01 May - 2 Samuel 5:1-10 And 1 Chronicles 11-12

Jude Sat Dec 22, 2018 3:22 pm

My soul doth magnify my YAH, and my spirit hath rejoiced in EL my Saviour; For HE that is mighty hath done to me great things; and Holy is HIS Name. Now unto HIM who is ever present in my helpless estate; who is able to keep me from falling and to present me faultless before the presence of His Glory with exceeding joy, unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise EL our Saviour be honour and glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and for ever Halleluyah!

2 SAMUEL 5:1-10

1And all the tribes of Yisra’ĕl came to Dawiḏ at Ḥeḇron and spoke, saying, “Look, we are your bone and your flesh.

2“Formerly, when Sha’ul was sovereign over us, you were the one who led Yisra’ĕl out and brought them in. And יהוה said to you, ‘Shepherd My people Yisra’ĕl, and be ruler over Yisra’ĕl.’ ”

3And all the elders of Yisra’ĕl came to the sovereign at Ḥeḇron, and Sovereign Dawiḏ made a covenant with them at Ḥeḇron before יהוה. And they anointed Dawiḏ sovereign over Yisra’ĕl.

4Dawiḏ was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

5In Ḥeḇron he reigned over Yehuḏah seven years and six months, and in Yerushalayim he reigned thirty-three years over all Yisra’ĕl and Yehuḏah.

6And the sovereign and his men went to Yerushalayim against the Yeḇusites, the inhabitants of the land. And they spoke to Dawiḏ, saying, “Except you take away the blind and the lame, you are not going to come in here,” thinking, “Dawiḏ is not going to come in here.”

7But Dawiḏ captured the stronghold of Tsiyon, the City of Dawiḏ.

8And Dawiḏ said on that day, “Anyone who smites the Yeḇusites, let him go by the water-shaft and take the lame and the blind, who are hated by Dawiḏ’s being.” That is why they say, “The blind and the lame do not come into the house.”

9And Dawiḏ dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the City of Dawiḏ. And Dawiḏ built all around from the Millo and inward.

10And Dawiḏ went on and became great, and יהוה Elohim of hosts was with him.

1 CHRONICLES 11

1And all Yisra’ĕl came together to Dawiḏ at Ḥeḇron, saying, “See, we are your bone and your flesh.

2“Also, in time past, even when Sha’ul was sovereign, you were the one who led Yisra’ĕl out and brought them in. And יהוה your Elohim said to you, ‘Shepherd My people Yisra’ĕl, and be ruler over My people Yisra’ĕl.’ ”

3So all the elders of Yisra’ĕl came to the sovereign at Ḥeḇron, and Dawiḏ made a covenant with them at Ḥeḇron before יהוה. And they anointed Dawiḏ sovereign over Yisra’ĕl, according to the word of יהוה by Shemu’ĕl.

4And Dawiḏ and all Yisra’ĕl went to Yerushalayim, which is Yeḇus, where the Yeḇusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

5And the inhabitants of Yeḇus said to Dawiḏ, “You do not come in here.” But Dawiḏ captured the stronghold of Tsiyon, the City of Dawiḏ.

6And Dawiḏ said, “Whoever smites the Yeḇusites first becomes chief and commander.” And Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah went up first, and became chief.

7And Dawiḏ dwelt in the stronghold, so they called it the City of Dawiḏ.

8And he built the city around it, from Millo round about, and Yo’aḇ revived the rest of the city.

9And Dawiḏ went on and became great, and יהוה of hosts was with him.

10And these were the heads of the mighty men whom Dawiḏ had, who strengthened themselves with him in his reign, with all Yisra’ĕl, to set him up to reign over Yisraĕl, according to the word of יהוה.

11And this is the number of the mighty men whom Dawiḏ had: Yashoḇ‛am son of a Ḥaḵmonite, chief of the thirty. He had lifted up his spear against three hundred, slain at one time.

12And after him was El‛azar son of Doḏo, the Aḥoḥite, who was one of the three mighty men.

13He was with Dawiḏ at Pasdammim, and the Philistines were gathered there for battle, and a portion of the field was filled with barley, and the people had fled before the Philistines.

