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2 Samuel 1:1--3:5

1:1

Now it came to pass after
<0310>

the death
<04194>

of Saul
<07586>_,

when David
<01732>

was returned
<07725> (8804)

from the slaughter
<05221> (8687)

of the Amalekites
<06002>_,

and David
<01732>

had abode
<03427> (8799)

two
<08147>

days
<03117>

in Ziklag
<06860>_;

1:2

It came even to pass on the third
<07992>

day
<03117>_,

that, behold, a man
<0376>

came
<0935> (8802)

out of the camp
<04264>

from Saul
<07586>

with his clothes
<0899>

rent
<07167> (8803)_,

and earth
<0127>

upon his head
<07218>_:

and [so] it was, when he came
<0935> (8800)

to David
<01732>_,

that he fell
<05307> (8799)

to the earth
<0776>_,

and did obeisance
<07812> (8691)_.

1:3

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, From whence comest
<0935> (8799)

thou? And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Out of the camp
<04264>

of Israel
<03478>

am I escaped
<04422> (8738)_.

1:4

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, How
<04100>

went the matter
<01697>_?

I pray thee, tell
<05046> (8685)

me. And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

That the people
<05971>

are fled
<05127> (8804)

from the battle
<04421>_,

and many
<07235> (8687)

of the people
<05971>

also are fallen
<05307> (8804)

and dead
<04191> (8799)_;

and Saul
<07586>

and Jonathan
<03083>

his son
<01121>

are dead
<04191> (8804)

also. {How...: Heb. What was, etc}

1:5

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the young man
<05288>

that told
<05046> (8688)

him, How knowest
<03045> (8804)

thou that Saul
<07586>

and Jonathan
<03083>

his son
<01121>

be dead
<04191> (8804)_?

1:6

And the young man
<05288>

that told
<05046> (8688)

him said
<0559> (8799)_,

As I happened
<07136> (8738)

by chance
<07122> (8736)

upon mount
<02022>

Gilboa
<01533>_,

behold, Saul
<07586>

leaned
<08172> (8737)

upon his spear
<02595>_;

and, lo, the chariots
<07393>

and horsemen
<01167> <06571>

followed hard
<01692> (8689)

after him.

1:7

And when he looked
<06437> (8799)

behind
<0310>

him, he saw
<07200> (8799)

me, and called
<07121> (8799)

unto me. And I answered
<0559> (8799)_,

Here [am] I. {Here...: Heb. Behold me}

1:8

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered
<0559> (8799)

him, I [am] an Amalekite
<06003>_.

1:9

He said
<0559> (8799)

unto me again, Stand
<05975> (8798)_,

I pray thee, upon me, and slay
<04191> (8786)

me: for anguish
<07661>

is come
<0270> (8804)

upon me, because my life
<05315>

[is] yet whole in me. {anguish...: or, my coat of mail (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth me, that my, etc}

1:10

So I stood
<05975> (8799)

upon him, and slew
<04191> (8787)

him, because I was sure
<03045> (8804)

that he could not live
<02421> (8799)

after
<0310>

that he was fallen
<05307> (8800)_:

and I took
<03947> (8799)

the crown
<05145>

that [was] upon his head
<07218>_,

and the bracelet
<0685>

that [was] on his arm
<02220>_,

and have brought
<0935> (8686)

them hither unto my lord
<0113>_.

1:11

Then David
<01732>

took hold
<02388> (8686)

on his clothes
<0899>_,

and rent
<07167> (8799)

them; and likewise all the men
<0582>

that [were] with him:

1:12

And they mourned
<05594> (8799)_,

and wept
<01058> (8799)_,

and fasted
<06684> (8799)

until even
<06153>_,

for Saul
<07586>_,

and for Jonathan
<03083>

his son
<01121>_,

and for the people
<05971>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and for the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_;

because they were fallen
<05307> (8804)

by the sword
<02719>_.

1:13

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the young man
<05288>

that told
<05046> (8688)

him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

I [am] the son
<01121>

of a stranger
<0376> <01616>_,

an Amalekite
<06003>_.

