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1  And it came to pass¹⁹⁶¹ after³¹⁰ this,³⁶⁵¹ that David¹⁷³² inquired⁷⁵⁹² of the LORD,³⁰⁶⁸ saying,⁵⁵⁹ Shall I go up⁵⁹²⁷ into any²⁵⁹ of the cities⁵⁸⁹² of Judah?³⁰⁶³ And the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ said⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ him, Go up.⁵⁹²⁷ And David¹⁷³² said,⁵⁵⁹ Whither⁵⁷⁵ shall I go up?⁵⁹²⁷ And he said,⁵⁵⁹ Unto Hebron.²²⁷⁵

2  So David¹⁷³² went up⁵⁹²⁷ thither,⁸⁰³³ and his two⁸¹⁴⁷ wives⁸⁰² also,¹⁵⁷¹ Ahinoam²⁹³ the Jezreelitess,³¹⁵⁹ and Abigail²⁶ Nabal's⁵⁰³⁷ wife⁸⁰² the Carmelite.³⁷⁶¹

3  And his men³⁷⁶ that⁸³⁴ were with⁵⁹⁷³ him did David¹⁷³² bring up,⁵⁹²⁷ every man³⁷⁶ with his household:¹⁰⁰⁴ and they dwelt³⁴²⁷ in the cities⁵⁸⁹² of Hebron.²²⁷⁵

4  And the men³⁷⁶ of Judah³⁰⁶³ came,⁹³⁵ and there⁸⁰³³ they anointed^{4886 853} David¹⁷³² king⁴⁴²⁸ over⁵⁹²¹ the house¹⁰⁰⁴ of Judah.³⁰⁶³ And they told⁵⁰⁴⁶ David,¹⁷³² saying,⁵⁵⁹ That the men³⁷⁶ of Jabesh-gilead^{3003 1568} were they that⁸³⁴ buried^{6912 853} Saul.⁷⁵⁸⁶

5  And David¹⁷³² sent⁷⁹⁷¹ messengers⁴³⁹⁷ unto⁴¹³ the men³⁷⁶ of Jabesh-gilead,^{3003 1568} and said⁵⁵⁹ unto⁴¹³ them, Blessed¹²⁸⁸ be ye⁸⁵⁹ of the LORD,³⁰⁶⁸ that⁸³⁴ ye have showed⁶²¹³ this²⁰⁸⁸ kindness²⁶¹⁷ unto⁵⁹⁷³ your lord,¹¹³ even unto⁵⁹⁷³ Saul,⁷⁵⁸⁶ and have buried⁶⁹¹² him.

6  And now⁶²⁵⁸ the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ show⁶²¹³ kindness²⁶¹⁷ and truth⁵⁷¹ unto⁵⁹⁷³ you: and I⁵⁹⁵ also¹⁵⁷¹ will requite⁶²¹³ you this²⁰⁶³ kindness,²⁸⁹⁶ because⁸³⁴ ye have done⁶²¹³ this²⁰⁸⁸ thing.¹⁶⁹⁷

7  Therefore now⁶²⁵⁸ let your hands³⁰²⁷ be strengthened,²³⁸⁸ and be¹⁹⁶¹ ye valiant:^{1121 2428} for³⁵⁸⁸ your master¹¹³ Saul⁷⁵⁸⁶ is dead,⁴¹⁹¹ and also¹⁵⁷¹ the house¹⁰⁰⁴ of Judah³⁰⁶³ have anointed⁴⁸⁸⁶ me king⁴⁴²⁸ over⁵⁹²¹ them.

8  But Abner⁷⁴ the son¹¹²¹ of Ner,⁵³⁶⁹ captain⁸²⁶⁹ of Saul's⁷⁵⁸⁶ host,⁶⁶³⁵ took^{3947 853} Ish-bosheth³⁷⁸ the son¹¹²¹ of Saul,⁷⁵⁸⁶ and brought him over⁵⁶⁷⁴ to Mahanaim;⁴²⁶⁶

9  And made him king⁴⁴²⁷ over⁴¹³ Gilead,¹⁵⁶⁸ and over⁴¹³ the Ashurites,⁸⁴³ and over⁴¹³ Jezreel,³¹⁵⁷ and over⁵⁹²¹ Ephraim,⁶⁶⁹ and over⁵⁹²¹ Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ and over⁵⁹²¹ all³⁶⁰⁵ Israel.³⁴⁷⁸

10  Ish-bosheth³⁷⁸ Saul's⁷⁵⁸⁶ son¹¹²¹ was forty⁷⁰⁵ years⁸¹⁴¹ old¹¹²¹ when he began to reign⁴⁴²⁷ over⁵⁹²¹ Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ and reigned⁴⁴²⁷ two⁸¹⁴⁷ years.⁸¹⁴¹ But³⁸⁹ the house¹⁰⁰⁴ of Judah³⁰⁶³ followed^{1961 310} David.¹⁷³²

11  And the time^{4557 3117} that⁸³⁴ David¹⁷³² was¹⁹⁶¹ king⁴⁴²⁸ in Hebron²²⁷⁵ over⁵⁹²¹ the house¹⁰⁰⁴ of Judah³⁰⁶³ was¹⁹⁶¹ seven⁷⁶⁵¹ years⁸¹⁴¹ and six⁸³³⁷ months.²³²⁰