14But they took their stand in the midst of that field, and delivered it, and smote the Philistines. Thus יהוה saved them by a great deliverance.

15And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to Dawiḏ, into the cave of Aḏullam, while the army of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Repha’im.

16And Dawiḏ was then in the stronghold, and the watch-post of the Philistines was then in Bĕyth Leḥem.

17And Dawiḏ longed and said, “Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bĕyth Leḥem, which is by the gate!”

18And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bĕyth Leḥem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to Dawiḏ. But Dawiḏ would not drink it, but poured it out to יהוה.

19And he said, “Far be it from me, O my Elohim, that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of these men who have risked their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” And he would not drink it. This is what the three mighty men did.

20And Aḇishai the brother of Yo’aḇ was chief of another three. And he had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, who were slain, and won a name among the three.

21Of the three he was more esteemed than the other two men, so he became their head. However he did not come to the first three.

22Benayah was the son of Yehoyaḏa, the son of a brave man from Qaḇtse’ĕl, who had done many deeds. He smote two lion-like Mo’aḇites. He also went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

23And he smote a Mitsrian, a man of great height, five cubits tall. And in the Mitsrian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam, and he went down to him with a staff and wrenched the spear out of the Mitsrian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

24This is what Benayahu son of Yehoyaḏa did, and won a name among the three mighty men.

25See, he was more esteemed than the thirty, but he did not come to the first three. And Dawiḏ set him over his court.

26And the mighty men of the armies were Asah’ĕl the brother of Yo’aḇ, Elḥanan son of Doḏo of Bĕyth Leḥem,

27Shammoth the Harorite, Ḥĕlets the Pelonite,

28Ira son of Iqqĕsh the Teqowite, Aḇi‛ezer the Anathothite,

29Sibbeḵai the Ḥushathite, Ilai the Aḥoḥite,

30Maharai the Netophathite, Ḥĕleḏ son of Ba‛anah the Netophathite,

31Ithai son of Riḇai of Giḇ‛ah, of the children of Binyamin, Benayah the Pirathonite,

32Ḥurai of the wadis of Ga‛ash, Aḇi’ĕl the Arbathite,

33Azmaweth the Baḥarumite, Elyaḥba the Sha‛albonite,

34the sons of Hashĕm the Gizonite, Yonathan son of Shag̅ĕ the Hararite,

35Aḥyam son of Saḵar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,

36Ḥĕpher the Mekĕrathite, Aḥiyah the Pelonite,

37Ḥetsro the Karmelite, Na‛arai son of Ezbai,

38Yo’ĕl the brother of Nathan, Miḇḥar son of Hag̅ri,

39Tseleq the Ammonite, Naḥarai the Bĕrothite (the armour-bearer of Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah),

40Ira the Yithrite, Garĕḇ the Yithrite,

41Uriyah the Ḥittite, Zaḇaḏ son of Aḥlai,

42Aḏina son of Shiza the Re’uḇĕnite, the head of the Re’uḇĕnites, and thirty with him,

43Ḥanan son of Ma‛aḵah, and Yoshaphat the Mithnite,

44Uzziya the Ashterathite, Shama and Ye‛i’ĕl the sons of Ḥotham the Aro‛ĕrite,

45Yeḏiya’ĕl son of Shimri, and Yoḥa his brother, the Titsite,

46Eli’ĕl the Maḥawite, and Yeriḇai and Yoshawyah the sons of Elna‛am, Yithmah the Mo’aḇite,

47Eli’ĕl, and Oḇĕḏ, and Ya‛asi’ĕl of Metsoḇayah.

1 CHRONICLES 12

1Now these are they who came to Dawiḏ at Tsiqlag̅ while he was still in hiding from Sha’ul son of Qish. And they were among the mighty men, helping the battle,

2armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left, with stones, and with arrows, with bows, of the brothers of Sha’ul, of Binyamin.

3The chief was Aḥi‛ezer and Yo’ash, the sons of Shema‛ah the Giḇ‛athite; and Yezaw’ĕl and Pelet, the sons of Azmaweth; and Beraḵah, and Yĕhu the Anathothite;

4and Yishmayah the Giḇ‛onite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Yirmeyah, and Yaḥazi’ĕl, and Yoḥanan, and Yozaḇaḏ the Geḏĕrathite;

5Eluzai, and Yerimoth, and Be‛alyah, and Shemaryahu, and Shephatyahu the Ḥaruphite;

6Elqanah, and Yishshiyahu, and Azar’ĕl, and Yow‛ezer, and Yashoḇ‛am the Qorḥites;

7and Yo’ĕlah and Zeḇaḏyah, the sons of Yeroḥam of Geḏor.

