they were lying spread upon all the ground, eating, and drinking, and as it were keeping a festival day, for all the prey, and the spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda. 17 And David slew them from the evening un 30 And that were in Arama, and that were in the lake Asan, and that were in Athach, 31 And that were in Hebron, and to the rest that were in those places, in which David had abode with his men. CHAP. XXXI. to the evening of the next day: and there escaped Israel is defeated by the Philistines: Saul and not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled. 18 So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken: and he rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing missing small or great, neither of their sons or their daughters, nor of the spoils: and whatsoever they had taken, David recovered all. 20 And he took all the flocks and the herds; and made them go before him: and they said: This is the prey of David. 21 And David came to the two hundred men, who being weary had stayed, and were not able to follow David, and he had ordered them to abide at the torrent Besor: and they came out to meet David, and the people that were with him. And David coming to the people, saluted them peaceably. his sons are slain. and the men of Israel fled from before the ND the Philistines fought against Israel: Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gelboe. 2 And the Philistines fell upon Saul, and upon his sons: and they slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchisua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the whole weight of the battle was turned upon Saul: and the archers overtook him; and he was grievously wounded by the archers. 4 Then Saul said to his armour-bearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his armour-bearer would not: for he was struck with exceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armour-bearer saw this, to 22 Then all the wicked and unjust men that wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his had gone with David, answering, said: Because sword, and died with him. they came not with us, we will not give them 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his arany thing of the prey which we have recover-mour-bearer, and all his men that same day toed: but let every man take his wife and his gether. children, and be contented with them, and go his 7 And the men of Israel, that were beyond way. 23 But David said: You shall not do so, my brethren, with these things, which the Lord hath given us, who hath kept us, and hath delivered the robbers that invaded us into our hands: 24 And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle, and of him that abode at the baggage: and they shall divide alike. 25 And this hath been done from that day forward, and since was made a statute and an ordinance, and as a law in Israel. 26 Then David came to Siceleg, and sent presents of the prey to the ancients of Juda his neighbours, saying: Receive a blessing of the prey of the enemies of the Lord. 27 To them that were in Bethel, and that were in Ramoth to the south, and to them that were in Jether, 23 And to them that were in Aroer, and that were in Sephamoth, and that were in Esthamo, 29 And that were in Rachal, and that were in the cities of Jerameel, and that were in the cities of Ceni, the valley, and beyond the Jordan, seeing that the Israelites were fled, and that Saul was dead, and his sons, forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came, and dwelt there. 8 And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain: and they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe. 9 And they cut off Saul's head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the temples of their idols, and among their people. 10 And they put his armour in the temple of Astaroth: but his body they hung on the wall of Bethsan. 11 Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 All the most valiant men arose, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Bethsan: and they came to Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there: 13 And they took their bones, and buried them in the wood of Jabes; and fasted seven days THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, OTHERWISE CALLED THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS. This book relates the transactions from the death the Amalecites, and abode two days in Siceleg. of Saul until the end of David's reign, being|| 2 And on the third day, there appeared a man a history for the space of about 46 years. CHAP. I. who came out of Saul's camp, with his garments rent, and dust strewed on his head: and when he came to David, he fell upon his face, and adored. David mourneth for the death of Saul and Jona- 3 And David said to him: From whence com. than: he ordereth the man to be slain who pre-est thou? And he said to him: I am fled out of tended he had killed Saul. the camp of Israel. TOW it came to pass, after Saul was dead, NOW 4 And David said unto him: What is the matthat David returned from the slaughter of ter that is come to pass? tell me. He said: The people are fled from the battle, and many of the 27 How are the valiant fallen, and the weapons people are fallen and dead: moreover Saul and of war perished? Jonathan his son are slain. 5 And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? 6 And the young man that told him, said: I came by chance upon mount Gelboe, and Saul leaned upon his spear: and the chariots and horsemen drew nigh unto him, 7 And looking behind him, and seeing me, he called me. And I answered: Here am I. 8 And he said to me: Who art thou: And I said to him: I am an Amalecite. 