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2 Samuel 2
King James Version
2 Samuel 2
King James Version
2 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.
2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
4 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 Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, 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.
6 And now the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
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.
8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 Ishbosheth 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.
11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 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.
14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
16 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 Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
21 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.
22 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?
23 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.
24 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.
25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
26 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?
27 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.
28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
29 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.
30 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.
31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
II Sa-mu-ên 2
Bản Dịch 2011
II Sa-mu-ên 2
Bản Dịch 2011
Ða-vít Ðược Xức Dầu Làm Vua Giu-đa
2 Sau việc ấy Ða-vít cầu hỏi ý Chúa, “Con có nên đi lên một thành nào trong các thành của Giu-đa không?”
Chúa đáp lời ông, “Hãy lên.”
Ða-vít lại cầu hỏi, “Con nên đi lên thành nào?”
Ngài phán, “Hếp-rôn.”
2 Vậy Ða-vít đi lên đó cùng với hai vợ ông, A-hi-nô-am người Giê-rê-ên và A-bi-ga-in góa phụ của Na-banh người Cạt-mên. 3 Ða-vít cũng dẫn theo tất cả những người lâu nay theo ông, mỗi người đều dẫn theo gia đình mình. Vậy họ vào trong các thành ở Hếp-rôn.
4 Bấy giờ những người Giu-đa kéo đến. Họ xức dầu tấn phong Ða-vít làm vua nhà Giu-đa. Họ cũng báo cho Ða-vít biết, “Các anh hùng hào kiệt ở Gia-bét trong miền Ghi-lê-át đã lo việc chôn cất Sau-lơ.”
5 Vậy Ða-vít sai các sứ giả đến với những anh hùng hào kiệt ở Gia-bét trong miền Ghi-lê-át và nói, “Cầu xin Chúa ban phước cho anh em, vì anh em đã bày tỏ lòng nghĩa hiệp đối với Sau-lơ chúa của anh em, và đã chôn cất ông ấy. 6 Giờ đây, cầu xin Chúa lấy tình thương và đức thành tín đối xử với anh em. Còn tôi, tôi cũng sẽ ghi nhớ việc nhân từ nầy và sẽ đền đáp anh em, bởi vì anh em đã làm điều ấy. 7 Vậy bây giờ, tay anh em hãy mạnh mẽ lên, hãy tỏ ra là những người can đảm, vì chúa thượng của anh em đã chết, còn nhà Giu-đa đã xức dầu cho tôi làm vua họ.”
Ích-bô-sết Ðược Tấn Phong Làm Vua I-sơ-ra-ên
8 Nhưng Áp-ne con của Ne, chỉ huy trưởng quân đội của Sau-lơ, bắt Ích-bô-sết con trai của Sau-lơ, đem ông ấy qua Ma-ha-na-im, 9 và lập ông ấy làm vua trị vì các vùng Ghi-lê-át, người A-su-ri, vùng Giê-rê-ên, người Ép-ra-im, người Bên-gia-min, và toàn dân I-sơ-ra-ên. 10 Ích-bô-sết con trai của Sau-lơ được bốn mươi tuổi khi ông bắt đầu trị vì trên I-sơ-ra-ên. Ông trị vì được hai năm. Chỉ có nhà Giu-đa theo Ða-vít. 11 Thời gian Ða-vít làm vua trị vì nhà Giu-đa tại Hếp-rôn là bảy năm sáu tháng.
I-sơ-ra-ên và Giu-đa Ðánh Nhau
12 Bấy giờ Áp-ne con của Ne và các tôi tớ của Ích-bô-sết con trai Sau-lơ đi từ Ma-ha-na-im đến Ghi-bê-ôn. 13 Giô-áp con trai bà Xê-ru-gia và các tôi tớ Ða-vít kéo ra và gặp họ tại Hồ Ghi-bê-ôn. Họ ngồi xuống, một phe ở bên nầy hồ và một phe ở bên kia hồ. 14 Bấy giờ Áp-ne nói với Giô-áp, “Hãy để bọn trẻ đứng dậy và tranh tài với nhau trước mặt chúng ta.”
