2 Samuel 2:14

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

In Context

13And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and came face to face with them by the pool of Gibeon; and they took up their position, facing one another on opposite sides of the pool.

15So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:17And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.

Proverbs 10:23It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

Proverbs 26:18As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:9-18

A Civil War in Israel. ( b. c. 1053.) 8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years… Read the whole commentary →

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