TBESH · H5971A
עַם · am · people
: people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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עַם (am) means “people” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: am Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עַם · am · people
: people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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עַם · am · kinsman
kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · Ammi
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at Sng.6.12 § kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · People's (Gate)
§ kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · (Ibleam)-am
Combined with yiv.le.am (יִבְלְעָם "Ibleam" H2991) § kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · Amaw
This name means nation, people
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עַם · am · people: soldiers
: soldiers/army 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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עַם · am · people: creatures
: creatures 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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from H6004 (עָמַם); a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV glosses: folk, men, nation, people.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the people | 395 |
| people | 179 |
| my people | 96 |
| of the people | 67 |
| your people | 67 |
| his people | 62 |
| the peoples | 45 |
| of my people | 43 |
| and the people | 36 |
| the troops | 35 |
| peoples | 30 |
| a people | 29 |
| the nations | 26 |
| them | 18 |
| for the people | 17 |
| and his people | 15 |
| so the people | 15 |
| and your people | 13 |
| army | 13 |
| but the people | 13 |
| of the peoples | 13 |
| of his people | 12 |
| to the people | 12 |
| among the people | 11 |
| from his people | 11 |
| nations | 11 |
| of the nations | 11 |
| of the troops | 11 |
| of your people | 11 |
| his troops | 10 |
| then the people | 9 |
| among the nations | 8 |
| and the troops | 8 |
| from the people | 8 |
| let my people | 8 |
| are the people | 6 |
| they | 6 |
| to his people | 6 |
| to my people | 6 |
| and the peoples | 5 |
| her people | 5 |
| o my people | 5 |
| of peoples | 5 |
| our people | 5 |
| that the people | 5 |
| the men | 5 |
| their people | 5 |
| to your people | 5 |
| when the people | 5 |
| you people | 5 |
| are my people | 4 |
| for my people | 4 |
| his men | 4 |
| let the people | 4 |
| men | 4 |
| the army | 4 |
| vvv | 4 |
| against his people | 3 |
| among his people | 3 |
| among the peoples | 3 |
| and his troops | 3 |
| and my people | 3 |
| are a people | 3 |
| as a people | 3 |
| but my people | 3 |
| for his people | 3 |
| from a people | 3 |
| his own people | 3 |
| it to the people | 3 |
| nation | 3 |
| o people | 3 |
| o peoples | 3 |
| of people | 3 |
| of them | 3 |
| the others | 3 |
| these people | 3 |
| this people | 3 |
| to the nations | 3 |
| troops | 3 |
| against your people | 2 |
| among my people | 2 |
| among the troops | 2 |
| among your people | 2 |
| an army | 2 |
| and among their people | 2 |
| and for his people | 2 |
| and for the people | 2 |
| and his army | 2 |
| and his men | 2 |
| and of your people | 2 |
| are creatures | 2 |
| are your people | 2 |
| as do your people | 2 |
| for the peoples | 2 |
| for your people | 2 |
| from the nations | 2 |
| is like your people | 2 |
| its people | 2 |
| let the peoples | 2 |
| my people are | 2 |
| of the others | 2 |
| on the people | 2 |
| over my people | 2 |
| people of yours | 2 |
| so they | 2 |
| solomon sent the people | 2 |
| those | 2 |
| to a people | 2 |
| to let the people | 2 |
| a multitude | 1 |
| a nation | 1 |
| against my people | 1 |
| against the people | 1 |
| along with his people | 1 |
| among your own people | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and a people | 1 |
| and all your people | 1 |
| and an army | 1 |
| and by the people | 1 |
| and have caused my people | 1 |
| and if my people | 1 |
| and its people | 1 |
| and led my people | 1 |
| and my people are | 1 |
| and our people | 1 |
| and people | 1 |
| and peoples | 1 |
| and the lives of my people | 1 |
| and the lord made his people | 1 |
| and the nations | 1 |
| and the rest of the people | 1 |
| and their people | 1 |
| and they | 1 |
| and those people | 1 |
| and troops | 1 |
| and when the people | 1 |
| and when they | 1 |
| are those | 1 |
| army appears | 1 |
| as a nation | 1 |
| as do the peoples | 1 |
| as the people | 1 |
| as the peoples | 1 |
| as they | 1 |
| before the people | 1 |
| bound the troops | 1 |
| but the followers | 1 |
| but the troops | 1 |
| by the people | 1 |
| came with your people | 1 |
| concerning the people | 1 |
| do my people | 1 |
| do the people | 1 |
| each people | 1 |
| elses | 1 |
| following | 1 |
| for the army | 1 |
| for when the people | 1 |
