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17 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men. And I will get up and follow after David this night.
2 “And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed. So, I will make them afraid. And all the people who are with him shall flee, and I will strike only the king.
3 “And I will bring back all the people to you. When all shall return, all the people shall be in peace, seeing the man whom you seek has been killed.”
4 And the saying pleased Absalom, as well as all the elders of Israel.
5 Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also and let us hear what he says as well!”
6 So, when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken this. Shall we do as he says, or not? Tell me.”
7 Hushai then answered Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.
8 “For,” said Hushai, “you know your father and his men, that they are strong men and bitter, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Also, your father is a valiant warrior and will not lodge with the people.
9 “Behold, he is hidden now in some cave, or in some place. And when some of them are overthrown at first, the people shall hear and say, ‘The people who follow Absalom have been slaughtered!’
10 “Then he, also, who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall shrink and faint. For all Israel knows that your father is valiant, and those with him are stout men.
11 “Therefore, my counsel is that all Israel be gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, as the sand of the sea in number, and that you go to battle in person.
12 “So shall we come upon him in some place, wherever we shall find him. And we will fall upon him as the dew falls on the ground. And of all the men who are with him we will not leave one.
13 “Moreover, if he has gotten into a city, then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that city. And we will draw it into the river, until there is not one small stone found there.”
14 Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” (For the LORD had determined to destroy the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring misery upon Absalom).
15 Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests, “Of this and that manner did Ahithophel and the elders of Israel counsel Absalom. And thus and so have I counseled.
16 “Now, therefore, send quickly, and tell David, saying, “Do not stay in the fields of the wilderness this night. But cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him are devoured.”
17 Now, Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En Rogel, for they could not be seen coming into the city. And a maid went and told them, and they went and told King David.
18 Nevertheless, a young man saw them, and told it to Absalom. Therefore, they both departed quickly and came to a man’s house in Bahurim who had a well in his court, into which they went down.
19 And the wife took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn on it, so that the thing would not be known.
20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the wife, into the house, they said, “Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman answered them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” And when they had sought them, and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21 And as soon as they had departed, the others came out of the well, and went and told King David, and said to him, “Up! And quickly get yourself over the water! For such counsel has Ahithophel given against you!”
22 Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they went over Jordan until the dawning of the day, so that there was not one of them who had not come over Jordan.
23 Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and arose. And he went home to his city and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in his father’s grave.
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man named Jithra, an Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.
26 So Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.
27 And when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash, out of Rabbah, of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel, out of Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, out of Rogelim,
28 brought beds and basins and earthen vessels and wheat and barley and flour and parched corn and beans and lentils and parched corn.
29 And they brought honey and butter and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and for the people who were with him, to eat. For they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness!”
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and His coat and made them into four parts - to every soldier a part. And the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 Therefore, they said one to another, “Let us not divide it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be.” This was so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, “They parted My garments among them, and on My coat they cast lots.” So indeed, the soldiers did these things.
25 Then His mother stood by the cross of Jesus, and His mother’s sister, Mary (the wife of Clopas), and Mary Magdalene.
26 And when Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son.”
27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother.” And from that hour, the disciple took her as his own.
28 After, when Jesus knew that all things were performed so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He said, “I thirst.”
29 And there was set a vessel full of vinegar. And they filled a sponge with vinegar and put it around a hyssop stalk and put it to His mouth.
30 Now when Jesus had received the vinegar, He said, “It is finished,” and bowed His head, and gave up the ghost.
31 Then the Jews (because it was the Day of Preparation, and the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day because the Sabbath was a high day) asked Pilate if their legs might be broken so that they might be taken down.
32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other, who were crucified with Jesus.
33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was dead already, they did not break His legs.
34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear. And immediately blood and water came out.
35 And he who saw it bears witness. And his testimony is true. And he knows that he speaks the truth. So that you may believe it.
36 For these things were done so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, ‘Not a bone of His shall be broken’.
37 And again, another Scripture says, ‘They shall see him whom they have thrust through’.
38 And after these things, Joseph of Arimathea (who was a disciple of Jesus - but secretly - for fear of the Jews) asked Pilate if he might take down the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave him permission. Then, he came and took Jesus’ body.
39 And Nicodemus (who first came to Jesus by night) also came and brought about a hundred pounds of myrrh and aloes, mingled together.
40 Then they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen clothes, with the odors, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41 And in the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden, a new sepulcher (in which no one had been laid).
42 Therefore, because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, they laid Jesus there (for the sepulcher was near).
PE
129 Your Testimonies are wonderful. Therefore, my soul keeps them.
130 The entrance into Your Words shows light and gives understanding to the simple.
131 I opened my mouth and panted, because I loved Your Commandments.
132 Look upon me and be merciful to me, as you used to do to those who love Your Name.
133 Direct my steps in Your Word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of men, and I will keep Your Precepts.
135 Show the light of Your Countenance upon Your servant; and teach me Your Statutes.
136 My eyes gush out with rivers of water because they do not keep Your Law.
TZADDI
137 Righteous are You, O LORD, and just are Your Judgments.
138 You have commanded justice by Your Testimonies and Truth, especially.
139 My zeal has even consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten Your Words.
140 Your Word is proved most pure. And Your servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Your Precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. And Your Law is Truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have come upon me. Yet are the Commandments my delight.
144 The righteousness of Your Testimonies is everlasting. Grant me understanding, and I shall live.
KOPH
145 I have cried with my whole heart, “Hear me, O LORD, and I will keep Your Statutes!”
146 I called upon You, “Save me, and I will keep Your Testimonies!”
147 I arose before the morning light and cried, for I waited on Your Word.
148 My eyes are open before the night watches, to meditate on Your Word.
149 Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness, O LORD. Quicken me according to Your judgment.
150 They draw near who follow after malice; and are far from Your Law.
151 You are near, O LORD, for all Your Commandments are true.
152 I have long known by Your Testimonies that You have established them forever.
12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness. For the throne is established by justice.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings. And the king loves him who speaks right things.
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