II. Samuet V. 2.

mon @ Beerothite, of the_s children_of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also twas_ reckoned to Benjamin :
8 And the Beerothites fled to Git- taim, and were_sojourners there until xthis xday.)
4 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame_of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out_of Jezreél, and his nurse took_him_up, and fled: and it came_to_pass, as she made_haste to flee, that he fell, and became_lame. And his name was m Mephibosheth.
» And the_sons_of Rimmon the Beer- othite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the_heat_of the day to the_ house_of ‘Ish-bosheth, tuho slay on a -bed at noon.
6 And thep came thither into the midst_of the house, as though they_ would_have_fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth 77b;: and Rechab and Baanah his brother es- caped.
7 For when they came into the house, he +lay on his bed in his bed- chamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his rhead, and gat_them_away through the plain all xnight.
8 And they brought «the_head_of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold the_head_of Ish-bosheth the_son_of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy so-life; and Jthe Lorp hath_avenged my -lord the king xthis xday of Saul, and of his seed,”
®’ And David answered -Rechab and -Baanah his brother, the_sons_of Rim- mon the Beerothite, and said unto them, “As !the Lorp liveth, who -hath_ redeemed my «soul out_of ‘all adver- sity, c >
10 When one told me, saying, ‘ Be- hold, Saul -is_dead,’ thinking to have_ brought_good_tidings, I took_hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would_have_given_him_ a_reward for his tidings :
11 How much_more, when wicked_ #men haye-slain a righteous “person in his_own house upon his bed ? shall I not therefore now require his «blood of your hand, and -take pow away from the earth?”
12 And David commanded his *young_ men, and they slew them, and cut_off their “hands and their «feet, and hang- ed_them_up over the pool in Hebron. But they took *the_head_of Ish-bosh- eth, and buried zt in the_sepulehre_of Abner in Hebron.
THEN came all the_tribes_of
Israél to David unto / Hebron,
and spake, saying, “ Behold, wwe are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thow wast he_that_ leddest_out and broughtest_in “Israél : and !the Lorp said to thee, ‘Thou shalt ffeed My «people thon shalt_be a J/captain over Israél.’”
B.C. about 1048,
§. SONS.
“MEPHIBO- SHETH. 4. Ch. 9. 3. 1 Sam. 29.1,
ll.
m. Mephibo- sheth, From the-mouth. of shame, or Extermi- nating the idol, o7~ Shameful_ thing. IsH-BOSH- ETH SLAIN. 4. Ish-bosh- eth, Man-_of shame. «
so. soul. J. Jehovah.
DAVID'S — REPLY.
9. Gen. 48.16.
1 Kin, 1, 29. Ps. 31.7.
10. Ch. 1. 2, 4, 15.
h. he was-in his-own eyes asa bringer-of_
shim,
BAANAH
RECHAB SLAIN. 12. Ch. 3. 32.
ISRAEL GATHERED TO HEBRON. 1, 2.1 CHR.
eT 25 12,
h. Hebron, Joining.
2, 1 Sam. 18. 13.
J. Jehovah.
F. feed-as_a_ shepherd.
1, or leader.
247
Il. Samuer V. 3.
B.C. about 1048.
DAVID ANOINTED.
3.1 CHR. 11. 3.
c.c. confirm- ed a coven- ant.
DAvin's REIGN.
6-10. 1 CHR. 11. 4-9.
the water- course. be. Because.
8. or strong. hold.
m. Millo, Rampart. J.G. Jehovah Elohim of Tsebahoth.
HIRAM. about 1043. 11,12. 1CHR, 141,2 -
h. Hiram, Free_born, Noble.
¢. Tyre, Rock.
he. hewers_ of stone for
the wall. 13-16. 1CHR. 14. 3-7.
so. Solomon, Peaceable. i. Ibhar, Elect. e. Elishua, his salvation. ne. Nepheg, 5 sate g.Japhia, Tilustrious. el.Elishama, My God_ willhear, e Eliada, Known-of
.
God. e/.Eliphalet, Delivered_
of.God. PHILIs- TLINES, 1047. 7-21. 1 CHR. 14. 8-12. J. Jehovah. b. Baal-pera- zim, Place. of breaches,
3 So all the_elders_of Israél came to the king to Hebron; and xking David emade a cleague with them in Hebron before J the Lorp: and they anointed David king over Israél.
4 David was thirty years old when he began_to_reign, and he reigned forty years,
5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israél and Judah,
6 And the king and his «men went to j Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the_ inhabitants_of the land: which spake unto David, saying, “Except thou tu take_away the =blind and the =lame, thou shalt not come-_in hither:” think- ing, David tcannot_come-in hither.
7 Nevertheless Dayid took -«the~-
"|stronghold_of Zion: the_same 7s the_
city_of David.
8 And David said on xthat xday,.
“Whosoever getteth_up >to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and =lame and cthe =blind, that are hated_ of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain.” be Wherefore they said, “The -blind and the -lame shall not come into the house.”
9 So David dwelt in the s fort, and called it the_city_of David. And David ‘built round_about from ™xMillo and inward.
10 And David went great, and /the Lorp was with him.
1 And Hiram king_of ¢Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and e masons: and they built David a house.
12 And David perceived that / the Lorp had_established him king over Israél, and that He had_exalted His kingdom for His people Israél’s sake.
13 And David took him more concu- bines and wives out_of Jerusalem, after he was_come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
14 And these be the_names-_of those that_were_born unto him in Jerusalem ; s Shammuah, and sh Shobab, and » Na- than, and se Solomon,
15 iIbhar also, and e¢Elishua, and ne Nepheg, and Jj Japhia,
16 And ¢! Elishama, and ¢ Eliada, and el Eliphalet.
17 But when the Philistines heard that they had_anointed «David king over Israél, all the Philistines came_up to seek “David ; and David heard of it, and went_down to the hold.
18 The Philistines also came and spread _ themselves in the _ valley _ of Rephaim.
19 And David inquired of J the Lorp, saying, “Shall I go_up to the Philis- tines? wilt_Thou_deliver them into mine hand?” And ! the Lorp said un- to David, “-Go_up: for I will_doubtless deliver -the Philistines into thine hand.”
20 And David came to > Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, “J The Lorp shath_broken_forth upon mine -enemies before me, as the_
on, and grew =God_of hosts
ea