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


In Context

11 And the number of the days that David hath been king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, is seven years and six months.

12 And Abner son of Ner goeth out, and servants of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

13 And Joab son of Zeruiah, and servants of David, have gone out, and they meet by the pool of Gibeon together, and sit down, these by the pool on this side, and these by the pool on that.

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

15 And they rise and pass over, in number twelve of Benjamin, even of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

16 And they lay hold, each on the head of his companion, and his sword is in the side of his companion, and they fall together, and one calleth that place Helkath-Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon,

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.