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2 Samuel 2:1--4:12

2:1
And 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>_.
2:2
So 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>_.
2:3
And 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>_.
2:4
And 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>_.
2:5
And 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.
2:6
And 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>_.
2:7
Therefore 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}
2:8
But 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}
2:9
And 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>_.
2:10
Ishbosheth
<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>_.
2:11
And 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}
2:12
And 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>_.
2:13
And 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}
2:14
And 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)_.
2:15
Then 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>_.
2:16
And 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}
2:17
And 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>_.
2:18
And 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}
2:19
And 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}
2:20
Then Abner
<074>
looked
<06437> (8799)
behind
<0310>
him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Art] thou Asahel
<06214>_?
And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,
I [am].
2:21
And 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}
2:22
And 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>_?
2:23
Howbeit 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)_.
2:24
Joab
<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>_.
2:25
And 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>_.
2:26
Then 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>_?
2:27
And 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}
2:28
So 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)_.
2:29
And 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>_.
2:30
And 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>_.
2:31
But 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)_.
2:32
And 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)_.
3:1
Now there was long
<0752>
war
<04421>
between the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>
and the house
<01004>
of David
<01732>_:
but David
<01732>
waxed
<01980> (8802)
stronger
<02390>
and stronger
<02390>_,
and the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>
waxed
<01980> (8802)
weaker
<01800>
and weaker
<01800>_.
3:2
And unto David
<01732>
were sons
<01121>
born
<03205> (8735) (8675) <03205> (8795)
in Hebron
<02275>_:
and his firstborn
<01060>
was Amnon
<0550>_,
of Ahinoam
<0293>
the Jezreelitess
<03159>_;
3:3
And his second
<04932>_,
Chileab
<03609>_,
of Abigail
<026>
the wife
<0802>
of Nabal
<05037>
the Carmelite
<03761>_;
and the third
<07992>_,
Absalom
<053>
the son
<01121>
of Maacah
<04601>
the daughter
<01323>
of Talmai
<08526>
king
<04428>
of Geshur
<01650>_;
{Chileab: or, Daniel}
3:4
And the fourth
<07243>_,
Adonijah
<0138>
the son
<01121>
of Haggith
<02294>_;
and the fifth
<02549>_,
Shephatiah
<08203>
the son
<01121>
of Abital
<037>_;
3:5
And the sixth
<08345>_,
Ithream
<03507>_,
by Eglah
<05698>
David's
<01732>
wife
<0802>_.
These were born
<03205> (8795)
to David
<01732>
in Hebron
<02275>_.
3:6
And it came to pass, while there was war
<04421>
between the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>
and the house
<01004>
of David
<01732>_,
that Abner
<074>
made himself strong
<02388> (8693)
for the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>_.
3:7
And Saul
<07586>
had a concubine
<06370>_,
whose name
<08034>
[was] Rizpah
<07532>_,
the daughter
<01323>
of Aiah
<0345>_:
and [Ishbosheth] said
<0559> (8799)
to Abner
<074>_,
Wherefore hast thou gone in
<0935> (8804)
unto my father's
<01>
concubine
<06370>_?
3:8
Then was Abner
<074>
very
<03966>
wroth
<02734> (8799)
for the words
<01697>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
[Am] I a dog's
<03611>
head
<07218>_,
which against Judah
<03063>
do shew
<06213> (8799)
kindness
<02617>
this day
<03117>
unto the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>
thy father
<01>_,
to his brethren
<0251>_,
and to his friends
<04828>_,
and have not delivered
<04672> (8689)
thee into the hand
<03027>
of David
<01732>_,
that thou chargest
<06485> (8799)
me to day
<03117>
with a fault
<05771>
concerning this woman
<0802>_?
3:9
So do
<06213> (8799)
God
<0430>
to Abner
<074>_,
and more also
<03254> (8686)_,
except, as the LORD
<03068>
hath sworn
<07650> (8738)
to David
<01732>_,
even so I do
<06213> (8799)
to him;
3:10
To translate
<05674> (8687)
the kingdom
<04467>
from the house
<01004>
of Saul
<07586>_,
and to set up
<06965> (8687)
the throne
<03678>
of David
<01732>
over Israel
<03478>
and over Judah
<03063>_,
from Dan
<01835>
even to Beersheba
<0884>_.
