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3 And David faid unto him, From whence comeft thou? and he said unto him, Out of the Camp of Ifrael am I escaped.

4 And David faid unto him, How went the Matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he anfwered, That the People are fled from the Battle, and many of the People alfo are fallen and dead, and Saul and Jonathan his Son are dead also.

5 And David faid unto the young Man that told him, How knoweft thou that Saul and Jonathan his Son be dead?

6 And the young Man that told him, faid, As I hapned by Chance upon Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his Spear and lo, the Chariots and Horfemen followed hard after him.

7 And when he looked behind him, he faw me, and called unto me and I answered, Here am I.

8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

9 He faid unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and flay me for Anguifh is come upon me, because my Life is yet whole in me.

10 So I ftood upon him, and flew him, because I was fure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the Crown that was upon his Head, and the Bracelet that was on his Arm, and have brought them hither unto my Lord.

11 Then David took hold on his Cloaths, and rent them, and likewife all the Men that were with him,

12 And they mourned and wept, and fafted until Even, for Saul and for Jonathan his Son, and for the People of the LORD, and for the Houfe of Ifrael; because they were fallen by the Sword.

13 And David faid unto the young Man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the Son of a Stranger, an Amalekite.

14 And David faid unto him, How waft thou not afraid to ftretch forth thine Hand, to deftroy the LORD's Anointed?

15 And David called one of the young Men, and faid, Go near, and fall upon him, And he fmote him that he died.

16 And David faid unto him, Thy Blood be upon thy Head for thy Mouth hath teftified against thee, faying, I have flain the LORD's Anointed.

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17 And David lamented with this LAMENTATION Over Saul, and over Jonathan his Son.

18 (Alfo he bade them teach the Children of Judah the Ufe of the Bow: behold it is written in the Book of Jafher)

19 The BEAUTY of Ifrael is flain upon thy high Places : how are the Mighty fallen!

20 Tell it not in GATH, publifh it not in the Streets of ASKELON left the Daughters of the Philistines rejoice, left the Daughters of the Uncircumcifed triumph.

21 Ye Mountains of Gilboa, let there be no Dew, neither let there be Rain upon you, nor Fields of Offerings: for there the SHIELD of the Mighty is vilely caft away, the Shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with Oil.

22 From the Blood of the Slain, from the Fat of the Mighty, the Bow of JONATHAN turned not back, and the Sword of Saul returned not empty.

23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleafant in their Lives, and in their Death they were not divided: they were fwifter than Eagles, they were ftronger than Lions.

24 Ye Daughters of Ifrael, weep over Saul, who clothed you in Scarlet, with other Delights, who put on Ornaments of Gold upon your Apparel.

25 How are the MIGHTY FALLEN in the midst of the Battle! O Jonathan, thou waft flain in thine high Places.

26 I am DISTRESSED for thee, my BROTHER Jonathan : very PLEASANT haft thou been unto me: thy Love to ME Was WONDERFUL, paffing the Love of WOMEN.

27 How are the MIGHTY FALLEN, and the Weapons of War perished!

CHA P. II.

1 David by GoD's Direction going up to Hebron, is made King of Judah. 8 Abner maketh Ish-bosheth King of Ifrael.

CHA P. III.

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During the War David ftill waxeth ftronger. 6 Abner dif-
pleafed with Ifb-bofheth, 12 revalteth to David.
27 Joab
killeth Abner. 28 David curfeth Joab, 31 and mourneip
for Abner.

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CHA P. IV.

The Ifraelites being troubled at the Death of Abner, 2 Baanah and Rechab flay Ish-bofheth: 9 David caufeth them to be flain, and Ifb-bofheth's Head to be buried.

CHAP. V.

The Tribes come to Hebron to anoint David over Ifrael. 6 Zion taken from the Jebufites. 17 The Philistines fmitten.

Ver. 1

HEN came all the Tribes of Ifrael to David un

The Hebron, and fake, faying, Behold, we are

thy Bone, and thy Flesh.

2 Alfo in Time paft, when Saul was King over us, thou waft he that leddeft out and broughteft in Ifrael: and the LORD faid to thee, Thou fhalt feed my People Ifrael, and thou shalt be a Captain over Ifrael.

