2 Samuel 14 Cross References - MSTC

¹ When Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was turned again to Absalom, ² he sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, "Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel. And anoint not thyself with oil. But be as a woman that had long time mourned for the death of somebody. ³ And go to the king and speak of thus manner unto him." And so Joab taught her what she should say. ⁴ And when the wife of Tekoa was come to speak with the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said, "Help me, O king." ⁵ And the king said unto her, "What aileth thee?" And she answered, "I am a widow, and mine husband is dead. ⁶ And thy handmaid had two sons which fought together in the fields where was no man to go between them, and the one slew the other. ⁷ And behold, the whole kindred arose against thy handmaid and said, 'Deliver us him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the soul of his brother whom he slew: for he will destroy the heir also.' And so they shall quench my sparkle which is left that he shall stir up neither name or issue upon the earth unto my husband." ⁸ And the king said unto the wife, "Go home to thine house, and I will give a charge for thee." ⁹ And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, "My lord king, the trespass be on me and on my father's house, and the king and his seat be guiltless." ¹⁰ And then said the king, "If any man say ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall no more trouble thee." ¹¹ Then said she, "Let the king remember his LORD God, that the next of the blood gather not on heaps together to destroy, and that they slay not my son." And he said, "As sure as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son's head fall to the earth." ¹² Then the woman said, "Let thine handmaid speak one word more unto my lord the king." And he said, "Say on." ¹³ And the woman said, "Wherefore then hast thou determined on this same manner against the people of God? — That the king should speak this thing and be faulty therein, so that the king should not fetch home again his banished. ¹⁴ For we must needs die, and perish as water spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again: and God will not take away the life, but find the means that the banished be not utterly expelled from him. ¹⁵ And now, concerning that, I am come to speak of this thing unto the king my lord in the presence of the people. Thy handmaid thought, 'Surely I will speak unto the king; peradventure the king will hear the request of his handmaid. ¹⁶ And the king shall hear his handmaid and deliver her out of the hand of the man that would have destroyed me and my son also out of the inheritance of God.' ¹⁷ Then thine handmaid said, 'I pray God that the word of my lord the king may be immutable. For my lord the king is as an angel of God, in hearing of good or bad.' And therefore the LORD thy God be with thee." ¹⁸ Then the king answered and said unto the woman, "Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king say on." ¹⁹ Then said the king, "Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this matter?" And the woman answered, and said, "As sure as thy soul liveth, my lord king, it is neither on the righthand nor on the left that my lord the king hath spoken. For thy servant Joab he bade me, and he put all these words even in the mouth of thine handmaid. ²⁰ And the turning of my tale another way, that made thy servant Joab. And so I see that my lord is wise, even as an angel of God, to understand all things that are in the earth." ²¹ Then said the king to Joab, "Behold, I am content to do this thing. Go therefore fetch home the lad Absalom." ²² And Joab fell to the ground on his face and bowed himself and blessed the king and said, "Now thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in the sight of my lord the king in that he hath fulfilled the request of his servant." ²³ And so Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. ²⁴ Then said the king, "Let him turn to his own house, but see that he come not in my presence." And so Absalom went to his own house, but came not in the king's presence. ²⁵ Moreover, in all Israel there was not so goodly a man as Absalom, or so greatly praised — from the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no blemish in him. ²⁶ And when he shaved his head — for at every years' end he shaved it because it was heavy on him, and therefore he shaved it — the hair thereof weighed two hundred sicles weight of the king's weight. ²⁷ And this Absalom had three sons born him and one daughter named Tamar, which was a fair woman to look upon. ²⁸ When Absalom had dwelt two years in Jerusalem without coming into the king's presence he sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king. ²⁹ But he would not come to him. And he sent again, and for all that he would not come. ³⁰ Then he said unto his servants, "Behold, Joab hath a parcel of land fast by mine, and hath barley therein. Go and set it on fire." And Absalom's servants went and set it on fire. ³¹ Then Joab arose and came to Absalom unto his house and said unto him, "Wherefore have thy servants burned my field with fire?" ³² And Absalom said to Joab, "Behold, I sent for thee desiring thee to come; because I would have sent thee to the king, for to say wherefore I am come from Geshur. It had been as good for me to have bidden there still. Now therefore let me come to the king's presence, or else if there be any trespass in me, kill me." ³³ And Joab went to the king and told him. And he sent for Absalom; which, when he was come, fell to the ground on his face before the king. And the king kissed him.

¹⁸ And there was three sons of Zeruiah there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel — which Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild roe -

³⁹ And by that time, the king turned his mind from pursuing Absalom. For he had left mourning for the death of Amnon.

³³ And the king was moved and went up to a chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went thus he said, "My son Absalom, my son, my son, my son Absalom, would to God I had died for thee Absalom, my son, my son."

