2Sa 2:14-17, 2Ki 14:8, 18:23, Isa 36:8-9 | ESV | STEP | And Abner said to Joab , Let the young men arise and compete before us. And Joab said , Let them arise .

2 Samuel 2:14-17

14 And Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.” 15 Then they arose and passed over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent’s side, so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, ^{▼▼ Helkath-hazzurim means the field of sword-edges} which is at Gibeon. 17 And the battle was very fierce that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

2 Kings 14:8

8 ^bThen Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash ^{▼▼ Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Jehoahaz) as in 13:9, 12–14; also verses 9, 11–16} the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, ^dlet us look one another in the face.”

2 Kings 18:23

23 Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

Isaiah 36:8-9

8 Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. 9 How then can you repulse ^ea single captain among the least of my master’s servants, when ^fyou trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?