When Joab had turned back from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s soldiers were missing,
2 Samuel 2:29 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So Abner and his men marched through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at Mahanaim. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Abner and his men went all night through the Arabah [plain], crossed the Jordan, and went through the whole Bithron [district of ravines] and came to Mahanaim. American Standard Version (1901) And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim. Common English Bible Abner and his men then marched all night through the wilderness, crossing the Jordan River and marching all morning until they got to Mahanaim. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Abner and his men went away, all that night, through the plains. And they crossed the Jordan, and having roamed throughout all of Beth-horon, they arrived in the camp. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plains. And they passed the Jordan: and having gone through all Beth-horon came to the camp. |
When Joab had turned back from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s soldiers were missing,
Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth , and moved him to Mahanaim.
They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom and stabbed and killed him. They removed his head, took it, and travelled by way of the Arabah all night.
Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the divided mountains. ,