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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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AMP SA2 2:1 AFTER THIS, David inquired of the Lord, saying, 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.
AMP SA2 2:2 So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
AMP SA2 2:3 And David brought up his men who were with him, each one with his household, and they dwelt in the towns of Hebron.
AMP SA2 2:4 And the men of Judah came and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, The men of Jabesh-gilead buried Saul. [1 Sam 31:11-13]
AMP SA2 2:5 And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, saying, May the Lord bless you because you showed kindness and loyalty to Saul your king and buried him.
AMP SA2 2:6 And now may the Lord show loving-kindness and faithfulness to you. I also will do well by you because you have done this.
AMP SA2 2:7 So now, let your hands be strengthened and be valiant, for your master Saul is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
AMP SA2 2:8 Now Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
AMP SA2 2:9 And he made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.
AMP SA2 2:10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began his two-year reign over Israel. But the house of Judah followed David.
AMP SA2 2:11 And David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah for seven years and six months.
AMP SA2 2:12 And Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
AMP SA2 2:13 Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out also; and the two groups met by the pool of Gibeon, seating themselves with one group on either side of the pool.
AMP SA2 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and have a contest before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
AMP SA2 2:15 Then there arose and went over by number--twelve of Benjamin who were with Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
AMP SA2 2:16 And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his side; so they all fell together. Therefore that place was called the Field of Sharp Knives, which is at Gibeon.
AMP SA2 2:17 A very fierce battle followed, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.
AMP SA2 2:18 Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe or antelope.
AMP SA2 2:19 Asahel pursued Abner, and as he ran he turned not to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.
AMP SA2 2:20 Then Abner looked behind him and said, Are you Asahel? He answered, I am.
AMP SA2 2:21 Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right or left, and seize one of the young men and take his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
AMP SA2 2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I be able to face Joab your brother?
AMP SA2 2:23 Asahel refused to turn aside; so Abner with the rear end of his spear smote him through the abdomen, and he fell and died where he fell. And all who came to the place where Asahel fell and died stood still.
AMP SA2 2:24 But Joab and Abishai [his brothers] pursued Abner; the sun was going down as they came to the hill of Ammah, before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
AMP SA2 2:25 And the Benjamites gathered together behind Abner and became one troop and took their stand on the top of a hill.
AMP SA2 2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that bitterness will be the result? How long will it be then before you bid the people to stop pursuing their brethren?
AMP SA2 2:27 Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would have stopped pursuing their brethren in the morning.
AMP SA2 2:28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight any more.
AMP SA2 2:29 Abner and his men went all night through the Arabah [plain], crossed the Jordan, and went through the whole Bithron [district of ravines] and came to Mahanaim.
AMP SA2 2:30 Joab returned from pursuing Abner, and when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing of David's servants nineteen men besides Asahel.
AMP SA2 2:31 But the servants of David had slain of Benjamin 360 of Abner's men.
AMP SA2 2:32 And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father at Bethlehem. And Joab and his men walked all night and came to Hebron at daybreak.




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AKJV ROM 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?



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