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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>_.