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| 12 | Abner son of Ner, with the troops of Saul's son Ishbosheth, marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon, | War between Israel & Judah. 2Sm.2.12-32 | וַיֵּצֵא אַבְנֵר בֶּן־נֵר וְעַבְדֵי אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל מִמַּחֲנַיִם גִּבְעֹונָה׃ |
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| 13 | and Joab son of Zeruiah marched out with David's troops from Hebron. They met at the pool of Gibeon and took up their positions one on one side of the pool and the other on the other side. | | וְיֹואָב בֶּן־צְרוּיָה וְעַבְדֵי דָוִד יָצְאוּ וַיִּפְגְּשׁוּם עַל־בְּרֵכַת גִּבְעֹון יַחְדָּו וַיֵּשְׁבוּ אֵלֶּה עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה מִזֶּה וְאֵלֶּה עַל־הַבְּרֵכָה מִזֶּה׃ |
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| 14 | Abner said to Joab, 'Let the young men come forward and join in single combat before us.' Joab answered, 'Yes, let them.' | | וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְנֵר אֶל־יֹואָב יָקוּמוּ נָא הַנְּעָרִים וִישַׂחֲקוּ לְפָנֵינוּ וַיֹּאמֶר יֹואָב יָקֻמוּ׃ |
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| 15 | So they came up, one by one, and took their places, twelve for Benjamin and for Ishbosheth and twelve from David's men. | | וַיָּקֻמוּ וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְמִסְפָּר שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר לְבִנְיָמִן וּלְאִישׁ בֹּשֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל וּשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר מֵעַבְדֵי דָוִד׃ |
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| 16 | Each man seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his side; and thus they fell together. That is why that place, which lies in Gibeon, was called the Field of Blades.
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| 17 | There ensued a fierce battle that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David's troops. | | וַתְּהִי הַמִּלְחָמָה קָשָׁה עַד־מְאֹד בַּיֹּום הַהוּא וַיִּנָּגֶף אַבְנֵר וְאַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְנֵי עַבְדֵי דָוִד׃ |
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| 18 | All three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Asahel, who was swift as a gazelle on the plains, | | וַיִּהְיוּ־שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה בְּנֵי צְרוּיָה יֹואָב וַאֲבִישַׁי וַעֲשָׂהאֵל וַעֲשָׂהאֵל קַל בְּרַגְלָיו כְּאַחַד הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׂדֶה׃ |
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| 19 | ran straight after Abner, swerving neither to right nor left in his pursuit. | | וַיִּרְדֹּף עֲשָׂהאֵל אַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר וְלֹא־נָטָה לָלֶכֶת עַל־הַיָּמִין וְעַל־הַשְּׂמֹאול מֵאַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר׃ |
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| 20 | Abner turned and asked, 'Is it you, Asahel?' Asahel answered, 'It is.' | | וַיִּפֶן אַבְנֵר אַחֲרָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הַאַתָּה זֶה עֲשָׂהאֵל וַיֹּאמֶר אָנֹכִי׃ |
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| 21 | Abner said, 'Turn aside to right or left, tackle one of the young men and win his belt for yourself.' But Asahel would not abandon the pursuit. | | וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו אַבְנֵר נְטֵה לְךָ עַל־יְמִינְךָ אֹו עַל־שְׂמֹאלֶךָ וֶאֱחֹז לְךָ אֶחָד מֵהַנְּעָרִים וְקַח־לְךָ אֶת־חֲלִצָתֹו וְלֹא־אָבָה עֲשָׂהאֵל לָסוּר מֵאַחֲרָיו׃ |
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| 22 | Abner again urged him to give it up. 'Why should I kill you?' he said. 'How could I look Joab your brother in the face?' | | וַיֹּסֶף עֹוד אַבְנֵר לֵאמֹר אֶל־עֲשָׂהאֵל סוּר לְךָ מֵאַחֲרָי לָמָּה אַכֶּכָּה אַרְצָה וְאֵיךְ אֶשָּׂא פָנַי אֶל־יֹואָב אָחִיךָ׃ |
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| 23 | When he still refused to turn aside, Abner struck him in the belly with a back-thrust of his spear a back-thrust of his spear: prob. rdg, Heb obscure so that the spear came out behind him, and he fell dead in his tracks. All who came to the place where Asahel lay dead stopped there. | | וַיְמָאֵן לָסוּר וַיַּכֵּהוּ אַבְנֵר בְּאַחֲרֵי הַחֲנִית אֶל־הַחֹמֶשׁ וַתֵּצֵא הַחֲנִית מֵאַחֲרָיו וַיִּפָּל־שָׁם וַיָּמָת כ= תַּחַתֹו ק= תַּחְתָּיו וַיְהִי כָּל־הַבָּא אֶל־הַמָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר־נָפַל שָׁם עֲשָׂהאֵל וַיָּמֹת וַיַּעֲמֹדוּ׃ |
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| 24 | But Joab and Abishai kept up the pursuit of Abner, until, at sunset, they reached the hill of Ammah, opposite Giah on the road leading to the pastures of Gibeon.
