strkjv@2Samuel:3:1
@ Now there was
long
war
between the
house
of
Saul
and the
house
of
David
: but
David
waxed
stronger
and
stronger
, and the
house
of
Saul
waxed
weaker
and
weaker
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:2
@ And unto
David
were
sons
born
in
Hebron
: and his
firstborn
was
Amnon
, of
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess
Yizr@;
strkjv@2Samuel:3:3
@ And his
second
,
Chileab
, of
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
the
Carmelite
; and the
third
,
Absalom
the
son
of
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Talmai
king
of
Geshur
;
strkjv@2Samuel:3:4
@ And the
fourth
r@,
Adonijah
the
son
of
Haggith
; and the
fifth
,
Shephatiah
the
son
of
Abital
;
strkjv@2Samuel:3:5
@ And the
sixth
,
Ithream
Yithr@, by
Eglah
Davids
wife
. These were
born
to
David
in
Hebron
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:6
@ And it came to pass, while there
war
between the
house
of
Saul
and the
house
of
David
, that
Abner
made himself
strong
for the
house
of
Saul
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:7
@ And
Saul
had a
concubine
, whose
name
was
Rizpah
, the
daughter
of
Aiah
: and Ishbosheth
said
to
Abner
, Wherefore hast thou gone
in
unto my
fathers
concubine
?
strkjv@2Samuel:3:8
@ Then was
Abner
very
wroth
for the
words
of
Ishbosheth
Iysh-, and
said
, Am I a
dogs
head
, which against
Judah
do
shew
kindness
this
day
unto the
house
of
Saul
thy
father
, to his
brethren
, and to his
friends
, and have not
delivered
thee into the
hand
of
David
, that thou
chargest
me to
day
with a
fault
concerning this
woman
?
strkjv@2Samuel:3:9
@ So
do
God
to
Abner
, and more
also
, except, as the
LORD
hath
sworn
to
David
, even so I
do
to him;
strkjv@2Samuel:3:10
@ To
translate
the
kingdom
from the
house
of
Saul
, and to set
up
the
throne
of
David
over
Israel
and over
Judah
, from
Dan
even to
Beersheba
B@er.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:11
@ And he
could
not
answer
Abner
a
word
again, because he
feared
him.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:12
@ And
Abner
sent
messengers
to
David
on his behalf,
saying
, Whose is the
land
?
saying
also,
Make
thy
league
with me, and, behold, my
hand
shall be with thee, to bring
about
all
Israel
unto thee.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:13
@ And he
said
,
Well
; I will
make
a
league
with thee: but
one
thing
I
require
of thee, that
is
, Thou shalt not
see
my
face
, except thou
first
bring
Michal
Sauls
daughter
, when thou
comest
to
see
my
face
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:14
@ And
David
sent
messengers
to
Ishbosheth
Iysh-
Sauls
son
,
saying
,
Deliver
me my
wife
Michal
, which I
espoused
to me for an
hundred
foreskins
of the
Philistines
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:15
@ And
Ishbosheth
Iysh-
sent
, and
took
her from her
husband
, even from
Phaltiel
the
son
of
Laish
L
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:16
@ And her
husband
went
with her along
weeping
behind
her to
Bahurim
. Then
said
Abner
unto him,
Go
,
return
. And he
returned
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:17
@ And
Abner
had
communication
with the
elders
of
Israel
,
saying
, Ye
sought
for
David
in
times
past
to be
king
over you:
strkjv@2Samuel:3:18
@ Now then
do
it: for the
LORD
hath
spoken
of
David
,
saying
, By the
hand
of my
servant
David
I will
save
my
people
Israel
out of the
hand
of the
Philistines
, and out of the
hand
of all their
enemies
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:19
@ And
Abner
also
spake
in the
ears
of
Benjamin
: and
Abner
went
also to
speak
in the
ears
of
David
in
Hebron
all that
seemed
good
to
Israel
, and that seemed
good
to the whole
house
of
Benjamin
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:20
@ So
Abner
came
to
David
to
Hebron
, and
twenty
men
with him. And
David
made
Abner
and the
men
that were with him a
feast
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:21
@ And
Abner
said
unto
David
, I will
arise
and
go
, and will
gather
all
Israel
unto my
lord
the
king
, that they may
make
a
league
with thee, and that thou mayest
reign
over all that thine
heart
desireth
. And
David
sent
Abner
away
; and he
went
in
peace
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:22
@ And, behold, the
servants
of
David
and
Joab
came
from pursuing a
troop
, and brought
in
a
great
spoil
with them: but
Abner
was not with
David
in
Hebron
; for he had sent him
away
, and he was
gone
in
peace
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:23
@ When
Joab
and all the
host
that was with him were
come
, they
told
Joab
,
saying
,
Abner
the
son
of
Ner
came
to the
king
, and he hath sent him
away
, and he is
gone
in
peace
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:24
@ Then
Joab
came
to the
king
, and
said
, What hast thou
done
? behold,
Abner
came
unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him
away
, and he is
quite
gone
?
