1 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS after H310 PREP this H3651 ADV , that David H1732 MMS inquired H7592 W-VQY3MS of the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS , saying H559 W-VQY3MS , Shall I go up H5927 into any H259 B-RFS of the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 ? And the LORD H3068 EDS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MS him , Go up H5927 . And David H1732 MMS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Whither H575 ADV shall I go up H5927 ? And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Unto Hebron H2275 .
2 So David H1732 MMS went up H5927 W-VHY3MS thither H8033 ADV , and his two H8147 ONUM wives H802 also H1571 W-CONJ , Ahinoam H293 the Jezreelitess H3159 , and Abigail H26 Nabal H5037 \'s wife H802 CFS the Carmelite H3761 .
3 And his men H376 NMS that H834 RPRO were with H5973 PREP-3MS him did David H1732 bring up H5927 , every man H376 NMS with his household H1004 : and they dwelt H3427 W-VQY3MP in the cities H5892 B-CFP of Hebron H2275 .
4 And the men H376 CMP of Judah H3063 came H935 W-VQY3MP , and there H8033 ADV they anointed H4886 David H1732 L-NAME king H4428 L-CMS over H5921 PREP the house H1004 CMS of Judah H3063 . And they told H5046 David H1732 L-NAME , saying H559 L-VQFC , That the men H376 CMP of Jabesh H3003 - gilead were they that H834 RPRO buried H6912 Saul H7586 .
5 And David H1732 MMS sent H7971 W-VQY3MS messengers H4397 unto H413 PREP the men H376 CMP of Jabesh H3003 - gilead , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP them , Blessed H1288 be ye H859 PPRO-2MS of the LORD H3068 L-EDS , that H834 RPRO ye have showed H6213 this H2088 D-PMS kindness H2617 unto H5973 PREP your lord H113 , even unto H5973 PREP Saul H7586 , and have buried H6912 him .
6 And now H6258 W-ADV the LORD H3068 EDS show H6213 kindness H2617 NMS and truth H571 unto H5973 PREP-3MP you : and I H595 PPRO-1MS also H1571 W-CONJ will requite H6213 you this H2063 D-DFS kindness H2896 , because H834 RPRO ye have done H6213 this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS .
7 Therefore now H6258 W-ADV let your hands H3027 be strengthened H2388 , and be H1961 ye valiant H1121 L-CMP : for H3588 CONJ your master H113 Saul H7586 is dead H4191 , and also H1571 W-CONJ the house H1004 CMS of Judah H3063 have anointed H4886 me king H4428 L-CMS over H5921 PREP-3MP them .
8 But Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369 , captain H8269 of Saul H7586 \'s host H6635 NMS , took H3947 VQQ3MS Ish H378 - bosheth the son H1121 of Saul H7586 , and brought him over H5674 to Mahanaim H4266 ;
9 And made him king H4427 over H413 PREP Gilead H1568 , and over H413 PREP the Ashurites H843 , and over H413 PREP Jezreel H3157 , and over H5921 W-PREP Ephraim H669 , and over H5921 W-PREP Benjamin H1144 , and over H5921 W-PREP all H3605 Israel H3478 .
10 Ish H378 - bosheth Saul H7586 \'s son H1121 was forty H705 MMP years H8141 NFS old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 over H5921 PREP Israel H3478 , and reigned H4427 two H8147 W-OFD years H8141 NFP . But H389 ADV the house H1004 CMS of Judah H3063 followed H1961 VQQ3MP David H1732 .
11 And the time H4557 CMS that H834 RPRO David H1732 was H1961 W-VPY3MS king H4428 NMS in Hebron H2275 B-EFS over H5921 PREP the house H1004 CMS of Judah H3063 was H1961 W-VPY3MS seven H7651 MFS years H8141 NFP and six H8337 months H2320 .
12 And Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369 , and the servants H5650 of Ish H378 - bosheth the son H1121 of Saul H7586 , went out H3318 W-VQY3MS from Mahanaim H4266 to Gibeon H1391 .
13 And Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 , and the servants H5650 of David H1732 , went out H3318 , and met H6298 together H3162 ADV-3MS by H5921 PREP the pool H1295 of Gibeon H1391 : and they sat down H3427 W-VQY3MP , the one H428 PMP on the one side H2088 M-DPRO of H5921 PREP the pool H1295 , and the other H428 W-PMP on the other side H2088 of H5921 PREP the pool H1295 .
14 And Abner H74 said H559 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP Joab H3097 , Let the young men H5288 D-NMP now H4994 IJEC arise H6965 VQY3MP , and play H7832 before H6440 us . And Joab H3097 said H559 W-VQY3MS , Let them arise H6965 .
15 Then there arose H6965 and went over H5674 by number H4557 twelve H8147 of Benjamin H1144 , which pertained to Ish H378 - bosheth the son H1121 of Saul H7586 , and twelve H8147 of the servants H5650 of David H1732 .
16 And they caught H2388 every one H376 NMS his fellow H7453 NMS-3MS by the head H7218 B-NMS , and thrust his sword H2719 in his fellow H7453 NMS-3MS \'s side H6654 ; so they fell down H5307 W-VQY3MP together H3162 ADV-3MS : wherefore that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS place H4725 was called H7121 W-VQY3MS Helkath H2521 - hazzurim , which H834 RPRO is in Gibeon H1391 .
