2 Samuel 17 Cross References - LEB

¹ Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue after David _⌊tonight_⌋.* ² I will come upon him while he is weary and _⌊weak_⌋.* I will startle him, and all of the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king while he is alone. ³ Then I will return all the people to you; when all have returned, the man whom you are seeking will be dead,* but all the people will be safe." ⁴ The word was right in the eyes of Absalom and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel. ⁵ Then Absalom said, "Please call also for Hushai the Arkite, and let us hear _⌊what he has to say_⌋* also." ⁶ So Hushai came to Absalom, who said to him, "Shall we do according to this word that Ahithophel has spoken? If not, then you tell us." ⁷ Then Hushai said to Absalom, "The counsel that Ahithophel gave is not good _⌊at this time_⌋."* ⁸ Hushai continued, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty warriors and they _⌊are enraged_⌋* as a bear robbed of her offspring in the field. Your father is a man of war, so he will not spend the night with the troops. ⁹ Now he has hidden himself in one of the caves or in one of the places. At the moment he falls on them* the first time, _⌊whoever hears_⌋* the report will say, 'There has been a defeat among the people who follow after Absalom.' ¹⁰ And he is also a _⌊valiant warrior_⌋,* whose heart is like the heart of the lion. He* will _⌊certainly melt_⌋* with fear, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty warrior and those who are with him are _⌊valiant warriors_⌋.* ¹¹ I give the advice that all of Israel from Dan to Beersheba should be completely gathered to you, as the sand which is on the seashore for abundance, with _⌊you personally_⌋* going into the battle. ¹² Then we will come to him in one of the places where he may be found, and we shall come upon him as the dew falls on the ground. He and all the men who are with him will not survive, not even one! ¹³ Even if he withdraws to a city, all Israel will bring up ropes to that city, and they will drag him away to the valley until there is not even a pebble to be found." ¹⁴ Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than the advice of Ahithophel." (Now Yahweh had ordained to frustrate the good counsel of Ahithophel in order for Yahweh to bring misery upon Absalom). ¹⁵ Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "_⌊Thus and so_⌋* Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, but _⌊thus and so_⌋* I have advised. ¹⁶ So then, send quickly and tell David, 'Don't spend the night at the fords of the wilderness! Moreover, by all means cross over lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.'" ¹⁷ Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En Rogel, so a servant girl used to go and tell them, then they would go and tell King David, for they were not able to be seen coming to the city. ¹⁸ But a young man saw them and told Absalom, so both of them went quickly and came to the house of a man at Bahurim. Now he had a well in his courtyard, so they went down there. ¹⁹ Then the woman took and spread a covering over the opening of the well; then she spread out dried grain on it, so nothing was discovered. ²⁰ When the servants of Absalom came to the woman at the house, they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" And she said to them, "They crossed over the brook of water." So they searched but could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ²¹ After they left, they came up from the well and went and told King David. They said to David, "Set out and cross over the water quickly, for thus Ahithophel has advised against you." ²² So David and all the people who were with him set out, and they crossed over the Jordan until morning light until _⌊there was no one_⌋* missing who had not crossed over the Jordan. ²³ When Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled the donkey, and he set out and went up to his house in his city. _⌊After he set his house in order_⌋,* he hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his ancestors.* ²⁴ Now David had come to Mahanaim, and Absalom had crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. ²⁵ Absalom had appointed Amasa in place of Joab over the army. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, _⌊who had married_⌋* Abigail the daughter of Nahash the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab. ²⁶ Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead. ²⁷ Just as David had arrived in Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the _⌊Ammonites_⌋* and Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim ²⁸ brought beds and basins and objects of pottery, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, ²⁹ honey, curds, sheep, cheese, and cattle for David and for the people who were with him to eat. For they had thought, "The troops are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness."

³ But* you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head. ⁴ With my voice I call to Yahweh and he answers me from _⌊his holy hill_⌋.* Selah ⁵ I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.

⁸ In peace I will lie down and sleep _⌊at once_⌋,* for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.

² for _⌊wicked and deceitful mouths_⌋* have opened against me. They speak to me with a lying tongue. ³ They also surround me with words of hate, and fight me without cause. ⁴ In return for my love they accuse me, though I am in prayer.*

¹⁶ for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood,

¹⁶ For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.

⁷ Their feet run to evil, and they hasten to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; devastation and destruction are in their highways. ⁸ They do not know the way of peace, and there is no justice in their firm paths. They have made their paths crooked for themselves; everyone _⌊who walks_⌋* in it knows no peace.

¹⁸ that he met you on the journey and attacked you, all those lagging behind you and when you were weary and worn out, and he did not fear God.

¹⁴ When the king and all of the people who were with him arrived, he was weary, so he recovered there.

³¹ The king of Aram commanded his thirty-two chariot commanders, saying, "You shall not fight with small or great, but only against the king of Israel, him alone!"

⁷ "O sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate," _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh of hosts. "Strike the shepherd, so that the sheep* may be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the small ones.