| for your people are like those | 1 |
| from his own people | 1 |
| had bound the people | 1 |
| had placed the troops | 1 |
| has a people | 1 |
| he brought forth his people | 1 |
| he led out his people | 1 |
| his army | 1 |
| his troops however | 1 |
| i brought my people | 1 |
| in his people | 1 |
| in my people | 1 |
| is a people | 1 |
| is his people | 1 |
| is with your own people | 1 |
| is your people | 1 |
| israels troops | 1 |
| led the people | 1 |
| let the nations | 1 |
| like people | 1 |
| like the nations | 1 |
| may peoples | 1 |
| multitude | 1 |
| my fellow townspeople | 1 |
| my own people | 1 |
| my troops | 1 |
| nevertheless the people | 1 |
| now the troops | 1 |
| now when the people | 1 |
| of any people | 1 |
| of each | 1 |
| of every people | 1 |
| of its peoples | 1 |
| of my men | 1 |
| of nations | 1 |
| of our people | 1 |
| of the men | 1 |
| of the neighboring peoples | 1 |
| of the soldiers | 1 |
| of those | 1 |
| of troops | 1 |
| offered by the people | 1 |
| on his people | 1 |
| or anyone | 1 |
| or her people | 1 |
| own | 1 |
| people for me | 1 |
| people here | 1 |
| people up | 1 |
| population | 1 |
| remain upon your people | 1 |
| send the people | 1 |
| sent the people | 1 |
| so a people | 1 |
| so davids army | 1 |
| so gideon brought the men | 1 |
| so my people | 1 |
| so that a people | 1 |
| so the forces | 1 |
| soldiers | 1 |
| than those | 1 |
| that is why the people | 1 |
| that your people | 1 |
| the other nations | 1 |
| the other people | 1 |
| the other peoples | 1 |
| the others to destruction | 1 |
| the people have | 1 |
| the people in it | 1 |
| the people of shechem | 1 |
| the people on | 1 |
| the peoples representative | 1 |
| the soldiers | 1 |
| the troops out to battle | 1 |
| the workers | 1 |
| their | 1 |
| their troops | 1 |
| then all the people | 1 |
| then his people | 1 |
| then i will let your people | 1 |
| then my people | 1 |
| then the troops | 1 |
| then you my people | 1 |
| they are my people | 1 |
| they have led my people | 1 |
| they were a people | 1 |
| this peoples | 1 |
| though the troops | 1 |
| to every people | 1 |
| to foreigners | 1 |
| to lead my people | 1 |
| to let my people | 1 |
| to one of my people | 1 |
| to the creatures | 1 |
| to the troops | 1 |
| to them | 1 |
| was a people | 1 |
| we are his people | 1 |
| what the people | 1 |
| when her people | 1 |
| when my people | 1 |
| when people | 1 |
| when peoples | 1 |
| when the troops | 1 |
| when they | 1 |
| when you have brought the people | 1 |
| when your people | 1 |
| whether its people | 1 |
| who lead my people | 1 |
| why have his people | 1 |
| will be my people | 1 |
| will make my people | 1 |
| with his people | 1 |
| with his troops | 1 |
| with the nations | 1 |
| with the people | 1 |
| with the peoples | 1 |
| with the troops | 1 |
| yet my people | 1 |
| you among the peoples | 1 |
| your merchants | 1 |
| your own people | 1 |
| your troops | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the people | 194 |
| of the people | 164 |
| and the people | 108 |
| and all the people | 105 |
| people | 103 |
| my people | 55 |
| of my people | 52 |
| his people | 44 |
| unto the people | 43 |
| thy people | 40 |
| all the people | 29 |
| this people | 29 |
| for the people | 28 |
| among the people | 21 |
| unto all the people | 21 |
| of thy people | 20 |
| a people | 19 |
| of all the people | 17 |
| of his people | 17 |
| to the people | 15 |
| of this people | 13 |
| unto his people | 13 |
| and his people | 10 |
| from the people | 10 |
| over my people | 9 |
| so the people | 9 |
| that the people | 9 |
| and to all the people | 8 |
| but the people | 8 |
| over the people | 8 |
| and my people | 7 |
| for my people | 7 |
| o my people | 7 |
| of people | 7 |
| and all his people | 6 |
| and they shall be my people | 6 |
| and thy people | 6 |
| and when the people | 6 |
| from his people | 6 |
| let my people | 6 |
| to all the people | 6 |
| to this people | 6 |
| unto thy people | 6 |
| with the people | 6 |
| behold the people | 5 |
| then the people | 5 |
| against the people | 4 |
| all ye people | 4 |
| among his people | 4 |
| and of thy people | 4 |
| from among his people | 4 |
| let the people | 4 |
| their people | 4 |
| unto a people | 4 |
| unto my people | 4 |
| unto this people | 4 |
| against his people | 3 |
| against thy people | 3 |
| all his people | 3 |
| all this people | 3 |
| among all nations | 3 |
| among all people | 3 |
| among thy people | 3 |
| and for the people | 3 |
| and this people | 3 |
| and upon thy people | 3 |
| and ye shall be my people | 3 |
| as thy people | 3 |
| but my people | 3 |
| for all people | 3 |
| for all the people | 3 |
| for his people | 3 |
| for thy people | 3 |
| he and all the people | 3 |
| him and the people | 3 |
| not my people | 3 |
| of a people | 3 |
| that all the people | 3 |
