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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">he sent messengers to them to say to them, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show you the same favor because you have done this. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Life Through the Spirit</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">The Greek is singular; some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">me</span></span></span><span class="content"> free from the law of sin and death. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">In contexts like this, the Greek word for </span><span class="fq">flesh </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">sarx</span>) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 4-13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">flesh, for sin</span></span></span><span class="content"> And so he condemned sin in the flesh, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.8.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God&#8217;s law, nor can it do so. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.8.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive</span></span></span><span class="content"> because of righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">bodies through</span></span></span><span class="content"> his Spirit who lives in you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.8.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation&#8212;but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.8.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:15 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">adoption to sonship </span><span class="ft">is a term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture; also in verse 23.</span></span></span><span class="content"> And by him we cry, &#8220;</span><span class="tl"><span class="content">Abba,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:15 </span><span class="ft">Aramaic for </span><span class="fqa">father</span></span></span><span class="content"> Father.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God&#8217;s children. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now if we are children, then we are heirs&#8212;heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Present Suffering and Future Glory</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.8.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">that</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:20,21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">subjected it in hope. </span><span class="fv">21 </span><span class="fqa">For</span></span></span><span class="content"> the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.8.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.8.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God&#8217;s people in accordance with the will of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.8.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="ROM.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:28 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that all things work together for good to those who love God, who</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">that in all things God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good&#8212;with those who</span></span></span><span class="content"> have been called according to his purpose. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="ROM.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">More Than Conquerors</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="ROM.8.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="ROM.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="ROM.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all&#8212;how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="ROM.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="ROM.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died&#8212;more than that, who was raised to life&#8212;is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="ROM.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">As it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">&#8220;For your sake we face death all day long;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"><span class="content">we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:36 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.44.22">Psalm 44:22</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="ROM.8.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="ROM.8.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="ROM.8.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:38 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nor heavenly rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="ROM.8.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Hears of Saul&#8217;s Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the third day a man arrived from Saul&#8217;s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221; David asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I have escaped from the Israelite camp.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;What happened?&#8221; David asked. &#8220;Tell me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="content">&#8220;The men fled from the battle,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, &#8220;How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,&#8221; the young man said, &#8220;and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, &#8216;What can I do?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;He asked me, &#8216;Who are you?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;An Amalekite,&#8217; I answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then he said to me, &#8216;Stand here by me and kill me! I&#8217;m in the throes of death, but I&#8217;m still alive.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">David said to the young man who brought him the report, &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">David asked him, &#8220;Why weren&#8217;t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then David called one of his men and said, &#8220;Go, strike him down!&#8221; So he struck him down, and he died. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For David had said to him, &#8220;Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, &#8216;I killed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Lament for Saul and Jonathan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.1.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;A gazelle</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="fq">Gazelle </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes a human dignitary.</span></span></span><span class="content"> lies slain on your heights, Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="content">How the mighty have fallen!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell it not in Gath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Mountains of Gilboa,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">may you have neither dew nor rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">may no showers fall on your terraced fields.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ nor fields that yield grain for offerings</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">For there the shield of the mighty was despised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">the shield of Saul&#8212;no longer rubbed with oil.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;From the blood of the slain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">from the flesh of the mighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Saul and Jonathan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">in life they were loved and admired,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">and in death they were not parted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">They were swifter than eagles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">they were stronger than lions.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Daughters of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">weep for Saul,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">who clothed you in scarlet and finery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;How the mighty have fallen in battle!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="content">Jonathan lies slain on your heights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">you were very dear to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">Your love for me was wonderful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">more wonderful than that of women.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;How the mighty have fallen!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="content">The weapons of war have perished!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Anointed King Over Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the course of time, David inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8220;Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Go up.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"><span class="content">David asked, &#8220;Where shall I go?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"><span class="content">&#8220;To Hebron,&#8221; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.2.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">David also took the men who were with him, each with his family, and they settled in Hebron and its towns. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the tribe of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.2.4"><span class="content">When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead who had buried Saul, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">he sent messengers to them to say to them, &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show you the same favor because you have done this. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now then, be strong and brave, for Saul your master is dead, and the people of Judah have anointed me king over them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">War Between the Houses of David and Saul</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.2.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul&#8217;s army, had taken Ish-Bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He made him king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.2.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Ish-Bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The tribe of Judah, however, remained loyal to David. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The length of time David was king in Hebron over Judah was seven years and six months.