2 Samuel 2:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side so that they all died together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is named Field of Blades.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his side; so they all fell together. Therefore that place was called the Field of Sharp Knives, which is at Gibeon.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Each man grabbed his opponent by the head and stuck his sword into his opponent’s side so that they both fell dead together. That’s why that place is called The Field of Daggers, which is located in Gibeon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And each one, taking hold of his peer by the head, fixed a sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together. And the name of that place was called: The Field of the Valiant in Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 2:14

Then Abner said to Joab, ‘Let’s have the young men get up and compete in front of us.’ ‘Let them get up,’ Joab replied.

2 Samuel 2:15

So they got up and were counted #– #twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from David’s soldiers.

2 Samuel 2:17

The battle that day was extremely fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers.

2 Samuel 2:26

Then Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ’

1 Kings 20:20

and each one struck down his opponent.  So the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them,  but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.

Acts 1:19

This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, ‘Field of Blood’).

Joshua 19:25

Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,