²⁰ Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. When this was reported to Saul, he was pleased.^(A)

³ David and his men lived in Gath with Achish; each one had his family, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel.^(A)

⁵ David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel, had also been carried off.^(A)

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

¹³ Joab, son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David also set out and encountered them at the pool of Gibeon. And they sat down, one group on one side of the pool and the other on the opposite side. ¹⁴ Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men rise and perform for us.”^[a] Joab replied, “All right.” ¹⁵ So they rose and were counted off: twelve of the Benjaminites of Ishbaal, son of Saul, and twelve of David’s servants. ¹⁶ Then each one grasped his opponent’s head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell down together.^[b] And so that place was named the Field of the Sides; it is in Gibeon.

Chapter 3

^1 [a](A)These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second, Daniel,^[b] by Abigail of Carmel;