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2 Samuel 2:12

Good News Translation (US Version)

Abner and the officials of Ishbosheth went from Mahanaim to the city of Gibeon.

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There were also Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

“Come and help me attack Gibeon, because its people have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

The people of Jerusalem were greatly alarmed at this because Gibeon was as large as any of the cities that had a king; it was larger than Ai, and its men were good fighters.

But the people of Gibeon, who were Hivites, heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

Absalom and all the Israelites said, “Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's.” The Lord had decided that Ahithophel's good advice would not be followed, so that disaster would come on Absalom.

On the day that the Lord gave the men of Israel victory over the Amorites, Joshua spoke to the Lord. In the presence of the Israelites he said, “Sun, stand still over Gibeon; Moon, stop over Aijalon Valley.”

When he saw them, he said, “This is God's camp”; so he named the place Mahanaim.

If he wins and kills me, we will be your slaves; but if I win and kill him, you will be our slaves.

The commander of Saul's army, Abner son of Ner, had fled with Saul's son Ishbosheth across the Jordan to Mahanaim.




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