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,…

CHAPTER 21. 1 And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It…

CHAPTER 22. 1 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,…

CHAPTER 23. 1 Now these are David’s last words. David the son of Isai said: The man to whom it was appointed concerning the Christ of the God of Jacob,…