9 And he said to me: Stand over me, and kill me: for anguish is come upon me, and as yet my whole life is in me. 10 So standing over him, I killed him:* for I knew that he could not live after the fall; and I took the diadem that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither to thee my lord. 11 Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him: 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword. 13 And David said to the young man that told him: Whence art thou? He answered: I am the son of a stranger of Amalec. 14 David said to him: Why didst thou not fear to put out thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed? 15 And David calling one of his servants, said: Go near, and fall upon him. And he struck him so that he died. 16 And David said to him: Thy blood be upon thy own head: for thy own mouth hath spoken against thee, saying: I have slain the Lord's anointed. 17 And David made this kind of lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son. CHAP. II. David is received and anointed king of Juda. Isboseth the son of Saul reigneth over the rest of Israel. A battle between Abner and Joab. AND after these things David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? And the Lord said to him: Go up. And David said: Whither shall I go up? And he answered him: Into Hebron. 2 So David went up, and his two wives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: 3 And the men also that were with him, David brought up every man with his household: and they abode in the towns of Hebron. 4 And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David, that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul. 5 David therefore sent messengers to the men of Jabes Galaad, and said to them: Blessed be you to the Lord, who have shown this mercy to your master Saul, and have buried him. 6 And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth; and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing. 7 Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour: for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king. 8 But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp, 9 And made him king over Galaad, and over Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Isboseth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel; and he reigned two years:† and only the house of Juda followed David. 11 And the number of the days that David 18 (Also he commanded that they should teach abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juthe children of Juda the use of the bow, as it is da, was seven years and six months. written in the Book of the just.) And he said: 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the serConsider, O Israel, for them that are dead wound-vants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from ed on thy high places. 19 The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy mountains: how are the valiant fallen! 20 Tell it not in Geth; publish it not in the streets of Ascalon: lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice; lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 21 Ye mountains of Gelboe, let neither dew, nor rain come upon you, neither be they fields of first-fruits: for there was cast away the shield of the valiant, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the valiant, the arrow of Jonathan never turned back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan, lovely and comely in their life, even in death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions. 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with scarlet in delights, who gave ornaments of gold for your attire. 25 How are the valiant fallen in battle? Jonathan slain in the high places? 26 I grieve for thee, my brother Jonathan, exceeding beautiful, and amiable to me above the love of women. As the mother loveth her only son, so did I love thee. the camp to Gabaon 13 And Joab the son of Sarvia, and the servants of David went out, and met them by the pool of Gabaon. And when they were come together, they sat down over-against one another; the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side. 14 And Abner said to Joab: Let the young men rise, and play before us. And Joab answered: Let them rise. 15 Then there arose and went over twelve in number of Benjamin, of the part of Isboseth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And every one catching his fellow by the head, thrust his sword into the side of his adversary; and they fell down together: and the name of the place was called, The field of the valiant, in Gabaon. 17 And there was a very fierce battle that day: and Abner was put to flight, with the men of Israel, by the servants of David. 18 And there were the three sons of Sarvia there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael: now Asael was a most swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the woods. 19 And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. * I killed him. This story of the young Ama-† He reigned two years, viz. Before he began lecite was not true, as may easily be proved by visibly to decline: but in all he reigned seven comparing it with the last chapter of the forego-years and six months: for so long David reigned ing book. in Hebron. 20 And Abner looked behind him, and said:|| 8 Why didst thou go in to my father's concu Art thou Asael? And he answered: I am. 21 And Abner said to him: Go to the right hand, or to the left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take thee his spoils. But Asael would not leave off following him close. 22 And again Abner said to Asael: Go off, and do not follow me, lest I be obliged to stab thee to the ground, and I shall not be able to hold up my face to Joab thy brother. 23 But he refused to hearken to him, and would not turn aside: wherefore Abner struck him with his spear with a back stroke in the groin, and thrust him through; and he died upon the spot: and all that came to the place where Asael fell down and died, stood still. bine? And he was exceedingly angry for the words of Isboseth, and said: Am I a dog's head against Juda this day, who have shewn mercy to the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and friends, and have not delivered thee into the hands of David, and hast thou sought this day against me to charge me with a matter concerning a woman? 