards David
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grew stronger and stronger and Yahweh God of Sabo was with him hyam king of Ty
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sent envoys to David with cedar wood carpenters and Stone Cutters who built
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David a palace David then knew knew that Yahweh had confirmed him as king of Israel and for the sake of his people
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Israel had extended his sovereignty after coming from Hein David took other
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concubines and wives in Jerusalem and Sons and Daughters were born to him
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these are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem shamua shobab Nathan
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Solomon ibhar elishua neph jafia
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elishama eliada alilet when the Philistines heard that David had been
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anointed as king of Israel they all went up to seek him out on hearing this David
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went down to the stronghold when the Philistines arrived they deployed in the
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Valley of the repam David consulted Yahweh and asked shall I attack the
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Philistines will you deliver them into my power Yahweh replied to David attack
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I shall certainly deliver the Philistines into your your power accordingly David went to Bal pism and
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their David defeated them he said Yahweh has made a breach in my enemies for me
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as though they had been breached by a flood this is why the place was given the name ball perm they had left their
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gods behind them there and David and his men carried them off again the
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Philistines invaded and deployed in the Valley of the repy David consulted
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Yahweh who replied do not attack them from the front go round to their rear
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and engage them opposite the balsam trees when you hear the sound of footsteps in the tops of the balsom
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trees advance for that will be Yahweh going out ahead of you to defeat the Philistine Army David did as Yahweh had
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ordered and beat the Philistines from gibian to the pass of
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[Music] gazer 2 Samuel chapter 6
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David again mustered all the pck troops of Israel 30,000 men setting off with
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the whole Force then with him David went to Bala of Judah from there to bring up the Ark of God who Bears the title
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Yahweh sabath enthroned on the winged creatures they transported the Ark of
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God on a new cart and brought it out of abinadab house which is on the hill Aza
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and AO the sons of abinadab drove the cart Aza walked alongside the the Ark of
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God and a went in front David and the whole house of Israel danced before Yahweh with all their might singing to
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the accompanyment of harps Liars tambourines and symbols when they
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came to Nikon's threshing floor Aza reached his hand out to the Ark of God and steadied it as The Oxen were making
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it tilt this roused yahweh's anger against AA and for this crime God struck
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him down on the spot and there he died beside the Ark of God David resented yahweh's having broken
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out against Aza and the place was given the name perza which it still has today
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that day David felt afraid of Yahweh how can the Ark of Yahweh come to be with me
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he said so David decided not to take the Ark of Yahweh with him into the city of David but diverted it to the house of
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obededom of gath the Ark of Yahweh remained in the house of obededom of gath for 3 months and Yahweh blessed
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obededom and his whole family King David was informed that Yahweh had blessed obam's family and everything belonging
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to him on account of the Ark of God David accordingly went and amid great
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rejoicing brought the Ark of God up from Madam's house to the city of David when
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the bearers of the Ark of Yahweh had gone six Paces he sacrificed an ox and a
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fat sheep and David danced whirling round before Yahweh with all his might
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wearing a linen loin cloth thus with war cries and blasts on the horn David and the entire house of
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Israel brought up the Ark of Yahweh now as the Ark of Yahweh entered the city of David Michael daughter of Saul was
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watching from the window and when she saw King David leaping and whirling round before Yahweh the sight of him
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filled her with contempt they brought the Ark of Yahweh in and put it in position inside the tent which David had
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erected for it and David presented burnt offerings and communion sacrifices in yahweh's presence and when David had
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finished presenting burnt offerings he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh sabath to all the people to the whole
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multitude of Israelites men and women he then distributed to each a loaf of bread
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a portion of dates and a raisin cake then the people all went back to their homes as David was coming back to bless
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his household Michael daughter of Saul came out to meet him much honor the king
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of Israel has won today she said said making an exhibition of himself under the eyes of his servant Maids making an
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exhibition of himself like a buffoon David replied to Michael I was dancing
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for Yahweh not for them as Yahweh Lives who chose me in preference to your
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father and his whole family to make me leader of Israel yahweh's people I shall
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dance before Yahweh and lower myself even further than that in your eyes I may be base but by the maids you speak
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of by them I shall be held in honor and to the day of her death Michael daughter of Saul
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had no [Music]
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children 2 Samuel chter 7 once the king
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had settled into his Palace and Yahweh had granted him rest from all the enemies surrounding him the king said to
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the prophet Nathan look I am living in a Cedarwood Palace while the Ark of God is
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under awnings Nathan said to the king go and do whatever you have in mind for
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Yahweh is with you but that very night the word of Yahweh came to Nathan go and
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tell my servant David Yahweh says this are you to build me a temple for me to live in I have never lived in a house
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from the day when I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until today but have kept traveling with a tent for
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shelter in all my travels with all the Israelites did I say to any of the judges of Israel whom I had commanded to
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Shepherd My People Israel why do you not build me a Cedarwood Temple this is what
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you must say to my servant David Yahweh Sabo says this I took you from the
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pasture from following the Sheep to be leader of My People Israel I've been
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with you wherever you went I've got rid of all your enemies for you I'm going to make your Fame as great as the fame of
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the greatest on Earth I'm going to provide a place for My People Israel I shall plant them there
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and there they will live and never be disturbed again nor will they be oppressed by the wicked anymore as they
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were in former times ever since the time when I instituted judges to govern My People Israel and I shall Grant you rest
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from all your enemies Yahweh furthermore tells you that he will make you a dynasty and when your days are over and
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you fall asleep with your ancestors I shall appoint your Heir your own son to
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succeed you and I shall make his sovereignty secure he will build a temple Le for my name and I shall make
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his Royal Throne secure forever I shall be a father to him and he a son to me if
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he does wrong I shall punish him with a rod such as men use with blows such as
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mankind gives but my faithful love will never be withdrawn from him as I withdrew it from Saul whom I removed
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from before you your Dynasty and your sovereignty will ever stand firm before me and your throne be forever secure
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Nathan related all these words and this whole Revelation to David King David
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then went in sat down in yahweh's presence and said who am I Lord Yahweh
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and what is my lineage for you to have led me as far as this yet to you Lord
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Yahweh this seemed too little and now you extend your promises for your servant's family into the distant future
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such as human Destiny Lord Yahweh what more can David say to you since you Lord
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Yahweh no all about your servant because of your promise and since you were so
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inclined you have had the generosity to reveal this to your servant that is why
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you are great Lord Yahweh there is no one like you no God but you alone as
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everything that we have heard confirms is there another people on earth like your people like Israel whom a god
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proceeded to redeem to make them his people and to make a name for himself by performing great and terrible things on
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their behalf by driving out Nations and their gods before his people for you constituted your People Israel your own
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people forever and you Yahweh became their God now Yahweh God May the promise
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which you have made for your servant and for his family stand firm forever as you have said so that your name will be
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exalted forever and people will say Israel's God is Yahweh sabath your
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servant David's Dynasty will be secure before you since you Yahweh Sabo the god
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of Israel have disclosed to your servant I'm going to build you a dynasty hence
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your servant has ventured to offer this prayer to you yes Lord Yahweh you are
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God indeed your words are true and you have made this generous promise to your servant what is more you have dained to
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bless your servants Dynasty so that it may remain forever before you for you
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Lord Yahweh have spoken and may your servant's Dynasty be blessed with your blessing forever
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2 Samuel chter 8 after this David defeated the Philistines and subdued
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them from the grip of the Philistines he rested he also defeated the moabites and
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making them lie on the ground measured them off by the line he measured out two lines to be put to death and one full
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line to have their lives spared the moabites became David's subjects and paid him tribute M David defeated
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hadadezer son of rehab king of zoba when the latter mounted an expedition to
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extend his power over the river David captured 1,700 charioteers and 20,000
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foot soldiers from him David hamstrung all the Chariot teams keeping only a
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hundred of them the arameans of Damascus came to the help of hadadezer king of zoba but David killed 22,000 of the
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arameans David then imposed Governors on Aram of Damascus and the arameans became
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David's subjects and paid him tribute wherever David went yahwe gave him
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Victory David took the golden shields carried by hader's guards and brought