strkjv@2Samuel:3:25
@ Thou
knowest
Abner
the
son
of
Ner
, that he
came
to
deceive
thee, and to
know
thy going
out
and thy coming
in
, and to
know
all that thou
doest
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:26
@ And when
Joab
was come
out
from
David
, he
sent
messengers
after
Abner
, which brought him
again
from the
well
of
Sirah
: but
David
knew
it not.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:27
@ And when
Abner
was
returned
to
Hebron
,
Joab
took him
aside
in
H8432the
gate
to
speak
with him
quietly
, and
smote
him there under the
fifth
rib, that he
died
, for the
blood
of
Asahel
his
brother
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:28
@ And
afterward
when
David
heard
it, he
said
, I and my
kingdom
are
guiltless
before the
LORD
for
ever
from the
blood
of
Abner
the
son
of
Ner
:
strkjv@2Samuel:3:29
@ Let it
rest
on the
head
of
Joab
, and on all his
fathers
house
; and let there not
fail
from the
house
of
Joab
one that hath an
issue
, or that is a
leper
, or that
leaneth
on a
staff
, or that
falleth
on the
sword
, or that
lacketh
bread
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:30
@ So
Joab
and
Abishai
his
brother
slew
Abner
, because he had
slain
their
brother
Asahel
at
Gibeon
in the
battle
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:31
@ And
David
said
to
Joab
, and to all the
people
that were with him,
Rend
your
clothes
, and
gird
you with
sackcloth
, and
mourn
before
Abner
. And
king
David
himself
followed
the
bier
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:32
@ And they
buried
Abner
in
Hebron
: and the
king
lifted
up
his
voice
, and
wept
at the
grave
of
Abner
; and all the
people
wept
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:33
@ And the
king
lamented
over
Abner
, and
said
,
Died
Abner
as a
fool
dieth
?
strkjv@2Samuel:3:34
@ Thy
hands
were not
bound
, nor thy
feet
put
into
fetters
: as a man
falleth
before
wicked
men
, so
fellest
thou. And all the
people
wept
again
over him.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:35
@ And when
all
the
people
came
to
cause
David
to
eat
meat
while it was
yet
day
,
David
sware
,
saying
, So
do
God
to me, and more
also
, if I
taste
bread
, or
ought
else,
till
the
sun
be
down
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:36
@ And all the
people
took
notice
of it, and it
pleased
them: as whatsoever the
king
did
pleased
H2896all the
people
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:37
@ For all the
people
and all
Israel
understood
that
day
that it was not of the
king
to
slay
Abner
the
son
of
Ner
.
strkjv@2Samuel:3:38
@ And the
king
said
unto his
servants
,
Know
ye not that there is a
prince
and a great
man
fallen
this
day
in
Israel
?
strkjv@2Samuel:3:39
@ And I am this
day
weak
, though
anointed
king
; and these
men
the
sons
of
Zeruiah
be too
hard
for me: the
LORD
shall
reward
the doer of
evil
according to his
wickedness
.
