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2 Samyèl 1-4
Haitian Creole Version
2 Samyèl 1-4
Haitian Creole Version
1 ¶ Apre li te fin kraze moun Amalèk yo, David tounen lavil Ziklag. Lè sa a Sayil te deja mouri. David menm te lavil Ziklag depi de jou.
2 Sou twazyèm jou a, yon nonm rive soti nan kan Sayil la. Rad sou li te chire, li te gen pousyè sou tèt li pou fè wè jan li te nan gwo lapenn. Lè li rive bò kote David, li lage kò l' atè, li bese tèt li byen ba devan li.
3 David mande l': -Kote ou soti? Nonm lan reponn: -Mwen chape kò m' soti nan kan moun Izrayèl yo.
4 David di li: -Manyè di m' sa ki pase. Nonm lan reponn: -Lame pèp Izrayèl la kouri pandan batay la te mare. Gen anpil sòlda ki mouri. Sayil ak Jonatan, pitit gason l' lan, mouri tou.
5 David mande nonm ki te pote nouvèl la: -Ki jan ou fè konnen Sayil ak Jonatan, pitit li a, mouri?
6 Nonm lan reponn: -Mwen t'ap pase konsa sou mòn Gilboa a lè mwen wè Sayil apiye sou frenn li pou l' pa tonbe atè. Cha lagè lènmi yo ak kavalye yo te prèt pou rive sou li.
7 Lè sa a, li voye je l' gade, li wè m', epi li rele m' vini. Mwen reponn li: Men mwen, monwa.
8 Li mande m' ki moun mwen ye. Mwen reponn li se yon moun Amalèk mwen ye.
9 Lè sa a, li mande m' pou m' pwoche bò kote l' pou m' touye l', paske li te santi tèt li ap vire, atout li te gen tout konesans li sou li.
10 Se konsa, mwen pwoche bò kote l', mwen touye l' paske mwen te konnen tonbe li te tonbe li t'ap toujou mouri. Apre sa, mwen pran kouwòn ki te sou tèt li ak braslè ki te nan ponyèt li, mwen pote yo ba ou, mèt.
11 ¶ David chire rad ki te sou li sitèlman sa te fè li lapenn. Tout moun ki te la avè l' yo fè menm bagay la tou.
12 Yo kriye, yo pran gwo lapenn pou Sayil, pou Jonatan, pitit li a, pou lame Seyè a ak pou pèp Izrayèl la, paske te gen anpil ladan yo ki te mouri nan lagè a. Yo rete san manje jouk aswè.
13 Apre sa, David mande jenn gason ki te pote nouvèl la: -Ki moun ou ye? Jenn gason an reponn: -Mwen se pitit yonn nan moun Amalèk ki vin rete nan peyi a.
14 David di l' konsa: -Bon. Ki jan ou fè pa t' pè leve men ou sou wa Bondye chwazi a pou ou rive touye l'?
15 David rele yonn nan moun li yo. Li di l' konsa: -Vini non! Touye msye. Nonm lan bay moun Amalèk la yon sèl kou, li touye l' frèt.
16 David menm te di moun Amalèk la: -Se ou menm ki reskonsab sa ki rive ou la a. Se ou menm ki kondannen tèt ou lè ou di ak bouch ou se ou menm ki touye wa Bondye te chwazi a.
17 ¶ David pran chante pou plenn lanmò Sayil ak Jonatan, pitit Sayil la.
18 Li bay lòd pou yo moutre chante a bay tout moun Jida yo. Se chante banza yo. Yo jwenn li ekri nan Liv Moun ki mache dwat la.
19 O Izrayèl, tout gwo chèf ou yo mouri sou mòn yo. Yo desann tout vanyan sòlda ou yo.
20 Pa kite nouvèl la rive nan lavil Gad. Pa gaye nouvèl la nan lavil Askalon, pou medam peyi Filisti yo pa fè fèt, pou pitit fi moun sa yo ki pa sèvi Bondye pèp Izrayèl la pa leve danse.
