And David H1732 said H559 to Abishai, H52 Now H6258 shall Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 do us more harm H3415 than H4480 did Absalom: H53 take H3947 you your lord's H113 servants, H5650 and pursue H7291 after H310 him, lest H6435 he get H4672 him fenced H1219 cities, H5892 and escape H5337 us.

When they were at H5973 the great H1419 stone H68 which H834 is in Gibeon, H1391 Amasa H6021 went H935 before H6440 them. And Joab's H3097 garment H4055 that he had put H3830 on was girded H2296 to him, and on it a girdle H2290 with a sword H2719 fastened H6775 on his loins H4975 in the sheath H8593 thereof; and as he went H3318 forth H3318 it fell H5307 out.

But Amasa H6021 took no H3808 heed H8104 to the sword H2719 that was in Joab's H3097 hand: H3027 so he smote H5221 him therewith in the fifth H2570 rib, and shed H8210 out his bowels H4578 to the ground, H776 and struck H8138 him not again; H8138 and he died. H4191 So Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 his brother H251 pursued H7291 after H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri. H1075

They prevented H6923 me in the day H3117 of my calamity: H343 but the LORD H3068 was my stay. H4937

To the chief H5329 Musician H5329 for the sons H1121 of Korah, H7141 A Song H7892 upon Alamoth. H5961 God H430 is our refuge H4268 and strength, H5797 a very H3966 present H4672 help H5833 in trouble. H6869

It is he that gives H5414 salvation H8668 to kings: H4428 who delivers H6475 David H1732 his servant H5650 from the hurtful H7451 sword. H2719

But the people H5971 answered, H559 You shall not go H3318 forth: H3318 for if H518 we flee H5127 away, they will not care H7760 H3820 for us; neither H518 if H518 half H2677 of us die, H4191 will they care H7760 H3820 for us: but now H6258 you are worth H3644 ten H6235 thousand H505 of us: therefore now H6258 it is better H2896 that you succor H5826 us out of the city. H5892

And, behold, H2009 the whole H3605 family H4940 is risen H6965 against H5921 your handmaid, H8198 and they said, H559 Deliver H5414 him that smote H5221 his brother, H251 that we may kill H4191 him, for the life H5315 of his brother H251 whom H834 he slew; H2026 and we will destroy H8045 the heir H3423 also: H1571 and so they shall quench H3518 my coal H1513 which H834 is left, H7604 and shall not leave H7604 to my husband H376 neither H1115 name H8034 nor remainder H7611 on the earth. H127

And to his son H1121 will I give H5414 one H259 tribe, H7626 that David H1732 my servant H5650 may have H1961 a light H5216 always H3605 H3117 before H6440 me in Jerusalem, H3389 the city H5892 which H834 I have chosen H977 me to put H7760 my name H8034 there. H8033

Nevertheless H3588 for David's H1732 sake H4616 did the LORD H3068 his God H430 give H5414 him a lamp H5216 in Jerusalem, H3389 to set H6965 up his son H1121 after H310 him, and to establish H5975 Jerusalem: H3389

There H8033 will I make the horn H7161 of David H1732 to bud: H6779 I have ordained H6186 a lamp H5216 for my anointed. H4899

He was not that Light, G5457 but was sent to bear G3140 witness G3140 of that Light. G5457

That was the true G228 Light, G5457 which G3739 lights G5461 every G3956 man G444 that comes G2064 into G1519 the world. G2889

He was a burning G2545 and a shining G5316 light: G3088 and you were willing G2309 for a season G5610 to rejoice G21 in his light. G5457