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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

洗魯雅的兒子約押和大衛的臣僕也出來，在基遍的水池旁邊與他們會面。大家都坐下，一隊在水池這邊，一隊在水池那邊。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
洗 鲁 雅 的 儿 子 约 押 和 大 卫 的 仆 人 也 出 来 ， 在 基 遍 池 旁 与 他 们 相 遇 ； 一 班 坐 在 池 这 边 ， 一 班 坐 在 池 那 边 。

Contextual Overview

⁸ Abner son of Ner was the commander of Saul's army. Abner took Saul's son Ish-Bosheth to Mahanaim ⁹ and made him king of Gilead, Ashuri, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel. ¹⁰ Saul's son Ish-Bosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he ruled two years. But the people of Judah followed David. ¹¹ David was king in Hebron for seven years and six months. ¹² Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon. ¹³ Joab son of Zeruiah and David's men also went there and met Abner and Ish-Bosheth's men at the pool of Gibeon. Abner's group sat on one side of the pool; Joab's group sat on the other. ¹⁴ Abner said to Joab, "Let the young men have a contest here." Joab said, "Yes, let them have a contest." ¹⁵ Then the men got up and were counted—twelve from the people of Benjamin for Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from David's men. ¹⁶ Each man grabbed the one opposite him by the head and stabbed him in the side with a knife. So the men fell down together. For that reason, that place in Gibeon is called the Field of Knives. ¹⁷ That day there was a terrible battle, and David's men defeated Abner and the Israelites.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joab: 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 20:23, 1 Kings 1:7, 1 Kings 2:28-35, 1 Chronicles 2:16

together: Heb. them together

pool: Jeremiah 41:12

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:8 - in Gibeon 2 Samuel 24:2 - Joab

Cross-References

Genesis 10:6
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Isaiah 11:11
At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left alive in Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the islands of the sea.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joab the son of Zeruiah,.... A sister of David, and this her son was general of David's army:

and the servants of David, went out; that is, his army went out from Hebron to Gibeon, which was twenty four miles d to meet that under Abner; for though he had but one tribe with him, and Ishbosheth had all the rest, yet Judah was a numerous, powerful, and warlike tribe; and besides many out of the other tribes had joined them, and, above all, God was on their side, and they had his promise to rely upon with respect to the establishment of the kingdom in the house of David, and his power and providence to trust in, and therefore went out boldly and cheerfully to meet the armies of Israel under Abner:

and met together by the pool of Gibeon; the same perhaps with the great waters in Gibeon, Jeremiah 41:12;

and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool; facing one another, and watching each other's motions.

d Bunting's Travels, p. 146.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the east of the hill (El-jib, the ancient Gibeon) is a copious spring, which issues in a cave excavated in the limestone rock, so as to form a large reservoir. In the trees further down are the remains of a pool or tank of considerable size (120 feet by 110 feet). This is doubtless “the pool of Gibeon.”

Sat down - i. e. halted and encamped.