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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">but whoever hates correction is stupid.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Good people obtain favor from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">No one can be established through wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">but the righteous cannot be uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">A wife of noble character is her husband&#8217;s crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The plans of the righteous are just,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">but the speech of the upright rescues them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The wicked are overthrown and are no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">but the house of the righteous stands firm.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">A person is praised according to their prudence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">and one with a warped mind is despised.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">than pretend to be somebody and have no food.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The righteous care for the needs of their animals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Those who work their land will have abundant food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">but those who chase fantasies have no sense.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.12.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">but the root of the righteous endures.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">and so the innocent escape trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">and the work of their hands brings them reward.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The way of fools seems right to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">but the wise listen to advice.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Fools show their annoyance at once,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">but the prudent overlook an insult.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.12.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">An honest witness tells the truth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">but a false witness tells lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The words of the reckless pierce like swords,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">but the tongue of the wise brings healing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Truthful lips endure forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">but those who promote peace have joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">No harm overtakes the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">but the wicked have their fill of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> detests lying lips,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">but he delights in people who are trustworthy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.12.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">but a fool&#8217;s heart blurts out folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Diligent hands will rule,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">but laziness ends in forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Anxiety weighs down the heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">but a kind word cheers it up.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The righteous choose their friends carefully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">but the way of the wicked leads them astray.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.12.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The lazy do not roast</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:27 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> any game,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.12.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">In the way of righteousness there is life;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.12.28"><span class="content">along that path is immortality.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">91</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 91</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.91.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will say of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;He is my refuge and my fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">my God, in whom I trust.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.91.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Surely he will save you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">from the fowler&#8217;s snare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">and from the deadly pestilence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.91.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He will cover you with his feathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">and under his wings you will find refuge;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.91.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You will not fear the terror of night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">nor the arrow that flies by day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.91.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">nor the plague that destroys at midday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.91.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">A thousand may fall at your side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">ten thousand at your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">but it will not come near you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.91.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">You will only observe with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">and see the punishment of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.91.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you say, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my refuge,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">and you make the Most High your dwelling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.91.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">no harm will overtake you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">no disaster will come near your tent.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.91.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For he will command his angels concerning you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">to guard you in all your ways;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.91.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">they will lift you up in their hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.91.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You will tread on the lion and the cobra;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">you will trample the great lion and the serpent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.91.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because he</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">91:14 </span><span class="ft">That is, probably the king</span></span></span><span class="content"> loves me,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I will rescue him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.91.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He will call on me, and I will answer him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will be with him in trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">I will deliver him and honor him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.91.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">With long life I will satisfy him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.91.16"><span class="content">and show him my salvation.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God&#8217;s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God&#8217;s people, went up before God from the angel&#8217;s hand. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Trumpets</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the name of the star is Wormwood.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">Wormwood is a bitter substance.</span></span></span><span class="content"> A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: &#8220;Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Promise to David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the king was settled in his palace and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had given him rest from all his enemies around him, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">he said to Nathan the prophet, &#8220;Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Nathan replied to the king, &#8220;Whatever you have in mind, go ahead and do it, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But that night the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Nathan, saying:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go and tell my servant David, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt to this day. I have been moving from place to place with a tent as my dwelling. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their rulers whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, &#8220;Why have you not built me a house of cedar?&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now then, tell my servant David, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:11 </span><span class="ft">Traditionally </span><span class="fqa">judges</span></span></span><span class="content"> over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.7.11"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> declares to you that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself will establish a house for you: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:16 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">you</span></span></span><span class="content">; your throne will be established forever.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.7.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.7.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Prayer</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.7.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.7.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then King David went in and sat before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and he said:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.7.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Who am I, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.7.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And as if this were not enough in your sight, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you have also spoken about the future of the house of your servant&#8212;and this decree, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, is for a mere human!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for the human race</span></span></span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.7.