9 So do God to Abner, and more also, unless as the Lord hath sworn to David, so I do to him, 10 That the kingdom be translated from the house of Saul, and the throne of David be set up over Israel, and over Juda, from Dan to Bersabee. 11 And he could not answer him a word, because he feared him. 12 Abner therefore sent messengers to David 24 Now while Joab and Abisai pursued after Abner, the sun went down: and they came as far for himself, saying: Whose is the land? and that as the hill of the aqueduct, that lieth over-against they should say: Make a league with me, and my the valley by the way of the wilderness in Ga- hand shall be with thee; and I will bring all Israel. baon. 25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together to Abner: and being joined in one body, they stood on the top of a hill. 26 And Abner cried out to Joab, and said: Shall thy sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou not that it is dangerous to drive people to despair? how long dost thou defer to bid the people cease from pursuing after their brethren? to thee. 13 And he said: Very well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee, saying: Thou shalt not see my face before thou bring Michol the daughter of Saul: and so thou shalt come, and see me. 14 And David sent messengers to Isboseth the son of Saul, saying: Restore my wife Michol, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 27 And Joab said: As the Lord liveth, if thou hadst spoke sooner, even in the morning the peo-husband Phaltiel, the son of Lais. ple should have retired from pursuing after their brethren. 15 And Isboseth sent, and took her from her 28 Then Joab sounded the trumpet: and all the army stood still, and did not pursue after Israel any farther, nor fight any more. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plains: and they passed the Jordan, and having gone through all Bethhoron, came to the camp. 30 And Joab returning, after he had left Abner, assembled all the people: and there were wanting of David's servants nineteen men, beside Asael. 31 But the servants of David had killed of Benjamin, and of the men that were with Abner, three hundred and sixty, who all died. 32 And they took Asael, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father in Bethlehem: and Joab, and the men that were with him, marched all the night; and they came to Hebron at break of day. CHAP. III. David groweth daily stronger. Abner cometh over to him: he is treacherously slain by Joab. Now was war betweevid: David YOW there was a long war between the house prospering and growing always stronger and stronger; but the house of Saul decaying daily. 2 And sons were born to David in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess: 3 And his second Cheleab of Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel: and the third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tholmai king of Gessur: 4 And the fourth Adonias the son of Haggith: and the fifth Saphathia the son of Abital: 5 And the sixth Jethraam of Egla the wife of David: these were born to David in Hebron. 6 Now while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner the son of Ner ruled the house of Saul. 7 And Saul had a concubine named Respha, the daughter of Aia. And Isboseth said to Abner: There was a long war between the house of Saul, &c. Rather a strife or emulation than a war with arms; it lasted five years and a half. 16 And her husband followed her, weeping, as far as Bahurim: and Abner said to him: Go, and return. And he returned. 17 Abner also spoke to the ancients of Israel, saying: Both yesterday and the day before you sought for David that he might reign over you. 18 Now then do it: because the Lord hath spoken to David, saying: By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hands of the Philistines, and of all their enemies. 19 And Abner spoke also to Benjamin. And he went to speak to David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to all Benjamin. 20 And he came to David in Hebron with twenty men: and David made a feast for Abner, and his men that came with him. 21 And Abner said to David: I will rise, that I may gather all Israel unto thee my lord the king, and may enter into a league with thee, and that thou mayst reign over all as thy soul desireth. Now when David had brought Abner on his way, and he was gone in peace, 22 Immediately David's servants and Joab came, after having slain the robbers, with an exceeding great booty: and Abner was not with and he was gone in peace. David in Hebron, for he had now sent him away, 23 And Joab and all the army that was with him, came afterwards: and it was told Joab, that Abner the son of Ner came to the king; and he hath sent him away; and he is gone in peace. 24 And Joab went in to the king, and said: What hast thou done? Behold, Abner came to thee: Why didst thou send him away, and he is gone and departed? 25 Knowest thou not Abner the son of Ner, that to this end he came to thee, that he might deceive thee, and to know thy going out, and thy coming in, and to know all thou doest? 26 Then Joab going out from David, sent messengers after Abner, and brought him back from the cistern of Sira, David knowing nothing of it. 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the middle of the gate, to speak to him treacherously: and he stabbed him there in the groin, and he died, in revenge of the blood of Asael his brother. 