2 Samuel 2:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, one on one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together 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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia wete forth with Dauids seruauntes, and they met together by the pole at Gibeon, and these laye on the one syde of the pole, the other on the other syde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah, and the seruants of Dauid went out and met one another by the poole of Gibeon: and they sate downe, the one on the one side of the poole, and the other on the otherside of the poole.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia, and the seruauntes of Dauid, went out and met one another by the poole of Gibeon: And they sate downe, the one on the one side of the poole, and the other on the other side.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Joab son of Zeruiah, and servants of David, have gone out, and they meet by the pool of Gibeon together, and sit down, these by the pool on this `side', and these by the pool on that.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David also went out and confronted them at the pool of Gibeon. One group stationed themselves on one side of the pool, and the other group on the other side of the pool.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 8:16 : 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  • 1 Chr 2:16 : 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
  • Jer 41:12 : 12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
  • 2 Sam 2:18 : 18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as fleet of foot as a wild gazelle.
  • 1 Chr 11:6 : 6 And David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first and became chief.
  • 2 Sam 20:23 : 23 Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites.
  • 1 Kgs 1:7 : 7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
  • 1 Kgs 2:28-35 : 28 Then news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold of the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down and bury him, that you may take away the innocent blood which Joab shed, from me and from the house of my father. 32 And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah. 33 Their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever; but upon David, and his descendants, and upon his house, and upon his throne, there shall be peace forever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed him, and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army, and Zadok the priest the king put in the place of Abiathar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Sam 2:12
    80%

    12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 2:14-17
    4 verses
    78%

    14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and compete before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

    15Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, belonging to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

    16And they grabbed every one his opponent by the head, and thrust his sword into his opponent's side; so they fell together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

    17And there was a very fierce battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

  • 2 Sam 2:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24Joab also and Abishai pursued Abner: and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, that is before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one group, and stood on the top of a hill.

  • 2 Sam 2:29-31
    3 verses
    71%

    29And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, crossed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.

    30And Joab returned from pursuing Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David's servants and Asahel were missing.

    31But the servants of David had struck Benjamin, and Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.

  • 2 Sam 20:11
    70%

    11And one of Joab's men stood by Amasa and said, Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.

  • 2 Sam 3:26
    70%

    26And when Joab had gone out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
    70%

    13Then David went over to the other side and stood on the top of a hill a great distance away, a large space being between them.

  • 2 Sam 3:30
    69%

    30So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

  • 2 Sam 4:12
    69%

    12And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

  • 2 Sam 20:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7So Joab's men, the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men went out after him, and they left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

    8When they reached the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was wearing his military garment, with a belt and a sword fastened at his waist in its sheath; as he went forward, it fell out.

  • 2 Sam 12:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

    27Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah and have taken the city of waters.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
    68%

    13And Joab drew near, and the people who were with him, to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

  • 2 Sam 19:17
    68%

    17And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over the Jordan before the king.

  • 2 Sam 20:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13Once he was removed from the road, all the people continued after Joab, pursuing Sheba the son of Bichri.

    14Sheba passed through all the tribes of Israel to Abel and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites gathered together and followed him.

  • 2 Sam 11:1
    68%

    1And it came to pass, after the year had ended, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 2:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29And it was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tabernacle of the Lord; and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down.

    30And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah told the king this, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

  • 1 Chr 19:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    10Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

    11And the rest of the people he delivered to the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    67%

    1It came to pass, after the year had ended, at the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led the power of the army and devastated the land of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it.

  • Jer 41:12
    67%

    12Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    67%

    24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    67%

    8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

  • 2 Sam 17:20
    67%

    20And when Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 11:16
    67%

    16So it happened, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew there were valiant men.

  • 1 Kgs 2:5
    67%

    5Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
    67%

    8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

  • 2 Sam 10:9
    67%

    9When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose all the elite men of Israel, and set them in array against the Syrians.

  • 2 Sam 10:7
    67%

    7And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    67%

    21And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had also made to stay at the brook Besor: and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he greeted them.

  • 1 Chr 21:4
    66%

    4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab went out and went throughout all Israel, and came back to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 26:5
    66%

    5And David arose and came to the place where Saul had camped. And David saw where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the camp, and the people were camped around him.

  • 2 Sam 3:22-24
    3 verses
    66%

    22And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

    23When Joab and all the host that was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

    24Then Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 2 Sam 2:22
    66%

    22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me: why should I strike you to the ground? How could I face Joab your brother?

  • 1 Chr 19:17
    66%

    17And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them and set the battle in array against them. So when David had set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

  • 1 Sam 29:1
    66%

    1Now the Philistines gathered all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites camped by a fountain in Jezreel.

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
    66%

    32And the Lord will return his blood upon his own head, who struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, my father David not knowing of it: namely, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
    66%

    16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

  • 2 Sam 20:23
    66%

    23Now Joab was over all the army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites.