2 Samuel 2:12
What does 2 Samuel 2:12 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 2:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Abner, the son of Ner, with the servants of Saul's son Ish-bosheth, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Abner son of Ner goeth out, and servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
Context
v.11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
v.12This passage
v.13And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
- Joshua 10:12
Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
- Joshua 10:2
that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
- Genesis 32:2
And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
- Joshua 10:4
Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
- Joshua 9:3
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
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