1
H1732
David
H6485
numbered
H5971
the people
H7760
who were with him, and set
H8269
captains
H505
of thousands
H8269
and captains
H3967
of hundreds over them.
2
H1732
David
H7971
sent forth
H5971
the people,
H7992
a third part
H3027
under the hand
H3097
of Joab,
H7992
and a third part
H3027
under the hand
H52
of Abishai
H1121
the son
H6870
of Zeruiah,
H3097
Joab's
H251
brother,
H7992
and a third part
H3027
under the hand
H863
of Ittai
H1663
the Gittite.
H4428
The king
H559
said
H5971
to the people,
H3318
"I will surely
H3318
go forth
H589
with you myself also."
3
H5971
But the people
H559
said,
H3318
"You shall not go forth;
H5127
for if we flee
H5127
away,
H7760
they will not care
H2677
for us; neither if half
H4191
of us die,
H7760
will they care
H3644
for us. But you are worth
H6235
ten
H505
thousand
H2896
of us. Therefore now it is better
H5826
that you are ready to help
H5892
us out of the city."
4
H4428
The king
H559
said
H6213
to them, "I will do
H5869
what seems
H3190
best
H4428
to you." The king
H5975
stood
H3027
beside
H8179
the gate,
H5971
and all the people
H3318
went out
H3967
by hundreds
H505
and by thousands.
5
H4428
The king
H6680
commanded
H3097
Joab
H52
and Abishai
H863
and Ittai,
H559
saying,
H328
"Deal gently
H5288
for my sake with the young man,
H53
even with Absalom."
H5971
All the people
H8085
heard
H4428
when the king
H6680
commanded
H8269
all the captains
H1697
concerning
H53
Absalom.
6
H5971
So the people
H3318
went out
H7704
into the field
H7125
against
H3478
Israel:
H4421
and the battle
H3293
was in the forest
H669
of Ephraim.
7
H5971
The people
H3478
of Israel
H5062
were struck
H6440
there before
H5650
the servants
H1732
of David,
H1419
and there was a great
H4046
slaughter
H3117
there that day
H6242
of twenty
H505
thousand men.
8
H4421
For the battle
H6327
was there spread
H6440
over the surface
H776
of all the country;
H3293
and the forest
H398
devoured
H7235
more
H5971
people
H3117
that day
H2719
than the sword
H398
devoured.
9
H53
Absalom
H7122
happened to meet
H6440
the servants
H1732
of David.
H53
Absalom
H7392
was riding
H6505
on his mule,
H6505
and the mule
H935
went
H7730
under the thick boughs
H1419
of a great
H424
oak,
H7218
and his head
H2388
caught hold
H424
of the oak,
H5414
and he was taken up
H8064
between the sky
H776
and earth;
H6505
and the mule
H5674
that was under him went on.
10
H259
A certain
H376
man
H7200
saw
H5046
it, and told
H3097
Joab,
H5046
and said,
H7200
"Behold, I saw
H53
Absalom
H8518
hanging
H424
in an oak."
11
H3097
Joab
H559
said
H376
to the man
H559
who told
H7200
him, "Behold, you saw
H5221
it, and why didn't you strike
H776
him there to the ground?
H5414
I would have given
H6235
you ten
H3701
pieces of silver,
H259
and a
H2290
sash."
12
H376
The man
H559
said
H3097
to Joab,
H3863
"Though
H8254
I should receive
H505
a thousand
H3701
pieces of silver
H3709
in my hand,
H7971
I still wouldn't put forth
H3709
my hand
H4428
against the king's
H1121
son;
H241
for in our hearing
H4428
the king
H6680
commanded
H52
you and Abishai
H863
and Ittai,
H559
saying,
H8104
‘Beware
H5288
that none touch the young man
H53
Absalom.'
13
H176
Otherwise
H6213
if I had dealt
H8267
falsely
H5315
against his life
H1697
(and there is no matter
H3582
hidden
H4428
from the king),
H3320
then you yourself would have set yourself against me."
14
H3097
Then Joab
H559
said,
H3176
"I'm not going to wait
H6440
like this with you."
H3947
He took
H7969
three
H7626
darts
H3709
in his hand,
H8628
and thrust
H3820
them through the heart
H53
of Absalom,
H2416
while he was yet alive
H424
in the midst of the oak.
15
H6235
Ten
H5288
young men
H5375
who bore
H3097
Joab's
H3627
armor
H5437
surrounded
H5221
and struck
H53
Absalom,
H5221
and killed him.
16
H3097
Joab
H8628
blew
H7782
the trumpet,
H5971
and the people
H7725
returned
H7291
from pursuing
H310
after
H3478
Israel;
H3097
for Joab
H2820
held back
H5971
the people.
