2 Samuel 2:14

And Abner said to Joab, Do let the young men rise up and play before us. And Joab said, They may rise up.

Leeser Tanakh

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 Zeruyah and the servants of David also went out, and they met together by the pool of Gib'on: and they sat down, these on the one side of the pool, and the others on the other side of the pool.

15Then they rose up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:17And the battle was exceedingly fierce on that day; and Abner with the men of Israel was beaten, before the servants of David.

Proverbs 10:23It is as sport to a fool to do wicked deeds; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Proverbs 20:18Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war.

Proverbs 26:18As one fatigueth himself shooting off firebrands, arrows, and 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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