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David: The Warrior King - Bible Verse List
A Novel of King David
David in 2 Samuel 18
(2 Samuel 18:1) And David numbered the people who were with him, and set
captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.
(2 Samuel 18:2) And David sent forth a third of the people under the hand of
Joab, and a third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother,
and a third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the
people, I will also surely go forth with you myself.
(2 Samuel 18:3) But the people answered, You shall not go forth. For if we run
away, they will not set their heart on us, even if half of us die. For now you
are worth ten thousand of us. And now it is better that you remain to help us
from the city.
(2 Samuel 18:4) And the king said to them, I will do what is good in your eyes.
And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people came out by
hundreds and by thousands.
(2 Samuel 18:5) And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, For
my sake be gentle with the young man, with Absalom. And all the people heard
when the king gave all the commanders charge concerning Absalom.
(2 Samuel 18:6) And the people went out into the field against Israel. And the
battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
(2 Samuel 18:7) And the people of Israel were killed there before the servants
of David. And there was a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand.
(2 Samuel 18:8) For the battle was scattered there over the face of all the
country. And the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
(2 Samuel 18:9) And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on a
mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak. And his head
caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heavens and the earth.
And the mule under him went away.
(2 Samuel 18:10) And a certain man saw and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
Absalom hanged in an oak.
(2 Samuel 18:11) And Joab said to the man who told him, And, behold, you saw
him, and why did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given
you ten shekels of silver and a girdle.
(2 Samuel 18:12) And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
silverlings in my hand, yet I would not put forth my hand against the king's
son. For in our ears the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware
you who go against the young man, against Absalom.
(2 Samuel 18:13) Or I would have dealt falsely with my own life, for there is no
matter hidden from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against
me.
(2 Samuel 18:14) And Joab said, I cannot stay here with you this way! And he
took three darts in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while
he was still alive in the midst of the oak.
(2 Samuel 18:15) And ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck
Absalom, and killed him.
(2 Samuel 18:16) And Joab blew the ram's horn, and the people returned from
pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.
(2 Samuel 18:17) And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the
forest. And they laid a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled,
each one to his tent.
(2 Samuel 18:18) And Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself
a pillar, which is in the King's Valley. For he said, I have no son to keep my
name in remembrance. And he called the pillar after his own name. And it is
called until this day, Absalom's monument.
(2 Samuel 18:19) Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, And let me run and bear the
news to the king, how Jehovah has avenged him of his enemies.
(2 Samuel 18:20) And Joab said to him, You shall not bear news today, but you
shall bear good news some other day. But today you shall bear no tidings,
because the king's son is dead.
(2 Samuel 18:21) And Joab said to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen.
And Cushi bowed himself to Joab, and ran.
(2 Samuel 18:22) And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, Yet
whatever, please let me also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why will you
run, my son, since you have no good news ready?
(2 Samuel 18:23) But he said, Yet whatever, let me run! And he said to him, Run.
And Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and ran past the Cushite.
(2 Samuel 18:24) And David sat between the two gates. And the watchman went up
to the roof over the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes and looked. And
behold, a man ran alone.
(2 Samuel 18:25) And the watchman cried and told the king. And the king said, If
he is alone, there is news in his mouth. And he came apace and drew near.
(2 Samuel 18:26) And the watchman saw another man running. And the watchman
called to the porter and said, Behold, another man running alone. And the king
said, He also brings news.
(2 Samuel 18:27) And the watchman said, I see the running of the first is like
the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man,
and comes with good news.
(2 Samuel 18:28) And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, Peace! And he fell
down upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be Jehovah your God, who
has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
(2 Samuel 18:29) And the king said, Peace to the young man, to Absalom? And
Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and your servant, I saw a
great uproar, but I did not know what it was.
(2 Samuel 18:30) And the king said, Turn aside, stand here. And he turned aside
and stood still.
(2 Samuel 18:31) And, behold, Cushi came. And Cushi said, Good news, my lord the
king, for Jehovah has avenged you this day of all those who rose up against you.
(2 Samuel 18:32) And the king said to Cushi, Peace to the young man, to Absalom?
And Cushi answered, May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise
against you to do you hurt, be as the young man.
(2 Samuel 18:33) And the king was much moved, and went up to the room over the
gate and wept. And as he went, he said this, O my son Absalom, my son, my son
Absalom! Would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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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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