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Second Book of Samuel, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of 2 Samuel—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And the war between the house of Saul and the house of David came to be long drawn out;1 and David kept getting stronger,2 and the house of Saul kept declining more and more.3
  2. ¶ Meantime, sons4 were born to David in Heʹbron,5 and his firstborn came to be Amʹnon6 by A·hinʹo·am7 the Jezʹre·el·i·tess.
  3. And his second was Chilʹe·ab8 by Abʹi·gail9 the wife of Naʹbal the Carʹmel·ite, and the third was Abʹsa·lom10 the son of Maʹa·cah the daughter of Talʹmai11 the king of Geshʹur.
  4. And the fourth was Ad·o·niʹjah12 the son of Hagʹgith,13 and the fifth was Sheph·a·tiʹah14 the son of A·biʹtal.
  5. And the sixth was Ithʹre·am15 by Egʹlah, David’s wife. These were the ones born to David in Heʹbron.
  6. ¶ And it came about that while the war between the house of Saul and the house of David kept up, Abʹner16 himself was continually strengthening his position in the house of Saul.
  7. Now Saul had had a concubine whose name was Rizʹpah,17 the daughter of Aʹiah.18 Later Ish-boʹsheth[a]19 said to Abʹner: “Why was it that you had relations with the concubine20 of my father?”
  8. And Abʹner got very angry21 at the words of Ish-boʹsheth and went on to say: “Am I a dog’s22 head that belongs to Judah? Today I keep exercising loving-kindness toward the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and his personal friends, and I have not let you find yourself in the hand of David; and yet you call me to account for an error concerning a woman today.
  9. So may God do to Abʹner and so may he add to it,23 if, just as Jehovah swore to David,24 that is not the way that I shall do to him,
  10. so as to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah from Dan to Beʹer-sheʹba.”25
  11. And he was not able to say one word more in reply to Abʹner because of being afraid of him.26
  12. ¶ Accordingly Abʹner sent messengers to David on the spot, saying: “To whom does the land belong?” adding: “Do conclude your covenant with me, and, look! my hand will be with you to turn to your side the whole of Israel.”27
  13. To this he said: “Good! I myself shall conclude a covenant with you. Only one thing there is that I am asking of you, saying, ‘You may not see my face28 except first you bring Miʹchal,29 Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.’”
  14. Further, David sent messengers to Ish-boʹsheth,30 Saul’s son, saying: “Do give over my wife Miʹchal, whom I engaged to myself for a hundred foreskins31 of the Phi·lisʹtines.”
  15. So Ish-boʹsheth sent and took her from her husband,[b] Palʹti·el[c]32 the son of Laʹish.
  16. But her husband kept walking with her, weeping as he walked after her as far as Ba·huʹrim.33 Then Abʹner said to him: “Go, return!” At that he returned.
  17. ¶ Meanwhile there had come to be communication by Abʹner with the older men of Israel, saying: “Both yesterday and previously34 YOU proved yourselves seeking David as king over YOU.
  18. And now act, for Jehovah himself said to David, ‘By the hand of David35 my servant I shall save my people Israel from the hand of the Phi·lisʹtines and from the hand of all their enemies.’”
  19. Then Abʹner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin,36 after which Abʹner also went to speak in the ears of David at Heʹbron all that was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of the whole house of Benjamin.
  20. ¶ When Abʹner came to David at Heʹbron, and with him twenty men, David proceeded to make a feast37 for Abʹner and for the men that were with him.
  21. Then Abʹner said to David: “Let me rise up and go and collect all Israel together to my lord the king, that they may conclude a covenant with you, and you will certainly become king over all that your soul craves.”38 So David sent Abʹner off, and he got on his way in peace.39
  22. ¶ And here David’s servants and Joʹab were coming from a raid, and the spoil40 that they brought with them was abundant. As for Abʹner, he was not with David in Heʹbron, for he had sent him off, and he was on his way in peace.