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them to Jerusalem from baa and baroi towns belonging to hadadezer King David
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captured a great quantity of bronze when two king of hammoth heard that David had defeated hader's entire Army he sent his
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son hataram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him on having made war on hadadezer and on having defeated
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him since hadadezer was at war with two hadam brought with him objects made of
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silver gold and bronze which King David also consecrated to Yahweh as he had
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already consecrated the silver and gold taken from all the nations which he had subjugated from Aram Moab the ammonites
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the Philistines and amalec and from the spoil of hadadezer son of rehab king of
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zoba David became famous when he came home from defeating the in the valley of salt 18,000 of them he imposed
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Governors on Edom and all the became David's subjects wherever David
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went Yahweh gave him Victory David ruled over all Israel administering law and
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justice to all his people joab's son of zeruya was in command of the army
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Jehoshaphat son of AAL was heral zadok and abiathar Son of aimc son of aatb
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were priests Sariah was secretary bah son of jeho was in command of the
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cherethites and peles David's Sons were
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priests 2 Samuel chapter 9 David asked
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is there anyone belonging to Saul's family left to whom I might show faithful love for Jonathan's sake now
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Saul's family had a servant whose name was Zeba when he had been summoned to David the king said are you Zeba At Your
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Service he replied the king said is there no one left belonging to Saul's
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family for me to treat with God's Own faithful love Zeba said to the king
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there is still one of Jonathan's Sons he has crippled feet the king asked where
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is he Zeba replied he is living in the household of mck son of Amiel at L debar
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so King David sent for him to be fetched from the House of mck Son of Amel at L debar on entering David's presence
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Maribel son of Jonathan son of Saul fell on his face and prostrated himself David
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said Maribel he replied here I am at your service David then saido not be
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afraid I will indeed treat you with faithful love for your father Jonathan's sake I shall restore all your
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grandfather Saul's Estates to you and you will always eat at my table Maribel
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prostrated himself and said who is your servant for you to show favor to a dead
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dog like me the king then summoned Saul's servant Zeba and said everything
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belonging to Saul and his family I give to your master's son you must work the
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land for him you and your sons and your slaves you must harvest the produce to
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provide food for your Master's family to eat but Maribel your master's son will
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always take his own meals at my table now Zeba had 15 sons and 20 slaves Zeba
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said to the king your servant will do everything my Lord the King has ordered his servant so Maribel ate at David's
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table like one of the king's Sons Maribel had a young son whose name was
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Mika all the people living in zeba's household entered maribel's service
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Maribel lived in Jerusalem since he always ate at the king's table he was
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crippled in both
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feet 2 Samuel 10 after this when the king of
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the ammonites died and his son Hanan succeeded him David thought I shall show
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Hanan son of narash the same faithful love as his father showed me and David sent his representatives to offer him
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condolences over his father but when David's Representatives reached the ammonites country the ammonite princes
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said to Hanan their Master do you really think David means to honor your father when he sends you Messengers with
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sympathy on the contrary the reason why David has sent his representatives to
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you is to explore the city to reconter and so overthrow it whereupon Hanan sees
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David's Representatives shaved off half their beards cut their clothes off halfway up at their buttocks and sent
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them away when David was told he sent someone to meet them since the men were
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overcome with shame stay in Jericho the king said until your beards have grown
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again and come back then when the ammonites realized that they had antagonized David they sent agents to
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hire 20,000 foot soldiers from the arameans of Beth rehab and the arameans of zoba 1,000 men from the king of maca
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and 12,000 men from the prince of tab when David heard this he sent joab with
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the whole Army the Champions the ammonites marched out and Drew up their line of Battle At The City Gate while
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the arameans of zoba and of rehab and the men of tab and Maka kept their distance in the Open Country joab seeing
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that he had a fight on two fronts to his front and to his rear chose the best of Israel's picked men and Drew them up in
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line facing the arameans he entrusted the rest of the army to his brother abishai and Drew them up in line facing
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the ammonites if the arameans prove too strong for me he said you must come to
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my help if the ammonites prove too strong for you I shall come to yours be
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brave let us acquit ourselves like men for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God and let Yahweh do as
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he thinks right joab and the force with him joined battle with the arameans who
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fled at his Onslaught when the ammonites saw that the arameans had fled
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they too fled from abishai and withdrew into the city hence joab broke off his
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campaign against the ammonites and returned to Jerusalem the arameans
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realizing that Israel had got the better of them concentrated their forces
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hadadezer sent Messengers and mobilized the arameans living on the other side of the river and these arrived at Helm with
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shach the commander of hader's army at their head David being informed of this
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this mustered all Israel crossed the Jordan and arrived at Helm the arameans
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Drew up in line facing David and engaged him but the arameans fled from Israel
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and David killed 700 of their Chariot teams and 40,000 men he also cut down
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shach the commander of their army who died there when all hadadezer vassel
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King saw that Israel had got the better of them they made peace with the Israelites and became their subjects the
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aramean were afraid to give any more help to the
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ammonites 2 Samuel 11 at the turn of the year at the
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time when kings go campaigning David sent joab and with him his guards and all Israel they massacred the ammonites
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and laid Siege to rabber of the ammonites David however remained in
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Jerusalem it happened towards evening when David had got up from resting and was strolling on the palace roof that
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from the roof he saw a woman bathing the woman was very beautiful David made
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inquiries about this woman and was told why that is baath Sheba daughter of ilam
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and wife of Uriah the hittite David then sent Messengers to fetch her she came to
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him and he lay with her just after she had purified herself from her period She
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then went home again the woman conceived and sent word to David I am pregnant
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David then sent word to joab send me Uriah the hittite whereupon joab sent
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Uriah to David when Uriah reached him David asked how joab was and how the
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Army was and how the war was going David then said to Uriah go down to your house
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and wash your feet Uriah left the palace and was followed by a present from the king's table Uriah however slept at the
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palace gate with all his master's bodyguard and did not go down to his house this was reported to David Uriah
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they said has not gone down to his house so David asked Uriah haven't you just
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arrived from the journey why didn't you go down to your house to which Uriah
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replied the ark Israel and Judah are lodged in Huts my master joab and my
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Lord's guards are camping in the open am I to go to my house then and eat and
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drink and sleep with my wife as Yahweh lives and as you yourself live I shall s
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No Such Thing David then said to Uriah stay on here today tomorrow I shall send
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you off so Uriah stayed that day in Jerusalem the next day David invited him
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to eat and drink in his presence and made him drunk in the evening Uriah went
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out and bedded down with his master's bodyguard but did not go down to his house house next morning David wrote a
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letter to joab and sent it by Uriah in the letter he wrote put Uriah out in
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front where the fighting is fiercest and then fall back so that he gets wounded and killed joab then besieging the city
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stationed Uriah at a point where he knew that there would be tough Fighters the people of the city sallied out and
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engaged joab there were casualties in the Army among David's guards and Uriah
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the hittite was killed as well joab sent David a full account of the battle to
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the messenger he gave this order when you have finished telling the king all about the Battle if the king's anger is
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aroused and he says why did you go near the town to give battle didn't you know
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that they would shoot from the ramparts who killed aimc son of jbel wasn't it a
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woman who dropped a millstone on him from the ramparts causing his death at thez why did you go near the ramparts
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you are to say your servant Uriah the hittite is dead too so the messenger set
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off and on his arrival told David everything that joab had instructed him to say David flew into a rage with joab
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and said to the messenger why did you go near the ramparts who killed aimc son of
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jbel wasn't it a woman who dropped a millstone on him F the ramparts causing
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his death at thez why did you go near the rampart Hearts the messenger replied
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to David their men had won an initial advantage and then came out to engage Us in the open we then drove them back into
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the gateway but the archers shot at your retainers from the ramparts some of the king's retainers lost their lives and
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your servant Uriah the hittite is dead too David then said to the messenger say
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this to joab do not take the matter to Heart The Sword devours now one and now
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another attack the town and greater force and destroy it that will encourage
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him when uriah's wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead she mourned for
