1 It happened __________ this that __________
________________ of the ________, saying,
“Shall I go up to any of the _____________ of __________?”
And the LORD said to him, “Go up.” David said, “__________ shall I go up?” And He said, “To ____________.”
2 So David __________ up there, and his ______ __________ also,
_______________
the ________________________,
and ________________ the __________
of __________ the __________________.
3 And David ______________ up the ______ who were with him,
__________ man with his __________________.
So they __________ in the ____________ of Hebron.
4 Then the men of __________ came, and there they ________________ David
________ over the __________ of Judah. And they ________ David, saying,
“The men of ____________ ____________ were
the ones who ____________ ________.”
5 So David sent ____________________ to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them,
“You are _______________ of the LORD,
for you have shown this ___________________ to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him.
6 And now may the LORD _________ kindness and __________ to you.
I also will ___________ you this kindness, because you have __________ this thing.
7 Now, therefore, let your __________
be ________________________,
and be ______________; for your ____________ Saul is dead,
and also the house of __________ has anointed me ________ over them.”
8 But __________ the son of ______,
__________________ of Saul’s army,
took ____________________ the son of Saul
and brought him over to _________________;
9 and he made him king over ____________,
over the ___________________,
over ______________, over _______________,
over ________________, and over all ____________.
10 Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was __________ __________ old
when he began to ___________ over Israel, and he reigned ______ __________.
________ the house of __________ followed David.
11 And the ________ that David was king in ____________ over the house of Judah
was __________ years and ______ months.
12 Now Abner the son of Ner, and the ________________ of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to ____________.
13 And ________ the son of _______________,
and the servants of __________, went out and met them by the ________ of Gibeon. So they sat down, one on one ________ of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool.
14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the __________ men now __________
and ______________ before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”
15 So they arose and went over by ____________, ____________
from _________________, __________________ of Ishbosheth the son of Saul,
and ____________ from the ________________ of David.
16 And each one ______________
his ________________
by the ________ and ____________
his __________ in his opponent’s side; so they ________ down
_________________. Therefore that place was called the __________
of __________ Swords, which is in ____________.
17 So there was a very ____________ battle that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were ____________ before the servants of David.
18 Now the ___________ sons of _______________ were there:
________ and ______________ and Asahel.
And ____________ was as fleet of foot as a wild ______________.
19 So Asahel ______________ Abner, and in __________
he did not turn to the ___________ hand or to the ________ from following Abner.
20 Then Abner looked ____________ him and said, “Are you Asahel?” He answered, “I am.”
21 And Abner said to him, “Turn __________ to your right hand or to your left, and lay ________ on one of the young men
and take his __________ for yourself.” But Asahel would not turn aside from __________________ him.
22 So Abner said __________ to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me. Why should I ____________ you
to the ____________? How then could I ________ your brother Joab?”
23 However, he ______________ to turn aside.
Therefore Abner struck him in the _______________
with the __________ end of the __________,
so that the spear came out of his _________; and he ________ down there and __________ on the spot.
So it was that as ________ as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, __________ still.
24 ________ and ______________
also pursued __________. And the ______ was going down
when they came to the ________ of ___________,
which is before _________ by the road to the ____________________ of Gibeon.
25 Now the _________________
of ________________ gathered
________________ behind __________ and became
a ________, and took their __________ on ______ of a hill.
26 Then Abner ____________ to Joab and said, “Shall the sword ____________ forever?
Do you not ________ that it will be ____________
in the ____________ end? How ________ will it be then
until you ________ the people to return from pursuing their ________________?”
27 And Joab said, “As ______ lives, unless you had ____________,
surely then by ______________ all the people would have __________ up pursuing their brethren.”
28 So Joab ________ a ______________;
and all the people stood _____________ and did not ____________ Israel
____________, nor did they __________ anymore.
29 Then Abner and his men ________ on all that __________ through the __________, crossed
over the ____________, and went through all _____________;
and they came to ________________.
30 So Joab ________________ from pursuing Abner.
And when he had ________________ all the people together, there were ______________ of David’s servants
________________ men and ____________.
31But the ________________ of David had ____________ down, of Benjamin and Abner’s men,
__________ _______________
and __________ men who __________.
32 Then they _________ up Asahel and ____________ him
in his ________________ ________,
which was in __________________.
And ________ and his men went all ___________,
and they came to ____________ at ________________.
Where is my puzzle?