2 Samuel 3

1The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

2Sons were born to David in Hebron:

His firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;

3his second, Kileab the son of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel;

the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

4the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

5and the sixth, Ithream the son of David’s wife Eglah.

These were born to David in Hebron.

Abner Goes Over to David

6During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had been strengthening his own position in the house of Saul. 7Now Saul had had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

8Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, “Am I a dog’s head—on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman! 9May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the Lord promised him on oath 10and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David’s throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba.” 11Ish-Bosheth did not dare to say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.

12Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, “Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you.”

13“Good,” said David. “I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing of you: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Michal daughter of Saul when you come to see me.” 14Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, “Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

15So Ish-Bosheth gave orders and had her taken away from her husband Paltiel son of Laish. 16Her husband, however, went with her, weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back home!” So he went back.

17Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “For some time you have wanted to make David your king. 18Now do it! For the Lord promised David, ‘By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.’ ”

19Abner also spoke to the Benjamites in person. Then he went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole tribe of Benjamin wanted to do. 20When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast for him and his men. 21Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

Joab Murders Abner

22Just then David’s men and Joab returned from a raid and brought with them a great deal of plunder. But Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. 23When Joab and all the soldiers with him arrived, he was told that Abner son of Ner had come to the king and that the king had sent him away and that he had gone in peace.

24So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone! 25You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing.”

26Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David did not know it. 27Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into an inner chamber, as if to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.

28Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. 29May his blood fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family! May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore or leprosy#3:29 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin. or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.”

30(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

31Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner.” King David himself walked behind the bier. 32They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept also.

33The king sang this lament for Abner:

“Should Abner have died as the lawless die?

34Your hands were not bound,

your feet were not fettered.

You fell as one falls before the wicked.”

And all the people wept over him again.

35Then they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”

36All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them. 37So on that day all the people there and all Israel knew that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

38Then the king said to his men, “Do you not realize that a commander and a great man has fallen in Israel this day? 39And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak, and these sons of Zeruiah are too strong for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds!”

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2 SAMUELE 3

1Ntwa ya eba telele pakeng tsa ntlo ya Davida le ntlo ya Saule. Davida a nna a tswela pele ho matlafala, empa ntlo ya Saule yona ya nna ya fokola hoyahoile.

Bara ba Davida

2Davida a ba le bara ha a le Heborone. Mora wa hae wa matsibolo, ya tswetsweng ke Ahinoame wa Mojesereele, ya eba Amanone. 3Wa bobedi ya eba Kilabe, ya tswetsweng ke Abikaele, eo e neng e le mohatsa mofu Nabale wa Mokaramele. Wa boraro ya eba Abosalome, mora wa Maaka, moradi wa Talamai, kgosi ya Geshure. 4Mora wa bone ya eba Adoniya, mora wa Hagite. Wa bohlano ya eba Shefatiya, mora wa Abitale. 5Wa botshelela ya eba Jitereame, wa mosadi wa Davida ya bitswang Egela. Bana ke ba ileng ba tswallwa Davida ha a le Heborone.

Qabang ya Ishe-Boshete le Abinere

6Ha ntwa e ntse e lwana pakeng tsa ntlo ya Saule le ntlo ya Davida, Abinere a iponahatsa e le yena ya matla ho ba ntlo ya Saule. 7Saule o ne a ena le mosadi wa lefielo eo lebitso la hae e neng e le Risepa, moradi wa Aya. Yaba Ishe-Boshete o re ho Abinere: “Ke ka baka lang ha o robala le mosadi wa lefielo wa ntate?”

8Jwale Abinere a halefiswa haholo ke mantswe ao a Ishe-Boshete, mme a re: “Na nna ke ntja e lefuwang ka lesapo naheng ee ya Juda? Ke ile ka tshepahala ho ba lelapa la ntatao Saule, le ho bana babo, le ho metswalle ya hae; ebile ha ke a neelana ka wena matsohong a Davida; feela o nqosa ka phoso ya ho bokana le mosadi eo! 9Modimo a ke a otle Abinere tjena, le ho feta, haeba nke ke ka etsetsa Davida seo Modimo a mo hlapanyeditseng sona, 10e leng ho amoha ntlo ya Saule mmuso, le ho bea Iseraele le Juda tlasa terone ya Davida, ho tloha Dane ho ya fihla Beeresheba.” 11Yaba Ishe-Boshete o se a le nyaya le koloba, ka baka la ho tshaba Abinere.

Bo-Abinere le Davida ba a boelana

12Abinere a roma maqosa ho Davida, a re: “Naha ee ke ya mang?” A boela a re: “Bona mona, a re etse selekane le wena, mme ke tla o thusa hore Baiseraele bohle ba o sale morao.”

13Davida a re: “Ho lokile, ke tla etsa selekane le wena, empa ke batla ntho e le nngwe feela ho wena, e leng hore o se ke wa mpona, haese haeba o ka ntlisetsa Mikale, moradi wa Saule, pele o etla ho tla kopana le nna.”

14Yaba Davida o roma maqosa ho Ishe-Boshete, mora wa Saule, o re: “Nnee mosadi wa ka Mikale, eo ke neng ke mo nyale ka maeko a lekgolo a Bafilesita.”

15Ishe-Boshete a roma maqosa, a amoha Paletiele, mora wa Laishe, mosadi wa hae Mikale. 16Paletiele a tsamaya a ntse a lla, a setse mosadi wa hae morao, a ba a ya fihla Bahurime. Abinere a re ho yena: “Kgutlela hae!” Yaba Paletiele o a kgutla.

