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2 Samuel 2:14-16
Common English Bible
2 Samuel 2:14-16
Common English Bible
14 Abner said to Joab, “Let’s have the young men fight in a contest[a] before us.”
“All right,” Joab said, “let’s do it.” 15 So the men came forward and were counted as they passed by: twelve for Benjamin and Ishbosheth, Saul’s son; and twelve of David’s soldiers. 16 Each man grabbed his opponent by the head and stuck[b] his sword into his opponent’s side so that they both fell dead together. That’s why that place is called The Field of Daggers,[c] which is located in Gibeon.
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- 2 Samuel 2:14 Or come forward and play or compete
- 2 Samuel 2:16 Heb lacks stuck.
- 2 Samuel 2:16 Heb Helkath-hazzurim
2 Samuel 2:14-16
New International Version
2 Samuel 2:14-16
New International Version
14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let’s have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us.”
“All right, let them do it,” Joab said.
15 So they stood up and were counted off—twelve men 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 dagger(A) into his opponent’s side, and they fell down together. So that place in Gibeon was called Helkath Hazzurim.[a]
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 2:16 Helkath Hazzurim means field of daggers or field of hostilities.
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