2 Samuel Chapter 3 - | Early Church Bible

1: And [G2532] there was [G1096] war [G4171] for [G1909] a long [time] [G4183] between the [G3588] house [G3624] of Saul, and [G2532] between the [G3588] house [G3624] of David. And [G2532] the [G3588] house [G3624] of David went [G4198] and [G2532] strengthened [G2901]. And [G2532] the [G3588] house [G3624] of Saul went [G4198] and [G2532] weakened .
2: And [G2532] were born [G5088] [to the [G3588] David in [G1722] Hebron sons [G5207] six [G1803], and [G2532] was the [G3588] his first-born [G4416][G1473] [was] Amnon the [G3588] by Ahinoam the [G3588] Jezreelitess;
3: and [G2532] the [G3588] his second [G1208][G1473] [was] Chileab of the [G3588] Abigail the [G3588] Carmelitess; and [G2532] the [G3588] third [G5154] [was] Absalom son [G5207] of Maacah daughter [G2364] of Talmai king of Geshur;
4: and [G2532] the [G3588] fourth [G5067] [was] Adonijah son [G5207] of Haggith; and [G2532] the [G3588] fifth [G3991] [was] Shephatiah the [G3588] by Abital;
5: and [G2532] the [G3588] sixth [G1622] [was] Ithream of the [G3588] Eglah wife [G1135] of David. These [G3778] were born [G5088] [to the [G3588] David in [G1722] Hebron.
6: And [G2532] it came to pass [G1096] in [G1722] the [G3588] being the [G3588] war [G4171] between the [G3588] house [G3624] of Saul, and [G2532] between the [G3588] house [G3624] of David, that [G2532] Abner was holding [rule [G2902] [over] the [G3588] house [G3624] of Saul.
7: And [G2532] [to the [G3588] Saul was a concubine , and [G2532] name [G3686] to her [G1473] [was] Rizpah, daughter [G2364] of Aiah. And [G2532] said [G2036] Ishbosheth son [G5207] of Saul] to [G4314] Abner, Why [G5100] [is it] that [G3754] you enter [G1525] to [G4314] the [G3588] concubine of the [G3588] father [G3962] of me [G1473]?
8: And [G2532] was enraged [G2373] exceedingly [G4970] Abner] on account of [G4012] the [G3588] this word [G3056][G3778] the [G3588] by Ishbosheth. And [G2532] Abner said [G2036] to [G4314] him [G1473], Am [G3361] head [G2776] a dog's [G2965] I [that] I executed [G4160] today [G4594] compassion [G1656] with [G3326] the [G3588] house [G3624] of Saul the [G3588] father [G3962] of you [G1473], and [G2532] with [G4012] [his] brothers , and [G2532] with [G4012] his acquaintances [G1473], and [G2532] did not [G3756] desert to [G1519] the [G3588] house [G3624] of David, that [G2532] you seek anxiously [G1934] about [G1909] me [G1473] concerning [G4012] injustice to a woman [G1135] today [G4594]?
9: Thus [G3592] may God do [G4160] the [G3588][G2316] the [G3588] to Abner, and [G2532] thus [G3592] may he add to him [G4369][G1473] that [G3754] as [G2531] BOSS swore by an oath [G3660][G2962] the [G3588] to David, that [G3754] so [G3779] I should do [the same [G4160] to him [G1473] in [G1722] the [G3588] this day [G2250][G3778],
10: to remove [G4014] the [G3588] government ' from the [G3588] house [G3624] of Saul, and [G2532] the [G3588] to raise up the [G3588] throne [G2362] of David over [G1909] Israel, and [G2532] over [G1909] the [G3588] Judah, from Dan until [G2193] Beer-sheba.
11: And [G2532] [was] not [G3756] able [G1410] still [G2089] Ishbosheth] to answer the [G3588] Abner's utterance [G4487], because off the [G3588] fearing [G5399] him [G1473].
12: And [G2532] Abner sent word-conveyers (messengers) ' to [G4314] David in [G1519] Hebron, saying [G3004], ordain [G1303] a covenant [G1242] You [G1473] with [G3326] me [G1473]! And [G2532] look [G2400], the [G3588] My hand [G5495][G1473] [is] with [G3326] you [G1473] to return [G1994] to [G4314] you [G1473] all [G3956] Israel.
13: And [G2532] David said [G2036], Well [G2573], I [G1473] will ordain [G1303] with [G4314] you [G1473] a covenant [G1242], except [G4133] word [G3056] one [G1520] I [G1473] ask from [G3844] you [G1473], saying [G3004], You will not [G3756] see [G3708] the [G3588] my face [G4383][G1473], if [G1437] you do not [G3361] convey ' the [G3588] Michal daughter [G2364] of Saul, in your coming [G3854][G1473] to look [at] [G1492] the [G3588] my face [G4383][G1473].
