Dual Panel1And it came to pass after this <0310>_, that David <01732> enquired <07592> (8799) of the LORD <03068>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Shall I go up <05927> (8799) into any <0259> of the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>_? And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go up <05927> (8798)_. And David <01732> said <0559> (8799)_, Whither shall I go up <05927> (8799)_? And he said <0559> (8799)_, Unto Hebron <02275>_.
2So David <01732> went up <05927> (8799) thither, and his two <08147> wives <0802> also, Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess <03159>_, and Abigail <026> Nabal's <05037> wife <0802> the Carmelite <03761>_.
3And his men <0582> that [were] with him did David <01732> bring up <05927> (8689)_, every man <0376> with his household <01004>_: and they dwelt <03427> (8799) in the cities <05892> of Hebron <02275>_.
4And the men <0582> of Judah <03063> came <0935> (8799)_, and there they anointed <04886> (8799) David <01732> king <04428> over the house <01004> of Judah <03063>_. And they told <05046> (8686) David <01732>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, [That] the men <0582> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> [were they] that buried <06912> (8804) Saul <07586>_.
5And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto the men <0582> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Blessed <01288> (8803) [be] ye of the LORD <03068>_, that ye have shewed <06213> (8804) this kindness <02617> unto your lord <0113>_, [even] unto Saul <07586>_, and have buried <06912> (8799) him.
6And now the LORD <03068> shew <06213> (8799) kindness <02617> and truth <0571> unto you: and I also will requite <06213> (8799) you this kindness <02896>_, because ye have done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>_.
7Therefore now let your hands <03027> be strengthened <02388> (8799)_, and be ye valiant <01121> <02428>_: for your master <0113> Saul <07586> is dead <04191> (8804)_, and also the house <01004> of Judah <03063> have anointed <04886> (8804) me king <04428> over them. {be ye...: Heb. be ye the sons of valour}
8But Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>_, captain <08269> of Saul's <07586> host <06635>_, took <03947> (8804) Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>_, and brought him over <05674> (8686) to Mahanaim <04266>_; {Saul's host: Heb. the host which was Saul's} {Ishbosheth: or, Eshbaal}
9And made him king <04427> (8686) over Gilead <01568>_, and over the Ashurites <0805>_, and over Jezreel <03157>_, and over Ephraim <0669>_, and over Benjamin <01144>_, and over all Israel <03478>_.
10Ishbosheth <0378> Saul's <07586> son <01121> [was] forty <0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800) over Israel <03478>_, and reigned <04427> (8804) two <08147> years <08141>_. But the house <01004> of Judah <03063> followed <0310> David <01732>_.
11And the time <04557> <03117> that David <01732> was king <04428> in Hebron <02275> over the house <01004> of Judah <03063> was seven <07651> years <08141> and six <08337> months <02320>_. {time: Heb. number of days}
12And Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>_, and the servants <05650> of Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>_, went out <03318> (8799) from Mahanaim <04266> to Gibeon <01391>_.
13And Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>_, and the servants <05650> of David <01732>_, went out <03318> (8804)_, and met <06298> (8799) together <03162> by the pool <01295> of Gibeon <01391>_: and they sat down <03427> (8799)_, the one on the one side of the pool <01295>_, and the other on the other side of the pool <01295>_. {together: Heb. them together}
14And Abner <074> said <0559> (8799) to Joab <03097>_, Let the young men <05288> now arise <06965> (8799)_, and play <07832> (8762) before <06440> us. And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799)_, Let them arise <06965> (8799)_.
15Then there arose <06965> (8799) and went over <05674> (8799) by number <04557> twelve <08147> <06240> of Benjamin <01144>_, which [pertained] to Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>_, and twelve <08147> <06240> of the servants <05650> of David <01732>_.
16And they caught <02388> (8686) every one <0376> his fellow <07453> by the head <07218>_, and [thrust] his sword <02719> in his fellow's <07453> side <06654>_; so they fell down <05307> (8799) together <03162>_: wherefore that place <04725> was called <07121> (8799) Helkathhazzurim <02521>_, which [is] in Gibeon <01391>_. {Helkathhazzurim: that is, The field of strong men}
17And there was a very <03966> sore <07186> battle <04421> that day <03117>_; and Abner <074> was beaten <05062> (8735)_, and the men <0582> of Israel <03478>_, before <06440> the servants <05650> of David <01732>_.
