" Who You Gonna Call? "
1 Samuel 23(NASB)
1. Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel,2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue.3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, He who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God,4 Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springs out of the earth, Through sunshine after rain.5 Truly is not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; For all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it grow?6 But the worthless, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand;7 But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And they will be completely burned with fire in their place.8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was called Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time;9 and after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn.10 He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.11 Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines.12 But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and the LORD brought about a great victory.13 Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.14 David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.15 David had a craving and said, Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!16 So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD;17 and he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.18 Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name as well as the three.19 He was most honored of the thirty, therefore he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the three.20 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.21 He killed an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptians hand and killed him with his own spear.22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men.23 He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard.24 Asahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,29 Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin,30 Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,35 Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah,38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,39 Uriah the Hittite; thirty-seven in all.
1 Samuel 30(NASB)
1. Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;2 and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way.3 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.5 Now Davids two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.6 Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Please bring me the ephod. So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.8 David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them? And He said to him, Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained.10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind.11 Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.12 They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.13 David said to him, To whom do you belong? And where are you from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago.14 We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.15 Then David said to him, Will you bring me down to this band? And he said, Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.16 When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.17 David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.19 But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.20 So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, This is Davids spoil.21 When David came to the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow David, who had also been left at the brook Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him, then David approached the people and greeted them.22 Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart.23 Then David said, You must not do so, my brothers, with what the LORD has given us, who has kept us and delivered into our hand the band that came against us.24 And who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike.25 So it has been from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.26 Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD:27 to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the Negev, and to those who were in Jattir,28 and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,29 and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,30 and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach,31 and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go.
2 Samuel 2(NASB)
1. Then it came about afterwards that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said to him, Go up. So David said, Where shall I go up? And He said, To Hebron.2 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.3 And David brought up his men who were with him, each with his household; and they lived in the cities of Hebron.4 Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah.5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, May you be blessed of the LORD because you have shown this kindness to Saul your lord, and have buried him.6 Now may the LORD show lovingkindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.7 Now therefore, let your hands be strong and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.8 But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Sauls army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.9 He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel.10 Ish-bosheth, Sauls son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.11 The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.12 Now Abner the son of Ner, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon with the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul.13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.14 Then Abner said to Joab, Now let the young men arise and hold a contest before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.15 So they arose and went over by count, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.16 Each one of them seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponents side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.17 That day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.18 Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.19 Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner.20 Then Abner looked behind him and said, Is that you, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.21 So Abner said to him, Turn to your right or to your left, and take hold of one of the young men for yourself, and take for yourself his spoil. But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.22 Abner repeated 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?23 However, he refused to turn aside; therefore Abner struck him in the belly with the butt end of the spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died on the spot. And it came about that all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and when the sun was going down, they came to the hill of Ammah, which is in front of Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.25 The sons of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one band, and they stood on the top of a certain hill.26 Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?27 Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have gone away in the morning, each from following his brother.28 So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people halted and pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore.29 Abner and his men then went through the Arabah all that night; so they crossed the Jordan, walked all morning, and came to Mahanaim.30 Then Joab returned from following Abner; when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of Davids servants besides Asahel were missing.31 But the servants of David had struck down many of Benjamin and Abners men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.32 And they took up Asahel and buried him in his fathers tomb which was in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men went all night until the day dawned at Hebron.
2 Samuel 5(NASB)
1. Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.2 Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the LORD said to you, You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the LORD at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel.4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.6 Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away; thinking, David cannot enter here.7 Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.8 David said on that day, Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by Davids soul, through the water tunnel. Therefore they say, The blind or the lame shall not come into the house.9 So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.10 David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him.11 Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.12 And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.13 Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.14 Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,16 Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.17 When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard of it, he went down to the stronghold.18 Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.19 Then David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.20 So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters. Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim.21 They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.22 Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.23 When David inquired of the LORD, He said, You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.24 It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the LORD will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.25 Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.
2 Samuel 21(NASB)
1. Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the LORD. And the LORD said, It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).3 Thus David said to the Gibeonites, What should I do for you? And how can I make atonement that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?4 Then the Gibeonites said to him, We have no concern of silver or gold with Saul or his house, nor is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, I will do for you whatever you say.5 So they said to the king, The man who consumed us and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel,6 let seven men from his sons be given to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD. And the king said, I will give them.7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD which was between them, between David and Sauls son Jonathan.8 So the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.9 Then he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the LORD, so that the seven of them fell together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest at the beginning of barley harvest.10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.11 When it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,12 then David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck down Saul in Gilboa.13 He brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the grave of Kish his father; thus they did all that the king commanded, and after that God was moved by prayer for the land.15 Now when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary.16 Then Ishbi-benob, who was among the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, was girded with a new sword, and he intended to kill David.17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel.18 Now it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant.19 There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weavers beam.20 There was war at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the giant.21 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, Davids brother, struck him down.22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
1. Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel,2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue.3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, He who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God,4 Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springs out of the earth, Through sunshine after rain.5 Truly is not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; For all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it grow?6 But the worthless, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand;7 But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And they will be completely burned with fire in their place.8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was called Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time;9 and after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn.10 He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.11 Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines.12 But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and the LORD brought about a great victory.13 Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.14 David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.15 David had a craving and said, Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!16 So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD;17 and he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.18 Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name as well as the three.19 He was most honored of the thirty, therefore he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the three.20 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.21 He killed an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptians hand and killed him with his own spear.22 These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men.23 He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard.24 Asahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,29 Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin,30 Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,35 Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah,38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,39 Uriah the Hittite; thirty-seven in all.