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her husband when the period of mourning was over David sent to have her brought to his house she became his wife and
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bore him a son but what David had done displeased
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Yahweh 2 Samuel 12 y sent the prophet Nathan to
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David he came to him and said in the same town were two men one rich the
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other poor the rich man had flocks and herds in great abundance the poor man
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had nothing but a you lamb only a single little one which he had bought he fostered it and it grew up with him and
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his children eating his bread drinking from his cup sleeping in his arms it was
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like a daughter to him when a traveler Came To Stay the rich man would not take anything from his own flock or herd to
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provide for the wayf farer who had come to him instead he stole the poor man's lamb and prepared that for his guest
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David flew into a great Rage with a man as Yahweh lives he said to Nathan the
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man who did this deserves to die for doing such a thing and for having shown no pity he shall make four-fold
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restitution for the lamb Nathan then said to David you are the man Yahweh God
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of Israel says this I anointed you king of Israel I saved you from Saul's
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clutches I gave you your Master's household and your Master's wives into your arms I gave you the house of Israel
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and the house of Judah and if this is still too little I shall give you other things as well why did you show contempt
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for Yahweh by doing what displeases him you put Uriah the hittite to the sword
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you took his wife to be your wife causing his death by the sword of the ammonites for this your household will
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never be free of the sword since you showed contempt for me and took the wife of Uriah the hittite to make her your
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wife Yahweh says this out of your own household I shall raise Misfortune for
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you before your very eyes I shall take your wives and give them to your neighbor who will lie with your wives in
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broad daylight you have worked in secret but I shall work this for all Israel to
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see in broad daylight David said to Nathan I have sinned
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against Yahweh Nathan then said to David Yahweh for his part forgives your sin
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you are not to die but since you have outraged Yahweh by doing this the child
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born to you will die and Nathan went home Yahweh struck the child which
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uriah's wife had born to David and it fell Gravely ill David pleaded with
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Yahweh for the child he kept a strict fast and went home and spent the night lying on the ground covered with sacking
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the officials of his household stood round him intending to get him off the ground but he refused nor would he take
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food with him on the seventh day the child died David's Ru were afraid to
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tell him that the child was dead even when the child was alive they thought we
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reasoned with him and he would not listen to us how can we tell him that the child is dead he will knew something
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desperate David however noticed that his retinue were Whispering among themselves
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and realized that the child was dead is the child dead he asked the officers
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they replied he is dead David got off the ground bathed and anointed himself
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and put on fresh clothes then he went into yahweh's sanctuary and prostrated
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himself on returning to his house he asked to be served with food and ate it
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his retinue said why are you acting like this when the child was alive you fasted
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and wept now that the child is dead you get up and take food when the child was
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alive he replied I fasted and wept because I kept thinking who knows
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perhaps Yahweh will take pity on me and the child will live but now that he is
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dead why should I fast can I bring him back again I shall go to him but he
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cannot come back to me David consoled his wife bath Sheba he went to her and
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slept with her she conceived and gave birth to a son whom she called Solomon
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Yahweh loved him and made this known by means of the Prophet Nathan who named him Jedediah as Yahweh had instructed
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joab assaulted raber of the ammonites and captured the Royal town he then sent
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Messengers to tell David I have assaulted rabba and captured the water Supply so now muster the rest of the
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army lay Siege to the town and take it or I will take it and the town will be
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called after me so David mustered the whole Army and marched on rabba he
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assaulted the town and captured it he took the crown off Milam's head it weighed one Talent of gold and in it was
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set a precious stone which went on David's head instead he carried off great quantities
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of booty from the town and he expelled its inhabitants setting them to work with saws iron
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piics and iron axes employing them at Brick making he treated all the ammonite
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towns in the same way David and the whole Army returned to
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[Music] Jerusalem 2 Samuel chapter 13 after this
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the following events took place Absalom son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was was Tamar amnon son of
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David Fell in Love with her amnon was so obsessed with his sister Tamar that it made him ill since she was a virgin and
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amnon thought it impossible to do anything to her but amnon had a friend called jonadab son of Shemia David's
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brother and jonadab was a very shrewd man son of the king he said tell me why
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morning after morning you look so worn won't you tell me amnon replied I am in
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love with Tamar my brother absalom's sister then jonadab said take to your
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bed pretend to be ill and when your father comes to visit you say please let
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my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat let her prepare the food where I can see what she gives me I
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shall eat so amnon laid down and pretended to be ill the king then came
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to visit him and amnon said to the king please let my sister Tamar come and make a cake or two to where I can watch what
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she gives me I shall eat David then sent word to Tamar at the palace go to your
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brother amnon's house and prepare some food for him Tamar went to the house of her brother amnon who was lying there in
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bed she took dough and kneaded it and she made some cakes while he watched and
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baked the cakes she then took the pan and dished them up in front of him but he refused to eat amnon said let
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everyone leave me so everyone withdrew amnon then said to
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Tamar bring the food to the inner room so that I can eat what you give me so
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Tamar took the cakes which she had made and brought them to her brother amnon in the Inner Room and as she was offering
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the food to him he caught hold of her and said come to bed with me sister she
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replied no brother do not force me this is no way to behave in Israel do not do
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anything anything so disgraceful wherever should I go I should be marked
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with this shame while you would become disgraced in Israel why not go and speak
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to the king he will not refuse to give me to you but he would not listen to her
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he overpowered her and raped her amnon was then seized with extreme hatred for
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her the hatred he now felt for her was greater than his earlier love get up and
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go he said she said no brother to send me away would be worse than the other
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wrong you have done me but he would not listen to her he called his personal
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servant rid me of this woman he said throw her out and Bolt the door behind
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her she was wearing a magnificent dress for this was what the king's unmarried
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daughters wore in days gone by so the servant put her out and bolted the door
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behind her Tamar put dust on her head tore the Magnificent dress which she was
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wearing laid her hand on her head and went away crying aloud as she went her
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brother absolum said to her has amnon your brother been with you sister be
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quiet he is your brother do not take the matter to Heart Tamar however went back
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to her brother absalom's house inconsolable when King David heard the whole story he was very angry but he had
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no wish to harm his son amnon whom he loved because he was his first born absolum however would not so much
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as speak to amnon since he hated amnon for having raped his sister Tamar two
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years later when absolum had the Sheep shearers at bazer which is near Ephraim
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he invited all the king's Sons Absalom went to the king and said now sir your
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servant has the Sheep shearers will the king and his retinue be pleased to come with your servant no no my son the king
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replied we must not all come and be a burden to you and though Absalom was
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insistent he would not go but dismissed him Absalon persisted then at least let
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my brother amnon come with us the king said why should he go with you on
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absalom's insistence however he let amnon and all the king's Sons to go with
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him Absalon prepared a Royal Banquet and then gave this order to the servants listen carefully
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when amnon's heart is Merry with wine and I say strike amnon down then kill
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him don't be afraid have I not myself given you the order use your strength
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and show your metal absolum servants treated amnon as absolum had ordered the
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king's sons all leapt to their feet mounted their mules and fled while they
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were on the road word reached David Absalom has killed all the king's Sons
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not one of them is left the king stood up tore his clothes and threw himself on
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the ground all his officers tore their clothes too jonadab son of Shema David's
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brother then spoke up and saido not let my Lord take to heart the report that all the young men the king's sons have
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been killed since only amnon is dead for Absalom has been promising himself to do
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this since the day when amnon raped his sister Tamar so my Lord the king must not imagine that all the King's sons are
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dead only amnon is dead and Absalom has fled the man on Sentry Duty looked up
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and saw a large troop coming along the road from borim the Sentry came to tell
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the king I've seen some people coming down the borim road on the mountain side
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jonadab then said to the king these are the kingk sons arriving what your servant said is exactly what happened he