12  And Abner⁷⁴ the son¹¹²¹ of Ner,⁵³⁶⁹ and the servants⁵⁶⁵⁰ of Ish-bosheth³⁷⁸ the son¹¹²¹ of Saul,⁷⁵⁸⁶ went out³³¹⁸ from Mahanaim^{4480 4266} to Gibeon.¹³⁹¹

13  And Joab³⁰⁹⁷ the son¹¹²¹ of Zeruiah,⁶⁸⁷⁰ and the servants⁵⁶⁵⁰ of David,¹⁷³² went out,³³¹⁸ and met⁶²⁹⁸ together³¹⁶² by⁵⁹²¹ the pool¹²⁹⁵ of Gibeon:¹³⁹¹ and they sat down,³⁴²⁷ the one⁴²⁸ on the one side^{4480 2088} of⁵⁹²¹ the pool,¹²⁹⁵ and the other⁴²⁸ on the other side^{4480 2088} of⁵⁹²¹ the pool.¹²⁹⁵

14  And Abner⁷⁴ said⁵⁵⁹ to⁴¹³ Joab,³⁰⁹⁷ Let the young men⁵²⁸⁸ now⁴⁹⁹⁴ arise,⁶⁹⁶⁵ and play⁷⁸³² before⁶⁴⁴⁰ us. And Joab³⁰⁹⁷ said,⁵⁵⁹ Let them arise.⁶⁹⁶⁵

15  Then there arose⁶⁹⁶⁵ and went over⁵⁶⁷⁴ by number⁴⁵⁵⁷ twelve^{8147 6240} of Benjamin,¹¹⁴⁴ which pertained to Ish-bosheth³⁷⁸ the son¹¹²¹ of Saul,⁷⁵⁸⁶ and twelve^{8147 6240} of the servants^{4480 5650} of David.¹⁷³²

16  And they caught²³⁸⁸ every one³⁷⁶ his fellow⁷⁴⁵³ by the head,⁷²¹⁸ and thrust his sword²⁷¹⁹ in his fellow's⁷⁴⁵³ side;⁶⁶⁵⁴ so they fell down⁵³⁰⁷ together:³¹⁶² wherefore that¹⁹³¹ place⁴⁷²⁵ was called⁷¹²¹ Helkath-hazzurim,²⁵²¹ which⁸³⁴ is in Gibeon.¹³⁹¹

17  And there was¹⁹⁶¹ a very^{5704 3966} sore⁷¹⁸⁶ battle⁴⁴²¹ that¹⁹³¹ day;³¹¹⁷ and Abner⁷⁴ was beaten,⁵⁰⁶² and the men³⁷⁶ of Israel,³⁴⁷⁸ before⁶⁴⁴⁰ the servants⁵⁶⁵⁰ of David.¹⁷³²

18  And there⁸⁰³³ were¹⁹⁶¹ three⁷⁹⁶⁹ sons¹¹²¹ of Zeruiah⁶⁸⁷⁰ there, Joab,³⁰⁹⁷ and Abishai,⁵² and Asahel:⁶²¹⁴ and Asahel⁶²¹⁴ was as light⁷⁰³¹ of foot⁷²⁷² as a²⁵⁹ wild^{834 7704} roe.⁶⁶⁴³

19  And Asahel⁶²¹⁴ pursued⁷²⁹¹ after³¹⁰ Abner;⁷⁴ and in going¹⁹⁸⁰ he turned⁵¹⁸⁶ not³⁸⁰⁸ to⁵⁹²¹ the right³²²⁵ hand nor to⁵⁹²¹ the left⁸⁰⁴⁰ from following^{4480 310} Abner.⁷⁴

20  Then Abner⁷⁴ looked⁶⁴³⁷ behind³¹⁰ him, and said,⁵⁵⁹ Art thou⁸⁵⁹ Asahel?⁶²¹⁴ And he answered,⁵⁵⁹ I⁵⁹⁵ am.

21  And Abner⁷⁴ said⁵⁵⁹ to him, Turn thee aside⁵¹⁸⁶ to⁵⁹²¹ thy right³²²⁵ hand or¹⁷⁶ to⁵⁹²¹ thy left,⁸⁰⁴⁰ and lay thee hold²⁷⁰ on one²⁵⁹ of the young men,^{4480 5288} and take³⁹⁴⁷ thee ⁸⁵³ his armor.²⁴⁸⁸ But Asahel⁶²¹⁴ would¹⁴ not³⁸⁰⁸ turn aside⁵⁴⁹³ from following^{4480 310} of him.