³⁸ But when* the tenant farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance!'

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away because of me during this night, for it is written,
'I will strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'*

⁵⁰ Nor do you consider that it is profitable for you that one man should die for the people, and the whole nation not perish."

⁴ Then Jesus, because he* knew all the things that were coming upon him, went out and said to them, "Who are you looking for?" ⁵ They replied to him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He said to them, "I am he."* (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was also standing with them.) ⁶ So when he said to them, "I am he,"* _⌊they drew back_⌋* and fell to the ground. ⁷ Then he asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene." ⁸ Jesus replied, "I said to you that I am he!* So if you are looking for me, let these men go,"

²¹ And Abner said to David, "Let me get up and go and gather all of Israel to my lord the king, that they may _⌊make a covenant_⌋* with you so you can reign over all which your soul desires." So David dismissed Abner, and he left in peace.

²² "There is no peace," says Yahweh, "for the wicked."

²¹ There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."

³ Whenever they say "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of _⌊a pregnant woman_⌋*, and they will not possibly escape.

²⁰ Now Saul's daughter Michal loved David, so they told Saul, and the matter _⌊pleased him_⌋.* ²¹ And Saul thought, "I will give her to him, so that she may be a snare for him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him." So Saul said to David, "For a second time you can become my son-in-law today."

²¹ And Saul said to them, "May you be blessed by Yahweh, for you have shown me compassion!

⁴ and the plan seemed right in the eyes of the king and in the eyes of all the assembly.

²¹ _⌊This advice pleased the king_⌋* and the officials, and the king acted according to the word of Memucan.

¹⁴ And Zeresh his wife and all of his friends said to him, "Let them make a gallows fifty cubits* high, and in the morning tell the king, "Let them hang Mordecai on it; then go with the king to the banquet happily." The advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

³² who, although they* know the requirements of God, that those who do such things are worthy of death, not only do they do the same things, but also they approve of those who do them.

³² It happened that as David was coming up to the summit where he used to worship God, suddenly Hushai the Arkite was there to meet him. His coat was torn and dirt was on his head. ³³ David said to him, "If you move on with me, you will be a burden to me, ³⁴ but if you want to return to the city and say to Absalom, 'I am your servant, O king. I used to be a servant of your father, but from then and now I will be your servant,' then you can frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel for me. ³⁵ Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be with you there? It shall be that all the words you hear from the house of the king you shall tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests. ³⁶ Look, there with them are their two sons, Ahimaaz of Zadok and Jonathan of Abiathar. You shall send to me _⌊by means of them_⌋* all the words that you hear." ³⁷ So Hushai the friend of David came to the city as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

¹⁶ When Hushai the Arkite the friend of David came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king, long live the king!" ¹⁷ Absalom said to Hushai, "This is your loyal love with your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?" ¹⁸ Then Hushai said to Absalom, "No, rather, whom Yahweh and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, to him* I will be, and with him I will remain. ¹⁹ _⌊Furthermore_⌋,* for whom have I served? Is it not in the presence of his son that I have served before your father? _⌊So shall I serve you_⌋!"*

⁸ Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights* of all the _⌊needy_⌋.*

²⁵ And the descendants* of Dan said to him, "You should not let your voice be heard among us, so that _⌊ill-tempered men_⌋* _⌊will not attack you_⌋,* _⌊and take your life_⌋* and the lives of your household."

¹⁸ One of the servants answered and said, "Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing a stringed instrument, a _⌊brave man, a warrior, prudent in speech, and handsome_⌋.* And Yahweh is with him."

³⁴ And David said to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd of the flock for his father. If the lion or the bear would come and carry off a sheep from the group, ³⁵ I would go out after it and strike it down and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose against me, I would grab it by its beard and strike it down and kill it. ³⁶ Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he defied the battle lines of the living God."

⁵⁰ So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone, and he struck down the Philistine and killed him, but there was no sword in David's hand.

²³ Look, find out all of the hiding places where he hides. Then return to me _⌊with dependable information_⌋,* and I will go with you. And then if he is there in the land, then I will seek him among all the thousands of Judah."

¹⁸ All his servants were passing _⌊by him_⌋:* all of the Kerethites and all of the Pelethites and all of the Gittites—six hundred men _⌊who had followed him_⌋* from Gath—passing _⌊before the king_⌋.*

¹⁸ It happened afterward that there was again battle at Gob with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph who was among the descendants of the Raphah. ¹⁹ There was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. And Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim, the Bethlehemite, killed Goliath* the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like the beam of a weaver. ²⁰ Once again there was battle at Gath, and there was _⌊a man of great size_⌋.* The fingers of his hand and the toes of his feet were six and six, twenty-four in number. He was also born to the Raphah. ²¹ He taunted Israel but Jonathan the son of Shimei, the brother of David, killed him. ²² These four were born for the Raphah in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

⁸ These are the names of the mighty warriors who were David's: Josheb-Basshebeth a Tahkemonite was chief of three officers; first Adino, whose spear was against eight hundred slain on one occurrence. ⁹ Next to him Eleazar, the son of Dodo the son of an Ahohite, was among the three mighty warriors with David when they defied the Philistines and they gathered there for the battle and the men of Israel withdrew.

