2 Samuel 2:17

And the battle was very severe on that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

In Context

16And they seized every one the head of his neighbor with his hand, and his sword was thrust into the side of his neighbor, and they fall down together: and the name of that place was called The portion of the treacherous ones, which is in Gibeon.

18And there were there the three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:14Rightful rule gives power to words; 1 But sedition and strife precede poverty. 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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