2 Samuel 2:17
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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.

2 Samuel 2:14
And Abner said to Joab: Let the young men rise, and play before us. And Joab answered: Let them rise.

2 Samuel 2:16
And every one catching his fellow by the head, thrust his sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together: and the name of the place was called: The field of the valiant, in Gabaon.

2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.

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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.

Abner

2 Samuel 3:1 Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: David prospering and growing always stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul decaying daily.

Context
War Between the Houses of David and Saul
16And every one catching his fellow by the head, thrust his sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together: and the name of the place was called: The field of the valiant, in Gabaon. 17And there was a very fierce battle that day: and Abner was put to flight, with the men of Israel, by the servants of David.18And there were the three sons of Sarvia there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael: now Asael was a most swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the woods.…
Lexicon
The battle
הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה (ham·mil·ḥā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

that
הַה֑וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day
בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

was
וַתְּהִ֧י (wat·tə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

intense,
קָשָׁ֥ה (qā·šāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7186: Hard, severe

and Abner
אַבְנֵר֙ (’aḇ·nêr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 5062: To push, gore, defeat, stub, inflict

by
לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the servants
עַבְדֵ֥י (‘aḇ·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

of David.
דָוִֽד׃ (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse


Additional Translations
The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

And the battle was very sore that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

And the battle was very severe on that day; and Abenner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David.

And the battle that day was very severe; and Abner and the men of Israel were routed before the servants of David.

And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

And there was a very severe battle that day; and Abner was defeated, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

The battle was very severe that day: and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

and the battle is very hard on that day, and Abner is smitten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
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