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2 Samuel 2:14

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And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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  1. 2 Samuel 2:12

    And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  2. 2 Samuel 2:13

    And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

  3. 2 Samuel 2:15

    Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

  4. 2 Samuel 2:16

    And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath–hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

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