<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">this</s>, that <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7592">inquired</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Shall I go <sn="5927">up</s> into <sn="259">any</s> of the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>? And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, Go <sn="5927">up</s>. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="575">Whither</s> shall I go <sn="5927">up</s>? And he <sn="559">said</s>, Unto <sn="2275">Hebron</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>So <sn="1732">David</s> went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="8033">thither</s>, and his <sn="8147">two</s><sn="802">wives</s><sn="1571">also</s>, <sn="293">Ahinoam</s> the <sn="3159">Jezreelitess</s>, and <sn="26">Abigail</s><sn="5037">Nabal</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s> the <sn="3761">Carmelite</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And his <sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5973">with</s> him did <sn="1732">David</s> bring <sn="5927">up</s>, every <sn="376">man</s> with his <sn="1004">household</s>: and they <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="2275">Hebron</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="935">came</s>, and <sn="8033">there</s> they <sn="4886">anointed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. And they <sn="5046">told</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, That the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead were they <sn="834">that</s><sn="6912">buried</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7586">Saul</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3003 1568">Jabesh</s> -gilead, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be <sn="859">ye</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">that</s> ye have <sn="6213">showed</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="2617">kindness</s><sn="5973">unto</s> your <sn="113">lord</s>, even <sn="5973">unto</s><sn="7586">Saul</s>, and have <sn="6912">buried</s> him. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="6258">now</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6213">show</s><sn="2617">kindness</s> and <sn="571">truth</s><sn="5973">unto</s> you: and <sn="595">I</s><sn="1571">also</s> will <sn="6213">requite</s> you <sn="2063">this</s><sn="2896">kindness</s>, <sn="834">because</s> ye have <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Therefore <sn="6258">now</s> let your <sn="3027">hands</s> be <sn="2388">strengthened</s>, and <sn="1961">be</s> ye <sn="1121 2428">valiant</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> your <sn="113">master</s><sn="7586">Saul</s> is <sn="4191">dead</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> have <sn="4886">anointed</s> me <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s> them. </v>
<vn='8'>But <sn="74">Abner</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5369">Ner</s>, <sn="8269">captain</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="6635">host</s>, <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="378">Ish</s> -bosheth the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, and brought him <sn="5674">over</s> to <sn="4266">Mahanaim</s>; </v>
<vn='9'>And made him <sn="4427">king</s><sn="413">over</s><sn="1568">Gilead</s>, and <sn="413">over</s> the <sn="843">Ashurites</s>, and <sn="413">over</s><sn="3157">Jezreel</s>, and <sn="5921">over</s><sn="669">Ephraim</s>, and <sn="5921">over</s><sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, and <sn="5921">over</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="378">Ish</s> -bosheth <sn="7586">Saul</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s> was <sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="8141">years</s>. <sn="389">But</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1961 310">followed</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="4557 3117">time</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="4428">king</s> in <sn="2275">Hebron</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="8141">years</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="2320">months</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="74">Abner</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5369">Ner</s>, and the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="378">Ish</s> -bosheth the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, went <sn="3318">out</s> from <sn="4480 4266">Mahanaim</s> to <sn="1391">Gibeon</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6870">Zeruiah</s>, and the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, went <sn="3318">out</s>, and <sn="6298">met</s><sn="3162">together</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="1295">pool</s> of <sn="1391">Gibeon</s>: and they sat <sn="3427">down</s>, the <sn="428">one</s> on the one <sn="4480 2088">side</s><sn="5921">of</s> the <sn="1295">pool</s>, and the <sn="428">other</s> on the other <sn="4480 2088">side</s><sn="5921">of</s> the <sn="1295">pool</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="74">Abner</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>, Let the young <sn="5288">men</s><sn="4994">now</s><sn="6965">arise</s>, and <sn="7832">play</s><sn="6440">before</s> us. And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="559">said</s>, Let them <sn="6965">arise</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Then there <sn="6965">arose</s> and went <sn="5674">over</s> by <sn="4557">number</s><sn="8147 6240">twelve</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, which pertained to <sn="378">Ish</s> -bosheth the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7586">Saul</s>, and <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s> of the <sn="4480 5650">servants</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And they <sn="2388">caught</s> every <sn="376">one</s> his <sn="7453">fellow</s> by the <sn="7218">head</s>, and thrust his <sn="2719">sword</s> in his <sn="7453">fellow</s> 's <sn="6654">side</s>; so they fell <sn="5307">down</s><sn="3162">together</s>: wherefore <sn="1931">that</s><sn="4725">place</s> was <sn="7121">called</s><sn="2521">Helkath</s> -hazzurim, <sn="834">which</s> is in <sn="1391">Gibeon</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="5704 3966">very</s><sn="7186">sore</s><sn="4421">battle</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>; and <sn="74">Abner</s> was <sn="5062">beaten</s>, and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="8033">there</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="6870">Zeruiah</s> there, <sn="3097">Joab</s>, and <sn="52">Abishai</s>, and <sn="6214">Asahel</s>: and <sn="6214">Asahel</s> was as <sn="7031">light</s> of <sn="7272">foot</s> as <sn="259">a</s><sn="834 7704">wild</s><sn="6643">roe</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="6214">Asahel</s><sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="74">Abner</s>; and in <sn="1980">going</s> he <sn="5186">turned</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="3225">right</s> hand nor <sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="8040">left</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s><sn="74">Abner</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Then <sn="74">Abner</s><sn="6437">looked</s><sn="310">behind</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, Art <sn="859">thou</s><sn="6214">Asahel</s>? And he <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="595">I</s> am. