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2 Samuel 2:8

But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

KJV

Abner autem filius Ner, princeps exercitus Saul, tulit Isboseth filium Saul, et circumduxit eum per castra,

Vulgate

Καὶ Ἀβεννὴρ υἱὸς Νὴρ ἀρχιστράτηγος τοῦ Σαοὺλ ἔλαβεν τὸν Ἰεβόσθε υἱὸν Σαοὺλ καὶ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς εἰς Μανάεμ,

LXX

Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

ASV

וְ/אַבְנֵ֣ר בֶּן נֵ֔ר שַׂר צָבָ֖א אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְ/שָׁא֑וּל לָקַ֗ח אֶת אִ֥ישׁ בֹּ֨שֶׁת֙ בֶּן שָׁא֔וּל וַ/יַּעֲבִרֵ֖/הוּ מַחֲנָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People SaulIsh-boshethAbner
Places Mahanaim

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִֽישׁ
'ysh
noun · 22×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַבְנֵ֣ר
'bnr
proper_noun · 63×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה
h
proper_noun · 13×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
נֵר֙
nr
proper_noun · 16×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 8:33 — And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
  • 1Chr 12:29 — And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
  • 1Sam 14:50 — And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
  • 1Sam 14:50 — And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
  • 2Sam 2:29 — And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
  • 2Sam 3:6 — And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
  • 2Sam 17:24 — Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
  • Gen 32:2 — And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
  • Gen 32:2 — And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
  • Josh 13:26 — And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;