21 Nou menm mòn Giboa yo, se pou nou rete san yon grenn lapli, san yon degout lawouze. Piga jaden janm pouse sou flan mòn nou yo! Paske se la yo trennen nan labou plak fè pwotèj sòlda yo, plak fè pwotèj wa Sayil la ki p'ap janm fwote ak lwil ankò.
22 Jonatan pa t' janm fè bak toutotan li pa tranpe flèch li yo nan san lènmi l' yo. Sayil pa t' janm tounen toutotan li pa t' plonje nepe l' nan vant vanyan sòlda lènmi l' yo.
23 Sayil ak Jonatan, yonn te renmen lòt! Toujou ansanm nan lavi, ansanm ansanm tou nan lanmò! Pi veyatif pase malfini, pi vanyan pase lyon.
24 Medam pèp Izrayèl yo, rele pou Sayil! Li te konn ban nou bèl rad koulè violèt ki koute byen chè, ak bèl bijou an lò pou mete sou nou.
25 Vanyan sòlda yo mouri nan lagè! Jonatan mouri, li blayi atè plat sou ti mòn yo!
26 Mwen gen gwo lapenn pou ou, Jonatan, frè mwen. Jan mwen te renmen ou sa a! Jan ou menm ou te renmen m', se pa pale. Zanmitay sa a te pi bon pou mwen lontan pase renmen ankenn fanm ta ka gen pou mwen!
27 Vanyan sòlda yo mouri! Tout zam lagè yo pa vo anyen koulye a!
2 ¶ Apre sa, David mande Seyè a: -Eske se pou m' ale nan yonn nan lavil peyi Jida yo? Seyè a reponn li: -Wi. Se pou ou ale! David mande l': -Kote pou m' ale? Seyè a di l': -Lavil Ebwon.
2 Se konsa, David pran de madanm li yo, Akenoam ki te moun lavil Jizreyèl, ak Abigayèl, vèv Nabal la, ki te moun lavil Kamèl, li pati pou Ebwon.
3 Li mennen moun ki te avè l' yo tou ansanm ak tout fanmi yo. Y' al rete lavil Ebwon ak nan tout ti bouk ki toupre l' yo.
4 Apre sa, moun Jida yo rive lavil Ebwon, yo fè seremoni pou mete David apa pou sèvi wa peyi Jida. David vin pran nouvèl se moun lavil Jabès yo, nan peyi Galarad, ki te antere Sayil.
5 Lè sa a, li voye kèk mesaje di yo konsa: -Se pou Seyè a beni nou, paske nou moutre jan nou pa janm lage Sayil, mèt nou an. Nou antere l'.
6 Mwen mande Seyè a pou li aji byen ak nou tou, pou li pa janm lage nou. Mwen menm pou tèt pa m', m'ap aji byen avèk nou tou poutèt sa nou fè a.
7 Koulye a, pran kouraj! Mete gason nou nou! Sayil, mèt nou an, mouri. Se mwen menm moun Jida yo mete apa pou wa yo.
8 ¶ Abnè, pitit gason Nè a, kòmandan lame Sayil la, pran Ichbochèt, pitit gason Sayil la, li mennen l' lavil Manayim, lòt bò larivyè Jouden.
9 Rive la, li nonmen Ichbochèt wa peyi Galarad, peyi Asè, peyi Jizreyèl, peyi Efrayim ak peyi Benjamen, ki vle di wa tout pèp Izrayèl la.
10 Ichbochèt, pitit gason Sayil la, te gen karantan lè yo fè l' wa peyi Izrayèl. Li gouvènen pandan dezan. Men, moun branch fanmi Jida yo te kanpe avèk David.
11 David te wa peyi Jida a pandan sètan sis mwa. Se Ebwon li te rete.
12 Abnè leve ansanm ak moun Ichbochèt yo, yo kite lavil Manayim, y' ale lavil Gabawon.
13 Joab menm, pitit gason Sewouya a, leve ansanm ak sòlda David yo, yo kite lavil Ebwon, yo pati tou. Yo kontre ak moun Abnè yo bò rezèvwa Gabawon an. De lame yo pran pozisyon, yonn chak bò rezèvwa a.