17 And there was H1961 W-VQY3FS a very H5704 PREP sore H7186 battle H4421 that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS day H3117 B-AMS ; and Abner H74 was beaten H5062 , and the men H376 W-CMP of Israel H3478 , before H6440 L-CMP the servants H5650 of David H1732 .
18 And there H8033 ADV were H1961 W-VQY3MP three H7969 NFS sons H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 there , Joab H3097 , and Abishai H52 , and Asahel H6214 : and Asahel H6214 was as light H7031 of foot H7272 B-CFD-3MS as a H259 K-NMS wild H834 RPRO roe H6643 .
19 And Asahel H6214 pursued H7291 W-VQY3MS after H310 PREP Abner H74 ; and in going H1980 L-VQFC he turned H5186 VQQ3MS not H3808 W-NPAR to H5921 PREP the right H3225 D-NFS hand nor to H5921 PREP the left H8040 from following H310 Abner H74 .
20 Then Abner H74 looked H6437 behind H310 him , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Art thou H859 Asahel H6214 ? And he answered H559 W-VQY3MS , I H595 PPRO-1MS am .
21 And Abner H74 said H559 W-VQY3MS to him , Turn thee aside H5186 to H5921 PREP thy right H3225 hand or H176 CONJ to H5921 PREP thy left H8040 , and lay thee hold H270 on one H259 MMS of the young men H5288 , and take H3947 thee his armor H2488 . But Asahel H6214 would H14 not H3808 W-NPAR turn aside H5493 from following H310 of him .
22 And Abner H74 said H559 L-VQFC again H3254 W-VHPMS to H413 PREP Asahel H6214 , Turn thee aside H5493 VQI2MS from following H310 me : wherefore H4100 L-IPRO should I smite H5221 thee to the ground H776 NFS-3FS ? how H349 W-IJEC then should I hold up H5375 VQY1MS my face H6440 CMP-1MS to H413 PREP Joab H3097 thy brother H251 ?
23 Howbeit he refused H3985 to turn aside H5493 : wherefore Abner H74 with the hinder end of H310 the spear H2595 smote H5221 him under H413 PREP the fifth H2570 rib , that the spear H2595 came out H3318 behind H310 him ; and he fell down H5307 there H8033 ADV , and died H4191 W-VQY3MS in the same place H8478 PREP-3MS : and it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS , that as many H3605 NMS as came H935 to H413 PREP the place H4725 D-NMS where H834 RPRO Asahel H6214 fell down H5307 and died H4191 stood still H5975 .
24 Joab H3097 also and Abishai H52 pursued H7291 after H310 PREP Abner H74 : and the sun H8121 went down H935 VQQ3FS when they H1992 were come H935 VQQ3MP to H5704 PREP the hill H1389 of Ammah H522 , that H834 RPRO lieth before H5921 PREP Giah H1520 by the way H1870 NMS of the wilderness H4057 of Gibeon H1391 .
25 And the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 gathered themselves together H6908 after H310 PREP Abner H74 , and became H1961 W-VQY3MP one H259 MFS troop H92 , and stood H5975 on H5921 PREP the top H7218 NMS of a H259 hill H1389 .
26 Then Abner H74 called H7121 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP Joab H3097 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Shall the sword H2719 GFS devour H398 VQY2MS forever H5331 ? knowest H3045 thou not H3808 ADV that H3588 CONJ it will be H1961 bitterness H4751 AFS in the latter end H314 ? how long H5704 W-PREP shall it be then , ere H3808 ADV thou bid H559 W-VQY3MS the people H5971 return H7725 from following H310 their brethren H251 CMP-3MP ?
27 And Joab H3097 said H559 W-VQY3MS , As God H430 D-NAME-4MP liveth H2416 AMS , unless H3884 thou hadst spoken H1696 , surely H3588 CONJ then H227 ADV in the morning H1242 the people H5971 had gone up H5927 every one H376 NMS from following H310 his brother H251 CMP-3MS .
28 So Joab H3097 blew H8628 a trumpet H7782 , and all H3605 NMS the people H5971 stood H5975 still , and pursued H7291 after H310 PREP Israel H3478 no H3808 W-NPAR more H5750 ADV , neither H3808 W-NPAR fought H3898 they any more H3254 .
29 And Abner H74 and his men H376 walked H1980 all H3605 NMS that H1931 D-PPRO-3MS night H3915 D-AMS through the plain H6160 , and passed over H5674 Jordan H3383 D-EFS , and went through H1980 W-VQY3MP all H3605 NMS Bithron H1338 , and they came H935 W-VQY3MP to Mahanaim H4266 .
30 And Joab H3097 returned H7725 VQQ3MS from following H310 Abner H74 : and when he had gathered all the people together H6908 , there lacked H6485 of David\'s servants H5650 nineteen H8672 men H376 NMS and Asahel H6214 .
31 But the servants H5650 of David H1732 had smitten H5221 VHQ3MP of Benjamin H1144 , and of Abner H74 \'s men H376 NMS , so that three H7969 BFS hundred H3967 BFP and threescore H8346 W-MMP men H376 NMS died H4191 VQQ3MP .
32 And they took up H5375 W-VQY3MP Asahel H6214 , and buried H6912 him in the sepulcher H6913 of his father H1 CMS-3MS , which H834 RPRO was in Bethlehem H1035 . And Joab H3097 and his men H376 went H1980 W-VQY3MP all H3605 CMS night H3915 D-AMS , and they came to Hebron H2275 at break of day H215 .