Giô-áp, “Ðược, hãy cho họ tranh tài.”[a]
15 Vậy họ đứng dậy, cứ theo số đếm mà bước ra, mười hai người Bên-gia-min, tức các tôi tớ của Ích-bô-sết con trai Sau-lơ, và mười hai người từ các tôi tớ của Ða-vít. 16 Mỗi người túm lấy đầu đối thủ mình và đâm gươm vào hông đối thủ, rồi cùng nhau ngã xuống chết. Vì vậy nơi đó được mệnh danh là Cánh Ðồng Gươm Bén.[b] Cánh đồng ấy ở tại Ghi-bê-ôn.
17 Ngày hôm ấy có cuộc chiến dữ dội. Áp-ne và dân I-sơ-ra-ên bị các tôi tớ của Ða-vít đánh bại. 18 Lúc ấy ba con trai của bà Xê-ru-gia là Giô-áp, A-bi-sai, và A-sa-ên đều tham chiến. A-sa-ên là người có đôi chân lẹ làng như chân của linh dương ngoài đồng. 19 A-sa-ên đuổi theo Áp-ne. Khi rượt đuổi chàng không quay qua bên phải hoặc bên trái nhưng cứ chăm chú đuổi theo Áp-ne. 20 Áp-ne quay lại và nói, “Có phải ngươi là A-sa-ên chăng?”
Chàng đáp, “Chính tôi.”
21 Áp-ne nói với chàng, “Hãy quay qua bên phải hoặc bên trái mà tấn công một trong những người lính trẻ và cướp lấy binh giáp của nó cho ngươi.” Nhưng A-sa-ên vẫn cứ bám sát và không chịu buông ông ra. 22 Áp-ne lại nói, “Hãy dang ra khỏi ta. Tại sao ngươi ép ta phải đánh hạ ngươi? Rồi ta sẽ còn mặt mũi nào nhìn Giô-áp anh ngươi?”
23 Tuy nhiên chàng vẫn không chịu buông ra. Vì vậy Áp-ne quay mũi giáo về phía sau, đâm ngược vào bụng A-sa-ên, và mũi giáo xuyên thủng ra sau lưng. Chàng ngã xuống và chết ngay tại chỗ. Mọi người chạy đến chỗ A-sa-ên đã ngã chết đều dừng lại.
24 Giô-áp và A-bi-sai tiếp tục truy đuổi Áp-ne. Khi mặt trời lặn, họ đến Ðồi Am-ma, phía trước Ghi-a, bên con đường đi vào Ðồng Hoang Ghi-bê-ôn. 25 Lúc ấy người Bên-gia-min đã tập họp lại thành một khối sau lưng Áp-ne và đứng trên đỉnh đồi tử thủ.
26 Áp-ne gọi Giô-áp và nói, “Chẳng lẽ ông cứ để lưỡi gươm ăn nuốt mãi sao? Ông không biết rằng rồi rốt cuộc cũng chỉ là cay đắng thôi sao? Cho đến bao giờ ông mới chịu truyền lịnh cho quân của ông trở về và ngưng truy kích anh em mình nữa?”
27 Giô-áp đáp, “Có Ðức Chúa Trời hằng sống chứng giám, nếu ông không lên tiếng, thì chắc chắn đến sáng mai mọi người mới ngưng truy kích anh em mình.”
28 Vậy Giô-áp thổi kèn và mọi người dừng lại mà không truy đuổi người I-sơ-ra-ên nữa; hai bên cũng không đánh nhau nữa. 29 Ðoạn Áp-ne và quân sĩ của ông nội đêm đó băng qua Cánh Ðồng A-ra-ba và vượt qua Sông Giô-đanh. Họ đi suốt sáng hôm sau trở về Ma-ha-na-im.
