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2 Samuel 2 from Scroll 4Q51 Samuela 5 David
sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, that you have shown this kindness to
your lord, even to Saul, and have buried
him. 6 Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this
kindness, 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 have anointed me 8 Now
Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army,
had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and
brought him over to Mahanaim; 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. 10 Joab said, “Let them arise!” 15 Then they arose and went over by number: twelve men for Benjamin and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of David’s servants. 16 They each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: therefore that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim. [..] 25 The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Don’t you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long will it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?” 27 Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.” [..] 29 Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim. 30 Joab returned from following Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen men of David’s and Asahel were missing. 31 But David’s servants had struck Benjamin and of Abner’s men so that three hundred sixty men died. 32 They took up Asahel, and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.
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