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David: The Warrior King - Bible Verse List
A Novel of King David
David in 2 Samuel 2
(2 Samuel 2:1) And it happened after this, David inquired of Jehovah, saying,
Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said to him, Go up!
And David said, Where shall I go? And He said, To Hebron.
(2 Samuel 2:2) And David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam of
Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's wife.
(2 Samuel 2:3) And David brought up his men with him, each man with his
household. And they lived in the cities of Hebron.
(2 Samuel 2:4) And the men of Judah came, and they anointed David king over the
house of Judah there. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead
buried Saul.
(2 Samuel 2:5) And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead. And he
said to them, Blessed are you of Jehovah, that you have shown this kindness to
your lord, to Saul, and have buried him.
(2 Samuel 2:6) And now may Jehovah do kindness and truth to you. And I also do
good to you, because you have done this thing.
(2 Samuel 2:7) And now let your hands be strengthened, and be brave. For your
master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.
(2 Samuel 2:8) But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took
Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim.
(2 Samuel 2:9) And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and
over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
(2 Samuel 2:10) Ishbosheth, 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.
(2 Samuel 2:11) And it happened, the number of days that David was king in
Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
(2 Samuel 2:12) And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son
of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
(2 Samuel 2:13) And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out
and met by the pool of Gibeon and sat down, the one on the one side of the pool,
and the other on the other side of the pool.
(2 Samuel 2:14) And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and play
before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
(2 Samuel 2:15) And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin, and
for Ishbosheth the son of Saul; and twelve of the servants of David.
(2 Samuel 2:16) And each one lay hold on the head, of his companion and thrust
his sword in his companion's side, so that they fell together. And one called
that place The Field of Rocks, which is in Gibeon.
(2 Samuel 2:17) And there was a very grievous battle that day. And Abner and the
men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.
(2 Samuel 2:18) And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and
Asahel. And Asahel was swift with his feet, like one of the gazelles in the
field.
(2 Samuel 2:19) And Asahel ran after Abner, and in going he did not turn to the
right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
(2 Samuel 2:20) And Abner looked behind him and said, Are you Asahel? And he
answered, I am.
(2 Samuel 2:21) And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your
left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take for yourself. But Asahel
would not turn aside from following him.
(2 Samuel 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 hold up my face to Joab
your brother?
(2 Samuel 2:23) However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him
with the blunt end of the spear in the belly, and the spear came out behind him.
And he fell down there, and died in the same place. And it happened that
everyone who came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.
(2 Samuel 2:24) And Joab and Abishai ran after Abner. And the sun went down when
they had come to the hill of Ammah, which lies before Giah by the way of the
wilderness of Gibeon.
(2 Samuel 2:25) And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together after
Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.
(2 Samuel 2:26) 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 shall it be
then before you command the people to return from chasing their brothers?
(2 Samuel 2:27) And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then
in the morning the people would have gone up each one from following his
brother.
(2 Samuel 2:28) And Joab blew a ram's horn, and all the people stood still and
did not pursue after Israel any more, nor did they fight any more.
(2 Samuel 2:29) And Abner and his men went all that night through the plain and
passed over Jordan, and went all the forenoon and came to Mahanaim.
(2 Samuel 2:30) And Joab returned from following Abner. And when he had gathered
all the people together, nineteen men and Asahel were missing from David's
servants.
(2 Samuel 2:31) But the servants of David had stricken three hundred and sixty
men of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, who died.
(2 Samuel 2:32) And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his
father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they
came to Hebron at the break of day.
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A List of the Characters in David: The
Warrior King with records in the Bible
Abner – Saul’s general - influential
cousin.
Achish – Philistine king.
Ahinoam – Saul’s wife.
Eliab – David’s eldest brother.
Jonathan – Saul’s son - eldest prince of Israel.
Michal – Saul’s daughter - David’s wife.
Abiathar – Priest to David who survived Saul’s slaughter at Nob - the son of
Ahimelech.
Abigail from Carmel – David’s second wife - the widow of Nabal.
Abinadab – David’s second eldest brother.
Abishai – Zeruiah’s second son.
Ahimelech – Priest who gave David bread and Goliath’s sword - was murdered
for his actions.
Ahinoam from Jezreel – servant to Abigail - David’s third wife.
Amasa – David’s nephew - his sister Abigail’s only son.
Asahel – Zeruiah’s youngest son
Bathsheba – Beautiful daughter of Eliel.
Doeg – Saul’s henchman.
Ish-bosheth – Saul’s youngest son.
Joab – Zeruiah’s oldest son.
Merab – Saul’s eldest daughter.
Pelet – David’s soldier
Rizpah – Saul’s concubine.
Samuel – Prophet who anoints David king.
Shammah – Daivd’s third eldest brother.
Abigail – David’s sister, her son is Amasa.
Abinadab ben Saul – Saul’s son.
Adriel – Merab’s husband and Saul’s son-in-law.
Hushai – One of David’s guards in the wildernesses.
Jaasiel – Abner’s son.
Malchi-shua – Saul’s son.
Mephibosheth – Jonathan’s only son.
Nethaneel – David’s fourth eldest brother.
Ozem – David’s sixth brother.
Raddai – David’s fifth brother.
Sérèn – Five princes of Philistine (Gath, Gaza, Ekron, Ashkelon, and Ashod).
Zeruiah – David’s sister - mother of Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.
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