2 Samuel 2 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."

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1 H310 It happened after this, H1732 that David H7592 inquired H3068 of Yahweh, H559 saying, H5927 "Shall I go up H259 into any H5892 of the cities H3063 of Judah?" H3068 Yahweh H559 said H5927 to him, "Go up." H1732 David H559 said, H5927 "Where shall I go up?" H559 He said, H2275 "To Hebron."

2 H1732 So David H5927 went up H8147 there, and his two H802 wives H293 also, Ahinoam H3159 the Jezreelitess, H26 and Abigail H802 the wife H5037 of Nabal H3761 the Carmelite.

3 H1732 David H5927 brought up H582 his men H376 who were with him, every man H1004 with his household. H3427 They lived H5892 in the cities H2275 of Hebron.

4 H582 The men H3063 of Judah H935 came, H4886 and there they anointed H1732 David H4428 king H1004 over the house H3063 of Judah. H5046 They told H1732 David, H559 saying, H582 "The men H3003 of Jabesh Gilead H6912 were those who buried H7586 Saul."

5 H1732 David H7971 sent H4397 messengers H582 to the men H3003 of Jabesh Gilead, H559 and said H1288 to them, "Blessed H3068 are you by Yahweh, H6213 that you have shown H2617 this kindness H113 to your lord, H7586 even to Saul, H6912 and have buried him.

6 H3068 Now may Yahweh H6213 show H2617 loving kindness H571 and truth H6213 to you. I also will reward H2896 you for this kindness, H6213 because you have done H1697 this thing.

7 H3027 Now therefore let your hands H2388 be strong, H1121 and be valiant; H7586 for Saul H113 your lord H4191 is dead, H1004 and also the house H3063 of Judah H4886 have anointed H4428 me king over them."

8 H74 Now Abner H1121 the son H5369 of Ner, H8269 captain H7586 of Saul's H6635 army, H3947 had taken H378 Ishbosheth H1121 the son H7586 of Saul, H5674 and brought him over H4266 to Mahanaim;

9 H4427 and he made him king H1568 over Gilead, H805 and over the Ashurites, H3157 and over Jezreel, H669 and over Ephraim, H1144 and over Benjamin, H3478 and over all Israel.

10 H378 Ishbosheth, H7586 Saul's H1121 son, H705 was forty H8141 years H1121 old H4427 when he began to reign H3478 over Israel, H4427 and he reigned H8147 two H8141 years. H1004 But the house H3063 of Judah H310 followed H1732 David.

11 H4557 The time H1732 that David H4428 was king H2275 in Hebron H1004 over the house H3063 of Judah H7651 was seven H8141 years H8337 and six H2320 months.

12 H74 Abner H1121 the son H5369 of Ner, H5650 and the servants H378 of Ishbosheth H1121 the son H7586 of Saul, H3318 went out H4266 from Mahanaim H1391 to Gibeon.

13 H3097 Joab H1121 the son H6870 of Zeruiah, H5650 and the servants H1732 of David, H3318 went out, H6298 and met H3162 them H1295 by the pool H1391 of Gibeon; H3427 and they sat down, H1295 the one on the one side of the pool, H1295 and the other on the other side of the pool.

14 H74 Abner H559 said H3097 to Joab, H5288 "Please let the young men H6965 arise H7832 and play H6440 before H3097 us!" Joab H559 said, H6965 "Let them arise!"

15 H6965 Then they arose H5674 and went over H4557 by number: H8147 twelve H1144 for Benjamin, H378 and for Ishbosheth H1121 the son H7586 of Saul, H8147 and twelve H5650 of the servants H1732 of David.

16 H376 They each H2388 caught H7453 his opponent H7218 by the head, H2719 and thrust his sword H7453 in his fellow's H6654 side; H5307 so they fell down H3162 together: H4725 therefore that place H7121 was called H2521 Helkath Hazzurim, H1391 which is in Gibeon.