14 Abnè di Joab konsa: -Annou chwazi kèk jenn gason pou yo goumen devan nou la a. Joab reponn: -Dakò!
15 Se konsa, douz gason nan branch fanmi Benjamen an kanpe pou Ichbochèt yon bò, douz gason kanpe pou moun David yo lòt bò.
16 Mesye yo mare goumen. Yonn pran lòt nan tèt epi yonn foure nepe yo nan kò lòt. Se konsa yo tout tonbe ansanm, yo mouri. Se poutèt sa, yo rele kote sa a nan peyi Gabawon an Elkatazourim.
17 Apre sa, yon gwo batay pete. Moun David yo kraze Abnè ansanm ak moun Izrayèl yo.
18 ¶ Tou twa pitit gason Sewouya yo te la. Se te Joab, Abichayi ak Asayèl. Asayèl te konn kouri, ou ta di yon ti kabrit mawon.
19 Li pran kouri pye pou pye dèyè Abnè ki t'ap chache chape kò l'.
20 Abnè vire tèt li gade dèyè. Li di: -Se pa ou menm sa, Asayèl? Asayèl reponn li: -Men wi, se mwen.
21 Abnè di l' konsa: -Sispann kouri dèyè m'. Pito ou kouri dèyè yonn nan sòlda yo. Lèfini, w'a pran tou sa li genyen. Men, Asayèl pa t' vle sispann kouri dèyè l'.
22 Yon dezyèm fwa Abnè di l': -Asayèl, m' di ou sispann kouri dèyè m' wi! Pa fòse m' touye ou! Apre sa, ki jan m'a fè pou m' parèt devan Joab, frè ou la?
23 Men, Asayèl pa t' vle sispann kouri dèyè l'. Lè sa a, Abnè ba li yon kou nan vant ak pwent dèyè frenn li an. Frenn lan travèse Asayèl, li soti nan do l'. Asayèl tonbe atè, li mouri frèt. Lè tout moun rive kote li te tonbe a yo rete la.
24 Men Joab ak Abichayi pran kouri pi rèd dèyè Abnè. Solèy tapral kouche lè yo rive sou ti bit mòn Anma a, ki sou bò solèy leve lavil Giyak, sou chemen ki mennen nan dezè Gabawon an.
25 ¶ Moun branch fanmi Benjamen yo sanble bò kote Anbè ankò. Yo pran pozisyon pou yo goumen sou tèt yon ti mòn.
26 Abnè rele Joab, li di l' konsa: -Gen lè nou p'ap janm fini ak batay sa a? Ou pa wè sa ap fini mal pou nou tou de? Se frè nou ye. Sa w'ap tann pou ou bay moun ou yo lòd pou yo sispann kouri dèyè nou?
27 Joab reponn li: -Mwen pran Bondye ki vivan an pou temwen. Si ou pa t' pale konsa se denmen maten moun pa m' yo t'ap sispann kouri dèyè ou.
28 Joab fè kònen klewon. Tout moun li yo rete sou sa yo te fè, yo sispann kouri dèyè moun Izrayèl yo. Se konsa batay la fini.
29 Abnè ak moun pa l' yo mache nan fon Jouden an tout lannwit lan. Lèfini, yo janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an. Yo travèse tout zòn Bitwon an jouk yo rive lavil Manayim.
30 Joab menm, lè li sispann kouri dèyè Abnè a, li sanble tout lame a. Te gen disnèf sòlda nan moun David yo ki pa t' reponn prezan san konte Asayèl.
31 Patizan David yo te touye twasanswasant (360) nan patizan Abnè yo, tout nan branch fanmi Benjamen an.
32 Joab ak moun pa l' yo pran kadav Asayèl, y' al antere l' nan tonm fanmi an lavil Betleyèm. Apre sa, yo pase nwit lan ap mache. Solèy t'ap leve lè yo rive Ebwon.
3 ¶ Patizan fanmi Sayil yo ak patizan David yo pase lontan ap goumen yonn ak lòt konsa. Men, patizan David yo t'ap vin pi plis chak jou. Patizan fanmi Sayil yo menm t'ap bese.
2 Men sis pitit gason David vin fè antan li te lavil Ebwon: Pi gran an te rele Amon. Se Akenoam, moun lavil Jizreyèl, ki te manman l'.