¹⁶ So three of the mighty warriors broke into the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was at the gate, and they carried it and brought it to David. But he was not willing to drink it, but poured it out to Yahweh.

¹⁸ Now Abishai the brother of Joab the son of Zeruiah was himself the leader of the thirty. He was wielding his spear against three hundred slain and _⌊gained a name_⌋* among the thirty.

²⁰ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of Ish-Hai, was a great man of deeds from Kabzeel. He struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day. ²¹ He also killed a good-looking Egyptian man, in whose hand was a spear. He went down against him with the staff and snatched the spear from the hand of the Egyptian and killed him with his spear. ²² These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and gained a name for himself among the three mighty warriors.

²⁴ When he turned around and saw them, he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two boys among them.

²⁵ He himself was certainly distinguished among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his bodyguard. ²⁶ Now the mighty warriors of the troops were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo from Bethlehem, ²⁷ Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, ²⁸ Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, ²⁹ Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, ³⁰ Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, ³¹ Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, ³² Hurai of the valleys of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, ³³ Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, ³⁴ the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jehonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite, ³⁵ Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, ³⁶ Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, ³⁷ Hezro the Carmelite, Naari the son of Ezbai, ³⁸ Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, ³⁹ Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the bearer of the weapons 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 leader of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, ⁴³ Hanan the son of Maacah, Jehoshaphat the Mithnite, ⁴⁴ Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, ⁴⁵ Jediael the son of Shimri and Joha his brother the Tizite, ⁴⁶ Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite, ⁴⁷ Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

¹² May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

¹⁵ Like a roaring lion and a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

⁵ And look, another beast, a second one, looking like a bear. And it was raised up on one side and three tusks* were in its mouth between its teeth, and so _⌊it was told_⌋,* "Arise, eat much flesh!"

⁸ I will attack them like a bear robbed of her offspring, and I will tear open the covering of their heart; there I will devour them like a lion, like an animal of the field would mutilate them.

³² And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms, accomplished justice, obtained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ extinguished the effectiveness of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, became mighty in battle, put to flight enemy battle lines.

⁵ The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, and they chased them from the gate up to Shebarim and killed them on the slope. And the hearts* of the people melted and became like water.

⁶ They will come out after us until we draw them away from the city, because they will think, 'They are fleeing from us* _⌊as before_⌋.'* So we will flee from them.*

³² And the descendants* of Benjamin thought,* "They are being defeated before us _⌊as previously_⌋,"* and the _⌊Israelites_⌋* said, "Let us flee and lure them* away from the city to the main roads." ³³ And all the men of Israel got up from their places* and took up positions in Baal Tamar; and the ambush of Israel charged from their places,* from the vicinity of Gibeah.*

¹⁴ So was the first attack in which Jonathan and _⌊his armor bearer_⌋* killed about twenty men within about half of a furrow in an acre of an open field. ¹⁵ Then there was terror* in the camp, in the open field, and among all the army of the garrison. Even the _⌊raiders_⌋* trembled. The earth shook, and it became _⌊a very great panic_⌋.*

¹ David went from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's household* heard, they came down to him there.

³ He came to the sheep pens beside the road, and a cave was there. Then Saul went in _⌊to relieve himself_⌋.* Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost part of the cave.

⁹ Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bowed down; he crouched like a lion and as a lioness. Who shall rouse him?

¹⁵ Then the chiefs of Edom were horrified; great distress seized the leaders of Moab; all of the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

⁸ God, who brings him out from Egypt, is like the strength* of a wild ox for him. He will devour the nations who are his enemies; he will break their bones; he will pierce them with his arrows. ⁹ He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like a lioness, who will rouse him? They who bless you will be blessed, and they who curse you will be cursed."

²⁸ Where can we go up? Our brothers have _⌊made our hearts melt_⌋,* _⌊saying_⌋,* "The people are greater* and taller than we are,* and there are great fortified cities reaching up to heaven, and we saw the sons of the Anakites living there." '

⁹ and said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away in fear because of your presence. ¹⁰ For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the waters of the _⌊Red Sea_⌋* before you when you went out from Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. ¹¹ We heard this, and our hearts* melted, and _⌊no courage was left in anyone_⌋* because of your presence. For Yahweh your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

¹⁷ Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife. Only be _⌊a brave warrior_⌋* for me and fight the battles of Yahweh." For Saul thought, "My hand will not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him."

²³ Saul and Jonathan were beloved and pleasant in their lives and were not separated in their death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

²⁰ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of Ish-Hai, was a great man of deeds from Kabzeel. He struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

¹ The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.

⁷ Look! It is Solomon's _⌊portable couch_⌋!* Sixty mighty men surround _⌊it_⌋,* the mighty men of Israel.