strkjv@2Samuel:4:1
@ And when
Sauls
son
heard
that
Abner
was
dead
in
Hebron
, his
hands
were
feeble
, and all the
Israelites
were
troubled
.
strkjv@2Samuel:4:2
@ And
Sauls
son
had
two
men
that were
captains
of
bands
: the
name
of the
one
was
Baanah
, and the
name
of the
other
Rechab
, the
sons
of
Rimmon
a
Beerothite
B@, of the
children
of
Benjamin
: (for
Beeroth
also was
reckoned
to
Benjamin
:
strkjv@2Samuel:4:3
@ And the
Beerothites
fled
to
Gittaim
, and were
sojourners
there until this
day
. )
strkjv@2Samuel:4:4
@ And
Jonathan
,
Sauls
son
, had a
son
that was
lame
of his
feet
. He was
five
years
old
when the
tidings
came
of
Saul
and
Jonathan
out of
Jezreel
Yizr@, and his
nurse
took him
up
, and
fled
: and it came to pass, as she made
haste
to
flee
, that he
fell
, and became
lame
. And his
name
was
Mephibosheth
.
strkjv@2Samuel:4:5
@ And the
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite
B@,
Rechab
and
Baanah
,
went
, and
came
about the
heat
of the
day
to the
house
of
Ishbosheth
Iysh-, who
lay
on a
bed
at
noon
.
strkjv@2Samuel:4:6
@ And they came
thither
into the
midst
of the
house
, as though they would have
fetched
wheat
; and they
smote
him under the
fifth
rib: and
Rechab
and
Baanah
his
brother
escaped
.
strkjv@2Samuel:4:7
@ For when they
came
into the
house
, he
lay
on his
bed
in his
bedchamber
, and they
smote
him, and
slew
him, and
beheaded
him, and
took
his
head
, and gat them
away
through
the
plain
all
night
.
strkjv@2Samuel:4:8
@ And they
brought
the
head
of
Ishbosheth
Iysh- unto
David
to
Hebron
, and
said
to the
king
, Behold the
head
of
Ishbosheth
Iysh- the
son
of
Saul
thine
enemy
, which
sought
thy
life
; and the
LORD
hath
avenged
my
lord
the
king
this
day
of
Saul
, and of his
seed
.
strkjv@2Samuel:4:9
@ And
David
answered
Rechab
and
Baanah
his
brother
, the
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite
B@, and
said
unto them, As the
LORD
liveth
, who hath
redeemed
my
soul
out of all
adversity
,
strkjv@2Samuel:4:10
@ When one
told
me,
saying
, Behold,
Saul
is
dead
, thinking to have
brought
good
tidings
, I took
hold
of him, and
slew
him in
Ziklag
, who thought that I would have
given
him a reward for his
tidings
:
strkjv@2Samuel:4:11
@ How much more, when
wicked
men
have
slain
a
righteous
person
in his own
house
upon his
bed
? shall I not therefore now
require
his
blood
of your
hand
, and take you
away
from the
earth
?