3 Dezyèm lan te rele Kileyab. Se Abigayel, vèv Nabal la, moun lavil Kamèl, ki te manman l'. Twazyèm lan te rele Absalon. Se Maka, pitit fi Talmayi, wa lavil Gechou a, ki te manman l'.
4 Katriyèm lan te rele Adonija. Se Agit ki te manman l'. Senkyèm lan te rele Chefatya. Se Abital ki te manman l'.
5 Sizyèm lan te rele Jitreyam. Se Egla, yon lòt madanm David te genyen, ki te manman l'. Yo tout te fèt antan David te rete lavil Ebwon.
6 Pandan lagè a t'ap kaye ant patizan fanmi Sayil yo ak patizan David yo, Abnè te vin gen plis pouvwa chak jou sou patizan fanmi Sayil yo.
7 ¶ Sayil te gen yon fanm kay ki te rele Rispa. Se te pitit fi Aja. Abnè te kouche avè l'. Yon jou, Ichbochèt rele Abnè, li di l' konsa: -Poukisa w' al kouche avèk yonn nan fanm kay papa m' yo?
8 Lè Abnè tande sa, li fache anpil. Li di Ichbochèt konsa: -Eske se yon chen k'ap travay pou moun Jida yo mwen ye? Jouk jounen jòdi a mwen pa janm trayi Sayil, papa ou, ni patizan l' yo, ni zanmi l' yo. Mwen goumen rèd mare pou m' pa kite yo tonbe nan men David. Lèfini, pou koulye a w'ap fè m' repwòch pou yon ti pachat mwen te fè ak fanm sa a!
9 Se pou Seyè a ban m' pi gwo pinisyon ki genyen si mwen pa fè pwomès Bondye te fè David la rive vre.
10 Paske li te fè sèman l'ap wete baton kòmandman an nan fanmi Sayil la pou l' mete David wa sou moun Izrayèl yo ak sou moun Jida yo, soti depi teritwa Dann lan rive teritwa Becheba a.
11 Ichbochèt pa t' ka reponn Abnè anyen sitèlman li te pè l'.
12 Abnè voye kèk mesaje bò kote David pou di li: -Ki moun ki pral gouvènen peyi sa a? Pase yon kontra avè m'. M'ap ede ou pou tout moun Izrayèl yo vin jwenn ou.
13 David reponn li: -Dakò. M'ap pase yon kontra avè ou. Men, m'ap mande yon sèl bagay. Piga ou vin wè m' san ou pa mennen Mikal, pitit fi Sayil la, avè ou. Se sèl jan pou ou parèt devan m'.
14 Apre sa, David voye kèk mesaje bò kot Ichbochèt pou di li: -Renmèt mwen Mikal, madanm mwen. Mwen te bay san po ti kòk moun Filisti pou m' te ka marye avè l'.
15 Ichbochèt voye pran Mikal lakay mari li, Paltyèl, pitit gason Layis la.
16 Paltyèl pati dèyè l', li t'ap kriye sou tout wout la jouk yo rive lavil Baourim. Men Abnè di Paltyèl konsa: -Tounen lakay ou non, monchè! Epi Paltyèl tounen tounen l'.
17 Abnè al jwenn chèf fanmi moun Izrayèl yo pou fè yon koze ak yo. Li di yo konsa: -Depi lontan nou te vle se David ki pou te wa nou, pa vre.
18 Enben, men chans nou. Paske men sa Seyè a te di sou David: Mwen pral sèvi ak David, sèvitè m' lan, pou m' delivre pèp Izrayèl la, pèp mwen an, anba men moun Filisti yo ak anba men tout lòt lènmi l' yo.
19 Anbè pale ak moun branch fanmi Benjamen yo tou. Lèfini, li pati pou Ebwon pou li al di David sa moun pèp Izrayèl yo ansanm ak tout moun branch fanmi Benjamen yo te tonbe dakò pou yo fè.
20 Li rive lakay David lavil Ebwon. Li te gen vin lòt gason avè l'. David fè yon gwo resepsyon pou Abnè ak pou vin moun ki te avè l' yo.