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.7.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.7.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.7.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.7.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;How great you are, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.7.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And who is like your people Israel&#8212;the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:23 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 17:21; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">wonders for your land and before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt, from the nations and their gods.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.7.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">You have established your people Israel as your very own forever, and you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have become their God.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.7.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.7.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;And now, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God, keep forever the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house. Do as you promised, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.7.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">so that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is God over Israel!&#8217; And the house of your servant David will be established in your sight.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.7.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.7.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;</span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, God of Israel, you have revealed this to your servant, saying, &#8216;I will build a house for you.&#8217; So your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.7.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.7.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Victories</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monument at</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">his control along</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Euphrates River. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:4 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint (see also Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chron. 18:4); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">captured seventeen hundred of his charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content"> and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave David victory wherever he went.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">From Tebah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:8 </span><span class="ft">See some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 18:8); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Betah.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Tou</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Toi</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Tou</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 10</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">he sent his son Joram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">A variant of </span><span class="fqa">Hadoram</span></span></span><span class="content"> to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">King David dedicated these articles to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Edom</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:12 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:11); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Aram</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek. He also dedicated the plunder taken from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And David became famous after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:13 </span><span class="ft">A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Aram </span><span class="ft">(that is, Arameans)</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the Valley of Salt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He put garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gave David victory wherever he went.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Officials</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.8.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelek son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David&#8217;s sons were priests.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">were chief officials </span><span class="ft">(see Septuagint and Targum; see also 1 Chron. 18:17)</span></span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David and Mephibosheth</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">David asked, &#8220;Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan&#8217;s sake?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Now there was a servant of Saul&#8217;s household named Ziba. They summoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, &#8220;Are you Ziba?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.9.2"><span class="content">&#8220;At your service,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The king asked, &#8220;Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God&#8217;s kindness?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.9.3"><span class="content">Ziba answered the king, &#8220;There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where is he?&#8221; the king asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.9.4"><span class="content">Ziba answered, &#8220;He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of Ammiel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.9.6"><span class="content">David said, &#8220;Mephibosheth!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.9.6"><span class="content">&#8220;At your service,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid,&#8221; David said to him, &#8220;for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Mephibosheth bowed down and said, &#8220;What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul&#8217;s steward, and said to him, &#8220;I have given your master&#8217;s grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">You and your sons and your servants are to farm the land for him and bring in the crops, so that your master&#8217;s grandson may be provided for. And Mephibosheth, grandson of your master, will always eat at my table.&#8221; (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then Ziba said to the king, &#8220;Your servant will do whatever my lord the king commands his servant to do.&#8221; So Mephibosheth ate at David&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">9:11 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">my</span></span></span><span class="content"> table like one of the king&#8217;s sons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Mephibosheth had a young son named Mika, and all the members of Ziba&#8217;s household were servants of Mephibosheth. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king&#8217;s table; he was lame in both feet.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Defeats the Ammonites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">David thought, &#8220;I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.&#8221; So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.10.2"><span class="content">When David&#8217;s men came to the land of the Ammonites, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, &#8220;Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn&#8217;t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So Hanun seized David&#8217;s envoys, shaved off half of each man&#8217;s beard, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, &#8220;Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maakah were by themselves in the open country.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.10.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Joab said, &#8220;If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do what is good in his sight.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.10.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer&#8217;s army leading them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:18 </span><span class="ft">Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 19:18); Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">horsemen</span></span></span><span class="content"> He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.10.19"><span class="content">So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David and Bathsheba</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king&#8217;s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, &#8220;She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, &#8220;I am pregnant.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So David sent this word to Joab: &#8220;Send me Uriah the Hittite.&#8221; And Joab sent him to David. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then David said to Uriah, &#8220;Go down to your house and wash your feet.&#8221; So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master&#8217;s servants and did not go down to his house.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">David was told, &#8220;Uriah did not go home.&#8221; So he asked Uriah, &#8220;Haven&#8217;t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn&#8217;t you go home?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.11.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Uriah said to David, &#8220;The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">staying at Sukkoth</span></span></span><span class="content"> and my commander Joab and my lord&#8217;s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.11.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then David said to him, &#8220;Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.&#8221; So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">At David&#8217;s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master&#8217;s servants; he did not go home.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.11.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In it he wrote, &#8220;Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David&#8217;s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Joab sent David a full account of the battle. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He instructed the messenger: &#8220;When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">the king&#8217;s anger may flare up, and he may ask you, &#8216;Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn&#8217;t you know they would shoot arrows from the wall? </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Who killed Abimelek son of Jerub-Besheth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:21 </span><span class="ft">Also known as </span><span class="fqa">Jerub-Baal </span><span class="ft">(that is, Gideon)</span></span></span><span class="content">? Didn&#8217;t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?