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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sons were born to David in Hebron:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.3.2"><span class="content">His firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">his second, Kileab the son of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.3.3"><span class="content">the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.3.4"><span class="content">the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and the sixth, Ithream the son of David&#8217;s wife Eglah.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.3.5"><span class="content">These were born to David in Hebron.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abner Goes Over to David</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had been strengthening his own position in the house of Saul. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now Saul had had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, &#8220;Why did you sleep with my father&#8217;s concubine?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, &#8220;Am I a dog&#8217;s head&#8212;on Judah&#8217;s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven&#8217;t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman! </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised him on oath </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David&#8217;s throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ish-Bosheth did not dare to say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, &#8220;Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Good,&#8221; said David. &#8220;I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing of you: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Michal daughter of Saul when you come to see me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, &#8220;Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So Ish-Bosheth gave orders and had her taken away from her husband Paltiel son of Laish. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Her husband, however, went with her, weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, &#8220;Go back home!&#8221; So he went back.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, &#8220;For some time you have wanted to make David your king. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now do it! For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> promised David, &#8216;By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Abner also spoke to the Benjamites in person. Then he went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole tribe of Benjamin wanted to do. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast for him and his men. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Abner said to David, &#8220;Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.&#8221; So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joab Murders Abner</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Just then David&#8217;s men and Joab returned from a raid and brought with them a great deal of plunder. But Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When Joab and all the soldiers with him arrived, he was told that Abner son of Ner had come to the king and that the king had sent him away and that he had gone in peace.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So Joab went to the king and said, &#8220;What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone! </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.3.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Later, when David heard about this, he said, &#8220;I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">May his blood fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family! May Joab&#8217;s family never be without someone who has a running sore or leprosy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:29 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">leprosy </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content"> or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.3.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, &#8220;Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner.&#8221; King David himself walked behind the bier. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner&#8217;s tomb. All the people wept also.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The king sang this lament for Abner:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.3.33"><span class="content">&#8220;Should Abner have died as the lawless die?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="2SA.3.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Your hands were not bound,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="content">your feet were not fettered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="content">You fell as one falls before the wicked.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="content">And all the people wept over him again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="2SA.3.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, &#8220;May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="2SA.3.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="2SA.3.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.3.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">So on that day all the people there and all Israel knew that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="2SA.3.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="2SA.3.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then the king said to his men, &#8220;Do you not realize that a commander and a great man has fallen in Israel this day? </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="2SA.3.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak, and these sons of Zeruiah are too strong for me. May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You turned my wailing into dancing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="content">you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.30.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.30.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.30.12"><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God, I will praise you forever.</span></span></div>
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