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2 Samuel 2:12

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10 Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

11 And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

13 So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of David, marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two camps took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

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BSB
One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
KJV
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
WEB
Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
ASV
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
DARBY
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
BLB
And Abner son of Ner went out, and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
ÅB
Abner, Ners sønn, tok ut fra Mahana'im med Isbosets, Sauls sønns folk og dro til Gibeon.
OTB
Abner, sønn av Ner, dro ut fra Mahanaim til Gibeon med tjenerne til Isjbosjet, Sauls sønn.
B1930
Abner, Ners sønn, tok ut fra Mahana'im med Isbosets, Sauls sønns folk og drog til Gibeon.

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Cross references

  • Joshua 10:4

    “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

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  • Joshua 18:25

    Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

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  • Joshua 10:2

    So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

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  • Joshua 9:3

    But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

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  • Joshua 10:12

    On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

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  • Genesis 32:2

    When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:14

    Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

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