2 Samuel 2
1And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי־כֵן וַיִּשְׁאַל דָּוִד בַּיהוָה ׀ לֵאמֹר הַאֶעֱלֶה בְּאַחַת עָרֵי יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָיו עֲלֵה וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אָנָה אֶעֱלֶה וַיֹּאמֶר חֶבְרֹנָה׃ (3202)
See also: 2 Samuel 5:19, 1 Samuel 30:31, Psalms 143:8, Proverbs 3:5-6, Genesis 32:2, Joshua 9:14, 1 Samuel 23:2, 1 Samuel 23:4, 1 Samuel 23:9-12, 1 Chronicles 14:10, 2 Chronicles 18:4, Ezekiel 36:37, Genesis 35:27, Numbers 13:22, Numbers 27:21, Joshua 14:13-15, Joshua 21:11, Judges 1:1, 1 Samuel 30:7-8, 2 Samuel 2:11
2So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite.
וַיַּעַל שָׁם דָּוִד וְגַם שְׁתֵּי נָשָׁיו אֲחִינֹעַם הַיִּזְרְעֵלִית וַאֲבִיגַיִל אֵשֶׁת נָבָל הַכַּרְמְלִי׃ (3656)
3And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
וַאֲנָשָׁיו אֲשֶׁר־עִמֹּו הֶעֱלָה דָוִד אִישׁ וּבֵיתֹו וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בְּעָרֵי חֶבְרֹון׃ (2721)
See also: 1 Chronicles 12:23, 1 Samuel 27:2-3, 1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Chronicles 12:1-7, Genesis 35:27, Joshua 21:11-12, 1 Samuel 22:2, 1 Samuel 30:9-10
4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
וַיָּבֹאוּ אַנְשֵׁי יְהוּדָה וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ־שָׁם אֶת־דָּוִד לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־בֵּית יְהוּדָה וַיַּגִּדוּ לְדָוִד לֵאמֹר אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד אֲשֶׁר קָבְרוּ אֶת־שָׁאוּל׃ (4884)
See also: 2 Samuel 5:5, 2 Samuel 5:3, Acts 13:22, 1 Samuel 31:11-13, 2 Samuel 12:8, 1 Chronicles 11:3, Psalms 75:2, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 31:12, 1 Chronicles 10:11, Psalms 21:3, Genesis 49:8-10, 1 Samuel 30:31, 1 Samuel 31:13, 2 Samuel 2:7, 2 Samuel 2:11, 2 Samuel 5:17, 2 Samuel 19:11, 2 Samuel 19:42, 2 Samuel 21:11
5And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד מַלְאָכִים אֶל־אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם בְּרֻכִים אַתֶּם לַיהוָה אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם הַחֶסֶד הַזֶּה עִם־אֲדֹנֵיכֶם עִם־שָׁאוּל וַתִּקְבְּרוּ אֹתֹו׃ (5660)
See also: Ruth 2:20, 1 Samuel 23:21, Genesis 14:19, Psalms 115:15, Ruth 3:10, 1 Samuel 24:19, 1 Samuel 25:32-33, Judges 21:8, Ruth 1:8, Genesis 14:18, 2 Samuel 21:12
6And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
וְעַתָּה יַעַשׂ־יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת וְגַם אָנֹכִי אֶעֱשֶׂה אִתְּכֶם הַטֹּובָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה׃ (4532)
See also: Proverbs 14:22, Exodus 34:6, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 5:7, 2 Samuel 9:3, 2 Samuel 9:7, 2 Samuel 10:2, 2 Samuel 15:20, Psalms 57:3, Matthew 10:16, 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Philemon 1:18-19
7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
וְעַתָּה ׀ תֶּחֱזַקְנָה יְדֵיכֶם וִהְיוּ לִבְנֵי־חַיִל כִּי־מֵת אֲדֹנֵיכֶם שָׁאוּל וְגַם־אֹתִי מָשְׁחוּ בֵית־יְהוּדָה לְמֶלֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶם׃ (3765)