22  And Abner⁷⁴ said⁵⁵⁹ again³²⁵⁴ to⁴¹³ Asahel,⁶²¹⁴ Turn thee aside⁵⁴⁹³ from following^{4480 310} me: wherefore⁴¹⁰⁰ should I smite⁵²²¹ thee to the ground?⁷⁷⁶ how³⁴⁹ then should I hold up⁵³⁷⁵ my face⁶⁴⁴⁰ to⁴¹³ Joab³⁰⁹⁷ thy brother?²⁵¹

23  Howbeit he refused³⁹⁸⁵ to turn aside:⁵⁴⁹³ wherefore Abner⁷⁴ with the hinder end of³¹⁰ the spear²⁵⁹⁵ smote⁵²²¹ him under⁴¹³ the fifth²⁵⁷⁰ rib, that the spear²⁵⁹⁵ came out³³¹⁸ behind^{4480 310} him; and he fell down⁵³⁰⁷ there,⁸⁰³³ and died⁴¹⁹¹ in the same place:⁸⁴⁷⁸ and it came to pass,¹⁹⁶¹ that as many³⁶⁰⁵ as came⁹³⁵ to⁴¹³ the place⁴⁷²⁵ where⁸³⁴ Asahel⁶²¹⁴ fell down⁵³⁰⁷ and died⁴¹⁹¹ stood still.⁵⁹⁷⁵

24  Joab³⁰⁹⁷ also and Abishai⁵² pursued⁷²⁹¹ after³¹⁰ Abner:⁷⁴ and the sun⁸¹²¹ went down⁹³⁵ when they¹⁹⁹² were come⁹³⁵ to⁵⁷⁰⁴ the hill¹³⁸⁹ of Ammah,⁵²² that⁸³⁴ lieth before^{5921 6440} Giah¹⁵²⁰ by the way¹⁸⁷⁰ of the wilderness⁴⁰⁵⁷ of Gibeon.¹³⁹¹

25  And the children¹¹²¹ of Benjamin¹¹⁴⁴ gathered themselves together⁶⁹⁰⁸ after³¹⁰ Abner,⁷⁴ and became¹⁹⁶¹ one²⁵⁹ troop,⁹² and stood⁵⁹⁷⁵ on⁵⁹²¹ the top⁷²¹⁸ of a²⁵⁹ hill.¹³⁸⁹

26  Then Abner⁷⁴ called⁷¹²¹ to⁴¹³ Joab,³⁰⁹⁷ and said,⁵⁵⁹ Shall the sword²⁷¹⁹ devour³⁹⁸ forever?⁵³³¹ knowest³⁰⁴⁵ thou not³⁸⁰⁸ that³⁵⁸⁸ it will be¹⁹⁶¹ bitterness⁴⁷⁵¹ in the latter end?³¹⁴ how long⁵⁷⁰⁴ shall it be then, ere³⁸⁰⁸ thou bid⁵⁵⁹ the people⁵⁹⁷¹ return⁷⁷²⁵ from following^{4480 310} their brethren?²⁵¹

27  And Joab³⁰⁹⁷ said,⁵⁵⁹ As God⁴³⁰ liveth,²⁴¹⁶ unless^{3588 3884} thou hadst spoken,¹⁶⁹⁶ surely³⁵⁸⁸ then²²⁷ in the morning¹²⁴² the people⁵⁹⁷¹ had gone up⁵⁹²⁷ every one³⁷⁶ from following^{4480 310} his brother.²⁵¹

28  So Joab³⁰⁹⁷ blew⁸⁶²⁸ a trumpet,⁷⁷⁸² and all³⁶⁰⁵ the people⁵⁹⁷¹ stood⁵⁹⁷⁵ still, and pursued⁷²⁹¹ after³¹⁰ Israel³⁴⁷⁸ no³⁸⁰⁸ more,⁵⁷⁵⁰ neither³⁸⁰⁸ fought³⁸⁹⁸ they any more.³²⁵⁴

29  And Abner⁷⁴ and his men³⁷⁶ walked¹⁹⁸⁰ all³⁶⁰⁵ that¹⁹³¹ night³⁹¹⁵ through the plain,⁶¹⁶⁰ and passed over^{5674 853} Jordan,³³⁸³ and went through¹⁹⁸⁰ all³⁶⁰⁵ Bithron,¹³³⁸ and they came⁹³⁵ to Mahanaim.⁴²⁶⁶

30  And Joab³⁰⁹⁷ returned⁷⁷²⁵ from following^{4480 310} Abner:⁷⁴ and when he had gathered all the people together,^{6908 853 3605 5971} there lacked⁶⁴⁸⁵ of David's servants^{4480 5650 1732} nineteen^{8672 6240} men³⁷⁶ and Asahel.⁶²¹⁴

31  But the servants⁵⁶⁵⁰ of David¹⁷³² had smitten⁵²²¹ of Benjamin,^{4480 1144} and of Abner's⁷⁴ men,^{4480 376} so that three⁷⁹⁶⁹ hundred³⁹⁶⁷ and threescore⁸³⁴⁶ men³⁷⁶ died.⁴¹⁹¹

32  And they took up^{5375 853} Asahel,⁶²¹⁴ and buried⁶⁹¹² him in the sepulcher⁶⁹¹³ of his father,¹ which⁸³⁴ was in Bethlehem.¹⁰³⁵ And Joab³⁰⁹⁷ and his men³⁷⁶ went¹⁹⁸⁰ all³⁶⁰⁵ night,³⁹¹⁵ and they came to Hebron²²⁷⁵ at break of day.²¹⁵

