1And after these things David consulted the Lord,…
2So David went up, and his two wives,…
3And the men also that were with him,…
4And the men of Juda came, and anointed…
5David therefore sent messengers to the men of…
6And now the Lord surely will render you…
7Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye…
8But Abner the son of Ner, general of…
9And made him king over Galaad, and, over…
10Isboseth the son of Saul was forty years…
11And the number of the days that David…
12And Abner the son of Ner, and the…
13And Joab the son of Sarvia, and the…
14And Abner said to Joab: Let the young…
15Then there arose and went over twelve in…
16And every one catching his fellow, by the…
17And there was a very fierce battle that…
18And there were the three sons of Sarvia…
19And Asael pursued after Abner, and turned not…
20And Abner looked behind him, and said: Art…
21And Abner said to him: Go to the…
22And again Abner said to Asael: Go off,…
23But he refused to hearken to him, and…
24Now while Joab and Abisai pursued after Abner,…
25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together…
26And Abner cried out to Joab, and said:…
27And Joab said: As the Lord liveth, if…
28Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and all the…
29And Abner and his men walked all that…
30And Joab returning, after he had left Abner,…
31But the servants of David had killed of…
32And they took Asael, and buried him in…