| that my people | 3 |
| to a people | 3 |
| to his people | 3 |
| to my people | 3 |
| unto all people | 3 |
| upon this people | 3 |
| with all the people | 3 |
| also and the people | 2 |
| among all the people | 2 |
| among my people | 2 |
| among you of all his people | 2 |
| and among all the people | 2 |
| and from his people | 2 |
| and it came to pass when the people | 2 |
| and of all the people | 2 |
| and people | 2 |
| and upon the people | 2 |
| as this people | 2 |
| because the people | 2 |
| behold a people | 2 |
| but all the people | 2 |
| for a people | 2 |
| for our people | 2 |
| had let the people | 2 |
| her people | 2 |
| him and his people | 2 |
| if thy people | 2 |
| let all the people | 2 |
| like thy people | 2 |
| me this people | 2 |
| not thou for this people | 2 |
| not unto the people | 2 |
| now in the presence of all his people | 2 |
| o people | 2 |
| of all people | 2 |
| of every people | 2 |
| of the nations | 2 |
| on the people | 2 |
| out of the people | 2 |
| over his people | 2 |
| so all the people | 2 |
| so that the people | 2 |
| than any of the people | 2 |
| themselves from the people | 2 |
| then all the people | 2 |
| therefore my people | 2 |
| therefore the people | 2 |
| thou the people | 2 |
| to be over my people | 2 |
| to thee for that all people | 2 |
| to thy people | 2 |
| upon my people | 2 |
| upon thy people | 2 |
| us he and all his people | 2 |
| when all the people | 2 |
| when the people | 2 |
| with him and all the people | 2 |
| ye people | 2 |
| ye the people | 2 |
| above all people | 1 |
| above all the people | 1 |
| above the people | 1 |
| after the manner of the nations | 1 |
| against my people | 1 |
| against this people | 1 |
| all her people | 1 |
| all people | 1 |
| all thy people | 1 |
| alone and of the people | 1 |
| also neither would he let the people | 1 |
| also thine own people | 1 |
| ammi | 1 |
| among all his people | 1 |
| among all this people | 1 |
| among the nations | 1 |
| among this people | 1 |
| and against the people | 1 |
| and all people | 1 |
| and all this people | 1 |
| and among the people | 1 |
| and as for the people | 1 |
| and behold the people | 1 |
| and caused my people | 1 |
| and for all the people | 1 |
| and for thy people | 1 |
| and from a people | 1 |
| and from thy people | 1 |
| and had caused my people | 1 |
| and hast made my people | 1 |
| and he did not let the people | 1 |
| and her people | 1 |
| and how the people | 1 |
| and i and all the people | 1 |
| and i and my people | 1 |
| and i will let the people | 1 |
| and if the people | 1 |
| and if thy people | 1 |
| and it came to pass when all the people | 1 |
| and it shall be as with the people | 1 |
| and let all the people | 1 |
| and nations | 1 |
| and none else and my people | 1 |
| and of what people | 1 |
| and on all the people | 1 |
| and on all thy people | 1 |
| and shall be my people | 1 |
| and so it fell out unto him for the people | 1 |
| and there shall be like people | 1 |
| and to all this people | 1 |
| and to his people | 1 |
| and to the people | 1 |
| and unto this people | 1 |
| and upon all the people | 1 |
| and when all the people | 1 |
| and when this people | 1 |
| and would to god this people | 1 |
| as people | 1 |
| at the people | 1 |
| because my people | 1 |
| because of his people | 1 |
| before all the people | 1 |
| before all thy people | 1 |
| before this people | 1 |
| behold o my people | 1 |
| behold there is a people | 1 |
| behold thy people | 1 |
| between him and between all the people | 1 |
| between my people | 1 |
| both on thee and upon thy people | 1 |
| both thou and this people | 1 |
| but made his own people | 1 |
| but not for himself and the people | 1 |
| but not on thy people | 1 |
| but that they may be my people | 1 |
| but this people | 1 |
| but when the people | 1 |
| by all this people | 1 |
| by all thy people | 1 |
| caused the people | 1 |
| concerning all the people | 1 |
| concerning the people | 1 |
| else if thou wilt not let my people | 1 |
| even all the people | 1 |
| every people | 1 |
| folk | 1 |
| for among my people | 1 |
| for as yet the people | 1 |
| for he was above all the people | 1 |
| for himself and for all the people | 1 |
| for himself and for the people | 1 |
| for it shall be upon my people | 1 |
| for me and for the people | 1 |
| for this people | 1 |
| for though thy people | 1 |
| for thyself and for the people | 1 |
| for unto this people | 1 |
| for you and the people | 1 |
| from a people | 1 |
| from all people | 1 |
| from all the people | 1 |
| from among the people | 1 |
| from hence for thy people | 1 |
| from me and from my people | 1 |
| from my people | 1 |
| from this people | 1 |
| he also shall become a people | 1 |
| he and all his people | 1 |
| he and his people | 1 |
| he and the people | 1 |
| he hath made his people | 1 |
| he the people | 1 |
