2 Samuel 2:15
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.
So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
16 Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.
17 The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
- KJV
- Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
- WEB
- Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of David’s servants.
- ASV
- Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
- DARBY
- And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
- BLB
- And they arose and went over, by number twelve from Benjamin and of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.
- ÅB
- Så reiste de seg og gikk fram i det fastsatte tall: tolv for Benjamin og Isboset, Sauls sønn, og tolv av Davids folk.
- OTB
- Så reiste de seg og kom frem etter antall: tolv for Benjamin og Isjbosjet, Sauls sønn, og tolv fra tjenerne til David.
- B1930
- Så reiste de sig og gikk frem i det fastsatte tall: tolv for Benjamin og Isboset, Sauls sønn, og tolv av Davids folk.