1 Samuel 30(NASB)
1. Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire;2 and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way.3 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.5 Now Davids two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.6 Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Please bring me the ephod. So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.8 David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them? And He said to him, Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all.9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained.10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind.11 Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink.12 They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.13 David said to him, To whom do you belong? And where are you from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago.14 We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.15 Then David said to him, Will you bring me down to this band? And he said, Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.16 When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.17 David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives.19 But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back.20 So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, This is Davids spoil.21 When David came to the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow David, who had also been left at the brook Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him, then David approached the people and greeted them.22 Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart.23 Then David said, You must not do so, my brothers, with what the LORD has given us, who has kept us and delivered into our hand the band that came against us.24 And who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike.25 So it has been from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.26 Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD:27 to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the Negev, and to those who were in Jattir,28 and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,29 and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,30 and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach,31 and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go.
2 Samuel 2(NASB)
1. Then it came about afterwards that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said to him, Go up. So David said, Where shall I go up? And He said, To Hebron.2 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.3 And David brought up his men who were with him, each with his household; and they lived in the cities of Hebron.4 Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah.5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, May you be blessed of the LORD because you have shown this kindness to Saul your lord, and have buried him.6 Now may the LORD show lovingkindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.7 Now therefore, let your hands be strong and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.8 But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Sauls army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.9 He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel.10 Ish-bosheth, Sauls son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.11 The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.12 Now Abner the son of Ner, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon with the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul.13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.14 Then Abner said to Joab, Now let the young men arise and hold a contest before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.15 So they arose and went over by count, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.16 Each one of them seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponents side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.17 That day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.18 Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.19 Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner.20 Then Abner looked behind him and said, Is that you, Asahel? And he answered, It is I.21 So Abner said to him, Turn to your right or to your left, and take hold of one of the young men for yourself, and take for yourself his spoil. But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.22 Abner repeated 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?23 However, he refused to turn aside; therefore Abner struck him in the belly with the butt end of the spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died on the spot. And it came about that all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still.24 But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and when the sun was going down, they came to the hill of Ammah, which is in front of Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.25 The sons of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one band, and they stood on the top of a certain hill.26 Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?27 Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have gone away in the morning, each from following his brother.28 So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people halted and pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore.29 Abner and his men then went through the Arabah all that night; so they crossed the Jordan, walked all morning, and came to Mahanaim.30 Then Joab returned from following Abner; when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of Davids servants besides Asahel were missing.31 But the servants of David had struck down many of Benjamin and Abners men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.32 And they took up Asahel and buried him in his fathers tomb which was in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men went all night until the day dawned at Hebron.
2 Samuel 5(NASB)
1. Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.2 Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the LORD said to you, You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the LORD at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel.4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.6 Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away; thinking, David cannot enter here.7 Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David.8 David said on that day, Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him reach the lame and the blind, who are hated by Davids soul, through the water tunnel. Therefore they say, The blind or the lame shall not come into the house.9 So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward.10 David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him.11 Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David.12 And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.13 Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.14 Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,16 Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.17 When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard of it, he went down to the stronghold.18 Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.19 Then David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.20 So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters. Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim.21 They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.22 Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.23 When David inquired of the LORD, He said, You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.24 It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the LORD will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.25 Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.
2 Samuel 21(NASB)
1. Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the LORD. And the LORD said, It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).3 Thus David said to the Gibeonites, What should I do for you? And how can I make atonement that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?4 Then the Gibeonites said to him, We have no concern of silver or gold with Saul or his house, nor is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, I will do for you whatever you say.5 So they said to the king, The man who consumed us and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel,6 let seven men from his sons be given to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD. And the king said, I will give them.7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD which was between them, between David and Sauls son Jonathan.8 So the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.9 Then he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the LORD, so that the seven of them fell together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest at the beginning of barley harvest.10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.11 When it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,12 then David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck down Saul in Gilboa.13 He brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.14 They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the grave of Kish his father; thus they did all that the king commanded, and after that God was moved by prayer for the land.15 Now when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary.16 Then Ishbi-benob, who was among the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, was girded with a new sword, and he intended to kill David.17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel.18 Now it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant.19 There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weavers beam.20 There was war at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the giant.21 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, Davids brother, struck him down.22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.