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1 # And it came to pass after this <0310>, that David <01732> enquired <07592> (8799) of the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800), Shall I go up <05927> (8799) into any <0259> of the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>? And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go up <05927> (8798). And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), Whither shall I go up <05927> (8799)? And he said <0559> (8799), Unto Hebron <02275>.
2 So David <01732> went up <05927> (8799) thither, and his two <08147> wives <0802> also, Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess <03159>, and Abigail <026> Nabal's <05037> wife <0802> the Carmelite <03761>.
3 And his men <0582> that were with him did David <01732> bring up <05927> (8689), every man <0376> with his household <01004>: and they dwelt <03427> (8799) in the cities <05892> of Hebron <02275>.
4 And the men <0582> of Judah <03063> came <0935> (8799), and there they anointed <04886> (8799) David <01732> king <04428> over the house <01004> of Judah <03063>. And they told <05046> (8686) David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800), That the men <0582> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> were they that buried <06912> (8804) Saul <07586>.
5 And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto the men <0582> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Blessed <01288> (8803) be ye of the LORD <03068>, that ye have shewed <06213> (8804) this kindness <02617> unto your lord <0113>, even unto Saul <07586>, and have buried <06912> (8799) him.
6 And now the LORD <03068> shew <06213> (8799) kindness <02617> and truth <0571> unto you: and I also will requite <06213> (8799) you this kindness <02896>, because ye have done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>.
7 Therefore now let your hands <03027> be strengthened <02388> (8799), and be ye valiant <01121> <02428>: for your master <0113> Saul <07586> is dead <04191> (8804), and also the house <01004> of Judah <03063> have anointed <04886> (8804) me king <04428> over them.
8 # But Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, captain <08269> of Saul's <07586> host <06635>, took <03947> (8804) Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, and brought him over <05674> (8686) to Mahanaim <04266>;
9 And made him king <04427> (8686) over Gilead <01568>, and over the Ashurites <0805>, and over Jezreel <03157> , and over Ephraim <0669>, and over Benjamin <01144>, and over all Israel <03478>.
10 Ishbosheth <0378> Saul's <07586> son <01121> was forty <0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800) over Israel <03478>, and reigned <04427> (8804) two <08147> years <08141>. But the house <01004> of Judah <03063> followed <0310> David <01732>.
11 And the time <04557> <03117> that David <01732> was king <04428> in Hebron <02275> over the house <01004> of Judah <03063> was seven <07651> years <08141> and six <08337> months <02320>.
12 And Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, and the servants <05650> of Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, went out <03318> (8799) from Mahanaim <04266> to Gibeon <01391>.
13 And Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, and the servants <05650> of David <01732>, went out <03318> (8804), and met <06298> (8799) together <03162> by the pool <01295> of Gibeon <01391>: and they sat down <03427> (8799), the one on the one side of the pool <01295>, and the other on the other side of the pool <01295>.
14 And Abner <074> said <0559> (8799) to Joab <03097>, Let the young men <05288> now arise <06965> (8799), and play <07832> (8762) before <06440> us. And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799), Let them arise <06965> (8799).
15 Then there arose <06965> (8799) and went over <05674> (8799) by number <04557> twelve <08147> <06240> of Benjamin <01144>, which pertained to Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, and twelve <08147> <06240> of the servants <05650> of David <01732>.
16 And they caught <02388> (8686) every one <0376> his fellow <07453> by the head <07218>, and thrust his sword <02719> in his fellow's <07453> side <06654>; so they fell down <05307> (8799) together <03162>: wherefore that place <04725> was called <07121> (8799) Helkathhazzurim <02521>, which is in Gibeon <01391>.
17 And there was a very <03966> sore <07186> battle <04421> that day <03117>; and Abner <074> was beaten <05062> (8735), and the men <0582> of Israel <03478>, before <06440> the servants <05650> of David <01732>.
18 # And there were three <07969> sons <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> there, Joab <03097>, and Abishai <052>, and Asahel <06214>: and Asahel <06214> was as light <07031> of foot <07272> as a <0259> wild <07704> roe <06643> .