3:11
And he could
<03201> (8804)
not answer
<07725> (8687)
Abner
<074>
a word
<01697>
again, because he feared
<03372> (8800)
him.
3:12
And Abner
<074>
sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>
to David
<01732>
on his behalf, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Whose [is] the land
<0776>_?
saying
<0559> (8800)
[also], Make
<03772> (8798)
thy league
<01285>
with me, and, behold, my hand
<03027>
[shall be] with thee, to bring about
<05437> (8687)
all Israel
<03478>
unto thee.
3:13
And he said
<0559> (8799)_,
Well
<02896>_;
I will make
<03772> (8799)
a league
<01285>
with thee: but one
<0259>
thing
<01697>
I require
<07592> (8802)
of thee, that is
<0559> (8800)_,
Thou shalt not see
<07200> (8799)
my face
<06440>_,
except thou first
<06440>
bring
<0935> (8687)
Michal
<04324>
Saul's
<07586>
daughter
<01323>_,
when thou comest
<0935> (8800)
to see
<07200> (8800)
my face
<06440>_.
{that is: Heb. saying}
3:14
And David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>
to Ishbosheth
<0378>
Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Deliver
<05414> (8798)
[me] my wife
<0802>
Michal
<04324>_,
which I espoused
<0781> (8765)
to me for an hundred
<03967>
foreskins
<06190>
of the Philistines
<06430>_.
3:15
And Ishbosheth
<0378>
sent
<07971> (8799)_,
and took
<03947> (8799)
her from [her] husband
<0376>_,
[even] from Phaltiel
<06409>
the son
<01121>
of Laish
<03889> (8675) <03919>_.
{Phaltiel: also called, Phalti}
3:16
And her husband
<0376>
went
<03212> (8799)
with her along weeping
<01980> (8800) <01058> (8800)
behind
<0310>
her to Bahurim
<0980>_.
Then said
<0559> (8799)
Abner
<074>
unto him, Go
<03212> (8798)_,
return
<07725> (8798)_.
And he returned
<07725> (8799)_.
{along...: Heb. going and weeping}
3:17
And Abner
<074>
had communication
<01961> (8804) <01697>
with the elders
<02205>
of Israel
<03478>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Ye sought
<01245> (8764)
for David
<01732>
in times
<08543>
past
<08032>
[to be] king
<04428>
over you: {in times...: Heb. both yesterday and the third day}
3:18
Now then do
<06213> (8798)
[it]: for the LORD
<03068>
hath spoken
<0559> (8804)
of David
<01732>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
By the hand
<03027>
of my servant
<05650>
David
<01732>
I will save
<03467> (8687)
my people
<05971>
Israel
<03478>
out of the hand
<03027>
of the Philistines
<06430>_,
and out of the hand
<03027>
of all their enemies
<0341> (8802)_.
3:19
And Abner
<074>
also spake
<01696> (8762)
in the ears
<0241>
of Benjamin
<01144>_:
and Abner
<074>
went
<03212> (8799)
also to speak
<01696> (8763)
in the ears
<0241>
of David
<01732>
in Hebron
<02275>
all that seemed
<05869>
good
<02896>
to Israel
<03478>_,
and that seemed good
<05869>
to the whole house
<01004>
of Benjamin
<01144>_.
3:20
So Abner
<074>
came
<0935> (8799)
to David
<01732>
to Hebron
<02275>_,
and twenty
<06242>
men
<0582>
with him. And David
<01732>
made
<06213> (8799)
Abner
<074>
and the men
<0582>
that [were] with him a feast
<04960>_.
3:21
And Abner
<074>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto David
<01732>_,
I will arise
<06965> (8799)
and go
<03212> (8799)_,
and will gather
<06908> (8799)
all Israel
<03478>
unto my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>_,
that they may make
<03772> (8799)
a league
<01285>
with thee, and that thou mayest reign
<04427> (8804)
over all that thine heart
<05315>
desireth
<0183> (8762)_.
