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2 Samuel 2:24–25

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24Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
25¶ And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
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2 Samuel 2:24

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pursued

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of pursue. Sense 1: To follow or chase in order to overtake. Sense 2: To seek after and continue earnestly toward an aim.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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sun

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The great light that rules the day and gives light and heat.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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wilderness

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Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

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2 Samuel 2:25

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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troop

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A collection, company, number, multitude, or body of soldiers.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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2:18¶ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

2:19And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

2:20Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.

2:21And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

2:22And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

2:23Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.

2:24Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

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2:25¶ And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.

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2:26Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

2:27And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.

2:28So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

2:29And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.

2:30And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.

2:31But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

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