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="74">Abner</s><sn="559">said</s> to him, Turn thee <sn="5186">aside</s><sn="5921">to</s> thy <sn="3225">right</s> hand <sn="176">or</s><sn="5921">to</s> thy <sn="8040">left</s>, and lay thee <sn="270">hold</s> on <sn="259">one</s> of the young <sn="4480 5288">men</s>, and <sn="3947">take</s> thee <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2488">armor</s>. But <sn="6214">Asahel</s><sn="14">would</s><sn="3808">not</s> turn <sn="5493">aside</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> of him. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="74">Abner</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="3254">again</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6214">Asahel</s>, Turn thee <sn="5493">aside</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> me: <sn="4100">wherefore</s> should I <sn="5221">smite</s> thee to the <sn="776">ground</s>? <sn="349">how</s> then should I hold <sn="5375">up</s> my <sn="6440">face</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3097">Joab</s> thy <sn="251">brother</s>? </v>
<vn='23'>Howbeit he <sn="3985">refused</s> to turn <sn="5493">aside</s>: wherefore <sn="74">Abner</s> with the hinder end <sn="310">of</s> the <sn="2595">spear</s><sn="5221">smote</s> him <sn="413">under</s> the <sn="2570">fifth</s> rib, that the <sn="2595">spear</s> came <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480 310">behind</s> him; and he fell <sn="5307">down</s><sn="8033">there</s>, and <sn="4191">died</s> in the same <sn="8478">place</s>: and it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that as <sn="3605">many</s> as <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834">where</s><sn="6214">Asahel</s> fell <sn="5307">down</s> and <sn="4191">died</s> stood <sn="5975">still</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3097">Joab</s> also and <sn="52">Abishai</s><sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="74">Abner</s>: and the <sn="8121">sun</s> went <sn="935">down</s> when <sn="1992">they</s> were <sn="935">come</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="1389">hill</s> of <sn="522">Ammah</s>, <sn="834">that</s> lieth <sn="5921 6440">before</s><sn="1520">Giah</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="1391">Gibeon</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> gathered themselves <sn="6908">together</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="74">Abner</s>, and <sn="1961">became</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="92">troop</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="7218">top</s> of <sn="259">a</s><sn="1389">hill</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Then <sn="74">Abner</s><sn="7121">called</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3097">Joab</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Shall the <sn="2719">sword</s><sn="398">devour</s><sn="5331">forever</s>? <sn="3045">knowest</s> thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3588">that</s> it will <sn="1961">be</s><sn="4751">bitterness</s> in the latter <sn="314">end</s>? how <sn="5704">long</s> shall it be then, <sn="3808">ere</s> thou <sn="559">bid</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7725">return</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> their <sn="251">brethren</s>? </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="559">said</s>, As <sn="430">God</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="3588 3884">unless</s> thou hadst <sn="1696">spoken</s>, <sn="3588">surely</s><sn="227">then</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> had gone <sn="5927">up</s> every <sn="376">one</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>So <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="8628">blew</s> a <sn="7782">trumpet</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="5975">stood</s> still, and <sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="3898">fought</s> they any <sn="3254">more</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And <sn="74">Abner</s> and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="1980">walked</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3915">night</s> through the <sn="6160">plain</s>, and passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, and went <sn="1980">through</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="1338">Bithron</s>, and they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="4266">Mahanaim</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="7725">returned</s> from <sn="4480 310">following</s><sn="74">Abner</s>: and when he had gathered all the people <sn="6908 *853 3605 5971">together</s>, there <sn="6485">lacked</s> of David's <sn="4480 5650 1732">servants</s><sn="8672 6240">nineteen</s><sn="376">men</s> and <sn="6214">Asahel</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>But the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> had <sn="5221">smitten</s> of <sn="4480 1144">Benjamin</s>, and of <sn="74">Abner</s> 's <sn="4480 376">men</s>, so that <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="8346">threescore</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="4191">died</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And they took <sn="5375">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6214">Asahel</s>, and <sn="6912">buried</s> him in the <sn="6913">sepulcher</s> of his <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was in <sn="1035">Bethlehem</s>. And <sn="3097">Joab</s> and his <sn="376">men</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3915">night</s>, and they came to <sn="2275">Hebron</s> at break of <sn="215">day</s>. </v>