2 Samuel 2:17

And the battel was exceeding sore that same day: for Abner and the men of Israel fell before the seruants of Dauid.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 euery one caught his fellowe by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellowes side, so they fell downe together: wherefore ye place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

18And there were three sonnes of Zeruiah there, Ioab, and Abishai, and Asahel. And Asahel was as light on foote as a wilde roe.

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Cross References

Proverbs 17:14The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.

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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