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2 Samuel 2

1 Dauid is anoynted King in Hebrón 9 Abnér maketh Ish-bosheth King ouer Israél 15 The battel of the seruants of Dauid and Ish-bosheth. 32 The buryal of Asahél
1.After this Dauid a asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shal I go vp into anie of the cities of Iudáh? And the Lord said vnto him, Go vp. And Dauid said, Whither shal I go? He then answered, Vnto b Hebrón.
2.So Dauid went vp thither & his two wiues also, Ahinóam the Izreelite, and Abigaíl Nabals wife the Carmelite.
3.And Dauid broght vp the men that were with him, c euerie man with his housholde, and they dwelt in the cities of Hebrón.
4.¶ Then the men of Iudáh came, and there they anointed Dauid King ouer the houfe of Iudáh. And they tolde Dauid, faying, *that the men of Iabéfh Gileád buryed Saúl.
5.And Dauid fent meffengers vnto the mẽ of Iabéfh Gileád, & faid vnto them, Bleffed are ye of ye Lord, that ye haue fhewed fuche kindenes vnto your lord Saúl, that you haue buryed him.
6.Therefore now the Lord fhewe mercie and d trueth vnto you: and I wil recompence you this benefite, becaufe ye haue done this thing.
7.Therefore now let your hands be ftrõg, and be you valiant: albeit your mafter Saúl be dead, yet neuertheleffe the houfe of Iudáh hathe anointed me e King ouer them.
8.¶ But Abnér the fonne of Ner that was captaine of Sauls hofte, toke Ifh-bófheth the fonne of Saúl, and broght him to Mahanáim,
9.And made him King ouer Gileád, and ouer the Afhurites, and ouer Izreél, and ouer Ephráim, and ouer Beniamin, and ouer f all Ifraél.
10.Ifh-bófheth Sauls fonne was fourty yere olde when he began to reigne ouer Ifraél, and reigned two yere: but the houfe of Iudáh followed Dauid. 11 g (And the time which Dauid reigned in Hebrón ouer the houfe of Iudáh, was feuẽ yere and fix monethes)
12.¶ And Abnér the fonne of Ner, and the feruants of Ifh-bófheth the fonne of Saúl went out of Mahanáim to Gibeón.
13.And Ioáb the fonne of Zeruiáh, and the feruants of Dauid went out and met one an other by the poole of Gibeón: and they fate downe, the one on the one fide of the poole, and the other on the other fide of the poole.
14.Then Abnér faid to Ioáb, Let the yong men now arife, and h playe before vs. And Ioáb faid, Let them arife.
15.Then there arofe and went ouer twelue of Beniamin by nomber, which perteined to Ifh-bófheth the fonne of Saúl, and twelue of the feruants of Dauid.
16.And euerie one caught i his fellowe by the head, & thruft his fworde in his fellowes fide, fo they fel downe together: wherefore the place was called * Helkath-hazzurím which is in Gibeón.
17.And the battel was exceeding fore that fame day: for Abnér and the men of Ifraél k fel before the feruants of Dauid.
18.And there were three fonnes of Zeruiáh there, Ioáb, and Abifhái, and Afahél. And Afahél was as light on foote as a wilde roe.
19.And Afahél followed after Abnér, & in going he turned nether to the right hand nor to the left from Abnér.
20.Then Abnér loked behinde him, & faid, Art thou Afahél? And he anfivered, Yea.
21.Then Abnér faid, Turne thee ether to ye right hand or to the left, and take one of the yong men, and take thee his * weapons: but Afahél wolde not departe from him.
22.And Abnér faid to Afahél, Departe frõ me: l wherefore fhulde I fmite thee to the grõude? how thẽ fhulde I be able to holde vp my face to Ioáb thy brother?
23.And when he wolde not departe, Abnér with the hindre end of the fpeare fmote him vnder the m fift rib, that the fpeare came out behinde him: and he fel downe there, and dyed in his place. And as manie as came to the place where Afahél fel downe and dyed, ftode ftil.
24.Ioáb alfo and Abifhái purfued after Abnér: and the funne went downe, when they were come to ye hil Ammáh, that lieth before Giah, by the way of the wildernes of Gibeón.
25.And the children of Beniamin gathered them felues together after Abnér, & were on an heape and ftode on the top of an hil.
26.Then Abnér called to Ioáb, and faid, Shal the n fworde deuoure for euer? knoweft thou not, that it wil be bitternes in the latter end? how long thẽ fhal it be, or thou bid the people returne frõ following their brethren?
27.And Ioáb faid, As God liueth, if thou haddeft not o fpoken, furely euen in the morning the people had departed euerie one backe from his brother.
28.So Ioáb blewe a trumpet, and all the people ftode ftil, and purfued after Ifraél no more, nether foght they anie more.
29.And Abnér and his men walked all that night through the * plaine, & wẽt ouer Iordén, & paft through all Bithrón til they came to Mahanáim.
30.Ioáb alfo returned backe from Abnér: & whẽ he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of Dauids feruants ninetene men and Afahél.
31.But the feruãtes of Dauid had fmitten of Beniamin, and of Abners men, fo that three hundreth and threfcore men dyed.
32.And they toke vp Afahél, and buryed him in the fepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-léhem: and Ioáb and his men wẽt all night, and when they came to Hebrón, the daie arofe.

Notes

1:a.
By the meanes of the hie Priest, as 1 Sam 23, 2 & 2. am 5, 19.
1:b.
Which citie was also called Kiriath arba, Iosh. 14, 15.
3:c.
In the time of his persecution.
4:*.
1.Sam: 31, 12.
6:d.
According to his gines, it is to recompẽce them that are merciful.
7:e.
So yt you fhal not want a captaine & a defender.
9:f.
Ouer 11. eleuen tribes.
10:g.
After this time was expired, he reigned ouer all ye countrey 33 yeres, Chap. 5. 5.
14:h.
Let vs fe how they can handle their weapons.
16:i.
Meaning, his aduerfarie.
16:*.
Or, the field of ftrong weapons.
17:k.
After that Abner foure & twentie were flaine.
21:*.
Or, fpoile.
22:l.
Why doeft yu prouoke me to kil thee?
23:m.
Some read, in thofe partes, where as the liuely partes lye: as the heart, the lungs, ye liuer, the milt, and the gall.
26:n.
Shal we not make an end of murthering?
27:o.
If yu hadeft not prouoked thẽ to battel, as verf 14.
29:*.
Or, wildernes.
29:*.
Or, to the side.
32:p.
Thus God wolde confirme Dauid in his kingdome by the deftruction of his aduerfaries.