2 Samuel 2:12-16
Civil War
12 Now Abner the son of Ner, went from Mahanaim to aGibeon with the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul. 13And bJoab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met ▼▼Lit them together
them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, ▼▼Lit these on
Abner’s men on the one side of the pool and ▼▼Lit these on
Joab’s men on the other side of the pool. 14Then Abner said to Joab, “Now have the young men arise and fhold a martial skills match in our presence.” And Joab said, “Have them arise!” 15So they got up and went over by count, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David. 16And each one of them seized his ▼▼Lit fellow
opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his ▼▼Lit fellow’s
opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called ▼▼I.e., the field of sword-edges
Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
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