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1 # And David <01732> numbered <06485> (8799) the people <05971> that were with him, and set <07760> (8799) captains <08269> of thousands <0505> and captains <08269> of hundreds <03967> over them.
2 And David <01732> sent forth <07971> (8762) a third part <07992> of the people <05971> under the hand <03027> of Joab <03097>, and a third part <07992> under the hand <03027> of Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> , Joab's <03097> brother <0251>, and a third part <07992> under the hand <03027> of Ittai <0863> the Gittite <01663>. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto the people <05971>, I will surely <03318> (8800) go forth <03318> (8799) with you myself <0589> also.
3 But the people <05971> answered <0559> (8799), Thou shalt not go forth <03318> (8799): for if we flee <05127> (8799) away <05127> (8800), they will not care <07760> (8799) <03820> for us; neither if half <02677> of us die <04191> (8799), will they care <07760> (8799) <03820> for us: but now thou art worth <03644> ten <06235> thousand <0505> of us: therefore now it is better <02896> that thou succour <05826> (8800) (8675) <05826> (8687) us out of the city <05892>.
4 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto them, What seemeth <05869> you best <03190> (8799) I will do <06213> (8799). And the king <04428> stood <05975> (8799) by the gate <08179> side <03027>, and all the people <05971> came out <03318> (8804) by hundreds <03967> and by thousands <0505>.
5 And the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) Joab <03097> and Abishai <052> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559> (8800), Deal gently <0328> for my sake with the young man <05288>, even with Absalom <053>. And all the people <05971> heard <08085> (8804) when the king <04428> gave all the captains <08269> charge <06680> (8763) concerning <01697> Absalom <053>.
6 So the people <05971> went out <03318> (8799) into the field <07704> against <07125> (8800) Israel <03478>: and the battle <04421> was in the wood <03293> of Ephraim <0669>;
7 Where the people <05971> of Israel <03478> were slain <05062> (8735) before <06440> the servants <05650> of David <01732>, and there was there a great <01419> slaughter <04046> that day <03117> of twenty <06242> thousand <0505> men.
8 For the battle <04421> was there scattered <06327> (8737) over the face <06440> of all the country <0776>: and the wood <03293> devoured <0398> (8800) more <07235> (8686) people <05971> that day <03117> than the sword <02719> devoured <0398> (8804).
9 # And Absalom <053> met <07122> (8735) the servants <06440> <05650> of David <01732>. And Absalom <053> rode <07392> (8802) upon a mule <06505>, and the mule <06505> went <0935> (8799) under the thick boughs <07730> of a great <01419> oak <0424>, and his head <07218> caught hold <02388> (8799) of the oak <0424>, and he was taken up <05414> (8714) between the heaven <08064> and the earth <0776>; and the mule <06505> that was under him went away <05674> (8804).
10 And a certain <0259> man <0376> saw <07200> (8799) it, and told <05046> (8686) Joab <03097>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold, I saw <07200> (8804) Absalom <053> hanged <08518> (8803) in an oak <0424>.
11 And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799) unto the man <0376> that told <05046> (8688) him, And, behold, thou sawest <07200> (8804) him, and why didst thou not smite <05221> (8689) him there to the ground <0776>? and I would have given <05414> (8800) thee ten <06235> shekels of silver <03701>, and a <0259> girdle <02290>.
12 And the man <0376> said <0559> (8799) unto Joab <03097>, Though <03863> I should receive <08254> (8802) a thousand <0505> shekels of silver <03701> in mine hand <03709>, yet would I not put forth <07971> (8799) mine hand <03027> against the king's <04428> son <01121>: for in our hearing <0241> the king <04428> charged <06680> (8765) thee and Abishai <052> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559> (8800), Beware <08104> (8798) that none touch the young man <05288> Absalom <053>.
13 Otherwise <0176> I should have wrought <06213> (8804) falsehood <08267> against mine own life <05315>: for there is no matter <01697> hid <03582> (8735) from the king <04428>, and thou thyself wouldest have set <03320> (8691) thyself against me.
14 Then said <0559> (8799) Joab <03097>, I may not tarry <03176> (8686) thus with thee <06440>. And he took <03947> (8799) three <07969> darts <07626> in his hand <03709>, and thrust <08628> (8799) them through the heart <03820> of Absalom <053>, while he was yet alive <02416> in the midst of the oak <0424>.
15 And ten <06235> young men <05288> that bare <05375> (8802) Joab's <03097> armour <03627> compassed about <05437> (8799) and smote <05221> (8686) Absalom <053>, and slew <04191> (8686) him.
16 And Joab <03097> blew <08628> (8799) the trumpet <07782>, and the people <05971> returned <07725> (8799) from pursuing <07291> (8800) after <0310> Israel <03478>: for Joab <03097> held back <02820> (8804) the people <05971>.
17 And they took <03947> (8799) Absalom <053>, and cast <07993> (8686) him into a great <01419> pit <06354> in the wood <03293>, and laid <05324> (8686) a very <03966> great <01419> heap <01530> of stones <068> upon him: and all Israel <03478> fled <05127> (8804) every one <0376> to his tent <0168>.
