2 Samuel 2

David is anointed king over Judah at Hebron, while Abner makes Saul's son Ish-bosheth king over Israel. At the pool of Gibeon a contest turns into a battle, Abner kills Asahel, and the long war between the house of Saul and the house of David begins.

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