28 And when David heard of it, after the thing was now done, he said: I, and my kingdom are innocent before the Lord for ever of the blood of || venged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of Abner the son of Ner: his seed. 29 And may it come upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house: and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue of seed, or that is a leper, or that holdeth the distaff, or that falleth by the sword, or that wanteth bread. 30 So Joab and Abisai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asael at Gabaon in the battle. 31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. 32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, king David lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner: and all the people also wept. 33 And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died. 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet loaden with fetters: but as men fall before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people repeating it wept over him. 35 And when all the people came to take meat with David, while it was yet broad day, David swore, saying: So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or any thing else before sun-set. 36 And all the people heard, and they were pleased: and all that the king did seemed good in the sight of all the people. 37 And all the people, and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's doing, that Abner the son of Ner was slain. 38 The king also said to his servants: Do you not know that a prince and a great man is slain this day in Israel! 39 But I as yet am tender, though anointed king: and these men the sons of Sarvia are too hard for me: the Lord reward him that doeth evil according to his wickedness. CHAP. IV. 9 But David answered Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress, 10 The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news. 11 How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth? 12 And David commanded his servants, and they slew them: and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they took and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. CHAP. V. David is anointed king of all Israel. He taketh Jerusalem, and dwelleth there. He defeateth the Philistines. in Hebron, saying: Behold, we are thy bone HEN all the tribes of Israel came to David and thy flesh. 2 Moreover yesterday also and the day before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that did lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel; and thou shalt be prince over Israel. 3 The ancients also of Israel came to the king to Hebron: and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David to be king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Juda seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years over all Israel and Juďa. 6 And the king and all the men that were with him went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land: and they said to David: Thou shalt not come in hither unless thou take away Isboseth is murdered by two of his servants: Da- the blind and the lame that say: David shall not come in hither. vid punisheth the murderers. AND Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Ab ner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened; and all Israel was troubled. 2 Now the son of Saul had two men captains of his bands; the name of the one was Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Remmon a Berothite of the children of Benjamin: for Beroth also was reckoned in Benjamin. 8 For David had offered that day a reward to whosoever should strike the Jebusites, and get up to the gutters of the tops of the houses, and take away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of David: therefore it is said in the proverb: The blind and the lame shall not come into the 3 And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and temple. were sojourners there until that time. 9 And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, 4 And Jonathan the son of Saul had a son that The city of David; and built round about from was lame of his feet: for he was five years old Mello and inwards. when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from 10 And he went on prospering and growing Jezrahel. And his nurse took him up, and fled:||up: and the Lord God of hosts was with him. and as she made haste to flee, he fell, and became 11 And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messenlame: and his name was Miphiboseth. gers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons for walls: and they built a house for David. 5 And the sons of Remmon the Berothite, Rechab and Baana coming, went into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day: and he was sleep- 12 And David knew that the Lord had coning upon his bed at noon. And the door-keeper firmed him king over Israel, and that he had exof the house, who was cleansing wheat, was fall-alted his kingdom over his people Israel. en asleep. 13 And David took more concubines and 6 And they entered into the house secretly wives of Jerusalem, after he was come from taking ears of corn: and Rechab and Baana his Hebron: and there were born to David other brother stabbed him in the groin, and fled away. sons also and daughters: 7 For when they came into the house, he was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour: and they struck him, and killed him: and taking away his head, they went off by the way of the wilderness, 15 And Jebahar, and Elisua, and Nepheg, walking all night. 14 And these are the names of them, that were born to him in Jerusalem, Samua, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 8 And they brought the head of Isboseth to * David took more concubines and wives of David to Hebron: and they said to the king: Be- Jerusalem. Not harlots, but wives of an inferior hold the head of Isboseth the son of Saul thy ene- condition: for such in scripture are styled conmy who sought thy life: and the Lord hath re-cubines. 16 And Japhia, and Elisama, and Elioda, and Eliphaleth. 