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2 Samuel 2:14 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 14
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.2 Samuel 2:14 · King James Version
2 Samuel 2:14 in context
12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
15Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
16And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- AbnerʼAbnêrAbner, an IsraeliteH74 →
- ariseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- JoabYôwʼâbJoab, the name of three IsraelitesH3097 →
- playsâchaqto laughH7832 →
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Here is, I. A rivalship between two kings - David, whom God made king, and Ishbosheth, whom Abner made king. One would have thought, when Saul was slain, and all his sons that had sense and spirit enough to take the field with him, David would come to the throne without any opposition, since all Israel knew, not only…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-17