  23. And Joʹab41 and all the army that was with him came in, and they now reported to Joʹab, saying: “Abʹner42 the son of Ner43 came to the king, and he proceeded to send him off, and he is on his way in peace.”
  24. So Joʹab went in to the king and said: “What have you done?44 Look! Abʹner has come to you. Why was it that you sent him off so that he successfully went away?
  25. You well know Abʹner the son of Ner,[d] that it was to fool you that he came and to get to know your going out and your coming in45 and to get to know everything that you are doing.”46
  26. ¶ With that Joʹab went out from David and sent messengers after Abʹner, and they then had him return47 from the cistern of Siʹrah; and David himself did not know of it.
  27. When Abʹner returned to Heʹbron,48 Joʹab now led him aside inside the gate to speak with him quietly.49 However, there he struck him in the abdomen,50 so that he died because of the blood of Asʹa·hel51 his brother.
  28. When David heard of it afterward, he at once said: “I and my kingdom, from the standpoint of Jehovah, are innocent for time indefinite of bloodguilt52 for Abʹner the son of Ner.
  29. May it whirl back upon the head53 of Joʹab and upon the entire house of his father, and let there not be cut off from Joʹab’s house54 a man with a running discharge55 or a leper56 or a man taking hold of the twirling spindle57 or one falling by the sword or one in need of bread!”58
  30. As for Joʹab and A·bishʹai59 his brother, they killed Abʹner60 over the fact that he had put Asʹa·hel their brother to death at Gibʹe·on in the battle.61
  31. ¶ Then David said to Joʹab and all the people that were with him: “Rip YOUR garments apart62 and tie on sackcloth63 and wail before Abʹner.” Even King David was walking behind the couch.
  32. And they had the burial of Abʹner in Heʹbron; and the king began to raise his voice and weep at Abʹner’s burial place, and all the people gave way to weeping.64
  33. And the king went on to chant over Abʹner and say:
    ¶ “As with the death of a senseless65 person should Abʹner die?
  34. ¶ Your hands had not been bound ones,66
      And your feet had not been put into fetters of copper.67
      As one falling before the sons of unrighteousness68 you have fallen.”
    ¶ At that all the people wept69 over him again.
  35. ¶ Later all the people came to give David bread70 for consolation while it was yet that day, but David swore, saying: “So may God do to me71 and so may he add to it, if before the sun sets72 I shall taste bread or anything at all!”
  36. And all the people themselves took notice, and it was good in their eyes. Like everything that the king did, it was in the eyes of all the people good.73
  37. And all the people and all Israel got to know on that day that it had not originated with the king to have Abʹner the son of Ner put to death.74
  38. And the king went on to say to his servants: “Do YOU not know that it is a prince and a great man that has fallen this day in Israel?75
  39. And I today am weak although anointed76 as king, and these men, the sons of Ze·ruʹiah,77 are too severe for me.78 May Jehovah repay the doer of what is bad according to his own badness.”79

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Ish-bosheth,” LXXBagsterSyVg; M, “he.”
  2. ^ “Her husband,” LXXSyVg; M, “a man.”
  3. ^ “Palti” in 1Sa 25:44.
