Moreover, Hushaisaid,"You knowyour fatherand his men,that they are mightymenand they are fierce,like a bearrobbedof her cubsin the field.And your fatheris an expertin warfare,and will not spendthe nightwith the people.
Now allhis servantspassedon besidehim, allthe Cherethites,allthe Pelethitesand allthe Gittites,sixhundredmenwhohad comewith him from Gath,passedon beforethe king.
"Behold,he has nowhiddenhimselfin oneof the cavesorin anotherplace;and it will be whenhe fallson them at the firstattack, that whoever hears[it] will say,'There has beena slaughteramong the peoplewhofollowAbsalom.'
So the threemightymenbrokethroughthe campof the Philistines,and drewwaterfrom the wellof Bethlehemwhichwas by the gate,and took[it] and brought[it] to David.Nevertheless he wouldnot drinkit, but pouredit out to the LORD;
Abishai,the brotherof Joab,the sonof Zeruiah,was chiefof the thirty.And he swunghis spearagainstthreehundredand killed[them], and had a nameas well as the three.
When he lookedbehindhim and sawthem, he cursedthem in the nameof the LORD.Then twofemale bearscameout of the woodsand toreup forty-twoladsof their number.
Let a manmeeta bearrobbedof her cubs,Ratherthan a foolin his folly.
[Like] a roaringlionand a rushingbearIs a wickedrulerovera poorpeople.
and say,Whatwas your mother?A lionessamonglions!She laydownamongyounglions,She rearedher cubs.
"And behold,anotherbeast,a secondone, resemblinga bear.And it was raisedup on oneside,and threeribs[were] in its mouthbetweenits teeth;and thusthey saidto it, 'Arise,devourmuchmeat!'
I will encounterthem like a bearrobbedof her cubs,And I will tearopen their chests;ThereI will also devourthem like a lioness,[As] a wildbeastwould tearthem.
The sonsof Dansaidto him, "Do not let your voicebe heardamongus, orelsefiercemenwill fallupon you and you will loseyour life,with the livesof your household."
Then oneof the youngmensaid,"Behold,I have seena sonof Jessethe Bethlehemitewho is a skillfulmusician,a mightymanof valor,a warrior,one prudentin speech,and a handsomeman;and the LORDis with him."
Thus Davidprevailedoverthe Philistinewith a slingand a stone,and he struckthe Philistineand killedhim; but therewas noswordin David'shand.
"So look,and learnaboutallthe hidingplaceswherehe hideshimself and returnto me with certainty,and I will gowith you; and ifhe is in the land,I will searchhim out among allthe thousandsof Judah."
