2. Krallar (2. Samuel) 2

¹Bu olaylardan sonra Davut, "Yahuda kentlerinden birine yukarı çıkayım mı?" diyerek Rab vasıtasıyla danıştı. Rab ona, "Yukarı çık" dedi. Davut, "Nereye yukarı çıkayım?" diye sordu. Rab, "Hebron'a" dedi.

²Böylece Davut, iki karısıyla, yani Yizreelli Ahinoam ve Karmelli Nabal'ın dul karısı Avigayil ile birlikte oraya, Hebron'a yukarı çıktı.

³Davut, kendisiyle birlikte olan adamları da her birini kendi ev halkıyla birlikte oraya götürdü; onlar da Hebron kentlerine yerleştiler.

⁴Sonra Yahuda adamları gelip Davut'u orada, Yahuda evi üzerinde krallık yapması için meshettiler. Davut'a, "Saul'u gömenler Galaadlı Yabis'in adamlarıydı" diye haber verdiler.

⁵Davut, Galaadlı Yabis'in önderlerine ulaklar göndererek onlara şöyle dedi: "Efendiniz Saul'a, Rab'bin meshettiği kişiye bu sadakat ve merhameti gösterip onu ve oğlu Yonatan'ı gömdüğünüz için Rab sizleri kutsasın.

⁶Şimdi Rab size merhamet ve sadakat göstersin; bu işi yaptığınızdan ötürü ben de size iyilikle karşılık vereceğim.

⁷Şimdi elleriniz güçlensin ve yiğit adamlar olun; çünkü efendiniz Saul öldü ve Yahuda evi de beni kendi üzerlerine kral olarak meshetti."

⁸Ancak Saul'un ordu komutanı Ner oğlu Abner, Saul'un oğlu Yeboste'yi alıp ordugahtan Manaem'e yukarı çıkardı.

⁹Onu Galaad, Tasiri, Yizreel, Efrayim, Benyamin ve bütün İsrail üzerinde kral yaptı.

¹⁰Saul'un oğlu Yeboste İsrail üzerinde kral olduğunda kırk yaşındaydı ve iki yıl krallık yaptı; Davut'un ardınca giden Yahuda evi ise bunun dışındaydı.

¹¹Davut'un Hebron'da Yahuda evi üzerinde krallık yaptığı günlerin toplamı yedi yıl altı aydı.

¹²Ner oğlu Abner ve Saul'un oğlu Yeboste'nin adamları Manaem'den çıkıp Gabaon'a gittiler.

¹³Seruya oğlu Yoav ile Davut'un adamları da Hebron'dan çıkıp onlarla Gabaon havuzunun yanında, aynı yerde karşılaştılar. Bir grup havuzun bu yanında, öbür grup ise havuzun karşı yanında oturdu.

¹⁴Abner Yoav'a, "Gençler kalkıp önümüzde dövüş oyunu sergilesinler" dedi. Yoav, "Kalksınlar" diye yanıtladı.

¹⁵Bunun üzerine kalkıp sayıca öne çıktılar: Saul'un oğlu Yeboste'nin ve Benyamin soyundan on iki kişi ve Davut'un adamlarından on iki kişi.

¹⁶Her biri rakibinin başını yakaladı ve kılıcını rakibinin böğrüne sapladı; böylece birlikte aynı yerde yere serildiler. Bu yüzden Gabaon'daki o yere "Pusucuların Payı" adı verildi.

¹⁷O gün çok şiddetli bir savaş oldu; Abner ile İsrail adamları, Davut'un adamlarının önünde yenilgiye uğradılar.

¹⁸Seruya'nın üç oğlu da oradaydı: Yoav, Avişay ve Asahel. Asahel kırdaki bir ceylan kadar ayaklarında hafifti.

¹⁹Asahel, Abner'i kovalamaktan ne sağa ne de sola sapmadan kararlılıkla onun arkasından koştu.

²⁰Abner arkasına bakıp, "Asahel, sen misin?" diye sordu. O da, "Benim" dedi.

²¹Abner ona, "Sağa ya da sola sap, gençlerden birini yakalayıp onun zırhını ve donanımını al" dedi. Ama Asahel onu kovalamaktan vazgeçmek istemedi.