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1 καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν Δαυιδ ἐν κυρίῳ λέγων εἰ ἀναβῶ εἰς μίαν τῶν πόλεων Ιουδα καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν ἀνάβηθι καὶ εἶπεν Δαυιδ ποῦ ἀναβῶ καὶ εἶπεν εἰς Χεβρων

2 καὶ ἀνέβη ἐκεῖ Δαυιδ εἰς Χεβρων καὶ ἀμφότεραι αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτοῦ Αχινοομ ἡ Ιεζραηλῖτις καὶ Αβιγαια ἡ γυνὴ Ναβαλ τοῦ Καρμηλίου

3 καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἕκαστος καὶ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ καὶ κατῴκουν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν Χεβρων

4 καὶ ἔρχονται ἄνδρες τῆς Ιουδαίας καὶ χρίουσιν τὸν Δαυιδ ἐκεῖ τοῦ βασιλεύειν ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ιουδα καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Δαυιδ λέγοντες ὅτι οἱ ἄνδρες Ιαβις τῆς Γαλααδίτιδος ἔθαψαν τὸν Σαουλ

5 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Δαυιδ ἀγγέλους πρὸς τοὺς ἡγουμένους Ιαβις τῆς Γαλααδίτιδος καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς εὐλογημένοι ὑμεῖς τῷ κυρίῳ ὅτι πεποιήκατε τὸ ἔλεος τοῦτο ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ὑμῶν ἐπὶ Σαουλ τὸν χριστὸν κυρίου καὶ ἐθάψατε αὐτὸν καὶ Ιωναθαν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ

6 καὶ νῦν ποιήσαι κύριος μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ἔλεος καὶ ἀλήθειαν καί γε ἐγὼ ποιήσω μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν τὰ ἀγαθὰ ταῦτα ὅτι ἐποιήσατε τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο

7 καὶ νῦν κραταιούσθωσαν αἱ χεῖρες ὑμῶν καὶ γίνεσθε εἰς υἱοὺς δυνατούς ὅτι τέθνηκεν ὁ κύριος ὑμῶν Σαουλ καί γε ἐμὲ κέχρικεν ὁ οἶκος Ιουδα ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς εἰς βασιλέα

8 καὶ Αβεννηρ υἱὸς Νηρ ἀρχιστράτηγος τοῦ Σαουλ ἔλαβεν τὸν Ιεβοσθε υἱὸν Σαουλ καὶ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς εἰς Μαναεμ

9 καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν Γαλααδῖτιν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Θασιρι καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ιεζραελ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Εφραιμ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Βενιαμιν καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα Ισραηλ

10 τεσσαράκοντα ἐτῶν Ιεβοσθε υἱὸς Σαουλ ὅτε ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ τὸν Ισραηλ καὶ δύο ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν πλὴν τοῦ οἴκου Ιουδα οἳ ἦσαν ὀπίσω Δαυιδ

11 καὶ ἐγένοντο αἱ ἡμέραι ἃς Δαυιδ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Χεβρων ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Ιουδα ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἓξ μῆνας

12 καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Αβεννηρ υἱὸς Νηρ καὶ οἱ παῖδες Ιεβοσθε υἱοῦ Σαουλ ἐκ Μαναεμ εἰς Γαβαων

13 καὶ Ιωαβ υἱὸς Σαρουιας καὶ οἱ παῖδες Δαυιδ ἐξήλθοσαν ἐκ Χεβρων καὶ συναντῶσιν αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ τὴν κρήνην τὴν Γαβαων ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό καὶ ἐκάθισαν οὗτοι ἐπὶ τὴν κρήνην τὴν Γαβαων ἐντεῦθεν καὶ οὗτοι ἐπὶ τὴν κρήνην ἐντεῦθεν

14 καὶ εἶπεν Αβεννερ πρὸς Ιωαβ ἀναστήτωσαν δὴ τὰ παιδάρια καὶ παιξάτωσαν ἐνώπιον ἡμῶν καὶ εἶπεν Ιωαβ ἀναστήτωσαν

15 καὶ ἀνέστησαν καὶ παρῆλθον ἐν ἀριθμῷ τῶν παίδων Βενιαμιν δώδεκα τῶν Ιεβοσθε υἱοῦ Σαουλ καὶ δώδεκα ἐκ τῶν παίδων Δαυιδ

16 καὶ ἐκράτησαν ἕκαστος τῇ χειρὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ μάχαιρα αὐτοῦ εἰς πλευρὰν τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ καὶ πίπτουσιν κατὰ τὸ αὐτό καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου μερὶς τῶν ἐπιβούλων ἥ ἐστιν ἐν Γαβαων

17 καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ πόλεμος σκληρὸς ὥστε λίαν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἔπταισεν Αβεννηρ καὶ ἄνδρες Ισραηλ ἐνώπιον παίδων Δαυιδ

18 καὶ ἐγένοντο ἐκεῖ τρεῖς υἱοὶ Σαρουιας Ιωαβ καὶ Αβεσσα καὶ Ασαηλ καὶ Ασαηλ κοῦφος τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ μία δορκὰς ἐν ἀγρῷ

