14And Abner said to Joab: Let the young men rise, and play before us. And Joab answered: Let them rise.


In Context

11 And the number of the days that David abode, reigning in Hebron over the house of Juda, was seven years and six months.

12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Isboseth the son of Saul, went out from the camp to Gabaon

13 And Joab the son of Sarvia, and the servants of David went out, and met them by the pool of Gabaon. And when they were come together, they sat down over against one another: the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side.

14 And Abner said to Joab: Let the young men rise, and play before us. And Joab answered: Let them rise.

15 Then there arose and went over twelve in number of Benjamin, of the part of Isboseth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

16 And every one catching his fellow, by the head, thrust his sword into the side of his adversary, and they fell down together: and the name of the place was called: The field of the valiant, in Gabaon.

2 Samuel 2:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:14Then Abner said to Joab, "Let's have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us." "All right, let them do it," Joab said.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and make sport before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14Abner said to Joab, |Please let the young men arise and play before us!| Joab said, |Let them arise!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner saith unto Joab, 'Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and they play before us;' and Joab saith, 'Let them rise.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.