2 Samuel 2:24
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Now while Joab and Abisai pursued after Abner, the sun went down: and they came as far as the hill of the aqueduct, that lieth over against the valley by the way of the wilderness in Gabaon.

Context
War Between the Houses of David and Saul
23But he refused to hearken to him, and would not turn aside: wherefore Abner struck him with his spear with a back stroke in the groin, and thrust him through, and he died upon the spot: and all that came to the place where Asael fell down and died stood still. 24Now while Joab and Abisai pursued after Abner, the sun went down: and they came as far as the hill of the aqueduct, that lieth over against the valley by the way of the wilderness in Gabaon.25And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together to Abner: and being joined in one body, they stood on the top of a hill.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:23
But he refused to hearken to him, and would not turn aside: wherefore Abner struck him with his spear with a back stroke in the groin, and thrust him through, and he died upon the spot: and all that came to the place where Asael fell down and died stood still.

2 Samuel 2:25
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together to Abner: and being joined in one body, they stood on the top of a hill.

Lexicon
But Joab
יוֹאָ֥ב (yō·w·’āḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites

and Abishai
וַאֲבִישַׁ֖י (wa·’ă·ḇî·šay)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 52: Abishai -- 'my father is Jesse', an Israelite name

pursued
וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֛וּ (way·yir·də·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

Abner.
אַבְנֵ֑ר (’aḇ·nêr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 74: Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name

By sunset,
וְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ (wə·haš·še·meš)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

they
וְהֵ֗מָּה (wə·hêm·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

had gone
בָּ֚אוּ (bā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

as
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

far as the hill
גִּבְעַ֣ת (giḇ·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1389: A hillock

of Ammah
אַמָּ֔ה (’am·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 522: Ammah -- a hill in Palestine

opposite
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Giah
גִ֔יחַ (ḡî·aḥ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1520: Giah -- perhaps 'a spring', a place in Benjamin

on the way
דֶּ֖רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

to the wilderness
מִדְבַּ֥ר (miḏ·bar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

of Gibeon.
גִּבְעֽוֹן׃ (giḇ·‘ō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1391: Gibeon -- a Levitical city in Benjamin


Additional Translations
But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

And Joab and Abessa pursued after Abenner, and the sun went down: and they went as far as the hill of Amman, which is in the front of Gai, by the desert way of Gabaon.

And Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

Joab also, and Abishai pursued Abner: and the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

And Joab and Abishai pursue after Abner, and the sun hath gone in, and they have come in unto the height of Ammah, which is on the front of Giah, the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
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