¹Setelah itu Daud bertanya kepada TUHAN, "Apakah TUHAN menghendaki aku pergi menguasai salah satu kota di Yehuda?" "Ya," jawab TUHAN. "Kota yang mana?" tanya Daud. "Hebron," jawab TUHAN.

¹It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” Yahweh said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”

²Maka pergilah Daud ke Hebron bersama dengan kedua orang istrinya: Ahinoam wanita Yizreel, dan Abigail janda Nabal yaitu wanita Karmel.

²So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

³Demikian juga anak buahnya dengan keluarga mereka masing-masing ikut dengan Daud, lalu mereka itu menetap di Hebron dan di sekitarnya.

³David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.

⁴Kemudian orang-orang Yehuda datang ke Hebron, dan melantik Daud menjadi raja atas Yehuda. Ketika Daud mendengar bahwa orang-orang Yabesh di Gilead telah menguburkan jenazah Saul,

⁴The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, saying, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”

⁵ia mengirim utusan ke sana dengan menyampaikan pesan, "Semoga TUHAN memberkati kamu, karena kamu telah menunjukkan kesetiaanmu kepada rajamu dengan memakamkan jenazahnya.

⁵David 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.

⁶Oleh sebab itu, semoga TUHAN menunjukkan kasih dan setia-Nya kepadamu. Aku pun akan memperlakukan kamu dengan baik karena perbuatanmu itu.

⁶Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

⁷Tabahkanlah hatimu dan bertindaklah sebagai pahlawan! Saul, rajamu memang sudah wafat, tetapi orang-orang Yehuda telah melantik aku menjadi raja mereka."

⁷Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.”

⁸Panglima tentara Saul, yaitu Abner anak Ner, telah melarikan diri bersama-sama Isyboset anak Saul, ke Mahanaim di seberang Sungai Yordan.

⁸Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

⁹Di sana Abner mengangkat Isyboset menjadi raja atas wilayah-wilayah Gilead, Asyuri, Yizreel, Efraim dan Benyamin, bahkan atas seluruh Israel.

⁹and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

¹⁰Isyboset berumur empat puluh tahun pada waktu dijadikan raja atas Israel, dan ia memerintah dua tahun lamanya. Tetapi suku Yehuda tetap setia kepada Daud,

¹⁰Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

¹¹dan Daud memerintah di Hebron atas Yehuda tujuh setengah tahun lamanya.

¹¹The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

¹²Pada suatu hari Abner pergi dari Mahanaim ke kota Gibeon, disertai oleh anak buah Isyboset.

¹²Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

¹³Juga Yoab (ibunya bernama Zeruya), bersama anak buah Daud menuju ke kota itu. Kedua regu berlawanan itu berhadap-hadapan di kolam Gibeon; Abner dan pihaknya duduk di seberang sini, Yoab dan pihaknya di seberang sana.

¹³Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

¹⁴Lalu berkatalah Abner kepada Yoab, "Ayo, kita suruh anak buah kita bertanding!" "Baiklah," jawab Yoab.

¹⁴Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and play before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”

¹⁵Lalu majulah dua belas orang dari suku Benyamin yang mewakili Isyboset, dan dua belas orang dari anak buah Daud.

¹⁵Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

¹⁶Mereka masing-masing saling menjambak rambut dan saling menikam perut lawannya, sehingga matilah mereka bersama-sama. Sebab itu tempat di Gibeon itu disebut "Ladang Pedang".

¹⁶They each caught his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

¹⁷Setelah itu terjadilah pertempuran yang sengit, dan Abner serta tentara Israel dikalahkan oleh anak buah Daud.

¹⁷The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

¹⁸Ketiga orang anak Zeruya ada di situ, yaitu Yoab, Abisai dan Asael. Asael larinya cepat seperti kijang,

¹⁸The three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.

¹⁹maka dikejarnya Abner terus-menerus.

¹⁹Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he didn’t turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

²⁰Abner menengok ke belakang dan bertanya, "Engkaukah itu Asael?" "Ya," jawabnya.

²⁰Then Abner looked behind him, and said, “Is it you, Asahel?” He answered, “It is I.”

²¹"Jangan kejar aku!" kata Abner. "Cobalah tangkap salah seorang dari para prajurit itu dan ambillah senjatanya!" Tetapi Asael terus saja mengejar dia.

²¹Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and grab one of the young men, and take his armor.” But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

²²Sekali lagi Abner berkata kepadanya, "Jangan kejar aku! Nanti terpaksa engkau kubunuh. Jadi, bagaimana aku dapat memandang muka Yoab abangmu itu?"

²²Abner 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?”

²³Ketika Asael tetap tidak mau berhenti, Abner menombak ke belakang, dan kenalah perut Asael sampai tombak itu tembus ke punggungnya. Asael rebah dan tewas di tempat itu juga. Semua orang yang datang ke tempat ia tergeletak itu, berhenti di situ.

²³However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. It happened, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

²⁴Tetapi Yoab dan Abisai meneruskan pengejaran terhadap Abner. Ketika matahari terbenam, sampailah mereka di Bukit Ama, yang ada di sebelah timur Giah, ke arah padang gurun Gibeon.

²⁴But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

²⁵Di sana orang-orang dari suku Benyamin bergabung lagi dengan Abner, lalu mengatur barisan mereka di puncak sebuah bukit.

²⁵The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.

²⁶Dari sana berserulah Abner kepada Yoab, "Haruskah kita bertempur selamanya? Tidak sadarkah engkau bahwa perang ini hanya membawa kepahitan? Kami ini saudaramu sebangsa. Berapa lama lagi engkau mau menunggu sebelum memerintahkan anak buahmu supaya berhenti memburu kami?"

²⁶Then 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 shall it be then, before you ask the people to return from following their brothers?”

²⁷Yoab menjawab, "Demi Allah yang hidup, seandainya engkau tidak mulai berbicara, pasti anak buahku akan terus memburu kamu sampai besok pagi."

²⁷Joab said, “As God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” lives, if you had not spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone away, and not each followed his brother.”

²⁸Lalu Yoab meniup trompet sebagai tanda bagi anak buahnya supaya berhenti mengejar orang Israel, maka berhentilah pertempuran itu.

²⁸So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

²⁹Abner dan anak buahnya semalam suntuk berbaris melalui Lembah Yordan, lalu menyeberangi Sungai Yordan, dan setelah berjalan terus sepanjang siang berikutnya, sampailah mereka ke Mahanaim.

²⁹Abner 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.

³⁰Setelah Yoab berhenti memburu Abner, ia mengumpulkan semua anak buahnya. Selain Asael ternyata sembilan belas dari mereka hilang.

³⁰Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

³¹Anak buah Daud telah menewaskan 360 orang pasukan Abner dari suku Benyamin.

³¹But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred sixty men died.

³²Setelah itu Yoab dan anak buahnya mengangkat jenazah Asael dan menguburkannya di dalam kuburan keluarganya di Betlehem. Lalu mereka berjalan semalam-malaman dan sampai di Hebron pada waktu dini hari.

³²They 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.