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Chapter 2
And
it
came
to
passe
after
this,
that
Dauid
enquired
of
the
Lord,
saying,
Shall
I
goe
vp
into
any
of
the
Cities
of
Iudah?
And
the
Lord
said
vnto
him,
Goe
vp.
And
Dauid
said,
Whither
shall
I
goe
vp?
And
he
said,
Unto
Hebron.
2
So
Dauid
went
vp
thither,
and
his
two
wiues
also,
Ahinoam
the
Iezreelitesse,
and
Abigail
Nabals
wife
the
Carmelite.
3
And
his
men
that
were
with
him,
did
Dauid
bring
vp,
euery
man
with
his
houshold:
and
they
dwelt
in
the
cities
of
Hebron.
4
And
the
men
of
Iudah
came,
and
there
they
anointed
Dauid
king
ouer
the
house
of
Iudah:
and
they
tolde
Dauid,
saying;
That
the
men
of
Iabesh
Gilead
were
they
that
buried
Saul.
5
And
Dauid
sent
messengers
vnto
the
men
of
Iabesh
Gilead,
and
said
vnto
them,
Blessed
be
ye
of
the
Lord,
that
ye
haue
shewed
this
kindnesse
vnto
your
lord,
euen
vnto
Saul,
and
haue
buried
him.
6
And
now
the
Lord
shewe
kindnesse
and
trueth
vnto
you:
and
I
also
will
requite
you
this
kindnesse,
because
ye
haue
done
this
thing.
7
Therefore
now
let
your
handes
be
strengthened,
and
be
ye
valiant:
for
your
master
Saul
is
dead,
and
also
the
house
of
Iudah
haue
anointed
me
king
ouer
them.
8
But
Abner
the
sonne
of
Ner,
captaine
of
Sauls
hoste,
tooke
Ishbosheth
the
sonne
of
Saul,
and
brought
him
ouer
to
Mahanaim.
9
And
hee
made
him
king
ouer
Gilead,
and
ouer
the
Ashurites,
and
ouer
Iezreel,
and
ouer
Ephraim,
and
ouer
Beniamin,
and
ouer
all
Israel.
10
Ishbosheth
Sauls
sonne
was
fortie
yeeres
olde
when
he
began
to
reigne
ouer
Israel,
and
reigned
two
yeres:
but
the
house
of
Iudah
followed
Dauid.
11
(And
the
time
that
Dauid
was
King
in
Hebron
ouer
the
house
of
Iudah,
was
seuen
yeeres,
and
sixe
moneths)
12
And
Abner
the
sonne
of
Ner,
and
the
seruants
of
Ishbosheth
the
sonne
of
Saul,
went
out
from
Mahanaim,
to
Gibeon.
13
And
Ioab
the
sonne
of
Zeruiah,
and
the
seruants
of
Dauid
went
out,
and
met
together
by
the
poole
of
Gibeon:
and
they
sate
downe,
the
one
on
the
one
side
of
the
poole,
and
the
other
on
the
other
side
of
the
poole.
14
And
Abner
said
to
Ioab,
Let
the
yong
men
now
arise,
and
play
before
vs:
and
Ioab
saide,
Let
them
arise.
15
Then
there
arose
and
went
ouer
by
number
twelue
of
Beniamin,
which
pertained
to
Ishbosheth
the
sonne
of
Saul,
and
twelue
of
the
seruants
of
Dauid.
16
And
they
caught
euery
one
his
fellow
by
the
head,
and
thrust
his
sword
in
his
fellowes
side,
so
they
fell
downe
together:
Wherfore
that
place
was
called
Helkath-hazzurim,
which
is
in
Gibeon.
17
And
there
was
a
very
sore
battell
that
day:
and
Abner
was
beaten,
and
the
men
of
Israel,
before
the
seruants
of
Dauid.
18
And
there
were
three
sonnes
of
Zeruiah
there,
Ioab,
and
Abishai,
and
Asahel:
and
Asahel
was
as
light
of
foot
as
a
wilde
Roe.
19
And
Asahel
pursued
after
Abner,
and
in
going
he
turned
not
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left
from
following
Abner.
20
Then
Abner
looked
behind
him,
and
said,
Art
thou
Asahel?
And
he
answered,
I
am.
21
And
Abner
said
to
him,
Turne
thee
aside
to
thy
right
hand,
or
to
thy
left,
and
lay
thee
holde
on
one
of
the
yong
men,
and
take
thee
his
armour.
But
Asahel
would
not
turne
aside
from
following
of
him.
22
And
Abner
said
againe
to
Asahel,
Turne
thee
aside
from
following
me:
Wherefore
should
I
smite
thee
to
the
ground?
how
then
should
I
holde
vp
my
face
to
Ioab
thy
brother?
23
Howbeit
he
refused
to
turne
aside:
wherefore
Abner
with
the
hinder
ende
of
the
speare
smote
him
vnder
the
fift
ribbe,
that
the
speare
came
out
behinde
him,
and
hee
fell
downe
there,
and
died
in
the
same
place:
and
it
came
to
passe,
that
as
many
as
came
to
the
place
where
Asahel
fell
downe
and
died,
stood
still.
24
Ioab
also
and
Abishai
pursued
after
Abner:
and
the
Sunne
went
downe
when
they
were
come
to
the
hill
of
Ammah,
that
lieth
before
Giah
by
the
way
of
the
wildernesse
of
Gibeon.
25
And
the
children
of
Beniamin
gathered
themselues
together
after
Abner,
and
became
one
troupe,
and
stood
on
the
top
of
an
hill.
26
Then
Abner
called
to
Ioab,
and
said,
Shall
the
sword
deuoure
for
euer?
Knowest
thou
not
that
it
wil
be
bitternesse
in
the
latter
end?
How
long
shall
it
bee
then,
yer
thou
bid
the
people
returne
from
following
their
brethren?
27
And
Ioab
said,
As
God
liueth,
vnlesse
thou
hadst
spoken,
surely
then
in
the
morning
the
people
had
gone
vp
euery
one
from
following
his
brother.
28
So
Ioab
blew
a
trumpet,
and
all
the
people
stood
still,
and
pursued
after
Israel
no
more,
neither
fought
they
any
more.
29
And
Abner
and
his
men
walked
all
that
night
thorow
the
plaine,
and
passed
ouer
Iordane,
and
went
thorow
all
Bithron,
and
they
came
to
Mahanaim.
30
And
Ioab
returned
from
folowing
Abner;
and
when
he
had
gathered
all
the
people
together,
there
lacked
of
Dauids
seruants
nineteene
men,
and
Asahel.
31
But
the
seruants
of
Dauid
had
smitten
of
Beniamin
and
of
Abners
men,
so
that
three
hundred
and
threescore
men
died.
32
And
they
tooke
vp
Asahel,
and
buried
him
in
the
sepulchre
of
his
father
which
was
in
Bethlehem:
and
Ioab
and
his
men
went
all
night,
and
they
came
to
Hebron
at
breake
of
day.
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