I. CHroniciEs XIX. 6.

B.C. about 10387.
THE SYRIANS HIRED AGAINST ISRAEL.
6, 7.2 SAM. 10. 6.
s. sons.
a, Aram Naharaim, Syria_of the-two- rivers.
JOAB DISCOMFITS THEM. 8-15. 2 Sam.
10. 7-14.
e. entrance,
J. Jehovah.
THE SYRIANS GATHER
AGAIN. about 1036, 16.2 Sam. 10.
15, 16. a. i.e. Eu- phrates. DAVID SMITES THEM.
1719. 2SAM. 10. 17-19.
S$. SONS,
6 And when the_s children_of Ammon saw that they had_made_themselves_ odious to David, Hanun and the_s chil- dren_of Ammon sent a thousand ta- lents_of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out_of « Mesopotamia, and out_of Syria-maachah, and out_of Zobah.
7 So they hired thirty and two thou- sand chariots, and «the_king_of Maa- chah and his -people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the_s chil- dren_of Ammon gathered_themselves_ together from their cities, and came to xbattle.
8 And when David heard of if, he sent -Joab, and all the_host_of the mighty_men.
9 And the_schildren_of Ammon came-_ out, and put the battle in_array before the_e gate_of the city: and the kings that were_come were by themselves in the field.
10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set_against him before and behind, he chose out_of all the_choice_of Israél, and put them -_in-_array against the Syrians.
11 And -the_rest_of the people he delivered unto the_hand_of Abishai his brother, and they set_themselves_in_ array against the _s children _of Am- mon.
12 And he said, “If the Syrians tbe_ too_strong for me, then thou sshalt_ help me: but if the_schildren_of Am- mon tbe_too strong for thee, then I *will_help thee.
13 -Be_of_good_courage, and let_us_ behave_ourselves_valiantly for our peo- ple, and for the_cities_of our =God: and ‘et ‘the Lorp do that which is good in His sight.”
14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew_nigh before the Syrians ute the battle; and they fled before
im.
15 And when the_s children_of Ammon saw that the Syrians were_fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered_into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem,
16 And when the Syrians saw that they were_put_to_the_worse before Is- raél, they sent messengers, and drew_ forth «the Syrians that were beyond the ‘river: and Shophach the_captain_ of the_host_of Hadarezer went before them.
17 And it was_told David; and he gathered all Israél, and passed_ over xJordan, and came upon them, and set_the_battle_in_ array against them. So when David had_put the battle in_ array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
18 But the Syrians fled before Israél ; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed -Shophach the_captain_of the host.
19 And when the_servants_of Hadar- ezer saw that they were_put_to_the_ worse before Israél, they made_peace with David, and became_his_servants : neither would the Syrians help schildren_of Ammon any_more.
1. CHRONICLES XXI. 6
20 AND it came_to_pass, that «after a a the year was_ hae at the time that xkings go_out to a Joab led_ forth -the_power_of the army, and wasted -the_country_of the_s ch ldren_ of Ammon, and came and _ besieged “Rabbah. But David -tarried at Jeru- salem. And Joab smote “Rabbah, and destroyed it.
2 And David took -the_crown_of their | *- king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent_of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was_set upon Dayid’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out_of the
city.
3 And he brought_out «the people that were in it, and secut them with xsaws, and with xharrows_of *iron, and with xaxes. Even so tdealt David with all the_cities_of the_schildren_of Am- mon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4 And it came_to_pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at.which_time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew -Sippai, that was
of the_children_of the giant: and they], were_subdued.
5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the_son_of Jair slew ~Lahmithe_brother_of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.
6 And yet_again there was war at Gath, where was a tman-_of great]i.i stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also wwas the_son_of the giant.
7 But when he r defied than the_son_of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
8 These were_born unto ? the giant in Gath; and they fell by the_-hand_of David, and by the-hand_of his ser-
vants.
2 AND Satan stood_u raél, and provoked David to
number eIsraél.
2 And David said to Joab and to the_ rulers_of the people, “*Go, ‘number -Israél from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and ‘bring -the_number_of them to me, that I may_know it.”
3 And Joab answered, “J The Lorp ‘make His people a hundred times so many more as they be: but, my -lord|,; the king, ave they not all my -lord’s servants ? why then tdoth my lord re- quire this_thing? why will_he_be a cause_of_¢ trespass to Israél?”
4 Nevertheless the king’s word pre- vailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israél, and came to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave -the_sum_of the_| Nom number_of the people unto David. And| Wa all they of Israél were a thousand| Israel, thousand and a hundred thousand 9 q témen +that_drew sword: and Judah} 47, was four hundred threescore and ten|5, 6. thousand ‘men «that_drew sword. 24.9,
6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he|* wee y not among them: for the king’s word was_abominable to -Joab.
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AN) DAVID's Con- -FESSION. 7, 8. 2SAM. $4.10. 8 See Ps. xxxii. DAVID'S CHOICE.
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PESTILENCE
| SENT AND | STAYED.
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DAvIn's 'ER- CESSION. 16,17. 25am. 24, 17.
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THE ANSWER.
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7 And x=God was_displeased with pels xthing; therefore He smote -Is- raél.
8 And David said unto x=God, “I have sinned greatly, because I -haye_ done this xthing : but now, I_beseech_ Thee, do_away -the_iniquity_of Thy ere ; for I shave_done very fool- ishly.”
9 fee ‘the Lorp spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
10“-Go and ‘tell David, saying, Thus
-|ssaith Jthe Lorp, £ «offer thee three
things : «choose thee one of them, that I may_do 7¢ unto thee.”
11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, “Thus ‘saith ‘the Lorp, choose thee
12 Hither three years’ famine; or three months to be_destroyed before thy foes, while that the_sword_of thine enemies overtaketh thee ; or else three days the_sword_of Jthe Lorp, even the pestilence, in the land, and the_angel_ of J the Lorn destroying throughout all the_? coasts_of Israél. Now therefore sadvise_thyself what word I shall_bring_ again to -+Him-_that_sent me.”
13 And David said unto Gad, “IT am in a great strait : et_me_fall now into the_hand_of Jthe Lorp; for very m great are His mercies: but let me not fall into the hand_of « man.”
14 So J the Lorp sent pestilence upon Israél : and there fell of Israél seventy thousand ¢ men.
15 And x=God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it : and as he was_ destroying, ’ the Lorp beheld, and He repented_Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, “It_is_ enough, stay now thine hand.” And the_angel_of ‘the Lorp stood by the_threshingfloor_of oOrnan the Je- busite.
16 And David lifted_up his -eyes, and saw -the_angel_of ! the Lorp «stand be- tween the earth and ~bthe =heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched_out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in xsackcloth, fell upon their faces.
7 And Dayid said unto x=God, “Is it not £ that commanded the people to be_numbered? even £ it is that have sinned and -done evil indeed; but as for these xsheep, what *have_they_done? "let Thine hand, I_pray_Thee, O_’ Lorp my =God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on Thy people, that they should_be_plagued.”
18 Then the_angel_of J the Lorp com- manded Gad to say to David, that an altar unto ! the Lorp in the_threshing- floor_of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 And David went_up at the_saying_ of Gad, which he spake in the_name_of ‘the Lorn.
20 And Ornan turned_back, and saw -the angel ; and his four sons with him hid _themselves. Now Ornan was_
-|threshing wheat.
ce: ii.
yaw Gen. xxi
21 And as David came to Ornan, Or- nan looked and saw -David, and went_ out of the threshingfloor, and bowed_
‘son, as for me, it_wa’s ~in my mind to