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Bishop's Bible

2 Samuel 2:25

And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner, & were on a heape, and stoode on the top of an hill.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abner;   David;   Israel;   Joab;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abner;   Gibeon;   Joab;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Asahel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Joab;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Asahel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Benjamin;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abner;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ish-Bosheth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Benjaminites rallied to Abner; they formed a unit and took their stand on top of a hill.
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Binyamin gathered themselves together after Aviner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
King James Version
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
Lexham English Bible
The descendants of Benjamin rallied after Abner, and they became as one fighting group and stood on the top of a certain hill.
English Standard Version
And the people of Benjamin gathered themselves together behind Abner and became one group and took their stand on the top of a hill.
New Century Version
The men of Benjamin came to Abner, and all stood together at the top of the hill.
New English Translation
The Benjaminites formed their ranks behind Abner and were like a single army, standing at the top of a certain hill.
Amplified Bible
And the sons of [the tribe of] Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one troop, and took their stand on the top of a hill.
New American Standard Bible
And the sons of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one troop, and they stood on the top of a hill.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner, and were on an heape and stoode on the top of an hill.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the sons of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one band, and they stood on the top of a certain hill.
Contemporary English Version
Abner brought the men of Benjamin together in one group on top of a hill, and they got ready to fight.
Complete Jewish Bible
The people of Binyamin gathered themselves together into a phalanx behind Avner and stood on top of a hill.
Darby Translation
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.
Easy-to-Read Version
The men from the tribe of Benjamin gathered around Abner at the top of the hill.
George Lamsa Translation
And the Benjamites gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one company, and stood on the top of a hill.
Good News Translation
The men from the tribe of Benjamin gathered around Abner again and took their stand on the top of a hill.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a certain hill.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
the children of Ben Iamin gathered them selues together behynde Abner, and grewe to a multitude, and stode vpon the toppe of an hyll.
American Standard Version
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
Bible in Basic English
And the men of Benjamin came together after Abner in one band, and took their places on the top of a hill.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
King James Version (1611)
And the children of Beniamin gathered themselues together after Abner, and became one troupe, and stood on the top of an hill.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Benjamin who followed Abenner gather themselves together, and they formed themselves into one body, and stood on the top of a hill.
English Revised Version
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of an hill.
Berean Standard Bible
The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Beniamyn weren gaderid to Abner, and thei weren gaderid togidere in to o cumpeny, and stoden in the hiynesse of oon heep of erthe.
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Benjamin gather themselves together after Abner, and become one troop, and stand on the top of a certain height,
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Benjamin assembled themselves after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.
World English Bible
The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
New King James Version
Now the children of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became a unit, and took their stand on top of a hill.
New Living Translation
Abner's troops from the tribe of Benjamin regrouped there at the top of the hill to take a stand.
New Life Bible
The sons of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one army. They stood on the top of a hill.
New Revised Standard
The Benjaminites rallied around Abner and formed a single band; they took their stand on the top of a hill.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when the sons of Benjamin had gathered themselves together after Abner, and become one band, - and had taken their stand on the top of a certain hill,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together to Abner: and being joined in one body, they stood on the top of a hill.
Revised Standard Version
And the Benjaminites gathered themselves together behind Abner, and became one band, and took their stand on the top of a hill.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one band, and they stood on the top of a certain hill.

Contextual Overview

25 And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner, & were on a heape, and stoode on the top of an hill. 26 Then Abner called to Ioab, and said: Shall the sword deuour for euer? Knowest thou not, that it wil be bitternesse in the latter ende? Howe long then shall it be yer thou bid the people returne from folowing their brethren? 27 And Ioab sayde: As God lyueth, if thou haddest not spoken, suerly euen in the morning the people had departed, euery one from persecuting his brother. 28 And so Ioab blewe a trumpet, and all the people stoode still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night through the playne, & went ouer Iordane, & past through all Bethhoron, till they came to Mahanaim. 30 And Ioab returned from persecuting Abner, and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of Dauids seruautes nineteene men, & Asahel. 31 But the seruauntes of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin and of Abners men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died. 32 And they toke vp Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem: And Ioab and his men went all night, and the day arose to them at Hebron.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 2:10
And out of Eden there went foorth a flood to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heades.
Genesis 2:11
The name of ye first is Pison, the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Hauilah, where there is golde:
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sowed fygge leaues together, & made them selues apernes.
Exodus 32:25
Moyses therfore sawe that the people were naked (and that Aaron had made them naked vnto their shame, amongest their enemies)
Psalms 25:3
Yea, let not all them that hope in thee be put to shame: let them be put to shame who without a cause do trayterously transgresse.
Psalms 31:17
Let me not be confounded O God, for I haue called vpon thee: let the vngodlye be put to confusion, and be put to scilence in the graue.
Isaiah 44:9
All caruers of images are but vayne, and the carued images that they loue can do no good: they must beare recorde them selues, that seeing they can neither see nor vnderstande, they shalbe confounded.
Isaiah 47:3
Thy filthynesse shalbe discouered, and thy priuities shalbe seene: for I wil auenge me of thee, and wyll shewe no mercy to thee, as I do to other men.
Isaiah 54:4
Feare not, for thou shalt not be confounded: be not ashamed, for thou shalt not come to confusion: Yea thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the dishonour of thy widowhead.
Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abhomination? Truly nay, they be past shame, and therefore they shall fall among the slayne: and in the houre when I shall visite them, they shalbe brought downe saith the Lorde.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner,.... Either those that were with him before, who upon the battle were dispersed, but now got together again; or others of that tribe, who, hearing of the defeat of Abner, went out of the several cities after him, to strengthen his hands, and renew the fight with Joab:

and became one troop; were united together in a body, and became a regular troop:

and stood on the top of an hill; which was some advantage to them, and from whence they could take a view of Joab's army, and observe its motions.


 
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