Nevi'im
Shemu'el Bet23
2 Samuel · Chapter 23
Now these
be the last words of Dawid. Dawid the son of Jesse said, and the man
who was raised up on high, the anointed of the Elohim of Ya'aqov, and the sweet psalmist of Yisra'el, said,
The Spirit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake by me, and his word
was in my tongue.
The Elohim of Yisra'el said, the Rock of Yisra'el spake to me, He that ruleth over men
must be just, ruling in the fear of Elohim.
And
he shall be as the light of the morning,
when
the sun riseth,
even a morning without clouds;
as
the tender grass
springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Although my house
be not so with Elohim; yet he hath made with me an everlasting b'rit, ordered in all
things, and sure: for
this is all my salvation, and all
my desire, although he make
it not to grow.
But
the sons of Belial
shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
But the man
that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the
same place.
These
be the names of the mighty men whom Dawid had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same
was Adino the Eznite:
he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
And after him
was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite,
one of the three mighty men with Dawid, when they defied the Philistines
that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Yisra'el were gone away:
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
And after him
was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) wrought a great victory.
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to Dawid in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
And Dawid
was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines
was then
in Beit Lechem.
And Dawid longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beit Lechem, which
is by the gate!
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beit Lechem, that
was by the gate, and took
it, and brought
it to Dawid: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And he said, Be it far from me, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that I should do this:
is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred,
and slew
them, and had the name among three.
Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the
first three.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
These
things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the
first three. And Dawid set him over his guard.
Asahel the brother of Joab
was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beit Lechem,
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Yonatan,
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
Nevi'im
Shemu'el Bet24
2 Samuel · Chapter 24
And again the anger of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was kindled against Yisra'el, and he moved Dawid against them to say, Go, number Yisra'el and Judah.
For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which
was
with him, Go now through all the tribes of Yisra'el, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
And Joab said unto the king, Now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see
it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Yisra'el.
And they passed over Yarden, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that
lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah,
even to Beer-sheba.
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Yerushalayim at the end of nine months and twenty days.
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Yisra'el eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah
were five hundred thousand men.
And Dawid’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And Dawid said unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
For when Dawid was up in the morning, the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came unto the navi Gad, Dawid’s seer, saying,
Go and say unto Dawid, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), I offer thee three
things; choose thee one of them, that I may
do it unto thee.
So Gad came to Dawid, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
And Dawid said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); for his mercies
are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
So 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) sent a pestilence upon Yisra'el from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
And when the mal'akh stretched out his hand upon Yerushalayim to destroy it, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) repented him of the evil, and said to the mal'akh that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the mal'akh of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
And Dawid spake unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) when he saw the mal'akh that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.
And Gad came that day to Dawid, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
And Dawid, according to the saying of Gad, went up as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) commanded.
And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And Dawid said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that the plague may be stayed from the people.
And Araunah said unto Dawid, Let my lord the king take and offer up what
seemeth good unto him: behold,
here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and
other instruments of the oxen for wood.
All
these things did Araunah,
as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim accept thee.
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy
it
of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) my Elohim of that which doth cost me nothing. So Dawid bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
And Dawid built there an altar unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Yisra'el.
Nevi'im
Melakhim Alef1
1 Kings · Chapter 1
Now king Dawid was old
and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Yisra'el, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
And the damsel
was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also
was a very goodly
man; and
his mother bare him after Absalom.
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the kohen: and they following Adonijah helped
him.
But Zadok the kohen, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the navi, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which
belonged
to Dawid, were not with Adonijah.
And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which
is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants:
But Nathan the navi, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Shelomoh his brother, he called not.
Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Shelomoh, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and Dawid our lord knoweth
it not?
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Shelomoh.
Go and get thee in unto king Dawid, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Shelomoh thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim unto thine handmaid,
saying, Assuredly Shelomoh thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest
it not:
And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the kohen, and Joab the captain of the host: but Shelomoh thy servant hath he not called.
And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Yisra'el
are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Shelomoh shall be counted offenders.
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the navi also came in.
And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the navi. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the kohen; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, Elohim save king Adonijah.
But me,
even me thy servant, and Zadok the kohen, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Shelomoh, hath he not called.
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed
it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
Then king Dawid answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.
And the king sware, and said,
As 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) liveth, that hath redeemed my nephesh out of all distress,
Even as I sware unto thee by 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el, saying, Assuredly Shelomoh thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
Then Bath-sheba bowed with
her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king Dawid live for ever.
And king Dawid said, Call me Zadok the kohen, and Nathan the navi, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Shelomoh my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
And let Zadok the kohen and Nathan the navi anoint him there king over Yisra'el: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, Elohim save king Shelomoh.
Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Yisra'el and over Judah.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of my lord the king say so
too.
As 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Shelomoh, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king Dawid.
So Zadok the kohen, and Nathan the navi, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Shelomoh to ride upon king Dawid’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
And Zadok the kohen took an horn of oil out of the mishkan, and anointed Shelomoh. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Elohim save king Shelomoh.
And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
And Adonijah and all the guests that
were with him heard
it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore
is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
And while he yet spake, behold, Yonatan the son of Abiathar the kohen came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou
art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
And Yonatan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king Dawid hath made Shelomoh king.
And the king hath sent with him Zadok the kohen, and Nathan the navi, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
And Zadok the kohen and Nathan the navi have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This
is the noise that ye have heard.
And also Shelomoh sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king Dawid, saying, Elohim make the name of Shelomoh better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
And also thus said the king, Blessed
be 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el, which hath given
one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing
it.
And all the guests that
were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
And Adonijah feared because of Shelomoh, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
And it was told Shelomoh, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Shelomoh: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Shelomoh swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
And Shelomoh said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
So king Shelomoh sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Shelomoh: and Shelomoh said unto him, Go to thine house.