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12 And Abner, the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, went out of Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David went out and met one another by the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, one on one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.
14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise now and play before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”
15 Then there arose and went over twelve from Benjamin (belonging to Ishbosheth, the son of Saul) and twelve of the servants of David.
16 And each one caught another person by the head and thrust his sword in his side, so they fell down together. Therefore, the place was called Helkath Hazzurim (which is in Gibeon).
17 And the battle was exceedingly fierce that same day. For Abner and the men of Israel fell before the servants of David.
18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.
19 And Asahel followed after Abner. And while going, he turned neither to the right nor to the left from Abner.
20 Then Abner looked behind him and said, “Are you Asahel?” And he answered, “Yes.”
21 Then Abner said, “Turn yourself either to the right or to the left and take one of the young men and take his weapons for yourself.” And Asahel would not depart from him.
22 And Abner said to Asahel, “Depart from me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then would I be able to hold up my face to Joab, your brother?”
23 And when he would not depart, Abner, with the blunt end of the spear, struck him under the fifth rib, so that the spear came out behind him. And he fell down there and died in his place. And as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.
24 Also, Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner. And the Sun went down after they had come to the hill, Ammah, which lies before Giah, on the road to the wilderness of Gibeon.
25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and were a troop, and stood on the top of a hill.
26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? “Do you not know that it will be bitterness in the end? How long, then, shall it be before you bid the people return from following their brethren?”
27 And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the people would have departed in the morning, each one returning from following his brother.”
28 So Joab blew a trumpet. And all the people stood still, and no longer pursued after Israel. Nor did they fight anymore.
29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and went over the Jordan, and passed through all Bithron, until they came to Mahanaim.
30 Joab also returned from following Abner. And when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David’s servants were missing, and Asahel.
31 But the servants of David had struck some of Benjamin and Abner’s men, so that three hundred sixty men died.
32 And they took up Asahel and buried him in the sepulcher of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night. And when they came to Hebron, the day arose.
3 Then there was a long war between the House of Saul and the House of David. But David grew stronger, and the House of Saul grew weaker.
2 And children were born to David in Hebron. And his eldest son was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess.
3 And his second was Chileab, of Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. And the third was Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur.
4 And the fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. And the fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital.
5 And the sixth was Ithream, by Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
6 Now, while there was war between the House of Saul and the House of David, Abner strengthened himself for the House of Saul.
7 And Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”
8 Then Abner was very angry at the words of Ishbosheth, and said, “Am I a dog’s head of Judah? This day I have shown mercy to the House of Saul your father, to his brethren, and to his neighbors, and have not delivered you into the hand of David! Yet, you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman?
9 “So do God to Abner, and more also, unless I do for David as the LORD has sworn to him,
10 “to remove the kingdom from the House of Saul, so that the throne of David may be established over Israel, and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”
11 And he dared not answer Abner anymore. For he feared him.
12 Then Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, “Whose is the land?” and also saying, “Make a covenant with me. And behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring all Israel to you.”
13 Who said, “Good. I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you, which is that you do not see my face unless you bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see me.”
14 Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver my wife Michal to me, whom I married for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
15 And Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, Paltiel, the son of Laish.
16 And her husband went with her and came, weeping, behind her, to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go. Return.” So, he returned.
17 And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, “You fought for David in times past, so that he might be your king.
18 “Then, do it now! For the LORD has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant, David, I will save My people, Israel, out of the hands of the Philistines and out of the hands of all their enemies.’”
19 Also, Abner spoke to Benjamin. And afterward, Abner went to speak with David in Hebron concerning all that Israel was content with, as well as all that of the House of Benjamin.
20 So Abner came to David, to Hebron, having twenty men with him. And David made a feast for Abner, and to the men who were with him.
21 Then Abner said to David, “I will rise up and go gather all Israel to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires.” Then David let Abner depart, who went in peace.
22 And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from the camp and brought a great spoil with them (but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he had departed in peace).
23 When Joab and all the army that was with him had come, men told Joab, saying, “Abner, the son of Ner, came to the king. And he has sent him away. And he has gone in peace.
24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why have you sent him away, so that he is gone?
25 “You know Abner, the son of Ner. For he came to deceive you, and to know of your coming out and going in, and to know all that you do.”
26 And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah, unknown to David.
27 And when Abner had come back to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him “peaceably”. And he struck him under the fifth rib, so that he died, because of the blood of Asahel, his brother.
