m 3 (2a)

After the deth of saul Joab prince of daudis
peple whan he dwellid in Ebron slue Abner prin
ce of saulis peple.and dauid made greet sorwe therfore.
Danaa and Pechab two brider and men of saul;whan har
lord was deed;thei came in adaie whan Isboseth that
was son to saul lai and slept in the myddel of the daie;
and upon his bed murdrid hym and smote of his hede
and brought it to dauid in ebron.Dauid co[m]maunded
ham bothe to be slayn for har treson and leet smite of
handes and feet of ham.¶ Seuen yere dauid regned
in Ebron and sexe monethis after he destroied the
Jebuseis that dwellid in ierusalem;whan he had made
hym atowre in syon.for first he made that towre fall by
the towne.he destroied the philisteis in baalpharasim.
And with greet solempnite fette the arke of god fro
the house of aminadab in gabaa and brought it to the
house of obededom.and after that thre monethis fette
the arke in to his owne house.¶ Dauid had the bet
ter of al hys enemies.and had p[ro]misse of a son that
he shuld haue;that shuld make a tempel to god in ieru
salem.he was kyng ouer al israel.and Joab prince
of his werris.he toke Miphiboseth Jonathas sone and
sette hym
at his owne
burde al
hys life.
Miphibo
seth was halt in bothe
feet.Dauid thurgh slouthe
and stiryng of the feend
toke veye the kynghtis
wife.and lai by hir and
gate hyr with child.and leet sle hyr housband
to.wherfore god was greetly displesid.¶ Amon
the eldest son of dauid lai by Absalonis suster.
wherfore Absalon slue Amon.And after roose
ageyns dauid hys fader and gaderid al israel
ageyns hym.but in the bateil dauidis peple
had the better.And Joab slue absalon and
brought dauid to hys kyngdom ageyn
there as Absalon had compellid hys fader
to stele out of Jerusalem.Efte dauid was
stired to anoder thyng ageyns the
plesaunce of god to nu[m]ber the peple
of israel.wherfore god gafe hym
choise to chuse of thre thinges.
and therwere in thre daies sexti
thousand and ten deed for da
uidis defaute.¶ And after
salomon his sone was anoynted
kyng;and he had gife hym in co[m]mandement
to sle Joab for the slaughter of abner and amasa.
and to sle semei that cursed dauid whan he
voided absalon.¶ After he had regne i[n] Ebron
seuen yere and a half.and thre and thritti
yere in ierusalem;died and was buried i[n] his
awne citi.