King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. And it came to pass[H1961] after[H310] this,[H3651] that David[H1732] inquired[H7592] of the LORD,[H3068] saying,[H559] Shall I go up[H5927] into any[H259] of the cities[H5892] of Judah?[H3063] And the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] him, Go up.[H5927] And David[H1732] said,[H559] Whither[H575] shall I go up?[H5927] And he said,[H559] Unto Hebron.[H2275]

2. So David[H1732] went up[H5927] thither,[H8033] and his two[H8147] wives[H802] also,[H1571] Ahinoam[H293] the Jezreelitess,[H3159] and Abigail[H26] Nabal's[H5037] wife[H802] the Carmelite.[H3761]

3. And his men[H376] that[H834] were with[H5973] 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[H376] of Judah[H3063] came,[H935] and there[H8033] they anointed[H4886] [H853] David[H1732] king[H4428] over[H5921] the house[H1004] of Judah.[H3063] And they told[H5046] David,[H1732] saying,[H559] That the men[H376] of Jabesh-gilead[H3003] [H1568] were they that[H834] buried[H6912] [H853] Saul.[H7586]

5. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] unto[H413] the men[H376] of Jabesh-gilead,[H3003] [H1568] and said[H559] unto[H413] them, Blessed[H1288] be ye[H859] of the LORD,[H3068] that[H834] ye have showed[H6213] this[H2088] kindness[H2617] unto[H5973] your lord,[H113] even unto[H5973] Saul,[H7586] and have buried[H6912] him.

6. And now[H6258] the LORD[H3068] show[H6213] kindness[H2617] and truth[H571] unto[H5973] you: and I[H595] also[H1571] will requite[H6213] you this[H2063] kindness,[H2896] because[H834] ye have done[H6213] this[H2088] thing.[H1697]

7. Therefore now[H6258] let your hands[H3027] be strengthened,[H2388] and be[H1961] ye valiant:[H1121] [H2428] for[H3588] your master[H113] Saul[H7586] is dead,[H4191] and also[H1571] the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] have anointed[H4886] me king[H4428] over[H5921] them.

8. But Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner,[H5369] captain[H8269] of Saul's[H7586] host,[H6635] took[H3947] [H853] Ish-bosheth[H378] the son[H1121] of Saul,[H7586] and brought him over[H5674] to Mahanaim;[H4266]

9. And made him king[H4427] over[H413] Gilead,[H1568] and over[H413] the Ashurites,[H843] and over[H413] Jezreel,[H3157] and over[H5921] Ephraim,[H669] and over[H5921] Benjamin,[H1144] and over[H5921] all[H3605] Israel.[H3478]

10. Ish-bosheth[H378] Saul's[H7586] son[H1121] was forty[H705] years[H8141] old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427] over[H5921] Israel,[H3478] and reigned[H4427] two[H8147] years.[H8141] But[H389] the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] followed[H1961] [H310] David.[H1732]

11. And the time[H4557] [H3117] that[H834] David[H1732] was[H1961] king[H4428] in Hebron[H2275] over[H5921] the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] was[H1961] 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[H4480] [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] together[H3162] by[H5921] the pool[H1295] of Gibeon:[H1391] and they sat down,[H3427] the one[H428] on the one side[H4480] [H2088] of[H5921] the pool,[H1295] and the other[H428] on the other side[H4480] [H2088] of[H5921] the pool.[H1295]

14. And Abner[H74] said[H559] to[H413] Joab,[H3097] Let the young men[H5288] now[H4994] arise,[H6965] and play[H7832] before[H6440] us. And Joab[H3097] said,[H559] Let them arise.[H6965]

15. Then there arose[H6965] and went over[H5674] by number[H4557] twelve[H8147] [H6240] of Benjamin,[H1144] which pertained to Ish-bosheth[H378] the son[H1121] of Saul,[H7586] and twelve[H8147] [H6240] of the servants[H4480] [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's[H7453] side;[H6654] so they fell down[H5307] together:[H3162] wherefore that[H1931] place[H4725] was called[H7121] Helkath-hazzurim,[H2521] which[H834] is in Gibeon.[H1391]

17. And there was[H1961] a very[H5704] [H3966] sore[H7186] battle[H4421] that[H1931] day;[H3117] and Abner[H74] was beaten,[H5062] and the men[H376] of Israel,[H3478] before[H6440] the servants[H5650] of David.[H1732]

18. And there[H8033] were[H1961] three[H7969] sons[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] there, Joab,[H3097] and Abishai,[H52] and Asahel:[H6214] and Asahel[H6214] was as light[H7031] of foot[H7272] as a[H259] wild[H834] [H7704] roe.[H6643]

19. And Asahel[H6214] pursued[H7291] after[H310] Abner;[H74] and in going[H1980] he turned[H5186] not[H3808] to[H5921] the right[H3225] hand nor to[H5921] the left[H8040] from following[H4480] [H310] Abner.[H74]

20. Then Abner[H74] looked[H6437] behind[H310] him, and said,[H559] Art thou[H859] Asahel?[H6214] And he answered,[H559] I[H595] am.

