Löydetty 2999 Tulokset: David As King
So the king said to them, "I will do what you think best"; and he stood by the gate as all the soldiers marched out in units of a hundred and of a thousand. (2 Samuel 18, 4)
But the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai and Ittai: "Be gentle with young Absalom for my sake." All the soldiers heard the king instruct the various leaders with regard to Absalom. (2 Samuel 18, 5)
David's army then took the field against Israel, and a battle was fought in the forest near Mahanaim. (2 Samuel 18, 6)
The forces of Israel were defeated by David's servants, and the casualties there that day were heavy--twenty thousand men. (2 Samuel 18, 7)
Absalom unexpectedly came up against David's servants. He was mounted on a mule, and, as the mule passed under the branches of a large terebinth, his hair caught fast in the tree. He hung between heaven and earth while the mule he had been riding ran off. (2 Samuel 18, 9)
But the man replied to Joab: "Even if I already held a thousand pieces of silver in my two hands, I would not harm the king's son, for the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai in our hearing to protect the youth Absalom for his sake. (2 Samuel 18, 12)
Had I been disloyal and killed him, the whole matter would have come to the attention of the king, and you would stand aloof." (2 Samuel 18, 13)
During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it for himself in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to perpetuate my name." The pillar which he named for himself is called Yadabshalom to the present day. (2 Samuel 18, 18)
Then Ahimaaz, son of Zadok, said, "Let me run to take the good news to the king that the LORD has set him free from the grasp of his enemies." (2 Samuel 18, 19)
But Joab said to him: "You are not the man to bring the news today. On some other day you may take the good news, but today you would not be bringing good news, for in fact the king's son is dead." (2 Samuel 18, 20)
Then Joab said to a Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." The Cushite bowed to Joab and sped away. (2 Samuel 18, 21)
Now David was sitting between the two gates, and a lookout mounted to the roof of the gate above the city wall, where he looked about and saw a man running all alone. (2 Samuel 18, 24)
