2 Samuel 2:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They grabbed each other by the hair and stabbed each other in the side with their daggers. They all died there! That's why the place in Gibeon is called “Field of Daggers”.

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:14

Abner yelled to Joab, “Let's get some of our best soldiers to stand up and fight each other!” Joab agreed,

2 Samuel 2:15

and twelve of Ishbosheth's men from the tribe of Benjamin got up to fight twelve of David's men.

2 Samuel 2:17

Then everyone started fighting. Both sides fought very hard, but David's soldiers defeated Abner and the soldiers of Israel.

2 Samuel 2:26

Abner shouted to Joab, “Aren't we ever going to stop killing each other? Don't you know that the longer we keep on doing this, the worse it's going to be when it's all over? When are you going to order your men to stop chasing their own relatives?”

1 Kings 20:20

and each of them attacked and killed an enemy soldier. The rest of the Syrian army turned and ran, and the Israelites went after them. Benhadad and some others escaped on horses,

Acts 1:19

When the people of Jerusalem found out about this, they called the place Akeldama, which in the local language means “Field of Blood”.