Abner is slain by Joab. B. C. about 1048. + Heb. going and weeping. o 1 Sam. 25. 44, Phalti. p ch. 19. 16. + Heb. both yesterday and the third day. q ver. 9. II. SAMUEL. her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. 16 And her husband went with her talong weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. 17 ¶ And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David †in times past to be king over you: 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. 19 And Abner also spake in the ears r1 Chr. 12. 29. of Benjamin: and Abner went also s ver. 10, 12. t 1 Kings 11. 37. David mourneth for him. B. C. 28 ¶ And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom about 1048. are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of † Heb. bloods. Ner: 32, 33. off. 29 a Let it rest on the head of Joab, 1 Kings 2. and on all his father's house; and let there not † fail from the house of Joab + Heb. be cut 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. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. е b Lev. 15. 2. c ch. 2. 23. d 31 ¶ And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, to speak in the ears of David in He-Rend your clothes, and gird you a Josh. 7.6. bron all that seemed good to Israel, with sackcloth, and mourn before and that seemed good to the whole Abner. And king David himself folhouse of Benjamin. lowed the + bier. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, u 1 Sam. 29. 6. and to know "thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. Is. 37. 28. 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool fch. 13. 12, 13. dieth? 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. 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 aught else, itill the sun be down. + Heb. chil iquity. dren of in 39 And I am this day † weak, though † Heb. tender. 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. CHAPTER IV. The Israelites being troubled at the death of Abner, 2 Baanah and Rechab slay Ish-bosheth, and bring his head to Hebron. 9 David causeth them to be slain, and Ish-bosheth's head to be buried. gate to speak with him "quietly, and in Hebron, this smote him there under the fifth rib, AND when Saul's son heard that that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. Abner was dead hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. b 1 See ch. 19.13. 1 Kings 2.5, 6, 33, 34. Ps. 28. 4. & 62.12. 2 Tim. 4. 14. a Ezra 4. 4. Is. 13. 7. b Matt. 2. 3. Ish-bosheth murdered. B. C. about 1048. +Heb. second. c Josh. 18. 25. d Neh. 11. 33. e ch. 9. 3. f 1 Sam. 29. 1, 11. || Or, Meribbaal, 1 Chr. 8. 34. & 9. 40. g ch. 2. 23. 10, 11. & 23. 15. & 25. 29. II. SAMUEL. 3 And the Beerothites fled to a Gittaim, and were sojourners there until day. David king over Israel. bosheth, and buried it in the "sepul- CHAPTER V. The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David king over a B. C. about 1048. n ch. 3. 32. HEN came all the tribes of Is- a 1 Chr. 11. 1. his dad Jonathan, Saul's son, had Trael to David the Hebron, and e a son that was lame of his feet. He 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Be- 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. 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. h 8 And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine b 1 Sam. 19. 2, enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 ¶ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who 1 Kings 1. 29. hath redeemed my soul out of all ad-tain. Wherefore they said, The blind Or, Because 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: 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? 12 And David m 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 Ish 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 David's soul, "he shall be chief and cap 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. 10 And David †went on, and grew great, and, the LORD God of hosts was with him. 11 ¶ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house. 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 13 T And David took him more n1 Chr. 11.6 9. they had said, even the blind and the lame, He shall not come into the house. o ver. 7. † Heb. went going and growing. about 1043. † Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall. P1 Kings 5.2. 1 Chr. 14. 1. q Deut. 17. 17. 1 Chr. 3. 9. & 14. 3. |