II. Samurn IX.

Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two| B.C, and twenty thousand ‘ men, 1040, 6 Then David put peers in xSyria_| i. ish. of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And ‘the Lorp preserved «David whithersoever he went.
7 And David took .«the_shields_of xgold that were on the _ servants _ of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jeru- salem. ;
8 And from Betah, and from Bero- thai, cities.of Hadadezer, xking David took exceeding much brass.
9 When Toi king_of Hamath heard that David had_smitten -all the_host_ of Hadadezer,
10 Then Toi sent -Joram his son unto xking David, to «salute him, and to bless him, because he had_fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him; for Ha- dadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels_of silver, and vessels_of gold, and vessels_of brass:
ll @Mhich also xking David did_dedi- cate unto Jthe Lor», with the silver and xgold that he had_dedicated of all xnations which he subdued ;
12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the_
s children_of Ammon, and of the Philis-|s. tines, and of Amalek, and of the_spoil_ of Hadadezer, son.of Rehob, king_of Zobah.
13 And David ™ gat him a name when he returned from smiting_of -the om rians in the_Valley_of Salt, being eigh- teen thousand men. 144 And he i garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons,| Ps. and all they_of Edom became David's servants, And ‘Jthe Lorp preserved|14 -David whithersoever he went.
15 And David reigned over all Israél ;|_24- 38. and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
16 And Joab the_son_of Zeruiah was} over the host; and Jehoshaphat the_|,- :emem- son_of Ahilud was r recorder ;
17 And Zadok the_son_of Ahitub, and |¢: Ahimelech the_son_of Abiathar, were the priests ; and Seraiah was the scribe:
18 And Benaiah the_son_of Jehoiada was over both the ¢Cherethites and the p Pelethites ; and David’s sons were m chief_rulers.
AND David said, “Is there yet an: that is_left of the_house_of Sau
that I may_shew him g kindness for Jonathan's sake?” !
2 And there was of the_house_of Saul a servant whose name was z Ziba. And|9- 27 8 when they had_called him unto David, |" the king said unto him, “Art thou Zin 2” And he said, “Thy servant 7s
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3 And the king said, “Js there not yet any of the_house_of Saul, that I may-_shew the_g kindness_of =God unto him?” And Ziba said unto the king, “Jonathan hath yet a son, which 7s8|"%, lame on his feet.” a. Amma
4 And the are unto him, “Where| People-of is he?” And Ziba said unto the king, | “Go “Behold, he is in the_house_of ™ Ma-|*ledet chir, the_son_of «Ammiél, in /Lo-| or Witho debar,” pasture.
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5 Then xking David sent, and fetched him out_of the_house_of Machir, the_ son_of Ammiél, from Lo-debar.
6 Now when ™ Mephibosheth, the_ son_of Jonathan, the_son_of Saul, was_ come unto Dayid, he fell on his face, and did_reverence. And David said, “Mephibosheth.” “Behold, thy servant!”
7 And David said unto him, “'Fear
2 not: for I will surely_shew thee g kind-
ness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and -will_restore thee all the_land_of Saul thy father; and thon shalt_eat bread at my table continually.”
8 And he bowed_himself, and said, “What iz thy servant, that thou shouldest_look upon such a xdead xdog as Lam?”
8 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, “I -have_ given unto thy =master’s son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
10 Thon therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, -shall_till -the land for him, and thou -shalt_bring_in the fruits, that thy =master’s son -may_have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall_eat bread alway at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
il Then said Ziba unto the king, “ According_to all that my -lord the king *hath_commanded his so shall thy servant do.” “As for Mephibosheth,” said the king, “he shall_eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons.”
7% And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was ™ Micha. And all +that_dwelt in the_house_of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
13 So Mephibosheth +dwelt in Jeru- salem: for he +did_eat continually at the king’s table; and ,.*was lame on both his feet.
AND it came_to_pass after this, that the_king_of the_schildren_ of Ammon died, and * Hanun his son
* reigned in his stead.
2 Then said David, I will_shew 9 kind- ness unto Hanun the_son_of Nahash, aas his father shewed gkindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the_hand_of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the_land_of the _schildren _ of Ammon.
3 And the_princes_of the_s children_ of Ammon said unto Hanun their=lord, “Thinkest thou that David -doth_ honour thy «father, that he -hath_sent comforters unto thee? -hath not David rather sent his -servants unto thee, to search -the city, and to spy_it_out, and to overthrow it?”
4 Wherefore Hanun took Dayvid’s -servyants, and shayed_off -the_one_ half_of their beards, and cut_off their -garments in -the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent_them_away.
5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the «men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, “-Tarry at Jericho until your beards 'be_grown, and then -return.”
Il. Samvet XI. 1.
6 And when the_s children_of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the_ schildren_of Ammon sent and hired -the_Syrians_of Beth-rehob, and Syrians_of Zoba, twenty thousand foot- men, and of «king Maacah a thousand imen, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand imen.
7 And when David heard of it, he sent -Joab, and «all the host_of the mighty_men.
§ And the_schildren_of Ammon came_
out, and put the battle in_array_at|_
the_entering_in_of the gate: and the_ Syrians_of Zoba, and of Rehob, and
Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by them- ee
selves in the field.
’ When Joab saw that the_front_of the battle was_against him before and behind, he chose of all the_choice_men_ of Israél, and put them in array against the Syrians :
10 And -the_rest_of the people he delivered into the_hand_of Abishai his brother, that he might_put_them_in_
array against the_s children_of Ammon. | s.
1 And he said, “If the Syrians ‘be_ too_strong for me, then thou -shalt_ help me: but if the_schildren_of Ammon 'be_too_strong for thee, then I -will_come and help thee.
2 b-Be_of_good_courage, and let_us_ play_the_men for our people, and for the_cities_of our =God : and J the Lorp ‘do that_which seemeth Him good.”
18 And Joab drew_nigh, and the peo- ple that were with him, unto the battle| against the Syriams: and they fled before him.
14 And when the_schildren_of Ammon saw that the Syrians were_fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and en- tered_into the city. So Joab returned from the_schildren_of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
13 And when the Syrians saw that they were_smitten before Israél, they gathered_themselves together.
is And Hadarezer sent, and brought_ out the Syrians that were beyond «the
river: and they came to Helam; and) 19. 16. Shobach the_captain_of the_host_of «+:
Hadarezer went before them.
iW And when it was_told David, he; gathered -all Israél together,and passed | over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set_themselves_in_
array against David, and fought with him. -
18 And the Syrians fled before Israél ; and David slew the men of seven’ hundred chariots of the Syrians, and} forty thousand horsemen, and smote} «Shobach the_captain_of their host, who died there.
19 And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were_smitten before Israél, they made_ peace with Israél, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help -the_ s children_of Ammon any_more.
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AND it cameo_pass, «after the, year was_expired, at the_time_
when xkings go_forth to battle, that) ; Dayid sent -Joab, and his -servants|
B.C. about 1037.
b. -Be_ strong, and letus_ make_our- selves_
strong. J. Jehovah.
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