⁷ Therefore all hands will grow slack, and every human heart will melt,

¹ An oracle of Egypt:
Look! Yahweh is riding on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. And the idols of Egypt will tremble in front of him, and the heart of Egypt melts in his inner parts.

³⁴ extinguished the effectiveness of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong from weakness, became mighty in battle, put to flight enemy battle lines.

¹⁶ I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth which, if anyone were able to count the dust of the earth, your descendants would be so counted.

¹⁷ that I will certainly bless you and greatly multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the shore of the sea. And your offspring will take possession of the gate of his enemies.

⁴ They came out, they and all their armies with them, as a great army like the sand on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.

¹ All the _⌊Israelites_⌋* went out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and they gathered as one body* to Yahweh at Mizpah.

²⁸ So then, gather the remainder of the army and encamp against the city and capture it, lest I capture the city and my name be proclaimed over it."

² The king said to Joab, the commander of the army who was with him: "Please go about through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, and count the people that I may know the number of the people."

²⁰ Judah and Israel were as many as the sand which is on the seashore in abundance, eating and drinking and rejoicing!

¹⁰ Then Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, "Thus may the gods do to me and thus may they add if the dust of Samaria is sufficient for the hollow of a hand for all of the people who are at my feet."

¹⁵ He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in the trap he has made. ¹⁶ His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.

¹⁶ Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his hands. Higgaion* Selah

²³ So then, please make a wager with my lord, with the king of Assyria, and I will give to you a thousand horses _⌊if you are able on your part to put riders on them._⌋*

²⁴ I dug wells and I drank foreign water, and I dried up with the sole of my steps all the canals of Egypt.'

¹³ For he says,
"I have done it by the strength of my hand and by my wisdom, for I have understanding, and I have removed the boundaries of peoples, and I have plundered their stores, and like a bull I have brought down _⌊the inhabitants_⌋.* ¹⁴ And my hand has found, like a nest, the wealth of the peoples, and like the gathering of forsaken eggs, I myself have gathered all the earth. And there was no fluttering wing or open mouth or chirp."

³ The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of a rock, the heights of its dwelling, you who say in your heart: 'Who can bring me down to the ground?'

⁶ So I will make Samaria as a heap of rubble in the field, a place for planting a vineyard. And I will pour down her stones into the valley and uncover her foundations.

² But he answered and* said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone will be left here on another stone that will not be thrown down!"

²⁸ And he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel,* for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed."

¹⁶ But for the sake of this I have caused you to stand—for the sake of showing you my strength and in order to proclaim my name in all the earth.

³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing to let us cross through his territory because Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and _⌊made him obstinate_⌋* _⌊in order to give him_⌋* into your hand, _⌊just as he has now done_⌋.*

³¹ Now David was told, "Ahithophel was among the conspirators with Absalom." Then David said, "Please frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel, O Yahweh."

³⁴ but if you want to return to the city and say to Absalom, 'I am your servant, O king. I used to be a servant of your father, but from then and now I will be your servant,' then you can frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel for me.

²³ The counsel that Ahithophel gave in those days was regarded as when a man* inquired of the word of God, so all the counsel of Ahithophel was esteemed both by David and by Absalom.

¹⁶ And it happened that while he was speaking to him, he said to him, "Have we appointed you as a counselor to the king? Stop—_⌊why should you be killed_⌋?"* So the prophet stopped and said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice."

²⁰ But Amaziah did not listen, for it was from God that he might give them into the hand of enemies, because they sought the gods of Edom.

¹² He is frustrating the devices of the crafty, and their hands do not achieve success. ¹³ He is capturing the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are rushed. ¹⁴ In the daytime they meet with darkness, and they grope at noon* as in the night.

⁹ For _⌊he himself spoke_⌋* and it came to pass. _⌊He himself commanded_⌋* and it stood firm. ¹⁰ Yahweh brings to nothing* the plan of nations; he frustrates* the intents of peoples.

²¹ Many plans are in the heart* of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.

³⁰ There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.

¹⁰ _⌊Make a plan_⌋,* but it will be frustrated! Speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us!

³⁷ _⌊Who can speak_⌋* and it will happen if the Lord has not commanded it?

³ And even if they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search and will take them, and even if they hide from before my eyes at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the sea serpent and it will bite them.

⁸ And the master praised the dishonest manager, because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder than the sons of light with regard to their own generation.*

¹⁹ For it is written,
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will confound."* ²⁰ Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, "The one who catches the wise in their craftiness,"*

³⁵ Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be with you there? It shall be that all the words you hear from the house of the king you shall tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests. ³⁶ Look, there with them are their two sons, Ahimaaz of Zadok and Jonathan of Abiathar. You shall send to me _⌊by means of them_⌋* all the words that you hear."

³⁸ Then Jonathan called out after the boy, "Quick, hurry, do not linger!" And Jonathan's servant collected the arrows and came to his master.

