2nd Samuel Chapter 2 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And it came to pass after <H0310> this, that David <H1732> enquired <H7592> of the LORD, <H3068> saying, <H0559> Shall I go up <H5927> into any <H0259> of the cities <H5892> of Judah? <H3063> And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto him, Go up. <H5927> And David <H1732> said, <H0559> Whither shall I go up? <H5927> And he said, <H0559> Unto Hebron. <H2275>
2: So David <H1732> went up <H5927> thither, and his two <H8147> wives <H0802> also, Ahinoam <H0293> the Jezreelitess, <H3159> and Abigail <H0026> Nabal's <H5037> wife <H0802> the Carmelite. <H3761>
3: And his men <H0582> that [were] with him did David <H1732> bring up, <H5927> every man <H0376> with his household: <H1004> and they dwelt <H3427> in the cities <H5892> of Hebron. <H2275>
4: And the men <H0582> of Judah <H3063> came, <H0935> and there they anointed <H4886> David <H1732> king <H4428> over the house <H1004> of Judah. <H3063> And they told <H5046> David, <H1732> saying, <H0559> [That] the men <H0582> of Jabeshgilead <H3003> <H1568> [were they] that buried <H6912> Saul. <H7586>
5: And David <H1732> sent <H7971> messengers <H4397> unto the men <H0582> of Jabeshgilead, <H3003> <H1568> and said <H0559> unto them, Blessed <H1288> [be] ye of the LORD, <H3068> that ye have shewed <H6213> this kindness <H2617> unto your lord, <H0113> [even] unto Saul, <H7586> and have buried <H6912> him.
6: And now the LORD <H3068> shew <H6213> kindness <H2617> and truth <H0571> unto you: and I also will requite <H6213> you this kindness, <H2896> because ye have done <H6213> this thing. <H1697>
7: Therefore now let your hands <H3027> be strengthened, <H2388> and be ye valiant: <H1121> <H2428> for your master <H0113> Saul <H7586> is dead, <H4191> and also the house <H1004> of Judah <H3063> have anointed <H4886> me king <H4428> over them.
8: But Abner <H0074> the son <H1121> of Ner, <H5369> captain <H8269> of Saul's <H7586> host, <H6635> took <H3947> Ishbosheth <H0378> the son <H1121> of Saul, <H7586> and brought him over <H5674> to Mahanaim; <H4266>
9: And made him king <H4427> over Gilead, <H1568> and over the Ashurites, <H0805> and over Jezreel, <H3157> and over Ephraim, <H0669> and over Benjamin, <H1144> and over all Israel. <H3478>
10: Ishbosheth <H0378> Saul's <H7586> son <H1121> [was] forty <H0705> years <H8141> old <H1121> when he began to reign <H4427> over Israel, <H3478> and reigned <H4427> two <H8147> years. <H8141> But the house <H1004> of Judah <H3063> followed <H0310> David. <H1732>
11: And the time <H4557> <H3117> that David <H1732> was king <H4428> in Hebron <H2275> over the house <H1004> of Judah <H3063> was seven <H7651> years <H8141> and six <H8337> months. <H2320>
12: And Abner <H0074> the son <H1121> of Ner, <H5369> and the servants <H5650> of Ishbosheth <H0378> the son <H1121> of Saul, <H7586> went out <H3318> 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> by the pool <H1295> of Gibeon: <H1391> and they sat down, <H3427> the one on the one side of the pool, <H1295> and the other on the other side of the pool. <H1295>
14: And Abner <H0074> said <H0559> to Joab, <H3097> Let the young men <H5288> now arise, <H6965> and play <H7832> before <H6440> us. And Joab <H3097> said, <H0559> Let them arise. <H6965>
15: Then there arose <H6965> and went over <H5674> by number <H4557> twelve <H8147> <H6240> of Benjamin, <H1144> which [pertained] to Ishbosheth <H0378> the son <H1121> of Saul, <H7586> and twelve <H8147> <H6240> of the servants <H5650> of David. <H1732>
16: And they caught <H2388> every one <H0376> his fellow <H7453> by the head, <H7218> and [thrust] his sword <H2719> in his fellow's <H7453> side; <H6654> so they fell down <H5307> together: <H3162> wherefore that place <H4725> was called <H7121> Helkathhazzurim, <H2513> <H6697><H2521> which [is] in Gibeon. <H1391>
17: And there was a very <H3966> sore <H7186> battle <H4421> that day; <H3117> and Abner <H0074> was beaten, <H5062> and the men <H0582> of Israel, <H3478> before <H6440> the servants <H5650> of David. <H1732>
18: And there were three <H7969> sons <H1121> of Zeruiah <H6870> there, Joab, <H3097> and Abishai, <H0052> and Asahel: <H6214> and Asahel <H6214> [was as] light <H7031> of foot <H7272> as a <H0259> wild <H7704> roe. <H6643>
19: And Asahel <H6214> pursued <H7291> after <H0310> Abner; <H0074> and in going <H3212> he turned <H5186> not to the right hand <H3225> nor to the left <H8040> from following <H0310> Abner. <H0074>
20: Then Abner <H0074> looked <H6437> behind <H0310> him, and said, <H0559> [Art] thou Asahel? <H6214> And he answered, <H0559> I [am].
