2 Samuel 2
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It happened after this that David a inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah?" And the LORD said to him, "Go up." David said, "Where shall I go up?" And He said, "To b Hebron."
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So David went up there, and his c two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.
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And David brought up d the men who were with him, every man with his household. So they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
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e Then the men of Judah came, and there they f anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, g "The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul."
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So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, h "You are blessed of the LORD, for you have shown this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him.
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"And now may i the LORD show kindness and truth to you. I also will repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing.
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"Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
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But j Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to k Mahanaim;
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and he made him king over l Gilead, over the m Ashurites, over n Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
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Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. Only the house of Judah followed David.
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And o the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
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Now Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to p Gibeon.
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And q Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and met them by r the pool of Gibeon. So they sat down, one on one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.
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Then Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men now arise and compete before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise."
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So they arose and went over by number, twelve from Benjamin, followers of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.
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And each one grasped his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent's side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called the Field of Sharp Swords, which is in Gibeon.
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So there was a very fierce battle that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.
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Now the s three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was t as fleet of foot u as a wild gazelle.
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So Asahel pursued Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
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Then Abner looked behind him and said, "Are you Asahel?" He answered, "I am."
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And Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay hold on one of the young men and take his armor for yourself." But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
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So Abner said again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I face your brother Joab?"
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However, he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him v in the stomach with the blunt end of the spear, so that the spear came out of his back; and he fell down there and died on the spot. So it was that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood w still.
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Joab and Abishai also pursued Abner. And the sun was going down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah by the road to the Wilderness of Gibeon.
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Now the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became a unit, and took their stand on top of a hill.
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Then Abner called to Joab and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the latter end? How long will it be then until you tell the people to return from pursuing their brethren?"
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And Joab said, "As God lives, unless x you had spoken, surely then by morning all the people would have given up pursuing their brethren."
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So Joab blew a trumpet; and all the people stood still and did not pursue Israel anymore, nor did they fight anymore.
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Then Abner and his men went on all that night through the plain, crossed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron; and they came to Mahanaim.
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So Joab returned from pursuing Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
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But the servants of David had struck down, of Benjamin and Abner's men, three hundred and sixty men who died.
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Then they took up Asahel and buried him in his father's tomb, which was in y Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at daybreak.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 1:19
The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
2 Samuel 1:25
How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan was slain in your high places.
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Judges 1:1
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass t...
1 Samuel 23:2
Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, "...
1 Samuel 23:4
Then David inquired of the LORD once again. And...
1 Samuel 23:9
When David knew that Saul plotted evil against ...
1 Samuel 30:7
Then David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimele...
1 Samuel 30:8
So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I...
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1 Samuel 30:31
Those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to rove.
2 Samuel 2:11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
2 Samuel 5:1 - 3
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, "Indeed we are your bone and your flesh.
1 Kings 2:11
The period that David reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
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1 Samuel 25:42
So Abigail rose in haste and rode on a donkey, attended by five of her maidens; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.
1 Samuel 25:43
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives.
1 Samuel 30:5
And David's two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive.
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1 Samuel 27:2
Then David arose and went over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
1 Samuel 27:3
So David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow.
1 Samuel 30:1
Now it happened, when David and his men came to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire.
1 Chronicles 12:1
Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helpers in the war.
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1 Samuel 30:26
Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, "Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD" -
2 Samuel 2:11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
2 Samuel 19:14
So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah, just as the heart of one man, so that they sent this word to the king: "Return, you and all your servants!
2 Samuel 19:41 - 43
Just then all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, "Why have our brethren, the men of Judah, stolen you away and brought the king, his household, and all David's men with him across the Jordan?
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1 Samuel 16:13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
2 Samuel 5:3
Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel.
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1 Samuel 31:11 - 13
Now when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul.
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Ruth 2:20
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed be he of the LORD, who has not forsaken His kindness to the living and the dead!" And Naomi said to her, "This man is a relation of ours, one of our close relatives.
Ruth 3:10
Then he said, "Blessed are you of the LORD, my daughter! For you have shown more kindness at the end than at the beginning, in that you did not go after young men, whether poor or rich.
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Exodus 34:6
And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth.
2 Timothy 1:16
The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain.
2 Timothy 1:18
The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day - and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 14:50
The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
2 Samuel 3:6
Now it was so, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner was strengthening his hold on the house of Saul.
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Genesis 32:2
When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's camp." And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Joshua 21:38
And from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Mahanaim with its common-land.
2 Samuel 17:24
Then David went to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
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Joshua 22:9
So the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, which they had obtained according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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Judges 1:32
So the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.
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1 Samuel 29:1
Then the Philistines gathered together all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
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2 Samuel 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
1 Kings 2:11
The period that David reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
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Joshua 10:2 - 12
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth.
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1 Samuel 26:6
Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you.
2 Samuel 8:16
Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
1 Chronicles 2:16
Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel - three.
1 Chronicles 11:6
Now David said, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief.
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Jeremiah 41:12
They took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah; and they found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon.
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1 Chronicles 2:16
Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel - three.
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1 Chronicles 12:8
Some Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
Habakkuk 3:19
The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills. To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.
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Psalms 18:33
He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places.
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2 Samuel 3:27
Now when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately, and there stabbed him in the stomach, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 4:6
And they came there, all the way into the house, as though to get wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
2 Samuel 20:10
But Amasa did not notice the sword that was in Joab's hand. And he struck him with it in the stomach, and his entrails poured out on the ground; and he did not strike him again. Thus he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
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2 Samuel 20:12
But Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him, when he saw that everyone who came upon him halted.
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2 Samuel 2:14
Then Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men now arise and compete before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise.
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