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had scarcely finished speaking when the kingk sons arrived and wept aloud the king and and all his retinue wept aloud
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too Absalom had gone to tal my son of Amah king of gure the king mourned for
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his son every day when Absalom had gone to gure he stayed there for 3 years once
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the King was consoled over amnon's death his anger against Absalom
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subsided 2 Samuel chter 14 now joab's son of zeruya observed that
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the King was favorably inclined to Absalom joab therefore sent a Tio for a
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wise woman pretend to be in mourning he said dress yourself in mourning do not
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perfume yourself act like a woman who has long been mourning for the dead then
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go to the king and say this to him and joab put the words into her mouth which
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she was to say so the woman of Tio went to the king and falling on her face to
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the ground prostrated herself help my Lord King she said the king said what is
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the matter as you see she replied I am a widow my husband is dead your servant
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had two sons and out in the fields where there was no one to intervene they had a
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quarrel and one of them struck the other one and killed him and now the whole
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clan has risen against your servant give up the man who killed his brother they say so that we can put him to death to
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atone for the life of the brother whom he has murdered and thus we shall destroy the air as well by this means
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they will extinguish the Ember still left to me leaving my husband neither name nor Survivor on the face of the
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Earth then the king said to the woman go home I myself shall give orders about
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your case the woman of Tio said to the king my Lord King May the guilt be on me
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and on my family the king and his throne are innocent of it bring me the man who
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threatened you the king replied and he shall never hurt you again she then said
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let the king be pleased to pronounce the name of Yahweh your God so that the Avenger of blood may not do greater harm
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and destroy my son as Yahweh lives he said not one of your sons hairs shall
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fall to the ground then the woman said permit your servant to say something
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else to my Lord the king King go on he said the woman said why then has the
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king who by giving this verdict is condemned himself conceive the idea
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against God's people's interests of not bringing home the son whom he has banished we are all Mortal we are like
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Waters spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again nor does God raise up a corpse let the king therefore make
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plans for his banished son not to remain far away from him in Exile now the
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reason why I came to speak about this to my Lord the king is that I was being intimidated and your servant thought I
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shall speak to the king perhaps the king will do what his servant asks surely the
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king Will consent to save his servant from the clutches of the man who is trying to cut both me and my son off
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from God's Heritage let a word from my Lord the king restore the peace your
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servant thought for my Lord the king is like the angel of God in understanding good and evil May Yahweh your God be
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with you replying to the woman the king said now do not evade the question which
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I am going to ask you the woman said let my Lord the king ask this question is
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not joab's hand behind you in all this the king asked the woman replied as you
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live my Lord King I cannot Escape what my Lord the king says either to right or
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to left yes it was your servant joab who gave me my orders he put put all these
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words into your servant's mouth your servant joab did this to approach the matter indirectly but my Lord has the
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wisdom of the angel of God he knows everything that happens on Earth the king then said to joab very well the
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suit is granted go and bring the young man Absalom back joab fell on his face
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to the ground prostrated himself and blessed the king my Lord King joab said
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today your servant knows that he has won your favor since the King has done what his servant asked joab then set off went
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to gishu and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem the king however said let him
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retire to his own house he is not to appear in my presence so Absalom retired
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to his own house and was not received by the king in all Israel there was no one
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more praise for his Beauty than Absalom from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head he could not be faulted when
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he cut his hair he shaved it once a year because his hair got too heavy he would weigh the hair 200 shekels King's weight
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to Absalom were born three sons and one daughter called Tamar she was a beautiful woman absum lived in Jerusalem
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for 2 years without being received by the king absum then summoned joab
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intending to send him to the king but joab would not come to him he sent for
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him a second time but still he would not come at this absolum said to his
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retainers look joab's field is next to mine and he is barley in it Go and set
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it on fire absalom's retainers Set Fire to the field joab then stirred himself
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went to absolum in his house and asked why have your retainers set my field on fire absolum replied to joab look I sent
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word to you come here so that I can send you to the king to say why come back from gure better for me to
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have been there still now I want to be received by the king and if I am guilty
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let him put me to death joab went to the king and told him this he then summoned
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absolum who prostrated himself with his face to the ground before the king and
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the King kissed
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absolum second Samuel chapter 15 after this Absalon procured a
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chariot and horses with 50 men to run ahead of him he would get up early and
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stand beside the road leading to The City Gate and whenever a man with some lawsuit had to come before the king's
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tribunal absolum would call out to him and ask which town are you from if he
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answered your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel then Absalom would say
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look your case is sound and just but not one of of the kingk deputies will listen to you Absalom would say oh who will
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appoint me judge in the land then anyone with a lawsuit or a plea could come to me and I should see he had justice and
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whenever anyone came up to him to prostrate himself he would stretch out his hand draw him to him and kiss him
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absolum acted like this with every Israelite who appealed to the king's tribunal and so Absalom won the
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Israelites Hearts when four years had gone by absolum said to the king allow
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me to go to Hein and fulfill The Vow which I have made to Yahweh for when I was in gashu in Aram your servant made
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this vow if Yahweh brings me back to Jerusalem I shall pay my devotions to Yahweh in Hein the king said to him go
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in peace so he set off and went to Hein Absalom sent couriers throughout the
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tribes of Israel to say when you hear the trumpet sound you are to say Absalom
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is King at he iin with absolum went 200 men from Jerusalem they had been invited
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and had gone in all innocence unaware of what was going on absolum sent for
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ayapel the gilonite David's counselor from giloh his town and had him with him
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while offering the sacrifices the conspiracy grew in strength since
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absolum supporters grew in number a messenger came and told David the men of
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Israel have shifted their allegiance to Absalom David said to all his retinue then with him in Jerusalem up let us
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flee or we shall not escape from Absalom leave as quickly as you can in case he
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mounts a sudden attack overcomes us and puts the city to the sword the king's
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retinue replied whatever my Lord the king decides we are at your service the
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king set out on foot with his whole household leaving 10 concubines to look after the palace the king set out on
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foot with everyone following and they halted at the last house all his officers stood at his side all the
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cherethites and all the pelides with a Thai and all the 600 gitit who had come
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in his retinue from gath marched P The King The King said to aai the gitite you
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why are you coming with us go back and stay with the King for you are a foreigner indeed an exile from your
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Homeland you arrived Only Yesterday should I take you wandering with us today when I do not know myself where I
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am going go back take your fellow countrymen with you and may Yahweh show
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you mercy and faithful love itai replied to the king as yahwe lives and as my
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Lord the king lives wherever my Lord the king may be for death or life your
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servant will be there too David then said to itai go ahead March past and
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itai of gath marched past with all his men and with all his children too the
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entire population was weeping aloud as the king stood in the bed of the kidan and everyone marched past him making for
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the desert zadok was there too and all the Levites with him carrying the Ark of
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God they set the Ark of God down beside abiathar until everyone had finished
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marching out of the town the king then said to zadok take the Ark of God back
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into the city should I win yahweh's favor he will bring me back and allow me to see it in
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its tent once more but should he say you displease me here I am let him treat me
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as he sees fit the king said to zadok the priest look you and abiathar go back
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quietly into the city with your two sons your own son aamas and Jonathan's son of
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abiathar you see I shall wait in the passes of the desert plain until word
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comes from you bringing me new news so zadok and abiathar took the Ark of God
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back to Jerusalem and stayed there David then made his way up the Mount of Olives
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weeping as he went his head covered and his feet bare and all the people with
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him had their heads covered and made their way up weeping as they went David
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was then informed that ayapel was among the conspirators with absolum David said
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I beg you Yahweh turn ael's advice to fol as David reached the summit where
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God is worshiped he saw hasi the arite his friend coming to meet him with his
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tunic torn and with Earth on his head David said if you go along with me you