17Jwale Abinere a buisana le baholo ba Iseraele, a re: “Ke kgale le batla ho bea Davida hore e be kgosi ya lona. 18Etsang jwalo he, hobane Morena o buile ho Davida, a re: ‘Ka letsoho la mohlanka wa ka Davida ke tla namolela setjhaba sa ka sa Baiseraele matsohong a Bafilesita le matsohong a dira tsohle tsa sona.’ ” 19Abinere a ba a bua le ba morabe wa Benjamine, a nto ya Heborone ho Davida, mme a mmolella tsohle tseo a dumellaneng ka tsona le Baiseraele le ba ntlo ya Benjamine.

20Yaba Abinere o ya Heborone ho Davida, a ena le banna ba mashome a mabedi. Davida a etsetsa Abinere, le banna bao a neng a ena le bona, mokete. 21Abinere a re ho Davida: “Jwale ke tla tsamaya, ke yo bokellela monga ka, kgosi, Baiseraele bohle, hore ba tlo etsa selekane le wena, mme o tle o buse hohle moo o ratang ho busa teng.” Davida a dumella Abinere hore a tsamaye, mme eo a ikela ka kgotso.

Abinere o a bolawa

22Jwale bo-Joabe le bahlanka ba Davida ba fihla, ba etswa moo ba neng ba hlasetse teng, mme ba tla ka kgapo e ngata haholo. Empa Abinere o ne a se a le siyo Heborone, ho Davida, hobane Davida o ne a se a mo lokolotse, mme a iketse ka kgotso. 23Ha bo-Joabe le lebotho lohle leo a neng a ena le lona ba fihla, Joabe a bolellwa, ha thwe: “Abinere, mora wa Nere, o ile a fihla mona ho kgosi, mme kgosi e mo lokolotse, o iketse ka kgotso.”

24Yaba Joabe o fihla ho kgosi, o re: “Ke eng ee, eo o e entseng? Bona mona, Abinere o ne a tlile ho wena; ke ka baka lang ha o ile wa mo lokolla, mme jwale a etse ruri? 25Na ha o tsebe hore Abinere, mora wa Nere, o ne a tlile ho tla o thetsa, le ho o bona mafolomabe, le ho tseba tsohle tseo o di etsang?”

26Ha Joabe a etswa ka ho Davida a roma maqosa ho sala Abinere morao, mme maqosa ao a mo kgutlisa ha a le sedibeng sa Sira, empa Davida o ne a sa tsebe. 27Hoba Abinere a fihle Heborone, Joabe a mo nkela kathokwana ho kgoro ya motse, yaka o ilo bua le yena ka lekunutu, yaba o mo phehletsa mpeng, a mmolaya ho phetetsa madi a Asaele, ngwanabo.

28Hamorao, ha Davida a utlwa ketso ena, a re: “Mahlong a Morena, nna le mmuso wa ka ha re na molato le o monyenyane mading ana a Abinere, mora wa Nere. 29Madi ao a botswe Joabe le bohle ba ntlo ya ntatae. Tlung ya Joabe ho nne ho be le ya nang le seso se qhitsang, kapa ya nang le lepera, kapa ya holofetseng hoo a tsamayang ka melamu, kapa ya bolawang ka sabole, kapa eo e leng mokopakopa.”

30Ka mokgwa o jwalo Joabe le ngwanabo Abishai ba bolaya Abinere, hobane o ne a ile a bolaya ngwanabo bona Asaele, ha ba le ntweng Gibeone.

Abinere o a epelwa

31Jwale Davida a re ho Joabe le ho batho bohle ba neng ba ena le yena: “Haholang diaparo tsa lona, le apare mekotla, le tsamaye kapele ho setopo sa Abinere le ntse le mo llela.” Kgosi Davida yena a sala setopo morao. 32Yaba ba epela Abinere motseng wa Heborone. Kgosi ya phahamisa lentswe la yona, ya llela lebitleng la Abinere. Setjhaba sohle sa lla.

33Kgosi ya llela Abinere, ya re:

“Abinere, o shweletseng

jwaloka tseketseke?

34O ne o sa tlangwa matsoho,

maoto a hao

a se mahlaahleleng a lethose;

o shwele

jwaloka ya bolawang ke balotsana.”

Setjhaba sohle sa boela sa mo lella.

35Jwale setjhaba sohle sa tla ho Davida, sa re a je e sa ntsane e le motsheare, empa Davida a hlapanya, a re: “Modimo a nkotle tjena, le ho feta, haeba ekare letsatsi le eso dikele ka ja bohobe kapa ho hong feela.”

36Setjhaba sohle sa hlokomela ntho ena, mme sa e thabela. Eng kapa eng eo kgosi e neng e e etsa, setjhaba sohle se ne se bona e lokile. 37Jwale setjhaba sohle, le Baiseraele bohle ba tseba mohla letsatsi leo hore hase kgosi e bolaileng Abinere, mora wa Nere.

38Yaba kgosi e re ho bahlanka ba yona: “Na ha le tsebe hore kajeno, naheng ee ya Iseraele, ho shwele kgosana le mohlabani e moholo? 39Leha ke tlotsitswe hore ke be kgosi, kajeno ke a fokola. Banna bana, e leng bara ba Seruya, ba ntlhotse ka ho hloka mohau. Morena a ke a putse ya entseng bokgopo bona ho ya ka bokgopo boo ba hae.”

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