David's gratitude to Barzillai. B. C. 1023. u ch. 9. 6. ≈ ch. 16. 17. y chi, 16. 3. z ch. 14. 17,20. + Heb, men of b 1 Kings 2. 7. c ch. 17. 27. † Heb. How many days are the years of my life! d Ps. 90. 10. e 1 Kings 2. 7. Jer. 41. 17. † Heb, choose. ƒ Gen. 31. 55. † Heb. Chimhan, II. SAMUEL. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. 28 For all of my father's house were but † dead men before my lord the king: "yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? 29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. 30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. 31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai said unto the king, † How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem ? 35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. e 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt † require of me, that will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king ƒkissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place. 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and + Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel. 41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king,| Sheba's revolt. B. C. 1023. Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all Ďavid's | g ver, 15. men with him, over Jordan? 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is hnear of h ver. 12. kin to us wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye † despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And ithe words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. CHAPTER XX. 1 By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba maketh a party in Israel. 3 David's ten concubines are shut up in perpetual prison. 4 Amasa, made captain over Judah, is slain by Joab. 14 Joab pursueth Sheba unto Abel. · 16 A wise woman saveth the city by Sheba's head. 23 David's officers. AND there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, "We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: bevery man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 3 ¶ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in † ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. t. † Heb. set ur at light. i See Judg. 8. 1. & 12. 1. about 1022. a ch. 19, 43. b 1 Kin. 12.16. 2 Chr. 10. 16. c ch. 15. 16, & 16. 21, 22. † Heb. a house of ward. 7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and the fƒ Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they fch. 8. 18. went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after 1 Kings 1.38. Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it & girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. g Matt. 20.49. Luke 22, 47. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him 1 Kings 2, 5, therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his ich. 2. 23. bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the + Heb. doubled not his stroke. Sheba is beheaded. B. C. about 1022. 2 Chr. 16. 4. remnant of the Amorites; and the children 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeon midst of the highway. And when the man | saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 13 When he was removed out of the high-ites, What shall. I do for you? and whereway, all the people went on after Joab, to with shall I make the atonement, that ye pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. may bless the inheritance of the LORD? 14 And he went through all the tribes of 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, "We k2 Kin.15.29. Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of and all the Berites: and they were gath his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any ered together, and went also after him. man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall 15 And they came and besieged him in say, that will I do for you. Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench and all the people that were with Joab + battered the wall, to throw it down. 16 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 1.2 Kin, 19.32. Or, it stood against the outmost wall. + Heb. marred to throw down. || Or, They plainly spake ml Sam. 26. † Heb. by his name, 15. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. 19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up m the inheritance of the LORD? 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the peon Ecc. 9. 14. ple "in her wisdom: and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. + Heb. were scattered. o ch. 8. 16, 18. pl Kings 4. 6. gch. 8. 16. 1 Kings 4. 3. Or, remembrander. 1 ch. 8 17. 23 ¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: 24 And Adoram was Pover the tribute: and 1 Kings 4. 4. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: s ch. 23. 38. ¡Or, a prince, Gen. 41. 45. 1021. + Heb. sought the face, &c. Sea Num.27. 21. a Josh. 9.3,15, 16, 17. 25 And Sheva was scribe: and "Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remain-. ing in any of the coasts of Israel, B. C. 1021. 6 ch. 20. 19. || Or, dihom the c1 Sam.10.26. 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered & 11. 4. || Or, chosen of the LORD. 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the e1 Sam. 18.3. & 20. 8, 15, 42, & 23. 18: fch. 3. 7. 8. But the king took the two sons of fRizpah the daughter of Aial, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Or, Michal's Saul, whom she † brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite : sister. + Heb. bare to Adriel, 1 Sam.18.19. 1019. 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the g ch. 6. 17. days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. 