17
H3947
They took
H53
Absalom,
H7993
and cast
H1419
him into the great
H6354
pit
H3293
in the forest,
H5324
and raised
H3966
over him a very
H1419
great
H1530
heap
H68
of stones.
H3478
Then all Israel
H5127
fled
H376
everyone
H168
to his tent.
18
H53
Now Absalom
H2416
in his lifetime
H3947
had taken
H5324
and reared up
H4678
for himself the pillar,
H4428
which is in the king's
H6010
dale;
H559
for he said,
H1121
"I have no son
H8034
to keep my name
H2142
in memory."
H7121
He called
H4678
the pillar
H8034
after his own name;
H7121
and it is called
H53
Absalom's
H3027
monument,
H3117
to this day.
19
H290
Then Ahimaaz
H1121
the son
H6659
of Zadok
H559
said,
H7323
"Let me now run,
H1319
and bear
H4428
the king
H1319
news,
H3068
how that Yahweh
H8199
has avenged
H3027
him of his enemies."
20
H3097
Joab
H559
said
H376
to him, "You
H1309
shall not be the bearer of news
H3117
this day,
H1319
but you shall bear news
H312
another
H3117
day.
H3117
But today
H1319
you shall bear no news,
H4428
because the king's
H1121
son
H4191
is dead."
21
H3097
Then Joab
H559
said
H3569
to the Cushite,
H3212
"Go,
H5046
tell
H4428
the king
H7200
what you have seen!"
H3569
The Cushite
H7812
bowed
H3097
himself to Joab,
H7323
and ran.
22
H290
Then Ahimaaz
H1121
the son
H6659
of Zadok
H559
said
H3254
yet again
H3097
to Joab,
H4100
"But come what may,
H7323
please let me also run
H310
after
H3569
the Cushite."
H3097
Joab
H559
said,
H7323
"Why do you want to run,
H1121
my son,
H4672
since that you will have no reward
H1309
for the news?"
23
H559
"But come what may," he said,
H7323
"I will run."
H559
He said
H7323
to him, "Run!"
H290
Then Ahimaaz
H7323
ran
H1870
by the way
H3603
of the Plain,
H3569
and outran the Cushite.
24
H1732
Now David
H3427
was sitting
H8147
between the two
H8179
gates:
H6822
and the watchman
H3212
went up
H1406
to the roof
H8179
of the gate
H2346
to the wall,
H5375
and lifted up
H5869
his eyes,
H7200
and looked,
H376
and, behold, a man
H7323
running alone.
25
H6822
The watchman
H7121
cried,
H5046
and told
H4428
the king.
H4428
The king
H5046
said,
H1309
"If he is alone, there is news
H6310
in his mouth."
H3212
He came
H1980
closer
H7131
and closer.
26
H6822
The watchman
H7200
saw
H312
another
H376
man
H7323
running;
H6822
and the watchman
H7121
called
H7778
to the porter,
H559
and said,
H376
"Behold, a man
H7323
running
H4428
alone!" The king
H559
said,
H1319
"He also brings news."
27
H6822
The watchman
H559
said,
H7200
"I think
H4794
the running
H7223
of the first
H4794
one is like the running
H290
of Ahimaaz
H1121
the son
H6659
of Zadok."
H4428
The king
H559
said,
H2896
"He is a good
H376
man,
H935
and comes
H2896
with good
H1309
news."
28
H290
Ahimaaz
H7121
called,
H559
and said
H4428
to the king,
H7965
"All is well."
H7812
He bowed
H4428
himself before the king
H639
with his face
H776
to the earth,
H559
and said,
H1288
"Blessed
H3068
is Yahweh
H430
your God,
H5462
who has delivered up
H582
the men
H5462
who lifted up
H3027
their hand
H113
against my lord
H4428
the king!"
29
H4428
The king
H559
said,
H7965
"Is it well
H5288
with the young man
H53
Absalom?"
H290
Ahimaaz
H559
answered,
H3097
"When Joab
H7971
sent
H4428
the king's
H5650
servant,
H5650
even me your servant,
H7200
I saw
H1419
a great
H1995
tumult,
H3045
but I don't know what it was."
30
H4428
The king
H559
said,
H5437
"Turn aside,
H3320
and stand
H3541
here."
H5437
He turned aside,
H5975
and stood still.
31
H3569
Behold, the Cushite
H935
came.
H3569
The Cushite
H559
said,
H1319
"News
H113
for my lord
H4428
the king;
H113
for Yahweh
H8199
has avenged
H3117
you this day
H3027
of all those
H6965
who rose up against you."