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David: The Warrior King - Bible Verse List
A Novel of King David
David in 2 Samuel 17
(2 Samuel 17:1) And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Please let me choose out twelve
thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.
(2 Samuel 17:2) And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and
I will make him tremble. And all the people with him will flee. And I will
strike the king by himself.
(2 Samuel 17:3) And I will bring back all the people to you, when all return,
except the man whom you are seeking. All the people shall be in peace.
(2 Samuel 17:4) And the saying pleased Absalom very much, and all the elders of
Israel.
(2 Samuel 17:5) And Absalom said, Please call Hushai the Archite also, and let
us hear likewise what is in his mouth.
(2 Samuel 17:6) And Hushai came in to Absalom. And Absalom spoke to him saying,
Ahithophel has spoken in this way. Shall we do his word? If not, you speak.
(2 Samuel 17:7) And Hushai said to Absalom, The advice which Ahithophel has
given is not good at this time.
(2 Samuel 17:8) For, Hushai said, you know your father and his men, that they
are mighty men, and they are bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in
the field. And your father is a man of war, and will not stay the night with the
people.
(2 Samuel 17:9) Behold, he is hidden now in some pit, or in one of the places.
And it shall be, at the falling among them at the first, whoever hears will say,
There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.
(2 Samuel 17:10) And also he, the son of valor, whose heart is like the heart of
a lion, shall utterly melt. For all Israel knows that your father is a mighty
man, and they who are with him are mighty men.
(2 Samuel 17:11) Therefore I advise that all Israel be generally gathered to
you, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, like the sand that is by the sea for
multitude. And you yourself shall go into battle.
(2 Samuel 17:12) And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be
found, and we will light upon him like the dew falls upon the ground. And of all
the men that are with him, not even one shall be left.
(2 Samuel 17:13) And if he has gotten into a city, then all Israel shall bring
ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river until there is not one
small stone found there.
(2 Samuel 17:14) And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of
Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For Jehovah had
appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah
might bring evil on Absalom.
(2 Samuel 17:15) And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, This and
this Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this and this I
have advised.
(2 Samuel 17:16) And now send quickly and tell David, saying, Do not stay in the
plains of the wilderness tonight, but speedily pass over, lest the king be
swallowed up, and all the people with him.
(2 Samuel 17:17) And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel, for there they
might not be seen to come into the city. And a slave-girl went and told them,
and they went and told King David.
(2 Samuel 17:18) But a lad saw them and told Absalom. But both of them went away
quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, into
which they went down.
(2 Samuel 17:19) And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth,
and spread ground grain on it, and the thing was not known.
(2 Samuel 17:20) And when Absalom's servants came to the woman, to the house,
they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have
gone over the brook of water. And when they had searched and could not find
them, they returned to Jerusalem.
(2 Samuel 17:21) And it happened after they had departed, they came up out of
the well, and went and told King David. And they said to David, Arise and pass
quickly over the waters, for this is what Ahithophel has advised against you.
(2 Samuel 17:22) Then David and all the people with him arose. And they passed
over Jordan. By the morning light there was not one of them that had not gone
over Jordan.
(2 Samuel 17:23) And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, even
he saddled the ass and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put
his household in order. And he hanged himself and died, and was buried in the
tomb of his father.
(2 Samuel 17:24) And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he
and all the men of Israel with him.
(2 Samuel 17:25) And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab.
This Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, an Israelite, who went in to
Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
(2 Samuel 17:26) And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
(2 Samuel 17:27) And it happened when David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of
Nahash of Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar,
and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
(2 Samuel 17:28) brought beds and basins and earthen vessels, and wheat and
barley and flour and roasted grain, and beans and lentils and other roasted
food,
(2 Samuel 17:29) and honey and butter and sheep and cheese from cows, for David
and for the people with him to eat. For they said, The people are hungry and
weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
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A List of the Characters in David: The
Warrior King with records in the Bible
Abner – Saul’s general - influential
cousin.
Achish – Philistine king.
Ahinoam – Saul’s wife.
Eliab – David’s eldest brother.
Jonathan – Saul’s son - eldest prince of Israel.
Michal – Saul’s daughter - David’s wife.
Abiathar – Priest to David who survived Saul’s slaughter at Nob - the son of
Ahimelech.
Abigail from Carmel – David’s second wife - the widow of Nabal.
Abinadab – David’s second eldest brother.
Abishai – Zeruiah’s second son.
Ahimelech – Priest who gave David bread and Goliath’s sword - was murdered
for his actions.
Ahinoam from Jezreel – servant to Abigail - David’s third wife.
Amasa – David’s nephew - his sister Abigail’s only son.
Asahel – Zeruiah’s youngest son
Bathsheba – Beautiful daughter of Eliel.
Doeg – Saul’s henchman.
Ish-bosheth – Saul’s youngest son.
Joab – Zeruiah’s oldest son.
Merab – Saul’s eldest daughter.
Pelet – David’s soldier
Rizpah – Saul’s concubine.
Samuel – Prophet who anoints David king.
Shammah – Daivd’s third eldest brother.
Abigail – David’s sister, her son is Amasa.
Abinadab ben Saul – Saul’s son.
Adriel – Merab’s husband and Saul’s son-in-law.
Hushai – One of David’s guards in the wildernesses.
Jaasiel – Abner’s son.
Malchi-shua – Saul’s son.
Mephibosheth – Jonathan’s only son.
Nethaneel – David’s fourth eldest brother.
Ozem – David’s sixth brother.
Raddai – David’s fifth brother.
Sérèn – Five princes of Philistine (Gath, Gaza, Ekron, Ashkelon, and Ashod).
Zeruiah – David’s sister - mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.
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