A Chronological King James Version Bible
Second Book of Samuel
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Psalm 60
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Psalm 51,32
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And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed
judgment and justice unto all his people.
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And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder;
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And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of
Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Seraiah [was] the
scribe;
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the
Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were
chief rulers.
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And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the
house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for
Jonathan's sake?
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And [there was] of the house of Saul a servant whose name
[was] Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the
king said unto him, [Art] thou Ziba? And he said, Thy
servant [is he].
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And the king said, [Is] there not yet any of the house of
Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And
Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, [which
is] lame on [his] feet.
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And the king said unto him, Where [is] he? And Ziba said
unto the king, Behold, he [is] in the house of Machir,
the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
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Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of
Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
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Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of
Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did
reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered,
Behold thy servant!
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And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew
thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and
will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and
thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
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And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant,
that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I [am]?
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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.
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Thou 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.
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Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my
lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy
servant do. As for Mephibosheth, [said the king], he
shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
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And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name [was] Micha.
And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba [were] servants
unto Mephibosheth.
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So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat
continually at the king's table; and was lame on both
his feet.
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And it came to pass after this, that the king of the
children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his
stead.
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Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son
of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness 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 children of Ammon.
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And the princes of the 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?
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Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off
the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments
in the middle, [even] to their buttocks, and sent them
away.
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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.
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And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before
David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians
of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand
footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob
twelve thousand men.
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And when David heard of [it], he sent Joab, and all the
host of the mighty men.
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And the children 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 Ishtob, and Maacah, [were] by
themselves in the field.
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When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against
him before and behind, he chose of all the choice [men]
of Israel, and put [them] in array against the Syrians:
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And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of
Abishai his brother, that he might put [them] in array
against the children of Ammon.
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And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then
thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too
strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
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Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our
people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do
that which seemeth him good.
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And Joab drew nigh, and the people that [were] with him,
unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before
him.
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And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were
fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered
into the city. So Joab returned from the children of
Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
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And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before
Israel, they gathered themselves together.
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And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that
[were] beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and
Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went]
before them.
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And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel
together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And
the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and
fought with him.
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And the Syrians fled before Israel; 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.
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And when all the kings [that were] servants to Hadarezer
saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace
with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to
help the children of Ammon any more.
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And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the
time when kings go forth [to battle], that David sent
Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they
destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But
David tarried still at Jerusalem.
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And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose
from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the
king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman
washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to
look upon.
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And David sent and enquired after the woman. And [one]
said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the
wife of Uriah the Hittite?
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And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in
unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from
her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
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And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and
said, I [am] with child.
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And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the
Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded [of him]
how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war
prospered.
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And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash
thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house,
and there followed him a mess [of meat] from the king.
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But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with
all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his
house.
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And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down
unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not
from [thy] journey? why [then] didst thou not go down
unto thine house?
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And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and
Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants
of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then
go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with
my wife? [as] thou livest, and [as] thy soul liveth, I
will not do this thing.
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And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to
morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in
Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
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And when David had called him, he did eat and drink
before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went
out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but
went not down to his house.
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And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a
letter to Joab, and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah.
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And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the
forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him,
that he may be smitten, and die.
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And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he
assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant
men [were].
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And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab:
and there fell [some] of the people of the servants of
David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
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Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning
the war;
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And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an
end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
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And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say
unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city
when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from
the wall?
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Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a
woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall,
that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then
say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that
Joab had sent him for.
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And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men
prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the
field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of
the gate.
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And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy
servants; and [some] of the king's servants be dead,
and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say
unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the
sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle
more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and
encourage thou him.
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And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband
was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched
her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a
son. But the thing that David had done displeased the
LORD.
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And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto
him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city;
the one rich, and the other poor.
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The rich [man] had exceeding many flocks and herds:
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But the poor [man] had nothing, save one little ewe lamb,
which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up
together with him, and with his children; it did eat of
his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his
bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
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And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he
spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to
dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but
took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man
that was come to him.
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And David's anger was greatly kindled against the
man; and he said to Nathan, [As] the LORD liveth, the man
that hath done this [thing] shall surely die:
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And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did
this thing, and because he had no pity.
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And Nathan said to David, Thou [art] the man. Thus saith
the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel,
and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
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And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy
master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the
house of Israel and of Judah; and if [that had been] too
little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and
such things.
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Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD,
to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the
Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be]
thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the
children of Ammon.
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Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine
house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the
wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
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Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against
thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives
before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour,
and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
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For thou didst [it] secretly: but I will do this thing
before all Israel, and before the sun.
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And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the
LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put
away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
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Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great
occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the
child also [that is] born unto thee shall surely die.