1After this, Dauid asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go vp into any of the cities of Iudah? And the Lord sayd vnto him, Goe vp. And Dauid sayd Whither shall I goe? Hee then answered, Vnto Hebron.

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1 Samuel 23:2, 1 Samuel 30:31, 1 Samuel 23:2, 1 Samuel 30:31, Genesis 32:2

2So Dauid went vp thither, and his two wiues also, Ahinoam the Izreelite, and Abigail Nabals wife the Carmelite.

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1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 25:42, 1 Samuel 25:43, 1 Samuel 30:5

3And Dauid brought vp the men that were with him, euery man with his houshold, and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

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1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Chronicles 12:1, 1 Chronicles 12:7, 1 Samuel 27:2, 1 Samuel 27:3

4Then the men of Iudah came, and there they anoynted Dauid King ouer the house of Iudah. And they tolde Dauid, saying, that the men of Iabesh Gilead buried Saul.

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2 Samuel 5:5, 2 Samuel 5:5, 1 Samuel 31:11, 1 Samuel 31:13, 1 Samuel 31:11

5And Dauid sent messengers vnto the men of Iabesh Gilead, and said vnto them, Blessed are ye of the Lord, that yee haue shewed such kindenes vnto your lord Saul, that you haue buried him.

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1 Samuel 23:21, 1 Samuel 23:21, Psalms 115:15, Psalms 115:15, 1 Samuel 24:19

6Therefore now the Lord shewe mercie and trueth vnto you: and I will recompence you this benefite, because ye haue done this thing.

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Proverbs 14:22, Proverbs 14:22, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:6, Matthew 5:44

7Therefore nowe let your handes be strong, and be you valiant: albeit your master Saul bee dead, yet neuerthelesse the house of Iudah hath anoynted me King ouer them.

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1 Samuel 31:7, Genesis 15:1, 2 Samuel 10:12, 1 Samuel 31:12, 1 Samuel 4:9

8But Abner the sonne of Ner that was captaine of Sauls hoste, tooke Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul, and brought him to Mahanaim,

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1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Samuel 14:50, Genesis 32:2, Genesis 32:2, 1 Samuel 17:55

9And made him King ouer Gilead, and ouer the Ashurites, and ouer Izreel, and ouer Ephraim, and ouer Beniamin, and ouer al Israel.

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Psalms 108:8, Numbers 1:40, Joshua 13:8, Joshua 13:11, Numbers 32:1

10Ish-bosheth Sauls sonne was fourtie yeere olde when he began to reigne ouer Israel, and reigned two yeere: but the house of Iudah followed Dauid.

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11(And the time which Dauid reigned in Hebron ouer the house of Iudah, was seuen yeere and sixe moneths)

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1 Kings 2:11, 1 Kings 2:11, 2 Samuel 5:4, 2 Samuel 5:5, 2 Samuel 5:4

12And Abner the sonne of Ner, and the seruantes of Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul went out of Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Joshua 9:3, Joshua 10:2, Joshua 10:4, Joshua 18:25, Joshua 9:3

13And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, and the seruants of Dauid went out and met one another by the poole of Gibeon: and they sate downe, the one on the one side of the poole, and the other on the otherside of the poole.

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2 Samuel 8:16, 1 Chronicles 2:16, 2 Samuel 8:16, 1 Chronicles 2:16, 2 Samuel 20:23

14Then Abner saide to Ioab, Let the yong men nowe arise, and play before vs. And Ioab said, Let them arise.

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2 Samuel 2:17, 2 Samuel 2:17, 2 Samuel 2:26, 2 Samuel 2:27, Proverbs 20:18

15Then there arose and went ouer twelue of Beniamin by number, which perteined to Ish-bosheth the sonne of Saul, and twelue of the seruants of Dauid.

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16And euery one caught his fellowe by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellowes side, so they fell downe together: wherefore ye place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

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17And the battel was exceeding sore that same day: for Abner and the men of Israel fell before the seruants of Dauid.

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2 Samuel 3:1, 2 Samuel 3:1

18And there were three sonnes of Zeruiah there, Ioab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as light on foote as a wilde roe.

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1 Chronicles 12:8, 1 Chronicles 12:8, Habakkuk 3:19, Habakkuk 3:19, Psalms 18:33

19And Asahel followed after Abner, and in going he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from Abner.

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Proverbs 4:27, 2 Kings 22:2, Joshua 1:7, 2 Samuel 2:21, Joshua 23:6

20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, Yea.

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21Then Abner said, Turne thee either to the right hande, or to the left, and take one of the yong men, and take thee his weapons: and Asahel would not depart from him.

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Judges 14:19, Judges 14:19

22And Abner saide to Asahel, Depart from me: wherefore shoulde I smite thee to the grounde? howe then shoulde I be able to holde vp my face to Ioab thy brother?

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2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 3:27, Ecclesiastes 6:10, Proverbs 29:1, 2 Kings 14:10

23And when he woulde not depart, Abner with the hinder ende of the speare smote him vnder the fift ryb, that the speare came out behind him: and he fell downe there, and dyed in his place. And as many as came to the place where Asahel fell downe and dyed, stoode still.

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2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 4:6, 2 Samuel 4:6, 2 Samuel 20:10

24Ioab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sunne went downe, when they were come to the hill Ammah, that lieth before Giah, by the way of the wildernesse of Gibeon.

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25And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner, and were on an heape and stoode on the top of an hill.

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26Then Abner called to Ioab, and said, Shall the sworde deuoure for euer? knowest thou not, that it will be bitternesse in the latter ende? howe long then shall it be, or thou bid the people returne from following their brethren?

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Jeremiah 46:14, Jeremiah 46:14, Jeremiah 46:10, Acts 7:26, Jeremiah 46:10

27And Ioab sayde, As God liueth, if thou haddest not spoken, surely euen in the morning the people had departed euery one backe from his brother.

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2 Samuel 2:14, Proverbs 17:14, 2 Samuel 2:14, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 25:8

28So Ioab blew a trumpet, and all the people stoode still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

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29And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plaine, and went ouer Iorden, and past through all Bithron till they came to Mahanaim.

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2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 2:8, Song of Solomon 2:17, Song of Solomon 2:17

30Ioab also returned backe from Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of Dauids seruants nineteene men and Asahel.

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31But the seruants of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin, and of Abners men, so that three hundreth and threescore men dyed.

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1 Kings 20:11, 2 Samuel 3:1, 1 Kings 20:11, 2 Samuel 3:1

32And they tooke vp Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem: and Ioab and his men went all night, and when they came to Hebron, the day arose.

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2 Samuel 5:1, 2 Chronicles 21:1, Proverbs 22:29, 1 Samuel 17:58, 1 Chronicles 2:13