2 Samuel 2:25
The men of Benjamin rallied to Abner, formed a single group, and took their stand on the top of a hill.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one group, and stood on the top of a hill.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} gathered themselves together{H6908} after{H310} Abner,{H74} and became one{H259} band,{H92} and stood{H5975} on the top{H7218} of a hill.{H1389}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the children{H1121} of Benjamin{H1144} gathered themselves together{H6908}{(H8691)} after{H310} Abner{H74}, and became one{H259} troop{H92}, and stood{H5975}{(H8799)} on the top{H7218} of an hill{H1389}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
the children of Ben Iamin gathered them selues together behynde Abner, and grewe to a multitude, and stode vpon the toppe of an hyll.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner, and were on an heape and stoode on the top of an hill.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner, & were on a heape, and stoode on the top of an hill.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
And the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together after Abner, and become one troop, and stand on the top of a certain height,
American Standard Version (1901)
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And the men of Benjamin came together after Abner in one band, and took their places on the top of a hill.
World English Bible (2000)
The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The Benjaminites formed their ranks behind Abner and were like a single army, standing at the top of a certain hill.
Similar Verses (AI)
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24 But 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.
- 2 Sam 2:28-314 verses77%
28 So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or fought anymore.
29 Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, traveled through the Bithron, and arrived at Mahanaim.
30 Joab stopped pursuing Abner and gathered all the troops. Nineteen of David’s men were missing, along with Asahel.
31 But David’s men had struck down three hundred and sixty men from Benjamin and Abner’s followers, who died in battle.
- 2 Sam 2:12-176 verses77%
12 Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13 Joab 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.
14 Then Abner said to Joab, 'Let the young men come forward and compete before us.' And Joab said, 'Let them come forward.'
15 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.
16 Each 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.
17 The battle that day was fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
- Judg 20:14-152 verses76%
14 Instead, the Benjaminites gathered from their cities to Gibeah to go out to battle against the Israelites.
15 On that day, the Benjaminites mustered twenty-six thousand men armed with swords from their towns, not counting the seven hundred elite troops from Gibeah.
- 2 Sam 3:19-235 verses76%
19 Abner 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.
20 When Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, David prepared a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.
21 Then Abner said to David, 'Let me go at once and gather all Israel to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and you may rule over all that your heart desires.' So David sent Abner away in peace.
22 Just then, David’s men and Joab returned from a raid, bringing a large amount of plunder, but Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away in peace.
23 When Joab and all the soldiers who were with him arrived, they were told, 'Abner son of Ner came to the king, and the king sent him away in peace.'
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26 Abner called out to Joab and said, 'Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long will you delay telling the people to stop pursuing their brothers?'
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22 Then the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the descendants of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.
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16 These 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.
- Judg 20:30-334 verses73%
30 On the third day, the Israelites went up against the Benjaminites and took up their positions against Gibeah, as they had done before.
31 The Benjaminites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as they had done before—about thirty men—in the open country, on the roads leading to Bethel and Gibeah.
32 The Benjaminites thought, "We are defeating them as before." But the Israelites said, "Let us retreat and draw them away from the city to the roads."
33 All the men of Israel rose up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelite ambush broke out of its place west of Gibeah.
- Judg 20:24-252 verses73%
24 Then the Israelites approached the Benjaminites on the second day.
25 On 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.
- 2 Sam 3:30-312 verses73%
30 (Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
31 Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, 'Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.' And King David himself walked behind the bier.
- 2 Sam 20:13-142 verses72%
13 After he was removed from the road, everyone continued on after Joab to pursue Sheba, son of Bichri.
14 Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel Beth Maacah, and all the Berites assembled and followed him.
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39 When the Israelites turned in the battle, the Benjaminites had begun killing about thirty Israelites and thought, 'We are defeating them as in the first battle.'
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8 Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim.
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45 The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but the Israelites killed five thousand of them along the roads. They pursued them as far as Gidom and struck down another two thousand.
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36 Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The Israelites had given ground to the Benjaminites because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.
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43 They surrounded the Benjaminites, pursued them, and overran them until they were opposite Gibeah on the east side.
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11 So all the men of Israel were united together as one man against the city.
- Judg 20:19-202 verses71%
19 The next morning the Israelites got up and camped near Gibeah.
20 The Israelites went out to fight the Benjaminites and took up battle positions against them at Gibeah.
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34 After Ahithophel came Jehoiada son of Benaiah and Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king's army.
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6 During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was gaining strength in Saul's house.
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13 Then the whole assembly sent a message to the Benjaminites at the rock of Rimmon, and they offered them peace.
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29 From the tribe of Benjamin, Saul’s kinsmen: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul’s house until then.
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16 Saul's lookouts at Gibeah of Benjamin saw the Philistine army melting away in all directions.
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15 When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled before Abishai, Joab's brother, and went back into the city. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem.
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21 Abner said to him, 'Turn aside to your right or to your left; seize one of the young men and take his armor.' But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.
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13 David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the hill at a distance, with a wide space between them.
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37 So on that day all the people and all Israel knew that the king had no part in the killing of Abner son of Ner.
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11 He placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, and they arranged to confront the Ammonites.
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2 So 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.