21 Abnè di David konsa: -Monwa, mwen prale koulye a, mwen pral sanble tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo bò kote ou. y'a pase yon kontra avè ou. Konsa, w'a ka gouvènen tout peyi a jan ou vle l' la. David bay Abnè pèmisyon pou li ale. Lèfini, Abnè pati ak kè poze.
22 ¶ Apre sa, Joab ak patizan David yo vin rive. Yo te sot fè yon pase kay lènmi yo, yo te tounen ak anpil bagay yo te pran lakay yo. Lè sa a, Abnè pa t' Ebwon ankò lakay David, paske David te gen tan kite l' ale ak garanti anyen p'ap rive l'.
23 Lè Joab ak sòlda ki te avè l' yo rive, yo di Joab Abnè, pitit Nè a, te vin wè wa a, epi wa a kite l' ale ak garanti anyen p'ap rive l'.
24 Joab al jwenn wa a, li di li: -Sa ou fè konsa? Abnè vin jwenn ou epi ou kite l' ale san ou pa fè l' anyen?
25 Ou konn ki moun yo rele Abnè, pitit Nè a! Si li vini, se pou l' ka woule ou, pou l' ka konnen tout vire tounen ou, pou l' konnen tou sa w'ap fè.
26 Lèfini, Joab soti kay David, li voye moun al chache Abnè san David pa konnen. Yo jwenn Abnè bò sitèn dlo Sira a, yo fè l' tounen.
27 Lè Abnè rive Ebwon, Joab mennen l' apa bò pòtay lavil la tankou si li te vle pale pou kont li avè l'. Epi li ba li yon kout ponya nan vant. Se konsa Joab touye Abnè paske Abnè te touye Asayèl, frè l' la.
28 Lè David vin pran nouvèl la, li di: -Seyè a wè ni mwen ni moun gouvènman yo, nou pa gen anyen pou nou wè nan lanmò Abnè, pitit Nè a.
29 Se pou chatiman an tonbe sou tèt Joab ak tout fanmi li! Se pou toujou gen nan fanmi li moun k'ap gen ekoulman osinon move maladi po, gason k'ap blije fè travay fanm, gason k'ap mouri nan lagè, gason k'ap nan grangou.
30 Se konsa, Joab ak Abichay, frè l' la, te ansasinen Abnè paske Abnè te touye Asayèl, frè yo a, lè batay Gabawon an.
31 Apre sa, David bay Joab ak tout moun ki te avè l' yo lòd pou yo chire rad ki sou yo, pou yo mete rad sak sou yo, lèfini pou yo mache devan sèkèy Abnè a ap kriye. Wa David menm t'ap mache dèyè sèkèy defen an.
32 Yo antere Abnè Ebwon. Apre sa, wa a pran rele byen fò, li t'ap kriye sou tonm Abnè a. Tout pèp la t'ap kriye tou.
33 Wa a pran chante pou plenn lanmò Abnè. Li di nan chante a: -Abnè, poukisa ou mouri bèt konsa?
34 Men ou yo pa t' mare, pye ou yo pa t' nan chenn. Ou mouri tankou moun ki tonbe nan men malfektè! Tout pèp la pran kriye ankò pou Abnè.
35 Apre sa, pandan tout rès jounen an, yo pote manje bay David pou li manje, men David fè sèman sa a: -Se pou Bondye ban m' pi gwo pinisyon ki genyen si mwen mete anyen nan bouch mwen anvan solèy kouche!
36 Tout pèp la vin konn sa. Sa te fè yo plezi. Pou di vre, tou sa David te fè te fè pèp la plezi.
37 Se konsa tout moun David yo ansanm ak tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo te vin konnen tout bon vre wa a pa t' gen anyen pou l' te wè nan jan yo te ansasinen Abnè, pitit gason Nè a.
38 Wa a di moun k'ap sèvi avè l' yo: -Aa, mesye! Jòdi a pèp Izrayèl la pèdi yon chèf, yon gwo chèf wi!
39 Atout se wa Bondye chwazi a mwen ye, mwen santi m' fèb jòdi a. Pitit gason Sewouya yo twò mechan pou mwen. Se pou Bondye pini krimenèl sa yo pou mechanste yo fè a.
