2 Samuel 2:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And all that night Abner and his men went through the Arabah; they went over Jordan and through all Bithron and came to Mahanaim.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 2:8 : 8 Now Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth over to Mahanaim,
  • Song 2:17 : 17 Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.

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  • 2 Sam 2:21-25
    5 verses
    82%

    21And Abner said, Then go to the right or to the left and put your hands on one of the fighting-men and take his arms. But Asahel would not be turned away from going after Abner.

    22Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.

    23But still he did not go to one side: so Abner gave him a back blow in the stomach with his spear, so that the spear came out at his back; and he went down on the earth, wounded to death: and all those who came to the place where Asahel went down dead, came to a stop.

    24But Joab and Abishai went after Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is to the east of the road through the waste land of Geba.

    25And the men of Benjamin came together after Abner in one band, and took their places on the top of a hill.

  • 2 Sam 2:12-15
    4 verses
    80%

    12And Abner, the son of Ner, with the servants of Saul's son Ish-bosheth, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

    13And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and came face to face with them by the pool of Gibeon; and they took up their position, facing one another on opposite sides of the pool.

    14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.

    15So they got up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth and twelve of the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 2:30-32
    3 verses
    79%

    30And Joab came back from fighting Abner: and when he had got all his men together, it was seen that nineteen of David's men, in addition to Asahel, were not with them.

    31But David's men had put to death three hundred and sixty of the men of Benjamin and of Abner's men

    32And they took Asahel's body and put it in the last resting-place of his father in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men, travelling all night, came to Hebron at dawn.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    79%

    24And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 3:19-24
    6 verses
    77%

    19And Abner said the same things to Benjamin: and he went to David in Hebron to make clear to him what seemed good to Israel and to all the people of Benjamin.

    20So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

    21And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.

    22Now the servants of David and Joab had been out attacking a band of armed men, and they came back with a great store of goods taken in the fight: but Abner was no longer in Hebron with David, for he had sent him away and he had gone in peace.

    23When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.

    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

  • 2 Sam 17:22
    76%

    22So David and all the people who were with him went up over Jordan: when dawn came, every one of them had gone over Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 2:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8Now Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth over to Mahanaim,

    9And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 2:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.

    18There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.

    19Asahel went running after Abner, not turning to the right or to the left.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30So Joab and Abishai his brother put Abner to death, because he had put to death their brother Asahel in the fight at Gibeon.

    31And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

  • 2 Sam 20:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13When he had been taken off the road, all the people went on after Joab in search of Sheba, the son of Bichri.

    14And Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, to Abel of Beth-maacah; and all the Bichrites came together and went in after him.

  • 2 Sam 2:28
    74%

    28So Joab had a horn sounded, and all the people came to a stop, and gave up going after Israel and fighting them.

  • 1 Chr 19:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

    15And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, his brother, and came into the town. Then Joab came back to Jerusalem.

  • Josh 18:18
    72%

    18And it goes on to the side facing the Arabah to the north, and down to the Arabah;

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    72%

    26And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

  • 2 Sam 19:17
    71%

    17And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

  • Judg 19:14
    71%

    14So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

  • 1 Sam 26:7
    71%

    7So David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.

  • 2 Sam 3:6
    71%

    6Now while there was war between Saul's people and David's people, Abner was making himself strong among the supporters of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 4:7
    70%

    7And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

  • 2 Sam 10:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

    14And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

  • Josh 2:23
    70%

    23Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    70%

    13Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;

  • 2 Sam 3:37
    70%

    37So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner.

  • 2 Sam 17:27
    70%

    27Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi, the son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite, and Machir, the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

  • 2 Sam 19:31
    70%

    31And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to take him across Jordan.

  • 1 Sam 26:5
    70%

    5And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.

  • 1 Chr 19:11
    70%

    11And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

  • 2 Sam 19:15
    70%

    15So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

  • Gen 14:15
    70%

    15And separating his forces by night, he overcame them, putting them to flight and going after them as far as Hobah, which is on the north side of Damascus.