2 Samuel 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 2:12

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

BSB

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ASV

And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

KJV

And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

This expedition to Gibeon may have been for the purpose of shifting his metropolis to his own tribe of Benjamin, and to his family place, “Gibeah of Saul,” close to Gibeon, with the further purpose of attacking the kingdom of David. “To go out” 2Sa 2:12-13 is a technical phrase for going out to war 1Sa 18:30.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Abner . . . and the servants of Ish-bosheth . . . went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon--This town was near the confines of Judah, and as the force with which Abner encamped there seemed to have some aggressive design, David sent an army of observation, under the command of Joab, to watch his movements.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּצֵא֙	vai.ye.Tze'	and he went out	H3318 →
אַבְנֵ֣ר	'av.Ner	Abner	H74 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
נֵ֔ר	Ner	Ner	H5369 →
וְעַבְדֵ֖י	ve.'av.Dei	and [the] servants of	H5650 →
אִֽישׁ־	'ish-	Ish-	H378 →
בֹּ֣שֶׁת	Bo.shet	bosheth	H378 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
שָׁא֑וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
מִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם	mi.ma.cha.Na.yim	from Mahanaim	H4266 →
גִּבְעֽוֹנָה׃	giv.'o.nah	Gibeon towards	H1391 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 9:3
But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
leads to
- Joshua 10:2
  So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 9:17
  So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Samuel 17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 15:34
  But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s…
- 1 Corinthians 1:19–20
  For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
- Proverbs 19:21
  Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Isaiah 8:10
  Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
Through
Joshua 10:4
“Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
leads to
- Joshua 9:15
  And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
Through
Joshua 10:2
So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 11:25
  No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

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