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2 Samuel 2:14

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14 Entonces Abner dijo a Joab: Que se levanten ahora los jóvenes y compitan delante de nosotros. Y Joab respondió: Que se levanten.

2 Samuel 2:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 2:14

And Abner said to Joab
Perceiving he made no motion towards an engagement with him, his orders from David being only to act on the defensive, and avoid as much as possible the effusion of blood:

let the young men now arise, and play before us;
with their swords after the manner of gladiators or duellers; that it might appear who were best skilled in the use of the sword, and who were the bravest, stoutest, and most courageous; and this he proposed in a way of bravado, and in order to bring on a battle, or to decide the quarrel between them; and this bloody barbarous exercise Abner calls play, as if it was a diversion and pastime to see men wounding and killing one another:

and Joab said, let them arise;
he accepted the challenge, not caring to be hectored and bullied by Abner.

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2 Samuel 2:14 In-Context

12 Abner, hijo de Ner, salió de Mahanaim a Gabaón con los siervos de Is-boset, hijo de Saúl.
13 Y Joab, hijo de Sarvia, y los siervos de David salieron y los encontraron junto al estanque de Gabaón; y se sentaron, unos a un lado del estanque y los otros al otro lado.
14 Entonces Abner dijo a Joab: Que se levanten ahora los jóvenes y compitan delante de nosotros. Y Joab respondió: Que se levanten.
15 Se levantaron y pasaron en igual número, doce por Benjamín e Is-boset, hijo de Saúl, y doce de los siervos de David.
16 Y cada uno asió a su adversario por la cabeza, y metió su espada en el costado del adversario de manera que cayeron juntos. Por eso aquel lugar fue llamado Helcat-hazurim , el cual está en Gabaón.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Lit., nos diviertan

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