10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, ifrom the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aial, the concubine of Saul, had done. 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan 26 And Ira also the Jairite was la chief | his son buried they in the country of Benjaruler about David. CHAPTER XXI. 1 The three years' famine for the Gibeonites ceas- m min in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his 15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war THEN there was a famine iter year; and 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the of m Josh. 18.28. n So Josh. 7. 26. ch. 21, 25. about 1018. the giant, the weight of whose spent Or, Raphat. David's psalm of thanksgiving B. C. about 1018. pl Kin.11.36. & 15. 4. Ps. 132. 17. +Heb.candle, or, lamp. 71 Chr. 20. 4. 1 Chr.11.29. | Or, Sippai. Or, Rapha. | Or, Jair. See 1 Chr. 20. 5. t1 Chr. 20. 6. Or, Rapha. il Or, reproached, 1 Sam.17.10, 25, 26. II. SAMUEL. out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. 18 9 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob then "Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sous of the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of "Shimeah the brother of David slew him. 22 These four were born to the giant in u1 Sam. 16.9, Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. Shammah. ≈ 1. Chr. 20. 8. 1018. a Ex. 15. 1. b Ps. 18, title, & Ps. 34. 19. c Deut. 32. 4. Ps. 18. 2, &c. & 31. 3. & 71. 3. & 91. 2. & 144. 2. d Heb. 2. 13. e Gen. 15. 1. Luke 1. 69. g Prov. 18. 10. h Ps. 9.9.& 14. 6. & 59. 16. & 71. 7. Jer. 16. 19. || Or, pangs. Heb. Belial. iPs. 116. 3. || Or, cords. & Ps. 116. 4. & 120. 1. Jonah 2. 2, (Ex. 3. 7. Ps. 34. 6, 15, 17. m Judg. 5. 4. Ps. 77. 18. & 97. 4. n Job 26. 11. † Heb. by. o Ps. 97. 3. Hab. 3. 5. Heb. 12. 29. p Pa. 144. 5. Is. 64. 1. 9 Ex. 20. 21. 1 Kings 8.12. Pa, 97. 2. r Ps. 104. 3. . ver. 10. Ps. 97. 2. CHAPTER XXII. A psalm of thanksgiving for God's powerful doliverance, and manifold blessings. for God's powerful deliverance. 17 *He sent from above, he took me ; he drew me out of many waters: a 18 " He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. 206 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. 21 d The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 23 For all his judgments were beforo me and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. 25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness tin his eyesight. 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself AND David & spake unt the day that the pure, and with the roward thou LORD had 6 delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 2 And he said, "The LORD is my rock, and❘ my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; din him will I trust he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my A refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of tungodly men made me afraid; 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me. 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. 8 Then the earth shook and trembled ; "the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke † out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and I darkness was under his feet. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen "upon the wings of the wind. 12 And he made 'darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. 13 Through the brightness before him were t coals of fire kindled. 14 The LORD "thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows, and scatHeb. bindtered them; lightning, and discomfited ing of waters. t ver. 9. u Judg. 5. 20. 1 Sam. 2. 10. & 7. 10. them. 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17. & 144. 6. Hab. Matt. 8. 26. || Or, Is. 30. 30. * Deut. 32, 23. Ps. 7. 13. & 77. 3. 11. y Ex. 15. 8. Ps. 106, 9. Nah. 1. 4. anger, Ps. 74, 1. shew thyself unsavoury. 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save but thine eyes are upon "the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. 29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD : and the LORD will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. 31 As for God, his way is perfect; Pthe word of the LORD is "tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 32 For 1 who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? 33 God is my "strength and power; and he maketh my way perfect. 34 He maketh my feet "like hinds' feet; and setteth me upon my high places. 35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath t made me great. 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. 38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. 39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen "under my feet. 40 For thou hast bgirded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou t subdued under me. 41 Thou hast also given me the dnecks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. 42 They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he an swered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as small ƒf as the dust of the earth: I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. 44 h Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me B. C. 1018. z Pa. 144. 7. │||| Or, great. a ver. 1. Ps. 31. 8. & 118. 5. c ch. 15. 26. d ver. 25. e Ps. 24. 4. Gen. 18. 19. Ps. 119. 3. & 128. 1. Prov. 8. 32. Deut. 7. 12. Ps. 119. 30, 102. h Gen. 6. 9. & 17. 1. Job 1. 1. + Heb. to him. i ver. 21. † Heb, before his eyes. & Matt. 5. 7. / Lev. 26. 23, | Or, wrestle, Is. 2. 11, 12, Or, candle, Job 29. 3. Ps. 27. 1. || Or, broken a troop. o Deut. 32, 4. Dan, 4. 37. Rev, 15. 3. p Pa. 12, 6. & 119. 