4 ¶ Lè Ichbochèt, pitit Sayil la, pran nouvèl jan Abnè te mouri lavil Ebwon, kè l' kase nèt. Tout pèp Izrayèl la te tèt anba.
2 Ichbochèt te gen nan lame li a de chèf piyajè ki te rele Bana ak Rekab. Yo te pitit Rimon, yon nonm nan branch fanmi Benjamen an ki te rete lavil Bewòt. Yo te toujou mete nan tèt yo lavil Bewòt se pou branch fanmi Benjamen an li ye,
3 depi lè moun Bewòt yo te kouri kite lavil la pou y' al lavil Gitayim, kote y'ap viv jouk koulye a.
4 Jonatan, pitit Sayil la, te gen yon pitit gason yo te rele Mefibochèt. Li te enfim nan tou de pye l' yo. Li te gen senkan lè Sayil ak Jonatan mouri. Lè nouvèl lanmò yo rive soti lavil Jizreyèl, nouris la pran Mefibochèt, li kouri al kache avè l'. Men, pandan l'ap prese kouri a, pitit la sot tonbe nan men l'. Se konsa li vin enfim nan pye.
5 Rekab ak Bana, pitit gason Rimon, moun lavil Bewòt la, pati pou lakay Ichbochèt. Yo rive vè midi. Lè sa a, Ichbochèt t'ap fè yon ti dòmi pou poze kò l'.
6 Fanm ki t'ap veye bò pòt la t'ap triye ble, men li te kite dòmi pran l'. Se konsa mesye yo fofile kò yo antre nan kay la.
7 Lè yo rive anndan, y' al nan pyès chanm kote Ichbochèt te kouche ap dòmi an, yo touye l'. Lèfini, yo koupe tèt li, yo pran l', yo pati avè l'. Yo pase nwit lan ap mache nan fon Jouden an.
8 Yo pote tèt Ichbochèt bay David lavil Ebwon. Yo di l' konsa: -Men tèt Ichbochèt, pitit Sayil la, moun ki pa t' vle wè ou la, moun ki t'ap chache touye ou la. Jòdi a Seyè a bay monwa chans pou li tire revanj sou Sayil ansanm ak sou rès fanmi li.
9 ¶ David reponn yo: -Mwen fè sèman devan Seyè a ki delivre m' nan tout malè,
10 lè moun ki te vin fè m' konnen Sayil te mouri a te kwè se yon bon nouvèl li t'ap pote ban mwen, mwen pran l', mwen fè touye l' lavil Ziklag. Men rekonpans mwen te ba li pou bon nouvèl sa a.
11 Sa pral pi rèd toujou pou nou, bann mechan, ki touye yon inonsan anndan lakay li, nan kabann li. Mwen pral fè nou peye pou touye nou touye l' la, mwen pral fè yo disparèt nou sou latè.
12 David bay sòlda yo lòd epi yo touye Rekab ak Bana. Yo koupe de men ak de pye yo. Y' al pann yo bò rezèvwa dlo Ebwon an. Apre sa, yo pran tèt Ichbochèt, y' al antere l' Ebwon, nan tonm Abnè a.
2 Samuel 1-4
New International Version
2 Samuel 1-4
New International Version
David Hears of Saul’s Death(A)
1 After the death(B) of Saul, David returned from striking down(C) the Amalekites(D) and stayed in Ziklag two days. 2 On the third day a man(E) arrived from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head.(F) When he came to David, he fell(G) to the ground to pay him honor.(H)
3 “Where have you come from?” David asked him.
He answered, “I have escaped from the Israelite camp.”
4 “What happened?” David asked. “Tell me.”
“The men fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.”
5 Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
6 “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,(I)” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit. 7 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, ‘What can I do?’
8 “He asked me, ‘Who are you?’
“‘An Amalekite,(J)’ I answered.
9 “Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me!(K) I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’
10 “So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown(L) that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.”
11 Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore(M) them. 12 They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
13 David said to the young man who brought him the report, “Where are you from?”
“I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,(N)” he answered.
