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<bible version='kjv' description='The King James Bible with Strongs Numbers' language='ENG' strongs='true'>
  <book number='10' name='' abbreviation='2Sam' testament='old'>
    <chapter number='3'>
      <verse number='1'>Now there <strongs number="1961">was</strongs><strongs number="752">long</strongs><strongs number="4421">war</strongs><strongs number="996">between</strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>and the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>: but <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>waxed stronger and <strongs number="1980 2390">stronger</strongs>, and the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs><strongs number="1980">waxed</strongs>weaker and <strongs number="1800">weaker</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>And unto <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>were <strongs number="1121">sons</strongs><strongs number="3205">born</strongs>in <strongs number="2275">Hebron</strongs>: and his <strongs number="1060">firstborn</strongs><strongs number="1961">was</strongs><strongs number="550">Amnon</strongs>, of <strongs number="293">Ahinoam</strongs>the <strongs number="3159">Jezreelitess</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='3'>And his <strongs number="4932">second</strongs>, <strongs number="3609">Chileab</strongs>, of <strongs number="26">Abigail</strongs>the <strongs number="802">wife</strongs>of <strongs number="5037">Nabal</strongs>the <strongs number="3761">Carmelite</strongs>; and the <strongs number="7992">third</strongs>, <strongs number="53">Absalom</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="4601">Maacah</strongs>the <strongs number="1323">daughter</strongs>of <strongs number="8526">Talmai</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="1650">Geshur</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='4'>And the <strongs number="7243">fourth</strongs>, <strongs number="138">Adonijah</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="2294">Haggith</strongs>; and the <strongs number="2549">fifth</strongs>, <strongs number="8203">Shephatiah</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="37">Abital</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='5'>And the <strongs number="8345">sixth</strongs>, <strongs number="3507">Ithream</strongs>, by <strongs number="5698">Eglah</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>'s <strongs number="802">wife</strongs>. <strongs number="428">These</strongs>were <strongs number="3205">born</strongs>to <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>in <strongs number="2275">Hebron</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='6'>And it came to <strongs number="1961">pass</strongs>, while there <strongs number="1961">was</strongs><strongs number="4421">war</strongs><strongs number="996">between</strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>and the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>, that <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>made himself <strongs number="2388">strong</strongs>for the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'>And <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>had a <strongs number="6370">concubine</strongs>, whose <strongs number="8034">name</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="7532">Rizpah</strongs>, the <strongs number="1323">daughter</strongs>of <strongs number="345">Aiah</strongs>: and <em> Ish-bosheth </em><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>, <strongs number="4069">Wherefore</strongs>hast thou <strongs number="935">gone</strongs>in <strongs number="413">unto</strongs>my <strongs number="1">father</strongs>'s <strongs number="6370">concubine</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='8'>Then was <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><strongs number="3966">very</strongs><strongs number="2734">wroth</strongs><strongs number="5921">for</strongs>the <strongs number="1697">words</strongs>of <strongs number="378">Ish</strongs>-bosheth, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <em> Am </em><strongs number="595">I</strongs>a <strongs number="3611">dog</strongs>'s <strongs number="7218">head</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>against <strongs number="3063">Judah</strongs>do <strongs number="6213">show</strongs><strongs number="2617">kindness</strongs>this <strongs number="3117">day</strongs><strongs number="5973">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>thy <strongs number="1">father</strongs>, <strongs number="413">to</strongs>his <strongs number="251">brethren</strongs>, and <strongs number="413">to</strongs>his <strongs number="4828">friends</strongs>, and have <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="4672">delivered</strongs>thee into the <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>of <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>, that thou <strongs number="6485 5921">chargest</strongs>me <strongs number="3117">today</strongs>with a <strongs number="5771">fault</strongs>concerning this <strongs number="802">woman</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="3541">So</strongs><strongs number="6213">do</strongs><strongs number="430">God</strongs>to <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>, and <strongs number="3254">more</strongs><strongs number="3541">also</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">except</strongs>, <strongs number="834">as</strongs>the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>hath <strongs number="7650">sworn</strongs>to <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">even</strongs><strongs number="3651">so</strongs>I <strongs number="6213">do</strongs>to him; </verse>
