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Contemporary English Version

2 Samuel 2:31

But David's soldiers had killed 360 of Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abner;   Benjamin;   David;   Israel;   Joab;   Truce;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abner;   Gibeon;   Joab;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Asahel ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Joab;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Asahel;  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abner;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ish-Bosheth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but they had killed 360 of the Benjaminites and Abner’s men.
Hebrew Names Version
But the servants of David had struck of Binyamin, and of Aviner's men, [so that] three hundred sixty men died.
King James Version
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
Lexham English Bible
The servants of David had killed some of the Benjaminites among the men of Abner; three hundred and sixty men had died.
English Standard Version
But the servants of David had struck down of Benjamin 360 of Abner's men.
New Century Version
But David's men had killed three hundred sixty Benjaminites who had followed Abner.
New English Translation
But David's soldiers had slaughtered the Benjaminites and Abner's men—in all, 360 men had died!
Amplified Bible
But the servants of David had struck down many of Benjamin and Abner's men; so that three hundred and sixty men died.
New American Standard Bible
However, the servants of David had struck and killed many of Benjamin and Abner's men; 360 men were dead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the seruants of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin, and of Abners men, so that three hundreth and threescore men dyed.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the servants of David had struck down many of Benjamin and Abner's men, so that 360 men died.
Complete Jewish Bible
But David's servants had killed 360 of Avner's men of Binyamin.
Darby Translation
And the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, three hundred and sixty men, who had died.
Easy-to-Read Version
But David's officers had killed 360 of Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin.
George Lamsa Translation
But the men of David had slain of Benjamin and of Abner, three hundred and sixty men.
Good News Translation
David's men had killed 360 of Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin.
Literal Translation
And David's servants had struck three hundred and sixty men of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner these died.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But Dauids seruautes had smytten so amonge Ben Iamin and the men of Abner, that thre hundreth and thre score men were deed.
American Standard Version
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
Bible in Basic English
But David's men had put to death three hundred and sixty of the men of Benjamin and of Abner's men
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the seruauntes of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin and of Abners men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, even of Abner's men--three hundred and threescore men died.
King James Version (1611)
But the seruants of Dauid had smitten of Beniamin and of Abners men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the servants of David smote of the children of Benjamin, of the men of Abenner, three hundred and sixty men belonging to him.
English Revised Version
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.
Berean Standard Bible
but they had struck down 360 men of Benjamin and Abner.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the seruauntis of Dauid smytiden of Beniamyn, and of the men that weren with Abner, thre hundrid men and sixti, whiche also weren deed.
Young's Literal Translation
and the servants of David have smitten of Benjamin, even among the men of Abner, three hundred and sixty men -- they died.
Update Bible Version
But the slaves of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred and threescore men died.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred and sixty men died.
World English Bible
But the servants of David had struck of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three hundred sixty men died.
New King James Version
But the servants of David had struck down, of Benjamin and Abner's men, three hundred and sixty men who died.
New Living Translation
But 360 of Abner's men had been killed, all from the tribe of Benjamin.
New Life Bible
But the servants of David had killed many of Benjamin and Abner's men, so that 360 men died.
New Revised Standard
But the servants of David had killed of Benjamin three hundred sixty of Abner's men.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, the servants of David, had smitten of Benjamin, of the men of Abner, - so that three hundred and sixty men, had died.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the servants of David had killed of Benjamin, and of the men that were with Abner, three hundred and sixty, who all died.
Revised Standard Version
But the servants of David had slain of Benjamin three hundred and sixty of Abner's men.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But the servants of David had struck down many of Benjamin and Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died.

Contextual Overview

25 Abner brought the men of Benjamin together in one group on top of a hill, and they got ready to fight. 26 Abner shouted to Joab, "Aren't we ever going to stop killing each other? Don't you know that the longer we keep on doing this, the worse it's going to be when it's all over? When are you going to order your men to stop chasing their own relatives?" 27 Joab shouted back, "I swear by the living God, if you hadn't spoken, my men would have chased their relatives all night!" 28 Joab took his trumpet and blew the signal for his soldiers to stop chasing the soldiers of Israel. Right away, the fighting stopped. 29 Abner and his troops marched through the Jordan River valley all that night. Then they crossed the river and marched all morning until they arrived back at Mahanaim. 30 As soon as Joab stopped chasing Abner, he got David's troops together and counted them. There were nineteen missing besides Asahel. 31 But David's soldiers had killed 360 of Abner's men from the tribe of Benjamin. 32 Joab and his troops carried Asahel's body to Bethlehem and buried him in the family burial place. Then they marched all night and reached Hebron before sunrise.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

three hundred: The slain of Israel, though greatly exceeding those of Judah, were not great. This might be owing to the directions given by David, to be as lenient as possible; but the death of Asahel seems to have stopped the pursuers, and greatly favoured the escape of the vanquished. 2 Samuel 3:1, 1 Kings 20:11

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 18:7 - twenty thousand men

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and Abner's men,.... Of those of the tribe of Benjamin that joined him, and of those that he brought with him from Mahanaim; so many of them were smitten, as appeared by their bodies lying on the field of battle,

[so that] three hundred and threescore men died; the number of the slain on each side was very unequal.


 
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