RESTORATION SCRIPTURES TRUE NAME EDITION Study Bible

14 And Avner said to Yoav, Let the young men now
arise, and compete before us. And Yoav said, Let them
arise.
15 Then there arose and went over by number twelve of
Benyamin, which pertained to Ish-Bosheth the son of
Shaul, and twelve of the avadim of Dawid.
16 And each one grasped his opponent by the head, and
thrust his sword in his opponent’s side; so they fell down
together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-
Hazzurim, which is in Giveon.
17 And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Avner
was beaten, and the men of Yisrael, before the avadim of
Dawid.
18 And there were three sons of Tzuruyah there, Yoav,
and Avishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as fast as a
desert gazelle.
19 And Asahel pursued after Avner; and in going he
turned not to the right hand, nor to the left from following
Avner.
20 Then Avner looked behind him, and said, Are you
Asahel? And he answered, I am.
21 And Avner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand,
or to your left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and
take his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from
following after him.
22 And Avner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from
following me: why should I smite you to the ground?
How then could I face Yoav your brother?
23 However he refused to turn aside: so Avner with the
blunt end of the spear smote him under the stomach, so
that the spear came out through his back; 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 Yoav also and Avishai pursued after Avner: and the
sun went down when they were come to the hill of
Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the
wilderness of Giveon.
25 And the children of Benyamin gathered themselves
together behind Avner, and became one troop, and took
their stand on the top of a hill.
26 Then Avner called to Yoav, and said, Shall the sword
devour le-olam-va-ed? Don’t you know that it will be
bitter in the latter end? How long shall it be then, And
when are you going to tell the people to return from
following their brothers?
27 And Yoav said, As Elohim lives, unless you had
spoken up, surely not until morning would the people
have quit from following their brothers.
28 So Yoav blew a shofar, and all the people stood still,
and pursued after Yisrael no more, neither fought they
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29 And Avner and his men walked all that night through
the plain, and passed over the Yarden River, and went
through all Bithron, and they came to Machanayim.
30 And Yoav returned from following Avner: and when
he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of
Dawid's avadim nineteen men and Asahel.
31 But the avadim of Dawid had killed from Benyamin,
even of Avner's men, so that three hundred sixty men
died.
32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb
of his abba, which was in Beth-Lechem. And Yoav and
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his men went all night, and they came to Hevron at
daybreak.
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Now there was a long war between Beit Shaul and
Beit Dawid: but Dawid grew stronger and stronger, and
Beit Shaul grew weaker and weaker. 796
2 And to Dawid were sons born in Hevron: and his
bachor was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Yizreelitess;
3 And his second, Chileav, of Avigail the widow of Naval
the Carmelite; and the third, Avshalom the son of Maacah
the daughter of Talmai melech of Geshur; 797
4 And the fourth, Adoniyah the son of Haggit; and the
fifth, Shephatyah the son of Avital;
5 And the sixth, Yithream, by Eglah Dawid's wife. These
were born to Dawid in Hevron.
6 And it came to pass, while there was war between Beit
Shaul and Beit Dawid, that Avner made himself strong
for Beit Shaul.
7 And Shaul had a concubine, whose name was Ritzpah,
the daughter of Ayah: and Ish-Bosheth said to Avner,
Why have you gone in to my abba's concubine?
8 Then was Avner very angry at the words of Ish-
Bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, that belongs to
Yahudah? This day I do show chesed to Beit Shaul your
abba, to his brothers, and to his chaverim, and have not
allowed you to fall into the hand of Dawid, and yet you
now charge me today with a sin concerning this woman.
9 So do Elohim to Avner, and more also, if I do not
perform all that vuvh has sworn to Dawid, in his service,
10 To transfer the malchut from Beit Shaul, and to set up
kesay Dawid over Yisrael and over Yahudah, from Dan
even to Be-er-Sheva. 798
11 And he could not answer Avner a word again, because
he feared him.
12 And Avner sent messengers to Dawid on his behalf,
saying, Whose is this land? Saying also, Make your brit
with me, and, see, my hand shall be with you, to bring kol
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13 And he said, Very well; I will make a brit with you:
but one thing I require of you, and that is, that you shall
not see my face, until you first bring Michal Shaul's
daughter, when you come to see my face.
14 And Dawid sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth Shaul's
son, saying, Deliver to me my wife Michal, whom I
engaged in exchange for a hundred foreskins of the
Plishtim.
15 And Ish-Bosheth sent, and took her from her husband,
even from Paltiel the son of Layish.
16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind
her to Bahurim. Then said Avner to him, Go, return. And
he returned.
17 And Avner had communication with the zechanim of
Yisrael, saying, You sought for Dawid in times past to be
melech over you:
18 Now then do it: for vuvh has spoken of Dawid, saying,
By the hand of My eved Dawid I will save My people
Yisrael out of the hand of the Plishtim, and out of the
hand of all their enemies.
19 And Avner also spoke in the ears of Benyamin: and
Avner went also to speak in the ears of Dawid in Hevron
all that seemed tov to Yisrael, and that seemed tov to the
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whole bayit of Benyamin.
20 So Avner came to Dawid to Hevron, and twenty men