When he saw them, Ya`akov said, *This is God's army.* He called the name of that place Machanayim.
2 Samuel 2:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Aviner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-Boshet the son of Sha'ul, went out from Machanayim to Giv`on. 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, Ya`akov said, *This is God's army.* He called the name of that place Machanayim.
Avshalom and all the men of Yisra'el said, The counsel of Chushai the Arki is better than the counsel of Achitofel. For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Achitofel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Avshalom.
Now Aviner the son of Ner, captain of Sha'ul's army, had taken Ish-Boshet the son of Sha'ul, and brought him over to Machanayim;
Then spoke Yehoshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amori before the children of Yisra'el; and he said in the sight of Yisra'el, Sun, stand you still on Giv`on; You, Moon, in the valley of Ayalon.
that they feared greatly, because Giv`on was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than `Ai, and all the men of it were mighty.
Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Giv`on; for it has made shalom with Yehoshua and with the children of Yisra'el.
But when the inhabitants of Giv`on heard what Yehoshua had done to Yericho and to `Ai,
If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you be our servants, and serve us.