2 Samuel 2:14-17
Read 2 Samuel 2 in full →14Then Abner said to Joab, “Now let the young men arise and 1,ahold a contest before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.” 15So they arose and went over by count, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16And each one of them seized his 1opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his 2opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called 3Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. 17And that day the battle was very severe, and aAbner and the men of Israel were 1defeated before the servants of David.