| 1 | It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? Yahweh said to him, Go up. David said, Where shall I go up? He said, To Hebron. | 2Sa 5:19 2Sa 5:23 Nm 27:21 Jg 1:1 1Sa 23:2 1Sa 23:4 1Sa 23:9-12 1Sa 30:7 1Sa 30:8 Ps 25:4 Ps 25:5 Ps 27:4 Ps 143:8 Pr 3:5 Pr 3:6 Ezk 36:37 |
| 2 | So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. | 1Sa 25:42 1Sa 25:43 1Sa 30:5 Lk 22:28 Lk 22:29 |
| 3 | His men who were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they lived in the cities of Hebron. | 1Sa 22:2 1Sa 27:2 1Sa 27:3 1Sa 30:1 1Sa 30:9 1Sa 30:10 1Ch 12:1-7 |
| 4 | The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were those who buried Saul. | 2Sa 2:11 2Sa 19:11 2Sa 19:42 Gn 49:8-10 |
| 5 | David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of Yahweh, that you have showed this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him. | Ru 1:8 Ru 2:20 Ru 3:10 1Sa 23:21 1Sa 24:19 1Sa 25:32 1Sa 25:33 Ps 115:15 |
| 6 | Now Yahweh show lovingkindness and truth to you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because you have done this thing. | 2Sa 15:20 Ps 57:3 Pr 14:22 Mt 5:7 2Ti 1:16-18 |
| 7 | Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be you valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. | 2Sa 10:12 Gn 15:1 1Sa 4:9 1Sa 31:7 1Sa 31:12 1Co 16:13 Eph 6:10 |
| 8 | Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul`s host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; | 1Sa 14:50 1Sa 17:55 1Sa 26:14 |
| 9 | and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. | Nm 32:1-42 Jsh 13:8-11 Ps 108:8 |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. | 2Sa 5:4 2Sa 5:5 1Ki 2:11 1Ch 3:4 1Ch 29:27 |
| 12 | Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. | 2Sa 17:14 Gn 32:2 |
| 13 | Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them 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 2:18 2Sa 8:16 2Sa 20:23 1Ki 1:7 1Ki 2:28-35 1Ch 2:16 |
| 14 | Abner said to Joab, Please let the young men arise and play before us. Joab said, Let them arise. | 2Sa 2:17 2Sa 2:26 2Sa 2:27 Pr 10:23 Pr 17:14 Pr 20:18 Pr 25:8 Pr 26:18 Pr 26:19 |
| 15 | Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. |
| 16 | They caught everyone his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow`s side; so they fell down together: why that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. |
| 17 | The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. | 2Sa 3:1 |
| 18 | The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. | 1Ch 2:15 1Ch 2:16 1Ch 11:26 |
| 19 | Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn`t turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. | 2Sa 2:21 Jsh 1:7 Jsh 23:6 2Ki 22:2 Pr 4:27 |
| 20 | Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it you, Asahel? He answered, It is I. |
| 21 | Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. | Jg 14:19 |
| 22 | Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother? | 2Ki 14:10-12 Pr 29:1 Ec 6:10 |
| 23 | However he refused to turn aside: why Abner with the hinder end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. | 2Sa 3:27 2Sa 4:6 2Sa 5:6 2Sa 20:10 |
| 24 | But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. |
| 25 | The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill. |
| 26 | Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don`t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers?" | 2Sa 2:14 Ac 7:26 |
| 27 | Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed everyone his brother. | 1Sa 25:26 Jb 27:2 |
| 28 | So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. |
| 29 | Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim. | So 2:17 |
| 30 | Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David`s servants nineteen men and Asahel. |
| 31 | But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner`s men, [so that] three hundred sixty men died. | 2Sa 3:1 1Ki 20:11 |
| 32 | They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron. | 1Sa 17:58 1Ch 2:13-16 2Ch 16:14 2Ch 21:1 |