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will be a burden to me but if you go back to the city and say to Absalom I am
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at your service my Lord King once I was in your father's service but now I Shall
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Serve you you will be able to thwart a hell's advice for me surely the priests
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Zod and abiathar will be with you anything you hear from the palace you must report to the priests zadok and
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abiathar you see their two sons are there with them zadok's son aamas and
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abiathar son Jonathan through these you will send me word of everything you hear
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hasai David's friend entered the city just as Absalom was reaching Jerusalem
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2 Samuel chapter 16 when David had passed a little Beyond The Summit
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maribel's retainer Zeba met him with a pair of donkeys saddled and Laden with
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200 loaves of bread a 100 Bunches of raisins a h hundred of the Season fruits
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and a skin of wine the king said to Zeba what are you going to do with that the
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donkeys zebra replied offer the kingk family to ride the bread and the fruit
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for the soldiers to eat eat the wine is for drinking by those who get exhausted in the desert the king asked and where
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is your master's son zebra replied to the king why he has stayed in Jerusalem
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because he says today the house of Israel will give me back my father's Kingdom then the king said to Zeba
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everything owned by Maribel is yours Zeba said I prostrate myself may I be
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worthy of your favor my Lord King as David was was reaching borim out came a
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man of the same Clan as Saul's family his name was shimy son of Gara and as he
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came he uttered curse after curse and threw stones at David and at all King David's retinue even though the whole
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Army and all the Champions formed an escort round the King on either side the words of his curse were these off with
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you off with you man of blood scoundrel Yahweh has paid you back for all the
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spilt Blood Of The House of Saul whose sovereignty you have used ered and Yahweh has transferred The Sovereign
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power to Absalom your son now your wickedness has overtaken you man of
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blood that you are abishai son of zeruya said to the king why should this dead
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dog curse my Lord the king let me go over and cut his head off but the king
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replied what concern is my business to you sons of zeruya let him curse if
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Yahweh has said to him curse David what right has anyone to say why have you
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done so David said to abishai and all his retinue why the sun sprung from my
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own body is now seeking my life all the more reason for this benjaminite to do
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so let him curse on if Yahweh has told him to perhaps Yahweh will look on my
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wretchedness and will repay me with good for his curses today so David and his
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men went on their way and shimmy kept pace with him along the opposite Mountain Side cursing as he went
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throwing stones and flinging dust the king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted at and there they
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drew breath absolum entered Jerusalem with all the men of Israel with him was
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a hiel when Hashi the arite David's friend reached absolum hashai said to
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absolum long live the king long live the king absolum said to Hashi is this your
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faithful love for your friend why didn't you go away with your friend hasi
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replied to absolum no the man whom Yahweh and his people and all the men of Israel have chosen he is the man for me
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and with him will I stay besides whom should i serve if not his son as I
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served your father so shall I serve you Absalom said to ayapel think carefully
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what shall we do ayapel replied replied to Absalom go to your father's concubines whom he left to look after
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the palace then all Israel will hear that you have thoroughly antagonized your father and the resolution of all
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your supporters will be strengthened so a tent was pitched for absolum on the flat roof and with all Israel watching
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absolum went to his father's concubines at the time whatever advice ayapel gave
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was treated like a decision obtained from God as by David So by Absalom was
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all hell's advice
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regarded second Samuel chapter 17 ayapel
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said to Absalom let me choose 12,000 men and set off this very night in pursuit
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of David I shall fall on him while he is tired and dispirited I shall strike
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Terror into him and all the people who are with him will run away I shall kill
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Only The King and I shall then bring all the people back to you like a bride
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returning to her husband you seek the life of one individual only the people
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as a whole will have peace the suggestion seemed a good one to Absalom and all the Elders of Israel then absum
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said now call Hashi the arite for us to hear what he too has to say when hashai
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had come to absolum absum said this is what ayel says are we to do as he
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suggests if not suggest something yourself hasi said to absolum on this
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occasion the advice given by ayapel is not good you know Hashi went on that
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your father and his men are great Fighters and that they are now as angry as a wild bear robbed of her Cubs your
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father is a man of war he will not let the Army rest during the night at this
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moment he is concealed in some Hollow or other place if at the outset that there are casualties among our troops word
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will go round that the Army supporting Absalom has met with disaster and then even the Valiant the truly lionhearted
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will be demoralized for all Israel knows that your father is a champion and that the
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men with him are Valiant for my part I offer this advice summon all Israel from
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Dan to beer Sheba to Rally to you as numerous as the sand on the seashore and
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you take the field in person with them we shall reach him wherever he is to be found we shall fall on him as the Dew
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falls on the ground and not leave him or any one of the men with him should he retire into a town all Israel will bring
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ropes to that town and we shall drag it into the river bed until not a pebble of it is to be found then Absalom and all
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the people of Israel said hasai the arites advice is better than a hyals
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Yahweh having resolved to thwart a hyal shrewd advice and so bring disaster on on absolum hashai then told the priests
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zadok and abiathar ayapel gave such and such advice to absolum and the Elders of
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Israel but I advise so and so send with all speed to David and say do not camp
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in the desert passes tonight but get through them as fast as you can or the king and his whole Army may be
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annihilated Jonathan and ahas were posted at the Fuller spring a servant girl was to go and warn them and they in
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turn were to warn King David since they could not give themselves Away by coming into the city themselves a young man saw
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them nonetheless and told Absalom the pair of them however made off quickly
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reaching the house of a man in borim in his Courtyard was a storage well and
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they got down into it the woman took a piece of canvas and spreading it over the mouth of the storage well scattered
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crushed Grain on it so that nothing showed when absolum servants reached the woman at the house they said said where
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are aamas and Jonathan the woman said they have gone further on towards the
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water they searched but having found nothing went back to Jerusalem when they
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had gone the men climbed out of the storage well and went to warn King David
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set out they told David Cross the water quickly for ayapel has given such and
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such advice against you so David and all the troops with him set off and crossed cross the Jordan by Dawn no one was left
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all had crossed the Jordan when ayapel saw that his advice had not been followed he saddled his donkey and set
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off and went home to his own town then having set his house in order he hanged
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himself he was buried in his father's tomb David had reached Mahan Name by the
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time that Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel Absalom had put amsa in command of the Army in place
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of OAB this Amisa was the son of a man called ithra the ishmaelite who had
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married Abigail daughter of Jesse and sister of zeruya mother of joab Israel
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and absolum pitched their camp in the territory of Gilead when David reached Mahan Shi son of Nash from rabba of the
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ammonites makir son of Amiel from loar and barili the gileadite from rum
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brought bedding rugs bowls and Crockery and wheat barley meal roasted grain
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beans lentils honey curds and cow's cheese and sheep's cheese which they
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presented to David and the people with him for them to eat the army they said must have been hungry tired and thirsty
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in the
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desert 2 Samuel chapter 18 David reviewed the troops who were with him
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and appointed commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds to lead them David divided the Army into three groups
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one under the command of joab another under the command of abishai son of zeruya and brother of joab and the third
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under the command of aai the gitite David then said to the Troops I shall
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take the field in person with you but the troops replied you are not to take
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the field no one will bother about us if we run away they will not even bother
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about us if half of us are killed but you are 10 ,000 times more valuable so
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it is better if you stay inside the town in case we need reinforcements David said I will do what
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you think best and the King Stood Beside the gate as the troops marched out by their hundreds and their thousands the
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king gave orders to joab abishai and aai for my sake treat young absolum gently
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and the troops all heard the King give all the commanders these orders about Absalom so the troops marched out into
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the open to engage Israel and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim
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there the army of Israel was beaten by David's retainers it was a great defeat
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that day with 20,000 casualties the fighting spread throughout the region
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and that day the forest claimed more victims than the sword Absalom happened to run into some of David's guards
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Absalom was riding his mule and the mule passed under the thick branches of a Great Oak absalom's head got caught in
