And the battle was very severe in that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

And Absalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Absalom gained the hearts of the men of Israel.

And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen you away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him?

And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have you thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Judah, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Judah was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.

He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished, but he that sows righteousness shall receive a faithful reward.

[My] son, fear God and the king, and do not disobey either of them.

And Abner called Joab and said, Shall the sword devour perpetually? Know you not that it will be bitter in the end? How long then will you refuse to tell the people to turn from following our brethren?

And the servants of David struck of the children of Benjamin, of the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men belonging to him.

And the children of Israel fled from before Judah; and the Lord delivered them into their hands.

And Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men.

And Pekah the son of Remeliah king of Israel, killed in Judah in one day a hundred and twenty thousand mighty men, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.