¹⁴ Then David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, "Get up and let us flee, for there will be no escape for us from Absalom! Hurry to go, otherwise he will come quickly and overtake us! And he will bring disaster on us and evil! He will attack the city with the edge of the sword!"

²⁸ See, I am waiting at the fords of the wilderness until a word comes from you all to inform me."

²¹ After they left, they came up from the well and went and told King David. They said to David, "Set out and cross over the water quickly, for thus Ahithophel has advised against you." ²² So David and all the people who were with him set out, and they crossed over the Jordan until morning light until _⌊there was no one_⌋* missing who had not crossed over the Jordan.

¹⁹ I am one of the faithful representatives of Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why do you want to swallow the inheritance of Yahweh?" ²⁰ Then Joab answered and said, "Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow or I should destroy.

²⁵ Do not let them say in their hearts,* "Aha, our desire." Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up."

⁸ I would hurry to my refuge from the raging wind and storm."

² My enemies* trample all day, because many are attacking me proudly.

³ He will send from heaven and save me; he will reproach the one who tramples me. Selah God will send his loyal love and his faithfulness.

⁴ Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids. ⁵ Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.

¹⁶ "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! ¹⁷ The one who is on his* housetop must not come down to take things out of his house, ¹⁸ and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.

⁵⁴ But whenever this perishable body puts on incorruptibility and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place:
"Death is swallowed up in victory.

⁴ For indeed we who are in this tent groan, being burdened _⌊for this reason, that_⌋* we do not want to be unclothed, but to be clothed, in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

⁴ But the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. ⁵ And when it was time to shut the gate _⌊for the night_⌋,* the men left, and I do not know where they went. Chase after them quickly, for you may catch up to them." ⁶ (But she had taken them to the roof and had hidden them _⌊in the stalks of flax_⌋* that she _⌊had spread out_⌋* on the roof.) ⁷ So the men chased after them on _⌊the way to the Jordan_⌋* at the fords; and they shut the gate behind the pursuers that had gone out after them. ⁸ Before _⌊they went to sleep_⌋,* she came up to them on the roof ⁹ and said to the men, "I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that dread of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away in fear because of your presence. ¹⁰ For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the waters of the _⌊Red Sea_⌋* before you when you went out from Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. ¹¹ We heard this, and our hearts* melted, and _⌊no courage was left in anyone_⌋* because of your presence. For Yahweh your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below. ¹² So then please swear to me by Yahweh, because _⌊I have shown loyalty to you_⌋,* and _⌊you will also show loyalty_⌋* _⌊to my family_⌋.* You must give me a sign of good faith,* ¹³ and you will spare my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all that belongs to them; you will deliver our lives from death." ¹⁴ And the men said to her, "_⌊Our lives for yours_⌋.* If you do not report this business of ours, _⌊we will show you loyalty and faithfulness_⌋* when Yahweh gives us the land." ¹⁵ Then she lowered them with a rope through the window, as her house was on the outer side of the wall, and she was residing in the wall. ¹⁶ And she said to them, "Go to the mountain, so that the pursuers will not find you, and hide yourselves there three days until the pursuers return, and afterward you may go _⌊on your way_⌋."* ¹⁷ The men said to her, "We will be released from this oath of yours that you made us swear. ¹⁸ When we come to the land, you must tie this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you must gather your father and mother, and your brothers, and your whole family to your house. ¹⁹ If anyone goes outside the doors of your house, _⌊they will be responsible for their own death_⌋,* and we will be innocent. Anyone who will be with you in the house, _⌊we will be responsible for their death_⌋* _⌊if a hand is laid on them_⌋.* ²⁰ But if you report this business of ours, we will be released from your oath that you made us swear." ²¹ And she said, "According to your word it will be." Then she sent them away, and they went, and she tied the scarlet cord in the window. ²² They departed and came to the mountain, and they stayed there three days until the pursuers returned. The pursuers searched _⌊all along the way_⌋* but did not find them. ²³ The two men returned and went down from the mountain, and they crossed over and came to Joshua son of Nun, and they told him everything that happened to them. ²⁴ They said to Joshua, "Surely Yahweh has given all the land into our hand; also, all the inhabitants of the land melt away in fear because of our presence."

⁷ and the border goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and to the north, turning to Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is south of the wadi;* and the border passes on to the waters of En Shemesh, and it ends at En Rogel.

¹⁶ the border goes down to the foot* of the mountain, which is opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom,* which is in the valley of Rephaim to the north; then it does down the valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites* to the south, and then it goes down to En Rogel.

²⁷ Then the king said to Zadok the priest, "Are you a seer? Return to the city in peace, with Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons with you.

³⁶ Look, there with them are their two sons, Ahimaaz of Zadok and Jonathan of Abiathar. You shall send to me _⌊by means of them_⌋* all the words that you hear."

⁹ And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened animals near the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En Rogel. He invited all of his brothers, the sons of the king, and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king.