And David
<01732>
sent
<07971> (0)
Abner
<074>
away
<07971> (8762)_;
and he went
<03212> (8799)
in peace
<07965>_.
3:22
And, behold, the servants
<05650>
of David
<01732>
and Joab
<03097>
came
<0935> (8802)
from [pursuing] a troop
<01416>_,
and brought in
<0935> (8689)
a great
<07227>
spoil
<07998>
with them: but Abner
<074>
[was] not with David
<01732>
in Hebron
<02275>_;
for he had sent him away
<07971> (8765)_,
and he was gone
<03212> (8799)
in peace
<07965>_.
3:23
When Joab
<03097>
and all the host
<06635>
that [was] with him were come
<0935> (8804)_,
they told
<05046> (8686)
Joab
<03097>_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>
came
<0935> (8804)
to the king
<04428>_,
and he hath sent him away
<07971> (8762)_,
and he is gone
<03212> (8799)
in peace
<07965>_.
3:24
Then Joab
<03097>
came
<0935> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
What hast thou done
<06213> (8804)_?
behold, Abner
<074>
came
<0935> (8802)
unto thee; why [is] it [that] thou hast sent him away
<07971> (8765)_,
and he is quite
<01980> (8800)
gone
<03212> (8799)_?
3:25
Thou knowest
<03045> (8804)
Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>_,
that he came
<0935> (8804)
to deceive
<06601> (8763)
thee, and to know
<03045> (8800)
thy going out
<04161>
and thy coming in
<04126> (8675) <03996>_,
and to know
<03045> (8800)
all that thou doest
<06213> (8802)_.
3:26
And when Joab
<03097>
was come out
<03318> (8799)
from David
<01732>_,
he sent
<07971> (8799)
messengers
<04397>
after
<0310>
Abner
<074>_,
which brought him again
<07725> (8686)
from the well
<0953>
of Sirah
<05626>_:
but David
<01732>
knew
<03045> (8804)
[it] not.
3:27
And when Abner
<074>
was returned
<07725> (8799)
to Hebron
<02275>_,
Joab
<03097>
took him aside
<05186> (8686)
in
<0413> <08432>
the gate
<08179>
to speak
<01696> (8763)
with him quietly
<07987>_,
and smote
<05221> (8686)
him there under the fifth
<02570>
[rib], that he died
<04191> (8799)_,
for the blood
<01818>
of Asahel
<06214>
his brother
<0251>_.
{quietly: or, peaceably}
3:28
And afterward
<0310>
when David
<01732>
heard
<08085> (8799)
[it], he said
<0559> (8799)_,
I and my kingdom
<04467>
[are] guiltless
<05355>
before the LORD
<03068>
for
<05704>
ever
<05769>
from the blood
<01818>
of Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>_:
{blood: Heb. bloods}
3:29
Let it rest
<02342> (8799)
on the head
<07218>
of Joab
<03097>_,
and on all his father's
<01>
house
<01004>_;
and let there not fail
<03772> (8735)
from the house
<01004>
of Joab
<03097>
one that hath an issue
<02100> (8802)_,
or that is a leper
<06879> (8794)_,
or that leaneth
<02388> (8688)
on a staff
<06418>_,
or that falleth
<05307> (8802)
on the sword
<02719>_,
or that lacketh
<02638>
bread
<03899>_.
{fail: Heb. be cut off}
3:30
So Joab
<03097>
and Abishai
<052>
his brother
<0251>
slew
<02026> (8804)
Abner
<074>_,
because he had slain
<04191> (8689)
their brother
<0251>
Asahel
<06214>
at Gibeon
<01391>
in the battle
<04421>_.
3:31
And David
<01732>
said
<0559> (8799)
to Joab
<03097>_,
and to all the people
<05971>
that [were] with him, Rend
<07167> (8798)
your clothes
<0899>_,
and gird
<02296> (8798)
you with sackcloth
<08242>_,
and mourn
<05594> (8798)
before
<06440>
Abner
<074>_.
And king
<04428>
David
<01732>
[himself] followed
<01980> (8802) <0310>
the bier
<04296>_.
