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Text -- 2 Samuel 2:15-32 (NET)

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2:15 So they got up and crossed over by number: twelve belonging to Benjamin and to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David. 2:16 As they grappled with one another, each one stabbed his opponent with his sword and they fell dead together. So that place is called the Field of Flints; it is in Gibeon. 2:17 Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers. 2:18 The three sons of Zeruiah were there– Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. (Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.) 2:19 Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner. 2:20 Then Abner turned and asked, “Is that you, Asahel?” He replied, “Yes it is!” 2:21 Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him. 2:22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?” 2:23 But Asahel refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect. 2:24 So Joab and Abishai chased Abner. At sunset they came to the hill of Ammah near Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. 2:25 The Benjaminites formed their ranks behind Abner and were like a single army, standing at the top of a certain hill. 2:26 Then Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?” 2:27 Joab replied, “As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit of their brothers!” 2:28 Then Joab blew the ram’s horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting. 2:29 Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan River and went through the whole region of Bitron and came to Mahanaim. 2:30 Now Joab returned from chasing Abner and assembled all the people. Nineteen of David’s soldiers were missing, in addition to Asahel. 2:31 But David’s soldiers had slaughtered the Benjaminites and Abner’s men– in all, 360 men had died! 2:32 They took Asahel’s body and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Abishai the son of Zeruiah, David's sister; brother of Joab
 · Abner a man of Benjamin in Saul and David's time
 · Ammah a hill near Gibeon
 · Arabah a town of Judea west of Jerusalem on the border of Benjamin
 · Asahel son of Zeruiah, David's sister; brother of Joab,a Levite assigned to teach in Judah under Jehoshaphat,a Levite assistant to the temple treasurer under Hezekiah,father of Jonathan who opposed Ezra's policies
 · Benjamin the tribe of Benjamin of Israel
 · Benjaminites the tribe of Benjamin of Israel
 · Bethlehem a town 8 km south of Jerusalem,a town of Zebulun 10 km west of Nazareth and 15 km SW of Cana SMM,a town of Judah 8 km south. of Jerusalem
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
 · Giah a spring near Gibeon
 · Gibeon a town of Benjamin pioneered by Jeiel of Benjamin
 · Hebron a valley and town of Judah 25 km west of the dead sea,son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Mareshah of Judah
 · Helkath-hazzurim a place by the pool of Gibeon where Joab's men and Abner's men fought
 · Helkath-Hazzurim a place by the pool of Gibeon where Joab's men and Abner's men fought
 · Ish-Bosheth son of Saul whom Abner set up as King after Saul's death
 · Ish-bosheth son of Saul whom Abner set up as King after Saul's death
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Joab son of Zeruiah, David's sister; commander of King David's army,son of Seraiah son of Kenaz of Judah; grand nephew of Caleb of Moses' time,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon,ancestor of a family group who returned from exile headed by Obadiah the son of Jehiel
 · Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)
 · Mahanaim a town of Gad 6 km east of Succoth
 · Saul the sixth king of Edom,son of Simeon and a Canaanite woman,son of Uzziah of Kohath son of Levi
 · Zeruiah daughter of Jesse; sister of David; mother of Abishai, Asahel and Joab


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Joab | Abner | Israel | War | Saul | Ish-bosheth | SAMUEL, BOOKS OF | Lamentations, Book of | Cord | David | Asahel | Homicide | Truce | Ammah | Benjamin | Armies | Abishai | Zeruiah | Championship | Bithron | more
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NET Notes: 2Sa 2:16 The meaning of the name “Helkath Hazzurim” (so NIV; KJV, NASB, NRSV similar) is not clear. BHK relates the name to the Hebrew term for ...

NET Notes: 2Sa 2:17 Heb “servants.” So also elsewhere.

NET Notes: 2Sa 2:21 Heb “young men.” So also elsewhere.

NET Notes: 2Sa 2:22 Heb “lift.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 2:23 Heb “and they stand.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 2:25 Heb “were gathered together.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 2:27 The Hebrew verb נַעֲלָה (na’alah) used here is the Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular of ...

NET Notes: 2Sa 2:28 Heb “they no longer chased after Israel and they no longer fought.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 2:29 Heb “and they went, all the Bitron.” The meaning of the Hebrew word “Bitron,” which is used only here in the OT, is disputed. ...

NET Notes: 2Sa 2:32 For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

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