¹⁶ But her husband went with her, _⌊weeping all along_⌋* after her as far as Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go and return." So he returned.

⁵ King David came up to Bahurim and suddenly a man from there was coming out from the family of the house of Saul, and his name was Shimei the son of Gera. _⌊He was cursing as he came out_⌋.*

¹⁶ Then Shimei the son of Gera, the son of the Benjaminite, who was from Bahurim quickly came down with the men of Judah to meet King David,

¹⁹ And the midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, because they are vigorous; before the midwife comes to them, they have given birth."

³ And the king of Jericho sent for Rahab, saying, "Bring out the men who came to you, the ones who have entered your house, for they have come to search out the whole land." ⁴ But the woman took the two men and hid them. And she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. ⁵ And when it was time to shut the gate _⌊for the night_⌋,* the men left, and I do not know where they went. Chase after them quickly, for you may catch up to them."

²² They departed and came to the mountain, and they stayed there three days until the pursuers returned. The pursuers searched _⌊all along the way_⌋* but did not find them. ²³ The two men returned and went down from the mountain, and they crossed over and came to Joshua son of Nun, and they told him everything that happened to them.

¹² So Michal lowered David through the window, and he went and fled and escaped. ¹³ Then Michal took the household god* and put it on the bed and put a quilt of goat's hair at its head and covered it with the clothes. ¹⁴ And Saul sent messengers to arrest David, but she said, "He is ill." ¹⁵ So Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me in the bed, so that I can kill him." ¹⁶ When the messengers came, _⌊to their surprise_⌋* the idol was on the bed with the quilt of goat's hair at the head. ¹⁷ Then Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like this and sent away my enemy, so that he escaped?" Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go, why should I kill you?'"

² So David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king charged me with a matter and said to me, 'No one must know anything about this matter on which I am sending you, with which I have charged you and the servants.'" So _⌊I have arranged to meet with my servants at a certain place_⌋.*

¹¹ And David did not leave alive a man or a woman to bring them back to Gath, thinking,* "So that they will not report about us, saying, 'David did thus and so.'" Thus was his practice all the days that he lived in the countryside of the Philistines. ¹² And Achish trusted David, saying, "_⌊He has made himself utterly hated_⌋* among his people in Israel, and he will be my servant forever."

¹⁵ Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "_⌊Thus and so_⌋* Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, but _⌊thus and so_⌋* I have advised. ¹⁶ So then, send quickly and tell David, 'Don't spend the night at the fords of the wilderness! Moreover, by all means cross over lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.'"

⁴⁹ and they said to Moses, "Your servants have _⌊taken count_⌋* of the men of war who were _⌊in our charge_⌋,* and no man is missing from us.

²⁴ Now David had come to Mahanaim, and Absalom had crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

¹² When the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on and suffer.

¹⁶ "Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

⁹ in order that the word that he had spoken would be fulfilled: "Those whom you have given to me—I have not lost anyone of them."*

⁴ Then Saul said to _⌊his armor bearer_⌋,* "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised do not come and thrust me through and make a fool of me!" But _⌊his armor bearer_⌋* was not willing to do so because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. ⁵ And when _⌊his armor bearer_⌋* saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him.

¹² Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, the advisor of David, from his city Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. The conspiracy _⌊grew in strength_⌋,* and the people were going and _⌊increasing_⌋* with Absalom.

¹⁸ It happened that when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went to the citadel fortress of the house of the king, and he burnt the house of the king over him with fire so that he died.

¹ In those days Hezekiah became _⌊deathly ill_⌋,* and Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet came to him and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Command your house, for you are about to die; you will not recover.'"

³ Is not disaster for the evil one and ruin for the workers of mischief?

¹⁰ Treat them as guilty, O God; let them fall because of their plans. Because of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against you.

²³ But you, O God, you will bring them down to the pit of corruption. The men of bloodshed and deceit will not live half their days, but I will trust you.

¹⁸ Before destruction comes pride, and before a fall, a haughty spirit.*

³ As for the folly of humankind, its way leads to ruin, and against Yahweh his heart* will rage.

⁵ And throwing the silver coins into the temple he departed. And he went away and* hanged himself.

² And when he saw them, Jacob said, "This is the camp of God!" And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

²⁶ and from Heshbon up to Ramah-Mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim up to the territory to Debir;

⁸ But Abner the son of Ner, the commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-Bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

¹³ To Amasa you shall say: 'Are you not my bones and my flesh? _⌊May God punish me_⌋* if you are not the commander of my army before me forever, in place of Joab.'"

⁴ Then the king said to Amasa, "Summon for me the men of Judah within three days, _⌊and be here yourself_⌋."*

⁹ Then Joab said to Amasa, "Is it peace, O you my brother?" Then the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amasa as if to kiss him. ¹⁰ Now Amasa was not on his guard against the sword that was in Joab's hand, and he struck him with it into the stomach, and his entrails poured out to the ground. He did not strike him again, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bicri. ¹¹ A young man stood over him, from the young men of Joab, and he said, "Whoever takes delight in Joab and whoever is for David, follow after Joab." ¹² Now Amasa was wallowing in the blood in the middle of the highway; when the man saw that all the people stood there, he turned Amasa over from the highway into the field, and he threw a garment over him because he had seen that all who had come by him had stopped.