      <verse number='10'>To <strongs number="5674">translate</strongs>the <strongs number="4467">kingdom</strongs>from the <strongs number="4480 1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>, and to set <strongs number="6965">up</strongs>the <strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3678">throne</strongs>of <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="5921">over</strongs><strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>and <strongs number="5921">over</strongs><strongs number="3063">Judah</strongs>, from <strongs number="4480 1835">Dan</strongs>even <strongs number="5704">to</strongs><strongs number="884">Beer</strongs>-sheba. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>And he <strongs number="3201">could</strongs><strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="7725">answer</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>a <strongs number="1697">word</strongs><strongs number="5750">again</strongs>, because he <strongs number="4480 3372">feared</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='12'>And <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><strongs number="7971">sent</strongs><strongs number="4397">messengers</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>on his <strongs number="8478">behalf</strongs>, <strongs number="559">saying</strongs>, <strongs number="4310">Whose</strongs><em> is </em>the <strongs number="776">land</strongs>? <strongs number="559">saying</strongs><em> also </em>, <strongs number="3772">Make</strongs>thy <strongs number="1285">league</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>me, and, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, my <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs><em> shall </em><em> be </em><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>thee, to bring <strongs number="5437">about</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>thee. </verse>
      <verse number='13'>And he <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="2896">Well</strongs>; <strongs number="589">I</strongs>will <strongs number="3772">make</strongs>a <strongs number="1285">league</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>thee: <strongs number="389">but</strongs><strongs number="259">one</strongs><strongs number="1697">thing</strongs><strongs number="595">I</strongs><strongs number="7592">require</strongs><strongs number="4480 854">of</strongs>thee, that <strongs number="559">is</strongs>, Thou shalt <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="7200">see</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="6440">face</strongs>, <strongs number="3588 518">except</strongs>thou <strongs number="6440">first</strongs><strongs number="935">bring</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="4324">Michal</strongs><strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>'s <strongs number="1323">daughter</strongs>, when thou <strongs number="935">comest</strongs>to <strongs number="7200">see</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="6440">face</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'>And <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="7971">sent</strongs><strongs number="4397">messengers</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="378">Ish</strongs>-bosheth <strongs number="7586">Saul</strongs>'s <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>, <strongs number="559">saying</strongs>, <strongs number="5414">Deliver</strongs><em> me </em><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="802">wife</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="4324">Michal</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>I <strongs number="781">espoused</strongs>to me for a <strongs number="3967">hundred</strongs><strongs number="6190">foreskins</strongs>of the <strongs number="6430">Philistines</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>And <strongs number="378">Ish</strongs>-bosheth <strongs number="7971">sent</strongs>, and <strongs number="3947">took</strongs>her <strongs number="4480 5973">from</strongs><em> her </em><strongs number="376">husband</strongs>, <em> even </em><strongs number="4480 5973">from</strongs><strongs number="6409">Phaltiel</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="3919">Laish</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='16'>And her <strongs number="376">husband</strongs><strongs number="1980">went</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>her <strongs number="1980">along</strongs><strongs number="1058">weeping</strongs><strongs number="310">behind</strongs>her <strongs number="5704">to</strongs><strongs number="980">Bahurim</strongs>. Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>him, <strongs number="1980">Go</strongs>, <strongs number="7725">return</strongs>. And he <strongs number="7725">returned</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>And <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><strongs number="1961">had</strongs><strongs number="1697">communication</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>the <strongs number="2205">elders</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>, <strongs number="559">saying</strongs>, Ye <strongs number="1961 1245">sought</strongs>for <strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>in <strongs number="1571 8543">times</strongs><strongs number="1571 8032">past</strongs><em> to </em><em> be </em><strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="5921">over</strongs>you: </verse>
      <verse number='18'><strongs number="6258">Now</strongs>then <strongs number="6213">do</strongs><em> it </em>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>hath <strongs number="559">spoken</strongs><strongs number="413">of</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>, <strongs number="559">saying</strongs>, By the <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>of my <strongs number="5650">servant</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>I will <strongs number="3467">save</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>my <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>out of the <strongs number="4480 3027">hand</strongs>of the <strongs number="6430">Philistines</strongs>, and out of the <strongs number="4480 3027">hand</strongs>of <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>their <strongs number="341">enemies</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'>And <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs><strongs number="1696">spoke</strongs>in the <strongs number="241">ears</strongs>of <strongs number="1144">Benjamin</strongs>: and <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><strongs number="1980">went</strongs><strongs number="1571">also</strongs>to <strongs number="1696">speak</strongs>in the <strongs number="241">ears</strongs>of <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>in <strongs number="2275">Hebron</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>seemed <strongs number="2896 5869">good</strongs>to <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>, and that seemed <strongs number="5869">good</strongs>to the <strongs number="3605">whole</strongs><strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="1144">Benjamin</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'>So <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>to <strongs number="2275">Hebron</strongs>, and <strongs number="6242">twenty</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>him. And <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="6213">made</strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>and