14 David asked him, “Why weren’t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?(O)”
15 Then David called one of his men and said, “Go, strike him down!”(P) So he struck him down, and he died.(Q) 16 For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head.(R) Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”
David’s Lament for Saul and Jonathan
17 David took up this lament(S) concerning Saul and his son Jonathan,(T) 18 and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):(U)
20 “Tell it not in Gath,(X)
proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,(Y)
lest the daughters of the Philistines(Z) be glad,
lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.(AA)
21 “Mountains of Gilboa,(AB)
may you have neither dew(AC) nor rain,(AD)
may no showers fall on your terraced fields.[b](AE)
For there the shield of the mighty was despised,
the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.(AF)
22 “From the blood(AG) of the slain,
from the flesh of the mighty,
the bow(AH) of Jonathan did not turn back,
the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.
23 Saul and Jonathan—
in life they were loved and admired,
and in death they were not parted.
They were swifter than eagles,(AI)
they were stronger than lions.(AJ)
24 “Daughters of Israel,
weep for Saul,
who clothed you in scarlet and finery,
who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.(AK)
25 “How the mighty have fallen in battle!
Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
26 I grieve(AL) for you, Jonathan(AM) my brother;(AN)
you were very dear to me.
Your love for me was wonderful,(AO)
more wonderful than that of women.
27 “How the mighty have fallen!
The weapons of war have perished!”(AP)
David Anointed King Over Judah
2 In the course of time, David inquired(AQ) of the Lord. “Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” he asked.
The Lord said, “Go up.”
David asked, “Where shall I go?”
“To Hebron,”(AR) the Lord answered.
2 So David went up there with his two wives,(AS) Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail,(AT) the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 3 David also took the men who were with him,(AU) each with his family, and they settled in Hebron(AV) and its towns. 4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron,(AW) and there they anointed(AX) David king over the tribe of Judah.
When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead(AY) who had buried Saul, 5 he sent messengers to them to say to them, “The Lord bless(AZ) you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him. 6 May the Lord now show you kindness and faithfulness,(BA) and I too will show you the same favor because you have done this. 7 Now then, be strong(BB) and brave, for Saul your master is dead, and the people of Judah have anointed me king over them.”
War Between the Houses of David and Saul(BC)
8 Meanwhile, Abner(BD) son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-Bosheth(BE) son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.(BF) 9 He made him king over Gilead,(BG) Ashuri(BH) and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.(BI)
10 Ish-Bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The tribe of Judah, however, remained loyal to David. 11 The length of time David was king in Hebron over Judah was seven years and six months.(BJ)
12 Abner son of Ner, together with the men of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon.(BK) 13 Joab(BL) son of Zeruiah and David’s men went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. One group sat down on one side of the pool and one group on the other side.
14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let’s have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us.”
“All right, let them do it,” Joab said.
15 So they stood up and were counted off—twelve men for Benjamin and Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David. 16 Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his dagger(BM) into his opponent’s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.[c]
17 The battle that day was very fierce, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated(BN) by David’s men.(BO)
18 The three sons of Zeruiah(BP) were there: Joab,(BQ) Abishai(BR) and Asahel.(BS) Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle.(BT) 19 He chased Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he pursued him. 20 Abner looked behind him and asked, “Is that you, Asahel?”
“It is,” he answered.
21 Then Abner said to him, “Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
22 Again Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?”(BU)
23 But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel’s stomach,(BV) and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.(BW)
24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and as the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah on the way to the wasteland of Gibeon. 25 Then the men of Benjamin rallied behind Abner. They formed themselves into a group and took their stand on top of a hill.
26 Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour(BX) forever? Don’t you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?”
27 Joab answered, “As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued pursuing them until morning.”
28 So Joab(BY) blew the trumpet,(BZ) and all the troops came to a halt; they no longer pursued Israel, nor did they fight anymore.
29 All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah.(CA) They crossed the Jordan, continued through the morning hours[d] and came to Mahanaim.(CB)
30 Then Joab stopped pursuing Abner and assembled the whole army. Besides Asahel, nineteen of David’s men were found missing. 31 But David’s men had killed three hundred and sixty Benjamites who were with Abner. 32 They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb(CC) at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.