²²Abner, Asahel'e bir kez daha seslendi: "Beni kovalamaktan vazgeç! Seni neden yere sereyim? O zaman kardeşin Yoav'ın yüzüne nasıl bakarım?"

²³"Bu ne demek oluyor? Kardeşin Yoav'a geri dön." Ama o geri çekilmeyi reddetti. Bunun üzerine Abner mızrağının arkasıyla onun böbrek bölgesine vurdu; mızrak arkasından dışarı çıktı. Asahel orada, onun altında düşüp öldü. Asahel'in düşüp öldüğü yere gelen herkes orada durup kaldı.

²⁴Yoav ile Avişay da Abner'i kovalamaya devam ettiler. Güneş batarken, Gabaon çölü yolundaki Gai'nin karşısında bulunan Amman Tepesi'ne vardılar.

²⁵Abner'in ardınca giden Benyaminoğulları bir araya gelip tek bir topluluk oluşturdular ve bir tepenin zirvesinde durdular.

²⁶Abner Yoav'a seslenerek şöyle dedi: "Kılıç sonsuza dek yiyip bitirecek mi? Bunun sonunun acı olacağını bilmiyor musun? Halkına, kardeşlerini kovalamaktan vazgeçmelerini söylemek için daha ne kadar bekleyeceksin?"

²⁷Yoav, "Rab'bin varlığı hakkı için" dedi, "Eğer sen konuşmasaydın, halk ancak sabahtan itibaren kardeşlerini kovalamaktan vazgeçmiş olacaktı."

²⁸Yoav boru çaldı; bunun üzerine bütün halk durdu, artık İsraillileri kovalamadılar ve bir daha savaşmadılar.

²⁹Abner ile adamları o gece boyunca batıya doğru yürüdüler, Şeria Irmağı'nı geçip bütün ova boyunca ilerleyerek ordugaha vardılar.

³⁰Yoav, Abner'i kovalamaktan vazgeçip geri döndü ve bütün halkı topladı. Davut'un adamlarından Asahel'le birlikte on dokuz kişi eksikti.

³¹Davut'un adamları ise Benyaminoğullarından ve Abner'in adamlarından üç yüz altmış kişiyi öldürmüştü.

³²Asahel'i alıp Beytlehem'de babasının mezarına gömdüler. Yoav'la yanındaki adamlar bütün gece yürüdüler ve Hebron'a vardıklarında onlar için gün ağarıyordu.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐπηρώτησε Δαυὶδ ἐν Κυρίῳ λέγων· εἰ ἀναβῶ εἰς μίαν τῶν πόλεων ᾿Ιούδα; καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς αὐτόν· ἀνάβηθι. καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ· ποῦ ἀναβῶ; καὶ εἶπεν· εἰς Χεβρών.

²καὶ ἀνέβη ἐκεῖ Δαυὶδ εἰς Χεβρὼν καὶ ἀμφότεραι αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτοῦ, ᾿Αχινόομ ἡ ᾿Ιεζραηλῖτις καὶ ᾿Αβιγαία ἡ γυνὴ Νάβαλ τοῦ Καρμηλίου,

³καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, ἕκαστος καὶ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατῴκουν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι Χεβρών.

⁴καὶ ἔρχονται ἄνδρες τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας καὶ χρίουσι τὸν Δαυὶδ ἐκεῖ τοῦ βασιλεύειν ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον ᾿Ιούδα. Καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Δαυὶδ λέγοντες· ὅτι οἱ ἄνδρες ᾿Ιαβὶς τῆς Γαλααδίτιδος ἔθαψαν τὸν Σαούλ.

⁵καὶ ἀπέστειλε Δαυὶδ ἀγγέλους πρὸς τοὺς ἡγουμένους ᾿Ιαβὶς τῆς Γαλααδίτιδος καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Δαυίδ· εὐλογημένοι ὑμεῖς τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἐποιήσατε τὸ ἔλεος τοῦτο ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ὑμῶν, ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ τὸν χριστὸν Κυρίου καὶ ἐθάψατε αὐτὸν καὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ.