8And some Gaḏites separated themselves to Dawiḏ at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty brave men, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

9Ězer the chief, Oḇaḏyah the second, Eliyaḇ the third,

10Mishmannah the fourth, Yirmeyah the fifth,

11Attai the sixth, Eli’ĕl the seventh,

12Yoḥanan the eighth, Elzaḇaḏ the ninth,

13Yirmeyahu the tenth, Maḵbannai the eleventh.

14These were from the sons of Gaḏ, chiefs of the army. The least was over a hundred, and the greatest was over a thousand.

15These were the ones who passed over the Yardĕn in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

16And some of the children of Binyamin and Yehuḏah came to Dawiḏ at the stronghold.

17And Dawiḏ went out to face them, and answered and said to them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies – there is no violence in my hands – let the Elohim of our fathers see and reprove.”

18Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the officers, “Yours, O Dawiḏ! And with you, O son of Yishai! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers! For your Elohim shall help you.” And Dawiḏ received them, and put them among the chiefs of the raiding band.

19And some from Menashsheh went over to Dawiḏ when he was going with the Philistines to battle against Sha’ul. But they did not help them, for the princes of the Philistines took advice and sent him away, saying, “He might go over to his master Sha’ul with our heads!”

20When he went to Tsiqlag̅, those of Menashsheh who went over to him were Aḏnah, and Yozaḇaḏ, and Yeḏiya’ĕl, and Miḵa’ĕl, and Yozaḇaḏ, and Elihu, and Tsillethai, chiefs of the thousands who were from Menashsheh.

21And they helped Dawiḏ against the raiding bands, for they were all mighty brave men, and they were commanders in the army.

22For at that time they came to Dawiḏ day by day to help him, until it was a great army, like an army of Elohim.

23And these were the numbers of the chiefs of those that were armed for battle, and came to Dawiḏ at Ḥeḇron to turn over the reign of Sha’ul to him, according to the word of יהוה:

24Of the children of Yehuḏah bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred armed for battle;

25of the children of Shim‛on, mighty brave men for the army, seven thousand one hundred;

26of the children of Lĕwi four thousand six hundred;

27and Yehoyaḏa, the leader of the Aharonites, and with him three thousand seven hundred;

28and Tsaḏoq, a young man, a mighty brave man, and from his father’s house twenty-two commanders;

29and the children of Binyamin, relatives of Sha’ul, three thousand – until then the greatest part of them guarded the charge of the house of Sha’ul;

30and the children of Ephrayim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty brave ones, men of name throughout their father’s house;

31and the half-tribe of Menashsheh eighteen thousand, who were designated by name to come and set up Dawiḏ to reign;

32and the children of Yissasḵar who had understanding of the times, to know what Yisra’ĕl should do, their chiefs were two hundred. And all their brothers were at their command;

33of Zeḇulun there were fifty thousand going out to the army, arranging battle with all weapons of battle, giving support with undivided heart;

34and of Naphtali one thousand commanders, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear;

35and of the Danites, arranging battle, twenty-eight thousand six hundred;

36and of Ashĕr, going out to the army, arranging battle, forty thousand;

37and of the Re’uḇĕnites and the Gaḏites and the half-tribe of Menashsheh, from beyond the Yardĕn, one hundred and twenty thousand armed for battle with every kind of weapon of battle.

38All these men of battle, keeping rank, came to Ḥeḇron with a perfect heart, to set up Dawiḏ to reign over all Yisra’ĕl. And all the rest of Yisra’ĕl were of one heart to set up Dawiḏ to reign.

39And they were there with Dawiḏ three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had prepared for them.

40And also those who were near to them, from as far away as Yissasḵar and Zeḇulun and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys and camels, on mules and cattle – food of flour and cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, wine and oil and cattle and sheep in great quantities, for there was joy in Yisra’ĕl.