ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 3
1. Now there was long[H752] war[H4421] between the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586] and the house[H1004] of David[H1732]: and David[H1732] waxed[H1980] stronger[H2390] and stronger[H2390], but the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586] waxed[H1980] weaker[H1800] and weaker[H1800].
2. And unto David[H1732] were sons[H1121] born[H3205] in Hebron[H2275]: and his first-born[H1060] was Amnon[H550], of Ahinoam[H293] the Jezreelitess[H3159];
3. and his second[H4932], Chileab[H3609], of Abigail[H26] the wife[H802] of Nabal[H5037] the Carmelite[H3761]; and the third[H7992], Absalom[H53] the son[H1121] of Maacah[H4601] the daughter[H1323] of Talmai[H8526] king[H4428] of Geshur[H1650];
4. and the fourth[H7243], Adonijah[H138] the son[H1121] of Haggith[H2294]; and the fifth[H2549], Shephatiah[H8203] the son[H1121] of Abital[H37];
5. and the sixth[H8345], Ithream[H3507], of Eglah[H5698], David[H1732]'s wife[H802]. These were born[H3205] to David[H1732] in Hebron[H2275].
6. And it came to pass[H4421], while there was war between the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586] and the house[H1004] of David[H1732], that Abner[H74] made himself strong[H2388] in the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586].
7. Now Saul[H7586] had a concubine[H6370], whose name[H8034] was Rizpah[H7532], the daughter[H1323] of Aiah[H345]: and Ish-bosheth[H559] said to Abner[H74], Wherefore hast thou gone in[H935] unto my father[H1]'s concubine[H6370]?
8. Then was Abner[H74] very[H3966] wroth[H2734] for the words[H1697] of Ish-bosheth[H378], and said[H559], Am I a dog[H3611]'s head[H7218] that belongeth to Judah[H3063]? This day[H3117] do I show[H6213] kindness[H2617] unto the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586] thy father[H1], to his brethren[H251], and to his friends[H4828], and have not delivered[H4672] thee into the hand[H3027] of David[H1732]; and yet thou chargest[H6485] me this day[H3117] with a fault[H5771] concerning this woman[H802].
9. God[H430] do[H6213] so to Abner[H74], and more also[H3254], if[H3068], as Jehovah hath sworn[H7650] to David[H1732], I do not even so to him[H6213];
10. to transfer[H5674] the kingdom[H4467] from the house[H1004] of Saul[H7586], and to set up[H6965] the throne[H3678] of David[H1732] over Israel[H3478] and over Judah[H3063], from Dan[H1835] even to Beer-sheba[H884].
11. And he could[H3201] not answer[H7725] Abner[H74] another word[H1697], because he feared him[H3372].
12. And Abner[H74] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to David[H1732] on his behalf[H559], saying, Whose is the land[H776]? saying[H559] also[H3772], Make thy league[H1285] with me[H3027], and, behold, my hand shall be with thee[H5437], to bring about all Israel unto thee[H3478].
13. And he said[H559], Well[H2896]; I will make[H3772] a league[H1285] with thee[H259]; but one thing[H1697] I require[H7592] of thee[H559]: that is, thou shalt not see[H7200] my face[H6440], except thou first[H6440] bring[H935] Michal[H4324], Saul[H7586]'s daughter[H1323], when thou comest[H935] to see[H7200] my face[H6440].
14. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to Ish-bosheth[H378], Saul[H7586]'s son[H1121], saying[H559], Deliver[H5414] me my wife[H802] Michal[H4324], whom I betrothed[H781] to me for a hundred[H3967] foreskins[H6190] of the Philistines[H6430].
15. And Ish-bosheth[H378] sent[H7971], and took[H3947] her from her husband[H376], even from Paltiel[H6409] the son[H1121] of Laish[H3889].
16. And her husband[H376] went[H3212] with her[H1980], weeping as he went[H310], and followed her to Bahurim[H980]. Then said[H559] Abner[H74] unto him[H3212], Go, return[H7725]: and he returned[H7725].
17. And Abner[H74] had communication[H1961] with the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], In times[H8543] past[H8032] ye sought[H1245] for David[H1732] to be king over you[H4428]:
18. now then do[H6213] it[H3068]; for Jehovah hath spoken[H559] of David[H1732], saying[H559], By the hand[H3027] of my servant[H5650] David[H1732] I will save[H3467] my people[H5971] Israel[H3478] out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430], and out of the hand[H3027] of all their enemies[H341].
19. And Abner[H74] also spake[H1696] in the ears[H241] of Benjamin[H1144]: and Abner[H74] went[H3212] also to speak[H1696] in the ears[H241] of David[H1732] in Hebron[H2275] all that seemed[H5869] good[H2896] to Israel[H3478], and[H5869] to the whole house[H1004] of Benjamin[H1144].
20. So Abner[H74] came[H935] to David[H1732] to Hebron[H2275], and twenty[H6242] men[H582] with him[H1732]. And David made[H6213] Abner[H74] and the men[H582] that were with him a feast[H4960].
