2 Samuel 2:14

Then said Abner unto Joab, Let the young men arise, I pray thee, and make sport before us. And Joab said—Let them arise.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out from Hebron and met, by the pool of Gibeon, together, —and they sat down, these, by the pool, on the one side, and, those, by the pool, on the other side.

15Then there arose, and went over by number,—twelve of Benjamin, pertaining to Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, and twelve, of the servants of David.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:17So the battle became exceeding obstinate, on that day,—and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated before the servants of David.

Proverbs 10:23It is, mere sport to a stupid man, to commit lewdness, but, wisdom, pertaineth to a man of understanding.

Proverbs 20:18Plans—by counsel, shalt thou establish, and, with concerted measures, make thou war.

Proverbs 26:18As a madman throwing 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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