These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
2 Samuel 15
Tanakh 37 verses
- 1 And it came to pass after this, that prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
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And used to rise up early, and stand beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the for judgment, then called unto him, and said: ‘Of what city art thou?’ And he said: ‘Thy is of one of the tribes of .’
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- 3 And said unto him: ‘See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the to thee.’
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said moreover: ‘Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!’
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And it was so, that when any man came nigh to prostrate himself before him, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
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And on this manner did to all that came to the for judgment; so stole the hearts of the men of .
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And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that said unto the : ‘I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto , in .
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- 8 For thy vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Aram, saying: If shall indeed bring me back to , then I will .’
- 9 And the said unto him: ‘Go in .’ So he arose, and went to .
- 10 But sent spies throughout all the tribes of , saying: ‘As soon as ye the sound of the horn, then ye shall say: is in .’
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And with went two hundred men out of , that were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knew not any thing.
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And sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with .
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And there came a messenger to , saying: ‘The hearts of the men of are after .’
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- 14 And said unto all his servants that were with him at : ‘Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from ; make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.’
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And the king’s servants said unto the : ‘Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the shall choose.’
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And the went forth, and all his household after him. And the left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.
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And the went forth, and all the people after him; and they tarried in Beth-merhak.
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- 18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men that came after him from Gath, passed on before the .
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Then said the to Ittai the Gittite: ‘Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the ; for thou art a foreigner, and also an exile from thine own place.
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- 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go whither I may? return thou, and take back thy brethren with thee in kindness and .’
- 21 And Ittai answered the , and said: ‘As liveth, and as my lord the liveth, surely in what place my lord the shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy be.’
- 22 And said to Ittai: ‘Go and pass over.’ And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
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And all the country wept with a loud voice, as all the people passed over; and as the passed over the brook Kidron, all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
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And, lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the of the of ; and they set down the of —but Abiathar went up—until all the people had done passing out of the city.
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Numbers 4:15 2 Samuel 8:17 2 Samuel 20:25 1 Samuel 22:20 Joshua 6:6 Numbers 7:9 Joshua 3:15-17 1 Kings 4:2-4 1 Kings 2:35 2 Samuel 15:27 1 Chronicles 6:8-12 Joshua 3:3 Joshua 4:16-18 2 Samuel 6:13 1 Chronicles 15:2 Joshua 3:6 Joshua 6:4 Ezekiel 48:11 1 Samuel 4:3-5 2 Samuel 15:35 1 Kings 1:8 1 Samuel 4:11 - 25 And the said unto Zadok: ‘Carry back the of into the city; if I shall find favour in the eyes of , He will bring me back, and show me both it, and His habitation;
- 26 but if He say thus: I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let Him do to me as seemeth good unto Him.’
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The said also unto Zadok the : ‘Seest thou? return into the city in , and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and the son of Abiathar.
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See, I will tarry in the plains of the wilderness, until there come from you to announce unto me.’
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- 29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the of back to ; and they abode there.
- 30 And went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot; and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
- 31 And one told , saying: ‘Ahithophel is among the conspirators with .’ And said: ‘O , I pray Thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.’
- 32 And it came to pass, that when was come to the top of the ascent, where was wont to be worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.
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And said unto him: ‘If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto Me;
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but if thou return to the city, and say unto : I will be thy , O ; as I have been thy father’s in time past, so will I now be thy ; then wilt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
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And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
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Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and Abiathar’s son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye shall .’
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So Hushai David’s friend came into the city; and was at the point of coming into .
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