2 Samuel 2:15

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So they stood up and were counted—twelve from Benjamin and from the followers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

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  • 83%

    12Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

    13Joab son of Zeruiah and David's servants also went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. They sat down, one group on one side of the pool and the other group on the opposite side.

    14Then Abner said to Joab, 'Let the young men come forward and compete before us.' And Joab said, 'Let them come forward.'

  • 79%

    29Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, traveled through the Bithron, and arrived at Mahanaim.

    30Joab stopped pursuing Abner and gathered all the troops. Nineteen of David’s men were missing, along with Asahel.

    31But David’s men had struck down three hundred and sixty men from Benjamin and Abner’s followers, who died in battle.

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    16Each man seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they fell together. So the place was called the Field of Flints, which is in Gibeon.

    17The battle that day was fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

  • 17Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

  • 2 Sam 2:8-10
    3 verses
    77%

    8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim.

    9There he made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

    10Ish-bosheth, son of Saul, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned for two years. However, the house of Judah was loyal to David.

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    24But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. As the sun was setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah, on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25The men of Benjamin rallied to Abner, formed a single group, and took their stand on the top of a hill.

  • 23These are the numbers of men equipped for war who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the LORD had spoken.

  • 16These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing its banks. They drove out all the people living in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

  • 15Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.

  • 1 Chr 12:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1These are the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banished because of Saul, son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped in battle.

    2They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones with their right or left hand; they were from Saul’s tribe, the Benjaminites.

    3The leaders were Ahiezer and Joash, sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth, Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite.

  • 7There, the army of Israel was defeated by David's servants, and the casualties were heavy that day—twenty thousand men.

  • 2Saul chose 3,000 men from Israel for himself. 2,000 were with Saul at Michmash and in the hills of Bethel, and 1,000 were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent back to their homes.

  • 15Ten of Joab’s young armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

  • 12So David commanded his young men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner's tomb in Hebron.

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    14Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.

    15On that day, the Benjaminites mustered twenty-six thousand men armed with swords from their towns, not counting the seven hundred elite troops from Gibeah.

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    12David’s men turned and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.

    13David said to his men, "Each of you, strap on your sword!" So they did, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men went with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

  • 16Saul's lookouts at Gibeah of Benjamin saw the Philistine army melting away in all directions.

  • 21The Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had gone up with them to their camp changed sides and joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

  • 2 Sam 4:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7After entering the house while Ishbosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, and cut off his head. Taking his head with them, they traveled along the road through the Arabah all night.

    8They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge against Saul and his descendants."

  • 29From the tribe of Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul’s house until then.

  • 2Now Saul's son had two leaders of his raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin, for Beeroth was also considered part of Benjamin.

  • 2So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba, son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem.

  • 2So David arose and went over with his six hundred men to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

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    19Abner also spoke to the people of Benjamin and then went to Hebron to tell David everything that seemed good to Israel and the whole house of Benjamin.

    20When Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, David prepared a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

  • 25On the second day, the Benjaminites came out from Gibeah to meet the Israelites and struck down another eighteen thousand Israelites, all of them armed with swords.

  • 22Then the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the descendants of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.

  • 13David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the hill at a distance, with a wide space between them.

  • 7Joab's men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty warriors, marched out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

  • 71%

    19Some members of the tribe of Manasseh joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. However, they did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers sent him away after consulting, saying, 'He may turn against us and rejoin his master Saul at the cost of our heads.'

    20When David went to Ziklag, some from the tribe of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, leaders of thousands in Manasseh.

  • 6David then answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" Abishai said, "I will go down with you."

  • 11One of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, "Whoever is loyal to Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!"

  • 5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

  • 8These were descendants of the giants in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.

  • 14Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maacah, and all the Berites assembled and followed him.

  • 5The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, traveled during the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed during his midday rest.