&#8217; If he asks you this, then say to him, &#8216;Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.11.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The messenger said to David, &#8220;The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king&#8217;s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.11.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">David told the messenger, &#8220;Say this to Joab: &#8216;Don&#8217;t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.&#8217; Say this to encourage Joab.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When Uriah&#8217;s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Nathan Rebukes David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, &#8220;There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, the man who did this must die! </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Nathan said to David, &#8220;You are the man! This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: &#8216;I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I gave your master&#8217;s house to you, and your master&#8217;s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Why did you despise the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.12.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then David said to Nathan, &#8220;I have sinned against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.12.13"><span class="content">Nathan replied, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:14 </span><span class="ft">An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">for the enemies of</span></span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the son born to you will die.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.12.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">After Nathan had gone home, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> struck the child that Uriah&#8217;s wife had borne to David, and he became ill. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:16 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text does not have </span><span class="fq">in sackcloth</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> on the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.12.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">On the seventh day the child died. David&#8217;s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, &#8220;While the child was still living, he wouldn&#8217;t listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.12.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized the child was dead. &#8220;Is the child dead?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.12.19"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;he is dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.12.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.12.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His attendants asked him, &#8220;Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.12.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, &#8216;Who knows? The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> may be gracious to me and let the child live.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loved him; </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">and because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:25 </span><span class="fq">Jedidiah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">loved </span><span class="fqa">by the </span><span class="fq"><span class="nd">Lord</span>.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.12.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, &#8220;I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.12.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">David took the crown from their king&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">from Milkom&#8217;s </span><span class="ft">(that is, Molek&#8217;s)</span></span></span><span class="content"> head, and it was placed on his own head. It weighed a talent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:30 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold, and it was set with precious stones. David took a great quantity of plunder from the city </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:31 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Amnon and Tamar</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Amnon had an adviser named Jonadab son of Shimeah, David&#8217;s brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He asked Amnon, &#8220;Why do you, the king&#8217;s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won&#8217;t you tell me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.13.4"><span class="content">Amnon said to him, &#8220;I&#8217;m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom&#8217;s sister.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go to bed and pretend to be ill,&#8221; Jonadab said. &#8220;When your father comes to see you, say to him, &#8216;I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, &#8220;I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so I may eat from her hand.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.13.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">David sent word to Tamar at the palace: &#8220;Go to the house of your brother Amnon and prepare some food for him.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.13.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Send everyone out of here,&#8221; Amnon said. So everyone left him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Amnon said to Tamar, &#8220;Bring the food here into my bedroom so I may eat from your hand.&#8221; And Tamar took the bread she had prepared and brought it to her brother Amnon in his bedroom. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But when she took it to him to eat, he grabbed her and said, &#8220;Come to bed with me, my sister.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.13.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;No, my brother!&#8221; she said to him. &#8220;Don&#8217;t force me! Such a thing should not be done in Israel! Don&#8217;t do this wicked thing. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married to you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped her.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then Amnon hated her with intense hatred. In fact, he hated her more than he had loved her. Amnon said to her, &#8220;Get up and get out!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;No!&#8221; she said to him. &#8220;Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.13.16"><span class="content">But he refused to listen to her. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He called his personal servant and said, &#8220;Get this woman out of my sight and bolt the door after her.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. She was wearing an ornate</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verse 19.</span></span></span><span class="content"> robe, for this was the kind of garment the virgin daughters of the king wore. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.13.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Her brother Absalom said to her, &#8220;Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don&#8217;t take this thing to heart.&#8221; And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom&#8217;s house, a desolate woman.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.13.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When King David heard all this, he was furious. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad; he hated Amnon because he had disgraced his sister Tamar.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Absalom Kills Amnon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.13.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Two years later, when Absalom&#8217;s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king&#8217;s sons to come there. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Absalom went to the king and said, &#8220;Your servant has had shearers come. Will the king and his attendants please join me?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.13.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;No, my son,&#8221; the king replied. &#8220;All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.&#8221; Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.13.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then Absalom said, &#8220;If not, please let my brother Amnon come with us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.13.26"><span class="content">The king asked him, &#8220;Why should he go with you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king&#8217;s sons.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.13.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Absalom ordered his men, &#8220;Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, &#8216;Strike Amnon down,&#8217; then kill him. Don&#8217;t be afraid. Haven&#8217;t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So Absalom&#8217;s men did to Amnon what Absalom had ordered. Then all the king&#8217;s sons got up, mounted their mules and fled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.13.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">While they were on their way, the report came to David: &#8220;Absalom has struck down all the king&#8217;s sons; not one of them is left.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.13.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David&#8217;s brother, said, &#8220;My lord should not think that they killed all the princes; only Amnon is dead. This has been Absalom&#8217;s express intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king&#8217;s sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.13.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, Absalom had fled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="content">Now the man standing watch looked up and saw many people on the road west of him, coming down the side of the hill. The watchman went and told the king, &#8220;I see men in the direction of Horonaim, on the side of the hill.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:34 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew does not have this sentence.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.13.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jonadab said to the king, &#8220;See, the king&#8217;s sons have come; it has happened just as your servant said.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.13.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As he finished speaking, the king&#8217;s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.13.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But King David mourned many days for his son.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.13.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="2SA.13.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="2SA.13.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he was consoled concerning Amnon&#8217;s death.</span></span></div>
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