See also: Nehemiah 2:18, Ephesians 6:10, 2 Samuel 10:12, 2 Samuel 16:21, Genesis 15:1, 1 Samuel 4:9, 1 Samuel 31:12, 2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Kings 11:12, 1 Chronicles 26:6, 2 Chronicles 18:16, 1 Samuel 31:7, 1 Corinthians 16:13
8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
וְאַבְנֵר בֶּן־נֵר שַׂר־צָבָא אֲשֶׁר לְשָׁאוּל לָקַח אֶת־אִישׁ בֹּשֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל וַיַּעֲבִרֵהוּ מַחֲנָיִם׃ (4410)
See also: Genesis 32:2, 1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Chronicles 12:29, 2 Samuel 17:24, 1 Chronicles 8:33, Joshua 13:26, 2 Samuel 2:29, 2 Samuel 3:6, 1 Samuel 17:55, 1 Samuel 26:5, 1 Samuel 26:14, 2 Samuel 3:7-8, 2 Samuel 3:38, 2 Samuel 4:5-6, 2 Samuel 17:26-27, 1 Kings 4:14, 2 Kings 10:3, 1 Chronicles 9:39, Psalms 60:2, Psalms 60:6
9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
וַיַּמְלִכֵהוּ אֶל־הַגִּלְעָד וְאֶל־הָאֲשׁוּרִי וְאֶל־יִזְרְעֶאל וְעַל־אֶפְרַיִם וְעַל־בִּנְיָמִן וְעַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלֹּה׃ (2571)
See also: Psalms 18:43, Genesis 25:3, Genesis 30:13, Numbers 1:40, Numbers 32:1-42, Joshua 13:8-11, Joshua 19:18, Judges 1:32, Judges 20:1, 2 Samuel 3:21, Psalms 108:8
10Ishbosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל בְּמָלְכֹו עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנִים מָלָךְ אַךְ בֵּית יְהוּדָה הָיוּ אַחֲרֵי דָוִד׃ (4834)
See also: 2 Samuel 3:14
11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
וַיְהִי מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר הָיָה דָוִד מֶלֶךְ בְּחֶבְרֹון עַל־בֵּית יְהוּדָה שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וְשִׁשָּׁה חֳדָשִׁים׃ (3696)
See also: 2 Samuel 5:5, 1 Kings 2:11, 1 Chronicles 3:4, 2 Samuel 5:4-5, Genesis 23:2, Genesis 35:27, Numbers 13:22, Joshua 10:3, 2 Samuel 2:1, 2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 15:10, 1 Chronicles 29:27, 2 Chronicles 11:10
12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
וַיֵּצֵא אַבְנֵר בֶּן־נֵר וְעַבְדֵי אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל מִמַּחֲנַיִם גִּבְעֹונָה׃ (2480)
See also: Joshua 9:3, Joshua 10:2, Joshua 10:4, Joshua 18:25, Genesis 32:2, Joshua 10:12, 2 Samuel 17:14, 2 Kings 10:3
13And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
וְיֹואָב בֶּן־צְרוּיָה וְעַבְדֵי דָוִד יָצְאוּ וַיִּפְגְּשׁוּם עַל־בְּרֵכַת גִּבְעֹון יַחְדָּו וַיֵּשְׁבוּ אֵלֶּה עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה מִזֶּה וְאֵלֶּה עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה מִזֶּה׃ (3097)
See also: Jeremiah 41:12, 2 Samuel 8:16, 1 Chronicles 2:16, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 20:8, 2 Samuel 20:23, 1 Kings 1:7, 1 Kings 2:28-35, 1 Chronicles 11:6, 2 Samuel 24:2
14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְנֵר אֶל־יֹואָב יָקוּמוּ נָא הַנְּעָרִים וִישַׂחֲקוּ לְפָנֵינוּ וַיֹּאמֶר יֹואָב יָקֻמוּ׃ (2236)
