New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Samuel 2:1-19

1Then it came about afterward that 1David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” So David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “2To Hebron.” 2So David went up there, and 3his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the 4widow of Nabal the Carmelite. 3And 5David brought up his men who were with him, each with his household; and they settled in the cities of Hebron. 4Then the men of Judah came, and there they 6anointed David king over the house of Judah.

And they told David, saying, “It was 7the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.” 5So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “8May you be blessed of the Lord because you have 9shown this kindness to Saul your lord, and have buried him. 6And now 10may the Lord 11show kindness and truth to you; and I also will 12show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing. 7Now then, let your hands be strong and be 13valiant, since Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

8But 14Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken 15Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to 16Mahanaim. 9And he made him king over 17Gilead, over the 18Ashurites, over 19Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel. 10Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David. 11And 20the 21time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

12Now Abner the son of Ner, went from Mahanaim to 22Gibeon with the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul. 13And 23Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met 24them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, 25Abner’s men on the one side of the pool and 26Joab’s men on the other side of the pool. 14Then Abner said to Joab, “Now have the young men arise and 27hold a martial skills match in our presence.” And Joab said, “Have them arise!” 15So they got up and went over by count, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David. 16And each one of them seized his 28opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his 29opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called 30Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 17That day the battle was very severe, and 31Abner and the men of Israel were defeated 32by the servants of David.

18Now 33the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was 34as 35swift-footed as one of the gazelles that is in the field. 19Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn 36to the right or to the left from following Abner.

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Notes

1. 2 Samuel 2:1 1 Sam 23:2, 4, 9-12 ↩
2. 2 Samuel 2:1 Josh 14:13; 1 Sam 30:31 ↩
3. 2 Samuel 2:2 1 Sam 25:42, 43 ↩
4. 2 Samuel 2:2 Lit wife ↩
5. 2 Samuel 2:3 1 Sam 30:9; 1 Chr 12:1 ↩
6. 2 Samuel 2:4 1 Sam 16:13; 2 Sam 5:3, 5 ↩
7. 2 Samuel 2:4 1 Sam 31:11-13 ↩
8. 2 Samuel 2:5 1 Sam 23:21; Ps 115:15 ↩
9. 2 Samuel 2:5 Lit done ↩
10. 2 Samuel 2:6 Ex 34:6; 2 Tim 1:16 ↩
11. 2 Samuel 2:6 Lit do ↩
12. 2 Samuel 2:6 Lit do ↩
13. 2 Samuel 2:7 Lit sons of valor ↩
14. 2 Samuel 2:8 1 Sam 14:50 ↩
15. 2 Samuel 2:8 I.e., man of shame; cf. 1 Chr 8:33, Eshbaal ↩
16. 2 Samuel 2:8 Gen 32:2; 2 Sam 17:24 ↩
17. 2 Samuel 2:9 Josh 22:9 ↩
18. 2 Samuel 2:9 Judg 1:32 ↩
19. 2 Samuel 2:9 1 Sam 29:1 ↩
20. 2 Samuel 2:11 2 Sam 5:5 ↩
21. 2 Samuel 2:11 Lit number of days ↩
22. 2 Samuel 2:12 Josh 10:12; 18:25 ↩
23. 2 Samuel 2:13 2 Sam 8:16; 1 Chr 2:16; 11:6 ↩
24. 2 Samuel 2:13 Lit them together ↩
25. 2 Samuel 2:13 Lit these on ↩
26. 2 Samuel 2:13 Lit these on ↩
27. 2 Samuel 2:14 2 Sam 2:16, 17 ↩
28. 2 Samuel 2:16 Lit fellow ↩
29. 2 Samuel 2:16 Lit fellow’s ↩
30. 2 Samuel 2:16 I.e., the field of sword-edges ↩
31. 2 Samuel 2:17 2 Sam 3:1 ↩
32. 2 Samuel 2:17 Lit in front of ↩
33. 2 Samuel 2:18 1 Chr 2:16 ↩
34. 2 Samuel 2:18 1 Chr 12:8; Hab 3:19 ↩
35. 2 Samuel 2:18 Lit light in his feet ↩
36. 2 Samuel 2:19 Lit to go to ↩

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