the <strongs number="376">men</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> were </em><strongs number="854">with</strongs>him a <strongs number="4960">feast</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'>And <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>, I will <strongs number="6965">arise</strongs>and <strongs number="1980">go</strongs>, and will <strongs number="6908">gather</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>my <strongs number="113">lord</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, that they may <strongs number="3772">make</strongs>a <strongs number="1285">league</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>thee, and that thou mayest <strongs number="4427">reign</strongs>over <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>thine <strongs number="5315">heart</strongs><strongs number="183">desireth</strongs>. And <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="7971">sent</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>away; and he <strongs number="1980">went</strongs>in <strongs number="7965">peace</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='22'>And, <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, the <strongs number="5650">servants</strongs>of <strongs number="1732">David</strongs>and <strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs>from <em> pursuing </em>a <strongs number="4480 1416">troop</strongs>, and <strongs number="935">brought</strongs>in a <strongs number="7227">great</strongs><strongs number="7998">spoil</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>them: but <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="369">not</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>in <strongs number="2275">Hebron</strongs>; <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>he had sent him <strongs number="7971">away</strongs>, and he was <strongs number="1980">gone</strongs>in <strongs number="7965">peace</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'>When <strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs>and <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="6635">host</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="854">with</strongs>him were <strongs number="935">come</strongs>, they <strongs number="5046">told</strongs><strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs>, <strongs number="559">saying</strongs>, <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="5369">Ner</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, and he hath sent him <strongs number="7971">away</strongs>, and he is <strongs number="1980">gone</strongs>in <strongs number="7965">peace</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='24'>Then <strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="4100">What</strongs>hast thou <strongs number="6213">done</strongs>? <strongs number="2009">behold</strongs>, <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>thee; <strongs number="4100">why</strongs><em> is </em>it <em> that </em>thou hast sent him <strongs number="7971">away</strongs>, and he is quite <strongs number="1980">gone</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='25'>Thou <strongs number="3045">knowest</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="5369">Ner</strongs>, <strongs number="3588">that</strongs>he <strongs number="935">came</strongs>to <strongs number="6601">deceive</strongs>thee, and to <strongs number="3045">know</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>thy going <strongs number="4161">out</strongs>and thy coming <strongs number="4126">in</strongs>, and to <strongs number="3045">know</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><strongs number="859">thou</strongs><strongs number="6213">doest</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='26'>And when <strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs>was come <strongs number="3318">out</strongs><strongs number="4480 5973">from</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>, he <strongs number="7971">sent</strongs><strongs number="4397">messengers</strongs><strongs number="310">after</strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>, which brought him <strongs number="7725 *853">again</strongs>from the <strongs number="4480 953">well</strongs>of <strongs number="5626">Sirah</strongs>: but <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="3045">knew</strongs><em> it </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='27'>And when <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>was <strongs number="7725">returned</strongs>to <strongs number="2275">Hebron</strongs>, <strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs>took him <strongs number="5186">aside</strongs><strongs number="413 8432">in</strongs>the <strongs number="8179">gate</strongs>to <strongs number="1696">speak</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>him <strongs number="7987">quietly</strongs>, and <strongs number="5221">smote</strongs>him <strongs number="8033">there</strongs>under the <strongs number="2570">fifth</strongs><em> rib </em>, that he <strongs number="4191">died</strongs>, for the <strongs number="1818">blood</strongs>of <strongs number="6214">Asahel</strongs>his <strongs number="251">brother</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='28'>And <strongs number="4480 310 3651">afterward</strongs>when <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="8085">heard</strongs><em> it </em>, he <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="595">I</strongs>and my <strongs number="4467">kingdom</strongs><em> are </em><strongs number="5355">guiltless</strongs><strongs number="4480 5973">before</strongs>the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs><strongs number="5704 5769">forever</strongs>from the <strongs number="4480 1818">blood</strongs>of <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="5369">Ner</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='29'>Let it <strongs number="2342">rest</strongs><strongs number="5921">on</strongs>the <strongs number="7218">head</strongs>of <strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs>, and <strongs number="413">on</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>his <strongs number="1">father</strongs>'s <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>; and let there <strongs number="408">not</strongs><strongs number="3772">fail</strongs>from the <strongs number="4480 1004">house</strongs>of <strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs>one that hath an <strongs number="2100">issue</strongs>, or that is a <strongs number="6879">leper</strongs>, or that <strongs