See also: 2 Samuel 2:17, 2 Samuel 2:27, 2 Kings 14:8, Judges 9:29, 1 Samuel 14:12, 2 Samuel 2:26-27, 2 Chronicles 25:17, Proverbs 10:23, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 25:8, Proverbs 26:18-19
15Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
וַיָּקֻמוּ וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְמִסְפָּר שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר לְבִנְיָמִן וּלְאִישׁ בֹּשֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל וּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מֵעַבְדֵי דָוִד׃ (4544)
16And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
וַיַּחֲזִקוּ אִישׁ ׀ בְּרֹאשׁ רֵעֵהוּ וְחַרְבֹּו בְּצַד רֵעֵהוּ וַיִּפְּלוּ יַחְדָּו וַיִּקְרָא לַמָּקֹום הַהוּא חֶלְקַת הַצֻּרִים אֲשֶׁר בְּגִבְעֹון׃ (4058)
17And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה קָשָׁה עַד־מְאֹד בַּיֹּום הַהוּא וַיִּנָּגֶף אַבְנֵר וְאַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִד׃ (2728)
18And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
וַיִּהְיוּ־שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה בְּנֵי צְרוּיָה יֹואָב וַאֲבִישַׁי וַעֲשָׂהאֵל וַעֲשָׂהאֵל קַל בְּרַגְלָיו כְּאַחַד הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׂדֶה׃ (3930)
See also: 1 Chronicles 12:8, 2 Samuel 22:34, 2 Samuel 23:24, Habakkuk 3:19, 1 Samuel 26:6, 2 Samuel 14:1, Psalms 18:33, Song of Solomon 2:17, Song of Solomon 8:14, 2 Samuel 1:23, 2 Samuel 2:13, 2 Samuel 20:6, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Kings 2:5, 1 Chronicles 2:15-16, 1 Chronicles 2:16, 1 Chronicles 11:6, 1 Chronicles 11:20, 1 Chronicles 11:26, 1 Chronicles 27:7
19And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
וַיִּרְדֹּף עֲשָׂהאֵל אַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר וְלֹא־נָטָה לָלֶכֶת עַל־הַיָּמִין וְעַל־הַשְּׂמֹאול מֵאַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר׃ (2974)
See also: 2 Samuel 3:30, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 23:6, 2 Samuel 2:21, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Kings 22:2, Proverbs 4:27
20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
וַיִּפֶן אַבְנֵר אַחֲרָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הַאַתָּה זֶה עֲשָׂהאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי׃ (2048)
21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו אַבְנֵר נְטֵה לְךָ עַל־יְמִינְךָ אֹו עַל־שְׂמֹאלֶךָ וֶאֱחֹז לְךָ אֶחָד מֵהַנְּעָרִים וְקַח־לְךָ אֶת־חֲלִצָתֹו וְלֹא־אָבָה עֲשָׂהאֵל לָסוּר מֵאַחֲרָיו׃ (3999)
See also: 2 Samuel 2:19, Judges 14:19
22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
וַיֹּסֶף עֹוד אַבְנֵר לֵאמֹר אֶל־עֲשָׂהאֵל סוּר לְךָ מֵאַחֲרָי לָמָּה אַכֶּכָּה אַרְצָה וְאֵיךְ אֶשָּׂא פָנַי אֶל־יֹואָב אָחִיךָ׃ (2757)
See also: Psalms 143:3, 1 Samuel 19:17, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Kings 14:10-12, Proverbs 29:1, Ecclesiastes 6:10
23Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
