²⁰ Now Saul’s daughter Michal^(A) was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased.^(B)

³ David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives:^(A) Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

⁵ David’s two wives^(A) had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

² So David went up there with his two wives,^(A) Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail,^(B) the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

¹³ Joab^(A) son of Zeruiah and David’s men went out and met them at the pool of Gibeon. One group sat down on one side of the pool and one group on the other side.

¹⁴ Then Abner said to Joab, “Let’s have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us.”

“All right, let them do it,” Joab said.

¹⁵ So they stood up and were counted off—twelve men for Benjamin and Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David. ¹⁶ Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his dagger^(B) into his opponent’s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.^[a]

The Sons of David^(A)(B)

3 These were the sons of David^(C) born to him in Hebron: