One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
Parallel translations
- WEB Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- KJV And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- NKJV Now Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- NASB Now Abner the son of Ner, went from Mahanaim to Gibeon with the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul.
- NLT One day Abner led Ishbosheth’s troops from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
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Quick answer
Abner leads Ishbosheth's forces out to Gibeon. This advance brings the rival armies into direct confrontation.
Overview
Abner takes the initiative, marching the northern forces to Gibeon, a strategic site in Benjamin. His aggression signals the opening of armed conflict between the houses of Saul and David. The narrative now turns to the bloodshed that civil war brings, the bitter fruit of resisting God's appointed king.
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- Josh 9:3But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
- Josh 18:25Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
- Josh 10:4“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
- Josh 10:2So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- Josh 10:12On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- 2 Sam 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
- Gen 32:2When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
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