In this paper we address two-point boundary value problems of the form ¶ u ′ ′ + f ( u ) = 0 ,  in  ( 0 , 1 ) , u ( 0 ) = u ( 1 ) = 0 , ¶ where the function [math] resembles [math] for some constants [math] , [math] , [math] . We prove the existence of positive solutions for the semipositone case where [math] , and further prove multiplicity under certain conditions. In particular we extend theorems from Henderson and Thompson to the semipositone case.