3 The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time.(CD) David grew stronger and stronger,(CE) while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.(CF)
2 Sons were born to David in Hebron:
His firstborn was Amnon(CG) the son of Ahinoam(CH) of Jezreel;
3 his second, Kileab the son of Abigail(CI) the widow of Nabal of Carmel;
the third, Absalom(CJ) the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;(CK)
4 the fourth, Adonijah(CL) the son of Haggith;
the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
5 and the sixth, Ithream the son of David’s wife Eglah.
These were born to David in Hebron.
Abner Goes Over to David
6 During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner(CM) had been strengthening his own position in the house of Saul. 7 Now Saul had had a concubine(CN) named Rizpah(CO) daughter of Aiah. And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
8 Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, “Am I a dog’s head(CP)—on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman! 9 May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the Lord promised(CQ) him on oath 10 and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David’s throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba.”(CR) 11 Ish-Bosheth did not dare to say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.
12 Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you.”
13 “Good,” said David. “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.”(CS) 14 Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, “Give me my wife Michal,(CT) whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
15 So Ish-Bosheth gave orders and had her taken away from her husband(CU) Paltiel(CV) son of Laish. 16 Her husband, however, went with her, weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim.(CW) Then Abner said to him, “Go back home!” So he went back.
17 Abner conferred with the elders(CX) of Israel and said, “For some time you have wanted to make David your king. 18 Now do it! For the Lord promised David, ‘By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines(CY) and from the hand of all their enemies.(CZ)’”
19 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(DA) wanted to do. 20 When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast(DB) for him and his men. 21 Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant(DC) with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.”(DD) So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
Joab Murders Abner
22 Just then David’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. 23 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.
24 So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone! 25 You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing.”
26 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. 27 Now when Abner(DE) 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(DF) in the stomach, and he died.(DG)
28 Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent(DH) before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. 29 May his blood(DI) fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family!(DJ) May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore(DK) or leprosy[e] or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”
30 (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
31 Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth(DL) and walk in mourning(DM) in front of Abner.” King David himself walked behind the bier. 32 They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept(DN) aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept also.
33 The king sang this lament(DO) for Abner:
“Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
34 Your hands were not bound,
your feet were not fettered.(DP)
You fell as one falls before the wicked.”
And all the people wept over him again.
35 Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely,(DQ) if I taste bread(DR) or anything else before the sun sets!”
36 All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them. 37 So on that day all the people there and all Israel knew that the king had no part(DS) in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
38 Then the king said to his men, “Do you not realize that a commander and a great man has fallen(DT) in Israel this day? 39 And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak, and these sons of Zeruiah(DU) are too strong(DV) for me.(DW) May the Lord repay(DX) the evildoer according to his evil deeds!”
Ish-Bosheth Murdered
4 When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner(DY) had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed. 2 Now Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Rekab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth(DZ) is considered part of Benjamin, 3 because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim(EA) and have resided there as foreigners to this day.
4 (Jonathan(EB) son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news(EC) about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled.(ED) His name was Mephibosheth.)(EE)
5 Now Rekab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out for the house of Ish-Bosheth,(EF) and they arrived there in the heat of the day while he was taking his noonday rest.(EG) 6 They went into the inner part of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed(EH) him in the stomach. Then Rekab and his brother Baanah slipped away.
7 They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they traveled all night by way of the Arabah.(EI) 8 They brought the head(EJ) of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul,(EK) your enemy, who tried to kill you. This day the Lord has avenged(EL) my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
9 David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered(EM) me out of every trouble, 10 when someone told me, ‘Saul is dead,’ and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and put him to death in Ziklag.(EN) That was the reward I gave him for his news! 11 How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood(EO) from your hand and rid the earth of you!”
12 So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them.(EP) They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 1:19 Gazelle here symbolizes a human dignitary.
- 2 Samuel 1:21 Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings
- 2 Samuel 2:16 Helkath Hazzurim means field of daggers or field of hostilities.
- 2 Samuel 2:29 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- 2 Samuel 3:29 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
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