140. Prov. 30, 5. || Or, refined. 7 1 Sam. 2. 2. riddeth, or, s Heb. 13. 21. u ch. 2. 18. ≈ Dent, 32, 13. for David's last words. B. C. 1018. & Is. 55. 5. Sons of the stranger. | Or, yield feigned obe. dience. + Hob.lie: See / Mic. 7. 17. 1 Sam. 25.39. ch. 18. 19, 31. n Ps. 14. 2. o Ps. 140. 1. II. SAMUEL. to be ihead of the heathen: a people 45 Strangers shall submit themselves 46 Strangers shall fade away, and they 48 It is God that avengeth me, and that man. 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. 51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his "anointed, unto David, and 'to his seed for evermore. CHAPTER XXIII. 1 David, in his last words, professeth his faith in NOW these be the last words of David. OW these be the last words of David. man who was raised up on high, the 61 Sam.16.12, psalmist of Israel, said, 13. Ps. 89. 20. c 2 Pet. 1. 21. 31. e Ex. 18. 21. 2 Chr. 19.7,9. f Judg. 5, 31, Ps. 89. 36. Prov. 4. 18. Hos. 6. 5. See Pa.110.3. g ch. 7. 15, 16. Ps. 89. 29. 13,55. 3. + Heb. filled. 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, d the Rock of Israel spake to me, "He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. David's mighty men. 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, 14 And David was then in a hold, and 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! B. C. 1018. 1 Chr. 11. 15. | Or, the three captains over the thirty. m 1 Sam. 22.1. n ch. 5. 18. o 1 Sam. 22, 4, 5. 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. 17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardyp Lev. 17. 10. of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty s Ex. 15, 15. 20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of "Kabzeel, †whor Josh, 15. 21. had done many acts, 'he slew two †lionlike + Heb. great men of Moab he went down also and slow of acis. a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. 21 And he. slew an Egyptian, a goodly 4 And he shall be as the light of the man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his morning, when the sun riseth, even a morn- hand; but he went down to him with a staff, ing without clouds; as the tender grass and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's+ Heb, a man springing out of the earth by clear shin-hand, and slew him with his own spear. of |ing after rain. 22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. 5 Although my house be not so with God; 7 But the man that shall touch them must 8 q These be the names of the mighty men Or, Josheb-whom David had: The Tachmonite that bassebet the sat in the seat, chief among the captains; Tackmonite, the same was Adino the Eznite : "he lifted | head of the three. up his spear against eight hundred, † whom he slew at one time. See 1Chr.11. 11. & 27. 2. + Heb. slain. 1 Chr. 11.12. & 27, 4. i 1 Chr. 11, 27. Sce 1 Chr. 11. 13, 14: 23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him tover his "tguard. 24 "Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 20 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 20 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netoph- 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahith 11 And after him was iShammai tho sonophel the Gilonite, of Agee the Hararite. And the Philis- 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Ar- Or, for for- Where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: 30 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani David's sin in B. C. 1018. a ch. 20. 26. 1017. a ch. 21. 1. Satan: See 1.Chr. 21. 1. James 1. 13, 14. 61 Chr. 27.23, 21. Or, Compass. c Judg. 20. 1. d Jer. 17. 5. II. SAMUEL. 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Bee- 38 * Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, CHAPTER XXIV. 1 David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to num- a numbering the people. B. C. 1017. 21. 12. LORD, I offer thee three things; choose 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a ND again the anger of the LORD was A kindled against frond Den David against them to say, 6 Go, number 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? 4 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 Israel. 5 And they passed over Jordan, and • Deut. 2. 36. pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the Josh.13.9,16.city that lieth in the midst of the river of Or, valley. Gad, and toward ƒJazer: ƒNum.32.1,3. ¡ Or, nether land newly inhabited. gJosh. 19. 47. Judg. 18. 29. h Josh, 19, 28. Judg. 18. 28. 21. 6. 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the #land of Tahitim-bodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to h Zidon, 7 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. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the numiSeo 1 Chr. ber of the people unto the king: iand there were in Israel eight hundred thousand yaliant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were fivo hundred thousand 17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel 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. 18. And Gad came that day to David, 19 And David, according to the saying of 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my | Or, many. rSeo Is. 47. 6. Zech. 1, 15. s1 Chr. 21. 14. & 27. 21. t Ex. 12. 23. 1 Chr. 21.15, Ornan: See ver. 18. 2 Chr. 3. 1. yl Chr. 21. 17. ≈1 Chr. 21. 18, a See Gen. 23. 8-16. 6 Num. 16. 48, 50. cl Kin. 19.21. 23 All these things did Araunah, as a eco 1 Chr. 21. 24, 25. 24 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 the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was enfch. 21, 14. treated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. g ver, 21. |