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The LORD answered him, "Go." Then David asked, "Where should I go?" "To Hebron," the LORD replied.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">After this David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the LORD said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To Hebron.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In addition, David brought the men who were with him, each one with his family, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David: "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, "The LORD bless you, because you have shown this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, “May you be blessed by the LORD, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now, may the LORD show kindness and faithfulness to you, and I will also show the same goodness to you because you have done this deed.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now may the LORD show steadfast love and faithfulness to you. And I will do good to you because you have done this thing.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore, be strong and valiant, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Saul's son Ish-bosheth and moved him to Mahanaim.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin--over all Israel.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Saul's son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel; he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Abner son of Ner and soldiers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Joab son of Zeruiah and David's soldiers marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. The two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at 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.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Abner said to Joab, "Let's have the young men get up and compete in front of us." "Let them get up," Joab replied.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So they got up and were counted off--twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from David's soldiers.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then they arose and passed over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent's side so that they all died together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is named Field of Blades.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is at Gibeon.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The battle that day was extremely fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David's soldiers.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the battle was very fierce that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a fast runner, like one of the wild gazelles.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">He chased Abner and did not turn to the right or the left in his pursuit of him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Abner glanced back and said, "Is that you, Asahel?" "Yes it is," Asahel replied.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” And he answered, “It is I.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Abner said to him, "Turn to your right or left, seize one of the young soldiers, and take whatever you can get from him." But Asahel would not stop chasing him.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and seize one of the young men and take his spoil.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Once again, Abner warned Asahel, "Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I ever look your brother Joab in the face?"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But Asahel refused to turn away, so Abner hit him in the stomach with the butt of his spear. The spear went through his body, and he fell and died right there. As they all came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, they stopped,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him in the stomach with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died where he was. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">but Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah, which is opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. And as the sun was going down they came to the hill of Ammah, which lies before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The Benjaminites rallied to Abner; they formed a unit and took their stand on top of a hill.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the people of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner and became one group and took their stand on the top of a hill.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Abner called out to Joab: "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Abner called to Joab, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you tell your people to turn from the pursuit of their brothers?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"As God lives," Joab replied, "if you had not spoken up, the troops wouldn't have stopped pursuing their brothers until morning."<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until the morning.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Joab blew the ram's horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the men stopped and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight anymore.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">So Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole morning, they came to Mahanaim.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Joab had turned back from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David's soldiers were missing,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Joab returned from the pursuit of Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing from David’s servants nineteen men besides Asahel.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">but they had killed 360 of the Benjaminites and Abner's men.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin 360 of Abner’s men.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Afterward, they carried Asahel to his father's tomb in Bethlehem and buried him. 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