וַיְמָאֵן לָסוּר וַיַּכֵּהוּ אַבְנֵר בְּאַחֲרֵי הַחֲנִית אֶל־הַחֹמֶשׁ וַתֵּצֵא הַחֲנִית מֵאַחֲרָיו וַיִּפָּל־שָׁם וַיָּמָת [תַּחַתֹו כ] (תַּחְתָּיו ק) וַיְהִי כָּל־הַבָּא אֶל־הַמָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר־נָפַל שָׁם עֲשָׂהאֵל וַיָּמֹת וַיַּעֲמֹדוּ׃ (8006)
24Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
וַיִּרְדְּפוּ יֹואָב וַאֲבִישַׁי אַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר וְהַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בָּאָה וְהֵמָּה בָּאוּ עַד־גִּבְעַת אַמָּה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי־גִיחַ דֶּרֶךְ מִדְבַּר גִּבְעֹון׃ (3808)
See also: 2 Samuel 8:1
25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ בְנֵי־בִנְיָמִן אַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר וַיִּהְיוּ לַאֲגֻדָּה אֶחָת וַיַּעַמְדוּ עַל רֹאשׁ־גִּבְעָה אֶחָת׃ (3015)
26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
וַיִּקְרָא אַבְנֵר אֶל־יֹואָב וַיֹּאמֶר הֲלָנֶצַח תֹּאכַל חֶרֶב הֲלֹוא יָדַעְתָּה כִּי־מָרָה תִהְיֶה בָּאַחֲרֹונָה וְעַד־מָתַי לֹא־תֹאמַר לָעָם לָשׁוּב מֵאַחֲרֵי אֲחֵיהֶם׃ (5222)
See also: Psalms 133:1, Jeremiah 46:14, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 25:8, Jeremiah 46:10, Acts 7:26, Genesis 34:26, Judges 9:38, Judges 21:6, 2 Samuel 2:14, 2 Samuel 2:16, 2 Samuel 11:25, 2 Samuel 18:7, 2 Chronicles 11:4, Job 18:2, Job 19:2, Psalms 4:2, Proverbs 17:14, Isaiah 1:20, Jeremiah 2:30
27And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
וַיֹּאמֶר יֹואָב חַי הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי לוּלֵא דִּבַּרְתָּ כִּי אָז מֵהַבֹּקֶר נַעֲלָה הָעָם אִישׁ מֵאַחֲרֵי אָחִיו׃ (2338)
See also: 1 Samuel 25:26, 2 Samuel 2:14, Proverbs 17:14, Job 27:2, Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 25:8, Isaiah 47:7, Luke 14:31-32
28So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
וַיִּתְקַע יֹואָב בַּשֹּׁופָר וַיַּעַמְדוּ כָּל־הָעָם וְלֹא־יִרְדְּפוּ עֹוד אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא־יָסְפוּ עֹוד לְהִלָּחֵם׃ (3057)
29And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
וְאַבְנֵר וַאֲנָשָׁיו הָלְכוּ בָּעֲרָבָה כֹּל הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיַּעַבְרוּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיֵּלְכוּ כָּל־הַבִּתְרֹון וַיָּבֹאוּ מַחֲנָיִם׃ (3041)
30And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.
וְיֹואָב ב מֵאַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָם וַיִּפָּקְדוּ מֵעַבְדֵי דָוִד תִּשְׁעָה־עָשָׂר אִישׁ וַעֲשָׂה־אֵל ׃ (3727)
31But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
וְעַבְדֵי דָוִד הִכּוּ מִבִּנְיָמִן וּבְאַנְשֵׁי אַבְנֵר שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאֹות וְשִׁשִּׁים אִישׁ מֵתוּ׃ (3441)
32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־עֲשָׂהאֵל וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בְּקֶבֶר אָבִיו אֲשֶׁר בֵּית לָחֶם וַיֵּלְכוּ כָל־הַלַּיְלָה יֹואָב וַאֲנָשָׁיו וַיֵּאֹר לָהֶם בְּחֶבְרֹון׃ (3927)
See also: 1 Samuel 17:58, 2 Samuel 5:1, 1 Chronicles 2:13-16, 2 Chronicles 16:14, 2 Chronicles 21:1, Proverbs 22:29