David made king. CHRIST 1048. e1 Sam. 16, 13. 2 Sami 2, 4. 1 Kings 1, $9. ch. 29, 22. I. CHRONICLES. 41 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, d 2 Sam. 5, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. e Befo CHRIST 1047. d 2 Sam. e 4. f 1 Sara. 17 A catalogue of David's worthies Before 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the he slew two lion-like men of Moab: also he went king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great staDavid king over Israel, according to the word of the ture, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand 23, 20. LORD by Samuel. was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down 1 Sam. I to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 1 21 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. 25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set 261 Also the valiant men of the armies were, h 2 Sam Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, ch. 12, 23. 11. 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, e2 Sam. 5, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David Judg. 19, took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. 6 And David said, whosoever smiteth the Jebu-him over his guard. sites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went " first up, and was chief. 7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it, The city of David.. g 2 Chr. 2, .6. h 2 Sam. 3, 27. i1 Sam 5, 7. 8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. 9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the k Rom. 8, LORD of hosts was with him. k 10 1 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to 1 Sam. 18, make him king according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. 14. & 15, 18. k 16, 8. 11 And this is the number of the mighty menShaalbonite, n 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 13 He was with David at P Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. r 14 And they set themselves in the midst of that r 2 Sam. 23, parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. 15 1 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; s Ps. 6, 8. t 2 Sam. 23, 13, 19. 1. u 1 Sam. 22, and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 5. & 13, 23. X 16 And David was then in the hold, and the x1 Sam. 10, Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem. 17 And David longed, and said, || Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Jer. 9, 1. Beth-lehem, that is at the gate! Who will give me, Deut. 5, 29. 4. 2 Cor. 12, 15. y Rom. 16, 18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD, 19. And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men Heb. upon that have put their lives in jeopardy? for † with the Gen. 43, 4. jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore verse 20, he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. 30. o Gen. 35, Josh. 14, 15 p 2 Sam.23 q Josh. 19, 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan 31. the son of Shage the Hararite, 42. r 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal 2 Sam. 23 the son of || Ur, $2. | Or, Ahas 2 Sam. 23, 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, bai 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son $25am. of Haggeri, 36, 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, Josh. 18, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, u Josh 15 48. x 2 Sa n. 11 8. y ch. 8, 23 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel z cb. 27, 2 the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, b a a ch. 5, & 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his bro- b ch. 7, 6. ther, the Tizite, 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, e ch. 8, 20 the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, d 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. d ch. 2, 87 CHAPTER XII. 1 ch. 4, 16. 6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, k Before David's helpers at Hebron. 28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, CHRIST and of his father's house twenty and two captains. 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the † greatest 17, 20. 1048. g 2 Sam. & which held house of 2 Sam. 2, 7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jero-part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. Heb many ham of Gedor. 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thon-with the sand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, † fa- Saul, mous throughout the house of their fathers. 31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen P. 113. thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. 8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves 22unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could Pr 28,1 handle shield and buckler, whose 'faces were like Heb. like the faces of lions, and were as † swift as the roes upon the mountains: the m tains in wiftness. Irene hat could that was Tes st a hundred, and the greatest a 32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know Gen. 48, what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were Ech. 3, 1, two hundred; and all their brethren were at their 12 commandment. 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, ex13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.pert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thou14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of sand, which could keep rank: they were not of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and† double heart. the greatest over a thousand. 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the "first month, when it had overflown "all his banks; hand and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both Deut. 32,30 toward the east, and toward the west. Dan. 5, 11. 17 And David went out to meet them, and an-benites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of swered and said unto them, If ye be come † peaceably 2 Kings unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, p1 Sam.24, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of qZech. 3,2 our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. 17. ૧ 18 Then the spirit † came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse peace, Rev. 17, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy helpers;pared for them. for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received 40 Moreover, they that were nigh them, even unto Lev. 2,4,57 P 45, 18. them, and made them " captains of the band. Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread San. 25, 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, 25am. 16,1 when he came with the Philistines against Saul to and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of rai- &97, 1.1 battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of sins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abun- Prov 23, the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, say-dantly: for there was 'joy in Israel. 18am. 29, ing, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. 20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of AND David consulted with the captains of thouManasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and sands, and hundreds, and with every leader. 14. & 15, 22. Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, cap- 2 And David said unto all the congregation of & 20, 12 tains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of Eccl. 4, 9. 21 And they helped David against the band of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our bre- b 2 Kings 9 Ah 5,24 the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour,thren every where, that are left in all the land of cisam.51 and were captains in the host. Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites. which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, ac-so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. cording to the word of the LORD. 24 The children of Judah that bare shield and 4182, spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. 5 So David gathered all Israel together, from 2 Sam. & Shihor of Egypt even unto the ertering of Hemath, Josh. 188 to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. 1 Kings 4, 21. 19, 15. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to "Baalah, g Josh.15,9 that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to h2 Kings bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that' dwell- 12 Kings eth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it. 19, 15. 7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio the ark to drave the cart. ! Heb. mada rida, David's two victories. Before CHRIST 1045. k 2 Sam. 1, 7. Deut. 12,8 Gal 4, 18. Prov. 3, 5. 2 Kings 13, 9. 15. Nun. 14, Josh. 6, 6. > Lev. 10, 2. Deut. 4, 24. p k I. CHRONICLES. 