28 And afterward, when it came to David’s ear, he said, “I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever concerning the blood of Abner, the son of Ner.
29 “Let the blood fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s House, so that the House of Joab is never without some who have discharges, or are lepers, or who lean on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”
30 So Joab and Abishai, his brother, killed Abner because he had killed their brother, Asahel, in battle at Gibeon.
31 And David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner!” And King David himself followed the bier.
32 And when they had buried Abner in Hebron, the king lifted up his voice and wept beside the sepulcher of Abner. And all the people wept.
33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, “Did Abner die as a fool dies?
34 “Your hands were not bound, nor your feet tied in fetters of bronze. Yet, as a man falls before wicked men did you fall.” And all the people wept again for him.
35 Afterward, all the people came to urge David to eat food while it was yet day. But David swore, saying, “So do God to me and more also if I taste bread or anything else until the Sun is down.”
36 And all the people noted it, and it pleased them, since whatever the king did pleased all the people.
37 For all the people and all Israel understood on that day how that it was not the king’s doing that Abner, the son of Ner, had been killed.
38 And the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that there is a prince and a great man who has fallen this day in Israel?
39 “And I, the anointed king, am weak this day. And these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me. May the LORD reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.”
13 Now, before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come (that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world) He loved them to the end.
2 And when supper was done (and the devil had now put in the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him),
3 Jesus - knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and went to God -
4 He rose from supper and laid aside His garments and took a towel and wrapped Himself.
5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel in which He was wrapped.
6 Then He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, “Lord, You wash my feet?”
7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do, you do not know now. But you shall know it hereafter.”
8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you shall have no part with Me.”
9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.”
10 Jesus said to him, “He who is washed needs only to wash his feet, but is wholly clean. And you are clean, but not all.”
11 For He knew who would betray Him. Therefore, He said, “You are not all clean.”
12 So, after He had washed their feet and had taken His garments and had sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?
13 “You call Me Master, and Lord. And you say well. For so I am.
14 “If I, then, your Lord and Master, has washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 “For I have given you an example, so that you should do just as I have done to you.
16 “Truly, truly I say to you, the servant is not greater than his master, nor the messenger greater than the one who sent him.
17 “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
18 “I do not speak of you all. I know whom I have chosen. But it is so that the Scripture might be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.’
19 “From now on I tell you before it comes, so that when it has happened, you might believe that I am He.
20 “Truly, truly I say to you, anyone who receives whom I shall send, receives Me. And anyone who receives Me, receives Him Who sent Me.”
21 When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in Spirit, and testified, and said, “Truly, truly I say to you, that one of you shall betray Me.”
22 Then the disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom He spoke.
23 Now, there was one of His disciples, who leaned on Jesus’ bosom, whom Jesus loved.
24 Therefore, Simon Peter motioned to him to ask who it was of whom He spoke.
25 Then, as he leaned on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”
26 Jesus answered, “It is him to whom I shall give a morsel, when I have dipped it.” And He wet a morsel of bread, and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.
27 And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “That you do, do quickly.”
28 But none of them who were at table knew why He said this to him.
29 For some of them thought Jesus had said that to him because Judas had the bag to buy those things we need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.
30 Then, as soon as he had received the morsel, he immediately went out. And it was night.
ALEPH
1 Blessed are those who are upright in their way and walk in the Law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are those who keep His Testimonies and seek Him with their whole heart.
3 Surely, they work no iniquity, but walk in His ways.
4 You have commanded to keep Your Precepts diligently.
5 Oh that my ways were directed to keep Your Statutes!
6 Then I would not be confounded, with respect to all Your Commandments.
7 I will praise You with an upright heart, when I shall learn the Judgments of Your righteousness.
8 I will keep Your Statutes. Do not forsake me utterly.
BETH
9 How shall a young man correct his way? By living according to Your Word.
10 With my whole heart I have sought You. Do not let me wander from Your Commandments.
11 I have treasured Your Word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
12 Blessed are You, O LORD. Teach me Your Statutes.
13 With my lips I have declared all the Judgments of Your Mouth.
14 I have had as much delight in the way of Your Testimonies, as in all riches.
15 I will meditate on Your Precepts and consider Your ways.
16 I will delight in Your Statutes, and I will not forget Your Word.
29 The LORD is far off from the wicked. But he hears the prayer of the righteous.
30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. And a good name makes the bones fat.
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