² And the victory was turned that day into mourning unto all the people. For the people heard say that day, how the king sorrowed for his son,

⁴ And the king hid his face and cried with a loud voice, "My son Absalom, Absalom my son my son."

¹⁶ Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab and Asahel, three.

²⁶ Many there be that seek the prince's favour, but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

³ wash thyself therefore and anoint thee and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee to the threshing floor. But let not the man be aware of thee, until he have left eating and drinking.

²⁶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. And as soon as the mourning was ended, David sent and fetched her to his house,

²⁰ Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his apparel, and went into the house of the LORD and prayed; and after came to his own house and bade that they should set meat before him, and he did eat.

⁶ as Bethlehem, Etam and Tekoa;

²⁰ And so they arose early in the morning and gat them out unto the wilderness of Tekoa. And as they went out Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, Judah and the inhabiters of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and so shall ye continue: and believe his prophets and so shall ye prosper."

⁵ Next unto him builded they of Tekoa. But their great men put not their necks to the service of their lord.

²⁷ After him builded they of Tekoa the other piece over against the great tower, that lieth outward, and unto the wall of Ophel.

¹⁵ Thou bringest food out of the earth: wine to make glad the heart of man, oil to make him a cheerful countenance and bread to strengthen man's heart.

⁸ Let thy garments be always white, and let thy head want none ointment.

¹ Come out of Jerusalem, ye strong children of Benjamin! Blow up the trumpets ye Tekoites, set up a token unto Bethhaccherem; for a plague and a great misery peepeth out from the North.

¹ These are the sermons that were showed unto Amos, which was one of the shepherds at Tekoa, upon Israel, in the time of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,

¹⁵ And thou shalt speak unto him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with thy mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

⁵ And the LORD put a saying in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Go again to Balak and say on this wise."

¹⁸ I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren like unto thee and will put my words into his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

¹⁹ Then said the king, "Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this matter?" And the woman answered, and said, "As sure as thy soul liveth, my lord king, it is neither on the righthand nor on the left that my lord the king hath spoken. For thy servant Joab he bade me, and he put all these words even in the mouth of thine handmaid.

¹⁶ I shall put my word also in thy mouth, and defend thee with the turning of my hand: that thou mayest plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, "Thou art my people."

²¹ I will make this covenant with them, sayeth the LORD: My spirit that is come upon thee, and the words which I have put in thy mouth, shall never go out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy children, nor out of the mouth of thy children's children, from this time forth for evermore.

⁹ And with that, the LORD stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth, and said moreover unto me, "Behold, I put my words in thy mouth,

⁴¹ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place that was toward the south and fell on his face to the ground and bowed himself three times. And they kissed one another and wept together — but David more abundantly.

²³ When Abigail saw David, she hasted and lighted off her ass and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

² Behold, there came a man the third day out of the host from Saul with his clothes rent and earth upon his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the earth and did obeisance.

²⁶ And as the king of Israel walked upon the walls, there cried a woman to him, saying, "Help, my lord king." ²⁷ And he said, "Nay, the LORD help thee. But wherewith should I help thee, with corn or wine?" ²⁸ Then said the king to her, "What aileth thee?" And she answered, "This woman here said to me, 'Bring thy son and let us eat him today, and we will eat mine tomorrow.'

¹² "For I delivered the poor when he cried, and the fatherless that wanted help. ¹³ He that should have been lost, gave me a good word, and the widow's heart praised me. ¹⁴ And why? I put upon me righteousness, which covered me as a garment, and equity was my crown.

³ And there was a certain widow in the same city, which came unto him saying, 'Avenge me of mine adversary.' ⁴ And he would not for a while. But afterward he said unto himself, 'Though I fear not God, nor care for man, ⁵ yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her: lest at the last she come, and hag on me.'"

⁸ The trees went to anoint a king over them, and said unto the olive tree, 'Reign over us.' ⁹ But the olive tree said unto them, 'Should I leave my fatness which both God and man praiseth in me, and go to be promoted over the trees?' ¹⁰ Then said the trees to the fig tree, 'Come thou and be king over us.' ¹¹ And the fig tree answered them, 'Should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit, and should go to be promoted over the trees?' ¹² Then said the trees unto the vine, 'Come thou and be king over us.' ¹³ And the vine answered, 'Should I leave my wine that cheereth both God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?' ¹⁴ Then said all the trees unto the furze-bush, 'Come thou and reign over us.' ¹⁵ And the furze bush said unto the trees, "If it will be true that ye will anoint me king over you, then come and rest under my shadow, and ye shall see that a fire shall come out of the furze-bush and waste the cypress trees of Lebanon!'

¹ And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him and said unto him, "There were two men in one city, a rich and a poor. ² And the rich had exceeding great abundance of sheep and oxen. ³ But the poor had nothing, save one little lamb which he bought and nourished up. And it grew up with him and his children, and did eat of his own meat and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was as dear unto him as his daughter.

