2 Samuel 18 NKJV

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And the king said to the people, “I also will surely go out with you myself.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But the people answered, “You shall not go out! For if we flee away, they will not care about us; nor if half of us die, will they care about us. But <i>you are</i> worth ten thousand of us now. For you are now more help to us in the city.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the king said to them, “Whatever seems best to you I will do.” So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, “<i>Deal</i> gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains orders concerning Absalom.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the people went out into the field of battle against Israel. And the battle was in the woods of Ephraim. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The people of Israel were overthrown there before the servants of David, and a great slaughter of twenty thousand took place there that day. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For the battle there was scattered over the face of the whole countryside, and the woods devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule. The mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and his head caught in the terebinth; so he was left hanging between heaven and earth. And the mule which <i>was</i> under him went on. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now a certain man saw <i>it</i> and told Joab, and said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth tree!”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So Joab said to the man who told him, “You just saw <i>him!</i> And why did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten <i>shekels</i> of silver and a belt.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But the man said to Joab, “Though I were to receive a thousand <i>shekels</i> of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. For in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>‘Beware lest anyone <i>touch</i> the young man Absalom!’ </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Otherwise I would have dealt falsely against my own life. For there is nothing hidden from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against <i>me.</i>”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Joab said, “I cannot linger with you.” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart, while he was <i>still</i> alive in the midst of the terebinth tree. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, and struck and killed him.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And they took Absalom and cast him into a large pit in the woods, and laid a very large heap of stones over him. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his tent.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>pillar for himself, which <i>is</i> in the King’s Valley. For he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He called the pillar after his own name. And to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.</span></p> <h3> David Hears of Absalom’s Death</span></h3><p><span class="text 2Sam-18-19"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run now and take the news to the king, how the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>avenged him of his enemies.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Joab said to him, “You shall not take the news this day, for you shall take the news another day. But today you shall take no news, because the king’s son is dead.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” So the Cushite bowed himself to Joab and ran.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, “But <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite.”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Sam-18-22">So Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, since you have no news ready?”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“But whatever happens,” <i>he said,</i> “let me run.”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Sam-18-23">So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain, and outran the Cushite.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now David was sitting between the two gates. And the watchman went up to the roof over the gate, to the wall, lifted his eyes and looked, and there was a man, running alone. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then the watchman cried out and told the king. And the king said, “If he <i>is</i> alone, <i>there is</i> news in his mouth.” And he came rapidly and drew near.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Then the watchman saw <i>another</i> man running, and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, “There is <i>another</i> man, running alone!”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Sam-18-26">And the king said, “He also brings news.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So the watchman said, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>“I think the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Sam-18-27">And the king said, “He <i>is</i> a good man, and comes with good news.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>“All is well!” Then he bowed down with his face to the earth before the king, and said, “Blessed <i>be</i> the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king!”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The king said, “Is the young man Absalom safe?”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Sam-18-29">Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and <i>me</i> your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what <i>it was about.</i>”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And the king said, “Turn aside <i>and</i> stand here.” So he turned aside and stood still.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Just then the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, “There is good news, my lord the king! For the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has avenged you this day of all those who rose against you.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And the king said to the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom safe?”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Sam-18-32">So the Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you to do harm, be like <i>that</i> young man!”</span></p> <h3> David’s Mourning for Absalom</span></h3><p><span class="text 2Sam-18-33"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_samuel/18-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: “O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!”</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-8480a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 18:1">2 Samuel 18:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>attended to</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-8491b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 18:12">2 Samuel 18:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Vss. <i>‘Protect the young man Absalom for me!’</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-8497c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 18:18">2 Samuel 18:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>monument</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-8498d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 18:19">2 Samuel 18:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>vindicated</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-8501e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 18:22">2 Samuel 18:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>be what may</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-8506f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 18:27">2 Samuel 18:27</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>I see the running</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-8507g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Samuel 18:28">2 Samuel 18:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Peace be to you</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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