2 Samuel 2:15-17

International Children’s Bible

¹⁵ Then the young men got up. The two groups counted their men for the contest. Twelve men were chosen from the people of Benjamin for Ish-Bosheth son of Saul. Twelve men were chosen from David’s men. ¹⁶ Each man grabbed his enemy’s head. Then he stabbed his enemy’s side with a knife. And the men fell down together. So that place in Gibeon is called The Field of the Sharp Knives. ¹⁷ That day the contest became a terrible battle. And David’s men defeated Abner and the Israelites.