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2 Samuel 2:14-16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

14 Then Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men rise and perform for us.”[a] Joab replied, “All right.” 15 So they rose and were counted off: twelve of the Benjaminites of Ishbaal, son of Saul, and twelve of David’s servants. 16 Then each one grasped his opponent’s head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell down together.[b] And so that place was named the Field of the Sides; it is in Gibeon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:14 Perform: lit., “play.”
  2. 2:16 The nature of this gruesome game is not clear, and the place name is variously given in the older texts.
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