⁵ "Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me when he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner son of Ner and to Amasa son of Jether, and he murdered them and put the blood of war in a time of peace. He put the blood of war on the leather belt that was on his waist and on the sandals which were on his feet.

³² Yahweh will return his blood on his head, because he fell upon two men, more righteous and better than he, and he killed them with the sword, even though my father did not know it; namely Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

¹³ And Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

¹⁶ And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷ And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹ The descendants* of Reuben and the descendants* of Gad had a very large number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold it was a place for livestock. ² The descendants* of Gad and the descendants* of Reuben came, and they said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, saying, ³ "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, ⁴ the land that Yahweh struck before the community of Israel, is a land of livestock, and your servants have livestock." ⁵ They said, "If we have found favor in _⌊your sight_⌋,* let this land be given to your servants as property; do not lead us across the Jordan." ⁶ But Moses said to the descendants* of Gad and to the descendants* of Reuben, "Will your brothers go to war while you yourselves live here? ⁷ Why are you discouraging the hearts of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* from crossing into the land that Yahweh gave to them? ⁸ This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. ⁹ When they went up to the valley* of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the _⌊Israelites_⌋* so that they did not come to the land that Yahweh gave to them. ¹⁰ So _⌊Yahweh's anger burned_⌋* on that day, and he swore an oath, saying, ¹¹ 'The men who went up from Egypt, from _⌊those twenty years old_⌋* and above, will not see the land that I swore with an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob because they have not wholly followed me, ¹² except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, because they followed Yahweh wholly.' ¹³ And _⌊Yahweh became angry_⌋,* and he made them wander in the desert forty years until the entire generation who did evil in the _⌊sight of Yahweh_⌋* _⌊had died_⌋.* ¹⁴ Behold, you stand in the place of your fathers, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more _⌊Yahweh's fierce anger_⌋* against Israel. ¹⁵ If you turn from following him, he will again abandon them* in the wilderness, and you would have destroyed all these people." ¹⁶ They came near to him and said, "We will build sheep pens here for the flock of our livestock and cities for our little children; ¹⁷ but we ourselves will become armed and ready before the _⌊Israelites_⌋* until we have brought them to their place, and our little children will live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. ¹⁸ We will not return to our houses until the _⌊Israelites_⌋* each obtain their* inheritance for themselves. ¹⁹ For we will not take possession with them from across the Jordan and beyond because our inheritance has come to us from across the Jordan to the east." ²⁰ So Moses said to them, "If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh for the war, ²¹ and everyone of you armed cross the Jordan _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh until he has driven out his enemies from before him, ²² and the land is subdued _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh, then afterward you will return and be free of obligation from Yahweh and from Israel, and this land will be your property _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh. ²³ But if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh, and know that your sin will find you. ²⁴ Build for yourselves cities for your little children and sheep pens for your flocks; what has gone out from your mouth you will do." ²⁵ So the descendants* of Gad and the descendants* of Reuben said to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands. ²⁶ Our little children, our wives, our livestock, and all of our animals* _⌊will remain_⌋* in the cities of Gilead, ²⁷ but your servants, everyone who is armed for battle, will cross over _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh to the war, just as my lord says." ²⁸ So Moses commanded them, Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the _⌊families_⌋* of the tribes of the _⌊Israelites_⌋.* ²⁹ Moses said to them, "If the descendants* of Gad and the descendants* of Reuben, everyone who is armed for the war, cross over the Jordan _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, you will give them the land of Gilead as property. ³⁰ But if they will not cross over with you armed, they will acquire land in your midst in Canaan." ³¹ The descendants* of Gad and the descendants of Reuben answered and said, "What Yahweh has commanded your servants, we will do. ³² We ourselves will cross over armed _⌊before_⌋* Yahweh to the land of Canaan, and the property of our inheritance will remain with us beyond the Jordan." ³³ So Moses gave to them, to the descendants* of Gad and the descendants* of Reuben, and to half of the tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon the king of Amorites and the kingdom of Og the king of the Bashan, the land with its cities and their territories, the cities of the surrounding land. ³⁴ The descendants* of Gad rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, and Aroer, ³⁵ and Atroth Shophan, Jazer, and Jogbehah, ³⁶ and Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, the cities of Mibzar, and the sheep pens for flocks. ³⁷ The descendants* of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, ³⁸ and Nebo, Baal Meon (their names* were changed), and Sibmah, and _⌊they renamed_⌋* the cities that they rebuilt. ³⁹ The descendants* of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and they captured it and drove out the Amorites* who were in it. ⁴⁰ So Moses gave Gilead to Makir son of Manasseh, and he lived in it. ⁴¹ And Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their unwalled villages, and he called them Havvoth Jair. ⁴² Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah after his own name.

