Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The battle that day was very fierce, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated by David’s men. New Living Translation A fierce battle followed that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the forces of David. English Standard Version And the battle was very fierce that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David. Berean Standard Bible The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David. King James Bible And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. New King James Version So there was a very fierce battle that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David. New American Standard Bible That day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David. NASB 1995 That day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David. NASB 1977 And that day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David. Legacy Standard Bible And that day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated before the servants of David. Amplified Bible There was a very fierce battle that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David. Christian Standard Bible The battle that day was extremely fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers. Holman Christian Standard Bible The battle that day was extremely fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers. American Standard Version And the battle was very sore that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And there was a very severe battle on that day, and Abnir was defeated and the men of Israel before the Servants of David Brenton Septuagint Translation And the battle was very severe on that day; and Abenner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David. Contemporary English Version Then everyone started fighting. Both sides fought very hard, but David's soldiers defeated Abner and the soldiers of Israel. Douay-Rheims Bible And there was a very fierce battle that day: and Abner was put to flight, with the men of Israel, by the servants of David. English Revised Version And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. GOD'S WORD® Translation Fierce fighting broke out that day, and David's men defeated Abner and the men of Israel. Good News Translation Then a furious battle broke out, and Abner and the Israelites were defeated by David's men. International Standard Version The battle was very violent that day, with Abner and the men of Israel being defeated in the presence of David's servants. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. Literal Standard Version and the battle is very hard on that day, and Abner is struck, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. Majority Standard Bible The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David. New American Bible The battle that day was very fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s servants. NET Bible Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David's soldiers. New Revised Standard Version The battle was very fierce that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten by the servants of David. New Heart English Bible The battle was very severe that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated before the servants of David. Webster's Bible Translation And there was a very severe battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. World English Bible The battle was very severe that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before David’s servants. Young's Literal Translation and the battle is very hard on that day, and Abner is smitten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context War Between the Houses of David and Saul…16Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim. 17The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David. 18The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,… Cross References 2 Samuel 2:14 Then Abner said to Joab, "Let us have the young men get up and compete before us." "Let them get up," Joab replied. 2 Samuel 2:16 Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent's side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim. 2 Samuel 3:1 Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker. Treasury of Scripture And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. Abner 2 Samuel 3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. Jump to Previous Abner Battle Beaten David David's Defeated Fierce Fighting Hard Israel Routed Servants Severe Smitten SoreJump to Next Abner Battle Beaten David David's Defeated Fierce Fighting Hard Israel Routed Servants Severe Smitten Sore2 Samuel 2 1. David, by God's direction, with his company goes up to Hebron 4. where he is made king of Judah 5. He commends them of Jabesh Gilead for their king of Israel 8. Abner makes Ishbosheth king of Israel 12. A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of Joab's men. 18. Asahel is slain 25. At Abner's motion, Joab sounds a retreat 32. Asahel's burial (17) A very sore battle.--The combat of the twelve on each side having decided nothing, the two hosts joined battle. Abner and the Israelites were worsted. The numbers engaged were probably not large, as the whole number of the slain was nineteen on David's side, and 360 on that of Israel (2Samuel 2:30-31). It was, however, a turning-point in the struggle.Verse 17. - A very sore battle. The purpose of Abner was thus gained. Excited by the spectacle of merciless slaughter, the armies manoeuvred no longer, but rushed fiercely to the attack, and fought with fury. But the mighty men of David were irresistible. Only nineteen of his warriors fell, while Abner lost three hundred and sixty, and was forced to flee. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The battleהַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה (ham·mil·ḥā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4421: A battle, war that הַה֑וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day was וַתְּהִ֧י (wat·tə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be intense, קָשָׁ֥ה (qā·šāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7186: Hard, severe and Abner אַבְנֵר֙ (’aḇ·nêr) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 74: Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name and the men וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י (wə·’an·šê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc were defeated וַיִּנָּ֤גֶף (way·yin·nā·ḡep̄) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict by לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the servants עַבְדֵ֥י (‘aḇ·ḏê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 5650: Slave, servant of David. דָוִֽד׃ (ḏā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse Links 2 Samuel 2:17 NIV2 Samuel 2:17 NLT 2 Samuel 2:17 ESV 2 Samuel 2:17 NASB 2 Samuel 2:17 KJV 2 Samuel 2:17 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 2:17 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 2:17 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 2:17 French Bible 2 Samuel 2:17 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 2:17 The battle was very severe that day: (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |
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