14: And [G2532] David sent [G1821] to [G4314] Ishbosheth son [G5207] of Saul word-conveyers (messengers) ', saying [G3004], Give back to me [G1473] the [G3588] my wife [G1135][G1473] the [G3588] Michal which [G3739] I took [G2983] for [G1722] a hundred [G1540] foreskins of Philistines .
15: And [G2532] Ishbosheth sent , and [G2532] took [G2983] her [G1473] from [G3844] the [G3588] her husband [G1473], from [G3844] Phaltiel son [G5207] of Laish.
16: And [G2532] went [G4198] the [G3588] husband her [G1473] with [G3326] her [G1473], going [G4198] and [G2532] weeping [G2799] after [G3694] her [G1473] unto [G2193] Behurim. And [G2532] said [G2036] to [G4314] him [G1473] Abner], Go [G4198] return ! And [G2532] he returned .
17: And [G2532] word [G3056] of Abner came [G1096] to [G4314] the [G3588] elders [G4245] of Israel, saying [G3004], Yesterday [G5504] and [G2532] third [day before [G5154] you sought [G2212] the [G3588] David to reign over [G1909] you [G1473].
18: And [G2532] now [G3568] act [G4160]! for [G3754] Boss '[G2962] spoke [G2980] concerning [G4012] David, saying [G3004], By [G1722] hand [G5495] of the [G3588] my servant [G1401][G1473] David I will deliver [G4982] the [G3588] people [G2992] of me [G1473] Israel from [G1537] hand [G5495] of the [G3588] Philistines , and [G2532] from [G1537] hand [G5495] of all [G3956] the [G3588] his enemies [G2190][G1473].
19: And [G2532] Abner spoke [G2980] in [G1722] the [G3588] ears [G3775] of Benjamin. And [G2532] Abner went [G4198] the [G3588] to speak [G2980] into [G1519] the [G3588] ears [G3775] of David in [G1519] Hebron, all [G3956] as much as [G3745] it pleased in [G1722] eyes [G3788] of Israel, and [G2532] in [G1722] eyes [G3788] of all [G3956] house [G3624] of Benjamin.
20: And [G2532] Abner came [G2064] to [G4314] David in [G1519] Hebron, and [G2532] with [G3326] him [G1473] twenty [G1501] men . And [G2532] David made [G4160] [to the [G3588] Abner and [G2532] the [G3588] men the [G3588] with [G3326] him [G1473] a banquet [G4224].
21: And [G2532] Abner said [G2036] to [G4314] David, I will arise indeed [G1211] and [G2532] go [G4198], and [G2532] gather together [G4867] to [G4314] the [G3588] my boss [G2962][G1473] the [G3588] king all [G3956] Israel; and [G2532] I will ordain [G1303] with [G3326] you [G1473] a covenant [G1242], and [G2532] you will reign over [G1909] all [G3956] whom [G3739] desires [G1937] the [G3588] your soul [G5590][G1473]. And [G2532] David sent away [G1821] the [G3588] Abner, and [G2532] he went [G4198] in [G1722] peace [G1515].
22: And [G2532] look [G2400], the [G3588] servants [G3816] of David and [G2532] Joab came [G3854] from the [G3588] expedition , and [G2532] spoils [G4661] many [G4183] they brought [G5342] with [G3326] themselves [G1438]. And [G2532] Abner was not [G3756] with [G3326] David in [G1519] Hebron, for [G3754] he had sent him [away [G1473], and [G2532] he went [G4198] in [G1722] peace [G1515].
23: And [G2532] Joab, and [G2532] all [G3956] the [G3588] military [G4756], the [G3588] [one] with [G3326] him [G1473], came [G2064]. And [G2532] they reported [to the [G3588] Joab, saying [G3004], comes [G2240] Abner son [G5207] of Ner] to [G4314] David, and [G2532] he has sent him [G1473], and [G2532] he went forth in [G1722] peace [G1515].
24: And [G2532] Joab entered [G1525] to [G4314] the [G3588] king , and [G2532] he said [G2036] to him [G1473], What [G5100] is this [G3778] you did [G4160]? look [G2400], Abner came [G2064] to [G4314] you [G1473], and [G2532] why [G2444] have you sent him away [G1821][G1473], and [G2532] he has gone forth in [G1722] peace [G1515]?
25: Or [G2228] do you not [G3756] know [G1492] the [G3588] evil [G2549] of Abner son [G5207] of Ner, that [G3754] to deceive you [G1473] he came [G3854], and [G2532] to know [G1097] the [G3588] your entering [G1529][G1473] and [G2532] the [G3588] your exiting [G1841][G1473], and [G2532] to know [G1097] all together as much as [G3745] you [G1473] do [G4160]?
26: And [G2532] Joab went [G1831] from David, and [G2532] sent word-conveyers (messengers) ' after [G3694] Abner, and [G2532] they returned [G1994] him [G1473] from the [G3588] well [G5421] of Sirah; and [G2532] David did not [G3756] know [G1492].