18And there were three <07969> sons <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> there, Joab <03097>_, and Abishai <052>_, and Asahel <06214>_: and Asahel <06214> [was as] light <07031> of foot <07272> as a <0259> wild <07704> roe <06643>_. {of foot: Heb. of his feet} {as a wild...: Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field}
19And Asahel <06214> pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> Abner <074>_; and in going <03212> (8800) he turned <05186> (8804) not to the right hand <03225> nor to the left <08040> from following <0310> Abner <074>_. {from...: Heb. from after Abner}
20Then Abner <074> looked <06437> (8799) behind <0310> him, and said <0559> (8799)_, [Art] thou Asahel <06214>_? And he answered <0559> (8799)_, I [am].
21And Abner <074> said <0559> (8799) to him, Turn thee aside <05186> (8798) to thy right hand <03225> or to thy left <08040>_, and lay thee hold <0270> (8798) on one <0259> of the young men <05288>_, and take <03947> (8798) thee his armour <02488>_. But Asahel <06214> would <014> (8804) not turn aside <05493> (8800) from following <0310> of him. {armour: or, spoil}
22And Abner <074> said <0559> (8800) again <03254> (8686) to Asahel <06214>_, Turn thee aside <05493> (8798) from following <0310> me: wherefore should I smite <05221> (8686) thee to the ground <0776>_? how then should I hold up <05375> (8799) my face <06440> to Joab <03097> thy brother <0251>_?
23Howbeit he refused <03985> (8762) to turn aside <05493> (8800)_: wherefore Abner <074> with the hinder end <0310> of the spear <02595> smote <05221> (8686) him under <0413> the fifth <02570> [rib], that the spear <02595> came out <03318> (8799) behind <0310> him; and he fell down <05307> (8799) there, and died <04191> (8799) in the same place <08478>_: and it came to pass, [that] as many as came <0935> (8802) to the place <04725> where Asahel <06214> fell down <05307> (8804) and died <04191> (8799) stood still <05975> (8799)_.
24Joab <03097> also and Abishai <052> pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> Abner <074>_: and the sun <08121> went down <0935> (8804) when they were come <0935> (8804) to the hill <01389> of Ammah <0522>_, that [lieth] before <06440> Giah <01520> by the way <01870> of the wilderness <04057> of Gibeon <01391>_.
25And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> gathered themselves together <06908> (8691) after <0310> Abner <074>_, and became one <0259> troop <092>_, and stood <05975> (8799) on the top <07218> of an hill <01389>_.
26Then Abner <074> called <07121> (8799) to Joab <03097>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Shall the sword <02719> devour <0398> (8799) for ever <05331>_? knowest <03045> (8804) thou not that it will be bitterness <04751> in the latter end <0314>_? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid <0559> (8799) the people <05971> return <07725> (8800) from following <0310> their brethren <0251>_?
27And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799)_, [As] God <0430> liveth <02416>_, unless <03884> thou hadst spoken <01696> (8765)_, surely then in the morning <01242> the people <05971> had gone up <05927> (8738) every one <0376> from following <0310> his brother <0251>_. {in the...: Heb. from the morning} {gone...: or, gone away}
28So Joab <03097> blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>_, and all the people <05971> stood still <05975> (8799)_, and pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> Israel <03478> no more, neither fought <03898> (8736) they any more <03254> (8804)_.
29And Abner <074> and his men <0582> walked <01980> (8804) all that night <03915> through the plain <06160>_, and passed over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>_, and went through <03212> (8799) all Bithron <01338>_, and they came <0935> (8799) to Mahanaim <04266>_.
30And Joab <03097> returned <07725> (8804) from following <0310> Abner <074>_: and when he had gathered <06908> (0) all the people <05971> together <06908> (8799)_, there lacked <06485> (8735) of David's <01732> servants <05650> nineteen <08672> <06240> men <0376> and Asahel <06214>_.
31But the servants <05650> of David <01732> had smitten <05221> (8689) of Benjamin <01144>_, and of Abner's <074> men <0582>_, [so that] three <07969> hundred <03967> and threescore <08346> men <0376> died <04191> (8804)_.
32And they took up <05375> (8799) Asahel <06214>_, and buried <06912> (8799) him in the sepulchre <06913> of his father <01>_, which [was in] Bethlehem <01035>_. And Joab <03097> and his men <0582> went <03212> (8799) all night <03915>_, and they came to Hebron <02275> at break of day <0215> (8735)_.