21. And Abner[H74] said[H559] to him, Turn thee aside[H5186] to[H5921] thy right[H3225] hand or[H176] to[H5921] thy left,[H8040] and lay thee hold[H270] on one[H259] of the young men,[H4480] [H5288] and take[H3947] thee[H853] his armor.[H2488] But Asahel[H6214] would[H14] not[H3808] turn aside[H5493] from following[H4480] [H310] of him.

22. And Abner[H74] said[H559] again[H3254] to[H413] Asahel,[H6214] Turn thee aside[H5493] from following[H4480] [H310] me: wherefore[H4100] should I smite[H5221] thee to the ground?[H776] how[H349] then should I hold up[H5375] my face[H6440] to[H413] Joab[H3097] thy brother?[H251]

23. Howbeit he refused[H3985] to turn aside:[H5493] wherefore Abner[H74] with the hinder end of[H310] the spear[H2595] smote[H5221] him under[H413] the fifth[H2570] rib, that the spear[H2595] came out[H3318] behind[H4480] [H310] him; and he fell down[H5307] there,[H8033] and died[H4191] in the same place:[H8478] and it came to pass,[H1961] that as many[H3605] as came[H935] to[H413] the place[H4725] where[H834] Asahel[H6214] fell down[H5307] and died[H4191] stood still.[H5975]

24. Joab[H3097] also and Abishai[H52] pursued[H7291] after[H310] Abner:[H74] and the sun[H8121] went down[H935] when they[H1992] were come[H935] to[H5704] the hill[H1389] of Ammah,[H522] that[H834] lieth before[H5921] [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[H1961] one[H259] troop,[H92] and stood[H5975] on[H5921] the top[H7218] of a[H259] hill.[H1389]

26. Then Abner[H74] called[H7121] to[H413] Joab,[H3097] and said,[H559] Shall the sword[H2719] devour[H398] forever?[H5331] knowest[H3045] thou not[H3808] that[H3588] it will be[H1961] bitterness[H4751] in the latter end?[H314] how long[H5704] shall it be then, ere[H3808] thou bid[H559] the people[H5971] return[H7725] from following[H4480] [H310] their brethren?[H251]

27. And Joab[H3097] said,[H559] As God[H430] liveth,[H2416] unless[H3588] [H3884] thou hadst spoken,[H1696] surely[H3588] then[H227] in the morning[H1242] the people[H5971] had gone up[H5927] every one[H376] from following[H4480] [H310] his brother.[H251]

28. So Joab[H3097] blew[H8628] a trumpet,[H7782] and all[H3605] the people[H5971] stood[H5975] still, and pursued[H7291] after[H310] Israel[H3478] no[H3808] more,[H5750] neither[H3808] fought[H3898] they any more.[H3254]

29. And Abner[H74] and his men[H376] walked[H1980] all[H3605] that[H1931] night[H3915] through the plain,[H6160] and passed over[H5674] [H853] Jordan,[H3383] and went through[H1980] all[H3605] Bithron,[H1338] and they came[H935] to Mahanaim.[H4266]

30. And Joab[H3097] returned[H7725] from following[H4480] [H310] Abner:[H74] and when he had gathered all the people together,[H6908] [H853] [H3605] [H5971] there lacked[H6485] of David's servants[H4480] [H5650] [H1732] nineteen[H8672] [H6240] men[H376] and Asahel.[H6214]

31. But the servants[H5650] of David[H1732] had smitten[H5221] of Benjamin,[H4480] [H1144] and of Abner's[H74] men,[H4480] [H376] so that three[H7969] hundred[H3967] and threescore[H8346] men[H376] died.[H4191]

32. And they took up[H5375] [H853] Asahel,[H6214] and buried[H6912] him in the sepulcher[H6913] of his father,[H1] which[H834] was in Bethlehem.[H1035] And Joab[H3097] and his men[H376] went[H1980] all[H3605] night,[H3915] and they came to Hebron[H2275] at break of day.[H215]