3 So all the Elders of Ifrael came to the King to Hebron, and King David made a League with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David King over Ifrael.

4 David was thirty Years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty Years.

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah feven Years and fix Months and in Jerufalem he reigned thirty and three Years over all Ifrael and Judah.

6 And the King and his Men went to Jerufalem, unto the Jebufites, the Inhabitants of the Land: which fpake unto David, faying, Except thou take away the Blind and the Lame, thou fhalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

7 Nevertheless, David took the ftrong Hold of ZION: the fame is the CITY of DAVID.

9 So David dwelt in the Fort, and called it the City of David; and David built round about, from Millo and inward.

10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD GOD of HOSTS was WITH HIM.

12 And David perceived that the LORD had established. him King over Ifrael, and that he had exalted his Kingdom for his People Ifrael's Sake.

13 And David took him more Concubines and Wives out

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of Jerufalem, after he was come from Hebron and there were yet Sons and Daughters born to David.

17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David King over Ifrael, all the Philistines came up to feek David.

19 And David enquired of the LORD, faying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou DELIVER them into mine Hand And the LORD faid unto David, Go UP: for I will doubtless DELIVER the Philistines into thine Hand.

20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David fmote them there, and faid, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine Enemies before me, as the Breach of Waters. Therefore he called the Name of that Place Baal-perazim,

21 And there they left their Images, and David and his Men burnt them.

22 And the Philiftines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

23 And when David ENQUIRED of the LORD, he faid, Thou fhalt NOT go up: but fetch a Compass behind them, and come upon them over against the Mulberry-trees.

24 And let it be when thou heareft the Sound of a Going in the Tops of the Mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt beftir thyfelf for then fhall the LORD go out before thee, to fmite the Hoft of the Philistines.

25 And David did fo, as the LORD had commanded him; and fmote the Philiftines from Geba, until thou come to Gazer.

CHAP. VI.

David fetcheth the Ark from Kirjath-jearim on a new Cart. 6 Uzzah fmitten. 14 David danceth before the Ark. 23 Michal's Barrenness.

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AGAIN, David gathered together all the chofen

Men of Ifrael, thirty thousand.

2 And David arofe, and went with all the People that were with him, from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the Ark of Gop, whofe Name is called by the Name of the LORD of Hofts, that dwelleth between the Cherubims.

3 And they fet the Ark of GoD upon a new Cart, and brought it out of the Houfe of Abinadab that was in Gibeah:

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and Uzzah and Ahio the Sons of Abinadab drave the new Cart.

4 And they brought it out of the House of Abinadab, accompanying the Ark of GOD; and Ahio went before the Ark.

5 And David and all the House of Ifrael played before the LORD on all manner of Inftruments made of Fir-wood, even on HARPS, and on PSALTERIES, and on TIMBRELS, and on CORNETS, and on CYMBALS.

6 And when they came to Nachon's Threshing-floor, Uzzah put forth his Hand to the Ark of GoD, and took hold of it, for the Oxen fhook it.

7 And the Anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and GOD fmote him there for his Error, and there he' died by the Ark of God.

9 And David was afraid of the LORD that Day, and faid, How fhall the Ark of the LORD come to me?

10 So David would not remove the Ark of the LORD unto him into the City of David: but David carried it afide into the Houfe of Obed-edom the Gittite.

II And the ARK of the LORD continued in the House of Obed-edom three Months: and the LORD BLESSED Obed-edom, and all his Houfhold.

12 And it was told King David, faying, The LORD hath BLESSED the Houfe of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ARK of GOD. So David went and brought up the ARK of GOD from the Houfe of Obed-edom into the City of David with GLADNESS.

13 And it was fo, that when they that bare the ARK of the LORD, had gone fix Paces, he facrificed Oxen and Fatlings.

14 And David danced before the LORD with all his MIGHT, and David was girded with a linen Ephod.

15 So David and all the Houfe of Ifrael brought up the ARK of the LORD with fhouting, and with the Sound of the Trumpet.

16 And as the ARK of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal Saul's Daughter looked through a Window, and faw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and the DESPISED him in her Heart.

17 And they brought in the ARK of the LORD, and fet it in his Place, in the midft of the Tabernacle that David

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