ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 2
1. And it came to pass after this[H310], that David[H1732] inquired[H7592] of Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559], Shall I go up[H5927] into any[H259] of the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063]? And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto him[H5927], Go up. And David[H1732] said[H559], Whither shall I go up[H5927]? And he said[H559], Unto Hebron[H2275].
2. So David[H1732] went up[H5927] thither[H8147], and his two wives[H802] also[H293], Ahinoam the Jezreelitess[H3159], and Abigail[H26] the wife[H802] of Nabal[H5037] the Carmelite[H3761].
3. And his men[H582] that were with him did David[H1732] bring up[H5927], every man[H376] with his household[H1004]: and they dwelt[H3427] in the cities[H5892] of Hebron[H2275].
4. And the men[H582] of Judah[H3063] came[H935], and there they anointed[H4886] David[H1732] king[H4428] over the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063]. And they told[H5046] David[H1732], saying[H559], The men[H582] of Jabesh-gilead[H3003] were they that buried[H6912] Saul[H7586].
5. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] unto the men[H582] of Jabesh-gilead[H3003], and said[H559] unto them[H1288], Blessed be ye of Jehovah[H3068], that ye have showed[H6213] this kindness[H2617] unto your lord[H113], even unto Saul[H7586], and have buried him[H6912].
6. And now Jehovah[H3068] show[H6213] lovingkindness[H2617] and truth[H571] unto you[H6213]: and I also will requite you this kindness[H2896], because ye have done[H6213] this thing[H1697].
7. Now therefore let your hands[H3027] be strong[H2388], and be ye valiant[H1121]; for Saul[H7586] your lord[H113] is dead[H4191], and also the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] have anointed[H4886] me king over them[H4428].
8. Now Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369], captain[H8269] of Saul[H7586]'s host[H6635], had taken[H3947] Ish-bosheth[H378] the son[H1121] of Saul[H7586], and brought him over[H5674] to Mahanaim[H4266];
9. and he made him king[H4427] over Gilead[H1568], and over the Ashurites[H805], and over Jezreel[H3157], and over Ephraim[H669], and over Benjamin[H1144], and over all Israel[H3478].
10. Ish-bosheth[H378], Saul[H7586]'s son[H1121], was forty[H705] years[H8141] old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427] over Israel[H3478], and he reigned[H4427] two[H8147] years[H8141]. But the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] followed[H310] David[H1732].
11. And the time[H4557] that David[H1732] was king[H4428] in Hebron[H2275] over the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] was seven[H7651] years[H8141] and six[H8337] months[H2320].
12. And Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369], and the servants[H5650] of Ish-bosheth[H378] the son[H1121] of Saul[H7586], went out[H3318] from Mahanaim[H4266] to Gibeon[H1391].
13. And Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870], and the servants[H5650] of David[H1732], went out[H3318], and met[H6298] them[H3162] by the pool[H1295] of Gibeon[H1391]; and they sat down[H3427], the one on the one side of the pool[H1295], and the other on the other side of the pool[H1295].
14. And Abner[H74] said[H559] to Joab[H3097], Let the young men[H5288], I pray thee[H6965], arise and play[H7832] before[H6440] us[H3097]. And Joab said[H559], Let them arise[H6965].
15. Then they arose[H6965] and went over[H5674] by number[H4557]: twelve[H8147] for Benjamin[H1144], and for Ish-bosheth[H378] the son[H1121] of Saul[H7586], and twelve[H8147] of the servants[H5650] of David[H1732].
16. And they caught[H2388] every one[H376] his fellow[H7453] by the head[H7218], and thrust his sword[H2719] in his fellow[H7453]'s side[H6654]; so they fell down[H5307] together[H3162]: wherefore that place[H4725] was called[H7121] Helkath-hazzurim[H2521], which is in Gibeon[H1391].
17. And the battle[H4421] was very[H3966] sore[H7186] that day[H3117]: and Abner[H74] was beaten[H5062], and the men[H582] of Israel[H3478], before[H6440] the servants[H5650] of David[H1732].