¹⁵ And also I gave Gilead to Makir.

¹ Then the allotment was made for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, _⌊were allotted_⌋* Gilead and Bashan, because he was a warrior.*

¹ Now Nahash the Ammonite went up and encamped against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "_⌊Make a treaty with us_⌋* and we will serve you."

⁴ The king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "_⌊He is here_⌋* in the house of Makir the son of Ammiel in Lo Debar."

¹ _⌊Afterwards the king of the Ammonites died_⌋,* and his son Hanun ruled in his place. ² David said, "I will show loyal love with Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father showed loyal love with me." So David sent to console him concerning his father, by the hand of his servants. And the servants of David came to the land of the _⌊Ammonites_⌋.*

²⁶ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the _⌊Ammonites_⌋,* and he captured _⌊the royal city_⌋.*

²⁹ So David gathered all of the army, and he went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it. ³⁰ He took the crown of their king from his head. (Now its weight was a talent of gold, and there was a precious stone in it and it was put on David's head.) He brought out the plunder of the city _⌊in great abundance_⌋.*

³¹ Then Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and crossed with the king over the Jordan to escort him through the Jordan. ³² Now Barzillai was very old, _⌊eighty years old_⌋.* Now he had provided the king with food while he was staying at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man. ³³ The king said to Barzillai, "You cross over with me, and I will provide for you to dwell with me in Jerusalem." ³⁴ Then Barzillai said to the king, "What are the days of the years of my life, that I should go with the king to Jerusalem? ³⁵ I am eighty years old today. Can I discern between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be a burden any longer to my lord the king? ³⁶ Your servant shall go over the Jordan with the king a little way, but why should the king recompense me with this reward? ³⁷ Please let your servant return, and let me die in my city in the tomb of my father and my mother. Here is your servant Kimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him that which is good in your eyes." ³⁸ The king said, "Let Kimham go over with me, and I will do for him the good in your eyes, and all that you desire of me I will do for you." ³⁹ Then all the people crossed over the Jordan, and the king crossed and kissed Barzillai and blessed him; then he returned to his place.

⁷ Regarding the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, you shall do loyal love and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

⁶¹ And from the descendants* of the priests: the descendants* of Habaiah, the descendants* of Hakkoz, and the descendants* of Barzillai (who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called by their name).

¹⁸ Then Abigail _⌊quickly took_⌋* two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five prepared sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred raisin cakes, and two hundred fig cakes, and she put them on the donkeys.

¹ Now David passed a little from beyond the summit, and suddenly Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him with a pair of saddled donkeys; on them were two hundred loaves of bread and a hundred raisin cakes, with a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine. ² The king said to Ziba, "_⌊What do you want to accomplish by bringing these_⌋?"* And Ziba said, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; the bread and the summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for the faint in the wilderness to drink.

⁸ But* the nobleman plans noble things, and he stands upon noble things.

⁴ Then Gideon came to the Jordan, crossing it with the three hundred men who were with him, weary and pursuing. ⁵ He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who are _⌊following me_⌋,* for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian." ⁶ The officials of Succoth said, "Is the hand* of Zebah and Zalmunna in your hand now, that we should give bread to your army?"

¹⁸ And these ten portions of cheese you will bring to the commander of the thousand; _⌊find out how your brothers are doing_⌋,* and take their pledge."*

² The king said to Ziba, "_⌊What do you want to accomplish by bringing these_⌋?"* And Ziba said, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; the bread and the summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for the faint in the wilderness to drink.

² I will come upon him while he is weary and _⌊weak_⌋.* I will startle him, and all of the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king while he is alone.

⁸ Taste and see that Yahweh is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. ⁹ Fear Yahweh, you his saints,* for there is no lack for those who fear him. ¹⁰ The young lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh will not lack for any good thing.

¹¹ Because Yahweh God is a sun and a shield; Yahweh gives grace and honor. He does not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.

¹ Send out your bread on the water, for in many days you will find it. ² Divide your share in seven or in eight, for you do not know what disaster will happen on the earth.

¹⁴ _⌊When you happen to meet_⌋* the thirsty, bring water. Inhabitants of the land of Tema came to meet the fugitive with his bread.

⁷ Is it not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring _⌊home_⌋* the poor, the homeless. When you see the naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your _⌊relatives_⌋.*

³ and Joanna the wife of Chuza (Herod's household manager), and Susanna, and many others who were helping to support them from their possessions.

¹³ contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.

¹⁵ Now you also know, Philippians, that at the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone, ¹⁶ because even in Thessalonica _⌊on more than one occasion_⌋* you sent for my need. ¹⁷ Not that I seek the gift, but I seek for the profit that increases to your account. ¹⁸ But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; _⌊I am well supplied_⌋* because* I received from Epaphroditus _⌊what you had sent_⌋*, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. ¹⁹ And my God will fulfill your every need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.