19 καὶ κατεδίωξεν Ασαηλ ὀπίσω Αβεννηρ καὶ οὐκ ἐξέκλινεν τοῦ πορεύεσθαι εἰς δεξιὰ οὐδὲ εἰς ἀριστερὰ κατόπισθεν Αβεννηρ

20 καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν Αβεννηρ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν εἰ σὺ εἶ αὐτὸς Ασαηλ καὶ εἶπεν ἐγώ εἰμι

21 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Αβεννηρ ἔκκλινον σὺ εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ ἢ εἰς τὰ ἀριστερὰ καὶ κάτασχε σαυτῷ ἓν τῶν παιδαρίων καὶ λαβὲ σεαυτῷ τὴν πανοπλίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν Ασαηλ ἐκκλῖναι ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ

22 καὶ προσέθετο ἔτι Αβεννηρ λέγων τῷ Ασαηλ ἀπόστηθι ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἵνα μὴ πατάξω σε εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ πῶς ἀρῶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου πρὸς Ιωαβ καὶ ποῦ ἐστιν ταῦτα ἐπίστρεφε πρὸς Ιωαβ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου

23 καὶ οὐκ ἐβούλετο τοῦ ἀποστῆναι καὶ τύπτει αὐτὸν Αβεννηρ ἐν τῷ ὀπίσω τοῦ δόρατος ἐπὶ τὴν ψόαν καὶ διεξῆλθεν τὸ δόρυ ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ καὶ πίπτει ἐκεῖ καὶ ἀποθνῄσκει ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγένετο πᾶς ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἕως τοῦ τόπου οὗ ἔπεσεν ἐκεῖ Ασαηλ καὶ ἀπέθανεν καὶ ὑφίστατο

24 καὶ κατεδίωξεν Ιωαβ καὶ Αβεσσα ὀπίσω Αβεννηρ καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ἔδυνεν καὶ αὐτοὶ εἰσῆλθον ἕως τοῦ βουνοῦ Αμμαν ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ προσώπου γαι ὁδὸν ἔρημον Γαβαων

25 καὶ συναθροίζονται υἱοὶ Βενιαμιν οἱ ὀπίσω Αβεννηρ καὶ ἐγενήθησαν εἰς συνάντησιν μίαν καὶ ἔστησαν ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν βουνοῦ ἑνός

26 καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Αβεννηρ Ιωαβ καὶ εἶπεν μὴ εἰς νῖκος καταφάγεται ἡ ῥομφαία ἦ οὐκ οἶδας ὅτι πικρὰ ἔσται εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα καὶ ἕως πότε οὐ μὴ εἴπῃς τῷ λαῷ ἀναστρέφειν ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν

27 καὶ εἶπεν Ιωαβ ζῇ κύριος ὅτι εἰ μὴ ἐλάλησας διότι τότε ἐκ πρωίθεν ἀνέβη ὁ λαὸς ἕκαστος κατόπισθεν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ

28 καὶ ἐσάλπισεν Ιωαβ τῇ σάλπιγγι καὶ ἀπέστησαν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς καὶ οὐ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω τοῦ Ισραηλ καὶ οὐ προσέθεντο ἔτι τοῦ πολεμεῖν

29 καὶ Αβεννηρ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον εἰς δυσμὰς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην καὶ διέβαιναν τὸν Ιορδάνην καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὅλην τὴν παρατείνουσαν καὶ ἔρχονται εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν

30 καὶ Ιωαβ ἀνέστρεψεν ὄπισθεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Αβεννηρ καὶ συνήθροισεν πάντα τὸν λαόν καὶ ἐπεσκέπησαν τῶν παίδων Δαυιδ ἐννεακαίδεκα ἄνδρες καὶ Ασαηλ

31 καὶ οἱ παῖδες Δαυιδ ἐπάταξαν τῶν υἱῶν Βενιαμιν τῶν ἀνδρῶν Αβεννηρ τριακοσίους ἑξήκοντα ἄνδρας παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ

32 καὶ αἴρουσιν τὸν Ασαηλ καὶ θάπτουσιν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν Βαιθλεεμ καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ιωαβ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα καὶ διέφαυσεν αὐτοῖς ἐν Χεβρων

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‎1 ‏וַיְהִ֣י אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן וַיִּשְׁאַל֩ דָּוִ֨ד בַּֽיהוָ֤ה׀ לֵאמֹר֙ הַאֶעֱלֶ֗ה בְּאַחַת֙ עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖יו עֲלֵ֑ה וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛ד אָ֥נָה אֶעֱלֶ֖ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר חֶבְרֹֽנָה׃

‎2 ‏וַיַּ֤עַל שָׁם֙ דָּוִ֔ד וְגַ֖ם שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשָׁ֑יו אֲחִינֹ֙עַם֙ הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔ית וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל אֵ֖שֶׁת נָבָ֥ל הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽי׃

‎3 ‏וַאֲנָשָׁ֧יו אֲשֶׁר־עִמּ֛וֹ הֶעֱלָ֥ה דָוִ֖ד אִ֣ישׁ וּבֵית֑וֹ וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ בְּעָרֵ֥י חֶבְרֽוֹן׃

