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2SA-2:1 And it came to pass after this, that David inquired 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.
2SA-2:2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also,
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
2SA-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.
2SA-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.
2SA-2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead,
and said unto them, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD, that ye have
showed this kindness unto your lord, [even] unto Saul, and have
buried him.
2SA-2:6 And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you: and I
also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this
thing.
2SA-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.
2SA-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;
2SA-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.
2SA-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.
2SA-2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the
house of Judah was seven years and six months.
2SA-2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of
Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2SA-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.
2SA-2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise,
and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2SA-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.
2SA-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.
2SA-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.
2SA-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.
2SA-2:19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned
not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
2SA-2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, [Art] thou
Asahel? And he answered, I [am].
2SA-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.
2SA-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?
2SA-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.
2SA-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.
2SA-2:25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves
together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top
of an hill.
2SA-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?
2SA-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.
2SA-2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still,
and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
2SA-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.
2SA-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.
2SA-2:31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and
of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.
2SA-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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