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1. And David[H1732] numbered[H6485] [H853] the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H854] him, and set[H7760] captains[H8269] of thousands[H505] and captains[H8269] of hundreds[H3967] over[H5921] them.

2. And David[H1732] sent forth[H7971] a third part[H7992] of[H853] the people[H5971] under the hand[H3027] of Joab,[H3097] and a third part[H7992] under the hand[H3027] of Abishai[H52] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah,[H6870] Joab's[H3097] brother,[H251] and a third part[H7992] under the hand[H3027] of Ittai[H863] the Gittite.[H1663] And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto[H413] the people,[H5971] I will surely go forth[H3318] [H3318] with[H5973] you myself[H589] also.[H1571]

3. But the people[H5971] answered,[H559] Thou shalt not[H3808] go forth:[H3318] for[H3588] if[H518] we flee away,[H5127] [H5127] they will not[H3808] care[H7760] [H3820] for[H413] us; neither[H3808] if[H518] half[H2677] of us die,[H4191] will they care[H7760] [H3820] for[H413] us: but[H3588] now[H6258] thou art worth[H3644] ten[H6235] thousand[H505] of us: therefore now[H6258] it is better[H2896] that[H3588] thou succor[H5826] us out of the city.[H4480] [H5892]

4. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto[H413] them, What[H834] seemeth[H5869] you best[H3190] I will do.[H6213] And the king[H4428] stood[H5975] by[H413] the gate[H8179] side,[H3027] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] came out[H3318] by hundreds[H3967] and by thousands.[H505]

5. And the king[H4428] commanded[H6680] [H853] Joab[H3097] and Abishai[H52] and Ittai,[H863] saying,[H559] Deal gently[H328] for my sake with the young man,[H5288] even with Absalom.[H53] And all[H3605] the people[H5971] heard[H8085] when the king[H4428] gave[H853] all[H3605] the captains[H8269] charge[H6680] concerning[H5921] [H1697] Absalom.[H53]

6. So the people[H5971] went out[H3318] into the field[H7704] against[H7125] Israel:[H3478] and the battle[H4421] was[H1961] in the wood[H3293] of Ephraim;[H669]

7. Where[H8033] the people[H5971] of Israel[H3478] were slain[H5062] before[H6440] the servants[H5650] of David,[H1732] and there was[H1961] there[H8033] a great[H1419] slaughter[H4046] that[H1931] day[H3117] of twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] men.

8. For the battle[H4421] was[H1961] there[H8033] scattered[H6327] over[H5921] the face[H6440] of all[H3605] the country:[H776] and the wood[H3293] devoured[H398] more[H7235] people[H5971] that[H1931] day[H3117] than the sword[H2719] devoured.[H398]

9. And Absalom[H53] met[H7122] the servants[H5650] of David.[H1732] And Absalom[H53] rode[H7392] upon[H5921] a mule,[H6505] and the mule[H6505] went[H935] under[H8478] the thick boughs[H7730] of a great[H1419] oak,[H424] and his head[H7218] caught hold[H2388] of the oak,[H424] and he was taken up[H5414] between[H996] the heaven[H8064] and the earth;[H776] and the mule[H6505] that[H834] was under[H8478] him went away.[H5674]

10. And a certain[H259] man[H376] saw[H7200] it, and told[H5046] Joab,[H3097] and said,[H559] Behold,[H2009] I saw[H7200] [H853] Absalom[H53] hanged[H8518] in an oak.[H424]

11. And Joab[H3097] said[H559] unto the man[H376] that told[H5046] him, And, behold,[H2009] thou sawest[H7200] him, and why[H4069] didst thou not[H3808] smite[H5221] him there[H8033] to the ground?[H776] and I would have given[H5414] thee ten[H6235] shekels of silver,[H3701] and a[H259] girdle.[H2290]