‎4 ‏וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ־שָׁ֧ם אֶת־דָּוִ֛ד לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיַּגִּ֤דוּ לְדָוִד֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַנְשֵׁי֙ יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר קָבְר֖וּ אֶת־שָׁאֽוּל׃ ס

‎5 ‏וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח דָּוִד֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֖י יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם בְּרֻכִ֤ים אַתֶּם֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֜ם הַחֶ֣סֶד הַזֶּ֗ה עִם־אֲדֹֽנֵיכֶם֙ עִם־שָׁא֔וּל וַֽתִּקְבְּר֖וּ אֹתֽוֹ׃

‎6 ‏וְעַתָּ֕ה יַֽעַשׂ־יְהוָ֥ה עִמָּכֶ֖ם חֶ֣סֶד וֶאֱמֶ֑ת וְגַ֣ם אָנֹכִ֗י אֶעֱשֶׂ֤ה אִתְּכֶם֙ הַטּוֹבָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃

‎7 ‏וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יְדֵיכֶ֗ם וִֽהְיוּ֙ לִבְנֵי־חַ֔יִל כִּי־מֵ֖ת אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֣ם שָׁא֑וּל וְגַם־אֹתִ֗י מָשְׁח֧וּ בֵית־יְהוּדָ֛ה לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ פ

‎8 ‏וְאַבְנֵ֣ר בֶּן־נֵ֔ר שַׂר־צָבָ֖א אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְשָׁא֑וּל לָקַ֗ח אֶת־אִ֥ישׁ בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙ בֶּן־שָׁא֔וּל וַיַּעֲבִרֵ֖הוּ מַחֲנָֽיִם׃

‎9 ‏וַיַּמְלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הַגִּלְעָ֔ד וְאֶל־הָאֲשׁוּרִ֖י וְאֶֽל־יִזְרְעֶ֑אל וְעַל־אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ וְעַל־בִּנְיָמִ֔ן וְעַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כֻּלֹּֽה׃ פ

‎10 ‏בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֨ים שָׁנָ֜ה אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֣שֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁא֗וּל בְּמָלְכוֹ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּשְׁתַּ֥יִם שָׁנִ֖ים מָלָ֑ךְ אַ֚ךְ בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה הָי֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֥י דָוִֽד׃

‎11 ‏וַֽיְהִי֙ מִסְפַּ֣ר הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר֩ הָיָ֨ה דָוִ֥ד מֶ֛לֶךְ בְּחֶבְר֖וֹן עַל־בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים׃ ס

‎12 ‏וַיֵּצֵא֙ אַבְנֵ֣ר בֶּן־נֵ֔ר וְעַבְדֵ֖י אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֣שֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁא֑וּל מִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם גִּבְעֽוֹנָה׃

‎13 ‏וְיוֹאָ֨ב בֶּן־צְרוּיָ֜ה וְעַבְדֵ֤י דָוִד֙ יָֽצְא֔וּ וַֽיִּפְגְּשׁ֛וּם עַל־בְּרֵכַ֥ת גִּבְע֖וֹן יַחְדָּ֑ו וַיֵּ֨שְׁב֜וּ אֵ֤לֶּה עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה֙ מִזֶּ֔ה וְאֵ֥לֶּה עַל־הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה מִזֶּֽה׃

‎14 ‏וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אַבְנֵר֙ אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב יָק֤וּמוּ נָא֙ הַנְּעָרִ֔ים וִֽישַׂחֲק֖וּ לְפָנֵ֑ינוּ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יוֹאָ֖ב יָקֻֽמוּ׃

‎15 ‏וַיָּקֻ֖מוּ וַיַּעַבְר֣וּ בְמִסְפָּ֑ר שְׁנֵ֧ים עָשָׂ֣ר לְבִנְיָמִ֗ן וּלְאִ֥ישׁ בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙ בֶּן־שָׁא֔וּל וּשְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מֵעַבְדֵ֥י דָוִֽד׃

‎16 ‏וַֽיַּחֲזִ֜קוּ אִ֣ישׁ׀ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ רֵעֵ֗הוּ וְחַרְבּוֹ֙ בְּצַ֣ד רֵעֵ֔הוּ וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ יַחְדָּ֑ו וַיִּקְרָא֙ לַמָּק֣וֹם הַה֔וּא חֶלְקַ֥ת הַצֻּרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃

‎17 ‏וַתְּהִ֧י הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה קָשָׁ֥ה עַד־מְאֹ֖ד בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף אַבְנֵר֙ וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִפְנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֥י דָוִֽד׃

‎18 ‏וַיִּֽהְיוּ־שָׁ֗ם שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ בְּנֵ֣י צְרוּיָ֔ה יוֹאָ֥ב וַאֲבִישַׁ֖י וַעֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל וַעֲשָׂהאֵל֙ קַ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֔יו כְּאַחַ֥ד הַצְּבָיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃

‎19 ‏וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ף עֲשָׂהאֵ֖ל אַחֲרֵ֣י אַבְנֵ֑ר וְלֹֽא־נָטָ֣ה לָלֶ֗כֶת עַל־הַיָּמִין֙ וְעַֽל־הַשְּׂמֹ֔אול מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י אַבְנֵֽר׃

‎20 ‏וַיִּ֤פֶן אַבְנֵר֙ אַֽחֲרָ֔יו וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הַאַתָּ֥ה זֶ֖ה עֲשָׂהאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָנֹֽכִי׃

‎21 ‏וַיֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אַבְנֵ֗ר נְטֵ֤ה לְךָ֙ עַל־יְמִֽינְךָ֙ א֣וֹ עַל־שְׂמֹאלֶ֔ךָ וֶאֱחֹ֣ז לְךָ֗ אֶחָד֙ מֵֽהַנְּעָרִ֔ים וְקַח־לְךָ֖ אֶת־חֲלִצָת֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֣ה עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל לָס֖וּר מֵאַחֲרָֽיו׃

‎22 ‏וַיֹּ֧סֶף ע֣וֹד אַבְנֵ֗ר לֵאמֹר֙ אֶל־עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל ס֥וּר לְךָ֖ מֵאַֽחֲרָ֑י לָ֤מָּה אַכֶּ֙כָּה֙ אַ֔רְצָה וְאֵיךְ֙ אֶשָּׂ֣א פָנַ֔י אֶל־יוֹאָ֖ב אָחִֽיךָ׃

‎23 ‏וַיְמָאֵ֣ן לָס֗וּר וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ אַבְנֵר֩ בְּאַחֲרֵ֨י הַחֲנִ֜ית אֶל־הַחֹ֗מֶשׁ וַתֵּצֵ֤א הַֽחֲנִית֙ מֵאַחֲרָ֔יו וַיִּפָּל־שָׁ֖ם וַיָּ֣מָת תחתו תַּחְתָּ֑יו וַיְהִ֡י כָּל־הַבָּ֣א אֶֽל־הַמָּקוֹם֩ אֲשֶׁר־נָ֨פַל שָׁ֧ם עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל וַיָּמֹ֖ת וַֽיַּעֲמֹֽדוּ׃

‎24 ‏וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֛וּ יוֹאָ֥ב וַאֲבִישַׁ֖י אַחֲרֵ֣י אַבְנֵ֑ר וְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ בָּ֔אָה וְהֵ֗מָּה בָּ֚אוּ עַד־גִּבְעַ֣ת אַמָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵי־גִ֔יחַ דֶּ֖רֶךְ מִדְבַּ֥ר גִּבְעֽוֹן׃

‎25 ‏וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֤וּ בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִן֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אַבְנֵ֔ר וַיִּהְי֖וּ לַאֲגֻדָּ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וַיַּ֣עַמְד֔וּ עַ֥ל רֹאשׁ־גִּבְעָ֖ה אֶחָֽת׃

‎26 ‏וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְנֵ֜ר אֶל־יוֹאָ֗ב וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הֲלָנֶ֙צַח֙ תֹּ֣אכַל חֶ֔רֶב הֲל֣וֹא יָדַ֔עְתָּה כִּֽי־מָרָ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה בָּאַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה וְעַד־מָתַי֙ לֹֽא־תֹאמַ֣ר לָעָ֔ם לָשׁ֖וּב מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃

‎27 ‏וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֔ב חַ֚י הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֥י לוּלֵ֖א דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ כִּ֣י אָ֤ז מֵֽהַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ נַעֲלָ֣ה הָעָ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י אָחִֽיו׃

‎28 ‏וַיִּתְקַ֤ע יוֹאָב֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ כָּל־הָעָ֔ם וְלֹֽא־יִרְדְּפ֥וּ ע֖וֹד אַחֲרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹֽא־יָסְפ֥וּ ע֖וֹד לְהִלָּחֵֽם׃

‎29 ‏וְאַבְנֵ֣ר וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֗יו הָֽלְכוּ֙ בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה כֹּ֖ל הַלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא וַיַּעַבְר֣וּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ כָּל־הַבִּתְר֔וֹן וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ מַחֲנָֽיִם׃

‎30 ‏וְיוֹאָ֗ב שָׁ֚ב מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י אַבְנֵ֔ר וַיִּקְבֹּ֖ץ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֑ם וַיִּפָּ֨קְד֜וּ מֵעַבְדֵ֥י דָוִ֛ד תִּשְׁעָֽה־עָשָׂ֥ר אִ֖ישׁ וַעֲשָׂה־אֵֽל׃³

‎31 ‏וְעַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד הִכּוּ֙ מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן וּבְאַנְשֵׁ֖י אַבְנֵ֑ר שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֧וֹת וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים אִ֖ישׁ מֵֽתוּ׃

‎32 ‏וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ בְּקֶ֣בֶר אָבִ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֖ר בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ כָל־הַלַּ֗יְלָה יוֹאָב֙ וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו וַיֵּאֹ֥ר לָהֶ֖ם בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃

Vul

1 Igitur post hæc consuluit David Dominum, dicens: Num ascendam in unam de civitatibus Juda? Et ait Dominus ad eum: Ascende. Dixitque David: Quo ascendam? Et respondit ei: In Hebron.