27: And [G2532] Abner returned [G1994] the [G3588] to [G1519] Hebron, and [G2532] turned [G1578] him [G1473] Joab] from [G1537] side of the [G3588] gate [G4439] to speak [G2980] to [G4314] him [G1473] laying in wait [G1748]. And [G2532] he struck [G3960] him [G1473] there [G1563] in [G1519] the [G3588] flank , and [G2532] he died for [G1722] the [G3588] blood Asahel the [G3588] of his brother [G1473].
28: And [G2532] David heard about [G3326] these [things] [G3778], and [G2532] he said [G2036], am innocent I [G1473] and [G2532] the [G3588] my government '[G1473] from Boss '[G2962] and [G2532] unto [G2193] age (term) ` off the [G3588] blood of Abner son [G5207] of Ner.
29: Let [it] arrive [G2658] upon [G1909] head [G2776] of Joab, and [G2532] upon [G1909] all [G3956] the [G3588] house [G3624] of the [G3588] his father [G3962][G1473]! and [G2532] may there not [G3361] cease to be [G1587] one from [G1537] the [G3588] house [G3624] of Joab having gonorrhea , and [G2532] leprous [G3015], and [G2532] holding [G2902] a stave , and [G2532] falling [G4098] by [G1722] broadsword [G4501], and [G2532] lacking bread loaves .
30: For Joab [G1161] and [G2532] Abishai the [G3588] brother of him [G1473] observed [G1301] the [G3588] Abner, because he killed [G2289] the [G3588] Asahel the [G3588]ir brother [G1473] in [G1722] Gibeon in [G1722] the [G3588] battle [G4171].
31: And [G2532] David said [G2036] to [G4314] Joab, and [G2532] to [G4314] all [G3956] the [G3588] people [G2992] the [G3588] with [G3326] him [G1473], Tear [G1284] the [G3588] your clothes [G2440][G1473], and [G2532] gird on [G4024] sackcloths [G4526], and [G2532] lament [G2875] before [G1715] Abner! And [G2532] the [G3588] king David went [G4198] behind [G3694] the [G3588] bier [G2825].
32: And [G2532] they entombed [G2290] the [G3588] Abner in [G1722] Hebron, and [G2532] lifted the [G3588] king the [G3588] his voice [G5456][G1473] and [G2532] wept [G2799] over [G1909] the [G3588] tomb [G5028] of Abner, and [G2532] wept [G2799] all [G3956] the [G3588] people [G2992].
33: And [G2532] lamented [G2354] the [G3588] king over [G1909] Abner, and [G2532] said [G2036], will [G1487] according to [G2596] the [G3588] death [G2288] of Nabal die Abner], [no].
34: the [G3588] Your hands [G5495][G1473] were not [G3756] tied [G1210], nor [G3761] the [G3588] your feet not [G4228][G1473] in [G1722] shackles [G3976]; you did not [G3756] lead [G4317] as [G5613] Nabal; in the presence [G1799] of a son [G5207] of injustice you fell [G4098]. And [G2532] were brought together [G4863] all [G3956] the [G3588] people [G2992] the [G3588] to weep [G2799] for him [G1473].
35: And [G2532] came [G2064] all [G3956] the [G3588] people [G2992] to cause to eat at the wake the [G3588] David bread loaves still [G2089] being day [G2250]. And [G2532] David swore by an oath [G3660], saying [G3004], Thus [G3592] may do [G4160] to me [G1473] the [G3588] God '[G2316], and [G2532] thus [G3592] may he add [yet more [G4369], that [G3754] [until [G1437] should [G3361] go down [G1416] the [G3588] sun [G2246], in no way will I taste [G1089] bread nor [G3761] any [G3956] thing [G5100].
36: And [G2532] all [G3956] the [G3588] people [G2992] knew [G1097]. And [G2532] it was pleasing before [G1799] them [G1473], all [G3956] as much as [G3745] did [G4160] the [G3588] king in the presence of [G1799] all [G3956] the [G3588] people [G2992].
37: And [G2532] knew [G1097] all [G3956] the [G3588] people [G2992], and [G2532] all [G3956] Israel in [G1722] the [G3588] that day [G2250][G1565], that [G3754] happened not [G3756][G1096] by [G3844] the [G3588] king the [G3588] putting to death [G2289] of the [G3588] Abner son [G5207] of Ner].
38: And [G2532] said [G2036] the [G3588] king to [G4314] the [G3588] his servants [G3816][G1473], Do you not [G3756] know [G1492] that [G3754] a leader [G2233], and [G2532] a great one [G3173] has fallen [G4098] in [G1722] the [G3588] this day [G2250][G3778] in [G1722] the [G3588] Israel?
39: And [G2532] that [G3754] I [G1473] am as a relative [G4773] today [G4594], and [G2532] one being placed [G2525] for [G1519] king . the [G3588] But [G1161] these men [G3778], the [G3588] sons [G5207] of Zeruiah hard [G4642] for me [G1473] are . BOSS should recompense [G2962] to the [G3588] [one] doing [G4160] the [G3588] wicked [things] [G4190] according to [G2596] the [G3588] his evil [G2549][G1473].