2 Samuel 2:29

And Abner and his men departed at evening, and went all that night, and crossed over Jordan, and went along the whole adjacent country, and they come to the camp.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

In Context

28And Joab sounded the trumpet, and all the people departed, and did not pursue after Israel, and did not fight any longer.

30And Joab returned from following Abner, and he assembled all the people, and there were missing of the people of David, nineteen men, and Asahel.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 2:17Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, 1 Turn, my kinsman, 1 Be thou like to a roe or young hart 1 On the mountains of the ravines.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:26-32

25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. 28 So Joab blew a… Read the whole commentary →

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