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the Oak and he was left hanging Between Heaven and Earth while the mule he was riding went on someone saw this and
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reported to joab I have just seen Absalom hanging from an oak joab said to
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the man who had informed him if you saw him why did you not strike him to the ground then and there I would have made
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it my business to give you 10 silver shekels and a belt the man replied to joab even if I could feel the weight of
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a thousand silver she in my hand I would not lift my hand against the King's son
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in our own hearing the king gave you an abishai and it tie these orders for my
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sake spare young Absalon even if I had deceived myself nothing stays hidden
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from the king and you would have dissociated yourself from me joab then said I cannot waste time arguing with
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you and taking three darts in his hand he planted them in absalom's heart while
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he was still alive deep in the oak tree 10 soldiers joab's armor bearers then
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came in close struck absolum and killed him joab then had the trumpet sounded
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and the troops left off pursuing Israel since joab held the troops back they
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took absolum flung him into a deep pit in the forest and raised a huge Ken over
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him all the Israelites had fled dispersing to their homes now during his
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lifetime time absolum had made and erected a pillar to himself which is in the Valley of the king I have no son he
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said to preserve the memory of my name he gave his own name to the pillar and
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today it is still called absalom's Monument ahama son of zadok said let me
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run and tell the king the good news that Yahweh has Vindicated his cause by ridding him of his enemies but joab said
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today you would be no bearer of good news some other day you may be but today
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you would not be bringing good news since the King's son is dead joab then said to the cushite go and tell the king
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what you have seen the kushite prostrated himself to joab and ran off
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but ahama son of zadok persisted come what may he said to joab please let me
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run after the kushite my son joab said why run you will get no reward for your
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news but he replied come what may let me run and joab said
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run then so aamas ran off along the road through the plane out running the
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cushite David was sitting between the two gates the Sentry having gone up to
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the roof of the gate looked out from the ramparts and saw a man running alone the
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Sentry called down to the king and told him the king said if he is alone he is
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bringing good news as the man Drew steadily nearer the lookout man saw
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another man running and the Sentry above the gate shouted here comes another man
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running alone David said he too is a bearer of good news the Sentry said I
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recognize the way the first man runs aama's son of zadok runs like that he is
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a good man said the king and comes with good news ahas went up to the king all
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hail he said prostrating himself on the ground before the king Blessed Be Yahweh
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your God he said who is handed Over The Men Who rebelled against my Lord the king is all well with young Absalom the
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king asked ahas replied I saw a great commotion when joab the king's servant
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sent your servant off but I do not know what it was the king said go and stand
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over there he stood to one side and waited then the the cushite arrived good
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news for my Lord the king the cushite shouted today Yahweh has Vindicated your
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cause by ridding you of all who had risen up against you is all well with
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young absolum the king asked the cushite May the enemies of my Lord the king the
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kushite answered and all who rise up to harm you share the fate of that young
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man
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2 Samuel chapter 19 the king shuddered
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he went up to the room over the gate and burst into tears and as he wept he kept
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saying oh my son absolum my son my son
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absolum if only I had died instead of you oh absolum my son my son word was
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brought to joab the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom and for the entire
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Army that day day victory was turned to mourning the troops Having learned that the King was grieving for his son and
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that day the troops came furtively back into town like troops creeping shamefacedly away when deserting in
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battle the king had covered his face and kept crying aloud my son absolum oh
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absum my son my son joab went inside to the king and said today you have made
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all your servants feel ashamed today when they have saved your life the lives of of your sons and daughters the lives
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of your wives and the lives of your concubines because you love those who hate you and hate those who love you
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today you have made it plain that commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you for today I can see that you would
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be content if we were all dead provided that absolum was alive now get up come
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out and reassure your soldiers for if you do not come out I swear by Yahweh
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not one man will stay with you tonight and this will be a worse Mis Fortune for you than anything that has happened to
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you from your youth until now the king got up and took his seat at the gate an
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announcement was made to the whole Army the king is sitting at the gate and the whole Army assembled in front of the
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king Israel had fled dispersing to their homes throughout the tribes of Israel
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all was dissension and people began saying the king having freed us from the clutches of our enemies having saved us
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from the clutches of the Philistines has himself had to flee the country to escape form absolum and now Absalom whom
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we had anointed to Reign Over Us has died in battle why does no one suggest that the king should be brought back
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what was being said throughout Israel reached the King King David then sent word to the priests zadok and abiathar
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say to the Elders of Judah why should you be the last to bring the king home you are my brothers you are my own flesh
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and Bone why should you be the last to bring the king back and say to Amisa are
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you not my own flesh and Bone may God bring unnamable ills on me and worse
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ills to if you do not become my permanent Army Commander instead of joab
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thus he rallied the hearts of the men of Judah to a man and as a result they sent word to the king come back you and all
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who serve you so the king started home and reached the Jordan Judah coming to
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meet the king to escort him across Ross the Jordan had arrived at gilgal shimy
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son of Gara the benjaminite of boram hurried down with the men of Judah to
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meet King David with him were a thousand men from Benjamin Zeba servant of the
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House of Saul with his 15 sons and 20 servants arrived at the Jordan before
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the king and worked manfully fing the King's family across and doing whatever he required while the King was crossing
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the Jordan shimmy son of Gara fell at the king's feet and said to the king I hope my lord does not regard me as
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guilty of a crime forget about the wrong your servant did on the day my Lord the king left Jerusalem let my Lord not hold
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my guilt against me for your servant is aware of having sinned and that is why I
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have come today the first member of the whole house of Joseph to come down to meet my Lord the king at this abishai
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son of zeruya spoke up and said does shimmy not deserve death for having cursed y's anointed to which David
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replied what concern is my business to you sons of zeruya that you should
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oppose my wishes today could anyone be put to death in Israel today today I
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know for sure that I am king of Israel your life is spared the king said and
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the King gave him his oath Maribel son of Saul also went down to meet the king
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he had not cared for his feet or hands he had not trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day of the
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king's departure till the day of his peaceful return when he arrived from Jerusalem to greet the king the king
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asked him why did you not come with me Maribel my Lord King he replied my
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retainer deceived me your servant said to him saddle the donkey for me to ride
1:27:15
so that I can go with the King your servant being lame he has slandered your
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servant to my Lord the king my Lord the king however is like the angel of God so do as you
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think right my father's entire family deserved no better than death for my Lord the king and yet you admitted your
1:27:34
servant to the ranks of those who eat at your table what right have I to make any further appeal to The King The King said
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you need say no more I rule that you and Zeba divide the property between you let
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him take it all Maribel said to the king since my Lord the King has come back home in peace peace barili the gileadite
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had come down from roim and accompanied the king towards the Jordan intending to take leave of him at the Jordan barili
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was a man of great age he was 80 years old he had kept the king in Provisions
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during his stay at Mahan name being a very wealthy man come with me the king
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said to barili and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem barili
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replied to the king how many years have I left to live for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king I am now 80
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years old can I tell the good from the bad has your servant any taste for his
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food and drink can I still hear the voices of men and women singers why
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should your servant be a further burden to my Lord the king your servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the
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King but why should the king reward me so generously for that please allow your
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servant to go home again so that I can die in my own town near the grave of my
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father and mother but here is your servant Chim let him go with my Lord the king treat him as you think right the
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king said let Chim come along with me then I shall do whatever you wish for
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him and anything you request I shall do for your sake the people then all crossed the Jordan and the King having
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crossed kissed barili and blessed him and the latter went home the king went
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on to gilgal and and Chim went with him all the people of Judah accompanied the
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king and also half the people of Israel all the men of Israel then came to the
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king why they asked the king have our brothers the men of Judah carried you
