2 Samuel 2:14

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

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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

13And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went forth from Hebron, and met them at the fountain of Gibeon, at the same place: and these sat down by the fountain on this side, and those by the fountain on that side.

15And there arose and passed over by number twelve of the children of Benjamin, belonging to 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 very severe on that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David.

Proverbs 10:23A fool does mischief in sport; 1 But wisdom brings forth prudence for a man. 1

Proverbs 26:18As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, 1 And he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown; 1

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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