2 Samuel 2:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and the battle is very hard on that day, and Abner is smitten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

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  • 2 Sam 3:1 : 1 And the war is long between the house of Saul and the house of David, and David is going on and `is' strong, and the house of Saul are going on and `are' weak.

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  • 2 Sam 2:29-31
    3 verses
    79%

    29And Abner and his men have gone through the plain all that night, and pass over the Jordan, and go on `through' all Bithron, and come in to Mahanaim.

    30And Joab hath turned back from after Abner, and gathereth all the people, and there are lacking of the servants of David nineteen men, and Asahel;

    31and the servants of David have smitten of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men -- they died.

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30And Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because that he put to death Asahel their brother, in Gibeon, in battle.

    31And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who `are' with him, `Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;' and king David is going after the bier.

  • 2 Sam 18:6-8
    3 verses
    78%

    6And the people goeth out into the field to meet Israel, and the battle is in a forest of Ephraim;

    7and smitten there are the people of Israel before the servants of David, and the smiting there is great on that day -- twenty thousand;

    8and the battle is there scattered over the face of all the land, and the forest multiplieth to devour among the people more than those whom the sword hath devoured in that day.

  • 2 Sam 2:12-16
    5 verses
    77%

    12And Abner son of Ner goeth out, and servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

    13And 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.

    14And Abner saith unto Joab, `Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and they play before us;' and Joab saith, `Let them rise.'

    15And they rise and pass over, in number twelve of Benjamin, even of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

    16And they lay hold, each on the head of his companion, and his sword `is' in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and `one' calleth that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which `is' in Gibeon,

  • 2 Sam 2:21-25
    5 verses
    76%

    21And Abner saith to him, `Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and seize for thee one of the youths, and take to thee his armour;' and Asahel hath not been willing to turn aside from after him.

    22And Abner addeth again, saying unto Asahel, `Turn thee aside from after me, why do I smite thee to the earth? and how do I lift up my face unto Joab thy brother?'

    23And he refuseth to turn aside, and Abner smiteth him with the hinder part of the spear unto the fifth `rib', and the spear cometh out from behind him, and he falleth there, and dieth under it; and it cometh to pass, every one who hath come unto the place where Asahel hath fallen and dieth -- they stand still.

    24And Joab and Abishai pursue after Abner, and the sun hath gone in, and they have come in unto the height of Ammah, which `is' on the front of Giah, the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

    25And the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together after Abner, and become one troop, and stand on the top of a certain height,

  • 2 Sam 3:6
    75%

    6And it cometh to pass, in the war being between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner hath been strengthening himself in the house of Saul,

  • 2 Sam 3:37-38
    2 verses
    75%

    37and all the people know, even all Israel, in that day, that it hath not been from the king -- to put to death Abner son of Ner.

    38And the king saith unto his servants, `Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    73%

    57And when David turneth back from smiting the Philistine, then Abner taketh him and bringeth him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine in his hand;

  • 2 Sam 2:8
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    8And Abner, son of Ner, head of the host which Saul hath, hath taken Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, and causeth him to pass over to Mahanaim,

  • 2 Sam 4:1
    73%

    1And the son of Saul heareth that Abner `is' dead in Hebron, and his hands are feeble, and all Israel have been troubled.

  • 1 Chr 19:17
    73%

    17And it is declared to David, and he gathereth all Israel, and passeth over the Jordan, and cometh in unto them, and setteth in array against them; yea, David setteth in array the battle to meet Aram, and they fight with him;

  • 2 Sam 3:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22And lo, the servants of David, and Joab, have come from the troop, and much spoil have brought with them, and Abner is not with David in Hebron, for he hath sent him away, and he goeth in peace;

    23and Joab and all the host that `is' with him have come, and they declare to Joab, saying, `Abner son of Ner hath come unto the king, and he sendeth him away, and he goeth in peace.'

  • 2 Sam 2:18
    72%

    18And there are there three sons of Zeruiah, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel, and Asahel `is' light on his feet, as one of the roes which `are' in the field,

  • 1 Sam 19:8
    72%

    8And there addeth to be war, and David goeth out and fighteth against the Philistines, and smiteth among them -- a great smiting, and they flee from his face.

  • 1 Sam 14:20
    72%

    20And Saul is called, and all the people who `are' with him, and they come in unto the battle, and, lo, the sword of each hath been against his neighbour -- a very great destruction.

  • 2 Sam 21:17
    72%

    17and Abishai son of Zeruiah giveth help to him, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death; then swear the men of David to him, saying, `Thou dost not go out again with us to battle, nor quench the lamp of Israel.'

  • 2 Sam 3:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19And Abner speaketh also in the ears of Benjamin, and Abner goeth also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that `is' good in the eyes of Israel, and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin,

    20and Abner cometh in unto David, to Hebron, and with him twenty men, and David maketh for Abner, and for the men who `are' with him, a banquet.

  • 2 Sam 21:15
    71%

    15And again have the Philistines war with Israel, and David goeth down, and his servants with him, and they fight with the Philistines; and David is weary,

  • 2 Sam 10:17
    71%

    17And it is declared to David, and he gathereth all Israel, and passeth over the Jordan, and cometh in to Helam, and Aram setteth itself in array to meet David, and they fight with him;

  • 2 Sam 3:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26And Joab goeth out from David, and sendeth messengers after Abner, and they bring him back from the well of Sirah, and David knew not.

    27And Abner turneth back to Hebron, and Joab turneth him aside unto the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smiteth him there in the fifth `rib' -- and he dieth -- for the blood of Asahel his brother.

  • 1 Kgs 2:32
    71%

    32and Jehovah hath turned back his blood on his own head, who hath fallen on two men more righteous and better than he, and slayeth them with the sword, -- and my father David knew not -- Abner son of Ner, head of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, head of the host of Judah;

  • 1 Sam 31:3
    71%

    3And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him -- men with bow -- and he is pained greatly by the archers;

  • 2 Sam 18:15
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    15And they go round -- ten youths bearing weapons of Joab -- and smite Absalom, and put him to death.

  • 1 Sam 26:7-8
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    7And David cometh -- and Abishai -- unto the people by night, and lo, Saul is lying sleeping in the path, and his spear struck into the earth at his pillow, and abner and the people are lying round about him.

    8And Abishai saith unto David, `God hath shut up to-day thine enemy into thy hand; and, now, let me smite him, I pray thee, with a spear, even into the earth at once -- and I do repeat `it' to him.'

  • 1 Sam 26:15
    71%

    15And David saith unto Abner, `Art not thou a man? and who `is' like thee in Israel? but why hast thou not watched over thy lord the king? for one of the people had come in to destroy the king, thy lord.

  • 2 Sam 3:1
    71%

    1And the war is long between the house of Saul and the house of David, and David is going on and `is' strong, and the house of Saul are going on and `are' weak.

  • 2 Sam 3:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8And it is displeasing to Abner exceedingly, because of the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he saith, `The head of a dog `am' I -- that in reference to Judah to-day I do kindness with the house of Saul thy father, unto his brethren, and unto his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David -- that thou chargest against me iniquity concerning the woman to-day?

    9thus doth God to Abner, and thus He doth add to him, surely as Jehovah hath sworn to David -- surely so I do to him:

  • 1 Sam 17:19
    70%

    19And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel `are' in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

  • 1 Chr 19:14
    70%

    14And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who `are' with him, before Aram to battle, and they flee from his face;

  • 2 Sam 3:17
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    17And the word of Abner was with the elders of Israel, saying, `Heretofore ye have been seeking David for king over you,

  • 2 Sam 20:6
    70%

    6and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself `from' our eye.'