2 Samuel 2:31
2:30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
KJV
But David’s servants had struck Benjamin and of Abner’s men so that three hundred sixty men died.
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and three score men died. ¶
What does 2 Samuel 2:31 mean?
2 Samuel 2:31 is a verse in the book of 2 Samuel, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עֶבֶד (ʻebed), דָּוִד (Dâvid), נָכָה (nâkâh). It connects to 18 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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HENRY_FULL · 2 Samuel 2:28–32
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And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, Sidon: Heb. Tzidon
Genesis 15:20And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Judges 7:10But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
Judges 7:11And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. armed men: or, ranks by five
2 Samuel 2:18And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. of foot: Heb. of his feet as a wild: Heb. as one of the roes that is in the field
2 Samuel 11:6And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
2 Samuel 11:21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
2 Samuel 11:24And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 14:6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. none: Heb. no deliverer between them
2 Samuel 14:7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. upon: Heb. upon the face of the earth
2 Samuel 16:9Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
2 Samuel 18:5And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
2 Samuel 23:18And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. and slew them: Heb. slain
2 Samuel 23:39Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
1 Chronicles 2:15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
1 Chronicles 2:16Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
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And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
1 Samuel 17:57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
Genesis 11:13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 14:15And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
Genesis 18:2And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Genesis 19:11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Genesis 20:8Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
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What does 2 Samuel 2:31 say?
2 Samuel 2:31 (King James Version) reads: "But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died."
Is 2 Samuel 2:31 in the Old or New Testament?
2 Samuel 2:31 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Samuel.
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