◄ 2 Samuel 2:12 ►
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Good News Translation
Abner and the officials of Ishbosheth went from Mahanaim to the city of Gibeon.

New Revised Standard Version
Abner son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbaal son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

Contemporary English Version
One day, Abner and the soldiers of Ishbosheth left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon.

New American Bible
Now Abner, son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbaal, Saul’s son, set out from Mahanaim for Gibeon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon.

A.

2951 B.C.

1053 An. Ex. Is.

438
Mahanaim

2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.

Genesis 32:2 And when he saw them, he said: These are the camps of God, and he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, Camps.

Gibeon

Joshua 9:3 But they that dwelt in Gabaon, hearing all that Joshua had done to Jericho and Hai:

Joshua 10:2,4,12 He was exceedingly afraid. For Gabaon was a great city, and one of the royal cities, and greater than the town of Hai, and all its fighting men were most valiant. . . .

Joshua 18:25 Gabam and Rama and Beroth,

Context
War Between the Houses of David and Saul
12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon.13And Joab the son of Sarvia, and the servants of David went out, and met them by the pool of Gabaon. And when they were come together, they sat down over against one another: the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side.…
Cross References
Joshua 10:12
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day that he delivered the Amorrhite in the sight of the children of Israel, and he said before them: Move not, O sun, toward Gabaon, nor thou, O moon, toward the valley of Ajalon.

Joshua 18:25
Gabam and Rama and Beroth,

1 Samuel 17:9
If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, we will be servants to you: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, you shall be servants, and shall serve us.

2 Samuel 2:8
But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp,

2 Samuel 2:11
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