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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 2:15

他們就起來,按著人數走過去:屬便雅憫,就是屬掃羅的兒子伊施波設的,有十二人;屬大衛臣僕的也有十二人。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abner;   Armies;   Benjamin;   Championship;   David;   Israel;   Joab;   War;   Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abner;   Joab;   Sport;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Joab;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - War;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Games;   Gibeon;   Helkath-Hazzurim;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abner;   Games;   Joab;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ishbosheth ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Joab;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gibeon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Benjamin;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abner;   Ish-Bosheth;   Numbers and Numerals;   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
就 按 着 定 数 起 来 : 属 扫 罗 儿 子 伊 施 波 设 的 便 雅 悯 人 过 去 十 二 名 , 大 卫 的 仆 人 也 过 去 十 二 名 ,

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

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work.
Genesis 2:8
Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden, and put the man he had formed into it.
Job 31:33
I have not hidden my sin as others do, secretly keeping my guilt to myself.
Psalms 128:2
You will enjoy what you work for, and you will be blessed with good things.
Ephesians 4:28
Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin,.... Whom Abner had picked out of that tribe, being his own, and whom he knew to be stout and courageous men, and closely attached to him. It seems by this as if Abner's men,

[which pertained to] Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, passed over the pool of Gibeon unto Joab's men; so forward were they to engage in this duel, and it makes it still more appear that they were the aggressors:

and twelve of the servants of David; of his army under Joab, whom Joab either selected, or they, offered themselves as willing to engage with the twelve that were come over.


 
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