2 Samuel 2:12-14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² Abner son of Ner and soldiers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. ¹³ So Joab son of Zeruiah and David’s soldiers marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon.^(A) The two groups took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

¹⁴ Then Abner said to Joab, ‘Let’s have the young men get up and compete in front of us.’

‘Let them get up,’ Joab replied.