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Abner son of Ner, together with the men of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Joab son of Zeruiah and David&#8217;s men went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. One group sat down on one side of the pool and one group on the other side.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Abner said to Joab, &#8220;Let&#8217;s have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.2.14"><span class="content">&#8220;All right, let them do it,&#8221; Joab said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.2.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So they stood up and were counted off&#8212;twelve men for Benjamin and Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his dagger into his opponent&#8217;s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:16 </span><span class="fq">Helkath Hazzurim </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">field of daggers </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">field of hostilities.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.2.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The battle that day was very fierce, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated by David&#8217;s men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.2.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He chased Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he pursued him. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Abner looked behind him and asked, &#8220;Is that you, Asahel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.2.20"><span class="content">&#8220;It is,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.2.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then Abner said to him, &#8220;Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons.&#8221; But Asahel would not stop chasing him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.2.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Again Abner warned Asahel, &#8220;Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.2.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel&#8217;s stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.2.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and as the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah on the way to the wasteland of Gibeon. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then the men of Benjamin rallied behind Abner. They formed themselves into a group and took their stand on top of a hill.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.2.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Abner called out to Joab, &#8220;Must the sword devour forever? Don&#8217;t you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.2.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Joab answered, &#8220;As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued pursuing them until morning.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.2.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the troops came to a halt; they no longer pursued Israel, nor did they fight anymore.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="2SA.2.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, continued through the morning hours</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:29 </span><span class="ft">See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and came to Mahanaim.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="2SA.2.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="2SA.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Joab stopped pursuing Abner and assembled the whole army. Besides Asahel, nineteen of David&#8217;s men were found missing. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="2SA.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">But David&#8217;s men had killed three hundred and sixty Benjamites who were with Abner. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="2SA.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They took Asahel and buried him in his father&#8217;s tomb at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and arrived at Hebron by daybreak.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.106.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">This was credited to him as righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.106.31"><span class="content">for endless generations to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.106.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.106.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">By the waters of Meribah they angered the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.106.32"><span class="content">and trouble came to Moses because of them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.106.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.106.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">for they rebelled against the Spirit of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.106.33"><span class="content">and rash words came from Moses&#8217; lips.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">106:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.106.33"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.106.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.106.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">They did not destroy the peoples</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.106.34"><span class="content">as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had commanded them,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.106.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.106.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">but they mingled with the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.106.35"><span class="content">and adopted their customs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.106.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.106.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">They worshiped their idols,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.106.36"><span class="content">which became a snare to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.106.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.106.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They sacrificed their sons</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.106.37"><span class="content">and their daughters to false gods.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.106.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.106.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">They shed innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.106.38"><span class="content">the blood of their sons and daughters,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.106.38"><span class="content">whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.106.38"><span class="content">and the land was desecrated by their blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.106.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.106.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">They defiled themselves by what they did;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.106.39"><span class="content">by their deeds they prostituted themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.106.39"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.106.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.106.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Therefore the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was angry with his people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.106.40"><span class="content">and abhorred his inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.106.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.106.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He gave them into the hands of the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.106.41"><span class="content">and their foes ruled over them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.106.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.106.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Their enemies oppressed them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.106.42"><span class="content">and subjected them to their power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.106.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.106.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Many times he delivered them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.106.43"><span class="content">but they were bent on rebellion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.106.43"><span class="content">and they wasted away in their sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.106.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.106.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Yet he took note of their distress</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.106.44"><span class="content">when he heard their cry;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.106.44"></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.106.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">for their sake he remembered his covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.106.45"><span class="content">and out of his great love he relented.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.106.45"></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.106.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">He caused all who held them captive</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.106.46"><span class="content">to show them mercy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.106.46"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.106.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.106.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Save us, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.106.47"><span class="content">and gather us from the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.106.47"><span class="content">that we may give thanks to your holy name</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.106.47"><span class="content">and glory in your praise.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.106.47"></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.106.47"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.106.47"></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.106.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Praise be to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.106.48"><span class="content">from everlasting to everlasting.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.106.48"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.106.48"><span class="content">Let all the people say, &#8220;Amen!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.106.48"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.106.48"><span class="content">Praise the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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