Old/New Testament
1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and had been in Ziklag for two days,
2 behold, on the third day, a man came from out of Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and earth upon his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the earth and prostrated himself.
3 Then David said to him, “Where have you come from?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”
4 And David said to him, “What has been done? Please tell me.” Then he said that the people had fled from the battle and many of the people were overthrown and dead, and also that Saul and Jonathan, his son, were dead.
5 And David said to the young man who told it to him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan, his son, are dead?”
6 Then the young man who told him answered, “As I came to Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear. And lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
7 “And when he looked back, he saw me and called me. And I answered, ‘Here I am.’
8 “And he said to me, ‘Who are you?’ And I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
9 “Then said he to me, ‘Please come upon me and kill me! For anguish has come upon me because my life is still whole in me.’
10 “So, I came upon him and killed him. And because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen, I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.
12 And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening, for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the House of Israel, because they had been killed with the sword.
13 Afterward, David said to the young man who told it to him, “Where are you from?” And he answered, “I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.”
14 And David said to him, “How were you not afraid to put forth your hand to destroy the anointed of the LORD?”
15 Then David called one of his young men, and said, “Go near and fall upon him.” And he struck him, so that he died.
16 Then said David to him, “Your blood is upon your own head. For your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
17 Then David mourned with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan, his son.
18 Also, he told them to teach the children of Judah to shoot, as it is written in the book of Jasher:
19 “O noble Israel! He is killed upon your high places! How the mighty are overthrown!
20 “Do not tell it in Gath, or publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
21 “You, mountains of Gilboa. upon you is neither dew nor rain nor fields of offerings. For there the shield of the mighty has been cast down, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
22 “The bow of Jonathan never turned back, nor did the sword of Saul return empty from the blood of the slain, and from the fat of the mighty.
23 “Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. And in their deaths, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.
24 “You daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with pleasures, and hung ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
25 “How were the mighty slain in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, you were killed in your high places.
26 “Woe is me for you, my brother Jonathan! Very kind have you been to me. Your love for me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women. How the mighty are overthrown, and the weapons of war destroyed!”
2 After this, David asked counsel of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the LORD said to him, “Go up.” And David said, “Where shall I go? He then answered, “To Hebron.”
2 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail, Nabal the Carmelite’s wife.
3 And David brought up the men who were with him, every man with his household. And they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
4 Then the men of Judah came. And they anointed David king over the House of Judah. And they told David, saying that the men of Jabesh Gilead had buried Saul.
5 And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “Blessed are you of the LORD, in that you have shown such kindness to your lord Saul, that you have buried him!
6 “Therefore, now, may the LORD show mercy and truth to you. And I will repay you this benefit, because you have done this thing.
7 “Therefore, now, let your hands be strong, and be valiant! For your master Saul is dead, nevertheless the House of Judah has anointed me king over them.”
8 But Abner, the son of Ner, who was captain of Saul’s army, took Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and brought him to Mahanaim,
9 and made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel and reigned for two years. But the House of Judah followed David.
11 And the time which David reigned over the House of Judah in Hebron was seven years and six months.
12 And Abner, the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, went out of Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David went out and met one another by the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, one on one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.
14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise now and play before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”
15 Then there arose and went over twelve from Benjamin (belonging to Ishbosheth, the son of Saul) and twelve of the servants of David.
16 And each one caught another person by the head and thrust his sword in his side, so they fell down together. Therefore, the place was called Helkath Hazzurim (which is in Gibeon).
17 And the battle was exceedingly fierce that same day. For Abner and the men of Israel fell before the servants of David.
18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.
19 And Asahel followed after Abner. And while going, he turned neither to the right nor to the left from Abner.
20 Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Are you Asahel?” And he answered, “Yes.”
21 Then Abner said, “Turn yourself either to the right or to the left and take one of the young men and take his weapons for yourself.” And Asahel would not depart from him.
22 And Abner said to Asahel, “Depart from me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then would I be able to hold up my face to Joab, your brother?”
23 And when he would not depart, Abner, with the blunt end of the spear, struck him under the fifth rib, so that the spear came out behind him. And he fell down there and died in his place. And as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.
24 Also, Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner. And the Sun went down after they had come to the hill, Ammah, which lies before Giah, on the road to the wilderness of Gibeon.
25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and were a troop, and stood on the top of a hill.
26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? “Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the end? How long, then, shall it be before you bid the people return from following their brethren?”
27 And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the people would have departed in the morning, each one returning from following his brother.”
28 So Joab blew a trumpet. And all the people stood still, and no longer pursued after Israel. Nor did they fight anymore.
29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and went over the Jordan, and passed through all Bithron, until they came to Mahanaim.
30 Joab also returned from following Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David’s servants were missing, and Asahel.
31 But the servants of David had struck some of Benjamin and Abner’s men, so that three hundred sixty men died.
32 And they took up Asahel and buried him in the sepulcher of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night. And when they came to Hebron, the day arose.
14 And it happened that when He had entered into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they watched Him.
2 And behold, there was a certain man before Him who suffered from edema.
3 Then Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4 And they held their peace. Then He took him and healed him and let him go.
5 And He answered them, saying, “Who of you shall have a donkey or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
6 And again they could not answer Him about those things.
7 He also spoke a parable to the guests when He noted how they selected the chief seats at the table, and said to them,
8 “When you shall be invited by anyone to a wedding, do not sit yourself down in the place of honor, lest a more honorable than you be invited.
9 “And the one who invited both you and him comes and says to you, ‘Give this man that place.’ And then you begin (with shame) to take the lowest place.
10 “But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place. So that when the one who invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, sit up higher.’ Then you shall have honor in the presence of those who sit at table with you.
11 “For whoever exalts himself, shall be brought low. And the one who humbles himself, shall be exalted.”
12 Then He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or the rich neighbors, so that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made to you.
13 “But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
14 “And you shall be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you shall be recompensed at the Resurrection of the Just.”
15 Now when one of them who sat at table heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who eats bread in the Kingdom of God.”
16 Then He said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and invited many,
17 “and sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, ‘Come. For all things are now ready.’
18 “But they all, with one mind, began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a farm, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’
19 “And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen. And I go to test them. I ask that you have me excused.’
20 “And another said, ‘I have married a wife. And therefore, I cannot come.’
21 “So that servant returned and told his master these things. Then the good man of the house was angry, and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city! And bring the poor in here, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind!’
22 “And the servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you have commanded. And still there is room.’
23 “Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and urge them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
24 ‘For I say to you that none of those who were invited shall taste of my supper.’”
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