2 Samuel 2:31 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 2:31

but they had struck down 360 Benjamites who were with Abner.

BSB

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ASV

But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

KJV

But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

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Commentary

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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Asahel pursued after Abner--To gain the general's armor was deemed the grandest trophy. Asahel, ambitious of securing Abner's, had outstripped all other pursuers, and was fast gaining on the retreating commander. Abner, conscious of possessing more physical power, and unwilling that there should be "blood" between himself and Joab, Asahel's brother, twice urged him to desist.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַבְדֵ֣י	ve.'av.Dei	and [the] servants of	H5650 →
דָוִ֗ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
הִכּוּ֙	hi.Ku	they had struck down	H5221 →
מִבִּנְיָמִ֔ן	mi.bin.ya.Min	of Benjamin	H1144 →
וּבְאַנְשֵׁ֖י	u.ve.'an.Shei	and among [the] men of	H582 →
אַבְנֵ֑ר	'av.Ner	Abner	H74 →
שְׁלֹשׁ־	she.losh-	three	H7969 →
מֵא֧וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים	ve.shi.Shim	and sixty	H8346 →
אִ֖ישׁ	'ish	man	H376 →
מֵֽתוּ׃	Me.tu	they had died	H4191 →

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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.

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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.
leads to
- 1 Kings 14:30
  There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
- Job 8:7
  Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
- Proverbs 4:18–19
  The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- 2 Samuel 2:17
  The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.
- Ephesians 6:12
  For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Through
1 Kings 20:11
And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
leads to
- Proverbs 27:1
  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- 1 Samuel 17:44–47
  “Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
  I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor…

About 2 Samuel

Combat between Soldiers of Ish-bosheth and David — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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