| hence thou and the people | 1 |
| him and all his people | 1 |
| him for her people | 1 |
| him lo the people | 1 |
| him shall the people | 1 |
| him the people | 1 |
| him unto his people | 1 |
| himself among the people | 1 |
| himself to the people | 1 |
| his own people | 1 |
| how long will this people | 1 |
| i and my people | 1 |
| i and thy people | 1 |
| i pray you all people | 1 |
| i unto the people | 1 |
| if my people | 1 |
| if the people | 1 |
| if this people | 1 |
| in his people | 1 |
| in my people | 1 |
| in number than any people | 1 |
| in the presence of the people | 1 |
| in thine own people | 1 |
| in which my people | 1 |
| is this people | 1 |
| it all the people | 1 |
| lest peradventure the people | 1 |
| let people | 1 |
| letting the people | 1 |
| like unto thee o people | 1 |
| likewise the people | 1 |
| make his people | 1 |
| make not all the people | 1 |
| me among my people | 1 |
| me from his people | 1 |
| me let my people | 1 |
| me that this people | 1 |
| me the people | 1 |
| mine own people | 1 |
| nation | 1 |
| neither had the people | 1 |
| neither shall the people | 1 |
| nevertheless the people | 1 |
| none like him among all the people | 1 |
| nor her people | 1 |
| nor the people | 1 |
| not a man among all the people | 1 |
| not a people | 1 |
| not for this people | 1 |
| not lest the people | 1 |
| not of thy people | 1 |
| not this the people | 1 |
| not thy people | 1 |
| not unto them the people | 1 |
| of all this people | 1 |
| of any of the people | 1 |
| of each | 1 |
| of her people | 1 |
| of his own people | 1 |
| of the folk | 1 |
| of the peoples | 1 |
| of thee upon the nations | 1 |
| of their people | 1 |
| of these people | 1 |
| off from his people | 1 |
| on his people | 1 |
| only the people | 1 |
| or against this people | 1 |
| or among all my people | 1 |
| or of all thy people | 1 |
| out of all the people | 1 |
| out of it that the people | 1 |
| out of the nations | 1 |
| over a people | 1 |
| over them o my people | 1 |
| over this people | 1 |
| shall a nation | 1 |
| shall all my people | 1 |
| shall be upon my people | 1 |
| should not a people | 1 |
| so none of the people | 1 |
| so that all the people | 1 |
| so we thy people | 1 |
| such a thing against the people | 1 |
| that he shall not let the people | 1 |
| that i and thy people | 1 |
| that it be not a people | 1 |
| that make my people | 1 |
| that they might be unto me for a people | 1 |
| that thy people | 1 |
| the cause of his people | 1 |
| the nations | 1 |
| the peoples | 1 |
| thee among all people | 1 |
| thee among the people | 1 |
| thee and thy people | 1 |
| thee but thou makest this people | 1 |
| thee from all the nations | 1 |
| thee unto this people | 1 |
| thee what this people | 1 |
| their own people | 1 |
| them among the people | 1 |
| them and all the people | 1 |
| them and cause my people | 1 |
| them and the people | 1 |
| them and they shall be my people | 1 |
| them but this people | 1 |
| them from among all the people | 1 |
| them he and all his people | 1 |
| them not lest my people | 1 |
| them seeing all the people | 1 |
| them so shall they be my people | 1 |
| themselves with the people | 1 |
| then shall the people | 1 |
| then were the people | 1 |
| therefore his people | 1 |
| therefore shall the people | 1 |
| thereof and against the people | 1 |
| thereof and all the people | 1 |
| thereof and to every people | 1 |
| thereof and unto every people | 1 |
| thereof for the people | 1 |
| thine own people | 1 |
| this thy people | 1 |
| thither of the people | 1 |
| thou and all the people | 1 |
| thou and all this people | 1 |
| thou and the people | 1 |
| thou and thy people | 1 |
| thou not what this people | 1 |
| thou thyself against my people | 1 |
| thou thyself alone and all the people | 1 |
| thou unto the people | 1 |
| through the people | 1 |
| till the people | 1 |
| till thy people | 1 |
| to all my people | 1 |
| to be unto him a people | 1 |
| to cause my people | 1 |
| to himself nor cause the people | 1 |
| to his own people | 1 |
| to let my people | 1 |
| to let the people | 1 |
| to me and the people | 1 |
| to our own people | 1 |
| to thee the people | 1 |
| to thyself thy people | 1 |
| toward the people | 1 |
| toward this people | 1 |
| until all the people | 1 |
| unto all his people | 1 |
| unto all nations | 1 |
| unto all this people | 1 |
| unto her people | 1 |
| unto him all people | 1 |
| unto him let not all the people | 1 |
| unto himself above all people | 1 |
| unto himself above all the nations | 1 |
| unto me above all people | 1 |
| unto me and all the people | 1 |
| unto me my people | 1 |
| unto thee as the people | 1 |
| unto them i and my people | 1 |
| unto them the people | 1 |
| upon all people | 1 |
| upon the people | 1 |
| upon thee and upon thy people | 1 |
| upon them because of the people | 1 |
| us all the people | 1 |