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off and brought the king and his family across the Jordan and all David's men with him all the men of Judah retorted
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to the men of Israel because the king is more closely related to us why do you
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take offense at this have we been been eating at the king's expense have we
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taken any position for ourselves the men of Israel replied to the men of Judah we
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have 10 shares in the king and what is more we are your Elder brothers so why
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have you slighted us were we not the first to suggest bringing back our King
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the men of judah's words were even more intemperate than those of the men of
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Israel second 2 Samuel 20 now there happened to be a
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scoundrel they're called Sheba son of bikri a benjaminite who sounded the trumpet and shouted we have no share in
1:30:35
David we have no Heritage in the son of Jesse every man to his tents oh Israel
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at this all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of bikri
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but the men of Judah stuck close to their King from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem David returned to his
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Palace in Jerusalem the king took the 10 concubines whom he had left to look
1:31:00
after the palace and put them under guard he provided for their upkeep but never went near them again they were
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shut away until the day they died widows as it were of a living man the king said
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to amsa summon me the men of Judah and be here yourself within 3 days amsa went
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off to summon Judah but he took longer than the time f fixed by David David
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then said to abishai Sheba son of bikri is now in a position to do us more
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damage even than Absalon take your Master's retainers and be after him
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before he can reach any fortified towns and elude us joab the cherethites the
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pelides and all the Champions took the field under abishai setting off from Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of
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bikri they were near the great stone at gibian when Amisa met them coming the
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other way joab was wearing his uniform over which he had buckled on a sword
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hanging from his waist in its Scabbard the sword came out and fell joab said to
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amsa are you well brother and with his right hand took amsa by the beard to
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kiss him amsa paid no attention to the sword which joab had now picked up and
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joab struck him with it in the belly spilling his anils all over the ground
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he did not need to strike a second blow and amsa died while joab and abishai
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hurried on in pursuit of sheba's son of bikri one of joab's men stood on guard
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beside amsa shouting whoever is on joab's side whoever is for David follow
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joab amsa meanwhile lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the road seeing
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that everyone was stopping the man dragged Amisa off the road into the field and threw a cloak over him having
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realized that everyone passing would stop once Amisa had been taken off the road the men all carried on following
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joab in pursuit of Sheba son of bikri Sheba crossed all the tribes of Israel
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as far as Abel Beth Maka and the bik rites all they formed up and followed him
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laying Siege to him and Abel Beth Maka they threw up a ramp against the outer wall of the Town while the whole Army
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accompanying joab undermined the wall to bring it down a quick witted woman shouted from the town listen listen say
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to joab come here I want to speak to you he came forward and the woman said are
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you joab I am he replied she said listen
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to what your servant says I am listening he replied she then spoke as follows in
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olden days people used to say Abel and Dan are where you should inquire whether a tradition establish by the faithful of
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Israel has finally died out and yet you are trying to destroy a town a
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metropolis of Israel why do you want to devour yahweh's Heritage the last thing
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I want to do said joab is either to devour or to destroy this is not the
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issue a man from the highlands of Ephraim called Sheba son of bikri has
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revolted against the king against David hand that one man over and I will raise
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the siege of the the town very well the woman said to joab his head will be
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thrown over the wall to you the woman went and spoke to all the people as her wisdom dictated they cut off the head of
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Sheba son of bikri and threw it down to joab he had the trumpet sounded and they
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withdrew from the town and all went home while joab himself went back to the king in Jerusalem joab commanded the whole
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Army beniah son of jeho commanded the cherethites and pelites
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adur Ram was in charge of forc Labor Jehoshaphat son of AAL was Herald Shia
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was secretary zadok and abiathar were priests also Ira the Gite was David's
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priest 2 Samuel chapter 21 in the days
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of David there was a famine which lasted for 3 years on end David consulted
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Yahweh and said Saul and his family have incurred blood guilt by putting the
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gianitsos
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to whom the Israelites had bound themselves by oath Saul however in his
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Zeal for the Israelites and for Judah had done his best to exterminate them hence David said to the gianitsos
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down on yahweh's Heritage the gianitsos
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yahweh's Hill I shall hand them over said The King The King however spared
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Maribel son of Jonathan son of Saul on account of The Oath by Yahweh binding
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them together binding David and Jonathan son of Saul the king took the two sons
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born to Saul by Risa daughter of a Armani and Maribel and the five Sons
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born by meab Daughter of Saul to Adriel son of barili of mahola he handed these
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over to the gianitsos for Yahweh on the hill the seven of them perished together they
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were put to death in the first days of the Harvest at the beginning of the barley Harvest RIS a daughter of a
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wearing sacking and spreading some out for herself on the Rock from the beginning of the barly Harvest until the
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rain fell on them from Heaven kept the birds of the sky away from them in the daytime and the wild animals away at
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night David was told of what Saul's concubine Risa daughter of a had done
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David went and recovered the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the notables of jabish in Gilead the latter
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had stolen them from the square in Beth Sheen where the Philistines had hung them when the Philistines had defeated
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Saul at gilboa David fetched the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan the bones
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of the men who had been dismembered were collected in these with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan were buried in
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the territory of Benjamin at zela in the Tomb of 's father Kish the king's orders
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were carried out to the letter and after that God took pity on the country once
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again the Philistines made war on Israel David went down with his retainers they
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fought the Philistines and David began to tire there was a champion one of the
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sons of Rafa his spear weighed 300 shekels of bronze he was wearing a new
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sword and was confident of killing David abishai Son of zerui came to his rescue
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however attacking the philistin and killing him then it was that David's men swore the following oath to him you are
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never to go into battle with us again in case you should extinguish the lamp of Israel after this war with the
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Philistines broke out again at Gob this was when ceki of husha killed saf one of
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the sons of RFA again war with the Philistines broke out aab and elhanan
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Son of jier of Bethlehem killed Goliath of gath the shaft of whose spear was
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like a Weaver's beam there was further Warfare at gath where there was a man of huge stature with six fingers on each
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hand and six toes on each foot 24 in all he too was a son of Rafa when he defied
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Israel Jonathan son of sherea brother of David cut him down these four were sons
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of rfer and gath and fell at the hands of David and his retainers
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2 Samuel chapter 22 David addressed the words of this song to Yahweh when Yahweh
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had delivered him from the clutches of all his enemies and from the clutches of Saul he said Yahweh is my rock and my
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Fortress my deliverer is my God I take refuge in him my rock my shield my
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saving strength my stronghold my place of Refuge My Savior you have saved me
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from violence I call to Yahweh who is worthy of praise and I am saved from my
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foes with death's Breakers closing in on Me bilal's torrent ready to swallow me
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she old snares on every side of me death's traps lying ahead of me I called to Yahweh in my anguish I cried for help
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to my God from his Temple he heard my voice My Cry came to his ears then the
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earth quake and rocked the heaven foundations shuddered they quaked at his blazing anger smoke Rose from his
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nostrils from his mouth devouring fire coals were kindled at it he parted the
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heavens and came down a storm cloud underneath his feet riding one of the winged creatures he flew soaring on the
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wings of the wind he wrapped himself in darkness his Pavilion dark Waters and
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dense Cloud a brightness lit up before him hail and blazing fire Yahweh thundered
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from the heavens the most high made his voice heard he shot his arrows and
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Scattered them his lightning flashed and routed them the very Springs of ocean
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were exposed the world's foundations were laid bare at the Roaring of Yahweh
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at the blast of breath from his nostrils he reached down from on high
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snatched me up pulled me from the watery depths rescued me from my Mighty Foe for
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my enemies who were stronger than I they assailed me on my day of disaster but
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Yahweh was there to support me he freed me set me at large he rescued me because
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he loves me Yahweh rewards me for my uprightness as my hands are pure so he
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repays me since I have kept the ways of Yahweh and not Fallen away from my God
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his judgments are all before me his statutes I have not put away from me I am blameless before before him I keep
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myself clear of evil hence Yahweh repaid me for acting uprightly because he could
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see I was pure faithful you are to the faithful blameless with the blameless
