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2 Samuel 2:14-16
International Standard Version
2 Samuel 2:14-16
International Standard Version
14 Abner told Joab, “Let’s have the young men get up and fight in our presence.”
Joab replied, “Let them come.”
15 So they got up and twelve were counted to represent Benjamin and Saul’s son Ish-bosheth and twelve to represent members of David’s staff. 16 Each man grabbed his opponent by the head, plunged[a] his sword into his opponent’s side, and then they both fell together. That’s why the place at Gibeon was named The Field of Swords.[b]
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- 2 Samuel 2:16 The Heb. lacks plunged
- 2 Samuel 2:16 Lit. Helkath-hazzurim
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