⁸ And Cain talked with Abel his brother. And as soon as they were in the fields, Cain fell upon Abel his brother and slew him.

¹³ And he went out another day: and behold, two Hebrews strove together. And he said unto him that did the wrong, "Wherefore smitest thou thine neighbor?"

²⁶ and unto the damsel thou shalt do no harm, because there is in the damsel no cause of death. For as when a man riseth against his neighbour and slayeth him, even so is this matter. ²⁷ For he found her in the fields and the betrothed damsel cried: but there was no man to help her.

¹⁴ Behold, thou castest me out this day from off the face of the earth, and from thy sight must I hide myself, and I must be a vagabond and a renegade upon the earth: Moreover whosoever findeth me, will kill me."

⁴⁵ and until thy brother's wrath turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him. Then will I send and fetch thee away from thence. Why should I lose you both in one day?"

¹⁹ The judge of blood shall slay the murderer, as soon as he findeth him.

¹² Then let the elders of his city send and fetch him thence and deliver him into the hands of the justice of blood, and he shall die. ¹³ Let thine eye have no pity on him, and so thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, and happy art thou.

⁶ And the eldest son which she beareth, shall stand up in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out in Israel.

¹⁷ And the elders of his house arose and went to him to take him up from the earth. But he would not, neither yet eat meat with them.

³⁸ But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir: come on, let us kill him, and let us take his inheritance, to ourselves.'

⁵ And David was exceeding wroth with the man, and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD liveth, the fellow that hath done this thing is the child of death ⁶ and shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity."

⁴ Then said the king to Ziba, "Behold, thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth." And Ziba answered, "I beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight my lord king."

¹⁶ I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently.

¹³ He that giveth sentence in a matter before he hear it, is a fool, and worthy to be confounded.

³ And he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes: neither shall rebuke after the hearing of his ears. ⁴ But he shall judge the causes of the poor with righteousness, and shall rebuke with equity for the humble of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall slay the wicked.

¹³ And his mother said unto him, "Upon me be thy curse, my son, only hear my voice, and go and fetch me them."

³³ "'And see that ye pollute not the land which ye are in, for blood defileth the land. And the land can none otherwise be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of it that shed it.

¹ If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, and lieth in the fields, and not known who hath slain him: ² Then let thine elders and thy judges come forth and meet unto the cities that are round about the slain. ³ And let the elders of that city which is next unto the slain man, take a heifer that is not laboured with nor hath drawn in the yoke, ⁴ and let them bring her unto a valley where is neither earing nor sowing, and strike off her head there in the valley. ⁵ Then let the priests the sons of Levi come forth — for the LORD thy God hath chosen them to minister and to bless in the name of the LORD and therefore at their mouth shall all strife and plague be tried. ⁶ And all the elders of the city that is next to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the plain, ⁷ and shall answer and say, 'Our hands have not shed this blood neither have our eyes seen it. ⁸ Be merciful LORD unto thy people Israel which thou hast delivered and put not innocent blood unto thy people Israel: and the blood shall be forgiven them.' ⁹ And so shalt thou put innocent blood from thee, when thou shalt have done that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

²⁴ and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid.

²⁸ And when it afterward came to David's ear, he said, "I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever, concerning the blood of Abner the son of Ner. ²⁹ It fall therefore on the head of Joab and on all his father's house: that the house of Joab be never without one or other that hath running issues or without lepers and goers on crutches, and that fall on the sword and that lack bread."

³³ And their blood return upon the head of Joab and on the head of his seed forever. And prosperity be unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his seat, of the LORD forever."

²⁵ Then answered all the people, and said, "His blood be on us, and on our children."

²² And Abram answered the king of Sodom, "I lift up my hand unto the LORD God most high, possessor of heaven and earth,

² And he said unto his eldest servant of his house which had the rule over all that he had, "Put thy hand under my thigh ³ that I may make thee swear by the LORD that is God of heaven and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son, of the daughters of the Canaanites, among which I dwell.

⁵⁰ that thou shalt not vex my daughters neither shalt take other wives unto them. Here is no man with us: behold, God is witness betwixt thee and me."

²¹ or smite him with his hand of envy that he die; he that smote him shall die, for he is a murderer. The justice of blood shall slay him as soon as he findeth him.

