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The Bible In One Year Bible Reading For Day Number - 114 Second
Samuel -- 10{1}
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and
Hanun his son reigned in his stead. {2} Then said David, I will shew
kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me.
And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And
David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. {3} And
the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou
that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath
not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it
out, and to overthrow it? {4} Wherefore Hanun took David's servants,
and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the
middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. {5} When they told
it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and
the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
{6} And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the
children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of
Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob
twelve thousand men. {7} And when David heard of it, he sent Joab,
and all the host of the mighty men. {8} And the children of Ammon came
out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians
of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
{9} When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and
behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against
the Syrians: {10} And the rest of the people he delivered into the
hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children
of Ammon. {11} And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then
thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then
I will come and help thee. {12} Be of good courage, and let us play
the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which
seemeth him good. {13} And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were
with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. {14}
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they
also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children
of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. {15} And when the Syrians saw that
they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. {16}
And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and
they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before
them. {17} And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together,
and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array
against David, and fought with him. {18} And the Syrians fled before
Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty
thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
{19} And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they
were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the
Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. Second
Samuel -- 11{1}
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth
to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and
they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still
at Jerusalem. {2} And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David
arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from
the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look
upon. {3} And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said,
Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
{4} And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him,
and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned
unto her house. {5} And the woman conceived, and sent and told David,
and said, I am with child. {6} And David sent to Joab, saying, Send
me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. {7} And when Uriah
was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did,
and how the war prospered. {8} And David said to Uriah, Go down to
thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and
there followed him a mess of meat from the king. {9} But Uriah slept
at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not
down to his house. {10} And when they had told David, saying, Uriah
went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy
journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? {11} And
Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my
lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall
I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou
livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. {12} And
David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart.
So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. {13} And when
David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk:
and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went
not down to his house. {14} And it came to pass in the morning, that
David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. {15}
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest
battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. {16}
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto
a place where he knew that valiant men were. {17} And the men of the
city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the
servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. {18} Then Joab
sent and told David all the things concerning the war; {19} And charged
the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the
war unto the king, {20} And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and
he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight?
knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? {21} Who smote Abimelech
the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him
from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou,
Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. {22} So the messenger went,
and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. {23} And
the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out
unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
{24} And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some
of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
{25} Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab,
Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another:
make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage
thou him. {26} And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband
was dead, she mourned for her husband. {27} And when the mourning was
past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare
him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
Second Samuel -- 12{1}
And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him,
There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. {2}
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: {3} But the poor
man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up:
and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own
meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
{4} And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take
of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was
come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was
come to him. {5} And David's anger was greatly kindled against the
man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing
shall surely die: {6} And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because
he did this thing, and because he had no pity. {7} And Nathan said
to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee
king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; {8}
And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and
gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I
would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. {9} Wherefore
hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou
hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy
wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. {10}
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast
despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
{11} Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out
of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them
unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
{12} For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel,
and before the sun. {13} And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned
against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy
sin; thou shalt not die. {14} Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast
given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that
is born unto thee shall surely die. {15} And Nathan departed unto his
house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it
was very sick. {16} David therefore besought God for the child; and
David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. {17} And
the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth:
but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. {18} And it came
to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared
to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was
yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will
he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? {19} But
when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was
dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said,
He is dead. {20} Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed
himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped:
then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him,
and he did eat. {21} Then said his servants unto him, What thing is
this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was
alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. {22}
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who
can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? {23}
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall
go to him, but he shall not return to me. {24} And David comforted
Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son,
and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. {25} And he
sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because
of the LORD. {26} And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of
Ammon, and took the royal city. {27} And Joab sent messengers to David,
and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
{28} Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against
the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
{29} And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it, and took it. {30} And he took their king's crown
from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones:
and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in
great abundance. {31} And he brought forth the people that were therein,
and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and
made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the
children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
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