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sincere to the sincere but cunning to The Crafty you save a people that is humble and humiliate those with hoty
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looks Yahweh you yourself are my lamp my God lights up my darkness with you I
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storm the rampart with my God I can scale any wall this God his way is
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blameless the word of Yahweh is refined in the furnace for he alone is The Shield of all who take refuge in him for
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who is God but Yahweh who is a rock but our God this God who girs me with
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strength who makes my way free from blame who makes me as Swift as a deer and sets me firmly on the heights who
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trains my hands for battle my arms to bend a bow of bronze you give me your Invincible Shield you never cease to
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listen to me you give me the rdes of a giant give me ankles that never weaken I
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pursue my enemies and exterminate them not turning back till they are annihilated I strike them down and they
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cannot rise they fall they are under my feet you have girded me with strength
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for the fight bent down my as salant beneath me made my enemies Retreat before me and those who hate me I
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destroy they cry out there is no one to save to Yahweh but no answer comes I I
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crumble them like the dust of the squares trample them like the mud of the streets you free me from the quarrels of
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my people you place me at the head of the Nations a people I did not know are now my servants foreigners come wooing
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my favor no sooner do they hear than they obey me foreigners grow faint of
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heart they come trembling out of their fastnesses life to Yahweh Blessed Be My
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Rock exalted be the god of my salvation the God who gives me Vengeance and
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crushes the peoples under me who takes me away from my enemies you lift me high
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above those who attack me you deliver me from the man of violence for this I will
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praise you Yahweh among the Nations and sing praise to your name he saves his
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King Time After Time displays faithful love for his anointed for David and his
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airs forever
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2 Samuel chter 23 these are the last words of David thus speaks David Son of
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Jesse thus speaks the man raised to Eminence the anointed of the god of Jacob the singer of the songs of Israel
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the spirit of Yahweh speaks through me his word is on my tongue the god of Jacob has spoken the rock of Israel has
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said to me he whose rule is upright on Earth who rules in the fear of God is
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like the morning light at sunrise on a cloud cless morning making the grass of the earth Sparkle after rain yes my
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house stands firm with god he has made an eternal Covenant with me all in order
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well assured does he not bring to fruition my every Victory and desire but
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men of beel he rejects like Thorns for these are never taken up in the hand no
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one touches them except with a pitchfork or spear shaft and then only to burn them to nothing these are the names of
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David's champions ishbal the hackmanite leader of the three it was he who brandished his spear over 800 men whom
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he had killed at one time next there was Eleazar son of Dodo the aoit one of the
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three Champions he was with David at pamam when the Philistines mustered for battle there and the men of Israel had
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disbanded but he stood his ground and cut down the Philistines until his hand was so stiff that he could not let go of
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the sword Yahweh brought about a great victory that day and the people rallied
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behind him although only to plunder next there was shamama son of ela the harite
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the Philistines had mustered at Lehi there was a field full of lentils there
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the people fled from the Philistines but he took his stand in the middle of the field held it and cut down the
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Philistines and Yahweh brought about a great Victory three members of the 30 went down at the beginning of the
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Harvest and came to David at the cave of velum while a company of Philistines was encamped in the valley of the repam
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David was then in the stronghold and there was a philistin Garrison in Bethlehem longingly David said if only
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someone would fetch me a drink of water from the well that stands by the gate at Bethlehem at this the three Champions
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forcing their way through the Philistine Camp Drew water from the well that stands by the gate of Bethlehem and
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taking it away presented it to David he however would not drink any of it but
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poured it out as a libation to Yahweh Yahweh preserve me he said from doing
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such a thing this is the blood of men who went at risk of their lives that was
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why he would not drink such were the Deeds of these three Champions abishai
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brother of joab and Son of zeruya was leader of the 30 it was he who
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brandished his spear over 300 men whom he had killed winning himself a name
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among the 30 he was a most illustrious member of the 30 and became their Captain but he was not equal to the
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three bayah of cabil was the son of jeho and hero of many exploits he was who
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slaughtered two formidable moabites and one snowy day climbed down and
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slaughtered the lion in the storage well he also slaughtered an Egyptian of great stature the Egyptian was armed with a
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spear but he took him on with a staff tore the spear from the Egyptians hand and killed the man with it such were the
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exploits of bayah son of jeho winning him a name among the 30 Champions he was
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a most illustrious member of the 30 but he was not equal to the three David put
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him in command of his bodyguard asahel brother of joab was one of the 30
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elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem shama of Herod eler of Herod helas of Beth pet
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Ira son of akesh of Tiko abizer of anathoth Cai of husha Zalman of AO
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Mahari of nedaa heled son of bana of nedaa itai son of ribi of gibba and
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Benjamin bayah of Pyon hii of the Toran of gash ababel of Beth araba azmaveth of
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borm elior of shin jashon of gimo Jonathan son of shama of haror aam son
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of sherar of haror ilet son of a hasbi of Beth makaka ilam son of ayapel of
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giloh hez of Carmel parai of Arab eal son of Nathan of zoba Bonnie the Gite
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zelich the ammonite nahari of biroth Squire to joab son of zeruya Ira of
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jader Gab of jader Uriah the hittite 37 and all
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2 Samuel CH 24 again yahweh's anger was aroused
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against Israel and he incited David against them go he said take a census of
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Israel and Judah the king said to joab and the senior army officers who were with him now go through all the tribes
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of Israel from Dan to beer Sheba and take a census of the people I wish to
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know the size of the population joab said to the king May Yahweh your God
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multiply the people a 100 times however many there are while my Lord the King
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still his eyes to see it but why should my Lord the king be set on this the king
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nonetheless enforced his order on joab and the senior officers and joab and the
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senior officers left the king's presence to take a census of the people of Israel
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they crossed the Jordan and made a start with aroer and the town in the middle of the valley then moved on to the gites
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and to jazer they then went to Gilead and the territory of the Hittites to
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cadesh they then went to Dan and from Dan cut across to sidon they then went
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to the Fortress of Ty and to all the towns of the Hittites and Canaanites ending up in the neg of Judah at Beba
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having traveled throughout the country after 9 months and 20 days they returned to Jerusalem joab gave the king the
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census results for the People Israel had 800,000 fighting men who could wield a
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sword and Judah 500,000 but afterwards David's heart misgave him for having taken a census of
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the people David then said to Yahweh I have committed a grave sin by doing this
1:51:06
but now Yahweh I beg you to forgive your servant for this fault for I have acted
1:51:12
very foolishly when however David got up next morning the following message had
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come from Yahweh to the prophet Gad David Seer go and say to David Yahweh
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says this I offer you three things choose which one of them I am to inflict
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on you so Gad went to David and said which do you prefer to have 3 years of
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famine before your country to flee for 3 months before a pursuing army or to have
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three days of epidemic in Your Country Now think and decide how I am to answer
1:51:45
him who sends me David said to Gad I am very apprehensive better to fall into
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yahweh's hands since his mercies are great than to fall into the hands of men so David chose the
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epidemic it was the time of the wheat Harvest so Yahweh Unleashed an epidemic
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on Israel from that morning until the time determined plague ravaged the people and of the people from Dan to
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beer Sheba 70,000 died but when the angel stretched his hand towards
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Jerusalem to destroy it Yahweh felt sorry about the Calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people
1:52:23
enough now hold your hand the angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing
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floor of Arana the jebusite when David saw the angel who was ravaging the
1:52:34
people he said to Yahweh I was the one who sinned I was the one who acted
1:52:40
wrongly but these the flock what have they done let your hand lie heavy on me
1:52:46
and on my family Gad went to David that day and said go up and raise an altar to
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y on the threshing floor of Arana the jbus site so at gad's bidding David went
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up as Yahweh had ordered when Arana looked up and saw the king and his retinue advancing towards him Arana was
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threshing the wheat Arana came forward and prostrated himself on the ground at the kingk feet why has my Lord the king
1:53:12
come to his servant AR asked David replied to buy the threshing floor from
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you to build an altar to Yahweh so that the plague may be lifted from the people
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arus said to David let my Lord the king take it and make what offerings he thinks fit here are the oxen for the
1:53:32
burnt offering the threshing sleds and the oxen's yolks for the wood my Lord
1:53:37
the king's servant will give the king everything and Arana said to the king
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May Yahweh your God accept what you offer no said the king to AR I shall
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give you a price for it I will not offer Yahweh my God burnt offerings which have cost me nothing David bought the
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threshing floor and The Oxen for 50 shekels of silver David built an altar
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to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings and communion sacrifices Yahweh then took pity on the
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country and the plague was lifted from Israel
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