  4. ^ “You sent him off that he might go in peace? (25) Or do you not really know the badness of Abner the son of Ner?” LXX.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Ki 14:30; 15:16
  2. ^ 1Sa 15:28; 24:20; 26:25; Jb 17:9
  3. ^ 2Sa 2:17
  4. ^ Ps 127:3
  5. ^ 1Ch 3:4
  6. ^ 2Sa 13:1
  7. ^ 1Sa 25:43
  8. ^ 1Ch 3:1
  9. ^ 1Sa 25:42
  10. ^ 2Sa 15:12
  11. ^ 2Sa 13:37
  12. ^ 1Ki 1:5
  13. ^ 1Ch 3:2
  14. ^ 1Ch 3:3
  15. ^ 1Ch 3:3
  16. ^ 2Sa 2:8
  17. ^ 2Sa 21:8
  18. ^ 2Sa 21:11
  19. ^ 2Sa 2:10
  20. ^ 2Sa 16:21, 22; 1Ki 2:22; Pr 9:7
  21. ^ Pr 9:8
  22. ^ 1Sa 17:43; 24:14; 2Sa 16:9
  23. ^ Ru 1:17; 1Sa 3:17; 14:44
  24. ^ 1Sa 15:28; 28:17; 1Ch 12:23; Ps 78:70; 89:20
  25. ^ Jg 20:1; 2Sa 17:11; 24:2; 1Ki 4:25
  26. ^ 2Sa 3:39; Pr 29:25
  27. ^ 2Sa 5:3; 1Ch 11:3; Ac 13:22
  28. ^ Ge 43:3; 44:26
  29. ^ 1Sa 18:20, 27; 19:11; 25:44; 1Ch 15:29
  30. ^ 2Sa 2:10
  31. ^ 1Sa 18:25, 27
  32. ^ 1Sa 25:44
  33. ^ 2Sa 16:5; 17:18; 1Ki 2:8
  34. ^ 2Sa 5:2; 1Ch 11:2
  35. ^ 1Sa 13:14; 15:28; 16:1, 13; Ps 89:3, 20; 132:17; Ac 13:22
  36. ^ 1Sa 10:20, 21; 1Ch 12:29
  37. ^ Ge 26:30
  38. ^ De 14:26; 1Ki 11:37; Ps 20:4
  39. ^ Ro 12:18
  40. ^ 1Sa 30:22, 24
  41. ^ 2Sa 8:16
  42. ^ 1Sa 14:50; 20:25; 2Sa 2:8, 22
  43. ^ 1Sa 14:51
  44. ^ 2Sa 19:6
  45. ^ Nu 27:17; De 28:6; 1Sa 29:6; Ps 121:8; Is 37:28
  46. ^ Ge 42:12, 16
  47. ^ Pr 26:24
  48. ^ 2Sa 2:1; 3:20
  49. ^ Ps 55:21; Pr 26:23, 25
  50. ^ De 27:24; 1Ki 2:5
  51. ^ 2Sa 2:22, 23
  52. ^ Ge 4:10; 9:6; Ex 21:12; Nu 35:21, 33; De 21:9
  53. ^ De 32:43; Jg 9:57; 2Sa 1:16; 1Ki 2:37; Ps 7:16; 55:23; 94:23; Pr 5:22; 28:17
  54. ^ Ex 34:7
  55. ^ Le 15:2; Nu 5:2
  56. ^ Le 13:44; 2Ki 5:27
  57. ^ Le 21:18
  58. ^ De 27:24; Ps 109:10
  59. ^ 2Sa 2:24
  60. ^ 2Sa 2:8, 14; 3:27
  61. ^ Le 19:18; 2Sa 2:23; Ro 12:19
  62. ^ Jos 7:6; 2Sa 1:11
  63. ^ Ge 37:34; 2Ki 19:1
  64. ^ 1Sa 30:4; 2Sa 1:12
  65. ^ 2Sa 13:13
  66. ^ Ps 107:10
  67. ^ Jg 16:21
  68. ^ 1Ki 2:32
  69. ^ Ec 7:2
  70. ^ Je 16:7; Eze 24:17
  71. ^ Ru 1:17
  72. ^ Jg 20:26; 2Sa 1:12
  73. ^ 2Sa 2:10
  74. ^ 2Sa 3:28; 1Ki 2:5
  75. ^ 1Sa 14:50; 2Sa 2:8; 3:12
  76. ^ 2Sa 2:4
  77. ^ 1Ch 2:16
  78. ^ 2Sa 19:13; 20:10, 23
  79. ^ 2Sa 3:29; 1Ki 2:6, 34; Ps 28:4; 62:12; Ga 6:7

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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