man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

And Joab was over all the host of Israel. And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Krethi and Plethi.

Adoram was chamberlain. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was chancellor.

And Seiah was a scribe. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

And Ira the Jairite was David’s priest.
(2 Samuel)
Chapter 21
David resisteth the temptation, obtaineth victories against the Philistines.

There was also a time of trouble in David’s days, three years in succession: and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, Because of Saul, and because of the house of blood, that he slew the Gibeonites.

And the king called for the Gibeonites, and said unto them. (Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but were left of the Amorites: but the children of Israel had sworn unto them, and Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah).

And David said unto the Gibeonites: What shall I do unto you, and wherewith shall I make an atonement for you, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

And the Gibeonites said unto him, It is not for us to do gold nor silver unto Saul, nor to do silver unto his house, neither is it for us to kill any man in Israel. And he said, What say ye then that I should do unto you?

And they said unto the king: The man that hath destroyed us, and brought us to nought, we will destroy him, and nothing shall remain unto him in all the coasts of Israel.

Pray us seven men of his house, that we may hang them up for the LORD in Gibeah of Saul the LORD’S chosen. And the king said: I will give them.

But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD, which was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

And the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, which she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, which she bare unto Adriel the son of Barzillai the Mahalothite, the king took.

And he delivered them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mount
before the LORD. So these seven fell at once, and died in the time of the first harvest, when the barley harvest began.

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it upon the rock in the beginning of the harvest, until the waters of heaven dripped upon them: and she suffered not the fowls of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine, had done.

And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, of the men of Jabesh in Gilead, which they had stolen out of the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines smote Saul in mount Gilboa.

And brought them up from thence, and gathered them into heaps with the bones of the slain.

And they buried the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they did according to all that the king commanded: and God was reconciled to the land after that;

And there arose again a war of the Philistines against Israel: and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David was weary.

And Jeshbi of Nob, who was one of the sons of Rapha, and the weight of his spear was three hundred weight of brass, and had new weapons, intended to smite David.

And Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and slew the Philistine. And the men of David sware unto him, saying: Thou shalt go out no more with us to battle, lest the light of Israel be put out.

And afterward there arose a war at Nob with the Philistines. And Shibechai the Hushathite smote Saph, which was one of the sons of Rapha.

And there was war again in Gob with the Philistines. And Elhanan the son of Jaere-orgim, a Bethlehemite, smote Goliath the Gittite, whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

And there arose another war in Gath. And there was a man of great stature, which had six fingers in his hands, and six toes in his feet, which were twenty and four in number: and he also was born of Rapha.

And when he had mocked Israel, Jonathan the son of Simea, David’s brother, smote him.

These four were born to Rapha in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and his servants.
(2 Samuel)
Chapter 22
Praise song of David for salvation from his enemies.

And David spake the words of this song before the LORD in the days when the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul, saying: 2. The LORD is my rock, and my burgundy my deliverer.

God is my refuge, in whom I trust, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my protection and my refuge, my Savior, who saves me from iniquity.

I will praise the LORD, and call upon him, and I shall be delivered from mine enemies.

For the pains of death had compassed me about, and the rivers of Belial terrified me.

The bands of hell compassed me about, and the cords of death overwhelmed me.

When I am afraid, I call upon the LORD, and cry unto my God; and he heareth my voice from his temple, and my cry cometh before him in his ears.

The earth quaked and was moved; the foundations of heaven were moved and shook, because he was wroth.

Vapour went up from his nostrils, and fire consumed from his mouth, and there was lightning therefrom.

He bowed the heavens, and descended, and darkness was under his feet.

And he rode upon the cherub, and flew; and he floated upon the wings of the wind.

His tent about him was dark, and black thick clouds.

From the brightness before him it burned with lightnings.

The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High let out his thunder.

He shot forth his beams, and scattered them; he made lightning, and terrified them.

And there were showers of water, and the ground was covered with the reproach of the
LORD, and with the breath of his nostrils, and with the snorting of his nostrils.

He sent from on high, and took me, and drew me up out of great waters.

He delivered me from my strong enemies, from my haters that were too mighty for me, 19. Which overcame me in the time of my calamity. And the LORD became my confidence.

He brought me out into the room; he plucked me out, because he had a desire for me.

The LORD hath dealt well with me according to my righteousness: he hath rewarded me according to the cleanness of my hands.

For I keep the ways of the LORD, and am not ungodly against my God.

For all his statutes have I in view, and his commandments will I not cast away; 24. But I am without change before him, and keep myself from sins.

Therefore the LORD rewardeth me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight.

With the saints thou art holy; with the pious thou art pious, 27. With the pure you are pure, and with the perverse you are perverse.

For thou helpest the wretched people, and with thine eyes thou bringest low them that are high.

For thou, O LORD, art my lamp. The LORD maketh light my darkness.

For with thee I can smite warriors, and leap over the walls with my God.

God’s ways are without change, the words of the LORD are pure: he is a shield unto all them that put their trust in him.

For is there a God without the LORD? And where is a refuge without our God?

God strengthens me with power and shows me a way without change.

He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me on my high place.

He hath taught my hands to fight, and my arm to draw the bow of brass.

And givest me the shield of thy salvation. And when thou humblest me, thou makest me great.

thou makest room to walk under me, that my ankles slip not.

I will pursue after mine enemies, and destroy them; and will not return until I have destroyed them.

I will kill them, and break them in pieces, and they shall not withstand me: they shall fall under my feet.

Thou canst arm me with strength to battle; thou canst cast under me them that set themselves against me.

Thou givest me mine enemies to flee, that I may destroy them that hate me.

They love one another, but there is no helper; to the LORD, but he answereth them not.

I will pound them as the dust of the earth; as the dung of the street will I scatter and scatter them.

Thou savest me from the contentious people, and keepest me for a head among the heathen: a people that I knew not serve me.

The strange children have feared me, and obeyed me with obedient ears.

the strange children are languishing and wriggling in their bonds.

The LORD liveth; and blessed be my stronghold, and let God, the stronghold of my salvation, be exalted.

The GOD who gives me vengeance and casts the nations under me.

He delivereth me out of mine enemies. Thou liftest me up from them that set themselves against me: thou savest me from the wicked.

Therefore will