1 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set
2 And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of
3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee
4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And
5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal
6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the
8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the
9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a
10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou
12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life:
14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took
15 And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and
16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing
17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the
18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself
19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the
20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day,
21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen.
22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But
24 And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to
25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If
26 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman
27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost
28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he
29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz
30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he
31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the
32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And
33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the