2 Samuel 2:14

And Abner said to Joab, “Let the youths rise up and play before us.” And Joab answered, “Let them rise up.”

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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

13Therefore, Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the youths of David, went out and met them beside the pool of Gibeon. And when they had convened together, they sat down opposite one another: these on one side of the pool, and those on the other side.

15Therefore, they rose up and crossed over, twelve in number of Benjamin, from the side of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and twelve of the youths of David.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:17And a very harsh war rose up on that day. And Abner, with the men of Israel, was put to flight by the youths of David.

Proverbs 10:23The foolish work wickedness as if in jest. But wisdom is prudence to a man.

Proverbs 20:18Plans are strengthened by counsels. And wars are to be handled by governments.

Proverbs 26:18Just as he is guilty who let loose the arrows and the lances unto 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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