| us and our people | 1 |
| us not and our people | 1 |
| when her people | 1 |
| when my people | 1 |
| when people | 1 |
| when thy people | 1 |
| where the people | 1 |
| wherefore the people | 1 |
| which i have caused my people | 1 |
| which is not of thy people | 1 |
| which the men of | 1 |
| whom this people | 1 |
| with his people | 1 |
| with my people | 1 |
| with thee be thou for the people | 1 |
| with thee unto thy people | 1 |
| with them there for my people | 1 |
| with this people | 1 |
| with you and my people | 1 |
| ye my people | 1 |
| yea all the people | 1 |
| yet my people | 1 |
| you above all people | 1 |
| you among the nations | 1 |
| you from the people | 1 |
| you his people | 1 |
| you so shall ye be my people | 1 |
| you to me for a people | 1 |
| yourselves among the people | 1 |
| yourselves from the people | 1 |
| yourselves o ye people | 1 |
Page 13 of 34. 1655 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.
Read word by wordThen David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
Read word by wordThat night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
Read word by wordAnd David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
Read word by wordSo David said to Abner, “You are a man, aren’t you? And who in Israel is your equal? Why then did you not protect your lord the king when one of the people came to destroy him?
Read word by wordSo Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
Read word by wordSo David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
Read word by wordAnd David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
Read word by wordWhen David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
Read word by wordThey cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
Read word by word“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
Read word by wordThey mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
Read word by wordThen Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
Read word by word“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
Read word by wordSo Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
Read word by wordWhen Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
Read word by wordNow take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
Read word by wordThen David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
Read word by wordWhen they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
Read word by wordYour hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
Read word by wordThen all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
Read word by wordAll the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
Read word by wordSo on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
Read word by wordEven in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
Read word by wordAnd David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
Read word by wordAnd he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
Read word by wordWhen David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
Read word by wordThen he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
Read word by wordBut David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
Read word by wordIn all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
Read word by wordNow then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
Read word by wordAnd I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
Read word by wordand have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
Read word by wordAnd who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
Read word by wordFor You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
Read word by wordThus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
Read word by wordAnd he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
Read word by wordBe strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
Read word by wordSo Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
Read word by wordWhen Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the troops were doing and how the war was going.
Read word by wordAnd when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.
Read word by wordNow, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
Read word by wordSo David assembled all the troops and went to Rabbah; and he fought against it and captured it.
Read word by wordDavid brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
Read word by wordThe woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
Read word by wordNow therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
Read word by wordWhile Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
Read word by wordSo the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
Read word by wordEveryone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.
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