8那时，扫罗的元帅尼珥的儿子押尼珥带着扫罗的儿子伊施波设过河来到玛哈念，9立他为王统治基列、亚书利、耶斯列、以法莲、便雅悯和以色列其余的地方。10扫罗的儿子伊施波设四十岁登基，统治以色列两年。犹大支派则跟随大卫。11大卫在希伯仑做王统治犹大支派七年半。12有一次，尼珥的儿子押尼珥带领扫罗的儿子伊施波设的军队，从玛哈念前往基遍。13洗鲁雅的儿子约押带领大卫的军队出来，在基遍池与他们相遇。一方坐在池这边，一方坐在池那边。14押尼珥对约押说：“让双方的青年起来在我们面前较量一下吧。”约押说：“好啊。”15于是，双方都选了十二人出来，16他们各自抓住对方的头发，用刀刺对方的肋旁，同归于尽。于是基遍的那个地方叫“刀田”。17那天，两军恶战，押尼珥和以色列人被大卫的人马杀败。18当时，洗鲁雅的三个儿子约押、亚比筛和亚撒黑都在场。亚撒黑跑得飞快如鹿，19他跟在押尼珥后面，不偏不离，穷追不舍。20押尼珥回头问道：“你是亚撒黑吗？”亚撒黑说：“正是。”21押尼珥说：“你去追赶别人，夺取他的兵器吧。”但亚撒黑还是穷追不舍。22押尼珥又对他说：“快走开吧，非逼我杀你吗？我若杀了你，还有何颜面见你哥哥约押呢？”23但亚撒黑还是不肯罢休。押尼珥就用枪柄刺入他的肚腹，穿透了他的后背，他便倒地身亡。众人赶到那里，都停了下来。24但约押和亚比筛却继续追赶押尼珥。太阳落山时，他们追到了基亚附近的亚玛山，通往基遍旷野的路旁。25便雅悯人在押尼珥的带领下聚集在一个山头上。26押尼珥向约押喊道：“我们非要无休止地杀下去吗？难道你不知道这样下去必有苦果吗？你什么时候才命你的人停止追杀自己的同胞呢？”27约押说：“我凭永活的上帝起誓，你要是不这样说，我们会一直追到天亮。”28于是，约押吹响号角，所有的人便停止了战斗，不再追赶以色列的军队。29押尼珥和随从连夜赶路，穿过了亚拉巴，过了约旦河，第二天又马不停蹄地走了一个上午，回到玛哈念。30约押追赶押尼珥回来后细点人数，发现除亚撒黑外还损失了十九个人。31大卫的军队杀了三百六十个跟随押尼珥的便雅悯人。32约押和他的随从把亚撒黑送到伯利恒，葬在他父亲的坟墓里。然后，他们整夜赶路，黎明的时候回到了希伯仑。
English Standard Version
David Anointed King of Judah
1After this David 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 Hebron.”2So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.3And David brought up his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron.4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”5David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, “May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him.6Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you. And I will do good to you because you have done this thing.7Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”
Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel
8But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim,9and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel.10Ish-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.11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
The Battle of Gibeon
12Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth 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 them at 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 arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”15Then they arose and passed over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.16And 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,* which is at Gibeon.17And the battle was very fierce that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.18And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.19And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.20Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” And he answered, “It is I.”21Abner 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.22And 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?”23But he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him 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.24But 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.25And the people of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner and became one group and took their stand on the top of a hill.26Then 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?”27And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would not have given up the pursuit of their brothers until the morning.”28So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the men stopped and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight anymore.29And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole morning, they came to Mahanaim.30Joab 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.31But the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin 360 of Abner’s men.32And 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.
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