21: And Abner <H0074> said <H0559> to him, Turn thee aside <H5186> to thy right hand <H3225> or to thy left, <H8040> and lay thee hold <H0270> on one <H0259> of the young men, <H5288> and take <H3947> thee his armour. <H2488> But Asahel <H6214> would <H0014> not turn aside <H5493> from following <H0310> of him.
22: And Abner <H0074> said <H0559> again <H3254> to Asahel, <H6214> Turn thee aside <H5493> from following <H0310> me: wherefore should I smite <H5221> thee to the ground? <H0776> how then should I hold up <H5375> my face <H6440> to Joab <H3097> thy brother? <H0251>
23: Howbeit he refused <H3985> to turn aside: <H5493> wherefore Abner <H0074> with the hinder end <H0310> of the spear <H2595> smote <H5221> him under <H0413> the fifth <H2570> [rib], that the spear <H2595> came out <H3318> behind <H0310> him; and he fell down <H5307> there, and died <H4191> in the same place: <H8478> and it came to pass, [that] as many as came <H0935> to the place <H4725> where Asahel <H6214> fell down <H5307> and died <H4191> stood still. <H5975>
24: Joab <H3097> also and Abishai <H0052> pursued <H7291> after <H0310> Abner: <H0074> and the sun <H8121> went down <H0935> when they were come <H0935> to the hill <H1389> of Ammah, <H0522> that [lieth] before <H6440> Giah <H1520> by the way <H1870> of the wilderness <H4057> of Gibeon. <H1391>
25: And the children <H1121> of Benjamin <H1144> gathered themselves together <H6908> after <H0310> Abner, <H0074> and became one <H0259> troop, <H0092> and stood <H5975> on the top <H7218> of an <H0259> hill. <H1389>
26: Then Abner <H0074> called <H7121> to Joab, <H3097> and said, <H0559> Shall the sword <H2719> devour <H0398> for ever? <H5331> knowest <H3045> thou not that it will be bitterness <H4751> in the latter end? <H0314> how long shall it be then, ere thou bid <H0559> the people <H5971> return <H7725> from following <H0310> their brethren? <H0251>
27: And Joab <H3097> said, <H0559> [As] God <H0430> liveth, <H2416> unless <H3884> thou hadst spoken, <H1696> surely then in the morning <H1242> the people <H5971> had gone up <H5927> every one <H0376> from following <H0310> his brother. <H0251>
28: So Joab <H3097> blew <H8628> a trumpet, <H7782> and all the people <H5971> stood still, <H5975> and pursued <H7291> after <H0310> Israel <H3478> no more, neither fought <H3898> they any more. <H3254>
29: And Abner <H0074> and his men <H0582> walked <H1980> all that night <H3915> through the plain, <H6160> and passed over <H5674> Jordan, <H3383> and went through <H3212> all Bithron, <H1338> and they came <H0935> to Mahanaim. <H4266>
30: And Joab <H3097> returned <H7725> from following <H0310> Abner: <H0074> and when he had gathered all the people <H5971> together, <H6908> there lacked <H6485> of David's <H1732> servants <H5650> nineteen <H8672> <H6240> men <H0376> and Asahel. <H6214>
31: But the servants <H5650> of David <H1732> had smitten <H5221> of Benjamin, <H1144> and of Abner's <H0074> men, <H0582> [so that] three <H7969> hundred <H3967> and threescore <H8346> men <H0376> died. <H4191>
32: And they took up <H5375> Asahel, <H6214> and buried <H6912> him in the sepulchre <H6913> of his father, <H0001> which [was in] Bethlehem. <H1035> And Joab <H3097> and his men <H0582> went <H3212> all night, <H3915> and they came to Hebron <H2275> at break of day. <H0215>