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2 Samuel 2:14
2 Samuel 2:14 is verse 14 of 2 Samuel chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
King James Version
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
World English Bible
Abner said to Joab, “Please let the young men arise and compete before us!” Joab said, “Let them arise!”
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2 Samuel 2:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of David, marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two camps took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.
14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.
15 So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
16 Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 2:17The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
2 Samuel 2:26Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
2 Samuel 2:27“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
Proverbs 10:23The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
Proverbs 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
Proverbs 25:8do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?
Proverbs 26:18Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Proverbs 26:19so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”