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2Samuel 2
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David Becomes King over Judah

2Some time later, David inquired of the Lord to ask, "Am I to move to any one of the cities of Judah?" The Lord told him, "Go." So David asked, "To which one?" He replied, "To Hebron."H310H1732H7592H3068H559H5927H259H5892H3063H3068H559H5927H1732H559H5927H559H2275
2So David went there, along with his two wives Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, widow of Nabal from Carmel.H1732H5927H8147H802H293H3159H26H5037H802H3761
3David brought his army with him, each soldier accompanied by his household, and they settled in the cities of Hebron.H582H1732H5927H376H1004H3427H5892H2275
4After this, the army of Judah arrived, and they anointed David king over the house of Judah. There they informed David, "The men of Jabesh-gilead buried Saul."H582H3063H935H4886H1732H4428H1004H3063H5046H1732H559H582H3003H1568H6912H7586
5So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh-gilead and told them, "May the Lord bless you, because you showed gracious love like this to your lord Saul by burying him.H1732H7971H4397H582H3003H1568H559H1288H3068H6213H2617H113H7586H6912
6Now may the Lord reward you with gracious love, as well as faithfulness, to you, too! And I will also reward you because you did this good thing.H3068H6213H2617H571H6213H2896H6213H1697
7So strengthen yourselves, and be valiant in heart, because your lord Saul has died, and the household of Judah has anointed me to be king over them."H3027H2388H1121H2428H113H7586H4191H1004H3063H4886H4428

Abner’s Rebellion and the Battle at Gibeon

8Meanwhile, Ner's son Abner, the commander of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth and brought him to Mahanaim.H74H1121H5369H8269H7586H6635H3947H378H1121H7586H5674H4266
9He installed him as king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all of the rest of Israel.H4427H1568H805H3157H669H1144H3478
10Ish-bosheth began to reign over Israel at the age of 40 years, and he reigned for two years, even though Judah's lineage followed David.H378H7586H1121H705H8141H1121H4427H3478H4427H8147H8141H1004H3063H310H1732
11The period of David's kingship in Hebron lasted seven years and six months.H4557H3117H1732H4428H2275H1004H3063H7651H8141H8337H2320
12Ner's son Abner and the servants of Saul's son Ish-bosheth set out from Mahanaim for Gibeon.H74H1121H5369H5650H378H1121H7586H3318H4266H1391
13Zeruiah's son Joab and some of David's staff went out to meet them at the pool of Gibeon. One side encamped on one side of the pool while the other encamped on the other side of the pool.H3097H1121H6870H5650H1732H3318H6298H3162H1295H1391H3427H1295H1295
14Abner said to Joab, "Let's have the young men get up and fight in our presence." Joab replied, "Let them come."H74H559H3097H5288H6965H7832H6440H3097H559H6965
15So they got up and twelve were counted to represent Benjamin and Saul's son Ish-bosheth and twelve to represent members of David's staff.H6965H5674H4557H8147H6240H1144H378H1121H7586H8147H6240H5650H1732
16Each man grabbed his opponent by the head, plunged his sword into his opponent's side, and then they both fell together. That's why the place at Gibeon was named The Field of Swords.H2388H376H7453H7218H2719H7453H6654H5307H3162H4725H7121H2521H1391
17The battle was very violent that day, with Abner and the men of Israel being defeated in the presence of David's servants.H3966H7186H4421H3117H74H5062H582H3478H6440H5650H1732

Abner Kills Joab’s Brother Asahel

18Zeruiah's three sons Joab, Abishai, and Asahel were there. As a runner, Asahel was fast, like one of the wild gazelles.H7969H1121H6870H3097H52H6214H6214H7031H7272H259H7704H6643
19So Asahel ran straight after Abner, following him.H6214H7291H310H74H3212H5186H3225H8040H310H74
20When Abner looked behind him, he said, "Is that you, Asahel?"18 He answered, "I am."H74H6437H310H559H6214H559
21Abner told him, "Go off to your right or left after one of the young men and grab some war spoils." But Asahel would not stop following him,H74H559H5186H3225H8040H270H259H5288H3947H2488H6214H14H5493H310
22so Abner told Asahel again, "Stop following me. Why should I strike you down?How could I show my face to your brother Joab?"H74H559H3254H6214H5493H310H5221H776H5375H6440H3097H251
23But Asahel refused to turn away, so Abner struck Asahel in the abdomen with the butt end of his spear, and the spear protruded through his back. He collapsed to the ground and died where he fell. Everyone gathered round the place where Asahel had collapsed and died, and stood still there.2H3985H5493H74H310H2595H5221H413H2570H2595H3318H310H5307H4191H8478H935H4725H6214H5307H4191H5975
24Meanwhile, Joab and Abishai continued to chase Abner. At dusk, as they approached the hill of Ammah that is located near Giah on the way to the Gibeon desert,H3097H52H7291H310H74H8121H935H935H1389H522H6440H1520H1870H4057H1391
25the Benjaminites rallied around Abner, forming a single military force. They took their stand on top of the hill.H1121H1144H6908H310H74H259H92H5975H7218H1389
26Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the battle sword keep on devouring forever?Don't you realize that the end result is bitterness?How long will it take for you to order your army to stop pursuing their own relatives?"H74H7121H3097H559H2719H398H5331H3045H4751H314H559H5971H7725H310H251
27Joab answered, "As God lives, if you hadn't spoken up, by morning my army would have broken off their pursuit of their own relatives."H3097H559H430H2416H3884H1696H1242H5971H5927H376H310H251
28So Joab sounded his battle trumpet, his entire army stopped pursuing Israel any longer, and they quit fighting.H3097H8628H7782H5971H5975H7291H310H3478H3898H3254
29Abner and his army traveled through the Arabah by night, crossed the Jordan, and arrived at Mahanaim after marching all morning.H74H582H1980H3915H6160H5674H3383H3212H1338H935H4266
30Joab returned from his pursuit of Abner, and when he had mustered his entire army, nineteen of David's soldiers were missing besides Asahel.H3097H7725H310H74H6908H5971H6908H6485H1732H5650H8672H6240H376H6214
31Meanwhile, other soldiers of David had killed 360 of Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin.H5650H1732H5221H1144H74H582H7969H3967H8346H376H4191
32They retrieved Asahel's body and buried him in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night until daybreak and arrived back in Hebron.H5375H6214H6912H6913H1H1035H3097H582H3212H3915H2275H215


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