²⁷ if the blood avenger find him without the borders of his free town, he shall slay the murderer and be guiltless,

⁴ And this is the cause of the slayer that shall flee thither and be saved: If he smite his neighbour ignorantly and hated him not in time past; ⁵ as when a man goeth unto the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and as his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe, the head slippeth from the helve and smiteth his neighbour that he die; the same shall flee unto one of the same cities and be saved. ⁶ Lest the executer of blood follow after the slayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him, and yet there is no cause worthy of death in him, inasmuch as he hated not his neighbour in time past. ⁷ Wherefore I command thee, saying, 'See that thou appoint out three cities.' ⁸ And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coasts as he hath sworn unto thy fathers and give thee all the land which he said he would give unto thy fathers ⁹ — so that thou keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, that thou love the LORD thy God and walk in his ways ever — then thou shalt add three cities more unto those three, ¹⁰ that innocent blood be not shed in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, and so blood come upon thee.

³ that the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly, may flee thither. And those cities shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. ⁴ And the slayer shall flee unto one of those Cities and shall stand in the entering of the gate of the city and shall show his cause in the ears of the elders of the said city. And they shall take him into the city unto them, and shall give him a place that he may dwell among them. ⁵ And when the avenger of blood followeth after him they shall not deliver the slayer unto his hand: because he smote his friend ignorantly, and hated him not before time. ⁶ And he shall dwell in the said city until he stand before the congregation in judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. And then shall the slayer return and come unto his own city and unto his own house, and unto the city from whence he fled.'"

⁴⁵ But the people said unto Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, which hath so mightily helped Israel? God forbid. As truly as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground: for he hath wrought with God this day." And so the people delivered Jonathan, that he died not.

⁴² And Jonathan said unto David, "Go thy way in peace. Whatsoever we both have sworn and spoken together in the name of the LORD, the LORD be witness between me and thee, and between my seed and thine forever." And Jonathan gat him up, and came into the city.

¹⁰ And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, "As surely as the LORD liveth, there shall no harm chance thee for this thing."

⁵² And Solomon said, "If he will be a child of virtue, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth. But and if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die for it."

² And shalt swear, 'The LORD liveth' in truth, in equity and righteousness: and all people shall be fortunable and joyful in him."

³⁰ And now are all the hairs of your heads numbered.

³⁴ wherefore I pray you to take meat: for this no doubt is for your health, for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you."

²⁷ And Abraham answered and said, "Behold, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, and yet am but dust and ashes.

³² And he said, "O let not my LORD be angry, that I speak yet, but even once more only. What if ten be found there?" And he said, "I will not destroy them for ten's sake."

¹⁸ Then Judah went unto him and said, "O my lord, let thy servant speak a word in my lord's audience, and be not wroth with thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

¹ O LORD, thou art more righteous than that I should dispute with thee: Nevertheless, let me talk with thee in things reasonable. How happeneth it, that the way of the ungodly is so prosperous? And that it goeth so well with them, which without any shame offend and live in wickedness?

¹ Agrippa said unto Paul, "Thou art permitted to speak for thyself." Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself,

² And there stood folk out of all quarters of all the tribes of Israel, in the congregation of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew swords.

⁸ Now therefore so say unto my servant David, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, 'I took thee out of a shepherd's cote from following sheep to be a ruler over my people Israel.

⁷ Then Nathan said to David, "Thou art the man. Thus sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'I anointed thee king over Israel and rid thee out of the hands of Saul.

³⁷ But Absalom escaped and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud king of Geshur. And the king mourned for his son continually. ³⁸ And so Absalom escaped and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

⁴⁰ And as thy servant had here and there to do, he was gone." And the king of Israel said unto him, "Even so shall thy judgment be, as thou hast defined it thyself." ⁴¹ And he hasted and took the ashes away from his eyes: and the king of Israel knew him, that he was of the Prophets. ⁴² And he said unto the king, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Because thou hast let go a man that ought to have died, thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his."

⁴² When they had nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them tell me, will love him most?" ⁴³ Simon answered, and said, "I suppose that he to whom he forgave most." And he said unto him, "Thou hast truly judged." ⁴⁴ And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, "Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, and thou gavest me no water to my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

¹³ If a man lay not await, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will point thee a place whither he shall flee.

⁴⁰ And they shall confess their misdeeds and the misdeeds of their fathers; in their trespasses which they have trespassed against me, and for that also that they have walked contrary unto me.

¹⁵ And these six free cities shall be for the children of Israel and for the stranger and for him that dwelleth among you, that all they which kill any person unawares, may flee thither.

²⁵ And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the judge of blood, and shall restore him again unto the franchised city whither he was fled. And he shall bide there unto the death of the high priest which was anointed with holy oil.

²⁸ because he should have bidden in his free town until the death of the high priest, and after the death of the high priest, he shall return again unto the land of his possession.

¹⁷ For the LORD your God, he is God of Gods and Lord of lords; a great God, a mighty and a terrible which regardeth no man's person nor taketh gifts:

²⁵ Then said David unto the messenger, "Thus wise say unto Joab, 'Let not that thing trouble thee. For the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city and destroy it, and see that thou courage, Joab."