{bier: Heb. bed}
3:32
And they buried
<06912> (8799)
Abner
<074>
in Hebron
<02275>_:
and the king
<04428>
lifted up
<05375> (8799)
his voice
<06963>_,
and wept
<01058> (8799)
at the grave
<06913>
of Abner
<074>_;
and all the people
<05971>
wept
<01058> (8799)_.
3:33
And the king
<04428>
lamented
<06969> (8787)
over Abner
<074>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)_,
Died
<04191> (8799)
Abner
<074>
as a fool
<05036>
dieth
<04194>_?
3:34
Thy hands
<03027>
[were] not bound
<0631> (8803)_,
nor thy feet
<07272>
put
<05066> (8717)
into fetters
<05178>_:
as a man falleth
<05307> (8800)
before
<06440>
wicked
<05766>
men
<01121>_,
[so] fellest
<05307> (8804)
thou. And all the people
<05971>
wept
<01058> (8800)
again
<03254> (8686)
over him. {wicked...: Heb. children of iniquity}
3:35
And when all
<03605>
the people
<05971>
came
<0935> (8799)
to cause
<01262> (0)
David
<01732>
to eat
<01262> (8687)
meat
<03899>
while it was yet
<05750>
day
<03117>_,
David
<01732>
sware
<07650> (8735)_,
saying
<0559> (8800)_,
So do
<06213> (8799)
God
<0430>
to me, and more also
<03254> (8686)_,
if I taste
<02938> (8799)
bread
<03899>_,
or ought
<03972>
else, till
<06440>
the sun
<08121>
be down
<0935> (8800)_.
3:36
And all the people
<05971>
took notice
<05234> (8689)
[of it], and it pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>
them: as whatsoever the king
<04428>
did
<06213> (8804)
pleased
<05869> <02896>
all the people
<05971>_.
{pleased them: Heb. was good in their eyes}
3:37
For all the people
<05971>
and all Israel
<03478>
understood
<03045> (8799)
that day
<03117>
that it was not of the king
<04428>
to slay
<04191> (8687)
Abner
<074>
the son
<01121>
of Ner
<05369>_.
3:38
And the king
<04428>
said
<0559> (8799)
unto his servants
<05650>_,
Know
<03045> (8799)
ye not that there is a prince
<08269>
and a great man
<01419>
fallen
<05307> (8804)
this day
<03117>
in Israel
<03478>_?
3:39
And I [am] this day
<03117>
weak
<07390>_,
though anointed
<04886> (8803)
king
<04428>_;
and these men
<0582>
the sons
<01121>
of Zeruiah
<06870>
[be] too hard
<07186>
for me: the LORD
<03068>
shall reward
<07999> (8762)
the doer of evil
<06213> (8802)
according to his wickedness
<07451>_.
{weak: Heb. tender}
4:1
And when Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>
heard
<08085> (8799)
that Abner
<074>
was dead
<04191> (8804)
in Hebron
<02275>_,
his hands
<03027>
were feeble
<07503> (8799)_,
and all the Israelites
<03478>
were troubled
<0926> (8738)_.
4:2
And Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>
had
<01961> (8804)
two
<08147>
men
<0582>
[that were] captains
<08269>
of bands
<01416>_:
the name
<08034>
of the one
<0259>
[was] Baanah
<01196>_,
and the name
<08034>
of the other
<08145>
Rechab
<07394>_,
the sons
<01121>
of Rimmon
<07417>
a Beerothite
<0886>_,
of the children
<01121>
of Benjamin
<01144>_:
(for Beeroth
<0881>
also was reckoned
<02803> (8735)
to Benjamin
<01144>_:
{other: Heb. second}
4:3
And the Beerothites
<0886>
fled
<01272> (8799)
to Gittaim
<01664>_,
and were sojourners
<01481> (8802)
there until this day
<03117>.)
4:4
And Jonathan
<03083>_,
Saul's
<07586>
son
<01121>_,
had a son
<01121>
[that was] lame
<05223>
of [his] feet
<07272>_.