19 And Asahel <06214> pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> Abner <074>; and in going <03212> (8800) he turned <05186> (8804) not to the right hand <03225> nor to the left <08040> from following <0310> Abner <074>.
20 Then Abner <074> looked <06437> (8799) behind <0310> him, and said <0559> (8799), Art thou Asahel <06214>? And he answered <0559> (8799), I am.
21 And Abner <074> said <0559> (8799) to him, Turn thee aside <05186> (8798) to thy right hand <03225> or to thy left <08040>, and lay thee hold <0270> (8798) on one <0259> of the young men <05288>, and take <03947> (8798) thee his armour <02488>. But Asahel <06214> would <014> (8804) not turn aside <05493> (8800) from following <0310> of him.
22 And Abner <074> said <0559> (8800) again <03254> (8686) to Asahel <06214>, Turn thee aside <05493> (8798) from following <0310> me: wherefore should I smite <05221> (8686) thee to the ground <0776>? how then should I hold up <05375> (8799) my face <06440> to Joab <03097> thy brother <0251>?
23 Howbeit he refused <03985> (8762) to turn aside <05493> (8800): wherefore Abner <074> with the hinder end <0310> of the spear <02595> smote <05221> (8686) him under <0413> the fifth <02570> rib, that the spear <02595> came out <03318> (8799) behind <0310> him; and he fell down <05307> (8799) there, and died <04191> (8799) in the same place <08478>: and it came to pass, that as many as came <0935> (8802) to the place <04725> where Asahel <06214> fell down <05307> (8804) and died <04191> (8799) stood still <05975> (8799).
24 Joab <03097> also and Abishai <052> pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> Abner <074>: and the sun <08121> went down <0935> (8804) when they were come <0935> (8804) to the hill <01389> of Ammah <0522>, that lieth before <06440> Giah <01520> by the way <01870> of the wilderness <04057> of Gibeon <01391>.
25 # And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> gathered themselves together <06908> (8691) after <0310> Abner <074>, and became one <0259> troop <092>, and stood <05975> (8799) on the top <07218> of an hill <01389>.
26 Then Abner <074> called <07121> (8799) to Joab <03097>, and said <0559> (8799), Shall the sword <02719> devour <0398> (8799) for ever <05331>? knowest <03045> (8804) thou not that it will be bitterness <04751> in the latter end <0314>? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid <0559> (8799) the people <05971> return <07725> (8800) from following <0310> their brethren <0251>?
27 And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799), As God <0430> liveth <02416>, unless <03884> thou hadst spoken <01696> (8765), surely then in the morning <01242> the people <05971> had gone up <05927> (8738) every one <0376> from following <0310> his brother <0251>.
28 So Joab <03097> blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>, and all the people <05971> stood still <05975> (8799), and pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> Israel <03478> no more, neither fought <03898> (8736) they any more <03254> (8804).
29 And Abner <074> and his men <0582> walked <01980> (8804) all that night <03915> through the plain <06160> , and passed over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>, and went through <03212> (8799) all Bithron <01338>, and they came <0935> (8799) to Mahanaim <04266>.
30 And Joab <03097> returned <07725> (8804) from following <0310> Abner <074>: and when he had gathered <06908> <00> all the people <05971> together <06908> (8799), there lacked <06485> (8735) of David's <01732> servants <05650> nineteen <08672> <06240> men <0376> and Asahel <06214>.
31 But the servants <05650> of David <01732> had smitten <05221> (8689) of Benjamin <01144>, and of Abner's <074> men <0582>, so that three <07969> hundred <03967> and threescore <08346> men <0376> died <04191> (8804).
32 And they took up <05375> (8799) Asahel <06214>, and buried <06912> (8799) him in the sepulchre <06913> of his father <01>, which was in Bethlehem <01035>. And Joab <03097> and his men <0582> went <03212> (8799) all night <03915>, and they came to Hebron <02275> at break of day <0215> (8735).