⁷ "If a tree be cut down, there is some hope yet, that it will sprout and shoot forth the branches again; ⁸ For though a root be waxen old and dead in the ground, ⁹ yet when the stock getteth the scent of water, it will bud, and bring forth bows, like as when it was first planted. ¹⁰ But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him? ¹¹ The floods when they be dried up, and the rivers when they be empty, are filled again through the flowing waters of the sea: ¹² but when man sleepeth, he riseth not again, until the heaven perish: he shall not wake up nor rise out of his sleep.

¹⁴ May a dead man live again? All the days of this my pilgrimage am I looking, till my changing shall come.

²³ Sure I am, that thou wilt deliver me unto death: whereas a lodging is prepared for all men living.

¹⁵ All flesh shall come together unto naught, and all men shall turn again unto earth.

¹⁹ 'Ungodly men are ye.' He hath none respect unto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the rich more than the poor. For they be all the work of his hands.

¹⁴ I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax.

⁷ Let them fall away like water that runneth a pace; and when they shoot their arrows, let them be rooted out.

³ Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem, and there was no man to bury them.

³ Thou turnest man to destruction; Again, thou sayest, "Come again, ye children of men."

¹⁰ The days of our age are threescore years and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.

¹⁹ For it happeneth unto men as it doth unto beasts, and as the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, they have both one manner of breath, so that - in this - a man hath no preeminence above a beast, but all are subdued unto vanity. ²⁰ They go all unto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turn unto dust again.

⁵ For they that be living, know that they shall die: but they that be dead, know nothing, neither deserve they anymore. For their memorial is forgotten,

¹ Thus sayeth the LORD: Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, that I sent unto her? Or who is the usurer, to whom I sold you? Behold, for your own offenses are ye sold: and because of your transgression, is your mother forsaken. ² For why would no man receive me, when I came? And when I called, no man gave me answer. Was my hand clean smitten off, that it might not help? Or had I not power to deliver? Lo, at a word I drink up the sea, and of water floods I make dry land: so that for want of water, the fish corrupt and die of thirst.

¹⁶ And they sent unto him their disciples with Herod's servants, saying, "Master, we know that thou art true, and that thou teachest the way of God truly, neither carest for any man, for thou considerest not men's estate.

³⁴ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive, that God is not partial:

¹¹ For there is no partiality with God:

²⁷ And as it is appointed unto men that they shall once die, and then cometh the judgment,

¹⁷ And if so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person judgeth according to every man's works, see that ye pass the time of your pilgrimage in fear:

¹⁹ Now hear therefore, my lord king, the words of thy servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, he shall smell the savour of sacrifice. But and if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD. For they have cast me out from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Hence and go serve other gods.'

⁹ Achish answered and said to David, "I know well thou pleasest me, as it were an angel of God. Notwithstanding, the lords of the Philistines have said that thou shalt not go with them to battle.

²⁰ And the turning of my tale another way, that made thy servant Joab. And so I see that my lord is wise, even as an angel of God, to understand all things that are in the earth."

²⁷ And he hath thereto complained on thy servant unto my lord the king. But my lord the king is as an Angel of God: do therefore what seemeth best in thine eyes.

⁹ Give therefore unto thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, and to discern between good, and bad. For who is able to judge this, thy so weighty a people?"

²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged and feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

³⁰ whether there be any unrighteousness in my tongue, or vain words in my mouth.

²¹ Silver is tried in the mould, and gold in the furnace, and so is a man, when he is openly praised to his face.

⁵ Whoso flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feet.

¹⁴ For the natural man perceiveth not the things of the spirit of God, for they are but foolishness unto him: Neither can he perceive them, because he is spiritually examined. ¹⁵ But he that is spiritual discusseth all things: yet he himself is judged of no man.

¹⁴ But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, which through custom have their wits exercised, to judge both good and evil also.

¹⁷ And he said, "What is that he said unto thee? See ye hide it not from me. The LORD do so and so to thee, if thou hide anything from me, of all that he said unto thee." ¹⁸ And Samuel told him every whit and hid it not from him. And he answered, "It is the LORD, let him do what seemeth him best."

¹⁴ Then Zedekiah the king sent and caused Jeremiah the prophet be called unto him, into the third entry, that was by the house of the LORD. And the king said unto Jeremiah, "I will ask thee somewhat, but hide nothing from me."

²⁵ But if the princes perceive that I have talked with thee, and come unto thee, saying, 'O speak, what said the king to thee? hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death. Tell us, we pray thee: what said the king to thee?'

¹⁷ let us go a good fellowship through thy country: we will not go through the fields nor through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the fountains: but we will go by the highway and neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left, until we be past thy country."

³² Take heed therefore that ye do as the LORD your God hath commanded you, and turn not aside: either to the righthand or to the left:

¹⁴ And see that thou bow not from any of these words which I command thee this day, either to the righthand or to the left, that thou wouldest go after strange gods to serve them.

