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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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Some
time
later
, David inquired of the LORD, “Should
I go up to
one
of the towns
of Judah? ”
“Go
up,”
the LORD answered
. Then
David asked
, “Where
should
I go? ”
“To
Hebron
, ”
replied
the
LORD
.
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
.
So David went there
with
his two wives, Ahinoam of
Jezreel
and Abigail the widow
of
Nabal
of
Carmel
.
So David went up
thither,
and
his two wives also
, Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess,
and Abigail Nabal's
wife
the Carmelite
.
David
also
took
the
men who
were with him, each
with his household ,
and they settled
in the towns
near
Hebron.
And
his
men that
were with him did
David
bring
up
, every
man
with his household :
and they dwelt
in the cities
of
Hebron.
Then
the men of Judah came to
Hebron
, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It
was
the men of Jabesh-gilead
who
buried Saul. ”
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.
So
David sent messengers to
the men of Jabesh-gilead
to
tell
them, “
The LORD bless
you
, because
you
showed this kindness to
Saul
your lord when
you
buried him.
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.
Now may
the LORD show you
loving
devotion
and faithfulness,
and I will
also show
you the
same
favor
because you
have done this.
And
now the LORD show kindness
and truth
unto
you:
and I also will
requite
you this
kindness,
because ye
have done this thing
.
Now then,
be strong
and
courageous
, for though
Saul
your lord
is dead, the house of Judah has
anointed me as
their
king. ”
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
.
Meanwhile,
Abner son of Ner, the
commander
of Saul’s
army
, took Saul’s
son Ish-bosheth
, moved
him to Mahanaim ,
But
Abner the
son of Ner, captain
of Saul's
host
, took Ishbosheth
the
son of
Saul
, and
brought
him over
to Mahanaim ;
and made him king over Gilead, Asher
, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin —
over all Israel.
And made him king over Gilead, and
over
the
Ashurites
, and
over
Jezreel, and
over
Ephraim, and over
Benjamin ,
and
over all Israel.
Saul’s
son Ish-bosheth
was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he
reigned for
two years. The house of Judah ,
however,
followed David.
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.
And the length
of
time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
One
day
Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth
son of Saul marched
out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
And
Abner the
son of Ner ,
and the servants of Ishbosheth
the
son of Saul ,
went
out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
So
Joab son of Zeruiah, along
with
the servants of David, marched
out and met them
by the pool of Gibeon .
And the two
camps
took
up
positions
on opposite
sides
of the pool.
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
.
Then
Abner said to Joab, “
Let us
have
the young men get
up
and compete
before us. ”
“
Let them get
up,”
Joab
replied
.
And
Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now
arise,
and play
before us. And
Joab
said,
Let them arise
.
So
they
got
up
and were
counted
off—
twelve for
Benjamin and
Ish-bosheth
son of Saul, and twelve for
David.
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.
Then
each
man
grabbed
his opponent
by the head and thrust his sword into
his opponent’s
side ,
and
they all
fell together .
So
this
place, which is in Gibeon ,
is
called
Helkath-hazzurim
.
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.
The
battle that day was
intense,
and Abner and the men of Israel were
defeated
by
the servants of David.
And
there
was
a
very
sore
battle that day ;
and Abner was
beaten,
and the men of Israel ,
before
the servants of David.
The
three sons of Zeruiah were
there :
Joab, Abishai, and Asahel .
Now
Asahel was fleet
of foot like
a wild gazelle,
And
there
were
three sons of Zeruiah there ,
Joab, and
Abishai, and Asahel :
and
Asahel was as
light
of foot as
a wild roe.
and he
chased
Abner ,
not turning
to the right or
to the left in
his
pursuit
.
And Asahel
pursued
after
Abner ;
and
in
going
he
turned
not to the right hand
nor
to the left from
following
Abner
.
And
Abner glanced
back
and said, “Is
that
you,
Asahel? ”
“It
is
, ”
Asahel
replied
.
Then
Abner looked
behind
him,
and said, Art
thou
Asahel? And
he
answered
, I
am
.
So
Abner told
him, “
Turn to your
right or to your
left, seize
one of the young men, and take his equipment
for
yourself
. ”
But Asahel would not stop
chasing
him.
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 armor
. But Asahel would not turn
aside
from
following
of
him.
Once
again,
Abner warned
Asahel, “Stop
chasing
me .
Why
should I strike
you
to the ground? How could
I show
my face to your
brother
Joab? ”
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
?
But
Asahel
refused to turn away;
so
Abner thrust
the butt
of his
spear into
his
stomach
, and
it
came out his
back,
and he fell dead
on
the spot.
And every
man
paused
when
he
came to the place where Asahel had
fallen
and died.
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
.
But
Joab and Abishai pursued Abner .
By
sunset,
they had
gone
as
far
as
the hill of Ammah opposite
Giah on
the way to
the wilderness of Gibeon.
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.
The Benjamites
rallied
to
Abner, formed
a
single
unit
, and took
their
stand
atop
a
hill.
And
the children
of
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
after
Abner, and
became
one
troop
, and stood
on
the
top
of
an
hill.
Then Abner called out
to Joab :
“Must
the sword devour forever
? Do
you
not realize
that this
will only
end
in
bitterness? How long before
you
tell
the troops
to
stop
pursuing
their brothers
? ”
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
?
“As
surely
as God lives,”
Joab
replied
, “if
you
had
not
spoken up
, the troops
would
have
continued
pursuing
their
brothers
until
morning. ”
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
.
So Joab blew the
ram’s
horn
, and all the troops
stopped;
they
no
longer
pursued Israel or
continued
to
fight
.
So Joab blew a
trumpet
, and all the people
stood
still,
and
pursued after
Israel no
more,
neither
fought
they
any
more
.
And all
that
night
Abner and his men marched
through the Arabah.
They
crossed
the
Jordan, marched
all morning
, and arrived
at
Mahanaim.
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.
When
Joab returned from pursuing
Abner ,
he gathered all the troops.
In
addition
to
Asahel
, nineteen
of David’s
servants were
missing,
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.
but they
had struck
down
360
Benjamites
who
were
with
Abner
.
But the
servants
of
David
had smitten
of
Benjamin,
and
of
Abner's
men,
so
that
three
hundred
and
threescore
men
died
.
Later,
they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s
tomb
in Bethlehem. Then
Joab and his men marched
all night and reached
Hebron at daybreak
.
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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