2 Samuel 2:12-14

Contemporary English Version

The War between David and Ishbosheth

¹²One day, Abner and the soldiers of Ishbosheth^[a] left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon. ¹³Meanwhile, Joab the son of Zeruiah^[b] was leading David's soldiers, and the two groups met at the pool in Gibeon.^[c] Abner and his men sat down on one side of the pool, while Joab and his men sat on the other side. ¹⁴Abner yelled to Joab, “Let's get some of our best soldiers to stand up and fight each other!”

Joab agreed,

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Footnotes

2.12 Ishbosheth: See the note at 2.8.
2.13 the son of Zeruiah: Zeruiah was David's older sister, so Joab was David's nephew (see 1 Chronicles 2.12-17 and the note at 2 Samuel 17.25).
2.13 pool in Gibeon: This pool was located just inside the city wall and was used for storing water. It was in the shape of a circle and was eleven meters wide and eleven meters deep.