2 Samuel 2:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ Now Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Now Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

Common English Bible

⁸ Meanwhile, Abner, Ner’s son, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, and brought him over to Mahanaim.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Then Abner, the son of Ner, the leader of the army of Saul, took Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and he led him around, throughout the camp.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But Abner the son of Ner, general of Saul's army, took Isboseth the son of Saul, and led him about through the camp,

2 Samuel 2:8 Cross References

Genesis 32:2

and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's army!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Genesis 32:3

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,

2 Samuel 17:24

Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 2:29

And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; they crossed the Jordan, and marching the whole forenoon they came to Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 2:7

Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

2 Samuel 3:38

And the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

2 Samuel 3:6

While there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.

1 Chronicles 12:29

Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had hitherto kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

1 Chronicles 12:30

Of the Ephraimites twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.

1 Chronicles 8:33

Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal;

1 Chronicles 9:39

Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal;

Joshua 21:38

and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

1 Samuel 14:50

and the name of Saul's wife was Ahino-am the daughter of Ahima-az. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle;

1 Samuel 17:55

When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?” And Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.”

1 Samuel 26:14

and David called to the army, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Will you not answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered, “Who are you that calls to the king?”