2 Samuel 2:24
22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
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
- But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
- KJV
- Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
- WEB
- But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. The sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
- ASV
- But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
- DARBY
- And Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
- BLB
- And Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner, and the sun was going down, and they came to the hill of Ammah which [is] upon the face of Giah by the way of the Wilderness of Gibeon.
- ÅB
- Joab og Abisai forfulgte Abner; og da solen var gått ned, kom de til Amma-haugen, som ligger midt imot Giah på veien til Gibeons ørken.
- OTB
- Men Joab og Abisjai forfulgte Abner, og solen var i ferd med å gå ned da de kom til Ammas høyde, som er foran Giah ved veien til ørkenen i Gibeon.
- B1930
- Joab og Abisai forfulgte Abner; og da solen var gått ned, kom de til Amma-haugen, som ligger midt imot Giah på veien til Gibeons ørken.