1:14

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, How wast thou not afraid
<03372> (8804)

to stretch forth
<07971> (8800)

thine hand
<03027>

to destroy
<07843> (8763)

the LORD'S
<03068>

anointed
<04899>_?

1:15

And David
<01732>

called
<07121> (8799)

one
<0259>

of the young men
<05288>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go near
<05066> (8798)_,

[and] fall
<06293> (8798)

upon him. And he smote
<05221> (8686)

him that he died
<04191> (8799)_.

1:16

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thy blood
<01818>

[be] upon thy head
<07218>_;

for thy mouth
<06310>

hath testified
<06030> (8804)

against thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

I have slain
<04191> (8790)

the LORD'S
<03068>

anointed
<04899>_.

1:17

And David
<01732>

lamented
<06969> (8787)

with this lamentation
<07015>

over Saul
<07586>

and over Jonathan
<03083>

his son
<01121>_:

1:18

(Also he bade
<0559> (8799)

them teach
<03925> (8763)

the children
<01121>

of Judah
<03063>

[the use of] the bow
<07198>_:

behold, [it is] written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<05612>

of Jasher
<03477>.)

{of Jasher: or, of the upright}

1:19

The beauty
<06643>

of Israel
<03478>

is slain
<02491>

upon thy high places
<01116>_:

how are the mighty
<01368>

fallen
<05307> (8804)_!

1:20

Tell
<05046> (8686)

[it] not in Gath
<01661>_,

publish
<01319> (8762)

[it] not in the streets
<02351>

of Askelon
<0831>_;

lest the daughters
<01323>

of the Philistines
<06430>

rejoice
<08055> (8799)_,

lest the daughters
<01323>

of the uncircumcised
<06189>

triumph
<05937> (8799)_.

1:21

Ye mountains
<02022>

of Gilboa
<01533>_,

[let there be] no dew
<02919>_,

neither [let there be] rain
<04306>_,

upon you, nor fields
<07704>

of offerings
<08641>_:

for there the shield
<04043>

of the mighty
<01368>

is vilely cast away
<01602> (8738)_,

the shield
<04043>

of Saul
<07586>_,

[as though he had] not [been] anointed
<04899>

with oil
<08081>_.

1:22

From the blood
<01818>

of the slain
<02491>_,

from the fat
<02459>

of the mighty
<01368>_,

the bow
<07198>

of Jonathan
<03083>

turned
<07734> (8738)

not back
<0268>_,

and the sword
<02719>

of Saul
<07586>

returned
<07725> (8799)

not empty
<07387>_.

1:23

Saul
<07586>

and Jonathan
<03083>

[were] lovely
<0157> (8737)

and pleasant
<05273>

in their lives
<02416>_,

and in their death
<04194>

they were not divided
<06504> (8738)_:

they were swifter
<07043> (8804)

than eagles
<05404>_,

they were stronger
<01396> (8804)

than lions
<0738>_.

{pleasant: or, sweet}

1:24

Ye daughters
<01323>

of Israel
<03478>_,

weep over
<01058> (8798)

Saul
<07586>_,

who clothed
<03847> (8688)

you in scarlet
<08144>_,

with [other] delights
<05730>_,

who put
<05927> (8688)

on ornaments
<05716>

of gold
<02091>

upon your apparel
<03830>_.

1:25

How are the mighty
<01368>

fallen
<05307> (8804)

in the midst
<08432>

of the battle
<04421>_!

O Jonathan
<03083>_,

[thou wast] slain
<02491>

in thine high places
<01116>_.

1:26

I am distressed
<06887> (8804)

for thee, my brother
<0251>

Jonathan
<03083>_:

very
<03966>

pleasant
<05276> (8804)

hast thou been unto me: thy love
<0160>

to me was wonderful
<06381> (8738)_,

passing the love
<0160>

of women
<0802>_.

1:27

How are the mighty
<01368>

fallen
<05307> (8804)_,

and the weapons
<03627>

of war
<04421>

perished
<06> (8799)_!

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>_.