⁶καὶ νῦν ποιήσαι Κύριος μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν ἔλεος καὶ ἀλήθειαν, καί γε ἐγὼ ποιήσω μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν τὰ ἀγαθὰ ταῦτα, ὅτι ἐποιήσατε τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο·

⁷καὶ νῦν κραταιούσθωσαν αἱ χεῖρες ὑμῶν καὶ γίνεσθε εἰς υἱοὺς δυνατούς, ὅτι τέθνηκεν ὁ κύριος ὑμῶν Σαούλ, καί γε ἐμὲ κέχρικεν ὁ οἶκος ᾿Ιούδα ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτὸν εἰς βασιλέα.

⁸Καὶ ᾿Αβεννὴρ υἱὸς Νὴρ ἀρχιστράτηγος τοῦ Σαοὺλ ἔλαβε τὸν ᾿Ιεβοσθὲ υἱὸν Σαοὺλ καὶ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς εἰς Μαναὲμ

⁹καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὴν Γαλααδῖτιν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Θασιρὶ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν ᾿Ιεζράελ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Εφραὶμ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Βενιαμὶν καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁰τεσσαράκοντα ἐτῶν ᾿Ιεβοσθὲ υἱὸς Σαούλ, ὅτε ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ δύο ἔτη ἐβασίλευσε, πλὴν τοῦ οἴκου ᾿Ιούδα, οἳ ἦσαν ὀπίσω Δαυίδ·

¹¹καὶ ἐγένοντο αἱ ἡμέραι, ἃς Δαυὶδ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Χεβρὼν ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον ᾿Ιούδα, ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ μῆνας ἕξ.

¹²Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ᾿Αβεννὴρ υἱὸς Νὴρ καὶ οἱ παῖδες ᾿Ιεβοσθὲ υἱοῦ Σαοὺλ ἐκ Μαναὲμ εἰς Γαβαών·

¹³καὶ ᾿Ιωὰβ υἱὸς Σαρουΐας καὶ οἱ παῖδες Δαυὶδ ἐξήλθοσαν ἐκ Χεβρὼν καὶ συναντῶσιν αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ τὴν κρήνην τὴν Γαβαὼν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, καὶ ἐκάθισαν οὗτοι ἐπὶ τὴ κρήνην ἐντεῦθεν, καὶ οὗτοι ἐπὶ τὴν κρήνην ἐντεῦθεν.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αβεννὴρ πρὸς ᾿Ιωάβ· ἀναστήτωσαν δὴ τὰ παιδάρια καὶ παιξάτωσαν ἐνώπιον ἡμῶν· καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωάβ· ἀναστήτωσαν.

¹⁵καὶ ἀνέστησαν καὶ παρῆλθον ἐν ἀριθμῷ τῶν παίδων Βενιαμὶν δώδεκα τῶν ᾿Ιεβοσθὲ υἱοῦ Σαοὺλ καὶ δώδεκα ἐκ τῶν παίδων Δαυίδ.

¹⁶καὶ ἐκράτησαν ἕκαστος τῇ χειρὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ μάχαιρα αὐτοῦ εἰς πλευρὰν τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ πίπτουσι κατὰ τὸ αὐτό· καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου Μερὶς τῶν ἐπιβούλων, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν Γαβαών.

¹⁷καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ πόλεμος σκληρὸς ὥστε λίαν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ ἔπταισεν ᾿Αβεννὴρ καὶ ἄνδρες ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐνώπιον παίδων Δαυίδ.

¹⁸καὶ ἐγένοντο ἐκεῖ τρεῖς υἱοὶ Σαρουΐας, ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ ᾿Αβεσσὰ καὶ ᾿Ασαήλ, καὶ ᾿Ασαὴλ κοῦφος τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ μία δορκὰς ἐν ἀγρῷ.

¹⁹καὶ κατεδίωξεν ᾿Ασαὴλ ὀπίσω ᾿Αβεννὴρ καὶ οὐκ ἐξέκλινε τοῦ πορεύεσθαι εἰς δεξιὰ οὐδὲ εἰς ἀριστερὰ κατόπισθεν ᾿Αβεννήρ.