18. And the three[H7969] sons[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] were there[H3097], Joab, and Abishai[H52], and Asahel[H6214]: and Asahel[H6214] was as light[H7031] of foot[H7272] as a[H259] wild[H7704] roe[H6643].
19. And Asahel[H6214] pursued[H7291] after[H310] Abner[H74]; and in going[H3212] he turned[H5186] not to the right hand[H3225] nor to the left[H8040] from following[H310] Abner[H74].
20. Then Abner[H74] looked[H6437] behind[H310] him[H559], and said, Is it thou[H6214], Asahel? And he answered[H559], It is I.
21. And Abner[H74] said[H559] to him[H5186], Turn thee aside to thy right hand[H3225] or to thy left[H8040], and lay thee hold[H270] on one[H259] of the young men[H5288], and take[H3947] thee his armor[H2488]. But Asahel[H6214] would[H14] not turn aside[H5493] from following him[H310].
22. And Abner[H74] said[H559] again[H3254] to Asahel[H6214], Turn thee aside[H5493] from following[H310] me[H5221]: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground[H776]? how then should I hold up[H5375] my face[H6440] to Joab[H3097] thy brother[H251]?
23. Howbeit he refused[H3985] to turn aside[H5493]: wherefore Abner[H74] with the hinder end[H310] of the spear[H2595] smote[H5221] him in[H413] the body[H2570], so that the spear[H2595] came out[H3318] behind[H310] him[H5307]; and he fell down there[H4191], and died in the same place[H8478]: and it came to pass[H935], that as many as came to the place[H4725] where Asahel[H6214] fell down[H5307] and died[H4191] stood still[H5975].
24. But Joab[H3097] and Abishai[H52] pursued[H7291] after[H310] Abner[H74]: and the sun[H8121] went down[H935] when they were come[H935] to the hill[H1389] of Ammah[H522], that lieth before[H6440] Giah[H1520] by the way[H1870] of the wilderness[H4057] of Gibeon[H1391].
25. And the children[H1121] of Benjamin[H1144] gathered themselves together[H6908] after[H310] Abner[H74], and became one[H259] band[H92], and stood[H5975] on the top[H7218] of a hill[H1389].
26. Then Abner[H74] called[H7121] to Joab[H3097], and said[H559], Shall the sword[H2719] devour[H398] for ever[H5331]? knowest[H3045] thou not that it will be bitterness[H4751] in the latter end[H314]? how long shall it be then[H559], ere thou bid the people[H5971] return[H7725] from following[H310] their brethren[H251]?
27. And Joab[H3097] said[H559], As God[H430] liveth[H2416], if thou hadst not[H3884] spoken[H1696], surely then in the morning[H1242] the people[H5971] had gone away[H5927], nor followed[H310] every one[H376] his brother[H251].
28. So Joab[H3097] blew[H8628] the trumpet[H7782]; and all the people[H5971] stood still[H5975], and pursued[H7291] after[H310] Israel[H3478] no more[H3898], neither fought they any more[H3254].
29. And Abner[H74] and his men[H582] went[H1980] all that night[H3915] through the Arabah[H6160]; and they passed over[H5674] the Jordan[H3383], and went through[H5674] all Bithron[H1338], and came[H935] to Mahanaim[H4266].
30. And Joab[H3097] returned[H7725] from following[H310] Abner[H74]: and when he had gathered[H6908] all the people[H5971] together[H6908], there lacked[H6485] of David[H1732]'s servants[H5650] nineteen[H8672] men[H376] and Asahel[H6214].
31. But the servants[H5650] of David[H1732] had smitten[H5221] of Benjamin[H1144], and of Abner[H74]'s men[H582], so that three[H7969] hundred[H3967] and threescore[H8346] men[H376] died[H4191].
32. And they took up[H5375] Asahel[H6214], and buried[H6912] him in the sepulchre[H6913] of his father[H1], which was in Beth-lehem[H1035]. And Joab[H3097] and his men[H582] went[H3212] all night[H3915], and the day[H215] brake upon them at Hebron[H2275].
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