21. And Abner[H74] said[H559] unto David[H1732], I will arise[H6965] and go[H3212], and will gather[H6908] all Israel[H3478] unto my lord[H113] the king[H4428], that they may make[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with thee[H4427], and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul[H5315] desireth[H183]. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] Abner[H74] away[H7971]; and he went[H3212] in peace[H7965].
22. And[H5650], behold, the servants of David[H1732] and Joab[H3097] came[H935] from a foray[H1416], and brought in[H935] a great[H7227] spoil[H7998] with them[H74]: but Abner was not with David[H1732] in Hebron[H2275]; for he had sent him away[H7971], and he was gone[H3212] in peace[H7965].
23. When Joab[H3097] and all the host[H6635] that was with him were come[H935], they told[H5046] Joab[H3097], saying[H559], Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369] came[H935] to the king[H4428], and he hath sent him away[H7971], and he is gone[H3212] in peace[H7965].
24. Then Joab[H3097] came[H935] to the king[H4428], and said[H559], What hast thou done[H6213]? behold[H74], Abner came[H935] unto thee[H7971]; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite[H1980] gone[H3212]?
25. Thou knowest[H3045] Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369], that he came[H935] to deceive[H6601] thee[H3045], and to know thy going out[H4161] and thy coming in[H4126], and to know[H3045] all that thou doest[H6213].
26. And when Joab[H3097] was come out[H3318] from David[H1732], he sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] after[H310] Abner[H74], and they brought him back[H7725] from the well[H953] of Sirah[H5626]: but David[H1732] knew it not[H3045].
27. And when Abner[H74] was returned[H7725] to Hebron[H2275], Joab[H3097] took him aside[H5186] into the midst[H413] of the gate[H8179] to speak[H1696] with him quietly[H7987], and smote[H5221] him there in the body[H2570], so that he died[H4191], for the blood[H1818] of Asahel[H6214] his brother[H251].
28. And afterward[H310], when David[H1732] heard[H8085] it[H559], he said, I and my kingdom[H4467] are guiltless[H5355] before Jehovah[H3068] for[H5704] ever[H5769] of the blood[H1818] of Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369]:
29. let it fall[H2342] upon the head[H7218] of Joab[H3097], and upon all his father[H1]'s house[H1004]; and let there not fail[H3772] from the house[H1004] of Joab[H3097] one that hath an issue[H2100], or that is a leper[H6879], or that leaneth[H2388] on a staff[H6418], or that falleth[H5307] by the sword[H2719], or that lacketh[H2638] bread[H3899].
30. So Joab[H3097] and Abishai[H52] his brother[H251] slew[H2026] Abner[H74], because he had killed[H4191] their brother[H251] Asahel[H6214] at Gibeon[H1391] in the battle[H4421].
31. And David[H1732] said[H559] to Joab[H3097], and to all the people[H5971] that were with him[H7167], Rend your clothes[H899], and gird[H2296] you with sackcloth[H8242], and mourn[H5594] before[H6440] Abner[H74]. And king[H4428] David[H1732] followed[H1980] the bier[H4296].
32. And they buried[H6912] Abner[H74] in Hebron[H2275]: and the king[H4428] lifted up[H5375] his voice[H6963], and wept[H1058] at the grave[H6913] of Abner[H74]; and all the people[H5971] wept[H1058].
33. And the king[H4428] lamented[H6969] for Abner[H74], and said[H559], Should Abner[H74] die[H4191] as a fool[H5036] dieth[H4191]?
34. Thy hands[H3027] were not bound[H631], nor thy feet[H7272] put[H5066] into fetters[H5178]: As a man falleth[H5307] before[H6440] the children[H1121] of iniquity[H5766], so didst thou fall[H5307]. And all the people[H5971] wept[H1058] again over him[H3254].
35. And all[H3605] the people[H5971] came[H935] to cause[H1262] David[H1732] to eat[H1262] bread[H3899] while it was yet[H5750] day[H3117]; but David[H1732] sware[H7650], saying[H559], God[H430] do[H6213] so to me[H3254], and more also, if I taste[H2938] bread[H3899], or aught[H3972] else[H6440], till the sun[H8121] be down[H935].
36. And all the people[H5971] took notice[H5234] of it[H3190], and it pleased them[H4428]; as whatsoever the king did[H6213] pleased[H5869] all the people[H5971].
37. So all the people[H5971] and all Israel[H3478] understood[H3045] that day[H3117] that it was not of the king[H4428] to slay[H4191] Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369].
38. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto his servants[H5650], Know[H3045] ye not that there is a prince[H8269] and a great man[H1419] fallen[H5307] this day[H3117] in Israel[H3478]?
39. And I am this day[H3117] weak[H7390], though anointed[H4886] king[H4428]; and these men[H582] the sons[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] are too hard[H7186] for me[H3068]: Jehovah reward[H7999] the evil-doer[H6213] according to his wickedness[H6213].
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