²⁰καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ᾿Αβεννὴρ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν· εἰ σὺ εἶ αὐτὸς ᾿Ασαήλ; καὶ εἶπεν· ἐγώ εἰμι.

²¹καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ᾿Αβεννήρ· ἔκλινον σὺ εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ ἢ εἰς τὰ ἀριστερὰ καὶ κάτασχε σεαυτῷ ἓν τῶν παιδαρίων καὶ λαβὲ σεαυτῷ τὴν πανοπλίαν αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν ᾿Ασαὴλ ἐκκλῖναι ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ.

²²καὶ προσέθετο ἔτι ᾿Αβεννὴρ λέγων τῷ ᾿Ασαήλ· ἀπόστηθι ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα μὴ πατάξω σε εἰς τὴν γῆν· καὶ πῶς ἀρῶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου πρὸς ᾿Ιωάβ;

²³καὶ ποῦ ἐστι ταῦτα; ἐπίστρεφε πρὸς ᾿Ιωὰβ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου. καὶ οὐκ ἐβούλετο τοῦ ἀποστῆναι. καὶ τύπτει αὐτὸν ᾿Αβεννὴρ ἐν τῷ ὀπίσω τοῦ δόρατος ἐπὶ τὴν ψόαν, καὶ διεξῆλθε τὸ δόρυ ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, καὶ πίπτει ἐκεῖ καὶ ἀποθνήσκει ὑποκάτω αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐγένετο πᾶς ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἕως τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἔπεσεν ἐκεῖ ᾿Ασαὴλ καὶ ἀπέθανε, καὶ ὑφίστατο.

²⁴καὶ κατεδίωξεν ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ ᾿Αβεσσὰ ὀπίσω ᾿Αβεννήρ· καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ἔδυνε. καὶ αὐτοὶ εἰσῆλθον ἕως τοῦ βουνοῦ ᾿Αμμάν, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ προσώπου Γαί, ὁδὸν ἔρημον Γαβαών.

²⁵καὶ συναθροίζονται οἱ υἱοὶ Βενιαμὶν οἱ ὀπίσω ᾿Αβεννὴρ καὶ ἐγενήθησαν εἰς συνάντησιν μίαν καὶ ἔστησαν ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν βουνοῦ ἑνός.

²⁶καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ᾿Αβεννὴρ ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ εἶπε· μὴ εἰς νῖκος καταφάγεται ἡ ρομφαία; ἦ οὐκ οἶδας ὅτι πικρὰ ἔσται εἰς τὰ ἔσχατα; καὶ ἕως πότε οὐ μὴ εἴπῃς τῷ λαῷ ἀποστρέφειν ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν;

²⁷καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωάβ· ζῇ Κύριος, ὅτι εἰ μὴ ἐλάλησας, διότι τότε ἐκ πρωϊόθεν ἀνέβη ἂν ὁ λαὸς ἕκαστος κατόπισθεν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.

²⁸καὶ ἐσάλπισεν ᾿Ιωὰβ τῇ σάλπιγγι, καὶ ἀπέστησαν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς καὶ οὐ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ οὐ προσέθεντο ἔτι τοῦ πολεμεῖν.

²⁹καὶ ᾿Αβεννὴρ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον εἰς δυσμὰς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην καὶ διέβαιναν τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὅλην τὴν παρατείνουσαν καὶ ἔρχονται εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν.

³⁰καὶ ᾿Ιωὰβ ἀνέστρεψεν ὄπισθεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ᾿Αβεννὴρ καὶ συνήθροισε πάντα τὸν λαόν, καὶ ἐπεσκέπησαντῶν παίδων Δαυίδ ἐννεακαίδεκα ἄνδρες καὶ ᾿Ασαήλ.

³¹καὶ οἱ παῖδες Δαυὶδ ἐπάταξαν τῶν υἱῶν Βενιαμὶν τῶν ἀνδρῶν ᾿Αβεννὴρ τριακοσίους ἑξήκοντα ἄνδρας παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

³²καὶ αἴρουσι τὸν ᾿Ασαὴλ καὶ θάπτουσιν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐν Βηθλεέμ. καὶ ἐπορεύθη ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα, καὶ διέφαυσεν αὐτοῖς ἐν Χεβρών.

