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2 4. AND again the_anger_of ‘the | -seewhat answer Ishall_return to+Him_ Lorp was _ kindled against Is-| that_sent me.” raél, and she moved -David against; 14 And David said unto Gad,“I amin them to say, “*Go, ‘number Israél and a great strait: ‘et_us_fall now into| &2 Judah.” | the_hand_of 4 the Lorp; for His mer- 2 For the king said to Joab the_cap-| cies are ™ great: and ‘let me not fall tain_of the host, which was with him, | into the_hand_of « man.” “.Go now through all the_tribes_of| 15 So ‘the Lorpsenta pestilence upon Israél, from Dan even to Beer-sheba,' Israel] from the morning even to the and r-number ye -the people, that 1 time appointed: and there died of the ‘J may_know *the_number_of the peo-; people from Dan even to Beer-sheba hi le.” | seventy thousand ‘men. : 3 And Joab said unto the king, “Now| 16 And when the angel stretched_out ‘the Lorp thy =God add unto the his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, people, how_many soever they be, a// the Lorp repented Him of the evil, and hundredfold, and that the_eyes_of my | said to the angel «that destroyed the -lord the king +may_see it: but why people, “It_is_enough : «stay now thine} 15. -doth my -lord the king delight in xthis | hand.” And the_angel_of / the Lorp
xthing ?”
4 Notwithstanding the king’s word} prevailed against Joab, and against the_ captains_of the ‘host. And Joab and | the_captains_of the /host went_out from the_presence_of the king, to num- | ber rthe people_of -Israél. - |
> And they passed_over *Jordan, and | pitched in xAroer, on the_right_side_of | the city that lieth in the_midst_of the » river_of xGad, and toward Jazer :
6 Then they came to xGilead, and to} the_land_of Tahtim-hodshi; and they | came to Dan-jaan,and pabout to Zidon,
7 And came to the_strong_hold_of Tyre, and to all the_cities_of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went_out to the_south_of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.
8 So when they had_gone_through all
end_of nine months and twenty days.
8 And Joab gave_up -the_sum _of -the_number_of the people unto the king: and there were in Israél eight hundred thousand valiant ‘men +that_ drew the sword; and the_imen_of Ju- dah were five hundred thousand ‘ men.
10 And Davids heart smote him after that he had_numbered -the people. | And David said unto /the Lorp, “I shave_sinned greatly in that I -have_ done: and now, I_beseech_Thee, O_ 1 Lorp, c*take_away rthe _iniquity_of Thy servant; for I -have_done very foolishly.”
11For when David was_up in the morning, the_word_of J the Lorp came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
2 “.Go_and -say_unto David, Thus | saith Jthe Lorp, £+offer thee three | things ; «chgose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.”
13 So0 Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, “Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months beforethine enemies, while thep+pursue thee? or that there_be three days’ pesti- lence in thy land? now c-advise, and |
was by the_threshingplace_of ar Arau- nah the Jebusite.
17 And David spake unto? the Lorp when he saw rthe angel that smote] {fj the people, and said, “ Lo, £ -have_sin- ned, and £ -have_done p wickedly : but}, these xsheep, what shave_they_done? Het Thine hand, I_pray_Thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.”
18 And Gad came *xthat xday to David, and said unto him, “*Go_up, :rear an|% altar unto /the Lorp in the_threshing- floor_of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19 And David, according_to the_say- ing_of Gad, went_up «cas the Lorn} 18,19. command
20 And Araunah looked, and saw -the king and his -servants coming_on to- ward him: and. Araunah went_out, and bowed_himself before the king on his face upon_the_ground.
21 And Araunah said, “Wherefore is my -lord the king come to his servant ?” a And David said, “To buy «the thresh- ingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto ‘the Lorp, that the plague may_be_ stayed from the people.”
And Araunah said unto David, “tLet my -lord the king take and offer_| 7 up what seemeth good unto him: be- hold, here be xoxen for «:burnt_sacri- fice, and xthreshing_instruments and other instruments_of the oxen for x=wood.”
2 xAll_these things did Araunah, tas }23. a «king, give unto the king And Arau-|*% nah said unto the king, “! Zhe Lorp thy =God taccept thee.”
24 And the king said unto Araunah, “Nay; but I will_surely buy it of thee|a at a price: neither will _I _offer« aburnt_offerings unto ‘the Lorp my =God of that_which_doth_cost_me_no- |’; thing.” So David bought ingfloor and -the oxen for J fifty shekels of silver.
2> And David built there an altar unto ‘the Lorp, and offered « a burnt_offer- ings and peace_offerings. So J the Lorp was_intreated for the land, and the| 7 plague was_stayed from Israel.
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j Noe xking David was_old and
=r e stricken in years ; and they co- yered him with xelothes, but he ‘gat no heat.
2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, “'Let_there_be_sought for my -lord the king a dyoung virgin: and -‘let_her_stand before the king, and let_ her 4cherish him, and -let_her_lie in -|thy bosom, that my -lord the king
*may_get_heat.”
3 So they sought_for a fair damsel throughout all the_%e coasts_of Israél,
mite, and brought her to the king.
+ And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him : but the king knew her not.
> Then edAdonijah the_son_of * Hag- gith exalted_himself, saying, E «will be_king : and he SaaS him chariots and horsemen, and fifty ‘men +to_run before him.
6 And his father had not « displeased ~| him at any_time in_saying, “ Why -hast_
goodly man ; after Absalom. oT kcal he conferred with Joab the_ son_of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the ' priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
the_son_of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty_men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
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and fat_cattle by the_stone_of = xZohe- leth, which is by vall his brethren the king’s sons, and all the.emen_of Judah the king’s ser- yants.
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of 10 But -Nathan the prophet, and Be- er |naiah,and -the mighty_men, and -Solo- ish. mon his brother, he called not. ) Natnan 11 Wherefore Nathan spake unto
eee atch the mother_of s Solomon,
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‘Adonijah the_son_of Haggith -doth_ reign, and David our =lord -knoweth it - \not?
12 Now therefore -come, ‘let me, LL pray_thee, give_thee_counsel, that thou “mmayest_save thine_own so-life, and -the_s9 life_of thy son Solomon.
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David, and «say unto him, ‘Didst not
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
KINGS, COMMONLY CALLED,
THE THIRD BOOK
| (KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL FROM SOLOMON AND | JEROBOAM TO JEHOSHAPHAT AND AHAZIAH.)
* jand found «-Abishag a@ sxShunam- |
thou_done so?” and he also was a very | and his mother bare him |
5 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah |
$’ And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen |
| when he was_come_in before the king, “Hast thou not heard that)
| my throne’?
| all the king’s sons, and the_ captains_of 13 -Go and -get_thee_in unto king behold, they +eat and +drink