And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. 1Sa 30:31Pro 3:5-6Psa 143:81Sa 23:21Sa 23:4Gen 32:21Sa 23:9-12Ezk 36:37 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite. 1Sa 25:42-431Sa 30:5Luk 22:28-29 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 1Ch 12:1-71Sa 27:2-31Sa 30:11Sa 22:21Sa 30:9-10Jos 21:11-12 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul. 2Sa 5:51Sa 31:11-132Sa 5:31Ch 11:31Sa 16:132Sa 19:112Sa 19:422Sa 2:11
¶ And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. 1Sa 23:21Psa 115:151Sa 24:191Sa 25:32-33Rut 2:20Rut 3:10Rut 1:8 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. Pro 14:22Exo 34:6Mat 5:44Mat 5:72Sa 10:22Sa 15:202Sa 9:32Sa 9:7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. 1 Eph 6:102Sa 10:121Sa 31:121Sa 4:9Gen 15:11Co 16:131Sa 31:7
¶ But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 2 3 1Sa 14:50Gen 32:21Ch 8:331Ch 9:391Sa 17:551Sa 26:142Sa 17:26-272Sa 3:7-8 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. Gen 30:13Jdg 1:32Jos 13:8-11Jos 19:18Num 1:40Num 32:1-42Psa 108:8 Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. 4 1Ki 2:112Sa 5:4-51Ch 29:271Ch 3:4
¶ And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. Jos 10:2Jos 10:4Jos 18:25Jos 9:32Sa 17:14Gen 32:2Jos 10:12 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 5 1Ch 2:162Sa 8:161Ch 11:61Ki 1:71Ki 2:28-352Sa 2:182Sa 20:23Jer 41:12 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. 2Sa 2:172Sa 2:26-27Pro 10:23Pro 17:14Pro 20:18Pro 25:8Pro 26:18-19 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 6 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. 2Sa 3:1
¶ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. 7 8 1Ch 12:8Hab 3:19Psa 18:33Sng 2:17Sng 8:141Ch 11:261Ch 2:15-161Sa 26:6 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 9 2Ki 22:22Sa 2:21Jos 1:7Jos 23:6Pro 4:27 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. 10 Jdg 14:19 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 2Sa 3:272Ki 14:10-12Ecc 6:10Pro 29:1 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. 2Sa 3:272Sa 4:62Sa 20:102Sa 5:62Sa 20:12-13 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
¶ And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? Jer 46:14Act 7:26Jer 46:102Sa 11:252Sa 2:142Sa 2:16Hos 11:6Isa 1:20 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. 11 12 1Sa 25:262Sa 2:14Pro 17:14Isa 47:7Job 27:2Luk 14:31-32Pro 15:1Pro 20:18 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. 2Sa 2:8Sng 2:17 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel. But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. 1Ki 20:112Sa 3:1
¶ And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. 1Ch 2:13-161Sa 17:582Ch 16:142Ch 21:12Sa 5:1Pro 22:29