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Chapter 2
- 2:1
- And it came to pass after this,
that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the
cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said,
Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
- 2:2
- So David went up thither, and his
two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the
Carmelite.
- 2:3
- And his men that were with him did
David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the
cities of Hebron.
- 2:4
- And the men of Judah came, and
there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told
David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried
Saul.
- 2:5
- And David sent messengers unto the
men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD,
that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and
have buried him.
- 2:6
- And now the LORD shew kindness and
truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye
have done this thing.
- 2:7
- Therefore now let your hands be
strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and
also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
- 2:8
- But Abner the son of Ner, captain
of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over
to Mahanaim;
- 2:9
- And made him king over Gilead, and
over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over
Benjamin, and over all Israel.
- 2:10
- Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty
years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years.
But the house of Judah followed David.
- 2:11
- And the time that David was king
in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 2:12
- And Abner the son of Ner, and the
servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to
Gibeon.
- 2:13
- And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and
the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of
Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and
the other on the other side of the pool.
- 2:14
- And Abner said to Joab, Let the
young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them
arise.
- 2:15
- Then there arose and went over by
number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of
Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
- 2:16
- And they caught every one his
fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they
fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim,
which is in Gibeon.
- 2:17
- And there was a very sore battle
that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the
servants of David.
- 2:18
- And there were three sons of
Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light
of foot as a wild roe.
- 2:19
- And Asahel pursued after Abner;
and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from
following Abner.
- 2:20
- Then Abner looked behind him, and
said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
- 2:21
- And Abner said to him, Turn thee
aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of
the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn
aside from following of him.
- 2:22
- And Abner said again to Asahel,
Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to
the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
- 2:23
- Howbeit he refused to turn aside:
wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the
fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there,
and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came
to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
- 2:24
- Joab also and Abishai pursued
after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of
Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
- 2:25
- And the children of Benjamin
gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and
stood on the top of an hill.
- 2:26
- Then Abner called to Joab, and
said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will
be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou
bid the people return from following their brethren?
- 2:27
- And Joab said, As God liveth,
unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had
gone up every one from following his brother.
- 2:28
- So Joab blew a trumpet, and all
the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither
fought they any more.
- 2:29
- And Abner and his men walked all
that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through
all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
- 2:30
- And Joab returned from following
Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked
of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
- 2:31
- But the servants of David had
smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and
threescore men died.
- 2:32
- And they took up Asahel, and
buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And
Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of
day.
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