From: "Friends" 

CHAPTER 13
2 Samuel 13:1
1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair
sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2
Samuel 13:2
2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she
was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. 2
Samuel 13:3
3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah
David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. 2 Samuel 13:4
4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day
to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my
brother Absalom's  sister.
2 Samuel 13:5
5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself
sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee,
let my sister Tamar come, and give  me meat,  and dress  the meat  in my
sight, that I may see  it, and eat  it at her hand. 2 Samuel 13:6
6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to
see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come,
and make  me a couple  of cakes  in my sight,  that I may eat  at her hand.
2 Samuel 13:7
7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's
house, and dress him meat.
2 Samuel 13:8
8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she
took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the
cakes.
2 Samuel 13:9
9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to
eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man
from him.
2 Samuel 13:10
10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may
eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought
them into the chamber  to Amnon  her brother. 2 Samuel 13:11
11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and
said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. 2 Samuel 13:12
12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such
thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. 2 Samuel 13:13
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt
be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto
the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. 2 Samuel 13:14
14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than
she, forced her, and lay with her.
2 Samuel 13:15
15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated
her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said
unto her, Arise, be gone.
2 Samuel 13:16
16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away
is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken
unto her.
2 Samuel 13:17
17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now
this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 2 Samuel 13:18
18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes
were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant
brought her out, and bolted the door after  her. 2 Samuel 13:19
19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours
that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. 2
Samuel 13:20
20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with
thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this
thing. So Tamar remained desolate  in her brother  Absalom's  house. 2
Samuel 13:21
21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. 2 Samuel 13:22
22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for
Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. 2 Samuel 13:23
23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers
in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's
sons.
2 Samuel 13:24
24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath
sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy
servant.
2 Samuel 13:25
25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest
we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go,
but blessed him.
2 Samuel 13:26
26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us.
And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? 2 Samuel 13:27
27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
2 Samuel 13:28
28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's
heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill
him, fear  not: have not I commanded  you? be courageous,  and be valiant.
2 Samuel 13:29
29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded.
Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and
fled. 2 Samuel 13:30
30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to
David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one
of them left.
2 Samuel 13:31
31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and
all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 2 Samuel 13:32
32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let
not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons;
for Amnon  only is dead:  for by the appointment  of Absalom  this hath
been determined  from the day  that he forced  his sister  Tamar. 2 Samuel
13:33
33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to
think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead. 2 Samuel
13:34
34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his
eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the
hill side  behind  him.
2 Samuel 13:35
35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy
servant said, so it is.
2 Samuel 13:36
36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that,
behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the
king also and all his servants wept very sore. 2 Samuel 13:37
37 But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of
Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. 2 Samuel 13:38
38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. 2 Samuel 13:39
39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was
comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. CHAPTER 14
2 Samuel 14:1
1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
2 Samuel 14:2
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto
her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning
apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil,  but be as a woman  that had a
long  time  mourned  for the dead:
2 Samuel 14:3
3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the
words in her mouth.
2 Samuel 14:4
4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to
the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. 2 Samuel 14:5
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am
indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. 2 Samuel 14:6
6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field,
and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
2 Samuel 14:7
7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they
said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the
life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir  also: and
so they shall quench  my coal  which is left,  and shall not leave  to my
husband neither name  nor remainder  upon  the earth. 2 Samuel 14:8
8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give
charge concerning thee.
2 Samuel 14:9
9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity
be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be
guiltless.
2 Samuel 14:10
10 And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and
he shall not touch thee any more.
2 Samuel 14:11
11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that
thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest
they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD  liveth,  there shall not one
hair  of thy son  fall  to the earth. 2 Samuel 14:12
12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word
unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. 2 Samuel 14:13
13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing
against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which
is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. 2
Samuel 14:14
14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which
cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth
he devise means, that his banished be not expelled  from him. 2 Samuel
14:15
15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the
king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said,
I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform  the
request  of his handmaid.
