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{{1c|{{bgw| 2Sa 2:12 }} And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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{{1c|{{bgw| 2Sa 2:13 }} And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

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{{1c|{{bgw| 2Sa 2:14 }} And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

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{{1c|{{bgw| 2Sa 2:15 }} Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which [pertained] to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

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{{1c|{{bgw| 2Sa 2:16 }} And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which [is] in Gibeon.

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{{1c|{{bgw| 2Sa 2:17 }} And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

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