B.
Crowned by the people to be the king for the kingdom of God on the earth
2:1—24:25
1.
Crowned by the people
2:1—5:25
a.
Crowned by the tribe of Judah
2:1—4:12
2 Sam. 2
:1
2:1
And after this David
ainquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And He said, To
bHebron.
2 Sam. 2
:2
2:2
So David went up there, as well as his two
awives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
2 Sam. 2
:3
2:3
And David brought up his men who were with him, each man with his household; and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
2 Sam. 2
:4
2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they
1anointed David
aking over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It is the men of
bJabesh-gilead who have buried Saul.
2 Sam. 2
:5
2:5
And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, Blessed are you of Jehovah, because you have shown this kindness to your master, to Saul, and buried him.
2 Sam. 2
:6
2:6
And now may Jehovah show kindness and faithfulness to you; and I also will
1repay you for this good, because you have done this thing.
2 Sam. 2
:7
2:7
And now may your hands be strong, and you be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
2 Sam. 2
:8
2:8
But aAbner the son of Ner, the captain of Saul’s army, took
1Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
2 Sam. 2
:9
2:9
And he made him king over Gilead and over the Ashurites and over Jezreel and over Ephraim and over Benjamin and over all Israel.
2 Sam. 2
:10
2:10
Ish-bosheth the son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. However the house of Judah followed David.
2 Sam. 2
:11
2:11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was
aseven years and six months.
2 Sam. 2
:12
2:12
And Abner the son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul went forth from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Sam. 2
:13
2:13
And aJoab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went forth and met them at the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, these on the one side of the pool and those on the other side of the pool.
2 Sam. 2
:14
2:14
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men arise and compete before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
2 Sam. 2
:15
2:15
And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
2 Sam. 2
:16
2:16
And each seized his opponent by the head, and his sword
went into his opponent’s side; and they fell down together. And that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is at Gibeon.
2 Sam. 2
:17
2:17
And the battle was very severe that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were routed before the servants of David.
2 Sam. 2
:18
2:18
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there,
aJoab and Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was swift of foot, like one of the gazelles which are in the field.
2 Sam. 2
:19
2:19
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and as he went, he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from behind Abner.
2 Sam. 2
:20
2:20
Then Abner looked behind him and said, Is that you, Asahel? And he said, It is I.
2 Sam. 2
:21
2:21
And Abner said to him, Turn away to your right or to your left, and seize one of the young men, and take his armor for yourself. But Asahel would not turn away from following him.
2 Sam. 2
:22
2:22
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn away from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to Joab your brother?
2 Sam. 2
:23
2:23
But he refused to turn away, so Abner
astruck him in the stomach with the end of his spear; and the spear came out behind him. And he fell down there and died in that place. And everyone who came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
2 Sam. 2
:24
2:24
But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner. And as the sun went down, they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
2 Sam. 2
:25
2:25
And the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one troop, and they stood on the top of a hill.
2 Sam. 2
:26
2:26
And Abner called out to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? Then how long shall it be before you command the people to return from following their brothers?
2 Sam. 2
:27
2:27
And Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, then surely the people would have gone up each one from following his brother in the morning
only.
2 Sam. 2
:28
2:28
And Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stood still; and they pursued after Israel no more, neither did they fight any more.
2 Sam. 2
:29
2:29
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the Arabah. And they crossed over the Jordan and went through all the
1Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
2 Sam. 2
:30
2:30
And Joab returned from following Abner. And he gathered all the people together, and among David’s servants there were nineteen men missing plus Asahel.
2 Sam. 2
:31
2:31
And the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin and among Abner’s men three hundred and sixty men, who died.
2 Sam. 2
:32
2:32
And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men walked all night, and the day dawned on them at Hebron.
