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Show F ad ds Lad a tae aha S TPThech fecond Bookaofihkhiritpart Car. 7.Gohit, os 7 Cuariz §i4 "Soll-c saleemes,that theCimill wasre,immicdiat ely becaking8 purbetwecac br immediately Ciuill warre juseemes,that the che n. Danid and er befubicé ltovleers, to theLeprofie, to lameneffe,to the fivord, ana to Ponerties d the : ordinance anything hauewithftoo trod}by God, this th murther c Mmimitted ordinance of Ged, ; Wi loab might gueatly haue indangered Dawids ) , ate. Abner ner being be othe mount ind tia os eltate, the maontth and truft of SnErh {to HE OL Loe ance therefore Dasid openly bevrailed. the Tribes, not yet}reconc iled. This _ nga therefore Z . openly - led, ; , nee ets "ent that * place which Abser-h, that all //rael perceiued him to be innocen ofthat { ich Abner eing € Generall of the men of warre, was of fuch impoi being were faine to giue themgreat re{pect,as. hath beene alr ad Mopie eee cin Lada was. divided trom the roh of 4 rael,' gauce thera howe of an eafie victory ouer both ; andther eby caufed them to atten tnothingi at the prefent ' efi byio.doing by i let shey;fhouldinfosce their difagreeing.enemics ee. Se toa: neccflari reconcilia. ; es ae at + to,permit-thatthe onepart should.confume the othe: by which ineanes, ogee ae eR the vanquithed, both the victors,and fhed,would would becomea become aprey preyttc lence nee ofifuchashad chasha beaten them, when theirforces were. vnited. sa ee atom Of the beginning of Dauids reigne, and the warre made by Abner for Isbofeth, SINCE Freer the death ofSaal, Abner, who commanded for Saw/ in the wat re, fought to aa aduance /sbo/eth (or Leboflus, according to lofephus though. hee had No rightto dred. 2 3 arta q IS ewhtek aque Ie 3 W aoeeea rf ridkaceaatd deede he was by naturefo oe of his dig oe ne : mafa his owne kinfman oe Eos vce ; ee qt de BS the Kingdomeofd/rae/: for Mephiboferb the firft fonof Lonathanlived, Againtt this Abzer,and Isbofeth,Dauid made a defenfiue waite, tillCdbmer palt Jerda, andentred the borderof /wda; at whichtime he fent Joab with fuch forces as he had,torefift, Abner; to fee him ioyned easel ate , as captain ic ua te of Iunda brookea fuperiour, and fic nes ac eee. in pails But howloeuer a ? i si * - Pi = Bie Dar Jsbofeth remaining in Gilead, and Dawid in, Hebron. The armies encountred cach other neexe Gibcor, where it {eemeth, that V4beer made the offer to trie quarrell bythe handsofa few' like to that Combat betweene the hacedamonians,the and the Argines, sy) membred byHerodotus, 300.being chofen of each-Nation, of which numberthree perfons were onelyleft vnilaine,.. Fhe like triall byafaryeleffe number was performed by the Horaty and Curtaty for the Romawesand.Latines. ‘The fame challenge Goliahthe Ply. iflim made,CW lifti whomDaniaiaflewt flew :acuftomevery ac very /ancie Edward ‘ancient.,..£dward the offered th the the third third offered like triall in his own.perfon to the as ofal er gel ailneianate sna gies oer to haue perifhed, by a oting that ¥ age ee as al ride a man fallethbefore ree eae fo pels ) ss Jef ; i ood And ce 20 of wit,nor wantofva jour‘and ee an ar - penis = or whomfubtiltie in free pubbabest ae cee : at eh to worldly miferies and mifac neatures. dow pouner daiepit e: Abner,2yyet when heeft heard death, he-defpaired gicatly of his ef with of greathis Feare: all //rael were poflelt w ith great es infomiuch as two ofIsbofeehs o Frerich King ; and Francés the FrenchKing to Charles the Emperour, There were twelue chofen of each pat, in this warre of Dasidwiththe i" omisc ae Bass . ; ea) chab and Beanabymutthered te ofetpes pt see rae ots ied th : PECCIUC' houfe of Saa/,to wit, fo many ofBeniamin, and as manyofJuda: whofeforce and valor was fo equall, as there furuiued.not any one to.challenge the viGtorie... But the quarrell ftaidnothere ¢ for the Armie of /ads preft Abner in groffe, and brake him.. Three hun- dreth and fixtie men of 4bzers companions were flaine, and but twentie of Judsin whetcof -4/ahel the brother of Joab wasone who whenhee would needes purfite «Abner, and by Abners perfwafions:could not bee: moued to quit him, hee was forced Verfto. to turne vpon him, wounded him to