2 Samuel 2
- 1After this, that David asked the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And he said, To Hebron.
- 2So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
- 3And his men who were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they lived in the cities of Hebron.
- 4And 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 those who buried Saul.
- 5And David sent messengers to the men of Jabeshgilead, and said to them, Blessed are you of the Lord, that you have showed this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
- 6And now the Lord show kindness and truth to you: and I also will repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing.
- 7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be brave. For your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
- 8But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim.
- 9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
- 10Ishbosheth 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.
- 11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- 13And 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.
- 14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
- 15Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which belonged to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
- 16And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side, so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
- 17And there was a very fierce battle that day. Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
- 18And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
- 19And Asahel pursued after Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
- 20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Are you Asahel? And he answered, I am.
- 21And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
- 22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: therefore should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?
- 23However he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear struck him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him. He fell down there, and died in the same place: and it happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
- 24Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
- 25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.
- 26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers?
- 27And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
- 28So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
- 29And 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.
- 30And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
- 31But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.
- 32And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, who was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 2 Samuel 2 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAfter this, that David asked the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And he said, To Hebron.
KJVSo David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
GIGAKJVSo David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
KJVAnd his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
GIGAKJVAnd his men who were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they lived in the cities of Hebron.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd 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 those who buried Saul.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd David sent messengers to the men of Jabeshgilead, and said to them, Blessed are you of the Lord, that you have showed this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
KJVAnd now the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
GIGAKJVAnd now the Lord show kindness and truth to you: and I also will repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing.
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be brave. For your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
KJVBut Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
GIGAKJVBut Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which belonged to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side, so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
KJVAnd there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
GIGAKJVAnd there was a very fierce battle that day. Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
KJVAnd Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
GIGAKJVAnd Asahel pursued after Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
KJVThen Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
GIGAKJVThen Abner looked behind him, and said, Are you Asahel? And he answered, I am.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: therefore should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?
KJVHowbeit 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.
GIGAKJVHowever he refused to turn aside: therefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear struck him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him. He fell down there, and died in the same place: and it happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
KJVJoab 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.
GIGAKJVJoab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
KJVAnd the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
GIGAKJVAnd the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.
KJVThen 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?
GIGAKJVThen Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers?
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
KJVBut the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
GIGAKJVBut the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd they took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, who was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
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