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| 25 | The Benjamites rallied to Abner and, forming themselves into a single company, took up their stand on the top of the hill of Ammah the hill of Ammah: prob. rdg, cp v24; Heb a single hill. | | וַיִּתְקַבְּצוּ בְנֵי־בִנְיָמִן אַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר וַיִּהְיוּ לַאֲגֻדָּה אֶחָת וַיַּעַמְדוּ עַל רֹאשׁ־גִּבְעָה אֶחָת׃ |
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| 26 | Abner called to Joab, 'Must the slaughter go on for ever? Can you not see that it will be all the more bitter in the end? Will you never recall the people from the pursuit of their kinsmen?' | | וַיִּקְרָא אַבְנֵר אֶל־יֹואָב וַיֹּאמֶר הֲלָנֶצַח תֹּאכַל חֶרֶב הֲלֹוא יָדַעְתָּה כִּי־מָרָה תִהְיֶה בָּאַחֲרֹונָה וְעַד־מָתַי לֹא־תֹאמַר לָעָם לָשׁוּב מֵאַחֲרֵי אֲחֵיהֶם׃ |
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| 27 | Joab answered, 'As God lives, if you had not spoken, the people would not have given up the pursuit till morning.' | | וַיֹּאמֶר יֹואָב חַי הָאֱלֹהִים כִּי לוּלֵא דִּבַּרְתָּ כִּי אָז מֵהַבֹּקֶר נַעֲלָה הָעָם אִישׁ מֵאַחֲרֵי אָחִיו׃ |
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| 28 | Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and all the people abandoned the pursuit of the men of Israel and the fighting ceased. | | וַיִּתְקַע יֹואָב בַּשֹּׁופָר וַיַּעַמְדוּ כָּל־הָעָם וְלֹא־יִרְדְּפוּ עֹוד אַחֲרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא־יָסְפוּ עֹוד לְהִלָּחֵם׃ |
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| 29 | Abner and his men moved along the Arabah all that night, crossed the Jordan and went on all the morning till they reached Mahanaim. | | וְאַבְנֵר וַאֲנָשָׁיו הָלְכוּ בָּעֲרָבָה כֹּל הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיַּעַבְרוּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וַיֵּלְכוּ כָּל־הַבִּתְרֹון וַיָּבֹאוּ מַחֲנָיִם׃ |
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| 30 | When Joab returned from the pursuit of Abner, he assembled his troops and found that, besides Asahel, nineteen of David's men were missing. | | וְיֹואָב שָׁב מֵאַחֲרֵי אַבְנֵר וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָם וַיִּפָּקְדוּ מֵעַבְדֵי דָוִד תִּשְׁעָה־עָשָׂר אִישׁ וַעֲשָׂה־אֵל׃ |
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| 31 | David's forces had routed the Benjamites and the followers of Abner, killing three hundred and sixty of them. | | וְעַבְדֵי דָוִד הִכּוּ מִבִּנְיָמִן וּבְאַנְשֵׁי אַבְנֵר שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאֹות וְשִׁשִּׁים אִישׁ מֵתוּ׃ |
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| 32 | They took up Asahel and buried him in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men marched all night, and as day broke they reached Hebron. | | וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת־עֲשָׂהאֵל וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בְּקֶבֶר אָבִיו אֲשֶׁר בֵּית לָחֶם וַיֵּלְכוּ כָל־הַלַּיְלָה יֹואָב וַאֲנָשָׁיו וַיֵּאֹר לָהֶם בְּחֶבְרֹון׃ |
