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2 Samuel 2:14

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2:14 Abner said to Joab, “Let the soldiers get up and fight 1  before us.” Joab said, “So be it!” 2 

2 Samuel 11:6

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11:6 So David sent a message to Joab that said, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

2 Samuel 18:16

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18:16 Then Joab blew the trumpet 3  and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt.

2 Samuel 18:21

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18:21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off.

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[2:14]  1 tn Heb “play.” What is in view here is a gladiatorial contest in which representative groups of soldiers engage in mortal combat before the watching armies. Cf. NAB “perform for us”; NASB “hold (have NRSV) a contest before us”; NLT “put on an exhibition of hand-to-hand combat.”

[2:14]  2 tn Heb “let them arise.”

[18:16]  3 tn Heb “the shophar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).



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