⁷ Above all things, be strong and harden thyself, to observe and to do according to all the laws which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn there from neither to the righthand, nor to the left: that thou mayest have understanding in all thou takest in hand.

²⁶ and then she said, "Oh my lord, as truly as thy soul liveth my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

⁵⁵ When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner the captain of his host, "Abner, whose son is this lad?" And Abner answered, "As truly as thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell."

³ And David sware again and said, "Thy father knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes and therefore he thinketh, 'Jonathan shall not know it, lest he be sorry.' For in very deed even as truly as the LORD liveth, and as truly as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death."

²⁶ And now my lord as sure as the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth, the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand. Furthermore, I pray God that thine enemies and they that intend to do my lord evil, may be as Nabal.

²⁷ And when Abner was come again to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate, to speak with him guilefully, and there smote him under the short ribs that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

²⁹ It fall therefore on the head of Joab and on all his father's house: that the house of Joab be never without one or other that hath running issues or without lepers and goers on crutches, and that fall on the sword and that lack bread."

³⁴ Thy hands were not manacled nor thy feet brought into fetters: but as men fall before wicked children, so fellest thou." And all the people wept yet more over him.

¹¹ And Uriah said unto David, "The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in pavilions; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord lie in tents upon the flat earth — and should I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By thy life and as sure as thy soul liveth, I will not do that thing."

¹⁴ Wherefore on the morrow David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by Uriah. ¹⁵ And he wrote in the letter saying, "Put Uriah in the forefront of the battle where it is most strong, and come back from him that he may be smitten to death."

³ And go to the king and speak of thus manner unto him." And so Joab taught her what she should say.

⁵ Moreover thou knowest how Joab the son of Zeruiah hath served me, and what he hath done to the two captains of the hosts of Israel — unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether — how he slew them and shed the blood of war in time of peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins and in his shoes that were on his feet. ⁶ Deal with him therefore according to thy wisdom and see that thou bring not his hoar head down to the grave in peace.

² Elijah and Elisha were going from Gilgal, and Elijah said to Elisha, "Tarry here, I pray thee, for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee." And when they came to Bethel,

²⁷ Turn not aside, neither to the righthand nor to the left; but withhold thy foot from evil.

¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, where against all your adversaries shall not be able to speak nor resist.

⁵ but God doth know, that whensoever ye should eat of it, your eyes should be opened and ye should be as God and know both good and evil."

²³ And David asked the LORD, and he said, "Go not. But compass them on the back side and come down upon them from the pear trees.

¹⁷ Then thine handmaid said, 'I pray God that the word of my lord the king may be immutable. For my lord the king is as an angel of God, in hearing of good or bad.' And therefore the LORD thy God be with thee."

²¹ I will regard no manner of person, no man will I spare. ²² For if I would go about to please men, I know not how soon my maker would take me away.

¹⁶ Camest thou ever into the ground of the sea: or hast thou walked in the low corners of the deep? ¹⁷ Have the gates of death been open unto thee, or hast thou seen the door of everlasting treasure? ¹⁸ Hast thou also perceived how broad the earth is? Now if thou hast knowledge of all, ¹⁹ then show me where light dwelleth, and where darkness is: ²⁰ that thou mayest bring us unto their quarters, if thou canst tell the way to their houses. ²¹ Knowest thou, when thou wast born, how old thou shouldest be? ²² Wentest thou ever into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the secret places of the hail, ²³ which I have prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of battle and war? ²⁴ By what way is the light parted, and the heat dealt out upon the earth? ²⁵ "Who divideth the abundance of waters into rivers, or who maketh a way for the stormy weather, ²⁶ that it watereth and moistureth the dry and barren ground: ²⁷ to make the grass grow in places where no body dwelleth, and in the wilderness where no man remaineth? ²⁸ Who is the father of rain? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? ²⁹ Out of whose womb came the ice? Who hath gendered the coldness of the air? ³⁰ That the waters are as hard as stones, and lie congealed above the deep. ³¹ Hast thou brought the seven stars together? Or art thou able to loose the bands of Orion? ³² Canst thou bring forth the morning star or the evening star at convenient times, and convey them home again? ³³ Knewest thou the course of heaven, that thou mayest set up the ordinance thereof upon the earth? ³⁴ Moreover, canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that they may pour down a great rain upon thee? ³⁵ Canst thou thunder also that they may go their way, and be obedient unto thee, saying, 'Lo here are we'? ³⁶ Who giveth sure wisdom or steadfast understanding? ³⁷ Who numbereth the clouds in wisdom? Who stilleth the vehement waters of heaven? ³⁸ Who turneth the clots to dust, and then to be clots again? ³⁹ Huntest thou the prey from the lion, or feedest thou his whelps ⁴⁰ living in their dens, and lurking in their couches? ⁴¹ Who provideth meat for the raven, when his young ones cry unto God, and fly about for want of meat?

