From: "Friends" 

CHAPTER 9
2 Samuel 9:1
1 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? 2 Samuel 9:2
2 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.
2 Samuel 9:3
3 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. 2 Samuel 9:4
4 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. 2
Samuel 9:5
5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son
of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
2 Samuel 9:6
6 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! 2 Samuel 9:7
7 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. 2 Samuel
9:8
8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest
look upon such a dead dog as I am?
2 Samuel 9:9
9 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. 2 Samuel 9:10
10 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. 2 Samuel 9:11
11 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. 2
Samuel 9:12
12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that
dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. 2 Samuel 9:13
13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the
king's table; and was lame on both his feet. CHAPTER 10
2 Samuel 10:1
1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon
died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Samuel 10:2
2 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.
2 Samuel 10:3
3 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? 2 Samuel
10:4
4 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.
2 Samuel 10:5
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.
2 Samuel 10:6
6 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. 2 Samuel 10:7
7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
2 Samuel 10:8
8 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. 2 Samuel 10:9
9 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:
2 Samuel 10:10
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 children of Ammon. 2
Samuel 10:11
11 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.
2 Samuel 10:12
12 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. 2 Samuel
10:13
13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle
against the Syrians: and they fled before him. 2 Samuel 10:14
14 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. 2 Samuel 10:15
15 And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they
gathered themselves together.
2 Samuel 10:16
16 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.
2 Samuel 10:17
17 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. 2 Samuel 10:18
18 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. 2 Samuel 10:19
19 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. CHAPTER 11
2 Samuel 11:1
1 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. 2 Samuel 11:2
2 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. 2
Samuel 11:3
3 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? 2 Samuel
11:4
4 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.
2 Samuel 11:5
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
2 Samuel 11:6
6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent
Uriah to David.
2 Samuel 11:7
7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and
how the people did, and how the war prospered. 2 Samuel 11:8
8 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.
2 Samuel 11:9
9 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. 2 Samuel 11:10
10 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?
2 Samuel 11:11
11 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.
2 Samuel 11:12
12 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. 2
Samuel 11:13
13 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. 2 Samuel 11:14
14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab,
and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
2 Samuel 11:15
15 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. 2
Samuel 11:16
16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah
unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 2 Samuel 11:17
17 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.
2 Samuel 11:18
18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 2 Samuel 11:19
19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling
the matters of the war unto the king, 2 Samuel 11:20
20 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?
2 Samuel 11:21
21 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.
2 Samuel 11:22
22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
2 Samuel 11:23
23 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.
2 Samuel 11:24
24 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. 2 Samuel 11:25
25 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.
2 Samuel 11:26
26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she
mourned for her husband.
2 Samuel 11:27
27 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.
CHAPTER 12
2 Samuel 12:1
1 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. 2
Samuel 12:2
2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 2 Samuel 12:3
3 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. 2 Samuel 12:4
4 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.
2 Samuel 12:5
5 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:
2 Samuel 12:6
6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and
because he had no pity.
2 Samuel 12:7
7 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;
2 Samuel 12:8
8 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. 2
Samuel 12:9
9 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.
2 Samuel 12:10
10 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.
2 Samuel 12:11
11 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.
2 Samuel 12:12
12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel,
and before the sun.
2 Samuel 12:13
13 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. 2
Samuel 12:14
14 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.
2 Samuel 12:15
15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that
Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 2 Samuel 12:16
16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went
in, and lay all night upon the earth. 2 Samuel 12:17
17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from
the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 2 Samuel
12:18
18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the
servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they
said, Behold, while the child was yet alive,  we spake  unto him, and he
would not hearken  unto our voice:  how will he then  vex  himself,  if we
tell  him that the child  is dead?
2 Samuel 12:19
19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the
child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead?
And they said,  He is dead.
2 Samuel 12:20
20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and
changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped:
then he came to his own house;  and when he required,  they set  bread
before him, and he did eat.
2 Samuel 12:21
21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done?
thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the
child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 2 Samuel 12:22
22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I
said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may
live?
2 Samuel 12:23
23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again?
I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 2 Samuel 12:24
24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay
with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD
loved  him.
2 Samuel 12:25
25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name
Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
2 Samuel 12:26
26 And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
2 Samuel 12:27
27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against
Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. 2 Samuel 12:28
28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against
the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my
name. 2 Samuel 12:29
29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it, and took it.
2 Samuel 12:30
30 And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was
a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head.
And he brought forth the spoil  of the city  in great  abundance. 2 Samuel
12:31
31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under
saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass
through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children
of Ammon.  So David  and all the people  returned  unto Jerusalem.


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