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2 Samuel 2:24

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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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

Joab also 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.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 2

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

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.

This site's exposition

the hill of Ammah

on 2 Samuel 2:24-25

Joab and Abishai keep after Abner until sundown, and the children of Benjamin gather themselves into one troop on a hilltop, the tribe of Saul's own house standing by Ish-bosheth's general. The loyalty is tribal as much as political, the same Benjamin that gave Israel its first king now closing ranks around his son's captain. The chase has reached its limit, and the next verses turn from pursuit to parley.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. 31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. 32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:98%@v30-32

Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner,.... Or rather but Joab, &c. (n).

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Ammah ... Giah - Local, and otherwise unknown names.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֛וּand they pursued

    vaiyirdefuH7291 →143 times

  • יוֹאָ֥בJoab

    yoavH3097 →144 times

  • וַאֲבִישַׁ֖יand Abishai

    vaavishaiH52 →25 times

  • אַחֲרֵ֣יafter

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • אַבְנֵ֑רAbner

    ʾavnerH74 →63 times

  • וְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁand the sun

    vehashemeshH8121 →134 times

  • בָּ֔אָהit set

    baahH935 →2568 times

  • וְהֵ֗מָּהand they

    vehemahH1992 →553 times

  • בָּ֚אוּthey came

    bauH935 →2568 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • גִּבְעַ֣ת[the] hill of

    givatH1389 →68 times

  • אַמָּ֔הAmmah

    ʾamahH522 →

  • אֲשֶׁר֙which

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[is] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פְּנֵי־[the] face of

    penei-H6440 →2123 times

  • גִ֔יחַGiah

    giachH1520 →

  • דֶּ֖רֶךְ[the] way of

    derekhH1870 →707 times

  • מִדְבַּ֥ר[the] wilderness of

    midbarH4057 →270 times

  • גִּבְעֽוֹן׃Gibeon

    givonH1391 →38 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 8:1Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.3 works

About 2 Samuel

Combat between Soldiers of Ish-bosheth and David — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Combat between Soldiers of Ish-bosheth and David — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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