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 91 And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. Before CHRIST 1042 The ark brought from Obed-edom. 1 David ordereth the priests and Levites to bring the ark from Obed- 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled AND David made him houses in the city of Da חן 0 against Uzza, and he smote him, " because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 11 And David was displeased because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14 And the ark of God remained with the family P2 Sam. 6, of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the chap. 26, 5. LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that 10. q Gen. 30, 89, & 39, 5. 4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nae ch.8, 5. than, and Solomon, 3, fch. 3, 6. g ch. 8, 8. h 2 Sam. 16. 12Sam. 5, 17 5 And Ibhar, and 'Elishua, and Elpalet, 7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. 81 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines 3.& 11, 2 went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them. k Josh. 10, Rev. 11, 17, 18. 9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves 1 Josh. 15,8. in the valley of Rephaim. m 1 Sam. 23, 9. m 10 And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thy hand. 11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by my hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place || Baal-perazim. 12 And when they had left their "gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire. 13 And the Philistines" yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. 18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemira14 Therefore David inquired again of God: and moth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, Isa. 25, 11. God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away and Maasciah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and 2 Sam. 5, from them, and come upon them over against the|| Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. mulberry-trees. z ch. 6, 14. Before His psalm of thanksgiving. 14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are CHRIST in all the "earth. David's festival sacrifices: Before CHRIST CHAPTER XVI. 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was † for cir. 1012. Song: he instructed about the song, because he was 27. skilful. cir. 1042. u Rev. 16,1 15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keep-word which he commanded to a thousand generations; I. 40 ers for the ark. 16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; b 24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark. 25 1 So David and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of 2 Chr. 20, Obed-edom with joy. Ezra 6, 16. 13. Ps. 91, 11. 110, S. e 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the 2 Sain. 6, Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the sing-from day to day his salvation. ers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth 24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the co-marvellous works among all nations. 29 I And it came to pass, as the ark of the cove- 28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the ple, give unto the LORD' glory and strength. 29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his 1 David's festival sacrifice.....7 His psalm of thanksgiving. name: bring an offering, and come before him: O they brought the ark of God, and set it in the worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: 30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also gs and they offered burnt-sacrifices and peace-offer-shall be stable, that it be not moved. ings before God. 41 And he appointed certain of the Levites to P. 58. & minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, Kings and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithia, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals ; 6 Benaiah also and Jehaziel the priests with trumbx 21,38. pets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. k a Heb. 11, 13. Gen. 12,1 & 13, 3. & 20, 1. e Gen. 12, 26. & 20, 15 d Gen. 12, 17. & 20, 3. e Ps. 105, 15. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth IPs. 103, 20 rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD "eigneth. m Ps. 95, 1 Rev. 11, 15 32 Let the sea † roar, and the fulness thereof: let Heb. the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. thunder, Rev. 14, 2. 34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is n Ps. 107, 1 good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salva- Hos. 14, 2 tion, and P gather us together, and deliver us from Plos. 1,11 the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. r 36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. q 1 Kings 8, 15. Eph. 1, 3. r Deut. 27, 15. 37 1 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as † every day's work ↑ Heb. acrequired: cording to the work of its day 38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, three- the day in score and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: 39 And Zadok the pricst, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, s15amme 22, 18. evening, 40 To offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD upon Heb.in the the altar of the burnt-offering † continually morning morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written and in the in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; Ex. 29, 30 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, 1 Nathan promiseth David a blessing.....16 David's prayer. OW it came to pass, as David sat in his house, Now that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the dark of the d1 Kings 3, covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is Josh.in thy heart; for God is with thee. c Ilag. 1, 7. 15. e 14. f cb. 14, 10. g 4. 2 Sain. 7, cb. 22, & h f e 31 And it came to pass the same night, that verse 15. the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, k2 Sain. 7, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedars? 11 Kings 8, 4. 7. 1 Kings 12, 24. m Fs. 78,70. 1 Samuel 17, 34. 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from "following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 8 And " I have been with thee whithersoever thou 1 Samuel hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. $1,9. vant. Before CHRIST cir. 1042. f Ps. 139,1 19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this great- John 21, 15 ness, in making known all these great things. 20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. i g Isa. 43,6 Mat. 12, 14 h Mat. 11, 28. Eph. 1, 11. Sr. 22 1 Deut. 33, 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God "went to redeem, to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and 29. terribleness, by driving out nations from before thym John 6, people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make "thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest 24. their God. 44. Acts 20, 28, 1 Tim. 3'6 n 2 Sam. 7 a 37 23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that Ezek. thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. 24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. 25 For thou, O my God, † hast told thy servant p2 Sam that thou wilt build him a house: therefore thy ser- Heba vant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. 26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant : 27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. r CHAPTER XVIII. David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, NOW after this it came to pass that David smote and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the p2 Caron children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, the Philistines, and subdued them, and took a1 Sam. Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 17 2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. b Ps. 49, 14 3, & 3 1 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah 2 Sam. 8 unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river "Euphrates. d Gen. 15, 18. 24. e 1 Kings 1 f 2 Sam. 8, 4. 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore, I tell thee 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, Judges 11, that the LORD will build thee a house. and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thou11 1 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be sand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot- 19. & 16.25 t1 Kings 2, expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots. that I will raise up thy seed" after thee, which shall 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came tog Josh, 11, be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the 12 He shall build me a house, and I will esta-Syrians two and twenty thousand men. y Mat. 16, blish his throne for ever. 6 Then David put garrisons in. ' Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and & brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David k Ps. 91, 14 whithersoever he went. u 2 Sam. 7, 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 161 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, 1 Cor. 15,9. O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's 2 Sam. 7, house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. I s. 8, 4. & 144, 13. 19 |