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3 And the war was long between the house of Saul and between the house of David. And David was going and strong, but the house of Saul were going and weak.
2 Now sons were born to David in Hebron.
And his firstborn was Amnon, to Ahinoam the Jezreelitess.
3 And his second was Chileab, to Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
And the third was Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur.
4 And the fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith.
And the fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital.
5 And the sixth was Ithream, to Eglah, the wife of David.
These were born to David in Hebron.
6 And it happened, when the war was between the house of Saul and between the house of David, that Abner was strengthening himself in the house of Saul. 7 And a concubine was to Saul, and her name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And he said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to the concubine of my father?”
8 And it burned greatly to Abner concerning the words of Ishbosheth. And he said, “Am I the head of a dog that is to Judah? Today I am doing kindness with the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and I have not delivered you into the hand of David. Yet today you charge against me the iniquity of a woman! 9 Thus may God do to Abner, and thus may he add to him, if, according to what Yahweh has sworn to David, that thus I will do for him, 10 to cause the kingdom to pass over from the house of Saul and to raise up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan and to Beersheba.” 11 And he was not able to return a further word to Abner, because of his fearing him.
12 And Abner sent messengers to David in place of him, saying, “To whom is the land?” saying, “Cut your covenant with me, and behold, my hand will be with you to make all of Israel turn to you.”
13 And he said, “Good, I, I will cut a covenant with you. Only one thing I am asking from you, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless you bring Michal, the daughter of Saul, to my face when you come to see my face.’ ” 14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself with 100 foreskins of Philistines.”
15 And Ishbosheth sent and took her from with her husband, from with Paltiel, the son of Laish. 16 And her husband went with her, going and weeping after her, to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go, return.” So he returned.
17 Now the word of Abner had been with the elders of Israel, saying, “Both yesterday and the third day you were seeking David as king over you. 18 And now, do it, for Yahweh spoke about David, saying, ‘By the hand of David my servant, I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all of their enemies.’ ”
19 And Abner had also spoken in the ears of Benjamin. Then Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that had been good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of all of the house of Benjamin. 20 And Abner came to David in Hebron, and with him were 20 men. And David made a feast for Abner and for the men who were with him. 21 Then Abner said to David, “Let me arise and go and gather to my lord the king all of Israel so they may cut a covenant with you so you may reign over all that your soul desires.” And David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
22 And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a raid, and they brought much plunder with them. But Abner, he was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace. 23 And Joab and all of the army that was with him came, and they declared to Joab, saying, “Abner, the son of Ner, came to the king, and he sent him away, and he went in peace.”
24 And Joab came to the king, and he said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you! Why is this, you have sent him away, and going, he has gone? 25 You know Abner, the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you and to know your going out and your coming in and to know all that you are doing!”
26 And Joab went out from with David, and he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern of Sirah. But David did not know. 27 And Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab turned him aside to the middle of the gate to speak with him in quiet. And he struck him there in the stomach, and he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
28 And David heard after this, and he said, “I and my kingdom are innocent from with Yahweh forever from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner. 29 May it writhe on the head of Joab and to all of the house of his father, and may not be cut off from the house of Joab one discharging or one stricken with leprosy or one holding onto a staff or one falling by the sword or a destitute of bread.”
30 Now Joab and Abishai his brother had murdered Abner because he had killed Asahel their brother at Gibeon in the battle.
31 And David said to Joab and to all of the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn to the face of Abner.” And King David was walking behind the bier. 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all of the people wept.
33 And the king lamented for Abner, and he said, “Should Abner have died like the death of a fool? 34 Your hands were not bound, and your feet were not put in shackles. As falling to the face of sons of wickedness, you have fallen.”
And all of the people added to weep for him. 35 Then all of the people came to make David eat bread while it was still day, but David swore, saying, “Thus may God do to me, and thus may he add, that if to the face of the coming in of the sun I taste bread or any of a thing.”
36 And all of the people noticed, and it was good in their eyes, as everything that the king did was good in the eyes of all of the people. 37 So all of the people and all of Israel knew on that day that it had not been from the king to kill Abner, the son of Ner.
38 And the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a commander and great has fallen this day in Israel? 39 And I am weak today, though anointed king. For these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more harsh than I. May Yahweh repay the one doing evil according to his evil.”
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