¹And it came to pass after this that David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? and the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? and he said, To Chebron.

²And David went up thither to Chebron, [he] and both his wives, Achinaam the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite,

³and the men that were with him, every one and his family; and they dwelt in the cities of Chebron.

⁴And the men of Judea come, and anoint David there to reign over the house of Juda; and they reported to David, saying, The men of Jabis of the country of Galaad have buried Saul.

⁵And David sent messengers to the rulers of Jabis of the country of Galaad, and David said to them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, because ye have wrought this mercy toward your lord, even toward Saul the anointed of the Lord, and ye have buried him and Jonathan his son.

⁶And now may the Lord deal in mercy and truth towards you: and I also will requite towards you this good deed, because ye have done this.

⁷And now let your hands be made strong, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and moreover the house of Juda have anointed me to be king over them.

⁸But Abenner, the son of Ner, the commander-in-chief of Saul’s army, took Jebosthe the son of Saul, and brought him up from the camp to Manaem

⁹and made him king over the land of Galaad, and over Thasiri, and over Jezrael, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

¹⁰Jebosthe, Saul’s son [was] forty years old, when he reigned over Israel; and he reigned two years, but not over the house of Juda, who followed David.

¹¹And the days which David reigned in Chebron over the house of Juda were seven years and six months.

¹²And Abenner the son of Ner went forth, and the servants of Jebosthe the son of Saul, from Manaem to Gabaon.

¹³And Joab the son of Saruia, and the servants of David, went forth from Chebron, and met them at the fountain of Gabaon, at the same place: and these sat down by the fountain on this side, and those by the fountain on that side.

¹⁴And Abenner said to Joab, Let now the young men arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

¹⁵And they arose and passed over by number twelve of the children of Benjamin, belonging to Jebosthe the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

¹⁶And they seized every one the head of his neighbour with his hand, and his sword [was thrust] into the side of his neighbour, and they fall down together: and the name of that place was called The portion of the treacherous ones, which is in Gabaon.

¹⁷And the battle was very severe on that day; and Abenner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David.

¹⁸And there were there the three sons of Saruia, Joab, and Abessa, and Asael: and Asael was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.

¹⁹And Asael followed after Abenner, and turned not to go to the right hand or to the left from following Abenner.

²⁰And Abenner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asael himself? and he said, I am.

²¹And Abenner said to him, Turn thou to the right hand or to the left, and lay hold for thyself on one of the young men, and take to thyself his armour: but Asael would not turn back from following him.

²²And Abenner said yet again to Asael, Stand aloof from me, lest I smite thee to the ground? and how should I lift up my face to Joab?

²³And what does this mean? return to Joab thy brother. But he would not stand aloof; and Abenner smites him with the hinder end of the spear on the loins, and the spear went out behind him, and he falls there and dies on the spot: and it came to pass that every one that came to the place where Asael fell and died, stood still.

²⁴And Joab and Abessa pursued after Abenner, and the sun went down: and they went as far as the hill of Amman, which is in the front of Gai, by the desert way of Gabaon.

²⁵And the children of Benjamin who followed Abenner gather themselves together, and they formed themselves into one body, and stood on the top of a hill.

²⁶And Abenner called Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour perpetually? knowest thou not that it will be bitter at last? How long then wilt thou refuse to tell the people to turn from following our brethren?

²⁷And Joab said, As the Lord lives, if thou hadst not spoken, even from the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

²⁸And Joab sounded the trumpet, and all the people departed, and did not pursue after Israel, and did not fight any longer.

²⁹And Abenner and his men departed at evening, [and went] all that night, and crossed over Jordan, and went along the whole adjacent [country], and they come to the camp.

³⁰And Joab returned from following Abenner, and he assembled all the people, and there were missing of the people of David, nineteen men, and Asael.

³¹And the servants of David smote of the children of Benjamin, of the men of Abenner, three hundred and sixty men belonging to him.

³²And they take up Asael, and bury him in the tomb of his father in Bethleem. And Joab and the men with him went all the night, and the morning rose upon them in Chebron.