2 Samuel 2, what a messy chapter. It has been some time since the people wanted a king and God gave them, Saul.
Verse 1 It happened after this that David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To Hebron.”
Do you ever wake and ask God specific questions like this. Where shall I go? I am trying to make a better practice of it. In Scriptures God either told people where to go , or if they ask He told them from this story to Paul.
We tend to make our own paths and I have made a hash of most of my life by following my lead or others.

David ask and God was specific and David was made King over Judah , without much noise. We now enter Israel and Judah at war. To look at those words is just strange. I can not imagine what the Civil war was like in America but it was ugly and messy just like this.
Abner is just an evil , nasty character and we can see sacrifice in Asahel . This chapter is just gross to me and how humans can so easily watch violence . Verse 14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men now arise and compete before us.
I only have to look at movies and many sports to know humans still find pleasure in this. The only thing different is somehow we have tried to make it civil, if that is possible.

David lost 19 men and Abner 360, that is a clear victory. This life is still a battle field and wearing God's Armor is what gets us through it.

Ask God “ where shall I go , “ our lives are not our own...