17 H4421 The battle H3966 was very H7186 severe H3117 that day: H74 and Abner H5062 was beaten, H582 and the men H3478 of Israel, H6440 before H5650 the servants H1732 of David.

18 H7969 The three H1121 sons H6870 of Zeruiah H3097 were there, Joab, H52 and Abishai, H6214 and Asahel: H6214 and Asahel H7031 was as light H7272 of foot H259 as a H7704 wild H6643 gazelle.

19 H6214 Asahel H7291 pursued H310 after H74 Abner; H3212 and in going H5186 he didn't turn H3225 to the right hand H8040 nor to the left H310 from following H74 Abner.

20 H74 Then Abner H6437 looked H310 behind H559 him, and said, H6214 "Is it you, Asahel?" H559 He answered, "It is I."

21 H74 Abner H559 said H5186 to him, "Turn aside H3225 to your right hand H8040 or to your left, H270 and grab H259 one H5288 of the young men, H3947 and take H2488 his armor." H6214 But Asahel H14 would H5493 not turn aside H310 from following him.

22 H74 Abner H559 said H3254 again H6214 to Asahel, H5493 "Turn aside H310 from following H5221 me. Why should I strike H776 you to the ground? H5375 How then should I hold up H6440 my face H3097 to Joab H251 your brother?"

23 H3985 However he refused H5493 to turn aside. H74 Therefore Abner H310 with the back end H2595 of the spear H5221 struck H413 him in H2570 the body, H2595 so that the spear H3318 came out H310 behind H5307 him; and he fell down H4191 there, and died H8478 in the same place. H935 It happened, that as many as came H4725 to the place H6214 where Asahel H5307 fell down H4191 and died H5975 stood still.

24 H3097 But Joab H52 and Abishai H7291 pursued H310 after H74 Abner: H8121 and the sun H935 went down H935 when they had come H1389 to the hill H522 of Ammah, H6440 that lies before H1520 Giah H1870 by the way H4057 of the wilderness H1391 of Gibeon.

25 H1121 The children H1144 of Benjamin H6908 gathered themselves together H310 after H74 Abner, H259 and became one H92 band, H5975 and stood H7218 on the top H1389 of a hill.

26 H74 Then Abner H7121 called H3097 to Joab, H559 and said, H2719 "Shall the sword H398 devour H5331 forever? H3045 Don't you know H4751 that it will be bitterness H314 in the latter end? H559 How long shall it be then, before you ask H5971 the people H7725 to return H310 from following H251 their brothers?"

27 H3097 Joab H559 said, H430 "As God H2416 lives, H3884 if you had not H1696 spoken, H1242 surely then in the morning H5971 the people H5927 would have gone away, H376 and not each H310 followed H251 his brother."

28 H3097 So Joab H8628 blew H7782 the trumpet; H5971 and all the people H5975 stood still, H7291 and pursued H310 after H3478 Israel H3898 no more, neither fought H3254 they any more.

29 H74 Abner H582 and his men H1980 went H3915 all that night H6160 through the Arabah; H5674 and they passed over H3383 the Jordan, H3212 and went through H1338 all Bithron, H935 and came H4266 to Mahanaim.

30 H3097 Joab H7725 returned H310 from following H74 Abner: H6908 and when he had gathered H5971 all the people H6908 together, H6485 there lacked H1732 of David's H5650 servants H8672 nineteen H376 men H6214 and Asahel.

31 H5650 But the servants H1732 of David H5221 had struck H1144 of Benjamin, H74 and of Abner's H582 men, H7969 so that three H3967 hundred H8346 sixty H376 men H4191 died.

32 H5375 They took up H6214 Asahel, H6912 and buried H6913 him in the tomb H1 of his father, H1035 which was in Bethlehem. H3097 Joab H582 and his men H3212 went H3915 all night, H215 and the day H2275 broke on them at Hebron.