When he saw them, Jacob said, ‘This is God’s camp.’ So he called that place Mahanaim. ,
2 Samuel 2:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Abner son of Ner and soldiers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 he saw them, Jacob said, ‘This is God’s camp.’ So he called that place Mahanaim. ,
Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, ‘The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.’
Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth , and moved him to Mahanaim.
On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel: ‘Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.’
So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors.
‘Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.’
When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
If he wins in a fight against me and kills me, we will be your servants. But if I win against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.’