2 Samuel 2:16
14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
15 So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
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.
18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
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.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
- WEB
- They each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.
- ASV
- And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow`s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
- DARBY
- And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side, and they fell down together. And that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is by Gibeon.
- BLB
- And each one grasped by the head his opponent, and [thrust] his sword in the side of his opponent, and they fell down together. And that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon.
- ÅB
- Og de grep hverandre i hodet og stakk sverdet i siden på hverandre, og så falt de alle sammen. Siden kaltes dette sted Helkat-Hassurim[^1]; det ligger ved Gibeon.
- OTB
- Og hver grep sin motstander i hodet og stakk sverdet i sin motstanders side; så de falt ned sammen. Derfor ble det stedet kalt Helkat-Hassurim, som er i Gibeon.
- B1930
- Og de grep hverandre i hodet og stakk sverdet i siden på hverandre, og så falt de alle sammen. Siden kaltes dette sted Helkat-Hassurim; det ligger ved Gibeon. / < de skarpe eggers mark.>