12. And the man[H376] said[H559] unto[H413] Joab,[H3097] Though[H3863] I[H595] should receive[H8254] a thousand[H505] shekels of silver[H3701] in[H5921] mine hand,[H3709] yet would I not[H3808] put forth[H7971] mine hand[H3027] against[H413] the king's[H4428] son:[H1121] for[H3588] in our hearing[H241] the king[H4428] charged[H6680] thee and Abishai[H52] and Ittai,[H863] saying,[H559] Beware that none[H8104] [H4130] touch the young man[H5288] Absalom.[H53]

13. Otherwise[H176] I should have wrought[H6213] falsehood[H8267] against mine own life:[H5315] for there is no matter[H3808] [H3605] [H1697] hid[H3582] from[H4480] the king,[H4428] and thou thyself[H859] wouldest have set thyself[H3320] against[H4480] [H5048] me.

14. Then said[H559] Joab,[H3097] I may not[H3808] tarry[H3176] thus[H3651] with[H6440] thee. And he took[H3947] three[H7969] darts[H7626] in his hand,[H3709] and thrust[H8628] them through the heart[H3820] of Absalom,[H53] while[H5750] he was yet alive[H2416] in the midst[H3820] of the oak.[H424]

15. And ten[H6235] young men[H5288] that bore[H5375] Joab's[H3097] armor[H3627] compassed about[H5437] and smote[H5221] [H853] Absalom,[H53] and slew[H4191] him.

16. And Joab[H3097] blew[H8628] the trumpet,[H7782] and the people[H5971] returned[H7725] from pursuing[H4480] [H7291] after[H310] Israel:[H3478] for[H3588] Joab[H3097] held back[H2820] [H853] the people.[H5971]

17. And they took[H3947] [H853] Absalom,[H53] and cast[H7993] him into[H413] a great[H1419] pit[H6354] in the wood,[H3293] and laid[H5324] a very[H3966] great[H1419] heap[H1530] of stones[H68] upon[H5921] him: and all[H3605] Israel[H3478] fled[H5127] every one[H376] to his tent.[H168]

18. Now Absalom[H53] in his lifetime[H2416] had taken[H3947] and reared up[H5324] for himself[H853] a pillar,[H4678] which[H834] is in the king's[H4428] dale:[H6010] for[H3588] he said,[H559] I have no[H369] son[H1121] to[H5668] keep my name in remembrance:[H2142] [H8034] and he called[H7121] the pillar[H4678] after[H5921] his own name:[H8034] and it is called[H7121] unto[H5704] this[H2088] day,[H3117] Absalom's[H53] place.[H3027]

19. Then said[H559] Ahimaaz[H290] the son[H1121] of Zadok,[H6659] Let me now[H4994] run,[H7323] and bear[H1319] [H853] the king[H4428] tidings, how that[H3588] the LORD[H3068] hath avenged[H8199] him of his enemies.[H341]

20. And Joab[H3097] said[H559] unto him, Thou[H859] shalt not[H3808] bear tidings[H376] [H1309] this[H2088] day,[H3117] but thou shalt bear tidings[H1319] another[H312] day:[H3117] but this[H2088] day[H3117] thou shalt bear no tidings,[H1319] [H3808] because[H3588] [H5921] the king's[H4428] son[H1121] is dead.[H4191]

21. Then said[H559] Joab[H3097] to Cushi,[H3569] Go[H1980] tell[H5046] the king[H4428] what[H834] thou hast seen.[H7200] And Cushi[H3569] bowed himself[H7812] unto Joab,[H3097] and ran.[H7323]

22. Then said[H559] Ahimaaz[H290] the son[H1121] of Zadok[H6659] yet[H5750] again[H3254] to[H413] Joab,[H3097] But howsoever,[H1961] [H4100] let me, I[H589] pray[H4994] thee, also[H1571] run[H7323] after[H310] Cushi.[H3569] And Joab[H3097] said,[H559] Wherefore[H4100] [H2088] wilt thou[H859] run,[H7323] my son,[H1121] seeing that thou hast no[H369] tidings[H1309] ready?[H4672]