He was five
<02568>
years
<08141>
old
<01121>
when the tidings
<08052>
came
<0935> (8800)
of Saul
<07586>
and Jonathan
<03083>
out of Jezreel
<03157>_,
and his nurse
<0539> (8802)
took him up
<05375> (8799)_,
and fled
<05127> (8799)_:
and it came to pass, as she made haste
<02648> (8800)
to flee
<05127> (8800)_,
that he fell
<05307> (8799)_,
and became lame
<06452> (8735)_.
And his name
<08034>
[was] Mephibosheth
<04648>_.
{Mephibosheth: or, Meribbaal}
4:5
And the sons
<01121>
of Rimmon
<07417>
the Beerothite
<0886>_,
Rechab
<07394>
and Baanah
<01196>_,
went
<03212> (8799)_,
and came
<0935> (8799)
about the heat
<02527>
of the day
<03117>
to the house
<01004>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>_,
who lay
<07901> (8802)
on a bed
<04904>
at noon
<06672>_.
4:6
And they came thither
<0935> (8804)
into the midst
<08432>
of the house
<01004>_,
[as though] they would have fetched
<03947> (8802)
wheat
<02406>_;
and they smote
<05221> (8686)
him under the fifth
<02570>
[rib]: and Rechab
<07394>
and Baanah
<01196>
his brother
<0251>
escaped
<04422> (8738)_.
4:7
For when they came
<0935> (8799)
into the house
<01004>_,
he lay
<07901> (8802)
on his bed
<04296>
in his bedchamber
<02315> <04904>_,
and they smote
<05221> (8686)
him, and slew
<04191> (8686)
him, and beheaded
<05493> (8686)
him, and took
<03947> (8799)
his head
<07218>_,
and gat them away
<03212> (8799)
through
<01870>
the plain
<06160>
all night
<03915>_.
4:8
And they brought
<0935> (8686)
the head
<07218>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>
unto David
<01732>
to Hebron
<02275>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
to the king
<04428>_,
Behold the head
<07218>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>
the son
<01121>
of Saul
<07586>
thine enemy
<0341> (8802)_,
which sought
<01245> (8765)
thy life
<05315>_;
and the LORD
<03068>
hath
<05414> (8799)
avenged
<05360>
my lord
<0113>
the king
<04428>
this day
<03117>
of Saul
<07586>_,
and of his seed
<02233>_.
4:9
And David
<01732>
answered
<06030> (8799)
Rechab
<07394>
and Baanah
<01196>
his brother
<0251>_,
the sons
<01121>
of Rimmon
<07417>
the Beerothite
<0886>_,
and said
<0559> (8799)
unto them, [As] the LORD
<03068>
liveth
<02416>_,
who hath redeemed
<06299> (8804)
my soul
<05315>
out of all adversity
<06869>_,
4:10
When one told
<05046> (8688)
me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,
Behold, Saul
<07586>
is dead
<04191> (8804)_,
thinking to have brought
<05869>
good tidings
<01319> (8764)_,
I took hold
<0270> (8799)
of him, and slew
<02026> (8799)
him in Ziklag
<06860>_,
who [thought] that I would have given
<05414> (8800)
him a reward for his tidings
<01309>_:
{thinking...: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etc} {who...: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings}
4:11
How much more, when wicked
<07563>
men
<0582>
have slain
<02026> (8804)
a righteous
<06662>
person
<0376>
in his own house
<01004>
upon his bed
<04904>_?
shall I not therefore now require
<01245> (8762)
his blood
<01818>
of your hand
<03027>_,
and take you away
<01197> (8765)
from the earth
<0776>_?
4:12
And David
<01732>
commanded
<06680> (8762)
his young men
<05288>_,
and they slew
<02026> (8799)
them, and cut off
<07112> (8762)
their hands
<03027>
and their feet
<07272>_,
and hanged [them] up
<08518> (8799)
over the pool
<01295>
in Hebron
<02275>_.
But they took
<03947> (8804)
the head
<07218>
of Ishbosheth
<0378>_,
and buried
<06912> (8799)
[it] in the sepulchre
<06913>
of Abner
<074>
in Hebron
<02275>_.
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