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29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passing the Jordan, they went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

30 Joab also returned from following Abner, and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s slaves nineteen men and Asahel.

31 But the slaves of David had smitten of Benjamin and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.

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29 All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah.(A) They crossed the Jordan, continued through the morning hours[a] and came to Mahanaim.(B)

30 Then Joab stopped pursuing Abner and assembled the whole army. Besides Asahel, nineteen of David’s men were found missing. 31 But David’s men had killed three hundred and sixty Benjamites who were with Abner.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:29 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.