strkjv@2Samuel:4:12
@ And
David
commanded
his young
men
, and they
slew
them, and cut
off
their
hands
and their
feet
, and hanged them
up
over the
pool
in
Hebron
. But they
took
the
head
of
Ishbosheth
Iysh-, and
buried
it in the
sepulchre
of
Abner
in
Hebron
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:1
@ Then
came
all the
tribes
of
Israel
to
David
unto
Hebron
, and
spake
,
saying
, Behold, we are thy
bone
and thy
flesh
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:2
@ Also in time
past
H8032, when
Saul
was
king
over us, thou wast he that leddest
out
and broughtest
in
Israel
: and the
LORD
said
to thee, Thou shalt
feed
my
people
Israel
, and thou shalt be a
captain
over
Israel
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:3
@ So all the
elders
of
Israel
came
to the
king
to
Hebron
; and
king
David
made
a
league
with them in
Hebron
before
the
LORD
: and they
anointed
David
king
over
Israel
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:4
@
David
was
thirty
years
old
when he began to
reign
, and he
reigned
forty
years
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:5
@ In
Hebron
he
reigned
over
Judah
seven
years
and
six
months
: and in
Jerusalem
he
reigned
thirty
and
three
years
over all
Israel
and
Judah
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:6
@ And the
king
and his
men
went
to
Jerusalem
unto the
Jebusites
, the
inhabitants
of the
land
: which
spake
unto
David
,
saying
, Except thou take
away
the
blind
and the
lame
, thou shalt not come
in
hither:
thinking
,
David
cannot come
in
hither.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:7
@ Nevertheless
David
took
the strong
hold
of
Zion
: the same is the
city
of
David
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:8
@ And
David
said
on that
day
, Whosoever getteth
up
to the
gutter
, and
smiteth
the
Jebusites
, and the
lame
and the
blind
, that are
hated
of
Davids
soul
, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they
said
, The
blind
and the
lame
shall not
come
into the
house
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:9
@ So
David
dwelt
in the
fort
, and
called
it the
city
of
David
. And
David
built
round
about
from
Millo
and
inward
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:10
@ And
David
went
on
, and grew
great
, and the
LORD
God
of
hosts
was with him.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:11
@ And
Hiram
king
of
Tyre
sent
messengers
to
David
, and
cedar
trees
, and
carpenters
, and
masons
: and they
built
David
an
house
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:12
@ And
David
perceived
that the
LORD
had
established
him
king
over
Israel
, and that he had
exalted
his
kingdom
for his
people
Israels
sake.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:13
@ And
David
took
him more
concubines
and
wives
out of
Jerusalem
,
after
he was
come
from
Hebron
: and there were yet
sons
and
daughters
born
to
David
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:14
@ And these be the
names
of those that were
born
unto him in
Jerusalem
;
Shammua
, and
Shobab
, and
Nathan
, and
Solomon
,
strkjv@2Samuel:5:15
@
Ibhar
also, and
Elishua
, and
Nepheg
, and
Japhia
,
strkjv@2Samuel:5:16
@ And
Elishama
, and
Eliada
, and
Eliphalet
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:17
@ But when the
Philistines
heard
that they had
anointed
David
king
over
Israel
, all the
Philistines
came
up
to
seek
David
; and
David
heard
of it, and went
down
to the
hold
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:18
@ The
Philistines
also
came
and
spread
themselves in the
valley
of
Rephaim
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:19
@ And
David
enquired
of the
LORD
,
saying
, Shall I go
up
to the
Philistines
? wilt thou
deliver
them into mine
hand
? And the
LORD
said
unto
David
, Go
up
: for I will
doubtless
deliver
the
Philistines
into thine
hand
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:20
@ And
David
came
to
Baalperazim
al P@, and
David
smote
them there, and
said
, The
LORD
hath broken
forth
upon mine
enemies
before
me, as the
breach
of
waters
. Therefore he
called
the
name
of that
place
Baalperazim
al P@.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:21
@ And there they
left
their
images
, and
David
and his
men
burned
them.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:22
@ And the
Philistines
came
up
yet
again
, and
spread
themselves in the
valley
of
Rephaim
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:23
@ And when
David
enquired
of the
LORD
, he
said
, Thou shalt not go
up
; but fetch a
compass
behind
them, and
come
upon them over
against
the mulberry
trees
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:24
@ And let it be, when thou
hearest
the
sound
of a
going
in the
tops
of the mulberry
trees
, that then thou shalt
bestir
thyself: for then shall the
LORD
go
out
before
thee, to
smite
the
host
of the
Philistines
.
strkjv@2Samuel:5:25
@ And
David
did
so
, as the
LORD
had
commanded
him; and
smote
the
Philistines
from
Geba
until thou
come
to
Gazer
.
strkjv@2Samuel:6:1
@ Again,
David
gathered
together
all the
chosen
men of
Israel
,
thirty
thousand
.
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