²⁸ A dissembling tongue hateth one that rebuketh him; and a flattering mouth worketh mischief.

¹ To speak of things dedicated unto idols, we are sure that we all have knowledge. Knowledge maketh a man swell: but love edifieth. ² If any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

³⁹ for as truly as the LORD liveth, which hath saved Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall die for it." But no man answered him of all the people.

¹¹ Then said she, "Let the king remember his LORD God, that the next of the blood gather not on heaps together to destroy, and that they slay not my son." And he said, "As sure as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son's head fall to the earth."

²⁶ And the king was sorry. Yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat at supper also, he would not put her beside her purpose.

⁸ But yet Noah found grace in the sight of the LORD.

¹⁶ for how shall it be known now that both I and thy people have found favour in thy sight, but in that thou goest with us: that both I and thy people have a preeminence before all the people that are upon the face of the earth." ¹⁷ And the LORD said unto Moses, "I will do this also that thou hast said, for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name."

² And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, "Let me go to the field and lease and gather ears, after whomsoever I find grace in his sight." And she said unto her, "Go, my daughter."

³⁹ And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over Jordan, he kissed Barzillai and took his leave of him, and he went back again unto his own place.

² And the people thanked all the men that were willingly to dwell at Jerusalem.

¹¹ When all they that heard me, called me happy, and when all they that saw me, wished me good.

²⁰ whose sides thanked me not, because he was warmed with the wool of my sheep?

²⁸ Her children arise, and call her blessed: and her husband maketh much of her.

³ the second, Chileab of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur;

³ Then said Judah unto him, "The man did testify unto us saying, 'Look that ye see not my face except your brother be with you.'

²⁸ And Pharaoh said unto him, "Get thee from me and take heed to thyself that thou see my face no more. For whensoever thou comest in my sight, thou shalt die."

¹³ And David answered, "Well said. I will make a bond with thee. But one thing I require of thee, that thou see not my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see me."

²⁸ When Absalom had dwelt two years in Jerusalem without coming into the king's presence he sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king.

⁴ And they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads.

³⁵ "The LORD shall smite thee with a mischievous botch in the knees and legs, so that thou canst not be healed: even from the sole of the foot unto the top of the head.

² the same had a son called Saul, a goodly young man, so that among the children of Israel, there was none goodlier than he, and was thereto, from the shoulders upward, higher than all the other people.

⁷ But the LORD said unto Samuel, "Look not on his fashion nor on the height of his stature, for I have refused him. Because it is not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance: but the LORD beholdeth the heart."

⁷ So went Satan forth from the LORD, and smote Job with marvelous sore boils, from the sole of the foot unto his crown;

³⁰ Favour is a deceitful thing, and beauty is vanity; but a woman that feareth God, she shall be praised.

⁶ From the sole of the foot unto the head, there is no whole part in all your body: but all are wounds, botches, sores and stripes, which can neither be helped, bound up, mollified, nor eased with any ointment.

²⁷ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness.

²⁷ to make it unto himself a glorious congregation without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should be holy and without blame.

¹⁶ And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and weighed him the silver which he had said in the audience of the sons of Heth. Even four hundred silver sicles of current money among merchants.

³⁶ But ye shall have true balances, true weights, a true ephah and a true hin. I am the LORD your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt,

⁹ And it chanced Absalom to come before the servants of David riding upon a mule which carried him under the thick boughs of a great oak. And his head caught in the oak, and he was left between heaven and earth, and the mule that was under him went his way.

²⁴ And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth; and for their beauty, witheredness and sunburning.

²⁰ They shall not shave their heads, nor nourish the bush of their hair, but round their heads only.

⁹ "Thus sayeth the LORD God: O ye princes, ye have now oppressed and destroyed enough. Now leave off, handle now according to the thing that is equal and lawful: and thrust out my people no more, sayeth the LORD God. ¹⁰ Ye shall have a true weight, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath. ¹¹ The Ephah and the Bath shall be alike. One Bath shall contain the tenth part of a Homer, and so shall one Ephah do: their measure shall be after the Homer. ¹² One Sicle maketh twenty Gerahs. So twenty Sicles, and twenty five and fifteen Sicles make a Mina. ¹³ "This is the heave offering, that ye shall give to be heaved: namely, the sixteenth part of an Ephah, out of a Homer of wheat: and the sixteenth part of an Ephah, out of a Homer of barley. ¹⁴ The oil shall be measured with the Bath: even the tenth part of one Bath out of a Cor. Ten baths make one Homer: for one Homer filleth ten Baths.

¹⁴ Or else doth not nature teach you, that it is a shame for a man, if he have long hair:

¹ And it chanced that Absalom, David's son, had a fair sister named Tamar, whom afterward Amnon, another son of David, loved.

