Young’s Literal Translation

1 And it cometh to pass afterwards, that David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go up into one of

1 And it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and

1 And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines,

1 And the son of Saul heareth that Abner `is’ dead in Hebron, and his hands are feeble, and all

1 And the war is long between the house of Saul and the house of David, and David is going

1 And all the tribes of Israel come unto David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, `Lo, we `are’ thy bone

1 And David gathered again every chosen one in Israel, thirty thousand, 2 and David riseth and goeth, and all