Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 2:12-17
12One day AbnerH74 sonH1121 of NerH5369 and the servantsH5650 of Ish-boshethH378 sonH1121 of SaulH7586 marched outH3318 from MahanaimH4266 to GibeonH1391. 13So JoabH3097 sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870 and the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732 marched outH3318 and met themH6298 byH5921 the poolH1295 of GibeonH1391H3162. And the two groupsH428 took up positionsH3427 onH5921 opposite sidesH2088H428H5921H1295 of the poolH1295.
14Then AbnerH74 saidH559 toH413 JoabH3097, “Let us have the young menH5288 get upH6965H4994 and competeH7832 before usH6440.”
“Let them get upH6965,” JoabH3097 repliedH559.
15So they got upH6965H5674 and were counted offH4557—twelveH8147H6240 for BenjaminH1144 and Ish-boshethH378 sonH1121 of SaulH7586, and twelveH8147H6240 for DavidH1732. 16Then each manH376 grabbedH2388 his opponentH7453 by the headH7218 and thrust his swordH2719 into his opponent’sH7453 sideH6654, and they all fellH5307 togetherH3162. So thisH1931 placeH4725, whichH834 is in GibeonH1391, is calledH7121 Helkath-hazzurimH2521.1
17The battleH4421 thatH1931 dayH3117 wasH1961 intenseH3966H7186, and AbnerH74 and the menH582 of IsraelH3478 were defeatedH5062 byH6440 the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732.
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 2:16 Helkath-hazzurim means the Field of Swords. ↩
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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