23. But howsoever,[H1961] [H4100] said he, let me run.[H7323] And he said[H559] unto him, Run.[H7323] Then Ahimaaz[H290] ran[H7323] by the way[H1870] of the plain,[H3603] and overran[H5674] [H853] Cushi.[H3569]

24. And David[H1732] sat[H3427] between[H996] the two[H8147] gates:[H8179] and the watchman[H6822] went up[H1980] to[H413] the roof[H1406] over the gate[H8179] unto[H413] the wall,[H2346] and lifted up[H5375] [H853] his eyes,[H5869] and looked,[H7200] and behold[H2009] a man[H376] running[H7323] alone.[H905]

25. And the watchman[H6822] cried,[H7121] and told[H5046] the king.[H4428] And the king[H4428] said,[H559] If[H518] he be alone,[H905] there is tidings[H1309] in his mouth.[H6310] And he came[H1980] apace,[H1980] and drew near.[H7131]

26. And the watchman[H6822] saw[H7200] another[H312] man[H376] running:[H7323] and the watchman[H6822] called[H7121] unto[H413] the porter,[H7778] and said,[H559] Behold[H2009] another man[H376] running[H7323] alone.[H905] And the king[H4428] said,[H559] He[H2088] also[H1571] bringeth tidings.[H1319]

27. And the watchman[H6822] said,[H559] Me[H589] thinketh[H7200] [H853] the running[H4794] of the foremost[H7223] is like the running[H4794] of Ahimaaz[H290] the son[H1121] of Zadok.[H6659] And the king[H4428] said,[H559] He[H2088] is a good[H2896] man,[H376] and cometh[H935] with good[H2896] tidings.[H1309]

28. And Ahimaaz[H290] called,[H7121] and said[H559] unto[H413] the king,[H4428] All is well.[H7965] And he fell down[H7821] to the earth[H776] upon his face[H639] before the king,[H4428] and said,[H559] Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068] thy God,[H430] which[H834] hath delivered up[H5462] [H853] the men[H376] that[H834] lifted up[H5375] [H853] their hand[H3027] against my lord[H113] the king.[H4428]

29. And the king[H4428] said,[H559] Is the young man[H5288] Absalom[H53] safe?[H7965] And Ahimaaz[H290] answered,[H559] When Joab[H3097] sent[H7971] [H853] the king's[H4428] servant,[H5650] and me thy servant,[H5650] I saw[H7200] a great[H1419] tumult,[H1995] but I knew[H3045] not[H3808] what[H4100] it was.

30. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto him, Turn aside,[H5437] and stand[H3320] here.[H3541] And he turned aside,[H5437] and stood still.[H5975]

31. And, behold,[H2009] Cushi[H3569] came;[H935] and Cushi[H3569] said,[H559] Tidings,[H1319] my lord[H113] the king:[H4428] for[H3588] the LORD[H3068] hath avenged[H8199] thee this day[H3117] of[H4480] [H3027] all[H3605] them that rose up[H6965] against[H5921] thee.

32. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto[H413] Cushi,[H3569] Is the young man[H5288] Absalom[H53] safe?[H7965] And Cushi[H3569] answered,[H559] The enemies[H341] of my lord[H113] the king,[H4428] and all[H3605] that[H834] rise[H6965] against[H5921] thee to do thee hurt,[H7451] be[H1961] as that young man[H5288] is.

33. And the king[H4428] was much moved,[H7264] and went up[H5927] to[H5921] the chamber[H5944] over the gate,[H8179] and wept:[H1058] and as he went,[H1980] thus[H3541] he said,[H559] O my son[H1121] Absalom,[H53] my son,[H1121] my son[H1121] Absalom![H53] would God[H4310] [H5414] I[H589] had died[H4191] for[H8478] thee, O Absalom,[H53] my son,[H1121] my son![H1121]