¹⁸ And this Absalom, yet in his lifetime, took and reared up a pillar, which is yet in King's Dale. For he said, "I have no male child. And therefore, to keep my name in remembrance do I it." And he called the pillar after his own name. And it is called unto this day, Absalom's pillar.

¹⁶ His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his harvest be cut down. ¹⁷ His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and his name shall not be praised in the streets: ¹⁸ he shall be driven from the light into darkness, and cast clean out of the world. ¹⁹ He shall neither have children nor kinfolks among his people, no nor any posterity in his country:

²² I will stand up against them, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, and root out the name and generation of Babylon, sayeth the LORD,

³⁰ Write this man among the outlaws, for no prosperity shall this man have all his life long. Neither shall any of his seed be so happy as to sit upon the seat of David, and to bear rule in Judah."

³⁰ Then he said unto his servants, "Behold, Joab hath a parcel of land fast by mine, and hath barley therein. Go and set it on fire." And Absalom's servants went and set it on fire. ³¹ Then Joab arose and came to Absalom unto his house and said unto him, "Wherefore have thy servants burned my field with fire?"

¹² But the queen Vashti would not come at the king's word by his chamberlains. Then was the king very wroth, and his indignation kindled in him.

³ and sent forth his servants, to call them that were bid to the wedding: and they would not come.

⁴ And Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and fastened tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. ⁵ And he set the firebrands on fire, and put them into the corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the reaped corn and also the standing, with vine and olives.

²⁸ Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods." ²⁹ And the young men of Absalom served Amnon even as Absalom commanded them. And all the king's sons arose and took each man his mule and fled.

⁹ And she wrote in the letter, saying, "Proclaim fasting and set Naboth on high among the people, ¹⁰ and set two unthrifties before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'Thou didst curse both God and the king.' And upon that carry him out and stone him to death." ¹¹ And the elders and nobles of his city, which dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letter which she had sent unto them. ¹² They proclaimed fasting, and set Naboth on high among the people, ¹³ and there came in two unthrifty persons and sat before him. And the two unthrifty persons witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth did curse God and the king." And upon that they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones to death. ¹⁴ And then they sent to Jezebel saying, "Naboth is stoned to death."

³³ And he said, "Throw her down." And they threw her down. And he sprinkled of her blood upon the walls and on the horses, and trod her under foot.

⁶ Then he wrote another letter to them saying, "If ye be mine and will obey my voice, then take the heads of your master's sons and come to me to Jezreel, by tomorrow this time." And the king's sons were seventy persons with the great men of the city which nourished them. ⁷ And when the letter came to them, they took the king's children and slew them in number, seventy persons, and put their heads in coffins and sent them to him to Jezreel.

¹² And Adam answered, "The woman which thou gavest to bear me company, she took me of the tree, and I ate."

¹² Did not we tell thee this in Egypt saying, 'Let us be in rest and serve the Egyptians?' For it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than for to die in the wilderness."

³ and said unto them, "Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and ate bread our bellies' full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole multitude for hunger."

³ There the people thirsted for water, and murmured against Moses and said, "Wherefore hast thou brought us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?"

¹³ And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said unto him, "Blessed be thou in the LORD. I have done the commandment of the LORD."

⁸ And then thou shalt show mercy unto thy servant, for thou hast made with me thy servant a bond in the LORD. Notwithstanding, if there be in me any trespass, then slay me thyself, for what needeth thee to bring me to thy father?"

² For he flattereth himself in his own sight, until his abominable sin be found out.

¹³ He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper; but who so knowledgeth them and forsaketh them, shall have mercy.

²² Yea, and that so sore, that though thou washest thee with Nitre and makest thyself to savour with that sweet smelling herb of Borith: yet in my sight thou art stained with thy wickedness, sayeth the LORD thy God. ²³ Say not now, 'I am not unclean, and I have not followed Baal.' Look upon thy own ways in the woods, valleys and dens: so shalt thou know, what thou hast done. Thou art like a swift Dromedary that goeth easily his way:

¹² Fie! For shame! How abominable things do they? And yet they be not ashamed; yea, they know of no shame. Wherefore in the time of their visitation, they shall fall among the dead bodies, sayeth the LORD.

⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer him, saying, 'Master, when saw we thee a hungered, or athirst, or harborless, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and have not ministered unto thee?'

¹⁹ Yea and we know that whatsoever the law saith, he saith it to them which are under the law: That all mouths may be stopped, and all the world be subdued to God,

²⁶ And his father Isaac said unto him, "Come near and kiss me my son."

⁴ Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

¹⁵ Moreover, he kissed all his brethren and wept upon them. And after that, his brethren talked with him.

²⁰ And he arose, and went to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran unto him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.