death, with the ftroake ofhispeare. For though Afahel were an excéllent footman,and as it is written in the Text, as light as a wildeht and as lofephus reporteth,contended not onely with men,but with horfes ; and hopedto haute gotten great fame.ifhe could haue mattered Abner( who,as 4fahel perfwaded him: Whe é ee a1 i and flying i courage)yet hereit away loft his > it fell fe outtme; ICs That this ciuill warre lafted two yceres, wee finde it. written in the fecond. of SH mnelthe fecond Chapter ; thoughin the beginning of thethird itis againe made: probable, that this contention dared longer ; and therefore Fitasttce befits fill in dif-4 pute, and fome of the Rebbines conceiue that Yeefeth had then raigned two yeeres whenthis was written, the warre as yet continuing a.longer time. For <bxer hel 6 h 8 eee seal Ge. Betweene £ bofeth f / 2 Seach tiineas there grew ica out natty.fol for thepartie of isbofeth after this, and till fach ti ti 15H,ke Goes oes on eeNfean ly appeare, : Tee : aE 5 i §. IIb Of the death of Abner‘fiaine by Yoab » and of Isbofeth Ly Rechab ad Baana ° 2 Sam. 5.276 For:coul office Joab held inthe armie of /udz, and thought hints lfe worthy ‘ a DT sien) he World, ofPRE the Eiftorie of tl eW orl ; Nr, Brer, reconciled to Dani d, Id not ef ZN durea companionin Danidswas anon bYleab murdered ; for fsb coulc forcess F * by which he was gtownefo auour, and in the commandement of isa p Ach ot eeeBaieperbartec 2 Saim. 3.39, for thus'much he y ssaAS fonnts confe: of Letuiah be too hardfor me, InthPed tee Y , It Dani id complain lained ed after after Abners Abmers death; to make it cleare that he hatedthis acathhs and ; " fact SaN ; Let Vefergs PYCcatIO d him with this publik hen t the bloud fall onthe head ofJoab, he followe J, s . * ie t Ke ist of loab, anden althis fathers honfe,; ana He ¥ ke rewardthat the aane/aiite late y-did; ORT "ii 3 re es es sa reing . : dead,all the Elders of oe Sle to time annointed by generall confent. Dasid at Hebron, whei was the third and lat ene 30 pe age f iibuilen pt sty j of Lerfi Ofthe flaurifbing time of Dauids Kingdome, the taking ae two ayers cma, with throwes ginew tothe Philiftims, andthe conduction ofthe ArketotheCitie of Dauid. Hen Danid was noweftablithed in the Kingdome, his firt enterpri y spon tie AOPROAGRBTN oFis Fash ahcOnaidenran the acennca ia anaé rendenied Se ee od i a = a \e < their Citie:which Dauid fooneafter > ame ¢ entered: all their other forces notwith/tanding. BEE 2 S4n fo hauing mattered the fort of Ziex.( which was afterward the waite oe ° Lord of Hicrufalem, heewlbecame without any great danger, expelling thence she, G Pafites, * heldit from the foundation, to the times of Atofes andJofsa, ad after them almoft 400. yeeres. Fhere are who expound this place otherwife : Except h featake ane)the blinded the lame,thou[halt not came in hither. For fomethinkethatit was meant by the idols ofthe Tebufites: others,that it hadreference to the Couenant made long before with é ind Jacob :the one blinde by nature and age, the other madelame by wreftling nesting ne thereforetill thofe( that is,till that Couenant') bebroken, with KCH, Vania notto moleft them. But for my felfe,I take it with certaine impotent people at firft,.infcornwith fofephas, that they armedtheir e of Davids attempt. Fortheyt held their Citieab out 400-yeeres againft all the childrenofIfael, /ofea, the , Saul,did not doubt but to defendit alfo againft Dauéd, 56 When he hadnow poffeft himfelfof the veryheart and Center ofthe Kined receined congratulatorie Embaffadours and prefents fromHiram King ofTyre:heenters tained divers other concubines and married moewiues,by whom' hehad ten fons in ex tufalem,andbyhis formerwines hehadfixein Hebron wherehereigned7.yeeres. The Philifiims hearing that Dasid was nowannointed King,as welof /udaas ofIftael) they thought to try himin the beginning,befo re he was fully warme inhis feat.And be. I ‘ ing encountr E Dawidat twofeuerall times : ants; 32% Sams¢ inthe they Valley ofRephai Were at ed bothby m, or oftheGi time s ouert 2 5 hrowne, After which he called the place Bea/perazing, Then Danidaffembled 20000, choice Yracli testo. cond uc the 4rke of God fromt < he e spate houfe |