CHAPTER 11. 1 And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth to war, that David sent Joab and his servants…

CHAPTER 12. 1 And the Lord sent Nathan to David: and when he was come to him, he said to him: There were two men in one city, the one…

CHAPTER 13. 1 And it came to pass after this, that Amnon the son of David loved the sister of Absalom the son of David, who was very beautiful, and…

CHAPTER 14. 1 And Joab the son of Sarvia, understanding that the king’s heart was turned to Absalom, 2 Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and…

CHAPTER 15. 1 Now after these things Absalom made himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 2 And Absalom rising up early stood by the entrance…

CHAPTER 16. 1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold Siba the servant of Miphiboseth came to meet him with two asses, laden with…

CHAPTER 17. 1 And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night. 2 And coming upon him…

CHAPTER 18. 1 And David having reviewed his people, appointed over them captains of thousands and of hundreds, 2 And sent forth a third part of the people under the…

CHAPTER 19. 1 And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son: 2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the…

CHAPTER 20. 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini: and he sounded the trumpet,…