30 Giô-áp cũng thôi đuổi theo Áp-ne và rút về. Khi ông kiểm điểm quân số thì thấy mất mười chín người, không kể A-sa-ên. 31 Các tôi tớ của Ða-vít đã đánh hạ nhiều người Bên-gia-min và quân sĩ của Áp-ne. Ba trăm sáu mươi người của họ đã thiệt mạng. 32 Người ta mang xác của A-sa-ên về, chôn chàng trong mộ của cha chàng ở Bết-lê-hem. Rồi Giô-áp và quân sĩ của ông đi suốt đêm; khi bình minh vừa ló dạng thì họ về đến Hếp-rôn.
Footnotes
- II Sa-mu-ên 2:14 nt: Hãy cho họ đứng dậy
- II Sa-mu-ên 2:16 ctd: Cánh Ðồng Ðá Tảng
2 Samuel 2
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 2
English Standard Version
David Anointed King of Judah
2 After this David (A)inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To (B)Hebron.” 2 So David went up there, and (C)his two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 3 And David brought up (D)his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron. 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David (E)king over the house of Judah.
When they told David, (F)“It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,” 5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, (G)“May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him. 6 Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you. And I will do good to you because you have done this thing. 7 Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and (H)the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”
Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel
8 But (I)Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to (J)Mahanaim, 9 and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 (K)And the time that David was king in Hebron over (L)the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
The Battle of Gibeon
12 Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them at (M)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. 14 And Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.” 15 Then they arose and passed over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent's side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim,[a] which is at Gibeon. 17 And the battle was very fierce that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.
18 And the (N)three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was (O)as swift of foot as a wild gazelle. 19 And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 20 Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” And he answered, “It is I.” 21 Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and seize one of the young men and take his spoil.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?” 23 But he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him (P)in the stomach with the butt of his spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died where he was. And all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.
24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. And as the sun was going down they came to the hill of Ammah, which lies before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. 25 And the people of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner and became one group and took their stand on the top of a hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that the end will be bitter? How long will it be before you tell your people to turn from the pursuit of their brothers?” 27 And Joab said, “As God lives, if (Q)you had not spoken, surely the men would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until the morning.” 28 So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the men stopped and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight anymore.
29 And Abner and his men went all that night through (R)the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole morning, they came to (S)Mahanaim. 30 Joab returned from the pursuit of Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing from David's servants nineteen men besides Asahel. 31 But the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin 360 of Abner's men. 32 And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was at Bethlehem. And Joab and his men marched all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 2:16 Helkath-hazzurim means the field of sword-edges
2 Samuel 2
New International Version
2 Samuel 2
New International Version
David Anointed King Over Judah
2 In the course of time, David inquired(A) 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,”(B) the Lord answered.
2 So David went up there with his two wives,(C) Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail,(D) the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 3 David also took the men who were with him,(E) each with his family, and they settled in Hebron(F) and its towns. 4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron,(G) and there they anointed(H) David king over the tribe of Judah.
When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead(I) who had buried Saul, 5 he sent messengers to them to say to them, “The Lord bless(J) you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him. 6 May the Lord now show you kindness and faithfulness,(K) and I too will show you the same favor because you have done this. 7 Now then, be strong(L) 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(M)
8 Meanwhile, Abner(N) son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-Bosheth(O) son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.(P) 9 He made him king over Gilead,(Q) Ashuri(R) and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.(S)
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.(T)
12 Abner son of Ner, together with the men of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon.(U) 13 Joab(V) 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(W) into his opponent’s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.[a]
17 The battle that day was very fierce, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated(X) by David’s men.(Y)
18 The three sons of Zeruiah(Z) were there: Joab,(AA) Abishai(AB) and Asahel.(AC) Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle.(AD) 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?”(AE)
23 But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel’s stomach,(AF) 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.(AG)
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(AH) 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(AI) blew the trumpet,(AJ) 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.(AK) They crossed the Jordan, continued through the morning hours[b] and came to Mahanaim.(AL)
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(AM) at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.
Footnotes
- 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.
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