18 Now Absalom <053> in his lifetime <02416> had taken <03947> (8804) and reared up <05324> (8686) for himself a pillar <04678>, which is in the king's <04428> dale <06010>: for he said <0559> (8804), I have no son <01121> to keep my name <08034> in remembrance <02142> (8687): and he called <07121> (8799) the pillar <04678> after his own name <08034>: and it is called <07121> (8735) unto this day <03117>, Absalom's <053> place <03027>.
19 # Then said <0559> (8804) Ahimaaz <0290> the son <01121> of Zadok <06659>, Let me now run <07323> (8799), and bear <01319> <00> the king <04428> tidings <01319> (8762), how that the LORD <03068> hath avenged <08199> (8804) him of his enemies <03027> <0341> (8802).
20 And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thou <0376> shalt not bear tidings <01309> this day <03117> , but thou shalt bear tidings <01319> (8765) another <0312> day <03117>: but this day <03117> thou shalt bear no tidings <01319> (8762), because the king's <04428> son <01121> is dead <04191> (8804).
21 Then said <0559> (8799) Joab <03097> to Cushi <03569>, Go <03212> (8798) tell <05046> (8685) the king <04428> what thou hast seen <07200> (8804). And Cushi <03569> bowed <07812> (8691) himself unto Joab <03097>, and ran <07323> (8799).
22 Then said <0559> (8799) Ahimaaz <0290> the son <01121> of Zadok <06659> yet again <03254> (8686) to Joab <03097>, But howsoever <04100>, let me, I pray thee, also run <07323> (8799) after <0310> Cushi <03569>. And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799), Wherefore wilt thou run <07323> (8801), my son <01121>, seeing that thou hast no tidings <01309> ready <04672> (8802)?
23 But howsoever, said he, let me run <07323> (8799). And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Run <07323> (8798). Then Ahimaaz <0290> ran <07323> (8799) by the way <01870> of the plain <03603>, and overran <05674> (8799) Cushi <03569>.
24 And David <01732> sat <03427> (8802) between the two <08147> gates <08179>: and the watchman <06822> (8802) went up <03212> (8799) to the roof <01406> over the gate <08179> unto the wall <02346>, and lifted up <05375> (8799) his eyes <05869>, and looked <07200> (8799), and behold a man <0376> running <07323> (8801) alone.
25 And the watchman <06822> (8802) cried <07121> (8799), and told <05046> (8686) the king <04428> . And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), If he be alone, there is tidings <01309> in his mouth <06310>. And he came <03212> (8799) apace <01980> (8800), and drew near <07131>.
26 And the watchman <06822> (8802) saw <07200> (8799) another <0312> man <0376> running <07323> (8801): and the watchman <06822> (8802) called <07121> (8799) unto the porter <07778>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold another man <0376> running <07323> (8801) alone. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), He also bringeth tidings <01319> (8764).
27 And the watchman <06822> (8802) said <0559> (8799), Me thinketh <07200> (8802) the running <04794> of the foremost <07223> is like the running <04794> of Ahimaaz <0290> the son <01121> of Zadok <06659>. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), He is a good <02896> man <0376>, and cometh <0935> (8799) with good <02896> tidings <01309>.
28 And Ahimaaz <0290> called <07121> (8799), and said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, All is well <07965>. And he fell down <07812> (8691) to the earth <0776> upon his face <0639> before the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799), Blessed <01288> (8803) be the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, which hath delivered up <05462> (8765) the men <0582> that lifted up <05375> (8804) their hand <03027> against my lord <0113> the king <04428>.
29 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Is the young man <05288> Absalom <053> safe <07965>? And Ahimaaz <0290> answered <0559> (8799), When Joab <03097> sent <07971> (8800) the king's <04428> servant <05650> , and me thy servant <05650>, I saw <07200> (8804) a great <01419> tumult <01995>, but I knew <03045> (8804) not what it was.
30 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Turn aside <05437> (8798), and stand <03320> (8690) here <03541>. And he turned aside <05437> (8735), and stood still <05975> (8799).
31 And, behold, Cushi <03569> came <0935> (8802); and Cushi <03569> said <0559> (8799), Tidings <01319> (8691), my lord <0113> the king <04428>: for the LORD <03068> hath avenged <08199> (8804) thee this day <03117> of all them <03027> that rose up <06965> (8801) against thee.
32 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Cushi <03569>, Is the young man <05288> Absalom <053> safe <07965>? And Cushi <03569> answered <0559> (8799), The enemies <0341> (8802) of my lord <0113> the king <04428>, and all that rise <06965> (8804) against thee to do thee hurt <07451>, be as that young man <05288> is.
33 And the king <04428> was much moved <07264> (8799), and went up <05927> (8799) to the chamber <05944> over the gate <08179>, and wept <01058> (8799): and as he went <03212> (8800), thus he said <0559> (8804), O my son <01121> Absalom <053>, my son <01121>, my son <01121> Absalom <053>! would God I had died <04191> (8800) for thee <05414> (8799), O Absalom <053>, my son <01121>, my son <01121>!