number="2388">leaneth</strongs>on a <strongs number="6418">staff</strongs>, or that <strongs number="5307">falleth</strongs>on the <strongs number="2719">sword</strongs>, or that <strongs number="2638">lacketh</strongs><strongs number="3899">bread</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='30'>So <strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs>and <strongs number="52">Abishai</strongs>his <strongs number="251">brother</strongs><strongs number="2026">slew</strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>, <strongs number="5921 834">because</strongs>he had <strongs number="4191">slain</strongs>their <strongs number="251">brother</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="6214">Asahel</strongs>at <strongs number="1391">Gibeon</strongs>in the <strongs number="4421">battle</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='31'>And <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="3097">Joab</strongs>, and <strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs><em> were </em><strongs number="854">with</strongs>him, <strongs number="7167">Rend</strongs>your <strongs number="899">clothes</strongs>, and <strongs number="2296">gird</strongs>you with <strongs number="8242">sackcloth</strongs>, and <strongs number="5594">mourn</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>. And <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs><em> himself </em><strongs number="310">followed</strongs>the <strongs number="4296">bier</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='32'>And they <strongs number="6912">buried</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>in <strongs number="2275">Hebron</strongs>: and the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>lifted <strongs number="5375">up</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>his <strongs number="6963">voice</strongs>, and <strongs number="1058">wept</strongs><strongs number="413">at</strongs>the <strongs number="6913">grave</strongs>of <strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>; and <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="1058">wept</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='33'>And the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="6969">lamented</strongs><strongs number="413">over</strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>, and <strongs number="559">said</strongs>, <strongs number="4191">Died</strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>as a <strongs number="5036">fool</strongs><strongs number="4194">dieth</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='34'>Thy <strongs number="3027">hands</strongs><em> were </em><strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="631">bound</strongs>, <strongs number="3808">nor</strongs>thy <strongs number="7272">feet</strongs><strongs number="5066">put</strongs>into <strongs number="5178">fetters</strongs>: as a <strongs number="1121">man</strongs><strongs number="5307">falleth</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs><strongs number="5766">wicked</strongs><strongs number="1121">men</strongs>, <em> so </em><strongs number="5307">fellest</strongs>thou. And <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="1058">wept</strongs><strongs number="3254">again</strongs><strongs number="5921">over</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='35'>And when <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs>to cause <strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="1732">David</strongs>to <strongs number="1262">eat</strongs><strongs number="3899">meat</strongs>while it was <strongs number="5750">yet</strongs><strongs number="3117">day</strongs>, <strongs number="1732">David</strongs><strongs number="7650">swore</strongs>, <strongs number="559">saying</strongs>, <strongs number="3541">So</strongs><strongs number="6213">do</strongs><strongs number="430">God</strongs>to me, and <strongs number="3254">more</strongs><strongs number="3541">also</strongs>, <strongs number="3588 518">if</strongs>I <strongs number="2938">taste</strongs><strongs number="3899">bread</strongs>, <strongs number="176">or</strongs>aught <strongs number="3605 3972">else</strongs>, <strongs number="6440">till</strongs>the <strongs number="8121">sun</strongs>be <strongs number="935">down</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='36'>And <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>took <strongs number="5234">notice</strongs><em> of </em><em> it </em>, and it pleased <strongs number="3190 5869">them</strongs>: as <strongs number="3605 834">whatsoever</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="6213">did</strongs><strongs number="2895 5869">pleased</strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='37'>For <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>and <strongs number="3605">all</strongs><strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs><strongs number="3045">understood</strongs><strongs number="1931">that</strongs><strongs number="3117">day</strongs><strongs number="3588">that</strongs>it <strongs number="1961">was</strongs><strongs number="3808">not</strongs>of the <strongs number="4480 4428">king</strongs>to <strongs number="4191">slay</strongs><strongs number="74">Abner</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="5369">Ner</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='38'>And the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="559">said</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>his <strongs number="5650">servants</strongs>, <strongs number="3045">Know</strongs>ye <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="3588">that</strongs>there is a <strongs number="8269">prince</strongs>and a great <strongs number="1419">man</strongs><strongs number="5307">fallen</strongs><strongs number="2088">this</strongs><strongs number="3117">day</strongs>in <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='39'>And <strongs number="595">I</strongs><em> am </em>this <strongs number="3117">day</strongs><strongs number="7390">weak</strongs>, though <strongs number="4886">anointed</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs>; and <strongs number="428">these</strongs><strongs number="376">men</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">sons</strongs>of <strongs number="6870">Zeruiah</strongs><em> be </em>too <strongs number="7186">hard</strongs><strongs number="4480">for</strongs>me: the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>shall <strongs number="7999">reward</strongs>the <strongs number="6213">doer</strongs>of <strongs number="7451">evil</strongs>according to his <strongs number="7451">wickedness</strongs>. </verse>
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