2 Samuel 3:22 - Easy To Read Version

²² Joab and David’s officers came back from battle. They had many valuable things that they had taken from the enemy. David had just let Abner leave in peace. So Abner was not there in Hebron with David.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Then the servants of David came with Joab from pursuing a troop and brought much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

Common English Bible

²² Right then, David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid, bringing a great deal of loot with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron because David had sent him off in peace.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² immediately the servants of David and of Joab arrived, after having slain robbers, with exceedingly great spoils. But Abner was not with David in Hebron. For by then he had sent him away, and he had set out in peace.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Immediately David's servants and Joab came, after having slain the robbers, with an exceeding great booty. And Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had now sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

2 Samuel 3:22 Cross References

2 Samuel 3:23

Joab and all his army arrived {at Hebron}. The army said to Joab, “Abner son of Ner came to King David, and David let Abner leave in peace.”

2 Samuel 4:2

Two men went to see to Saul’s son (Ish Bosheth). These two men were captains in the army. They were Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth. {(They were Benjamites because the town Beeroth belonged to the family group of Benjamin.

1 Samuel 27:8

David and his men went to fight the Amalekites and Geshurites who lived in the area from Telem near Shur all the way to Egypt. David’s men defeated them and took their wealth.