2 Samuel 14:16
16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the
man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of
God. 2 Samuel 14:17
17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be
comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good
and bad:  therefore the LORD  thy God  will be with thee. 2 Samuel 14:18
18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray
thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the
king now speak.
2 Samuel 14:19
19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And
the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can
turn to the right hand  or to the left  from ought that my lord  the king
hath spoken:  for thy servant  Joab,  he bade  me, and he put  all these
words  in the mouth  of thine handmaid: 2 Samuel 14:20
20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this
thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God,  to
know all things that are in the earth.
2 Samuel 14:21
21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go
therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. 2 Samuel 14:22
22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked
the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found 
grace in thy sight,  my lord,  O king,  in that the king  hath fulfilled 
the request  of his servant.
2 Samuel 14:23
23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 14:24
24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my
face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. 2
Samuel 14:25
25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for
his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there
was no blemish in him.
2 Samuel 14:26
26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he
polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he
weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's
weight.
2 Samuel 14:27
27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose
name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. 2 Samuel 14:28
28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
2 Samuel 14:29
29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he
would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not
come.
2 Samuel 14:30
30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and
he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants  set
the field  on fire.
2 Samuel 14:31
31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him,
Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? 2 Samuel 14:32
32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come
hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from
Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let
me see the king's  face;  and if there be  any iniquity  in me, let him
kill  me. 2 Samuel 14:33
33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for
Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground
before the king:  and the king  kissed  Absalom. CHAPTER 15
2 Samuel 15:1
1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and
horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 Samuel 15:2
2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it
was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for
judgment, then Absalom called  unto him, and said,  Of what  city  art
thou? And he said,  Thy servant  is of one  of the tribes  of Israel. 2
Samuel 15:3
3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there
is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2 Samuel 15:4
4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every
man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him
justice!
2 Samuel 15:5
5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he
put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 2 Samuel 15:6
6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for
judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 2 Samuel 15:7
7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I
pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in
Hebron.
2 Samuel 15:8
8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If
the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the
LORD.
2 Samuel 15:9
9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
2 Samuel 15:10
10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As
soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom
reigneth in Hebron.
2 Samuel 15:11
11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were
called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. 2
Samuel 15:12
12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from
his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy
was strong; for the people  increased  continually  with Absalom. 2 Samuel
15:13
13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of
Israel are after Absalom.
2 Samuel 15:14
14 And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem,
Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make
speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly,  and bring  evil  upon us,
and smite  the city  with the edge  of the sword. 2 Samuel 15:15
15 And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are
ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 2 Samuel 15:16
16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king
left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. 2 Samuel 15:17
17 And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a
place that was far off.
2 Samuel 15:18
18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and
all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after
him from Gath, passed on  before  the king. 2 Samuel 15:19
19 Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with
us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger,
and also an exile.
2 Samuel 15:20
20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and
down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy
brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. 2 Samuel 15:21
21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my
lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be,
whether in death  or life,  even there also will thy servant  be. 2 Samuel
15:22
22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed
over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. 2 Samuel
15:23
23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed
over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the
people passed over, toward  the way  of the wilderness. 2 Samuel 15:24
24 And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of
the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went
up, until all the people had done  passing  out of the city. 2 Samuel 15:25
25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city:
if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and
shew  me both it, and his habitation: 2 Samuel 15:26
26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let
him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
2 Samuel 15:27
27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return
into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and
Jonathan  the son  of Abiathar.
2 Samuel 15:28
28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word
from you to certify me.
2 Samuel 15:29
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem:
and they tarried there.
2 Samuel 15:30
30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up,
and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was
with him covered every man  his head,  and they went up,  weeping  as they
went up.
2 Samuel 15:31
31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with
Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of
Ahithophel into foolishness.
2 Samuel 15:32
32 And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount,
where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with
his coat rent, and earth upon his head: 2 Samuel 15:33
33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a
burden unto me:
2 Samuel 15:34
34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy
servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I
now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel  of
Ahithophel.
2 Samuel 15:35
35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests?
therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the
king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 2
Samuel 15:36
36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son,
and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing
that ye can hear.
2 Samuel 15:37
37 So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.


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