1And David having reviewed his people, appointed over…
2And sent forth a third part of the…
3And the people answered: Thou shalt not go…
4And the king said to them: What seemeth…
5And the king commanded Joab, and Abisai, and…
6So the people went out into the field…
7And the people of Israel were defeated there…
8And the battle there was scattered over the…
9And it happened that Absalom met the servants…
10And one saw this and told Joab, saying:…
11And Joab said to the man that told…
12And he said to Joab: If thou wouldst…
13Yea and if I should have acted boldly…
14And Joab said: Not as thou wilt, but…
15Ten young men, armourbearers of Joab, ran up,…
16And Joab sounded the trumpet, and kept back…
17And they took Absalom, and cast him into…
18Now Absalom had reared up for himself, in…
19And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said: I…
20And Joab said to him: Thou shalt not…
21And Joab said to Chusai: Go, and tell…
22Then Achimaas the son of Sadoc said to…
23He answered: But what if I run? And…
24And David sat between the two gates: and…
25And crying out he told the king: and…
26The watchman saw another man running, and crying…
27And the watchman said: The running of the…
28And Achimaas crying out, said to the king:…
29And the king said: Is the young man…
30And the king said to him: Pass, and…
31And when he bad passed, and stood still,…
32And the king said to Chusai: Is the…
33The king therefore being much moved, went up…
