when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called that place Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 2:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ishbaal son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. American Standard Version (1901) And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. Common English Bible Abner, Ner’s son, along with the soldiers of Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, left Mahanaim to go to Gibeon. Catholic Public Domain Version And Abner, the son of Ner, and the youths of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gibeon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon. |
when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called that place Mahanaim.
Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring ruin on Absalom.
But Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbaal son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
On the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord, and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.”
he became greatly frightened, because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities, and was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors.
“Come up and help me, and let us attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the Israelites.”
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants, but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”