But the servantsof Davidhad struckdownmany of Benjaminand Abner'smen,[so that] threehundredand sixtymendied.
Then Joabreturnedfrom followingAbner;when he had gatheredallthe peopletogether, nineteenof David'sservantsbesides Asahelwere missing.
And they tookup Asaheland buriedhim in his father'stombwhichwas in Bethlehem.Then Joaband his menwentallnightuntil the day dawnedat Hebron.
Now there was a longwarbetweenthe houseof Sauland the houseof David;and Davidgrewsteadilystronger,but the houseof Saulgrewweakercontinually.
Then the kingof Israelreplied,"Tell[him], 'Let not him who girdson [his armor] boastlike him who takes[it] off.'"