17 And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David to be king over Israel: and they all came to seek David: and when David heard of it, he went down to a strong hold. 18 And the Philistines coming spread themselves in the valley of Raphaim. 19 And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up to the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to David: Go up; for I will surely deliver the Philistines into thy hand. 20 And David came to Baal Pharisim: and defeated them there, and he said: The Lord hath divided my enemies before me, as waters are divided. Therefore the name of the place was called Baal Pharisim. 21 And they left there their idols; which David and his men took away. 22 And the Philistines came up again, and spread themselves in the valley of Raphaim. 23 And David consulted the Lord: Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? He answered: Go not up against them; but fetch a compass behind them, and thou shalt come upon them over-against the pear trees. 24 And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou join battle: for then will the Lord go out before thy face to strike the army of the Philistines. 25 And David did as the Lord had commanded him: and he smote the Philistines from Gabaa until thou come to Gezer. CHAP. VI. David fetcheth the ark from Cariathiarim. Oza is struck dead for touching it. It is deposited in the house of Obededom: and from thence is carried to David's house. AND David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose and went, with all the people that were with him of the men of Juda, to fetch the ark of God, upon which the name of the Lord of hosts is invoked, who sitteth over it upon the cherubims. 3 And they laid the ark of God upon a new cart; and took it out of the house of Abinadab, who was in Gabaa:* and Oza and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. 4 And when they had taken it out of the house of Abinadab, who was in Gabaa, Ahio having care of the ark of God went before the ark. 5 But David and all Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of wood, on harps and lutes and timbrels and cornets and cymbals. 6 And when they came to the floor of Nachon, Oza put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it: because the oxen kicked, and made it lean aside. of Obededom the Gethite three months: and the Lord blessed Obededom, and all his household. 12 And it was told king David, that the Lord had blessed Obededom, and all that he had, because of the ark of God. So David went, and brought away the ark of God out of the house of Obededom into the city of David with joy. And there were with David seven choirs,† and calves for victims. 13 And when they that carried the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a ram: 14 And David danced with all his might be fore the Lord: and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 And David and all the house of Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet. 16 And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. 17 And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the_tabernacle, which David had pitched for it: and David offered holocausts and peace-offerings before the Lord. 18 And when he had made an end of offering holocausts and peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 And he distributed to all the multitude of Israel, both men and women, to every one, a cake of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and fine flour fried with oil: and all the people departed every one to his house. 20 And David returned to bless his own house: and Michol the daughter of Saul coming out to meet David, said: How glorious was the king of Israel to-day, uncovering himself before the handmaids of his servants, and was naked, as if one of the buffoons should be naked, 21 And David said to Michol: Before the Lord, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his house, and commanded me to be ruler over the people of the Lord in Israel, 22 I will both play and make myself meaner than I have done: and I will be little in my own eyes: and with the handmaids, of whom thou speakest, I shall appear more glorious. 23 Therefore Michol the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death. CHAP. VII. David's purpose to build a temple is rewarded with the promise of great blessings in his seed: His prayer and thanksgiving. ND it came to pass when the king sat in his A house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, 2 He said to Nathan the prophet: Dost thou see that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins? 7 And the indignation of the Lord was enkin- 3 And Nathan said to the king: Go, do all that dled against Oza; and he struck him for his rash- is in thy heart: because the Lord is with thee. ness: and he died there before the ark of God. 4 But it came to pass that night, that the word 8 And David was grieved because the Lord had struck Oza: and the name of that place was called, The striking of Oza, to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, saying: How shall the ark of the Lord come to me? 10 And he would not have the ark of the Lord brought in to himself into the city of David: but he caused it to be carried into the house of Obededom the Gethite. 11 And the ark of the Lord abode in the house of the Lord came to Nathan, saying: 5 Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in? 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt even to this day; but have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent. 7 In all the places that I have gone through with all the children of Israel, did fever speak a word to any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar? Gabaa. The hill of Cariathiarim, where the ark had been in the house of Abinadab, from the time of its being restored back by the Philistines. Choirs. Or companies of musicians. |