8那時，掃羅的元帥尼珥的兒子押尼珥帶著掃羅的兒子伊施波設過河來到瑪哈念，9立他為王統治基列、亞書利、耶斯列、以法蓮、便雅憫和以色列其餘的地方。10掃羅的兒子伊施波設四十歲登基，統治以色列兩年。猶大支派則跟隨大衛。11大衛在希伯崙做王統治猶大支派七年半。12有一次，尼珥的兒子押尼珥帶領掃羅的兒子伊施波設的軍隊，從瑪哈念前往基遍。13洗魯雅的兒子約押帶領大衛的軍隊出來，在基遍池與他們相遇。一方坐在池這邊，一方坐在池那邊。14押尼珥對約押說：「讓雙方的青年起來在我們面前較量一下吧。」約押說：「好啊。」15於是，雙方都選了十二人出來，16他們各自抓住對方的頭髮，用刀刺對方的肋旁，同歸於盡。於是基遍的那個地方叫「刀田」。17那天，兩軍惡戰，押尼珥和以色列人被大衛的人馬殺敗。18當時，洗魯雅的三個兒子約押、亞比篩和亞撒黑都在場。亞撒黑跑得飛快如鹿，19他跟在押尼珥後面，不偏不離，窮追不捨。20押尼珥回頭問道：「你是亞撒黑嗎？」亞撒黑說：「正是。」21押尼珥說：「你去追趕別人，奪取他的兵器吧。」但亞撒黑還是窮追不捨。22押尼珥又對他說：「快走開吧，非逼我殺你嗎？我若殺了你，還有何顏面見你哥哥約押呢？」23但亞撒黑還是不肯甘休。押尼珥就用槍柄刺入他的肚腹，穿透了他的後背，他便倒地身亡。眾人趕到那裡，都停了下來。24但約押和亞比篩卻繼續追趕押尼珥。太陽落山時，他們追到了基亞附近的亞瑪山，通往基遍曠野的路旁。25便雅憫人在押尼珥的帶領下聚集在一個山頭上。26押尼珥向約押喊道：「我們非要無休止地殺下去嗎？難道你不知道這樣下去必有苦果嗎？你什麼時候才命你的人停止追殺自己的同胞呢？」27約押說：「我憑永活的上帝起誓，你要是不這樣說，我們會一直追到天亮。」28於是，約押吹響號角，所有的人便停止了戰鬥，不再追趕以色列的軍隊。29押尼珥和隨從連夜趕路，穿過了亞拉巴，過了約旦河，第二天又馬不停蹄地走了一個上午，回到瑪哈念。30約押追趕押尼珥回來後細點人數，發現除亞撒黑外還損失了十九個人。31大衛的軍隊殺了三百六十個跟隨押尼珥的便雅憫人。32約押和他的隨從把亞撒黑送到伯利恆，葬在他父親的墳墓裡。然後，他們整夜趕路，黎明的時候回到了希伯崙。
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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