2 Ascendit ergo David, et duæ uxores ejus, Achinoam Jezraëlites, et Abigail uxor Nabal Carmeli:

3 sed et viros, qui erant cum eo, duxit David singulos cum domo sua: et manserunt in oppidis Hebron.

4 Veneruntque viri Juda, et unxerunt ibi David ut regnaret super domum Juda. Et nuntiatum est David quod viri Jabes Galaad sepelissent Saul.

5 Misit ergo David nuntios ad viros Jabes Galaad, dixitque ad eos: Benedicti vos Domino, qui fecistis misericordiam hanc cum domino vestro Saul, et sepelistis eum.

6 Et nunc retribuet vobis quidem Dominus misericordiam et veritatem: sed et ego reddam gratiam, eo quod fecistis verbum istud.

7 Confortentur manus vestræ, et estote filii fortitudinis: licet enim mortuus sit dominus vester Saul, tamen me unxit domus Juda in regem sibi.

8 Abner autem filius Ner, princeps exercitus Saul, tulit Isboseth filium Saul, et circumduxit eum per castra,

9 regemque constituit super Galaad, et super Gessuri, et super Jezraël, et super Ephraim, et super Benjamin, et super Israël universum.

10 Quadraginta annorum erat Isboseth filius Saul cum regnare cœpisset super Israël, et duobus annis regnavit: sola autem domus Juda sequebatur David.

11 Et fuit numerus dierum quos commoratus est David imperans in Hebron super domum Juda, septem annorum et sex mensium.

12 Egressusque est Abner filius Ner, et pueri Isboseth filii Saul, de castris in Gabaon.

13 Porro Joab filius Sarviæ, et pueri David, egressi sunt, et occurrerunt eis juxta piscinam Gabaon. Et cum in unum convenissent, e regione sederunt: hi ex una parte piscinæ, et illi ex altera.

14 Dixitque Abner ad Joab: Surgant pueri, et ludant coram nobis. Et respondit Joab: Surgant.

15 Surrexerunt ergo, et transierunt numero duodecim de Benjamin, ex parte Isboseth filii Saul, et duodecim de pueris David.

16 Apprehensoque unusquisque capite comparis sui, defixit gladium in latus contrarii, et ceciderunt simul: vocatumque est nomen loci illius: Ager robustorum, in Gabaon.

17 Et ortum est bellum durum satis in die illa: fugatusque est Abner et viri Israël a pueris David.

18 Erant autem ibi tres filii Sarviæ, Joab, et Abisai, et Asaël: porro Asaël cursor velocissimus fuit, quasi unus de capreis quæ morantur in silvis.

19 Persequebatur autem Asaël Abner, et non declinavit ad dextram neque ad sinistram omittens persequi Abner.

20 Respexit itaque Abner post tergum suum, et ait: Tune es Asaël? Qui respondit: Ego sum.

21 Dixitque ei Abner: Vade ad dexteram, sive ad sinistram, et apprehende unum de adolescentibus, et tolle tibi spolia ejus. Noluit autem Asaël omittere quin urgeret eum.

22 Rursumque locutus est Abner ad Asaël: Recede, noli me sequi, ne compellar confodere te in terram, et levare non potero faciem meam ad Joab fratrem tuum.

23 Qui audire contempsit, et noluit declinare: percussit ergo eum Abner aversa hasta in inguine, et transfodit, et mortuus est in eodem loco: omnesque qui transibant per locum illum, in quo ceciderat Asaël et mortuus erat, subsistebant.

24 Persequentibus autem Joab et Abisai fugientem Abner, sol occubuit: et venerunt usque ad collem aquæductus, qui est ex adverso vallis itineris deserti in Gabaon.

25 Congregatique sunt filii Benjamin ad Abner: et conglobati in unum cuneum, steterunt in summitate tumuli unius.

26 Et exclamavit Abner ad Joab, et ait: Num usque ad internecionem tuus mucro desæviet? an ignoras quod periculosa sit desperatio? usquequo non dicis populo ut omittat persequi fratres suos?

27 Et ait Joab: Vivit Dominus, si locutus fuisses, mane recessisset populus persequens fratrem suum.

28 Insonuit ergo Joab buccina, et stetit omnis exercitus, nec persecuti sunt ultra Israël, neque iniere certamen.

29 Abner autem et viri ejus abierunt per campestria, tota nocte illa: et transierunt Jordanem, et lustrata omni Beth-horon, venerunt ad castra.

30 Porro Joab reversus, omisso Abner, congregavit omnem populum: et defuerunt de pueris David decem et novem viri, excepto Asaële.

31 Servi autem David percusserunt de Benjamin, et de viris qui erant cum Abner, trecentos sexaginta, qui et mortui sunt.

32 Tuleruntque Asaël, et sepelierunt eum in sepulchro patris sui in Bethlehem: et ambulaverunt tota nocte Joab et viri qui erant cum eo, et in ipso crepusculo pervenerunt in Hebron.